Patents by Inventor Katsuya Ito

Katsuya Ito 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: 10941244
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Yukihiro Numata, Shota Hayakawa, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20210016484
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10622872
    Abstract: A conductor shaping apparatus with first and second shaping dies that are movable toward and away from each other along a first direction, and that are moved toward each other to shape the at least one first bent portion and the at least one second bent portion, wherein one of the first and second shaping dies is configured to be moved away from the other along a second direction that is different from the first direction such that the conductor is not dragged when the first and second shaping dies are moved away from each other along the first direction after shaping of the first and second bent portions is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Hashimoto, Katsuya Ito, Takanori Ota, Daisuke Matsuo, Mizuki Igarashi, Norihiko Akao, Hirotaka Kawaura, Hisayuki Kobayashi, Hiroharu Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20190389189
    Abstract: An object is to provide a laminate having excellent lamination strength that includes a polyester film having a furandicarboxylate unit and a heat-sealable resin layer, and to provide a packaging bag including the same. A laminate including a polyester film and a heat-sealable resin layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film containing a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol, a plane orientation coefficient ?P of the film is 0.005 or more and 0.200 or less, a thickness of the film is 1 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less, a heat shrinkage rate of the film is 10% or less when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and lamination strength of the laminate is 2.0 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10485117
    Abstract: An electrical junction box can include a case, a substrate connector, and a substrate. The substrate is temporarily fixed and soldered to the substrate connector. The substrate connector and the substrate are stored in the case. The substrate connector includes a pair of shaft-shaped temporary fixing protrusions. Each of the temporary fixing protrusions includes a positioning shaft that positions the substrate and a temporary fixing shaft that prevents the temporary fixing protrusions from coming loose from the substrate. The temporary fixing protrusions can be fitted into fitting holes in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Sekido, Takato Fujiki, Katsuya Ito, Takeshi Nozaki, Takayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10407555
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Shoichi Gyobu, Chikao Morishige, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20190106534
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Yukihiro NUMATA, Shota HAYAKAWA, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Publication number: 20190078588
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a motor; a fan rotated by the motor; a printed circuit board electrically connected to the motor; an electronic part electrically connected to the printed circuit board; a first case, the motor and the fan being positioned in one side with respect to the first case, the printed circuit board and the electronic part being positioned in another side with respect to the first case; a holder holding the electronic part such that the electronic part is spaced apart from the printed circuit board and is in thermal contact with the first case; and a second case fixed in the other side with respect to the first case and covering the printed circuit board, the electronic part, and the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito FUKUZAWA, Katsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20180244878
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient AP of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10050500
    Abstract: A coil end shaping apparatus shapes three flatwise bent portions f1 to f3 in a lead wire portion extending from one end of a coil by bringing first and second shaping dies close to each other such that one of the flatwise bent portions is bent in the direction that is opposite to the direction in which the rest are bent. The second shaping die, which is a movable die, has an clearance portion that prevents a portion of the lead wire portion to be bent along the flatwise direction on the side closest to the free end from being restrained by not contacting the lead wire portion while the flatwise bent portions on the base end side with respect to the flatwise bent portion on the side closest to the free end, of the three flatwise bent portions, are shaped in the lead wire portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Hashimoto, Katsuya Ito, Takanori Ota, Norihiko Akao, Hirotaka Kawaura, Hisayuki Kobayashi, Hiroharu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 9931822
    Abstract: A polyester film made from two kinds of polyester resins and having a specific DSC (and a specific glass transition point) is provided, (i) which is superior in mechanical property, capable of thermocompression bonding with a metal sheet, despite a high degree of crystallization of the film, reduces quality change of plastic film laminated on the metal sheet even if faced with variation of conditions of thermocompression bonding with the metal sheet, and which is capable of thermocompression bonding even at a relatively low temperature, (ii) which is superior in formability, (iii) which is superior in flavoring property and impact resistance, and which obliterates occurrence of whitening or delamination of the film, or microcracks on the film, even if the film in the metal laminated sheet obtained by thermocompression bonding of the film on the metal sheet or on the surface of a metal can obtained by subjecting the metal laminated sheet to various form processings is crystallized, and (iv) which satisfies pro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keizo Kawahara, Katsuya Ito, Kazutake Okamoto, Hideki Shimizu, Hiroshi Nagano, Mitsuo Inoue, Shoichi Gyobu
  • Publication number: 20170318696
    Abstract: An electrical junction box can include a case, a substrate connector, and a substrate. The substrate is temporarily fixed and soldered to the substrate connector. The substrate connector and the substrate are stored in the case. The substrate connector includes a pair of shaft-shaped temporary fixing protrusions. Each of the temporary fixing protrusions includes a positioning shaft that positions the substrate and a temporary fixing shaft that prevents the temporary fixing protrusions from coming loose from the substrate. The temporary fixing protrusions can be fitted into fitting holes in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Sekido, Takato Fujiki, Katsuya Ito, Takeshi Nozaki, Takayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9640689
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester film for the protection of a back surface of a solar cell which, when applied to a silicon thin film solar cell, exhibits excellent durability even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions and long term thermal stability. The polyester film (a) contains a polyester, as a main constituent, obtained by polymerization using a polycondensation catalyst containing aluminum and/or its compound as well as a phosphorus compound having an aromatic group in the molecule; (b) has a whiteness degree of 50 or higher; (c) contains 3 to 50% by mass of fine particles with a mean particle diameter of 0.1 to 3 ?m; and (d) has an acid value from not lower than 1 (eq/ton) and not higher than 30 (eq/ton).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shiro Hamamoto, Yoshitomo Ikehata, Katsuya Ito, Jun Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20160294263
    Abstract: A coil end shaping apparatus shapes three flatwise bent portions f1 to f3 in a lead wire portion extending from one end of a coil by bringing first and second shaping dies close to each other such that one of the flatwise bent portions is bent in the direction that is opposite to the direction in which the rest are bent. The second shaping die, which is a movable die, has an clearance portion that prevents a portion of the lead wire portion to be bent along the flatwise direction on the side closest to the free end from being restrained by not contacting the lead wire portion while the flatwise bent portions on the base end side with respect to the flatwise bent portion on the side closest to the free end, of the three flatwise bent portions, are shaped in the lead wire portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo HASHIMOTO, Katsuya ITO, Takanori OTA, Norihiko AKAO, Hirotaka KAWAURA, Hisayuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroharu SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20160248306
    Abstract: A conductor shaping apparatus with first and second shaping dies that are movable toward and away from each other along a first direction, and that are moved toward each other to shape the at least one first bent portion and the at least one second bent portion, wherein one of the first and second shaping dies is configured to be moved away from the other along a second direction that is different from the first direction such that the conductor is not dragged when the first and second shaping dies are moved away from each other along the first direction after shaping of the first and second bent portions is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo HASHIMOTO, Katsuya ITO, Takanori OTA, Daisuke MATSUO, Mizuki IGARASHI, Norihiko AKAO, Hirotaka KAWAURA, Hisayuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroharu SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 9373897
    Abstract: A printed circuit board with a terminal having a novel structure that enables terminals to stand on their own on the printed circuit board without using a seat, while reducing or eliminating damage to through-hole plating or an inner layer circuit. A printed circuit board with a terminal includes a terminal having soldering sections that are inserted, without being press-fitted, into through-holes of a printed circuit board and are fixed by soldering. The terminal has a fixation leg and the printed circuit board has a press-fit hole, the terminal is positioned and retained on the printed circuit board by the fixation leg of the terminal being press-fitted into the press-fit hole of the printed circuit board, and an inner circumferential surfaces of the through-holes are provided with plating, whereas an inner circumferential surface of the press-fit hole is not provided with the plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakita, Katsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20150270625
    Abstract: A printed circuit board with a terminal having a novel structure that enables terminals to stand on their own on the printed circuit board without using a seat, while reducing or eliminating damage to through-hole plating or an inner layer circuit. A printed circuit board with a terminal includes a terminal having soldering sections that are inserted, without being press-fitted, into through-holes of a printed circuit board and are fixed by soldering. The terminal has a fixation leg and the printed circuit board has a press-fit hole, the terminal is positioned and retained on the printed circuit board by the fixation leg of the terminal being press-fitted into the press-fit hole of the printed circuit board, and an inner circumferential surfaces of the through-holes are provided with plating, whereas an inner circumferential surface of the press-fit hole is not provided with the plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SAKITA, Katsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 8722161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film formed from a polyester resin that is mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and contains 3-12% by mole (inclusive) of one or more monomer components, which can be amorphous components, relative to all the polyester resin components, in which the heat shrinkable polyester film has a main shrinkage direction which is the width direction. The heat shrinkable polyester film is characterized in that the shrinkage in 80° C. glycerin, the shrinkage in 130° C. glycerin and the tensile breaking strength in the longitudinal direction are controlled within specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20130034673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film which does not suffer (namely natural shrinkage), is suppressed in decrease of the shrinkage in the main shrinkage direction, and is able to be beautifully and efficiently fitted to a container or the like without changing the temperature conditions for heat shrinkage when the heat shrinkable polyester film is fitted, as a label, to the container or the like by means of heat shrinkage even after high-temperature summer storage in an out door warehouse which has no temperature control system. Specifically disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film which is formed from a polyester resin that is mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and contains 3-12% by mole (inclusive) of one or more monomer components, which can be amorphous components, relative to all the polyester resin components. The heat shrinkable polyester film is characterized in that the shrinkage in 80° C. glycerin, the shrinkage in 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 8262746
    Abstract: A production method for producing an electrode plate that can hold well the active material and producing a battery using the electrode plate. A production method for an electrode plate of a battery includes the steps of: forming at least one electrode plate prototype by forming a layer filled with an active material on a main surface of a plate-shaped core body; and infiltrating a liquid containing a resin and an organic solvent into at least part of a circumference of the layer filled with the active material. The applied liquid infiltrates into the circumferential region of the active material filling area, namely an outer edge of the layer and an area in its vicinity including the outer edge. The resin contained in the liquid enhances the bonding force between the conductive core body and the active material particles and between the active material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Ito, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Masahiro Hosoda