Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Kosuge

Kazuhiko Kosuge 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: 20140041702
    Abstract: Provided is a cane that has a sufficient impact-resistant strength; and is excellent in safety, durability and repairability and also lightweight but has a high stiffness. Such a cane has a shaft (4) and a grip, the shaft (4) comprising a high-strength-organic-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (31) and a carbon-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (32), the high-strength-organic-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (31) being integrally laminated onto each of the outside and inside surfaces of the carbon-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (32), the shaft (4) comprising a glass-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (33a) on the inner side of the innermost high-strength-organic-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (31a), the shaft (4) comprising a glass-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (33b) on the outer side of the outermost high-strength-organic-fiber-reinforced-resin layer (31b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOSUGE & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Akito Miyazaki, Kouki Doi
  • Patent number: 8021581
    Abstract: To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 ?m selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Du Pont-Toray Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Wakatake, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Patent number: 7998373
    Abstract: To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 ?m selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Du Pont-Toray Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Wakatake, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20100331467
    Abstract: To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 ?m selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Shoichi Wakatake, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Patent number: 7694779
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing material, wherein a non-woven fabric with a mass per unit area of 150 to 800 g/m2 and a bulk density of 0.01 to 0.2 g/cm3 and a surface material with an air permeability of not more than 50 cc/cm2/sec measured according to JIS L-1096 are layered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Takayasu Co., Ltd., Du Pont-Toray Company, Ltd., Ichimura Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Takayasu, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Mineaki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20090230366
    Abstract: To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 ?m selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Shoichi Wakatake, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20080107901
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced glass having excellent heat resistance and toughness, or a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which has a modified surface structure and is useful as a heat-resistant fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kosuge, Hideo Nakamura, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Yoko Iwamiya, Osamu Yagi, Akihito Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7332196
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced glass having excellent heat resistance and toughness, or a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which has a modified surface structure and is useful as a heat-resistant fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Kazari-Ichi Co., Ltd., Sakase Adtech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kosuge, Hideo Nakamura, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Yoko Iwamiya, Osamu Yagi
  • Patent number: 7155893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn comprising: twisting yarn of a heat-resistant high functional fiber; twist-setting this twisted yarn by heat treatment; and untwisting this twist-set yarn, wherein a snarl value of the twist-set yarn is not more than 6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignees: Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd., Tokai Senko K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hatano, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Iori Nakabayashi, Taku Konaka, Takahiro Ito, Minoru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060225952
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing material, wherein a non-woven fabric with a mass per unit area of 150 to 800 g/m2 and a bulk density of 0.01 to 0.2 g/cm3 and a surface material with an air permeability of not more than 50 cc/cm2/sec measured according to JIS L-1096 are layered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Takayasu, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Mineaki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20050165154
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced glass having excellent heat resistance and toughness, or a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which has a modified surface structure and is useful as a heat-resistant fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kosuge, Hideo Nakamura, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Yoko Iwamiya, Osamu Yagi
  • Publication number: 20050112972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recycling processing method for used heat-resistant and high-performance spun yarn products characterized in that heat-resistant and high-performance spun yarn products are preliminarily washed at request and undergo crushing processes, in that a crushed material thus obtained is opened to become a cotton-like material, and in that the cotton-like material is spun for recycling the spun yarn, and according to this method, used products of heat-resistant and high-performance spun yarn can be recycled particularly as yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Koichi Tsukamoto, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Patent number: 6889494
    Abstract: The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties of heat resistance and flame retardancy intrinsic to the heat-resistant high-functional fibers, the crimped yarn has a good elongation percentage in stretch, a good stretch modulus of elasticity and a good appearance, and it fluffs little and releases little dust. The heat-resistant crimped yarn comprises heat-resistant high-functional fibers, and is characterized in that it does not deteriorate under heat, and that its elongation percentage in stretch is at least 6%, its stretch modulus of elasticity is at least 40%, and its tenacity falls between 0.15 and 3.5 N/tex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Takeshi Hatano, Iori Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20040043211
    Abstract: The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties of heat resistance and flame retardancy intrinsic to the heat-resistant high-functional fibers, the crimped yarn has a good elongation percentage in stretch, a good stretch modulus of elasticity and a good appearance, and it fluffs little and releases little dust. The heat-resistant crimped yarn comprises heat-resistant high-functional fibers, and is characterized in that it does not deteriorate under heat, and that its elongation percentage in stretch is at least 6%, its stretch modulus of elasticity is at least 40%, and its tenacity falls between 0.15 and 3.5 N/tex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Takeshi Hatano, Iori Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20040034941
    Abstract: A high-strength, heat-resistant organic fiber and textile product each comprising or having coated thereon an aqueous emulsion is provided. The emulsion comprises or is produced from a fluorocarbon silane or an emulsion, said emulsion comprises or is produced from (1) a fluorocarbon silane or its hydrolyzate, (2) water, and (3) optionally a surfactant, an alkoxysilane compound, catalyst, or combinations of two or more thereof; said fluorocarbon silane having the formula Rf—(CH2)p—Si{—(O—CH2CH2)n—OR1}3; Rf is a C3-18 perfluoroalkyl group or combinations of two or more thereof; each R1 is independently one or more C1-3 alkyl groups; p is 2 to 4; and n is 2 to 10. Also disclosed is a process for producing the emulsion, the fiber, and the textile product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Satoko Iwato, Mureo Kaku, Hideo Nakamura, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20040016221
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn comprising twisting yarn of a heat-resistant high functional fiber, twist-setting the twisted yarn by heat treatment and untwisting the twist-set yarn, wherein a snarl value of the twist-set yarn is not more than 6.5, and provides a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn which is practical in point of the productivity, the necessary equipment and the production costs. The present invention related to a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn comprising twisting yarn of a heat-resistant high functional fiber, twist-setting the twisted yarn by heat treatment and untwisting the twist-set yarn, wherein a snarl value of the twist-set yarn is not more than 6.5%, and provides a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn comprising which is practical in point of the productivity, the necessary equipment and the production costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Hatano, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Iori Nakabayashi, Taku Konaka, Takahiro Ito, Minoru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6668535
    Abstract: The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties of heat resistance and flame retardancy intrinsic to the heat-resistant high-functional fibers, the crimped yarn has a good elongation percentage in stretch, a good stretch modulus of elasticity and a good appearance, and it fluffs little and releases little dust. The heat-resistant crimped yarn comprises heat-resistant high-functional fibers, and is characterized in that it does not deteriorate under heat, and that its elongation percentage in stretch is at least 6%, its stretch modulus of elasticity is at least 40%, and its tenacity falls between 0.15 and 3.5 N/tex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Takeshi Hatano, Iori Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20030000197
    Abstract: The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties of heat resistance and flame retardancy intrinsic to the heat-resistant high-functional fibers, the crimped yarn has a good elongation percentage in stretch, a good stretch modulus of elasticity and a good appearance, and it fluffs little and releases little dust. The heat-resistant crimped yarn comprises heat-resistant high-functional fibers, and is characterized in that it does not deteriorate under heat, and that its elongation percentage in stretch is at least 6%, its stretch modulus of elasticity is at least 40%, and its tenacity falls between 0.15 and 3.5 N/tex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Takeshi Hatano, Iori Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 6348263
    Abstract: A dyeable polyparaphenylene terephthalamide fiber which has been wound once after spinning and has not been dyed yet, characterized in that it has a tensile strength of 15 g/denier or more and a crystal size (110 direction) of 30 to 55 angstroms and has no history of a treatment drying to have a water content of 8% or less, and a method for producing the same. A polyparaphenylene terephthalamide fiber which can be dyed while its properties of high strength and high modulus elasticity are maintained, and textile products made of the fiber which are dyed in a variety of colors, can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: DuPont-Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hatano, Shiro Sakamoto, Kazuhiko Kosuge
  • Patent number: D745260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Kosuge Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Kosuge