Patents by Inventor Kazushi IWAKIRI

Kazushi IWAKIRI 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: 12030702
    Abstract: A can lid made of a resin laminate steel sheet for a resin-metal composite container, includes: a top sheet portion; and a curved portion located at an outer periphery of the top sheet portion, in which the resin laminate steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer provided at a first surface of the steel sheet, a modified polypropylene-based resin layer provided at a second surface of the steel sheet, a polypropylene-based resin layer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer, a melting point of the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 135° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, a melting point of the thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer is higher than a melting point of the polypropylene-based resin layer by 40° C. or more, and a range of a proportion of the ethylene component in the ethylene-propylene copolymer in the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kadowaki, Kazushi Iwakiri, Tomohiro Mizutani, Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11697539
    Abstract: A heat sealed lid includes: a resin laminate aluminum foil; and a first seamed side frame portion and a second seamed side frame portion formed of a resin film laminate metal sheet, in which the resin film laminate metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a laminate film formed on one surface of the metal sheet, and a second resin film formed on the other surface of the metal sheet and containing a thermoplastic polyester resin, the laminate film includes an adhesion layer containing a polypropylene-based resin and a polyethylene-based resin and a base layer containing a modified polypropylene-based resin, an amount of the polyethylene-based resin in the adhesion layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less of the resins of the adhesion layer, the melting point of the second resin film is higher than the melting point of the adhesion layer by 40° C. or more and is higher than the heating temperature of a heat sealing tool, the thickness of the adhesion layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kadowaki, Kazushi Iwakiri, Tomohiro Mizutani, Satoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20220203654
    Abstract: A resin film-laminated metal sheet includes a metal sheet and thermoplastic resin films that are fused to both surfaces of the metal sheet, the metal sheet is a steel sheet having a thickness of 0.08 mm or more or an aluminum sheet having a thickness of 0.15 mm or more, and, when a surface of the thermoplastic resin film opposite to a surface that is fused to the metal sheet is defined as a first surface, the surface tension on the first surface in at least one of the thermoplastic resin films is 50 mN/m or less, the surface tension on the surface that is fused to the metal sheet is 36 mN/m or more, and the amount of a wax attached to the first surface is more than 0 mg/m2 and 5.00 mg/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo KADOWAKI, Kazushi IWAKIRI, Tomohiro MIZUTANI, Daisuke YASUFUKU, Tomoya HARA, Satoshi KATO, Yuta TAJIMA, Yuki NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20220033136
    Abstract: A can lid made of a resin laminate steel sheet for a resin-metal composite container, includes: a top sheet portion; and a curved portion located at an outer periphery of the top sheet portion, in which the resin laminate steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer provided at a first surface of the steel sheet, a modified polypropylene-based resin layer provided at a second surface of the steel sheet, a polypropylene-based resin layer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer, a melting point of the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 135° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, a melting point of the thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer is higher than a melting point of the polypropylene-based resin layer by 40° C. or more, and a range of a proportion of the ethylene component in the ethylene-propylene copolymer in the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo KADOWAKI, Kazushi IWAKIRI, Tomohiro MIZUTANI, Satoshi KATO
  • Patent number: 11220094
    Abstract: A film-laminated metal plate having excellent retort adhesiveness includes: a metal plate; a resin film thermally fusion-bonded to a surface of the metal plate; and a bubble contained between the metal plate and the resin film. An average bubble height of three bubbles with higher heights among the bubbles measured by using a 3D analysis image of a laser microscope is 0 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less. The test piece is obtained by cutting a portion of one end side of the metal plate in a longitudinal direction while leaving the resin film on a side which becomes an inner surface side of the container when the film-laminated metal plate is processed into a container. When a retort treatment is carried out on the test piece at a temperature of 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kadowaki, Yoichiro Mori, Tadaaki Ochiai, Akihiko Hirata, Kazushi Iwakiri, Tomohiro Mizutani, Satoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20200346831
    Abstract: A heat sealed lid includes: a resin laminate aluminum foil; and a first seamed side frame portion and a second seamed side frame portion formed of a resin film laminate metal sheet, in which the resin film laminate metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a laminate film formed on one surface of the metal sheet, and a second resin film formed on the other surface of the metal sheet and containing a thermoplastic polyester resin, the laminate film includes an adhesion layer containing a polypropylene-based resin and a polyethylene-based resin and a base layer containing a modified polypropylene-based resin, an amount of the polyethylene-based resin in the adhesion layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less of the resins of the adhesion layer, the melting point of the second resin film is higher than the melting point of the adhesion layer by 40° C. or more and is higher than the heating temperature of a heat sealing tool, the thickness of the adhesion layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo KADOWAKI, Kazushi IWAKIRI, Tomohiro MIZUTANI, Satoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20190091985
    Abstract: A film-laminated metal plate having excellent retort adhesiveness includes: a metal plate; a resin film thermally fusion-bonded to a surface of the metal plate; and a bubble contained between the metal plate and the resin film. An average bubble height of three bubbles with higher heights among the bubbles measured by using a 3D analysis image of a laser microscope is 0 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less. The test piece is obtained by cutting a portion of one end side of the metal plate in a longitudinal direction while leaving the resin film on a side which becomes an inner surface side of the container when the film-laminated metal plate is processed into a container. When a retort treatment is carried out on the test piece at a temperature of 125° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo KADOWAKI, Yoichiro MORI, Tadaaki OCHIAI, Akihiko HIRATA, Kazushi IWAKIRI, Tomohiro MIZUTANI, Satoshi KATO