Patents by Inventor Masataka Kotani

Masataka Kotani 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: 20150225554
    Abstract: A blow-molded container is provided obtained by blow-molding a resin composition containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) 78 parts by mass to 55 parts by mass of a linear low-density polyethylene having a density of 910 kg/m3 to 925 kg/m3 and a melt mass flow rate of 1.5 g/10 minutes or more and less than 3.0 g/10 minutes; (B) 15 parts by mass to 25 parts by mass of a high-density polyethylene having a density of 945 kg/m3 to 970 kg/m3 and a melt mass flow rate of 1.0 g/10 minutes to 3.0 g/10 minutes; and (C) 7 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of a low-density polyethylene having a density of 910 kg/m3 to 930 kg/m3 and a melt mass flow rate of 0.5 g/10 minutes to 8.0 g/10 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Yohei Kageyama, Yukio Kobayashi, Masataka Kotani, Munenori Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9096040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic film (10) formed by a co-extrusion method, and an infusion bag formed thereof. The plastic film (10) includes at least three layers having: a first layer (1) constituted by a polyamide obtained by a ring-opening polymerization of a lactam having 11 or more carbon atoms or by polycondensing of an ?-amino acid having 11 or more carbon atoms, or a polyamide obtained by copolycondensing a dicarboxylic acid having 10 or more carbon atoms and a diamine having 6 or more carbon atoms; a second layer (2) containing a copolymer of an ?-olefin and an anhydride monomer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as the major component; and a sealing layer (3) containing a polyethylene as the major component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kobayashi, Yohei Kageyama, Manabu Nakamura, Masataka Kotani, Toshiharu Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8708992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic film for medical containers having an oxygen absorbing function including at least 4 layers (4) and formed by a co-extrusion method, and an infusion bag formed thereof, in which the 4 layers include: a first layer (1) constituted by a polyamide obtained by a ring-opening polymerization of a lactam 11 or more carbon atoms or by polycondensing of an ?-amino acid having 11 or more carbon atoms, or a polyamide obtained by copolycondensing a dicarboxylic acid having 10 or more carbon atoms and a diamine having 6 or more carbon atoms; a second layer (2) of a mixed composition that is adjacent to the first layer and contains an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer of an ?-olefin and a monomer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as the major component, and a transition metal salt and a polyene-based polymer having an unsaturated double bond as accessory components; a third layer (3) that is adjacent to the second layer and contai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Kobayashi, Yohei Kageyama, Manabu Nakamura, Masataka Kotani, Toshiharu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120215196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic film for medical containers having an oxygen absorbing function including at least 4 layers (4) and formed by a co-extrusion method, and an infusion bag formed thereof, in which the 4 layers include: a first layer (1) constituted by a polyamide obtained by a ring-opening polymerization of a lactam 11 or more carbon atoms or by polycondensing of an ?-amino acid having 11 or more carbon atoms, or a polyamide obtained by copolycondensing a dicarboxylic acid having 10 or more carbon atoms and a diamine having 6 or more carbon atoms; a second layer (2) of a mixed composition that is adjacent to the first layer and contains an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer of an ?-olefin and a monomer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as the major component, and a transition metal salt and a polyene-based polymer having an unsaturated double bond as accessory components; a third layer (3) that is adjacent to the second layer and contai
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kobayashi, Yohei Kageyama, Manabu Nakamura, Masataka Kotani, Toshiharu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120201984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic film (10) formed by a co-extrusion method, and an infusion bag formed thereof. The plastic film (10) includes at least three layers having: a first layer (1) constituted by a polyamide obtained by a ring-opening polymerization of a lactam having 11 or more carbon atoms or by polycondensing of an ?-amino acid having 11 or more carbon atoms, or a polyamide obtained by copolycondensing a dicarboxylic acid having 10 or more carbon atoms and a diamine having 6 or more carbon atoms; a second layer (2) containing a copolymer of an ?-olefin and an anhydride monomer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as the major component; and a sealing layer (3) containing a polyethylene as the major component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kobayashi, Yohei Kageyama, Manabu Nakamura, Masataka Kotani, Toshiharu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100269972
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an infusion container with multiple chambers, where the peel strength of the boundary portion between one and another of multiple medicament chambers is stabilized irrespective of the construction material and structure of the film. The present invention provides an infusion container 10 with multiple chambers, which is formed from a thermoplastic resin film and has a plurality of medicament chambers 11 and 12 for housing medicaments, wherein the medicaments chambers 11 and 12 are liquid-tightly sealed by a peelable weak seal part 15, the weak seal part 15 is formed to have a plurality of melt-bonding parts different in the melt-bonding strength, the strong melt-bonding part having a largest melt-bonding strength among these melt-bonding parts is dispersed and distributed in the weak seal part 15, and the total occupied area of the strong melt-bonding part is less than 25% of the area of the weak seal part 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu IWASAKI, Masataka KOTANI, Kiyokazu ISHIWATARI, Katsuyuki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7776414
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an infusion container with multiple chambers, where the peel strength of the boundary portion between one and another of multiple medicament chambers is stabilized irrespective of the construction material and structure of the film. The present invention provides an infusion container 10 with multiple chambers, which is formed from a thermoplastic resin film and has a plurality of medicament chambers 11 and 12 for housing medicaments, wherein the medicaments chambers 11 and 12 are liquid-tightly sealed by a peelable weak seal part 15, the weak seal part 15 is formed to have a plurality of melt-bonding parts different in the melt-bonding strength, the strong melt-bonding part having a largest melt-bonding strength among these melt-bonding parts is dispersed and distributed in the weak seal part 15, and the total occupied area of the strong melt-bonding part is less than 25% of the area of the weak seal part 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Masataka Kotani, Kiyokazu Ishiwatari, Katsuyuki Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7566485
    Abstract: A medical container produced from a film or sheet having at least one resin layer comprising a polyolefin resin composition, wherein the polyolefin resin composition comprises includes (A) at least one propylene-base polymer which is (A) a specific propylene-base polymer composition, (A) a propylene-base block copolymer and (A) a specific propylene-base block copolymer composition, and (B) an ethylene-base copolymer including an ethylene and at least one ?-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms, and the refractive index of the xylene-soluble portion of the mixture of polymers (A) and (B) is from 1.480 to 1.495.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Masataka Kotani
  • Publication number: 20070122577
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a molded article excellent in all of transparency, impact resistance, flexibility and blocking resistance. The present invention provides the polypropylene-base molded article of the present invention is a single-layer or multilayer molded article having a layer comprising a thermoplastic resin composition containing a polypropylene resin composition (A) satisfying the following requirements and an ethylene-base copolymer (B) comprising an ethylene and at least one ?-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Showa Denko Plastic Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Masataka Kotani, Katsuyuki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20060051534
    Abstract: A medical container produced from a film or sheet having at least one resin layer comprising a polyolefin resin composition, wherein the polyolefin resin composition comprises (A) at least one propylene-base polymer selected from the group consisting of (A1) a specific propylene-base polymer composition, (A2) a propylene-base block copolymer and (A3) a specific propylene-base block copolymer composition, and (B) an ethylene-base copolymer comprising an ethylene and at least one ?-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms, and the refractive index of the xylene-soluble portion is from 1.480 to 1.495.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Masataka Kotani
  • Publication number: 20050221034
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an infusion container with multiple chambers, where the peel strength of the boundary portion between one and another of multiple medicament chambers is stabilized irrespective of the construction material and structure of the film. The present invention provides an infusion container 10 with multiple chambers, which is formed from a thermoplastic resin film and has a plurality of medicament chambers 11 and 12 for housing medicaments, wherein the medicaments chambers 11 and 12 are liquid-tightly sealed by a peelable weak seal part 15, the weak seal part 15 is formed to have a plurality of melt-bonding parts different in the melt-bonding strength, the strong melt-bonding part having a largest melt-bonding strength among these melt-bonding parts is dispersed and distributed in the weak seal part 15, and the total occupied area of the strong melt-bonding part is less than 25% of the area of the weak seal part 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiharu Iwasaki, Masataka Kotani, Kiyokazu Ishiwatari, Katsuyuki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20050031815
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide a resin composition suitable for a container packaging film that has excellent appearance and antiblocking properties, and has no fear of contamination into the container. The present invention relates to resin composition comprising from 40 to 90 mass % of a propylene-base polymer and from 10 to 60 mass % of a high-density polyethylene (the total of the propylene-base polymer and the high-density polyethylene is 100 mass %), the composition substantially not containing a lubricant and not containing an antiblocking agent, and the ratio of MFR of the propylene-base polymer at 230° C. to MFR of the high-density polyethylene at 190° C. being from 5 to 200. The present invention also relates to a container packaging film, sealant film, laminate, container packaging bag, and container package using the resin composition of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Yohei Kageyama, Masataka Kotani
  • Patent number: 5530058
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin composition having a low combustion beat, characterized in that a filler is mixed with an aliphatic polyester having a number-average molecular weight of at least 10,000, synthesized from glycol and aliphatic polybasic acid or acid derivative thereof. A sheet formed from the composition bas excellent tensile strength, stiffness and impact strength as well as being biodegradable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Imaizumi, Masataka Kotani, Ryosuke Kamei, Eiichiro Takiyama
  • Patent number: 5314969
    Abstract: A sheet formed by using as a main component an aliphatic polyester having a melt viscosity of 1.0.times.10.sup.3 -1.0.times.10.sup.6 poises at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a shear rate of 100 sec.sup.-1, and having a melting point of 70.degree.-190.degree. C. The sheet of the present invention is biodegraded when buried in soil and is excellent in mechanical properties and transparency. The sheet is also superior in non-absorbency of aroma as well as heat-sealability and formability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Imaizumi, Masataka Kotani, Haruhiko Kondo, Takeshi Iwasa, Eiichiro Takiyama
  • Patent number: 4504432
    Abstract: A monofilament of a thermoplastic resin having a high tenacity is produced by a process in which a monofilament is melt spun at a temperature of 220.degree. C. to 310.degree. C. from a thermoplastic resin through a nozzle having a cross-sectional area S (mm.sup.2) satisfying the following equations: ##EQU1## wherein I is a maximum cross-sectional secondary moment max (Ix, Iy) (i.e., the maximum secondary moment in the cross-sectional secondary moments with respect to the main x axis and y axis passing through the center of the gravity of the cross-section); and, then, is subjected to a multi-stage stretching under the conditions satisfying the following equations: ##EQU2## wherein i is a number of stretching stages, e is a base of natural logarithm (i.e., 2.71828), V.sub.1 is the first take-off linear velocity (m/min), V.sub.i+1 is the final take-off linear velocity (m/min) at the i-stretching stage, DR.sub.Ti is the total stretching ratio at the i-stretching stage, DR.sub.Tiw is the DR.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kamei, Toyoaki Tanaka, Takeshi Sano, Masataka Kotani