Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Osaka

Hiroyuki Osaka 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: 20090022989
    Abstract: High-quality differential-shrinkage polyester combined filament yarn having good color tone and being free from fluffing can be made from a polyester polymer produced by using a catalyst comprising (I) a mixture consisting of a Ti compound component composed of one or more members selected from among titanium alkoxides of the general formula (I) and products of reaction of these alkoxides with carboxylic acids of the general formula (II) or anhydrides thereof and a P compound component consisting of a compound of the general formula (III) and/or (2) a product obtained by reacting a Ti compound component composed of one or more members selected from among titanium alkoxides of the general formula (I) and products of reaction of these alkoxides with carboxylic acids of the general formula (II) or anhydrides thereof with a P compound component consisting of a compound of the general formula (IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizumura, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka, Ryoji Tsukamoto, Keijiro Hattori, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Patent number: 7361015
    Abstract: A heat treatment operation can be executed, suppressing a wave-shaped deformation at a non heat-treatment region of an article to be heat treated. To an elongated-shaped article to be heat treated to which a raised portion extending in the longitudinal direction is formed, a hardening region, as a heat-treated region defined to extend in a longitudinal direction at a part of the raised portion, and a non-hardening region, as a non-heat-treated region defined to extend in the longitudinal direction at flange portion, and other parts of the raised portion are arranged side by side in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The flange portion is clamped by a first and a second clamp, arranged in the longitudinal direction, and one first clamp is a tight clamp for holding fixedly the flange portion and a plurality of second clamps are loose clamps for clamping loosely the flange portion, allowing the article to be heat treated to be convex on the side of the heated hardening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Kikuchi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Norihiko Kikuchi, Tatsushi Yurudume, Hisao Hoshino, Takao Minagawa, Hiroyuki Osaka, Makoto Noudou, Shigeki Kishihara, Shingo Shikuwa
  • Publication number: 20070186533
    Abstract: A polyester combined filament yarn composed of a self-extending polyester multifilament yarn A and a heat-shrinkable polyester multifilament yarn B, wherein the polyester multifilament yarn A comprises a core portion and a plurality of fin portions protruding in a radial fashion from the core portion along the lengthwise direction of the core portion, and the following conditions (a) to (c) arc simultaneously satisfied. 1/20?SB/SA????(a) 0.6?LB/DA?3.0??(b) WB/DA?¼??(c) (where SA represents the cross-sectional area of the core portion, DA represents the diameter of the core portion when the cross-section is a circle and the circumscribed circle diameter when it is not a circle, and SB, LB and WB represent the cross-sectional area, maximum length and maximum width, respectively, of the fin portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Masuda, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20060210797
    Abstract: Polyester fibers having a deformed section are produced from a polyester polymer which is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylate ester in the presence of a catalyst containing a mixture of a Ti component (A) comprising at least one a titanium alkoxide or a reaction product thereof with a specific carboxylic acid or its anhydride with a P compound component (B) represented by the following general formula (III) and/or a reaction product of a Ti compound component (C) with a P compound component (D) represented by the following general formula (IV). The obtained fibers have a favorable color tone and excellent qualities without showing fluffing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Masuda, Mie Kamiyama, Tomoo Mizumura, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka, Ryoji Tsukamoto, Keijiro Hattori, Suguru Nakajima, Katushi Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Patent number: 7087299
    Abstract: Polyester fibers having an individual fiber thickness of 0.1 to 10 dtex are produced from a polyester polymer produced by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylate ester in the presence of a catalyst including a mixture of a Ti compound component (A) including at least one member selected from titanium alkoxides and reaction products of the titanium alkoxides with a specific type of carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, with a specific P compound component (B), and/or a reaction product of a Ti compound component (C) with a specific P compound component (D). The resultant fibers have a good color tone (a low b value) a stable drawing and false-twisting processability and exhibit excellent appearance and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Tsuyoshi Masuda, Hiroyuki Osaka, Keijiro Hattori
  • Patent number: 7078096
    Abstract: There are provided a process for producing a polyester fine multifilament yarn having a single filament fineness of 0.9 dtex or below, a total number of single filaments of 100 to 400 and a birefringence of 0.03 to 0.06 comprising passing polymer streams of a polyester polymer melt extruded from a spinneret surface through an atmosphere wherein a distance of 0 to 40 mm from the spinneret surface is regulated to a temperature within the range of 100 to 300° C., further cooling the polymer streams and then converging the cooled filaments into a filament bundle at a position of 350 to 500 mm from the spinneret surface; a process for producing a polyester fine false twist textured yarn comprising subjecting a polyester fine multifilament yarn having a single filament fineness of 0.9 dtex or below, a total number of single filaments of 100 to 400 and a bifringence of 0.03 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Satoshi Nagamune, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20060147709
    Abstract: High-quality differential-shrinkage polyester combined filament yarn having good color tone and being free from fluffing can be made from a polyester polymer produced by using a catalyst comprising (I) a mixture consisting of a Ti compound component composed of one or more members selected from among titanium alkoxides of the general formula (I) and products of reaction of these alkoxides with carboxylic acids of the general formula (II) or anhydrides thereof and a P compound component consisting of a compound of the general formula (III) and/or (2) a product obtained by reacting a Ti compound component composed of one or more members selected from among titanium alkoxides of the general formula (I) and products of reaction of these alkoxides with carboxylic acids of the general formula (II) or anhydrides thereof with a P compound component consisting of a compound of the general formula (IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizumura, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka, Ryoji Tsukamoto, Keijiro Hattori, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20060082040
    Abstract: A heat treatment operation can be executed, suppressing a wave-shaped deformation at a non heat-treatment region of an article to be heat treated. To an elongated-shaped article to be heat treated (10) to which a raised portion (11) extending in the longitudinal direction is formed, a hardening region as being a heat-treated region defined to be extended in a longitudinal direction at a part of the raised portion (11) and a non-hardening region as being non heat-treated region defined to be extended in the longitudinal direction at flange portion (13) and other parts of the raised portion (11) are arranged side by side in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Norihiko Kikuchi, Tatsushi Yurudume, Hisao Hoshino, Takao Minagawa, Hiroyuki Osaka, Makoto Noudou, Shigeki Kishihara, Shingo Shikuwa
  • Patent number: 7000375
    Abstract: A polyester false-twist textured yarn, useful as a yarn for woven or knitted fabrics having excellent water-absorbing and quick drying properties, satisfies all of the requirements (1) to (3) shown below: (1) the cross-sectional profiles of a plurality of individual filaments, from which the false-twist textured multifilament yarn is constituted, each have 3 to 6 concavities, and the average number of the concavities having a ratio (H/W) of a largest depth (H) to a largest width (W) of the individual concavities of 0.3 or more is in the range of from 50 to 80% of the total number of the concavities; (2) the average of the cross-sectional profile flatness factors is in the range of from 1.5 to 3.5; and (3) the standard deviation of the cross-sectional profile flatness factors is in the range of from 0.3 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Yanagihara, Yoshiki Shirakawa, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20060014920
    Abstract: A polyester multifilament yarn having an individual filament thickness of 0.3 to 2.0 dtex, a total thickness of 90 dtex or less and a silk factor of 22 or more, can be obtained from a polyester polymer produced by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylate ester in the presence of a catalyst which comprises a mixture of a Ti compound component (A) comprising at least one member selected from titanium alkoxides and reaction products of the titanium alkoxides with carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, with a specific P compound component (B), and/or a reaction product of the Ti compound component (A) for the mixture with a specific P compound component (D), the resultant yarn having a good color tone (a low b* value) and an excellent weaving or knitting property and a good dyeing processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiki Shirakawa, Keijiro Hattori, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20050227066
    Abstract: There are provided a process for producing a polyester fine multifilament yarn having a single filament fineness of 0.9 dtex or below, a total number of single filaments of 100 to 400 and a birefringence of 0.03 to 0.06 comprising passing polymer streams of a polyester polymer melt extruded from a spinneret surface through an atmosphere wherein a distance of 0 to 40 mm from the spinneret surface is regulated to a temperature within the range of 100 to 300° C., further cooling the polymer streams and then converging the cooled filaments into a filament bundle at a position of 350 to 500 mm from the spinneret surface; a process for producing a polyester fine false twist textured yarn comprising subjecting a polyester fine multifilament yarn having a single filament fineness of 0.9 dtex or below, a total number of single filaments of 100 to 400 and a bifringence of 0.03 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: TEIJIN FIBERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Satoshi Nagamune, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20050102992
    Abstract: A polyester false-twist textured yarn, useful as a yarn for woven or knitted fabrics having excellent water-absorbing and quick drying properties, satisfies all of the requirements (1) to (3) shown below: (1) the cross-sectional profiles of a plurality of individual filaments, from which the false-twist textured multifilament yarn is constituted, each have 3 to 6 concavities, and the average number of the concavities having a ratio (H/W) of a largest depth (H) to a largest width (W) of the individual concavities of 0.3 or more is in the range of from 50 to 80% of the total number of the concavities; (2) the average of the cross-sectional profile flatness factors is in the range of from 1.5 to 3.5; and (3) the standard deviation of the cross-sectional profile flatness factors is in the range of from 0.3 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Masaaki Yanagihara, Yoshiki Shirakawa, Hiroyuki Osaka
  • Publication number: 20050106388
    Abstract: Polyester fibers having an individual fiber thickness of 0.1 to 10 dtex are produced from a polyester polymer produced by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylate ester in the presence of a catalyst including a mixture of a Ti compound component (A) including at least one member selected from titanium alkoxides and reaction products of the titanium alkoxides with a specific type of carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, with a specific P compound component (B), and/or a reaction product of a Ti compound component (C) with a specific P compound component (D). The resultant fibers have a good color tone (a low b value) a stable drawing and false-twisting processability and exhibit excellent appearance and performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Tsuyoshi Masuda, Hiroyuki Osaka, Keijiro Hattori
  • Patent number: 6887411
    Abstract: A polyester blended yarn giving a woven or knitted fabric exhibiting a swollen touch and a high grade texture is stably obtained by melt-spinning a polyester including A including a substrate polymer including a polyester and 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight of a polymer P, and the substrate polymer from an identical spinneret or different spinnerets to obtain the filament group A including the polyester composition A and the filament group B including the substrate polymer, blowing cooling air on the filament groups B and A at a speed of 0.20 to 0.80 m/sec and at a speed of not less than 1.1 times said speed, respectively, to once separately cool and solidify the filament groups B and A, doubling the cooled filament groups, and then taking off the obtained doubled yarn at a speed of not less than 2,500 m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Osaka, Hideki Beppu, Kenji Iwashita
  • Patent number: 6723265
    Abstract: A polymer of a kind different from a polyester in an amount within the range of 0.3 to 5.0% by weight based on the polyester is added to the polyester, and the resulting composition is melt-extruded from the same pack. The extruded filament group including polyester multi-filaments is cooled once to the glass transition temperature or below, and the filament group is subsequently divided into two groups. One of the filament groups in an opened state is subjected to non-contact heat treatment at an atmospheric temperature of 120° C. or above; however, the other filament group is kept in a state without being subjected to the heat treatment. The respective filament groups are then simultaneously taken off at a speed of 2500 m/min or above and subjected to doubling and mixing of the filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Osaka, Satoshi Nagamune, Kenji Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20030052432
    Abstract: A polyester blended yarn giving a woven or knitted fabric exhibiting a swollen touch and a high grade texture is stably obtained by melt-spinning a polyester composition A comprising a substrate polymer comprising a polyester and 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight of a polymer P, and the substrate polymer from an identical spinneret or different spinnerets to obtain the filament group A comprising the polyester composition A and the filament group B comprising the substrate polymer, blowing cooling air on the filament groups B and A at a speed of 0.20 to 0.80 m/sec and at a speed of not less than 1.1 times said speed, respectively, to once separately cool and solidify the filament groups B and A, doubling the cooled filament groups, and then taking off the obtained doubled yarn at a speed of not less than 2,500 m/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Osaka, Hideki Beppu, Kenji Iwashita