Patents by Inventor Kinryou CHOU

Kinryou CHOU 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: 20240083147
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass in which creasing is reduced in the interlayer film and having excellent appearance although an interlayer film including a film having optical properties is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinryou CHOU, Atsushi NOHARA
  • Patent number: 11833784
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film 10 is a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting layer 11, wherein the light-emitting layer 11 comprises a thermoplastic resin and a light-emitting material that emits light by being irradiated with excitation light, and a change in yellowness of laminated glass obtained by bonding two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R 3211 (1998) having a thickness of 2.5 mm with the thermoplastic film interposed therebetween after conducting a light resistance test for 2000 hours based on JIS R3205 2005 is 4 or less. The present invention provides a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting material, in which the emission intensity is unlikely to lower even when the thermoplastic film is exposed to ultraviolet rays for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Kinryou Chou, Daisuke Nakajima, Takanori Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230356507
    Abstract: An interlayer film 10 for laminated glass comprises a first resin layer 11, a second resin layer 12, and a plastic layer 13 disposed between the first and second resin layers 11 and 12, wherein: the first resin layer 11 comprises a thermoplastic resin, and has a thickness of 900 ?m or less, and a magnesium element content of less than 25 ppm; the second resin layer 12 comprises a thermoplastic resin, and has a total content of magnesium element and potassium element of 25 ppm or more; and the interlayer film for laminated glass satisfies requirements to have a mean break height (MBH) of 5 m or more in a falling ball test conducted in accordance with JIS R 3212: 2015 for two glass sheets each having a thickness of 2.5 mm laminated via the interlayer film 10 for laminated glass, in both cases with a water content of the interlayer film for laminated glass of 0.4% and 2.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinryou CHOU, Yuusuke OOTA, Minako TAKAI
  • Patent number: 11801667
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film 10 is a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting layer 11, wherein the light-emitting layer 11 comprises a thermoplastic resin and a light-emitting material that emits light by being irradiated with excitation light, and when laminated glass obtained by bonding two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R 3211(1998) having a thickness of 2.5 mm with the thermoplastic film interposed therebetween is irradiated, from one surface, with excitation light, which the light-emitting material is capable of absorbing, in a quantity of light of 7 mW/cm2, a difference between luminance A observed on a side of the one surface and luminance B observed on a side of the other surface, (A?B), is 5 cd/m2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Kinryou Chou, Daisuke Nakajima, Takanori Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230256717
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of making bluish fogging less likely to occur. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a pigment, and in the interlayer film for laminated glass, a value YId obtained by subtracting a yellow index YIp calculated from parallel light transmittance from a yellow index YIt calculated from total light transmittance is ?1.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NOHARA, Kinryou CHOU, Kazuhiko NAKAYAMA, Moyuru OKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11702359
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises at least an absorption region in which a skin absorption energy rate (X1) of a laminated glass is 25% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a solar transmittance of 87.3% based on JIS R 3106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Yuusuke Oota, Atsushi Nohara, Moyuru Okajima, Kinryou Chou
  • Patent number: 11571880
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing double images, and making the moisture resistance of the laminated glass exposed to high temperature and high humidity uniform at one end and the other end of the interlayer film. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, being wedge-like shaped and containing an amphiphile or a surfactant, and when a high temperature and high humidity test for laminated glass is executed, a whitening distance at the one end and the other end of the interlayer film is 15 mm or less, and when a whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film is more than 0 mm, a value of (whitening distance at the other end of the interlayer film×thickness of the other end of the interlayer film)/(whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film×thickness of the one end of the interlayer film) is 0.70 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Kinryou Chou
  • Publication number: 20220355579
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises at least an absorption region in which a skin absorption energy rate (X1) of a laminated glass is 25% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a solar transmittance of 87.3% based on JIS R 3106.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko NAKAYAMA, Yuusuke OOTA, Atsushi NOHARA, Moyuru OKAJIMA, Kinryou CHOU
  • Publication number: 20220339910
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing the change in sound insulating property of laminated glass in a relatively high temperature region. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and when the interlayer film is sandwiched between two sheets of green glass having a thickness of 2 mm to obtain a laminated glass X with a size of 25 mm long x 300 mm wide, an absolute value of difference between a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X before irradiation with xenon light and a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X after irradiation with xenon light determined by a specific xenon light irradiation test is 70 Hz or less, a loss factor at 20° C. of the laminated glass X is 0.24 or more, and a solar transmittance of the laminated glass X is 50 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinryou CHOU, Yuuma TAKEDA, Tatsuya IWAMOTO, Shougo YOSHIDA, Shingo OKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11426980
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises at least an absorption region in which a skin absorption energy rate (X1) of a laminated glass is 25% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a solar transmittance of 87.3% based on JIS R 3106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Yuusuke Oota, Atsushi Nohara, Moyuru Okajima, Kinryou Chou
  • Publication number: 20220250357
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating property of laminated glass in a relatively low temperature region. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and when the interlayer film is sandwiched between two sheets of green glass having a thickness of 2 mm to obtain a laminated glass X with a size of 25 mm long×300 mm wide, an absolute value of difference between a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X before irradiation with xenon light and a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X after irradiation with xenon light determined by a specific xenon light irradiation test is 60 Hz or more, a loss factor at 20° C. of the laminated glass X is 0.25 or more, and a solar transmittance of the laminated glass X is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shougo YOSHIDA, Tatsuya IWAMOTO, Yuuma TAKEDA, Shingo OKAZAWA, Kinryou CHOU
  • Publication number: 20220161523
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film 10 is a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting layer 11, wherein the light-emitting layer 11 comprises a thermoplastic resin and a light-emitting material that emits light by being irradiated with excitation light, and a change in yellowness of laminated glass obtained by bonding two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R 3211 (1998) having a thickness of 2.5 mm with the thermoplastic film interposed therebetween after conducting a light resistance test for 2000 hours based on JIS R3205 2005 is 4 or less. The present invention provides a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting material, in which the emission intensity is unlikely to lower even when the thermoplastic film is exposed to ultraviolet rays for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke OOTA, Kinryou CHOU, Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Takanori HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220152992
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film 10 is a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting layer 11, wherein the light-emitting layer 11 comprises a thermoplastic resin and a light-emitting material that emits light by being irradiated with excitation light, and when laminated glass obtained by bonding two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R 3211(1998) having a thickness of 2.5 mm with the thermoplastic film interposed therebetween is irradiated, from one surface, with excitation light, which the light-emitting material is capable of absorbing, in a quantity of light of 7 mW/cm2, a difference between luminance A observed on a side of the one surface and luminance B observed on a side of the other surface, (A-B), is 5 cd/m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke OOTA, Kinryou CHOU, Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Takanori HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220154914
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film (10) is a thermoplastic film comprising a light-emitting layer (11), wherein the light-emitting layer (11) comprises a thermoplastic resin and a light-emitting material that emits light by being irradiated with excitation light, and a visible light transmittance Tv is 70% or more and a transmittance in the whole region of wavelengths of 400 to 420 nm is 25% or less, as measured for laminated glass obtained by bonding two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R 3211(1998) with the thermoplastic film interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinryou CHOU, Yuusuke OOTA, Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Takanori HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11276804
    Abstract: The light emitting structure of the present invention includes a sheet-shaped structure which absorbs excitation light and emits light with wavelength conversion and which has a maximum emission wavelength of 400 nm or more; and an antireflection material provided on a side surface of the sheet-shaped structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shougo Yoshida, Yuusuke Oota, Yasuyuki Izu, Daizou Ii, Masaki Matsudou, Kinryou Chou, Daisuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20210316532
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises at least an absorption region in which a skin absorption energy rate (X1) of a laminated glass is 25% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a solar transmittance of 87.3% based on JIS R 3106.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko NAKAYAMA, Yuusuke OOTA, Atsushi NOHARA, Moyuru OKAJIMA, Kinryou CHOU
  • Publication number: 20210138765
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises: a resin; a colorant; and a heat shielding material, wherein the interlayer film for laminated glass has a colored region in which a visible light transmittance of a laminated glass is 6% or more and 50% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a visible light transmittance of 90.4% in conformity with JIS R 3202: 2011.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NOHARA, Kinryou CHOU
  • Publication number: 20200276794
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing double images, and making the moisture resistance of the laminated glass exposed to high temperature and high humidity uniform at one end and the other end of the interlayer film. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, being wedge-like shaped and containing an amphiphile or a surfactant, and when a high temperature and high humidity test for laminated glass is executed, a whitening distance at the one end and the other end of the interlayer film is 15 mm or less, and when a whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film is more than 0 mm, a value of (whitening distance at the other end of the interlayer film×thickness of the other end of the interlayer film)/(whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film×thickness of the one end of the interlayer film) is 0.70 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Kinryou Chou
  • Publication number: 20200274014
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell system for generating electricity by absorbing sunlight, comprising a sheet-shaped structure comprising a wavelength conversion material and a power generation cell disposed in a peripheral area of the sheet-shaped structure, wherein the wavelength conversion material has an average particle diameter of 10 to 400 nm and a maximum emission wavelength of 500 nm or more. The present invention also provides a sheet-shaped structure used for a solar cell system, comprising a wavelength conversion material having an average particle diameter of 10 to 400 nm and a maximum emission wavelength of 500 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke OOTA, Shougo YOSHIDA, Masaki MATSUDOU, Daizou II, Yasuyuki IZU, Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Kinryou CHOU
  • Patent number: D990173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Masuyama, Katsunori Takahashi, Takanori Hamada, Kinryou Chou