Patents by Inventor Masato Yanagibashi

Masato Yanagibashi 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: 11958017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow-fiber membrane module including: a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part; a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle; and a protective member contacting with an outer surface of the potting part and continuously covering the outer surface, in which the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
  • Patent number: 11617991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation membrane including an organic polymer resin, in which a volume V1 of fine pores having a pore diameter of 100 nm or more is 0.3 cm3/g or more and 0.5 cm3/g or less, a volume V2 of fine pores having a pore diameter of less than 100 nm is 0.02 cm3/g or more and less than 0.1 cm3/g, and a ratio V1/V2 of the fine pore volume V1 to the fine pore volume V2 is 3 or more and 60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Kozaki, Masakazu Koiwa, Fumi Hojo, Satoko Kanamori, Kentaro Kobayashi, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20220266204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation membrane including an organic polymer resin, in which a volume V1 of fine pores having a pore diameter of 100 nm or more is 0.3 cm3/g or more and 0.5 cm3/g or less, a volume V2 of fine pores having a pore diameter of less than 100 nm is 0.02 cm3/g or more and less than 0.1 cm3/g, and a ratio V1/V2 of the fine pore volume V1 to the fine pore volume V2 is 3 or more and 60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoichiro KOZAKI, Masakazu KOIWA, Fumi HOJO, Satoko KANAMORI, Kentaro KOBAYASHI, Masato YANAGIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20210316253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow-fiber membrane module including: a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part; a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle; and a protective member contacting with an outer surface of the potting part and continuously covering the outer surface, in which the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
  • Patent number: 9200126
    Abstract: A laminated film includes a resin layer provided on at least one surface of a thermoplastic resin film substrate, wherein the resin layer comprises an acrylic-modified polyester whose acrylic resin component has a glass-transition temperature of not lower than 67° C. and a sugar alcohol and/or a sugar alcohol derivative; the mass ratio of the acrylic-modified polyester to the sugar alcohol and the sugar alcohol derivative (the mass of the acrylic-modified polyester/the total mass of the sugar alcohol and the sugar alcohol derivative) is from 75/25 to 97/3; the total content of the acrylic-modified polyester and the sugar alcohol and sugar alcohol derivative is 65% by mass or more based on the total resin layer; and the haze value of the laminated film is not more than 2.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Masato Yanagibashi, Yasushi Takada, Yu Abe
  • Publication number: 20130011613
    Abstract: A laminated film includes a resin layer provided on at least one surface of a thermoplastic resin film substrate, wherein the resin layer comprises an acrylic-modified polyester whose acrylic resin component has a glass-transition temperature of not lower than 67° C. and a sugar alcohol and/or a sugar alcohol derivative; the mass ratio of the acrylic-modified polyester to the sugar alcohol and the sugar alcohol derivative (the mass of the acrylic-modified polyester/the total mass of the sugar alcohol and the sugar alcohol derivative) is from 75/25 to 97/3; the total content of the acrylic-modified polyester and the sugar alcohol and sugar alcohol derivative is 65% by mass or more based on the total resin layer; and the haze value of the laminated film is not more than 2.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Masato Yanagibashi, Yasushi Takada, Yu Abe
  • Patent number: 8137788
    Abstract: A laminated film including a thermoplastic resin film and an laminated layer that is formed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin film and comprises (A) a composition, (B) an epoxy crosslinking agent and (C) an acrylic resin having an alkyl chain of 18 to 25 carbon atoms is characterized in that the composition (A) is a composition containing at least a polythiophene and a polyanion and/or a composition containing a polythiophene derivative and a polyanion, the laminated layer contains 15 to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic resin (C) having an alkyl chain of 18 to 25 carbon atoms based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the composition (A) and the crosslinking agent (B) and/or its reaction product, at least one side of the laminated film has a three-dimensional average surface roughness (SRa) of 3 to 50 nm, and the laminated film contains less than 10 internal contaminant particles with an average particle size of at least 100 ?m per 1 m2, so that it has high level of electrical conductivity, go
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi, Masato Ushijima, Yutaka Harada
  • Patent number: 8133592
    Abstract: A laminated adhesive thermoplastic resin film includes a laminated layer containing a polyester resin (A) and a polyester resin (B) different from each other in glass transition temperature and a melamine-based crosslinking agent (C) as components and having a surface energy of 48 to 55 mN/m, formed at least on one surface of the thermoplastic resin film, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (A) is 110° C. or higher; the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (B) is 60° C. to lower than 110° C.; and the amount of the melamine-based crosslinking agent (C) is 75 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight based on the weight of the polyester resin (A) and the polyester resin (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Mitsuhiro Horiuchi, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 7972700
    Abstract: A laminated film including a thermoplastic resin film, and a laminated layer disposed on at least one surface of the thermoplastic resin film including an acryl-urethane copolymer resin (A), and a polyester resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (C) including an isocyanate crosslinking agent, a carbodiimide crosslinking agent or mixtures thereof, the amount of the crosslinking agent (C) is from 5 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the acryl-urethane copolymer resin (A) and the polyester resin (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20100239868
    Abstract: A laminated film including a thermoplastic resin film, and a laminated layer disposed on at least one surface of the thermoplastic resin film including an acryl-urethane copolymer resin (A), and a polyester resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (C) including an isocyanate crosslinking agent, a carbodiimide crosslinking agent or mixtures thereof, the amount of the crosslinking agent (C) is from 5 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the acryl-urethane copolymer resin (A) and the polyester resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc., a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20100104854
    Abstract: A laminated adhesive thermoplastic resin film includes a laminated layer containing a polyester resin (A) and a polyester resin (B) different from each other in glass transition temperature and a melamine-based crosslinking agent (C) as components and having a surface energy of 48 to 55 mN/m, formed at least on one surface of the thermoplastic resin film, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (A) is 110° C. or higher; the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (B) is 60° C. to lower than 110° C.; and the amount of the melamine-based crosslinking agent (C) is 75 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight based on the weight of the polyester resin (A) and the polyester resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Mitsuhiro Horiuchi, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20070202297
    Abstract: A laminated film including a thermoplastic resin film and an laminated layer that is formed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin film and comprises (A) a composition, (B) an epoxy crosslinking agent and (C) an acrylic resin having an alkyl chain of 18 to 25 carbon atoms is characterized in that the composition (A) is a composition containing at least a polythiophene and a polyanion and/or a composition containing a polythiophene derivative and a polyanion, the laminated layer contains 15 to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic resin (C) having an alkyl chain of 18 to 25 carbon atoms based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the composition (A) and the cross-linking agent (B) and/or its reaction product, at least one side of the laminated film has a three-dimensional average surface roughness (SRa) of 3 to 50 nm, and the laminated film contains less than 10 internal contaminant particles with an average particle size of at least 100 ?m per 1 m2, so that it has high level of electrical conductivity, g
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi, Masato Ushijima, Yutake Harada
  • Patent number: 6828010
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated polyester film, in which a laminated layer comprising two types of polyester resins having different glass transition points from each other is formed on at least one side of a base polyester film wherein the two types of polyester resins are composed of a polyester resin (A) having a glass transition point of from 60° C. to 100° C., and a polyester resin (B) having a glass transition point of from 0° C. to 60° C. and the polyester resin (B) contains a specified component, and a dicarboxylic acid component having a sulfonic acid metal base is set as a specified ratio of the entire dicarboxylic acid components in the polyester resins (A) and (B), satisfies adhesiveness to various types of coating materials which has conventionally been incompatible and, further, satisfies anti-blocking properties, transparency, scratch resistance and the other properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuri Kubota, Takashi Mimura, Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20040028924
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated polyester film, in which a laminated layer comprising two types of polyester resins having different glass transition points from each other is formed on at least one side of polyester film wherein the two types of polyester resins are composed of a polyester resin (A) having a glass transition point of from 60° C. to 100° C., and a polyester resin (B) having a glass transition point of from 0° C. to 60° C. and the polyester resin (B) contains a specified component, and a dicarboxylic acid component having a sulfonic acid metal base is set as a specified ratio in entire dicarboxylic acid components in the polyester resins (A) and (B), satisfies adhesiveness to various types of coating materials which has conventionally been incompatible and, further, satisfies anti-blocking properties, transparency, scratch resistance and the other properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Yuri Kubota, Takashi Mimura, Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi