Patents by Inventor Maki NAGANO

Maki NAGANO 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: 20220396696
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material that maintains low viscosity during injection into reinforcing fibers to realize good impregnating and also has high toughness and high heat resistance and also aims to provide a fiber-reinforced composite material produced therefrom. Also provided is a molding method for a fiber-reinforced composite material including at least a reinforcing fiber [A] and a cured product of an epoxy resin composition [B], wherein the epoxy resin composition [B] includes the components [a], [b], and [c] specified below, and the epoxy resin composition [B] is cured in such a manner that the absorbance ratio Da/(Da+Db) is in the range of 0.4 to 1 in producing the fiber-reinforced composite material: [a] an epoxy resin having at least two oxirane groups in the molecule, [b] an epoxy resin curing agent having at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule, and [c] a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ko MATSUKAWA, Masanori HIRANO, Maki NAGANO, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10829587
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition produces a cured product having improved elastic modulus and improved nominal strain at compressive fracture. The epoxy resin composition is a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent compression strength and interlayer toughness. The epoxy resin composition contains at least the following constituent components [A], [B] and [C]. [A] A specific ortho type epoxy resin. [B] At least one component selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic resins that are compatible with the epoxy resin [A]; and core-shell type polymers. [C] An amine curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Maki Nagano, Ayako Fuse, Nobuyuki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20180265625
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition produces a cured product having improved elastic modulus and improved nominal strain at compressive fracture. The epoxy resin composition is a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent compression strength and interlayer toughness. The epoxy resin composition contains at least the following constituent components [A], [B] and [C]. [A] A specific ortho type epoxy resin. [B] At least one component selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic resins that are compatible with the epoxy resin [A]; and core-shell type polymers. [C] An amine curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Maki NAGANO, Ayako FUSE, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10072377
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite material having high interlaminar toughness and compressive strength under wet heat conditions, as well as an epoxy resin composition for production thereof and a prepreg producible from the epoxy resin composition is described. The prepreg includes at least constituents [A], [B], and [C] as specified below and reinforcement fiber, wherein 90% or more of constituent [C] exists in the depth range accounting for 20% of the prepreg thickness from the prepreg surface: [A] epoxy resin; [B] epoxy resin curing agent; and [C] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Shirou Honda, Maki Nagano, Yuji Echigo, Hiroshi Takezaki, Junko Kawasaki, Hiroshi Taiko
  • Patent number: 9963589
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising the following constituents [A], [B], and [C]: [A] an epoxy resin having a structure represented by a formula (1); in which a ring Z represents a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring, R1 and R2 represent a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, k is an integer of 0 to 4, m is an integer of 0 or more, and n is an integer of 1 or more; [B] at least one resin selected from the group consisting of the following [Bx], [By] and [Bz]; [Bx] a bisphenol type epoxy resin; [By] an amine type epoxy resin; and [Bz] a thermoplastic resin; [C] a polyamine curing agent. Provided is an epoxy resin composition which provides a cured product having excellent heat resistance, toughness and elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Maki Nagano, Ayako Fuse, Nobuyuki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20170342225
    Abstract: Provided are: an epoxy resin composition having exceptional performance with regard to impregnating reinforcing fibers, enabling optimal control of resin flow during molding, and having exceptional in-plane shear strength; a cured epoxy resin product; and a prepreg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Maki NAGANO, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20160130431
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising the following constituents [A], [B], and [C]: [A] an epoxy resin having a structure represented by a formula (1); in which a ring Z represents a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring, R1 and R2 represent a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, k is an integer of 0 to 4, m is an integer of 0 or more, and n is an integer of 1 or more; [B] at least one resin selected from the group consisting of the following [Bx], [By] and [Bz]; [Bx] a bisphenol type epoxy resin; [By] an amine type epoxy resin; and [Bz] a thermoplastic resin; [C] a polyamine curing agent. Provided is an epoxy resin composition which provides a cured product having excellent heat resistance, toughness and elastic modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Maki NAGANO, Ayako FUSE, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 9243139
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin [A], an amine-based curing agent [B] and a block copolymer [C] as components, wherein the epoxy resin [A] contains [Aa] an epoxy resin having at least one structure selected from a condensed polycyclic structure, biphenyl structure and oxazolidone ring structure; [Ab] an epoxy resin selected from a polyfunctional amine type epoxy resin [Ab1] and a liquid bisphenol type epoxy resin [Ab2], and the block copolymer [C] is at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M. The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition that can be cured to form a cured product excellent in heat resistance, elastic modulus and toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Maki Nagano, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Takayuki Imaoka, Shiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20140309337
    Abstract: Provided are: a fiber-reinforced composite material which is suppressed in morphology variation due to the molding conditions, while having excellent mode I interlaminar fracture toughness and excellent wet heat resistance; an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material; and a prepreg which is obtained using the epoxy resin composition. An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which contains at least the following constituent elements [A]-[F], and which is characterized by containing 5-25 parts by mass of constituent element [C] and 2-15 parts by mass of constituent element [E] per 100 parts by mass of the total epoxy resin blended therein. [A] A bifunctional amine type epoxy resin. [B] A tetrafunctional amine type epoxy resin. [C] A bisphenol F type epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 450-4,500. [D] An aromatic amine curing agent. [E] A block copolymer having a reactive group that can be reacted with as epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Maki Nagano, Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20140162518
    Abstract: The invention provides a fiber reinforced composite material having high interlaminar toughness and compressive strength under wet heat conditions, as well as an epoxy resin composition for production thereof and a prepreg producible from the epoxy resin composition. The prepreg comprises at least constituents [A], [B], and [C] as specified below and reinforcement fiber, wherein 90% or more of constituent [C] exists in the depth range accounting for 20% of the prepreg thickness from the prepreg surface: [A] epoxy resin [B] epoxy resin curing agent [C] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin and falling under any of the following [Cx] to [Cz]: [Cx] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin and giving a particle diameter distribution chart meeting the following requirements from (x-i) to (x-iii): (x-i) the chart has at least two peaks, (x-ii) the particles giving the two highest peaks have a diameter ratio in the range of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Shirou Honda, Maki Nagano, Yuji Echigo, Hiroshi Takezaki, Junko Kawasaki, Hiroshi Taiko
  • Publication number: 20140100320
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin [A], an amine-based curing agent [B] and a block copolymer [C] as components, wherein the epoxy resin [A] contains [Aa] an epoxy resin having at least one structure selected from a condensed polycyclic structure, biphenyl structure and oxazolidone ring structure; [Ab] an epoxy resin selected from a polyfunctional amine type epoxy resin [Ab1] and a liquid bisphenol type epoxy resin [Ab2], and the block copolymer [C] is at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M. The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition that can be cured to form a cured product excellent in heat resistance, elastic modulus and toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Maki NAGANO, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA, Takayuki IMAOKA, Shiro HONDA
  • Patent number: 8429732
    Abstract: A first server in a system includes confirmation requesting unit 110 that receives an authentication request from a predetermined apparatus 400 coupled through a public line and that sends a user confirmation request to a second server in the case where user authentication is successful. A second server includes a user facility identifying unit 210 that receives the user confirmation request from the first server and identifies location information of the user facility of the user and a confirmation result notifying unit 211 that receives a utilization request from a measuring apparatus linked through a dedicated line and identifies disposition location information of the measuring apparatus and that sends a notification of success of user confirmation including the identification information of the user to the first server 100 if the disposition location information of the measuring apparatus is identical to the user facility location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mika Kasahara, Yoshihito Yoshikawa, Maki Nagano, Nobuyoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20110016517
    Abstract: A first server in a system includes confirmation requesting unit 110 that receives an authentication request from a predetermined apparatus 400 coupled through a public line and that sends a user confirmation request to a second server in the case where user authentication is successful. A second server includes a user facility identifying unit 210 that receives the user confirmation request from the first server and identifies location information of the user facility of the user and a confirmation result notifying unit 211 that receives a utilization request from a measuring apparatus linked through a dedicated line and identifies disposition location information of the measuring apparatus and that sends a notification of success of user confirmation including the identification information of the user to the first server 100 if the disposition location information of the measuring apparatus is identical to the user facility location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mika KASAHARA, Yoshihito YOSHIKAWA, Maki NAGANO, Nobuyoshi ANDO