Patents by Inventor Kazunobu Uchida

Kazunobu Uchida 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: 11905349
    Abstract: An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1): 75? tan ?(60)/tan ?(5)×100?225??(1) wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF2H group, a —CF2CH2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF2COOH group and a monomer of a CF2CH2COOH group, a —COOCH3 group, a —CONH2 group, and a —CH2OH group satisfy the following formula (2): PIA/(PIB+PIC+PID+PIE+PIF+PIG+PIH)?0.60??(2) wherein the loss tangents (tan ?) and peak intensities (PI) are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Yano, Tatsuya Funaoka, Takahiro Kitahara, Takashi Sekiguchi, Kazunobu Uchida, Yuuko Takano
  • Publication number: 20230069795
    Abstract: An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1): 75?tan ?(60)/tan ?(5)×100?225??(1) wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF2H group, a —CF2CH2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF2COOH group and a monomer of a CF2CH2COOH group, a —COOCH3 group, a —CONH2 group, and a —CH2OH group satisfy the following formula (2): PIA/(PIB+PIC+PID+PIE+PIF+PIG+PIH)?0.60??(2) wherein the loss tangents (tan?) and peak intensities (PI) are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi YANO, Tatsuya FUNAOKA, Takahiro KITAHARA, Takashi SEKIGUCHI, Kazunobu UCHIDA, Yuuko TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11548960
    Abstract: An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1), wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF2H group, a —CF2CH2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF2COOH group and a monomer of a CF2CH2COOH group, a —COOCH3 group, a —CONH2 group, and a —CH2OH group satisfy the following formula (2): 75?tan ?(60)/tan ?(5)×100?225??(1) PIA/(PIB+PIC+PID+PIE+PIF+PIG+PIH)?0.60??(2) wherein tan ?(60), tan ?(5), PIA, PIB, PIC, PID, PIE, PIF, PIG and PIH are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained by molding the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and an electric wire including a core and a coat formed from the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Yano, Tatsuya Funaoka, Takahiro Kitahara, Takashi Sekiguchi, Kazunobu Uchida, Yuuko Takano
  • Publication number: 20200362077
    Abstract: An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1), wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF2H group, a —CF2CH2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF2COOH group and a monomer of a CF2CH2COOH group, a —COOCH3 group, a —CONH2 group, and a —CH2OH group satisfy the following formula (2): 75?tan ?(60)/tan ?(5)×100?225 ??(1) PIA/(PIB+PIC+PID+PIE+PIF+PIG+PIH)?0.60 ??(2) wherein tan ?(60), tan ?(5), PIA, PIB, PIC, PID, PIE, PIF, PIG and PIH are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained by molding the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and an electric wire including a core and a coat formed from the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi YANO, Tatsuya FUNAOKA, Takahiro KITAHARA, Takashi SEKIGUCHI, Kazunobu UCHIDA, Yuuko TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180223089
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluororesin that is less likely to suffer blistering or cracking even when rapidly decompressed from a high-temperature and high-pressure state. The fluororesin contains a vinylidene fluoride unit. The vinylidene fluoride unit represents 10.0 to 100 mol % of all the monomer units constituting the fluororesin. The fluororesin exhibits a weight loss of 0.1% or less after heated at 300° C. for two hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki HOSODA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Kazunobu UCHIDA, Yuuko IWAMATSU, Yuuki KUWAJIMA, Hayato TSUDA, Toshiaki MASUI
  • Patent number: 9444104
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode mixture which shows little change in viscosity even after 24 hours from the preparation of the mixture and enables production of an electrode having a high electrode density and excellent flexibility and is capable of giving excellent electric properties to the resulting cell. The present invention relates to an electrode mixture including a powdery electrode material; a binder; and an organic solvent, the binder including a fluorine-containing polymer including a polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, the fluorine-containing polymer including the polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride in an amount of 80.0 to 89.0 mol % based on all the polymer units, and the organic solvent being N-methyl-2-pyrolidone and/or N,N-dimethylacetamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Ichisaka, Takashi Iguchi, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Kazunobu Uchida, Takuji Ishikawa, Norimasa Uesugi, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Patent number: 9444103
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode mixture which shows little change in viscosity even after 24 hours from the preparation of the mixture and enables production of an electrode having a high electrode density and excellent flexibility and is capable of giving excellent electric properties to the resulting cell. The present invention relates to an electrode mixture including a powdery electrode material; a binder; and an organic solvent, the binder including polyvinylidene fluoride and a fluorine-containing polymer including a polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, the fluorine-containing polymer including the polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride in an amount of 80.0 to 90.0 mol % based on all the polymer units, the polyvinylidene fluoride having a number average molecular weight of 150,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Ichisaka, Takashi Iguchi, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Kazunobu Uchida, Takuji Ishikawa, Norimasa Uesugi, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Patent number: 9343744
    Abstract: A binder, including a fluoropolymer, the fluoropolymer including a polymerization unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymerization unit based on a monomer having an amide group represented by —CO—NRR? (R and R? are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group) or an amide bond represented by —CO—NR?— (R? represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group, or a phenyl group optionally having a substituent group) and having a solution viscosity of 10 to 20,000 mPa·s. Also disclosed is a positive electrode mixture and a negative electrode mixture containing the binder, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Iguchi, Takahiro Kitahara, Takuji Ishikawa, Toshiki Ichisaka, Kazunobu Uchida, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Manabu Fujisawa, Kenji Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150368413
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a film having a high dielectric constant and a low dissipation factor. The high dielectric film of the present invention includes a vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (A) with a mole ratio (vinylidene fluoride)/(tetrafluoroethylene) of 95/5 to 80/20. The film includes an ?-crystal structure and a ?-crystal structure. The ratio of the ?-crystal structure is 50% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko TATEMICHI, Miharu OTA, Kouji YOKOTANI, Nobuyuki KOMATSU, Hisako NAKAMURA, Fumiko SHIGENAI, Takeshi HAZAMA, Masakazu KINOSHITA, Meiten KOH, Takuji ISHIKAWA, Takashi IGUCHI, Kazunobu UCHIDA, Tomoyuki FUKATANI, Takahiro KITAHARA, Tetsuhiro KODANI
  • Patent number: 9109095
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organosol composition that is stable even in the case that the PTFE particle content is high. The present invention relates to an organosol composition of PTFE particles, comprising PTFE particles (A), a polymer (B), and an organic solvent (S), wherein (1) the polymer (B) is soluble in the organic solvent (S), (2) the amount of the PTFE particles (A) is not lower than 50% by mass of the total amount of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B), and (3) the precipitation ratio of the PTFE particles after 48 hours is not higher than 60% when the total solids concentration of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B) is 5% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Ishikawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Taku Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Kazunobu Uchida, Takahiro Kitahara, Tomoyuki Fukatani
  • Publication number: 20150137029
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode mixture which shows little change in viscosity even after 24 hours from the preparation of the mixture and enables production of an electrode having a high electrode density and excellent flexibility and is capable of giving excellent electric properties to the resulting cell. The present invention relates to an electrode mixture including a powdery electrode material; a binder; and an organic solvent, the binder including a fluorine-containing polymer including a polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, the fluorine-containing polymer including the polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride in an amount of 80.0 to 89.0 mol % based on all the polymer units, and the organic solvent being N-methyl-2-pyrolidone and/or N,N-dimethylacetamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Ichisaka, Takashi Iguchi, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Kazunobu Uchida, Takuji Ishikawa, Norimasa Uesugi, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20150137028
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode mixture which shows little change in viscosity even after 24 hours from the preparation of the mixture and enables production of an electrode having a high electrode density and excellent flexibility and is capable of giving excellent electric properties to the resulting cell. The present invention relates to an electrode mixture including a powdery electrode material; a binder; and an organic solvent, the binder including polyvinylidene fluoride and a fluorine-containing polymer including a polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, the fluorine-containing polymer including the polymer unit based on vinylidene fluoride in an amount of 80.0 to 90.0 mol % based on all the polymer units, the polyvinylidene fluoride having a number average molecular weight of 150,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Ichisaka, Takashi Iguchi, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Kazunobu Uchida, Takuji Ishikawa, Norimasa Uesugi, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20150017532
    Abstract: A binder, including a fluoropolymer, the fluoropolymer including a polymerization unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymerization unit based on a monomer having an amide group represented by —CO—NRR? (R and R? are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group) or an amide bond represented by —CO—NR?— (R? represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group, or a phenyl group optionally having a substituent group) and having a solution viscosity of 10 to 20,000 mPa·s. Also disclosed is a positive electrode mixture and a negative electrode mixture containing the binder, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Iguchi, Takahiro Kitahara, Takuji Ishikawa, Toshiki Ichisaka, Kazunobu Uchida, Tomoyuki Fukatani, Manabu Fujisawa, Kenji Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20120123031
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organosol composition that is stable even in the case that the PTFE particle content is high. The present invention relates to an organosol composition of PTFE particles, comprising PTFE particles (A), a polymer (B), and an organic solvent (S), wherein (1) the polymer (B) is soluble in the organic solvent (S), (2) the amount of the PTFE particles (A) is not lower than 50% by mass of the total amount of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B), and (3) the precipitation ratio of the PTFE particles after 48 hours is not higher than 60% when the total solids concentration of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B) is 5% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Ishikawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Taku Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Kazunobu Uchida, Takahiro Kitahara, Tomoyuki Fukatani
  • Publication number: 20100053413
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus 1 includes a scope 20 and a lens as objective optical modules for limiting a scope image pickup area 200, an image pickup device 22A connected to the objective optical module for picking up an image on an image pickup surface, and a signal processing portion 3 setting a photometric area 202 on the image pickup surface of the image pickup device 22A for measuring a light receiving state, as well as setting a size of the photometric area 202 to be variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazunobu Uchida, Yasuhiko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7371165
    Abstract: A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the hexes, a routine for dealing with battle for seizing damage between the cards of a player and the opponent and displaying the result, and a routine for computing point for computing victory point from a form of location of a card. A player can fight against the opponent, seizing damage between the player and the opponent by removing the card between the respective areas. Therefore, an element like strategic simulation game of attacking the respective areas can be added in addition to the interest as a card game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Reizei, Kazunobu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20030109299
    Abstract: A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the hexes, a routine for dealing with battle for seizing damage between the cards of a player and the opponent and displaying the result, and a routine for computing point for computing victory point from a form of location of a card. A player can fight against the opponent, seizing damage between the player and the opponent by removing the card between the respective areas. Therefore, an element like strategic simulation game of attacking the respective areas can be added in addition to the interest as a card game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Hirotaka Reizei, Kazunobu Uchida