Patents by Inventor Hisaichi Watanabe

Hisaichi Watanabe 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: 11268237
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing an elastically stretchable artificial leather, which includes the steps of forming microfiberizable fibers into a web, entangling the obtained web to produce an entangled nonwoven fabric, converting the microfiberizable fibers in the nonwoven fabric to microfine fibers thereby producing a substrate for artificial leather, producing an artificial leather from the obtained substrate for artificial leather, bringing the obtained artificial leather into close contact with an elastomer sheet stretched in a machine direction by 5 to 40%, shrinking the artificial leather in the machine direction simultaneously with the elastomer sheet by relaxing elongation of the elastomer sheet to obtain an artificial leather in shrunk state, heat treating the artificial leather in shrunk state, and then peeling the heat treated artificial leather off from the elastomer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Fujisawa, Yukio Maeda, Kazumasa Inoue, Yasutoshi Nomura, Tetsuya Ashida, Hisaichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10465338
    Abstract: A production method of an elastically stretchable artificial leather which includes a step of making microfiberizable fibers into a web; a step of entangling the obtained web to produce an entangled nonwoven fabric; a step of converting the microfiberizable fibers in the nonwoven fabric to microfine fibers, thereby producing a substrate for artificial leather; a step of producing an artificial leather by using the obtained substrate for artificial leather; and a step wherein the obtained artificial leather is brought into close contact with an elastomer sheet stretched in a machine direction by 5 to 40%; the artificial leather is allowed to shrink in the machine direction simultaneously with allowing the elastomer sheet to shrink in the machine direction by relaxing elongation of the elastomer sheet; the artificial leather is heat-treated in shrunk state; and then the artificial leather is peeled off from the elastomer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Fujisawa, Yukio Maeda, Kazumasa Inoue, Yasutoshi Nomura, Tetsuya Ashida, Hisaichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190292723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing an elastically stretchable artificial leather, which includes the steps of forming microfiberizable fibers into a web, entangling the obtained web to produce an entangled nonwoven fabric, converting the microfiberizable fibers in the nonwoven fabric to microfine fibers thereby producing a substrate for artificial leather, producing an artificial leather from the obtained substrate for artificial leather, bringing the obtained artificial leather into close contact with an elastomer sheet stretched in a machine direction by 5 to 40%, shrinking the artificial leather in the machine direction simultaneously with the elastomer sheet by relaxing elongation of the elastomer sheet to obtain an artificial leather in shrunk state, heat treating the artificial leather in shrunk state, and then peeling the heat treated artificial leather off from the elastomer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Fujisawa, Yukio Maeda, Kazumasa Inoue, Yasutoshi Nomura, Tetsuya Ashida, Hisaichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150050460
    Abstract: A production method of an elastically stretchable artificial leather which includes a step of making microfiberizable fibers into a web; a step of entangling the obtained web to produce an entangled nonwoven fabric; a step of converting the microfiberizable fibers in the nonwoven fabric to microfine fibers, thereby producing a substrate for artificial leather; a step of producing an artificial leather by using the obtained substrate for artificial leather; and a step wherein the obtained artificial leather is brought into close contact with an elastomer sheet stretched in a machine direction by 5 to 40%; the artificial leather is allowed to shrink in the machine direction simultaneously with allowing the elastomer sheet to shrink in the machine direction by relaxing elongation of the elastomer sheet; the artificial leather is heat-treated in shrunk state; and then the artificial leather is peeled off from the elastomer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Fujisawa, Yukio Maeda, Kazumasa Inoue, Yasutoshi Nomura, Tetsuya Ashida, Hisaichi Watanabe