Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Jinnai

Hiroshi Jinnai 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: 20240361260
    Abstract: To provide an analysis method that can analyze a crystal structure, a crystal morphology, a crystal distribution of a rubber material in stretching even in a local portion of the rubber material. The present disclosure relates to a method of analyzing a crystal structure, a crystal morphology, or a crystal distribution of a rubber material in stretching using a nanodiffraction imaging technique that analyzes an electron diffraction pattern acquired by scanning electron beams converged to a diameter of 100 nm or less on a surface of the rubber material while a behavior of stretching deformation of the rubber material and/or a state of the rubber material in stretching are observed using a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi JINNAI, Tomohiro MIYATA, Daisuke WATANABE, Wakana ITO, Takehiro KITAURA
  • Patent number: 11827751
    Abstract: A nanonetwork with controlled chirality prepared via self-assembly of triblock terpolymers, wherein each of the triblock terpolymers includes a first block, a second block and a third block. The first block is connected to the second block, and the third block is connected to the second block. The first block, the second block and the third block are incompatible. The third block has a homochiral characteristic, and a chirality of the nanonetwork with controlled chirality is determined by the homochiral characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fang Wang, Po-Ting Chiu, Chih-Ying Yang, Zhi-Hong Xie, Yu-Chueh Hung, Jing-Yu Lee, Jing-Cherng Tsai, Ishan Prasad, Hiroshi Jinnai, Edwin L. Thomas, Rong-Ming Ho
  • Publication number: 20220411590
    Abstract: A nanonetwork with controlled chirality prepared via self-assembly of triblock terpolymers, wherein each of the triblock terpolymers includes a first block, a second block and a third block. The first block is connected to the second block, and the third block is connected to the second block. The first block, the second block and the third block are incompatible. The third block has a homochiral characteristic, and a chirality of the nanonetwork with controlled chirality is determined by the homochiral characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fang WANG, Po-Ting CHIU, Chih-Ying YANG, Zhi-Hong XIE, Yu-Chueh HUNG, Jing-Yu LEE, Jing-Cherng TSAI, Ishan PRASAD, Hiroshi JINNAI, Edwin L. THOMAS, Rong-Ming HO
  • Patent number: 10414847
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a polymer brush which forms phase-separated structure in a gas phase. The polymer brush according to the present invention comprises a substrate and a polymer layer wherein the polymer layer comprises polymer chains each of which has one end fixed on the substrate and other end free-ended, and wherein a state of phase-separation between a polymer dense part and a polymer thin part reversibly changes in the polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahara, Hiroshi Jinnai, Daiki Murakami, Yuki Norizoe
  • Publication number: 20170152339
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a polymer brush which forms phase-separated structure in a gas phase. The polymer brush according to the present invention comprises a substrate and a polymer layer wherein the polymer layer comprises polymer chains each of which has one end fixed on the substrate and other end free-ended, and wherein a state of phase-separation between a polymer dense part and a polymer thin part reversibly changes in the polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKAHARA, Hiroshi JINNAI, Daiki MURAKAMI, Yuki NORIZOE
  • Patent number: 7960473
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a reactive functional group-containing resin (B), which has a specific structure in the morphology of the resin composition observed by transmission electron microscopy tomography, and the relaxation time T1C of each carbon nucleus by the solid NMR measurement of the thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin is kept in a specific range. The composition is excellent in the balance between contradictory properties such as impact resistance and heat resistance, remarkably exhibits a peculiar viscoelastic behavior not observed in the conventional polymeric materials, and is remarkably excellent in impact energy absorbing performance and vibration energy absorbing performance at the time of high-speed deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Masaru Akita, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20110001251
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition, comprising, as essential components, a thermosetting resin component A and a high-molecular component B which are evenly compatible and miscible with each other at a temperature of 5 to 40° C. without being separated from each other, and a curing agent component C, wherein after the adhesive composition comes into contact with an adherend and after the thermosetting resin component A is cured, the thermosetting resin component A is separated, in the adhesive composition, into particulate structures wherein the concentration of the thermosetting resin component A is larger than that in the surrounding of the particulate structures, and further the particulate structures are formed in a larger amount near a surface of the composition which contacts the adherend than inside the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition can be used in thin-film bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Yutaka Gou, Kazuhiro Miyauchi, Takashi Inoue, Atsushi Takahara, Hiroshi Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20100273944
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a reactive functional group-containing resin (B), which has a specific structure in the morphology of the resin composition observed by transmission electron microscopy tomography, and the relaxation time T1C of each carbon nucleus by the solid NMR measurement of the thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin is kept in a specific range. The composition is excellent in the balance between contradictory properties such as impact resistance and heat resistance, remarkably exhibits a peculiar viscoelastic behavior not observed in the conventional polymeric materials, and is remarkably excellent in impact energy absorbing performance and vibration energy absorbing performance at the time of high-speed deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc., a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Masaru Akita, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7675043
    Abstract: Left and right sides of the mesh sandwiching the placing region therebetween are set as left and right to-be-fixed portions to be fixed to sample holder separation portions respectively to be moved in a stretch direction. A slit for dividing use is formed from a portion of the periphery of the mesh disposed between the left and right to-be-fixed portions thereof toward the rubber slice-placing position of the mesh in a direction orthogonal to the stretch direction of the rubber slice or a direction inclined thereto. When the to-be-fixed portions are moved in a separation direction by moving the sample holder separation portions, the mesh is divided into left and right parts by the slit for dividing use so that the rubber slice fixed to the left and right sides of the mesh is stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Hirofumi Nakamae, Marina Kotani, Hidehiko Dohi, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20080083884
    Abstract: Left and right sides of the mesh sandwiching the placing region therebetween are set as left and right to-be-fixed portions to be fixed to sample holder separation portions respectively to be moved in a stretch direction. A slit for dividing use is formed from a portion of the periphery of the mesh disposed between the left and right to-be-fixed portions thereof toward the rubber slice-placing position of the mesh in a direction orthogonal to the stretch direction of the rubber slice or a direction inclined thereto. When the to-be-fixed portions are moved in a separation direction by moving the sample holder separation portions, the mesh is divided into left and right parts by the slit for dividing use so that the rubber slice fixed to the left and right sides of the mesh is stretched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Hirofumi Nakamae, Marina Kotani, Hidehiko Dohi, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6723392
    Abstract: A light-scattering sheet having a phase separation structure comprised of a plurality of solid components varying in refractive index is used to construct a liquid crystal display device. In a first embodiment, the light-scattering sheet is disposed in a defined position within a reflecting LCD device. Thus, in a reflecting LCD device comprising a liquid crystal cell constituted of a transparent front electrode plate having a substrate carrying a transparent conductive layer, a back electrode plate having a substrate carrying a conductive layer and a liquid crystal and, as disposed forwardly of the liquid crystal cell, a polarizer, the light-scattering sheet is interposed (i) between the polarizer and the front electrode plate or (ii) between the back electrode plate and a reflector disposed behind the back electrode plate. Alternatively, (iii) the substrate sheet may be constituted of the light-scattering sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Jinnai, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masanori Hiraishi, Yoshiyuki Nishida