Patents by Inventor Koji HIRONAKA

Koji HIRONAKA 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: 9889412
    Abstract: There is provided a composite gas separation membrane including a gas separation layer, which is formed to include a polyimide resin, on a support layer having gas permeability, in which the polyimide resin includes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) in Formula (I), X represents a group having a specific structure represented by any of the following Formulae (I-a) to (I-h), in Formula (I), Y1 represents a group represented by the following Formula (II-a) or (II-b), and in Formulae (II-a) and (II-b), R3 represents a substituent group, A represents a dissociable group, p represents 0 or 1, p1 represents an integer of 0 to 2, and p2 represents an integer of 2 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Iizuka, Satoshi Sano, Koji Hironaka, Takeshi Narita
  • Publication number: 20180021741
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane has a gas separation layer containing a cellulose resin, and an organopolysiloxane compound layer disposed on the gas separation layer in which Si ratio of the organopolysiloxane compound layer after immersion in chloroform to the organopolysiloxane compound layer before immersion in chloroform, the Si ratio being calculated by Mathematical expression (I), is 0.6 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Koji HIRONAKA, Keisuke KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20180021740
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane has a gas separation layer containing a poly(benzoxazole-imide) compound in which the poly(benzoxazole-imide) compound having structural units represented by General formulae (I) and (II), or structural units represented by General formulae (I), (II) and (III) satisfies a specific molar quantity condition. In the formulae, X and Y each represent a single bond or a specific divalent linking group; L represents a specific divalent linking group including a phenylene group; and R represents a specific group. A gas separation module and a gas separation method use the gas separation membrane. A gas separation apparatus includes the gas separation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji HIRONAKA, Keisuke KODAMA, Satoshi SANO
  • Publication number: 20170333835
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane has a gas separation layer containing a crosslinked cellulose resin. The crosslinked cellulose resin has a particular linking structure in a crosslinked structure. The gas separation layer contains an organic solvent in a particular amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Koji HIRONAKA, Keisuke KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20170333836
    Abstract: A gas separation asymmetric membrane includes a porous layer having gas permeability; and a compact layer having gas separation capability which is formed on the porous layer in which the gas separation asymmetric membrane is formed using a polyimide compound which has a structural unit represented by Formula (I) and at least one structural unit selected from a structural unit represented by Formula (II) or a structural unit represented by Formula (III) and in which the viscosity, at 25° C., of a solution obtained by dissolving the polyimide compound in N-methylpyrrolidone at a concentration of 5% by mass is in a range of 2.2 to 22.0 mPa·sec, in the formula, X1 represents a group having a structure represented by Formula (I-a) or (I-b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke KODAMA, Satoshi SANO, Koji HIRONAKA
  • Patent number: 9700849
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane having a gas separating layer containing a polybenzoxazole resin, in which the polybenzoxazole exhibits a solubility of 1% by mass or more to any one solvent selected from tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, methyl ethyl ketone, and N-methylpyrrolidone, at a temperature of 30° C., a gas separation module utilizing the gas separation membrane, a gas separation apparatus, and a gas separation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Coporation
    Inventors: Koji Hironaka, Ichiro Nagata, Satoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20160199790
    Abstract: Provided are a gas separation membrane which includes a gas separation layer formed to include a polyimide compound and in which the polyimide compound includes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I), a gas separation module, a gas separation device, and a gas separation method using the same. In Formula (I), R represents a group having a specific structure. R3 represents a specific substituent group. A1 to A3 represent a hydrogen atom or a specific substituent group, but all of A1 to A3 do not represent a hydrogen atom at the same time. In this case, at least one of R3, A1, A2, and A3 represents a specific polar group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota USAMI, Koji HIRONAKA, Satoshi SANO, Takeshi NARITA
  • Publication number: 20160184779
    Abstract: There is provided a composite gas separation membrane including a gas separation layer, which is formed to include a polyimide resin, on a support layer having gas permeability, in which the polyimide resin includes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) in Formula (I), X represents a group having a specific structure represented by any of the following Formulae (I-a) to (I-h), in Formula (I), Y1 represents a group represented by the following Formula (II-a) or (II-b), and in Formulae (II-a) and (II-b), R3 represents a substituent group, A represents a dissociable group, p represents 0 or 1, p1 represents an integer of 0 to 2, and p2 represents an integer of 2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke IIZUKA, Satoshi SANO, Koji HIRONAKA, Takeshi NARITA
  • Publication number: 20150258505
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane having a gas separating layer containing a polybenzoxazole resin, in which the polybenzoxazole exhibits a solubility of 1% by mass or more to any one solvent selected from tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, methyl ethyl ketone, and N-methylpyrrolidone, at a temperature of 30° C., a gas separation module utilizing the gas separation membrane, a gas separation apparatus, and a gas separation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji HIRONAKA, Ichiro NAGATA, Satoshi SANO
  • Patent number: 8905533
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition including: (a) a polymer including a repeating unit (a1) having a group represented by the following Formula (1) and a repeating unit (a2) having a hydrophilic group; (b) a radical polymerizable compound; (c) water; and (d) a colorant; wherein, in Formula (1), each of Ra and Rb independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Ra and Rb may be bound to each other to form a 4- to 6-membered alicyclic structure; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihide Shimohara, Koji Hironaka
  • Patent number: 8852727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition including (Component A) a compound having two or more groups represented by Structural Formula (1), (Component B) a compound represented by Formula (2), (Component C) a coloring material, and (Component D) water: wherein in Structural Formula (1), Ra and Rb represent alkyl groups, and Ra and Rb may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and in Formula (2), Rb1 and Rb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or the like; Yb1 and Yb2 each represent —O—, —S—, —NRb3—, or the like; Gb1 and Gb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, an amide group, or the like; Rb1 and Rb2, and Gb1 and Gb2 may be respectively bonded to each other to form a ring; and at least one of Rb1, Rb2, Yb1, Yb2, Gb1 and Gb2 is substituted with a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Nakamura, Koji Hironaka
  • Patent number: 8796357
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition capable of forming images having excellent water resistance, excellent solvent resistance and excellent adhesiveness to base materials, the ink composition including (Component A) a polymer containing a repeating unit (a1) having at least one of an aromatic ketone structure and an aliphatic 1,2-diketone structure, a repeating unit (a2) having at least one of a tertiary amine structure and a thiol structure, and a repeating unit (a3) having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (Component B) a coloring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20140015906
    Abstract: An ink composition includes (component A) a compound having a group represented by the following Formula (1), (component B1) a monofunctional polymerizable compound, and (component C) a coloring material: wherein, in Formula (1), Ra and Rb each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Ra and Rb may be bonded to each other to form a 4- to 6-membered alicyclic structure; Ra and Rb do not represent a hydrogen atom at the same time; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei NAKAMURA, Norihide SHIMOHARA, Koji HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20130295344
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition including (Component A) a compound having two or more groups represented by Structural Formula (1), (Component B) a compound represented by Formula (2), (Component C) a coloring material, and (Component D) water: wherein in Structural Formula (1), Ra and Rb represent alkyl groups, and Ra and Rb may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and in Formula (2), Rb1 and Rb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or the like; Yb1 and Yb2 each represent —O—, —S—, —NRb3—, or the like; Gb1 and Gb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, an amide group, or the like; Rb1 and Rb2, and Gb1 and Gb2 may be respectively bonded to each other to form a ring; and at least one of Rb1, Rb2, Yb1, Yb2, Gb1 and Gb2 is substituted with a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ippei NAKAMURA, Koji HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20120238691
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition capable of forming images having excellent water resistance, excellent solvent resistance and excellent adhesiveness to base materials, the ink composition including (Component A) a polymer containing a repeating unit (a1) having at least one of an aromatic ketone structure and an aliphatic 1,2-diketone structure, a repeating unit (a2) having at least one of a tertiary amine structure and a thiol structure, and a repeating unit (a3) having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (Component B) a coloring material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20120213978
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition having excellent dischargeability during image recording by an inkjet method and having excellent water resistance, solvent resistance, and adhesiveness to a recording medium of the recorded image. The ink composition includes a structure represented by the structural formula (A), a compound having at least any one of a residue formed by removing one hydrogen atom from a compound represented by the general formula (B1) and a residue formed by removing one hydrogen atom from a compound represented by the general formula (B2) in one molecule or plural molecules, and a coloring material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20120200653
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition including: (a) a polymer including a repeating unit (a1) having a group represented by the following Formula (1) and a repeating unit (a2) having a hydrophilic group; (b) a radical polymerizable compound; (c) water; and (d) a colorant; wherein, in Formula (1), each of Ra and Rb independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Ra and Rb may be bound to each other to form a 4- to 6-membered alicyclic structure; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihide SHIMOHARA, Koji HIRONAKA