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).
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Patent number: 11958017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Masato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
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Patent number: 11617991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yoichiro Kozaki, Masakazu Koiwa, Fumi Hojo, Satoko Kanamori, Kentaro Kobayashi, Masato Yanagibashi
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Publication number: 20220266204Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yoichiro KOZAKI, Masakazu KOIWA, Fumi HOJO, Satoko KANAMORI, Kentaro KOBAYASHI, Masato YANAGIBASHI
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Publication number: 20210316253Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Masato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
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Patent number: 9200126Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Masato Yanagibashi, Yasushi Takada, Yu Abe
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Publication number: 20130011613Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Toray Industries, IncInventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Masato Yanagibashi, Yasushi Takada, Yu Abe
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Patent number: 8137788Abstract: 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, goType: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi, Masato Ushijima, Yutaka Harada
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Patent number: 8133592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Mitsuhiro Horiuchi, Masato Yanagibashi
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Patent number: 7972700Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
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Publication number: 20100239868Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc., a corporation of JapanInventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
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Publication number: 20100104854Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Mitsuhiro Horiuchi, Masato Yanagibashi
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Publication number: 20070202297Abstract: 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, gType: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi, Masato Ushijima, Yutake Harada
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Patent number: 6828010Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2002Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Kubota, Takashi Mimura, Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi
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Publication number: 20040028924Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Yuri Kubota, Takashi Mimura, Yasushi Takada, Masato Yanagibashi