Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tomioka

Hiroki Tomioka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130313186
    Abstract: Provided is a composite semipermeable membrane comprising a microporous support membrane and a separation functional layer formed thereon, wherein the separation functional layer is formed from Compound (A) in which a reactive group(s) having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a hydrolyzable group(s) are bonded directly to a silicon atom, Compound (B) having an ethylenically unsaturated group, the Compound (B) being different from said Compound (A), and Compound (C) having an ethylenically unsaturated group, the Compound (C) being different from said Compound (A) and (B), by condensation of hydrolyzable groups that the Compound (A) has and polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated groups that the Compound (A), the Compound (B), and the Compound (C) have, and the Compound (A), the Compound (B), and the Compound (C) satisfy the relationship of the following equation (I): |QA?QC|+|QB?QC|=|QA?QB|??(I) (QX represents an Alfrey-Price Q value of Compound X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Minehara, Koji Nakatsuji, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20130098832
    Abstract: Provided is a semi-permeable composite membrane which exhibits both high durability and high solute-removal and water-permeation performances. The semi-permeable composite membrane is formed from a porous support membrane and a polymer membrane. The polymer membrane is formed of at least one type of polymer (a) with a positive charge in the repeating unit and at least one type of polymer (b) with a negative charge in the repeating unit and has a crosslinked structure formed by siloxane bonds between the polymer (a) and the polymer (a), between the polymer (a) and the polymer (b), and/or between the polymer (b) and the polymer (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideto Matsuyama, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Harutoki Shimura, Masahiro Henmi, Hiroki Tomioka, Koji Nakatsuji, Masaaki Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20120305473
    Abstract: Provided is a composite semipermeable membrane having a polyamide separation-functional layer on a porous support layer, wherein the polyamide separation-functional layer has a yellow index of 10 to 40, and the actual length of the polyamide separation-functional layer per 1 ?m-length of the porous support layer is from 2 ?m to 5 ?m, or a composite semipermeable membrane having on a porous support layer a polyamide separation-functional layer prepared by polycondensation of polyfunctional amines with polyfunctional acid halides, wherein the polyamide separation-functional layer is formed by the steps of (A) interfacial polycondensation in which polyfunctional amines and polyfunctional acid halides are brought into contact at 40° C. to 70° C. and subsequent (B) heat treatment at 70° C. to 150° C. The composite semipermeable membrane according to the present invention has high boron removal performance and high water permeation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ogawa, Hiroki Tomioka, Masahiro Kimura, Masaki Higashi, Kiyohiko Takaya, Masakazu Koiwa
  • Publication number: 20110139708
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has excellent chemical resistance, separation performance, and water permeability, and the composite semipermeable membrane has the following structure. The present invention provides a composite semipermeable membrane in which an separation function layer is formed on a microporous supporting membrane, wherein the separation function layer is formed from (A) a silicon compound in which a reactive group having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a hydrolyzable group are directly bonded to silicon atoms, and (B) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group other than the silicon compound, by condensation of the hydrolyzable group of the silicon compound (A) and polymerization of the ethylenically unsaturated group of the silicon compound (A) and the ethylenically unsaturated group of the compound (B) having the ethylenically unsaturated group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Okabe, Hiroki Tomioka, Masahiro Henmi
  • Publication number: 20110132834
    Abstract: In manufacturing a composite semipermeable membrane useful for separating a liquid mixture selectively, it is rendered possible to provide a composite semipermeable membrane that exhibits reduced deterioration of water permeability and solute removing property as a result of drying and that demonstrates reduced economic burden and load for waste liquid treatment without impairing the water permeability or solute removal ratio of the composite semipermeable membrane through change of the membrane manufacturing method, by making a saccharide exist in an aqueous polyfunctional amine solution in performing interfacial polycondensation by bringing the aqueous solution of the polyfunctional amine into contact with an organic solvent solution containing a polyfunctional acid halide on a microporous support membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomioka, Aki Katsuno, Masahiro Henmi
  • Publication number: 20110017662
    Abstract: In order to obtain a composite separation membrane which has excellent chemical resistance, separation performance and water permeability at the same time, the present invention provides a composite separation membrane comprising a separation function layer on a porous supporting membrane, characterized in that the separation function layer contains at least a polymer of a polyhedral silsesquioxane represented by the following general formula (a) and a hydrophilic monomer. (R1SiO1.5)n(R2SiO1.5)m??General Formula (a) (In the formula, R1 includes a polymerizable reactive moiety; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, which may be substituted; and n and m each represent an integer satisfying n?2 or m?0, with n+m being 8, 10 or 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Okabe, Hiroki Tomioka, Masahiro Henmi
  • Patent number: 7641054
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane, which comprises a separating functional layer comprising a reactant of polyfunctional amine with polyfunctional acid halide, wherein a water-soluble organic material is in contact with the separating functional layer, and the separating functional layer has a boron removal ratio of 95% or more, when seawater at 25° C. having a pH of 6.5, a boron concentration of 5 ppm and a TDS concentration of 3.5% by weight is permeated under an operation pressure of 5.5 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Hiroki Tomioka, Koji Nakatsuji
  • Publication number: 20090071903
    Abstract: There is provided a composite semipermeable membrane that shows a high salt removal ratio and high performance in rejecting boron that is not dissociated in the neutral region. The composite semipermeable membrane is produced by a process that includes forming a separating functional polyamide layer on a porous substrate film, while using an organic solvent solution containing a specific cyclic aliphatic compound or a specific aromatic compound such that a polyamide molecule that forms the separating functional polyamide layer has a partial structure composed of “a cyclic aliphatic group or an aromatic group having at least two specific substituents, at least one of which contains a heteroatom bond and a carbonyl group at the ? or ? position”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Nakatsuji, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7497951
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane, which comprises a separating functional layer comprising polyamide formed on a porous substrate film, wherein the separating functional layer comprising polyamide has a mean pore radius of 0.25 nm to 0.35 nm and a vacancy content of 0.2 nm3% to 0.3 nm3%, measured by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20080000843
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane, which comprises a separating functional layer comprising a reactant of polyfunctional amine with polyfunctional acid halide, wherein a water-soluble organic material is in contact with the separating functional layer, and the separating functional layer has a boron removal ratio of 95% or more, when seawater at 25° C. having a pH of 6.5, a boron concentration of 5 ppm and a TDS concentration of 3.5% by weight is permeated under an operation pressure of 5.5 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Hiroki Tomioka, Koji Nakatsuji
  • Publication number: 20070293510
    Abstract: A thiadiazole compound of the formula (A): wherein R1 represents methyl, C3-C7 alkenyl, C2-C7 alkoxyalkyl, C2-C7 alkylthioalkyl, C4-C7 alkoxyalkoxyalkyl, C4-C7 alkylthioalkoxyalkyl, phenyl C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, phenyloxy C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyloxy may be substituted, phenyl C2-C3 alkoxyalkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, or the substituent of the formula (B): wherein R3 represents C1-C3 alkyl, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, ethyl or phenyl which may be substituted; and R2 represents phenyl C1-C4 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, pyridyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyridyl may be substituted, or pyrimidyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyrimidyl may be substituted; has an excellent arthropod pests controlling activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical company, Limited ( a Japanese corporation)
    Inventors: Hideki Ihara, Noriyasu Sakamoto, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20070284309
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane, which comprises a separating functional layer comprising polyamide formed on a porous substrate film, wherein the separating functional layer comprising polyamide has a mean pore radius of 0.25 nm to 0.35 nm and a vacancy content of 0.2 nm3% to 0.3 nm3%, measured by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7279097
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane which satisfies the following relationship when seawater at 25° C. having a pH of 6.5, a boron concentration of 5 ppm and a TDS concentration of 3.5% by weight is permeated under an operation pressure of 5.5 MPa: Boron removal ratio (%)?95?4×membrane permeation flow rate (m3/m2·day).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomioka, Kazuya Sugita, Katsufumi Oto
  • Patent number: 7273879
    Abstract: A thiadiazole compound of the formula (A): wherein R1 represents methyl, C3-C7 alkenyl, C2-C7 alkoxyalkyl, C2-C7 alkylthioalkyl, C4-C7 alkoxyalkoxyalkyl, C4-C7 alkylthioalkoxyalkyl, phenyl C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, phenyloxy C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyloxy may be substituted, phenyl C2-C3 alkoxyalkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, or the substituent of the formula (B): wherein R3 represents C1-C3 alkyl, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, ethyl or phenyl which may be substituted; and R2 represents phenyl C1-C4 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, pyridyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyridyl may be substituted, or pyrimidyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyrimidyl may be substituted; has an excellent arthropod pests controlling activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Ihara, Noriyasu Sakamoto, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20050215578
    Abstract: A thiadiazole compound of the formula (A): wherein R1 represents methyl, C3-C7 alkenyl, C2-C7 alkoxyalkyl, C2-C7 alkylthioalkyl, C4-C7 alkoxyalkoxyalkyl, C4-C7 alkylthioalkoxyalkyl, phenyl C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, phenyloxy C1-C2 alkyl in which phenyloxy may be substituted, phenyl C2-C3 alkoxyalkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, or the substituent of the formula (B): wherein R represents C1-C3 alkyl, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, ethyl or phenyl which may be substituted; and R2 represents phenyl C1-C4 alkyl in which phenyl may be substituted, pyridyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyridyl may be substituted, or pyrimidyl C1-C4 alkyl in which pyrimidyl may be substituted; has an excellent arthropod pests controlling activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Ihara, Noriyasu Sakamoto, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20040256309
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane which satisfies the following relationship when seawater at 25° C. having a pH of 6.5, a boron concentration of 5 ppm and a TDS concentration of 3.5% by weight is permeated under an operation pressure of 5.5 MPa: Boron removal ratio (%)≧95−4×membrane permeation flow rate (m3/m2·day).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomioka, Kazuya Sugita, Katsufumi Oto
  • Patent number: 6103750
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X and Y, which may be same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group or a cyano group, the formula --Z.sup.1 --Z.sup.2 --Z.sup.3 -- is a group represented by --CF.sub.2 --CF.sub.2 --O--, --CF.sub.2 --O--CF.sub.2 -- or --O--CF.sub.2 --O-- and R is represented by the formula: ##STR2## and an insecticidal and acaricidal agent comprising same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toru Uekawa, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Patent number: 5756522
    Abstract: Disclosed are triazole derivatives represented by the following formula, insecticides and acaricides containing the triazole derivatives as active ingredients, and a method of controlling insect pests and mites. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, 1-pyrrolyl group, a group represented by the formula NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 ; R.sup.5 represents a methyl or ethyl group substituted with at least one halogen atom; n represents 0, 1 or 2; Y represents a nitrogen atom or a group represented by the formula CX.sup.2 ; and X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are the same or different and each represent a halogen atom, a nitro group or a cyano group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomioka, Takashi Furukawa, Yoji Takada, Hirotaka Takano
  • Patent number: 5563174
    Abstract: A hydrazone compound of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is halogen; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; R.sup.2 's are independently hydrogen or fluorine; R.sup.3 is a group of the general formula: CH.sub.2 R.sup.4 wherein R.sup.4 is cyano or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; or R.sup.3 is a group of the general formula: SR.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.16 alkyl; optionally substituted phenyl, or the like, has excellent insecticidal activity and rather low toxicity to mammals. The hydrazone compound is useful as an active ingredient of insecticides for controlling harmful insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomioka, Taro Hirose, Toshiaki Taki, Hirosi Kisida, Shigeru Saito
  • Patent number: 5536748
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrazone compound of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, methoxymethyl or cyanomethyl, with the proviso that the R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen; R.sup.3 is trifluoromethyl or methyl; and X is halogen, and an insecticide containing the hydrazone compound as an active ingredient. The hydrazone compound has good insecticidal activity and lower acute toxicity to mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taro Hirose, Toshiaki Taki, Hiroki Tomioka, Hirosi Kisida, Shigeru Saito