Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Tanimoto

Kazuhiro Tanimoto 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: 11723279
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a piezoelectric substrate which includes a first piezoelectric body having an elongated shape and helically wound in one direction, and which does not include a core material, in which the first piezoelectric body includes a helical chiral polymer (A) having an optical activity; in which the length direction of the first piezoelectric body is substantially parallel to the main direction of orientation of the helical chiral polymer (A) included in the first piezoelectric body; and in which the first piezoelectric body has a degree of orientation F, as measured by X-ray diffraction according to the following Equation (a), within the range of 0.5 or more but less than 1.0: degree of orientation F=(180°??)/180°??(a) (in which ? represents the half-value width of the peak derived from the orientation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Katsuki Onishi, Shigeo Nishikawa, Masamichi Ando
  • Patent number: 11647675
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure including a press section pressed by contact, a piezoelectric substrate provided adjacent to the press section, and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate on an opposite side from the press section. The following relationship Equation (a) is satisfied: da/E?a<db/E?b??(a) wherein da is a thickness of the press section in a direction of adjacency to the piezoelectric substrate, E?a is a storage modulus of the press section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis, db is a thickness of the base section in the adjacency direction, and E?b is a storage modulus of the base section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Masahiko Mitsuzuka, Mitsunobu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220411632
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition in which there is a particularly good achievement of low specific gravity, high rigidity, and a low coefficient of linear expansion, a resin composition in which low specific gravity, high rigidity, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and low water absorbency are all achieved, are a resin composition which has low specific gravity and in which there is a good achievement of the contradictory properties of high toughness and low thermal expansion. Provided in an embodiment is a resin composition containing a first polymer forming a continuous phase, a second polymer forming a dispersed phase, and cellulose, wherein the first polymer is a polyamide and the second polymer is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of crystalline resins having a melting point of at least 60° C. and non-crystalline resins having a glass transition temperature of at least 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Takaaki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11462673
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure including a cable-shaped piezoelectric substrate, a press section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate and pressed from an opposite side from the piezoelectric substrate, and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate on an opposite side from the press section. A ratio Eb/Ea of a Young's modulus Eb of the base section to a Young's modulus Ea of the press section being 10?1 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Masahiko Mitsuzuka
  • Patent number: 11402282
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric substrate including: an elongate conductor; and an elongate first piezoelectric material helically wound in one direction around the conductor, in which the first piezoelectric material includes an optically active helical chiral polymer (A), the lengthwise direction of the first piezoelectric material and the principal orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer (A) included in the first piezoelectric material are substantially parallel to each other, and the first piezoelectric material has an orientation degree of F. in a range of from 0.5 to less than 1.0, determined from X-ray diffraction measurement by the following Formula (a): orientation degree F.=(180°??)/180°??(a) (in Formula (a), ? represents a half width of a peak derived from orientation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Katsuki Onishi, Shigeo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220203585
    Abstract: Provided are a pellet including a thermoplastic resin and cellulose nanofibers that enables the production of a molded body which has a good appearance in which yellowing is suppressed, and a method for producing a molded body using the same. According to one aspect, there is provided a pellet including a thermoplastic resin and cellulose nanofibers, wherein the number of pore-containing pellets per 100 pellets is 10 or less. Further, according to another aspect, there is provided a method for producing a molded body, which includes a step of preparing the pellets, and a step of injection molding the pellets in a mold to obtain a molded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 11371896
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a holding member formed of an elastic body, a pressure bearing face provided at the holding member and configured to bear pressure, an adjoining face provided at the holding member so as to adjoin the pressure bearing face and configured to undergo deformation in accordance with the pressure borne by the pressure bearing face, and an elongate piezoelectric substrate arranged on the adjoining face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuki Onishi, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11367827
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate, comprising: a conductor cord that has a core material and a conductor disposed around the core material; and an elongated piezoelectric body that is disposed around the conductor cord in a spiral manner, unidirectionally along an axial direction of the conductor cord, wherein: the piezoelectric body comprises an optically active helical chiral polymer, a lengthwise direction of the piezoelectric body and a main orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer in the piezoelectric body are substantially parallel to each other, the piezoelectric body has an orientation degree F. of from 0.5 to less than 1.0, and the conductor cord satisfies Formula (b): ?Dmax<tpmin, wherein ?Dmax is a maximum value of a difference in height between a division A that is selected from plural divisions and a division B that is adjacent to the division A, and tpmin is a minimum thickness of the piezoelectric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Katsuki Onishi, Kazuhiro Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 11171282
    Abstract: Provided is: an elongated plate-form piezoelectric body, which contains an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has an elongated plate shape having a thickness of from 0.001 mm to 0.2 mm, a width of from 0.1 mm to 30 mm and a width-to-thickness ratio of 2 or higher, and in which the lengthwise direction and the main orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer (A) are substantially parallel to each other; the crystallinity measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; and the birefringence is from 0.01 to 0.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Katsuki Onishi, Yuzo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11101427
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric substrate, containing an elongate piezoelectric body that is helically wound, in which the piezoelectric body includes an optically active polypeptide, a length direction of the piezoelectric body and a main orientation direction of the optically active polypeptide included in the piezoelectric body are substantially parallel to each other, and the piezoelectric body has a degree of orientation F of from 0.50 to less than 1.00, as determined from X-ray diffraction measurement by the following Formula (a): Degree of orientation F=(180°??)/180°??(a) in Formula (a), ? represents a half width (°) of a peak derived from orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Katsuki Onishi
  • Patent number: 11088313
    Abstract: A layered body includes: a polymer film (A), the polymer film (A) including an organic piezoelectric material having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, having a standardized molecular orientation MORc at a reference thickness of 50 ?m of from 1.0 to 15.0 as measured by a microwave transmission molecular orientation analyzer, having a degree of crystallinity of from 20% to 80% as measured by a DSC method, and having an internal haze of 50% or less with respect to visible light; and a peelable protective film (B) that contacts one main face of the polymer film (A). The maximum indentation depth h max on a face of the protective film (B) that contacts the polymer film (A) is from 53 nm to 100 nm as measured by a nanoindentation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Sekino, Masaki Amano
  • Publication number: 20210119106
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate, comprising: a conductor cord that has a core material and a conductor disposed around the core material; and an elongated piezoelectric body that is disposed around the conductor cord in a spiral manner, unidirectionally along an axial direction of the conductor cord, wherein: the piezoelectric body comprises an optically active helical chiral polymer, a lengthwise direction of the piezoelectric body and a main orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer in the piezoelectric body are substantially parallel to each other, the piezoelectric body has an orientation degree F. of from 0.5 to less than 1.0, and the conductor cord satisfies Formula (b): ?Dmax<tpmin, wherein ?Dmax is a maximum value of a difference in height between a division A that is selected from plural divisions and a division B that is adjacent to the division A, and tpmin is a minimum thickness of the piezoelectric body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Katsuki ONISHI, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200378846
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a holding member formed of an elastic body, a pressure bearing face provided at the holding member and configured to bear pressure, an adjoining face provided at the holding member so as to adjoin the pressure bearing face and configured to undergo deformation in accordance with the pressure borne by the pressure bearing face, and an elongate piezoelectric substrate arranged on the adjoining face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuki ONISHI, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10669397
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric film, including a helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, in which, in the film: a crystallinity given by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; a standardized molecular orientation MORc is from 3.5 to 15.0 when a reference thickness measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter is 50 ?m; and when a direction parallel to a phase difference streak is a direction X, a direction perpendicular to the direction X and parallel to a main plane of a film is a direction Y, and the phase difference streak is evaluated by an evaluation method A, per a length of 1,000 mm in the direction Y, a number of phase difference streaks with an evaluation value of 60 or more is 0, and a sum of the evaluation values of phase difference streaks with an evaluation value of 20 or more is 1000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sato, Katsuki Onishi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Toshihisa Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20200058844
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric substrate, containing an elongate piezoelectric body that is helically wound, in which the piezoelectric body includes an optically active polypeptide, a length direction of the piezoelectric body and a main orientation direction of the optically active polypeptide included in the piezoelectric body are substantially parallel to each other, and the piezoelectric body has a degree of orientation F of from 0.50 to less than 1.00, as determined from X-ray diffraction measurement by the following Formula (a): Degree of orientation F=(180°??)/180°??(a) in Formula (a), ? represents a half width (°) of a peak derived from orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Katsuki ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20200020846
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure including a press section pressed by contact, a piezoelectric substrate provided adjacent to the press section, and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate on an opposite side from the press section. The following relationship Equation (a) is satisfied: da/E?a<db/E?b??(a) wherein da is a thickness of the press section in a direction of adjacency to the piezoelectric substrate, E?a is a storage modulus of the press section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis, db is a thickness of the base section in the adjacency direction, and E?b is a storage modulus of the base section from dynamic viscoelastic analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Masahiko MITSUZUKA, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10503305
    Abstract: An electronic device with pressing input function has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped housing. A display panel with pressure sensor and an arithmetic circuit module are disposed in the housing. The display panel with pressure sensor is composed of a pressure sensor and a display panel. In the display panel, a front polarizing plate is disposed on a front face of a liquid crystal panel. In the pressure sensor, electrodes are formed on both respective flat plate faces of a piezoelectric film having birefringence. The pressure sensor is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the front polarizing plate of the display panel, and a uniaxial drawing direction of the piezoelectric film is parallel to a polarizing direction of the front polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190267538
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a piezoelectric substrate which includes a first piezoelectric body having an elongated shape and helically wound in one direction, and which does not include a core material, in which the first piezoelectric body includes a helical chiral polymer (A) having an optical activity; in which the length direction of the first piezoelectric body is substantially parallel to the main direction of orientation of the helical chiral polymer (A) included in the first piezoelectric body; and in which the first piezoelectric body has a degree of orientation F, as measured by X-ray diffraction according to the following Equation (a), within the range of 0.5 or more but less than 1.0: degree of orientation F=(180°??)/180°??(a) (in which ? represents the half-value width of the peak derived from the orientation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Katsuki ONISHI, Shigeo NISHIKAWA, Masamichi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190214542
    Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure including a cable-shaped piezoelectric substrate, a press section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate and pressed from an opposite side from the piezoelectric substrate, and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate on an opposite side from the press section. A ratio Eb/Ea of a Young's modulus Eb of the base section to a Young's modulus Ea of the press section being 10?1 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Masahiko MITSUZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190088850
    Abstract: A layered body includes: a polymer film (A), the polymer film (A) including an organic piezoelectric material having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, having a standardized molecular orientation MORc at a reference thickness of 50 ?m of from 1.0 to 15.0 as measured by a microwave transmission molecular orientation analyzer, having a degree of crystallinity of from 20% to 80% as measured by a DSC method, and having an internal haze of 50% or less with respect to visible light; and a peelable protective film (B) that contacts one main face of the polymer film (A). The maximum indentation depth hmax on a face of the protective film (B) that contacts the polymer film (A) is from 53 nm to 100 nm as measured by a nanoindentation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Sekino, Masaki Amano