Patents by Inventor Masahito Igari

Masahito Igari 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: 20220185941
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical component, containing a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound and a polythiol compound, wherein the polythiol compound contains a trifunctional aliphatic polythiol compound and a tetrafunctional aliphatic polythiol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220120936
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition for an optical material contains an aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound, a non-aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound having an unsaturated aliphatic ring, and a polythiol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Takumi NAGASAWA, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220112355
    Abstract: The curable composition contains an organosilicon compound in which an ultraviolet absorbing moiety and a silane coupling moiety are linked by a urethane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke SEKIGUCHI, Masahito IGARI
  • Publication number: 20220112327
    Abstract: In the method for producing a spectacle lens, the spectacle lens is a cured product obtained by curing a polymerizable composition containing 5-(isocyanatomethyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene and one or more polythiol compounds, the method includes preparing the polymerizable composition by a preparation process including a first mixing step of mixing 5-(isocyanatomethyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene and a polythiol compound with each other in the presence of a first catalyst that catalyzes a thiol-ene reaction, and a second mixing step of mixing a second catalyst that catalyzes a thiourethanization reaction with a mixture obtained in the first mixing step; and subjecting the polymerizable composition to a curing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Takumi NAGASAWA, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210317257
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials by which a polymerizable composition for thiourethane-based optical materials with suppressed coloration can be prepared stably with good reproducibility even though a polyene compound and an aromatic polyisocyanate are used, and the like. A method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, including: a step of providing an aromatic polyisocyanate, a polyene compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, and a polythiol; a step of mixing the polyene compound and the polythiol to obtain a mixture; and a step of introducing the aromatic polyisocyanate into the mixture to mix at least three components: the aromatic polyisocyanate, the polyene compound, and the polythiol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Yuko ARAI, Takumi NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20210317255
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a polymerizable composition for optical materials with which a thiourethane-based optical material with suppressed coloration can be prepared stably with good reproducibility even though a polyene compound and an aromatic polyisocyanate are used, a method for producing the same, and the like. A method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, the polymerizable composition comprising an aromatic polyisocyanate, a polyene compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds and having a halogen concentration of 1 ppm or more and less than 150 ppm, and a polythiol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Yuko ARAI, Takumi NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20210301060
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a novel method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, in which the occurrence of gelation is suppressed even though an organophosphorus compound is used during the preparation of a polymerizable composition for optical materials of a thiourethane-based resin having a high refractive index and suppressed coloration, and the like. A method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, the method including: a step of providing an organophosphorus compound, a polyisocyanate, a first polythiol, and a second polythiol; and a step of mixing the polyisocyanate and the first and second polythiols in the presence of the organophosphorus compound to obtain a polymerizable composition for optical materials, wherein, in the mixing step, the first polythiol and the second polythiol are mixed in advance to prepare a polythiol mixture, and then the polythiol mixture is mixed with the polyisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko ARAI, Takumi NAGASAWA, Masahito IGARI
  • Publication number: 20210301062
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a novel method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, in which the occurrence of gelation is suppressed even though an organophosphorus compound is used during the preparation of a polymerizable composition for optical materials of a thiourethane-based resin having a high refractive index and suppressed coloration, and the like. A method for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials, including: a step of providing an organophosphorus compound, a polyisocyanate, a first polythiol, and a second polythiol; and a step of mixing the polyisocyanate and the first and second polythiols in the presence of the organophosphorus compound to obtain a polymerizable composition for optical materials, wherein, in the mixing step, the polyisocyanate and the first polythiol are mixed, and then the second polythiol is further added and mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko ARAI, Masahito IGARI, Takumi NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20210301063
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a polymerizable composition for optical materials that can achieve a cured product with a high refractive index and a small yellowness index ?YI even though an aromatic polyisocyanate is used, a transparent resin and a method for producing the same using the polymerizable composition, a lens base material and a method for producing the same using the polymerizable composition, and the like. A polymerizable composition for optical materials, at least including an aromatic polyisocyanate, a polyene compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, and 30 to 80% by mass of a polythiol having three or more mercapto groups; wherein the polymerizable composition has a mercapto group/(isocyanate group+ethylenically unsaturated double bond) equivalent ratio of 1.10 to 1.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko ARAI, Takumi NAGASAWA, Masahito IGARI
  • Publication number: 20210301061
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a polymerizable composition for optical materials that can achieve a cured product with a high refractive index and a small yellowness index ?YI even though an aromatic polyisocyanate is used, a transparent resin and a method for producing the same using the polymerizable composition, a lens base material and a method for producing the same using the polymerizable composition, and the like. A polymerizable composition for optical materials, at least including an aromatic polyisocyanate and 30 to 80% by mass of a polythiol having three or more mercapto groups, wherein the polymerizable composition has a —SH/—NCO equivalent ratio of 1.10 to 1.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi NAGASAWA, Masahito IGARI, Yuko ARAI
  • Publication number: 20210079163
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition is a polymerizable composition for an optical component (excluding those subjected to a photopolymerization treatment) including a polyene compound; a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound; and a polythiol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210079165
    Abstract: The cured product is a cured product for an optical component obtained by curing a polymerizable composition, in which the polymerizable composition contains a polyene compound, a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound, and a polythiol compound, and a content of a thiourethane bond of the cured product is 30.00% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210079164
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition is a polymerizable composition for an optical component, containing a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound, a polythiol compound, a first polymerization catalyst that catalyzes a thiol-ene reaction between the polyene compound and the polyiso(thio)cyanate compound, and a second polymerization catalyst that catalyzes a thiourethane reaction between the polyiso(thio)cyanate compound and the polythiol compound, wherein a content of the first polymerization catalyst is 0.10 parts by mass or less with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the polyene compound, the polyiso(thio)cyanate compound, and the polythiol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito IGARI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10745822
    Abstract: A method for producing metal oxide nanocrystals, according to the embodiment of the present invention, includes: continuously flowing, into a continuous flow path, one or a plurality of nanocrystal precursor solutions each comprising one or more nanocrystal precursors dissolved in a non-polar solvent; directing a segmenting gas into the continuous flow path to create a segmented reaction flow; flowing the segmented reaction flow into a thermal processor; heating the segmented reaction flow in the thermal processor to create a product flow; and collecting metal oxide nanocrystals from the product flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Novet, Yukihisa Okawa, Masahito Igari, David M. Schut
  • Patent number: 10640882
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal oxide nanocrystals according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises continuously flowing a nanocrystal precursor solution comprising a nanocrystal precursor into a continuous flow path and heating the nanocrystal precursor solution in the continuous flow path to create nanocrystals, comprising: providing a nanocrystal precursor solution supply unit that is connected to the continuous flow path and comprises a first vessel and a second vessel; delivering a nanocrystal precursor solution in the second vessel to the continuous low path; and creating a nanocrystal precursor solution in the first vessel as a different batch from the nanocrystal precursor solution in the second vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Novet, Yukihisa Okawa, Masahito Igari, David M. Schut
  • Publication number: 20190032241
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal oxide nanocrystals according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises continuously flowing a nanocrystal precursor solution comprising a nanocrystal precursor into a continuous flow path and heating the nanocrystal precursor solution in the continuous flow path to create nanocrystals, comprising: providing a nanocrystal precursor solution supply unit that is connected to the continuous flow path and comprises a first vessel and a second vessel; delivering a nanocrystal precursor solution in the second vessel to the continuous low path; and creating a nanocrystal precursor solution in the first vessel as a different batch from the nanocrystal precursor solution in the second vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Shoei Chemical Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Novet, Yukihisa Okawa, Masahito Igari, David M. Schut
  • Publication number: 20180371638
    Abstract: A method for producing metal oxide nanocrystals, according to the embodiment of the present invention, includes: continuously flowing, into a continuous flow path, one or a plurality of nanocrystal precursor solutions each comprising one or more nanocrystal precursors dissolved in a non-polar solvent; directing a segmenting gas into the continuous flow path to create a segmented reaction flow; flowing the segmented reaction flow into a thermal processor; heating the segmented reaction flow in the thermal processor to create a product flow; and collecting metal oxide nanocrystals from the product flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Shoei Chemical Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Novet, Yukihisa Okawa, Masahito Igari, David M. Schut