Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kamo

Hiroshi Kamo 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).

  • Patent number: 9601738
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a polyethylene powder which can offer a fiber excellent in resistance to end breakage, dimensional stability, and acid resistance and/or a microporous membrane excellent in dimensional stability and acid resistance, and a microporous membrane and a fiber which are obtained by forming the polyethylene powder. The present invention provides a polyethylene powder comprising: 0.5 ppm or higher and 3,000 ppm or lower of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size smaller than 50 ?m; and 0.5 ppm or higher and 12 ppm or lower of a magnesium element, wherein the polyethylene has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 100,000 or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Akio Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20160233473
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a polyethylene powder which can offer a fiber excellent in resistance to end breakage, dimensional stability, and acid resistance and/or a microporous membrane excellent in dimensional stability and acid resistance, and a microporous membrane and a fiber which are obtained by forming the polyethylene powder. The present invention provides a polyethylene powder comprising: 0.5 ppm or higher and 3,000 ppm or lower of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size smaller than 50 ?m; and 0.5 ppm or higher and 12 ppm or lower of a magnesium element, wherein the polyethylene has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 100,000 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Akio Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9362539
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a polyethylene powder which can offer a fiber excellent in resistance to end breakage, dimensional stability, and acid resistance and/or a microporous membrane excellent in dimensional stability and acid resistance, and a microporous membrane and a fiber which are obtained by forming the polyethylene powder. The present invention provides a polyethylene powder comprising: 0.5 ppm or higher and 3,000 ppm or lower of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size smaller than 50 ?m; and 0.5 ppm or higher and 12 ppm or lower of a magnesium element, wherein the polyethylene has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 100,000 or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Akio Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20150249242
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a polyethylene powder which can offer a fiber excellent in resistance to end breakage, dimensional stability, and acid resistance and/or a microporous membrane excellent in dimensional stability and acid resistance, and a microporous membrane and a fiber which are obtained by forming the polyethylene powder. The present invention provides a polyethylene powder comprising: 0.5 ppm or higher and 3,000 ppm or lower of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size smaller than 50 ?m; and 0.5 ppm or higher and 12 ppm or lower of a magnesium element, wherein the polyethylene has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 100,000 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Akio Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8916633
    Abstract: A film is used as a TAB leader tape. The film comprises 45 parts by mass or more of a polyphenylene ether-based resin and 55 parts by mass or less of at least one component selected from a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer based on 100 parts by mass of the film. The film optionally includes inorganic filler and other additional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kamo
  • Patent number: 8901222
    Abstract: The polyphenylene ether according to the present invention includes 5 to 20% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 50,000 or more and 12 to 30% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 8,000 or less. The resin composition according to the present invention includes the polyphenylene ether (a) and a hydrogenated block copolymer (b) prepared by hydrogenating a block copolymer including at least two polymer blocks A having a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymer block B having a conjugated diene compound, wherein the number average molecular weight (Mnb) of the hydrogenated block copolymer is 100,000 or less, and the number average molecular weight (MnbA) of at least one polymer block of the polymer blocks A is 8,000 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichiro I, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Hiroshi Kamo, Yoshifumi Araki, Toru Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8865811
    Abstract: The polyphenylene ether according to the present invention includes 5 to 20% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 50,000 or more and 12 to 30% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 8,000 or less. The resin composition according to the present invention includes the polyphenylene ether (a) and a hydrogenated block copolymer (b) prepared by hydrogenating a block copolymer including at least two polymer blocks A having a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymer block B having a conjugated diene compound, wherein the number average molecular weight (Mnb) of the hydrogenated block copolymer is 100,000 or less, and the number average molecular weight (MnbA) of at least one polymer block of the polymer blocks A is 8,000 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichiro I, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Hiroshi Kamo, Yoshifumi Araki, Toru Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8691898
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a resin composition in which fluidity is conferred while maintaining the high heat resistance of a highly heat-resistant non-crystalline resin, an amount of foreign matter is greatly reduced, there is no mold deposit, the metering stability is excellent, and the transparency is also good, and a resin composition in which good heat resistance and fluidity are both achieved, the amount of foreign matter is reduced, generation of fines is reduced, and there is no bleeding out. According to the present invention, there is provided a resin composition comprising; (A) a resin component comprising 70 to 100% by weight of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polysulfone resin, a polyethersulfone resin, a polyarylate resin, a polyamide-imide resin, a polyetherimide resin, and a thermoplastic polyimide resin; and (B) an organic compound having a melting point of not less than 200° C., the organic compound being from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Tetsuo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20130289181
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] There is provided automotive lamp peripheral parts excellent in the heat resistance, rigidity and fogging property. [Solution] The automotive lamp peripheral part according to the present invention is obtained from a resin composition containing 70% by mass or more of a polyphenylene ether (A), and has a haze value of a glass plate of 1.0% or less after the glass plate is subjected to a following fogging test using an apparatus according to ISO 6452: <Fogging Test> 60 g of a pellet or a molded article obtained from the resin composition is put in a glass-made sample bottle; the sample bottle is covered with a glass plate as a lid, and heated at 170° C. for 24 hours to thereby generate fogging on the glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi KAMO, Hiroshi NISHINO, Hiroyuki SHINRYU
  • Publication number: 20130231430
    Abstract: The polyphenylene ether according to the present invention includes 5 to 20% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 50,000 or more and 12 to 30% by mass of a component having a molecular weight of 8,000 or less. The resin composition according to the present invention includes the polyphenylene ether (a) and a hydrogenated block copolymer (b) prepared by hydrogenating a block copolymer including at least two polymer blocks A having a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymer block B having a conjugated diene compound, wherein the number average molecular weight (Mnb) of the hydrogenated block copolymer is 100,000 or less, and the number average molecular weight (MnbA) of at least one polymer block of the polymer blocks A is 8,000 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichiro I, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Hiroshi Kamo, Yoshifumi Araki, Toru Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8492467
    Abstract: There is provided automotive lamp peripheral parts excellent in heat resistance, rigidity and fogging property. The lamp peripheral part according to the invention is obtained from a resin composition containing 70% by mass or more of a polyphenylene ether (A) and a styrene-based resin (B), and has a haze value of a glass plate of 1.0% or less after the glass plate is subjected to a fogging test using an apparatus according to ISO 6452.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Kamo, Hiroshi Nishino, Hiroyuki Shinryu
  • Patent number: 8474117
    Abstract: There is provided a machine tool capable of housing workpieces of different sizes in a same workpiece storage unit without requiring a new workpiece storage unit. In a machine tool including a workpiece storage unit having a plurality of housing spaces housing workpieces and a processing machine processing a workpiece supplied from one of the housing spaces, the workpiece storage unit is structured so that the size of each housing space is changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kuriya, Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, Hiroshi Kamo, Hidehito Ota, Hiroki Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20120071599
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] There is provided automotive lamp peripheral parts excellent in the heat resistance, rigidity and fogging property. [Solution] The automotive lamp peripheral part according to the present invention is obtained from a resin composition containing 70% by mass or more of a polyphenylene ether (A), and has a haze value of a glass plate of 1.0% or less after the glass plate is subjected to a following fogging test using an apparatus according to ISO 6452: <Fogging test> 60 g of a pellet or a molded article obtained from the resin composition is put in a glass-made sample bottle; the sample bottle is covered with a glass plate as a lid, and heated at 170° C. for 24 hours to thereby generate fogging on the glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Kamo, Hiroshi Nishino, Hiroyuki Shinryu
  • Patent number: 8124694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold releasing film for printed circuit board production, which comprises a resin layer (P) containing (A) a polyphenylene ether-based resin in an amount of 50 wt % or more. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mold releasing film suitable for production of printed circuit boards, particularly flexible printed circuit boards, which is excellent in mold-releasing property, exhibits little heat shrinkage, hardly imparts wrinkles to printed circuit board products, itself hardly gets wrinkled, and is excellent in contamination resistance since no bleeding-out is observed, and which is also excellent in an anti-moisture absorbing property, shape-following property, less overflow of adhesive, adhesion between multilayer films and slipping property between films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Yuuji Kusumi
  • Patent number: 7932315
    Abstract: A hard disk drive inner part formed of a resin which exhibits well-balanced low outgassing properties, ultrasonic cleaning resistance, low ionic contamination properties, low particulate contamination properties, repeated removability, heat resistance, specific gravity, and water-absorbing properties. The hard disk drive inner part includes a resin composition which includes a polyphenylene ether resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Yukihiro Ban
  • Patent number: 7851271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold releasing film for printed circuit board production, which comprises a resin layer (P) containing (A) a polyphenylene ether-based resin in an amount of 50 wt % or more. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mold releasing film suitable for production of printed circuit boards, particularly flexible printed circuit boards, which is excellent in mold-releasing property, exhibits little heat shrinkage, hardly imparts wrinkles to printed circuit board products, itself hardly gets wrinkled, and is excellent in contamination resistance since no bleeding-out is observed, and which is also excellent in an anti-moisture absorbing property, shape-following property, less overflow of adhesive, adhesion between multilayer films and slipping property between films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Yuuji Kusumi
  • Publication number: 20100307300
    Abstract: There is provided a machine tool capable of housing workpieces of different sizes in a same workpiece storage unit without requiring a new workpiece storage unit. In a machine tool including a workpiece storage unit having a plurality of housing spaces housing workpieces and a processing machine processing a workpiece supplied from one of the housing spaces, the workpiece storage unit is structured so that the size of each housing space is changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko KURIYA, Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, Hiroshi Kamo, Hidehito Ota, Hiroki Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20100168303
    Abstract: The TAB leader tape of the present invention comprises 45 parts by mass or more of a polyphenylene ether-based resin based on 100 parts by mass of the resin component thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kamo
  • Publication number: 20090292082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold releasing film for printed circuit board production, which comprises a resin layer (P) containing (A) a polyphenylene ether-based resin in an amount of 50 wt % or more. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mold releasing film suitable for production of printed circuit boards, particularly flexible printed circuit boards, which is excellent in mold-releasing property, exhibits little heat shrinkage, hardly imparts wrinkles to printed circuit board products, itself hardly gets wrinkled, and is excellent in contamination resistance since no bleeding-out is observed, and which is also excellent in an anti-moisture absorbing property, shape-following property, less overflow of adhesive, adhesion between multilayer films and slipping property between films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamo, Yuuji Kusumi
  • Publication number: 20090081462
    Abstract: The invention provides a long fiber filler reinforced resin pellet composed of a long fiber filler and a thermoplastic resin blend. In the pellet, the long fiber filler is aligned to form a spiral with a central axis along the longitudinal direction of the pellet, and the pellet has a skin layer part with a lower content of the long fiber filler, and a core part with a higher content of the long fiber filler, thereby the cross-section of the core part is in a range of 30% to 70% of the cross-section of the pellet. The thermoplastic resin blend in the pellet is composed of polyphenylene ether and a thermoplastic resin other than polyphenylene ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Miyoshi, Hiroshi Kamo, Koji Sarukawa, Kazuo Yoshida, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Hiroaki Furukawa, Kazunori Terada