Patents by Inventor Junji Takenaka

Junji Takenaka 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: 10884334
    Abstract: To provide a photocurable resin composition comprising an N-vinyl amide compound, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a photopolymerization initiator and having excellent adhesion to an optical substrate and free from an appearance defect such as a crack or shrinkage and a laminate having a coat layer obtained by curing the photocurable resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyazaki, Junji Momoda, Junji Takenaka, Takashi Tamukai
  • Publication number: 20200190106
    Abstract: A chromene compound having at least one indenonaphthopyran moiety which has a group forming a spiro ring together with the 13-position carbon atom and further an oligomer chain group selected from a polyalkylene oxide oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units and a polyester oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units, represented by the following formula and having reduced matrix dependence: wherein R1 and R2 are each a group which may have an oligomer chain group, the ring Z bonded to the 13-position carbon atom of the chromene compound is a Spiro ring group, and R3 and R4 are each an aryl group or heteroaryl group which may have an oligomer chain group. Preferably, the chromene compound has at least one oligomer chain group in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki MIYAZAKI, Junji TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20200172681
    Abstract: A photochromic polyrotaxane compound which comprises an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, wherein at least one side chain containing a photochromic moiety is bonded to at least one of the cyclic molecules, and a curable composition comprising the photochromic polyrotaxane compound and a polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TAKENAKA, Junji MOMODA, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Takao NOGUCHI, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Masayuki MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180321588
    Abstract: To provide a photocurable resin composition comprising an N-vinyl amide compound, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a photopolymerization initiator and having excellent adhesion to an optical substrate and free from an appearance defect such as a crack or shrinkage and a laminate having a coat layer obtained by curing the photocurable resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki MIYAZAKI, Junji MOMODA, Junji TAKENAKA, Takashi TAMUKAI
  • Publication number: 20180267207
    Abstract: A cured coating layer can be provided to plastic lenses having various shapes with high productivity without causing deformation by providing a plastic lens for light exposure having an uncured coating layer composed of a photocurable composition on one surface and hydrogel adhered to the other surface, curing the uncured coating layer by exposing the uncured coating layer to light, and removing the hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TAKENAKA, Junji MOMODA, Yoshihiro ASAHARA, Takashi TAMUKAI
  • Patent number: 9890324
    Abstract: A curable composition which comprises a carbonate-based polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula, other polymerizable monomers and a photochromic compound, can be used even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions without any problems and provides a cured product having excellent photochromic properties. wherein A and A? are each a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, “a” is an average value of 1 to 20, when there are a plurality of A's, A's may be the same or different, R1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 is a (meth)acryloyloxy group or hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Katsuhiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20170203526
    Abstract: A photopolymerization device (20) has: a workpiece holding part (1) that holds a workpiece (W); and a photoirradiation device (6) that is arranged above the workpiece holding part (1) and that radiates light toward the workpiece (W). The photopolymerization device (20) is configured such that a reflecting plate (3) that has a reflecting surface that has a specular gloss at angles of 60° of 10-200 is arranged below the workpiece holding part (1) and such that light that arrives at the reflecting surface of the reflecting plate (3) is radiated toward the workpiece (W).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Asahara, Takashi Tamukai, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Katsuhiro Mori
  • Patent number: 9588257
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising, as radically polymerizable component (A), a silsesquioxane component (A1) having a radically polymerizable group and a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer (A2) represented by the following general formula (1), wherein a is a number of 0 to 30, and b is a number of 0 to 30 on condition that an average value of a+b is 2 to 30, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A is a divalent organic group on condition that the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 20, and a photochromic compound (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Otani, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 9447224
    Abstract: A process of producing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having a low acid value and a low content of a hardly soluble high-molecular weight impurity which is crosslinked high-dimensionally, comprising the steps of: (1) contacting a first solution containing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having an acid value of more than 0.2 mgKOH/g and an organic solvent to a water-containing adsorbent capable of adsorbing an acid component to obtain a second solution containing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having an acid value of not more than 0.2 mgKOH/g, the organic solvent and more than 5,000 ppm (mass) of water based on the urethane (meth)acrylate monomer; (2) contacting the second solution to a dehydrating agent to obtain a third solution containing not more than 5,000 ppm (mass) of water based on the urethane (meth)acrylate monomer; and (3) removing the organic solvent from the third solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Izumi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20160002524
    Abstract: A curable composition which comprises a carbonate-based polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula, other polymerizable monomers and a photochromic compound, can be used even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions without any problems and provides a cured product having excellent photochromic properties. wherein A and A? are each a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, “a” is an average value of 1 to 20, when there are a plurality of A's, A's may be the same or different, R1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 is a (meth)acryloyloxy group or hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Junji TAKENAKA, Junji MOMODA, Katsuhiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20150030866
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition containing, as a radically polymerizable monomer component (A), a (meth)acrylic-amide polymerizable monomer (A1) having 2 to 6 (meth)acryloyloxy groups and 2 to 6 divalent amide groups (—NHCO—), and a non-amide polymerizable monomer (A2) having at least 3 radically polymerizable groups but having no amide bond. From the photochromic composition, there can be obtained a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromic properties such as a high color density, a high fading rate, and excellent mechanical strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 8916071
    Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. In the formula (2), ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20140225050
    Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno (2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. (In the above formula, ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20140203226
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition that contains a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following formula (1-X1); (wherein Y is an oxygen atom or a divalent group represented by —NH—, R1 and R2 are hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, R3 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and which may include a double bond, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and a is a positive number of 1 to 20), other radically polymerizable monomers and a photochromic compound. The invention provides a lens that features excellent durability and high photochromic property free of the problems of turbidity in the surfaces of the lens caused by bleed out or the peeling in the step of production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 8778236
    Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
  • Publication number: 20140146285
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising, as radically polymerizable component (A), a silsesquioxane component (A1) having a radically polymerizable group and a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer (A2) represented by the following general formula (1), wherein a is a number of 0 to 30, and b is a number of 0 to 30 on condition that an average value of a+b is 2 to 30, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A is a divalent organic group on condition that the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 20, and a photochromic compound (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Otani, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 8709308
    Abstract: The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (I), wherein R3 at the 11-position is a sulfur-containing substituent selected from the group consisting of thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group, heteroarylthio group, sulfonyl group and sulfinyl group, R1 and R2 at the 6-position and the 7-position are a combination of an aryl group or a heteroaryl group and an electron donating group having a Hammett constant ?p of ?0.1 or less, or R1 and/or R2 is sulfur-containing substituent selected from thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 8691120
    Abstract: A photochromic chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as its basic skeleton, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group at the 6-position carbon atom of the structure and an electron donor group having a Hammett constant ?p of not more than ?0.1 at the 7-position carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Kazuhiro Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8663508
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising 100 parts by mass of polymerizable monomers which include 70 to 100 mass % of polymerizable monomers having two to four (meth)acrylic groups and 0 to 30 mass % of a polymerizable monomer having one (meth)acrylic group and 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of a photochromic compound, wherein the number of moles of the methacrylic group existent in the polymerizable monomer composition is 3 to 7 times the number of moles of the acrylic group. This composition can provide a lens having a photochromic coating which exhibits excellent photochromic properties, comprises a hard coat layer having sufficiently high adhesion and scratch resistance and has no delay in fading and has excellent storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20140054520
    Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi