Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Asai

Hirotaka Asai 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: 12163287
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides fine cellulose fibers that satisfy, in measurement using an automatic fiber shape analyzer, all of (i) the length weighted average fiber length of fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 ?m is 110-500 ?m, (ii) the average fiber diameter is at most 42.5 ?m, (iii) the fine fiber area ratio is at most 90%, (iv) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of 20-56 ?m is at most 97% among fibers having a fiber length of less than 100 ?m, (v) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of at least 411 ?m is at most 54% among fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 ?m, and (vi) the average fiber diameter is 20-150 nm in terms of specific surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Uchimura, Hirofumi Ono, Hirotaka Asai, Yoko Fujimoto, Naoaki Yamasaki, Kazufumi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20240274108
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a composite molded body that can be suitably used as a ventilation adjustment layer having excellent sound absorbability between a low frequency band and an intermediate frequency band, and has excellent three-dimensional shapeability. According to the present disclosure, a composite molded body including fibrillated fibers and short fibers is provided. The composite molded body has a surface density of 30 g/m2 to 1000 g/m2 and an air resistance of 15.0 s/(100 mL·mm) or less per unit thickness. According to the present disclosure, a composite sound absorbing material with a thickness of 10 mm or less in which a ventilation adjustment layer and a porous material are stacked is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Asai
  • Publication number: 20240263396
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides fine cellulose fibers that satisfy, in measurement using an automatic fiber shape analyzer, all of (i) the length weighted average fiber length of fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 ?m is 110-500 ?m, (ii) the average fiber diameter is at most 42.5 ?m, (iii) the fine fiber area ratio is at most 90%, (iv) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of 20-56 ?m is at most 97% among fibers having a fiber length of less than 100 ?m, (v) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of at least 411 um is at most 54% among fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 ?m, and (vi) the average fiber diameter is 20-150 nm in terms of specific surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Uchimura, Hirofumi Ono, Hirotaka Asai, Yoko Fujimoto, Naoaki Yamasaki, Kazufumi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20210130586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cellulose composite composed of a cellulose and a polysaccharide, wherein a Bragg spacing by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of a sediment obtained by subjecting a 0.1% by mass aqueous dispersion of the cellulose composite to a centrifugation treatment is 8.6 nm or more, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka ASAI, Naoaki YAMASAKI, Masayuki KAKIZAWA, Naoki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6344236
    Abstract: The aqueous dispersion of a peelable coating composition of the present invention is (a) a mixture containing 5-40% by weight of an emulsion of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature (hereinafter referred to as “Tg”) of not lower than 40° C., and 95-60% by weight of an emulsion of another acrylic copolymer having a Tg ranging from −20° C. through 5° C. The acrylic copolymer emulsion mixture (b) contains ethylenically unsaturated vinyl monomers having acid value in a total amount of 0.5-1.0% by weight, and (c) at least one of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is an acrylic copolymer which has been polymerized by use of a reactive surfactant, and (d) the particle size of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is not more than 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Inventors: Kenji Yamashita, Masayuki Matsuki, Hirotaka Asai, Noritsumi Matsuyama, Hideaki Tojo, Hisashi Kurota, Kensaku Akasaka, Hideki Obara
  • Publication number: 20010005733
    Abstract: The aqueous dispersion of a peelable coating composition of the present invention is (a) a mixture containing 5-40% by weight of an emulsion of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature (hereinafter referred to as “Tg”) of not lower than 40° C., and 95-60% by weight of an emulsion of another acrylic copolymer having a Tg ranging from −20° C. through 5° C. The acrylic copolymer emulsion mixture (b) contains ethylenically unsaturated vinyl monomers having acid value in a total amount of 0.5-1.0% by weight, and (c) at least one of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is an acrylic copolymer which has been polymerized by use of a reactive surfactant, and (d) the particle size of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is not more than 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: Rinrei Wax Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamashita, Masayuki Matsuki, Hirotaka Asai, Noritsumi Matsuyama, Hideaki Tojo, Hisashi Kurota, Kensaku Akasaka, Hideki Obara
  • Patent number: 6211282
    Abstract: The aqueous dispersion of a peelable coating composition of the present invention is (a) a mixture containing 5-40% by weight of an emulsion of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature (hereinafter referred to as “Tg”) of not lower than 40° C., and 95-60% by weight of an emulsion of another acrylic copolymer having a Tg ranging from −20° C. through 5° C. The acrylic copolymer emulsion mixture (b) contains ethylenically unsaturated vinyl monomers having acid value in a total amount of 0.5-1.0% by weight, and (c) at least one of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is an acrylic copolymer which has been polymerized by use of a reactive surfactant, and (d) the particle size of the acrylic copolymer emulsions is not more than 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: Rinrei Wax Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yamashita, Masayuki Matsuki, Hirotaka Asai, Noritsumi Matsuyama, Hideaki Tojo, Hisashi Kurota, Kensaku Akasaka, Hideki Obara