Patents by Inventor Kazunori Akiyoshi

Kazunori Akiyoshi 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: 7579054
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate for flexible displays, a method for producing the same, and a flexible display. The substrate for flexible displays comprises a resin composition layer containing an inorganic layered compound and a resin, wherein the amount of the inorganic layer compound is not less than 10 weight % and not more than 70 weight % based on the total amount of the resin and the inorganic layer compound. The method for producing a substrate for flexible displays comprises applying a mixture of a solvent, an inorganic layer compound, and a resin to a plate, drying the mixture, and peeling off the resulting layer from the plate. The display comprises the above substrate for flexible displays and electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Kyoko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070224366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate for flexible displays, a method for producing the same, and a flexible display. The substrate for flexible displays comprises a resin composition layer containing an inorganic layered compound and a resin, wherein the amount of the inorganic layer compound is not less than 10 weight % and not more than 70 weight % based on the total amount of the resin and the inorganic layer compound. The method for producing a substrate for flexible displays comprises applying a mixture of a solvent, an inorganic layer compound, and a resin to a plate, drying the mixture, and peeling off the resulting layer from the plate. The display comprises the above substrate for flexible displays and electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Kyoko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6908646
    Abstract: An anisotropic scattering film, wherein said film has a sea-island structure comprising a matrix phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, and a dispersed phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, wherein the dispersed phase is rod-like, the dispersed phase substantially orientates to one direction, the refractive index of the dispersed phase in the major axis direction differs from the refractive index of the matrix phase in the corresponding direction, the diameter of the dispersed phase is 200 nm or less, and the length of the dispersed phase is 800 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shigeaki Chika, Koichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 6656578
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester comprising the steps of: charging 80 20 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and 20 to 80 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (II) into a reaction vessel; conducting polycondensation reaction at a temperature from 270 to 350° C. to produce a aromatic liquid crystalline polyester; discharging the aromatic liquid crystalline polyester in a molten state from the reaction vessel and solidifying; then, pulverizing the solidified polyester into particles; and heat-treating at a temperature from 200 to 310° C., The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester has improved low temperature molding processability, and the film thereof has sufficient heat-resistance and excellent gas barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohbe, Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shino Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20030175446
    Abstract: An anisotropic scattering film, wherein
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shigeaki Chika, Koichi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20030088053
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester comprising the steps of: charging 80 20 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and 20 to 80 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (II) into a reaction vessel; conducting polycondensation reaction at a temperature from 270 to 350° C. to produce a aromatic liquid crystalline polyester; discharging the aromatic liquid crystalline polyester in a molten state from the reaction vessel and solidifying; then, pulverizing the solidified polyester into particles; and heat-treating at a temperature from 200 to 310° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohbe, Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shino Moriyama
  • Patent number: 6528164
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester comprising the steps of: charging 80 to 20 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and 20 to 80 mol % of a compound represented by the following formula (II) into a reaction vessel; conducting polycondensation reaction at a temperature from 270 to 350° C. to produce an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester; discharging the aromatic liquid crystalline polyester in a molten state from the reaction vessel and solidifying; then, pulverizing the solidified polyester into particles; and heat-treating at a temperature from 200 to 310° C., The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester has improved low temperature molding processability, and the film thereof has sufficient heat-resistance and excellent gas barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohbe, Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shino Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20020061964
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 5 to 50 parts by weight of a liquid crystal polyester resin containing at least one selected from the following structural units (1) to (4) and having a flow initiation temperature of 260° C. or less, and 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin having a deflection temperature under load of less than 190°C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Noriyuki Arai, Hiroshi Harada, Kazunori Akiyoshi
  • Patent number: 6376076
    Abstract: Provided are a aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having improved low temperature processability, a film having excellent gas barrier property. The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin is obtained from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic diol, by optimizing formulation ratio of the above-described three components. The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin comprises an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit and an aromatic diol unit, as repeating units, wherein the repeating unit (A) as an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, is contained in an amount of 30 mol % or more based on the total amount of repeating units, and the polyester has a logarithmic viscosity of 1.5 dl/g or more, a flow temperature of 300° C. or less, and a melt tension measured at a temperature higher than the flow temperature by 25° C. or more of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohbe, Kazunori Akiyoshi, Takanari Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6296930
    Abstract: Provided are a aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having improved low temperature processability, a film having excellent gas barrier property. The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin is obtained from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic diol, by optimizing formulation ratio of the above-described three components. The aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin comprises an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit and an aromatic diol unit, as repeating units, wherein the repeating unit (A) as an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, is contained in an amount of 30 mol % or more based on the total amount of repeating units, and the polyester has a logarithmic viscosity of 1.5 dl/g or more, a flow temperature of 300° C. or less, and a melt tension measured at a temperature higher than the flow temperature by 25° C. or more of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohbe, Kazunori Akiyoshi, Takanari Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5659007
    Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic polyamide film comprising forming a thin layer of an optically isotropic dope in which an aromatic polyamide is dissolved in a polar amide, immersing the thin layer dope in a polar solvent kept at a temperature not higher than -20.degree. C. to coagulate the dope to form a film and drying the film in the presence of an isocyanate compound. Said process can produce directly a transparent film from an aromatic polyamide dope without requiring the step of dissolving the aromatic polyamide in conc. sulfuric acid, does not require any acid resistant equipment and is inexpensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Katsuhiko Iwasaki, Masahiro Niwano, Yoshitaka Ohbe
  • Patent number: 5587450
    Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic polyamide film, which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a thin layer of an optically isotropic dope in which an aromatic polyamide is dissolved in a polar amide, (b) immersing the thin layer dope of aromatic polyamide in a polar solvent, other than said polar amide, kept at a temperature not higher than -20.degree. C. to prepare a film, and (c) drying the film. The aromatic polyamide film thus obtained is excellent in transparency. Said process requires neither a step of dissolving an aromatic polyamide in conc. sulfuric acid nor an acid-resistant equipment, and hence, is inexpensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Masahiro Niwano