Patents by Inventor Kaoru Mikayama

Kaoru Mikayama 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: 11014340
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film 2 for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to ?15° C. and lower than or equal to 5° C., the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin is greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component is greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component, and the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component form a sea-island structure in the interlayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yasuharu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180001600
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the flexural rigidity of laminated glass can be enhanced and the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin, and has a smallest value of the shear storage elastic modulus in a temperature region of 10° C. or more and 40° C. or less measured at a frequency of 0.5 Hz of 3 MPa or more, a ratio of a shear storage elastic modulus at 20° C. measured at a frequency of 0.5 Hz to a shear storage elastic modulus at ?30° C. measured at a frequency of 0.5 Hz of 0.01 or more and 0.8 or less, a glass transition temperature falling within the range of ?20° C. or more and 0° C. or less, and a largest value of tan ? in a temperature region of ?20° C. or more and 0° C. or less of 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Oohigashi, Kaoru Mikayama
  • Publication number: 20180001599
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the flexural rigidity, sound insulating properties and long-term adhesive stability of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus of 10 MPa or more and 500 MPa or less in a temperature region of 80% or more of the temperature region of 0° C. or more and 30° C. or less, a value obtained by dividing a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus at 10° C. by a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus at 30° C. of 1 or more and 10 or less, a glass transition temperature falling within the range of ?25° C. or more and 0° C. or less, and a largest value of tan ? in a temperature region of ?50° C. or more and 0° C. or less of 0.1 or more and 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yuji Oohigashi
  • Publication number: 20180001598
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the flexural rigidity of laminated glass can be enhanced over a wide temperature range and the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced over a wide temperature range. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus of 10 MPa or more and 500 MPa or less in a temperature region of 80% or more of the temperature region of 0° C. or more and 60° C. or less, a value obtained by dividing a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus at 10° C. by a shear storage equivalent elastic modulus at 50° C. of 1 or more and 10 or less, a glass transition temperature falling within the range of ?25° C. or more and 0° C. or less, and a largest value of tan ? in a temperature region of ?50° C. or more and 0° C. or less of 0.1 or more and 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yuji Oohigashi
  • Publication number: 20170266927
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the rigidity of laminated glass can be enhanced and the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be heightened. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer and a second layer arranged on a first surface side of the first layer, the first layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component, the second layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin, the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component form a phase separation structure in the first layer, and the glass transition temperature derived from the second resin component in the first layer is lower by 30° C. or more than the glass transition temperature derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yasuharu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20170266928
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the rigidity of laminated glass can be enhanced, the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be heightened and the recyclability of the interlayer film can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer and a second layer arranged on a first surface side of the first layer, the first layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component, the second layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin, the peak temperature of the loss tangent exhibited by the second resin component in the first layer is ?30° C. or higher and 10° C. or lower, and the refractive index of the second resin component in the first layer is 1.47 or higher and 1.51 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yasuharu Nagai
  • Patent number: 9512310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition exerting excellent mechanical strength over a wide temperature range from low temperatures to high temperatures. The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a resin having a crosslinked structure, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a structure in which the resin having a crosslinked structure is dispersed as a dispersed phase in the polyvinyl acetal resin as a continuous phase, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin at 40° C. or higher and a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the resin having a crosslinked structure at 10° C. or lower in measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum at a frequency of 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nagai, Kaoru Mikayama
  • Patent number: 9447218
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yasuharu Nagai, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160214355
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film 2 for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to ?15° C. and lower than or equal to 5° C., the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin is greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component is greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component, and the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component form a sea-island structure in the interlayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kaoru Mikayama, Yasuharu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20160053039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru MIKAYAMA, Yasuharu NAGAI, Yuki ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150240067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition exerting excellent mechanical strength over a wide temperature range from low temperatures to high temperatures. The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a resin having a crosslinked structure, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a structure in which the resin having a crosslinked structure is dispersed as a dispersed phase in the polyvinyl acetal resin as a continuous phase, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin at 40° C. or higher and a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the resin having a crosslinked structure at 10° C. or lower in measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum at a frequency of 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nagai, Kaoru Mikayama