Patents by Inventor Hodaka Yokomizo

Hodaka Yokomizo 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: 20170057208
    Abstract: A shaped product of a fiber-reinforced composite material includes a well-shaped part and a surface-shaped part, in which the well-shaped part includes a fiber-reinforced composite material C including both discontinuous reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and the surface-shaped part includes a thermoplastic-resin-based material, and the shaped product includes no irregular-shape portion in the well-shaped part and no weld at a boundary edge between the well-shaped part and the surface-shaped part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yukino Oosawa, Hidenori Aoki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20170015024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a molded product containing carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin. The molded product has a stay portion, and the volume V of the stay portion and the thickness t of the molded product satisfy 1<V/t<60 (unit: mm2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20170008260
    Abstract: A molding material for a multi-layered structure, includes a thermoplastic resin layer (X) including carbon fibers (A) having a weight-average fiber length of 0.01 mm to less than 3 mm; and a thermoplastic resin layer (Y) including carbon fibers (B) having a weight-average fiber length of 3 mm to 100 mm, in which a density parameter PY of the thermoplastic resin layer (Y) expressed by the following Equation (1) is 1×102 to less than 1×104, and in which a density parameter PX of the thermoplastic resin layer (X) expressed by the following Equation (1) is more than 1×101: P=(q×Ln3)/h??(1), where q is the number of flow units of carbon fibers included in the thermoplastic resin layer per 1 mm2 unit area, Ln is a number-average fiber length (mm) of the carbon fibers, and h is a thickness (mm) of the thermoplastic resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takaya Fujii, Shuhei Suzuki, Hodaka Yokomizo, Hidenori Aoki
  • Patent number: 9533437
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped product having an opening by arranging a molding material including discontinuous carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin on a mold and cold-pressing the molding material, wherein (1) the mold has a portion serving as a closable cavity and (2) the molding material to be arranged on the mold has a projected area larger than the projected area of the mold cavity, and wherein in the cold pressing, the molding material flows to form an end part of the shaped product, the distance over which the molding material flows being longer than 0 mm but not longer than 150 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20160250785
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press-molded product by cold-pressing a composite material containing a discontinuous carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin, is provided. The method satisfies equations (1) and (2) and includes Steps 1 to 5: Step 1 is a step of placing a heated composite material in a mold; Step 2 is a step of allowing 1 second or less between pressurization start time t0 and time t1 of reaching flow starting pressure Pf; Step 3 is a step of reaching maximum pressure Pm at time t2; Step 4 is a pressure holding step of pressing the composite material at an average holding pressure Pk from time t2 to time t3; and Step 5 is a step of opening the mold and taking out a molded product from the mold; 4<Pf/t1<7,500 [MPa/sec]; and??equation (1): 45<Pk×(t3?t2)<5,400 [MPa·sec].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Ryo Shimotake, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20160194461
    Abstract: There is provided a plate-shaped carbon fiber reinforced molding material comprising a thermoplastic resin, carbon fibers (A) and carbon fibers (B), wherein: i) the carbon fibers (A) have fiber lengths ranging from 0.01 mm to less than 3 mm, ii) the carbon fibers (B) have fiber lengths ranging from 3 mm to less than 100 mm, iii) 1.0<LwA/LnA<3 is satisfied where LwA and LnA are a weight-average fiber length and a number-average fiber length of the carbon fibers (A), respectively, and iv) the carbon fibers (B) are two-dimensionally randomly oriented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei SUZUKI, Takaya FUJII, Hodaka YOKOMIZO, Hidenori AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160158975
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped product having an opening by arranging a molding material including discontinuous carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin on a mold and cold-pressing the molding material, wherein (1) the mold has a portion serving as a closable cavity and (2) the molding material to be arranged on the mold has a projected area larger than the projected area of the mold cavity, and wherein in the cold pressing, the molding material flows to form an end part of the shaped product, the distance over which the molding material flows being longer than 0 mm but not longer than 150 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 9284436
    Abstract: There is a material for molding including carbon fiber bundles to be easily impregnated, including carbon fibers and at least one impregnation aid in an amount of 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the carbon fibers and satisfying a specific requirement, wherein 50 to 2,000 parts by mass of a thermoplastic polyamide is adhered to the carbon fiber bundles to be easily impregnated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Hodaka Yokomizo, Ikko Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20150191583
    Abstract: There is a material for molding including carbon fiber bundles to be easily impregnated, including carbon fibers and at least one impregnation aid in an amount of 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the carbon fibers and satisfying a specific requirement, wherein 50 to 2,000 parts by mass of a thermoplastic polyamide is adhered to the carbon fiber bundles to be easily impregnated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Hodaka Yokomizo, Ikko Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20150183984
    Abstract: There is provided a material for molding, wherein 50 to 2,000 parts by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate is adhered to carbon fiber bundles to be easily impregnated containing 100 parts by mass of a carbon fiber and 3 to 15 parts by mass of at least one impregnation aid that meets specific requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Hodaka Yokomizo, Ikko Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20150044461
    Abstract: There is provided a material for molding including: carbon fiber bundles which are easily impregnated including carbon fibers and at least one impregnation aid in an amount of 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the carbon fibers, the at least one impregnation aid satisfying specific requirements; and a polycarbonate is adhered thereto in an amount of 50 to 2000 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hodaka Yokomizo, Takeshi Matsuda, Takashi Ito, Ikko Furukawa
  • Patent number: 7344673
    Abstract: A preform for a multi-layered hollow vessel has excellent moldability and productivity and is free from the deterioration of the characteristic properties of the vessel even when a recycled material is filled in large quantities. A molded product is produced by filling a first material and a second material into the cavity of an injection mold in a single molding step including (i) the substep of injecting the first material, (ii) the substep of injecting the first material and the second material at the same time and (iii) the substep of injecting the first material which are carried out continuously in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: Teijin Limited, Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hodaka Yokomizo, Jitsuo Oda, Yasuhiko Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20040022975
    Abstract: A preform for a multi-layered hollow vessel having excellent moldability and productivity and free from the deterioration of the characteristic properties of the vessel even when a recycled material is filled in large quantities and a production process therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Hodaka Yokomizo, Jitsuo Oda, Yasuhiko Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Miyajima
  • Patent number: 6147016
    Abstract: A laminate sheet comprising (A) a polyester block copolymer which comprises 20 to 70 wt % of a hard segment consisting of an aromatic polyester and 80 to 30 wt % of a soft segment consisting of an aromatic polyester and (B) cloth on at least one side of which the polyester block copolymer is laminated, the melting point (T,.degree. C.) of the polyester block copolymer satisfying the following expressions: T0-5 >T>T0-60 and T>T'+10 (in which T is defined above, T0 is a melting point (0.degree. C.) of the aromatic polyester constituting the hard segment, and T' is a melting point (.degree. C.) of a random polymer obtained by adding 0.1 wt % of titanium tetrabutoxide to the polyester block copolymer and melting and kneading at 250.degree. C. for 3 hours).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Noritugu Saiki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 5814696
    Abstract: A polyester resin composition comprising (A) an aromatic polyester resin and (B) a polyester block copolymer resin which consists essentially of (a) a polyester soft block comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component having 5 or more carbon atoms as main constituents and having a melting point of about 100.degree. C. or less or being amorphous and (b) a polyester hard block having a melting point of about 150.degree. C. or more. A relay component formed of the above polyester resin composition has excellent vibration-damping and noise suppression properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Noritsugu Saiki, Katsuhiko Hironaka, Hodaka Yokomizo