Patents by Inventor Michimasa Watanabe

Michimasa Watanabe 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: 20230272199
    Abstract: A resin composition, including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin as a resin component; an imidazole compound, a phenol compound, and a thioether compound as an antioxidant; and a bromine compound and an antimony compound as a flame retardant, wherein the resin composition has a content of the imidazole compound of 14 to 24 parts by mass, a content of the phenol compound of 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass, a content of the thioether compound of 0.3 to 0.9 parts by mass, a content of the bromine compound of 15 to 30 parts by mass, and a content of the antimony compound of 5 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total content of the resin component in the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Michimasa WATANABE, Akihiro NAGAO, Hideyuki OSUGA
  • Patent number: 10804011
    Abstract: A flat cable 10 according to the invention has a plurality of arrayed conductors 11; and an insulating layer 12 covering the periphery of the conductors 11 with a coating film, in which the insulating layer 12 includes a plurality of layers, the outermost layer 13 of the insulating layer 12 and the innermost layer 14 contacting the conductors are both formed from polyphenylene sulfide-based resins, and the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the innermost layer 14 is lower by 5° C. or more than the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the outermost layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Suzuki, Michimasa Watanabe, Haruki Watabe, Kenji Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20200265968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coated carbon nanotube electric wire and a coil, which have excellent electroconductivity that is comparable to a wire made of copper, aluminum, or the like, realize an excellent insulation property and abrasion resistance, further have a heat dissipation ability, and can realize weight reduction. A coated carbon nanotube electric wire (1) includes: a carbon nanotube wire (10) that includes a single or a plurality of carbon nanotube aggregates (11) configured of a plurality of carbon nanotubes (11a); and an insulating coating layer (21) coating the carbon nanotube wire, and a thickness deviation rate of the insulating coating layer (21) is equal to or greater than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki AIZAWA, Michimasa WATANABE, Satoshi YAMAZAKI, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Kenji HATAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190189308
    Abstract: A flat cable 10 according to the invention has a plurality of arrayed conductors 11; and an insulating layer 12 covering the periphery of the conductors 11 with a coating film, in which the insulating layer 12 includes a plurality of layers, the outermost layer 13 of the insulating layer 12 and the innermost layer 14 contacting the conductors are both formed from polyphenylene sulfide-based resins, and the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the innermost layer 14 is lower by 5° C. or more than the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the outermost layer 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka SUZUKI, Michimasa WATANABE, Haruki WATABE, Kenji HIROKI
  • Patent number: 8636037
    Abstract: In a flexible tube for fluid transport, a resin layer is on the outer periphery of an interlocked tube for shielding the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the resin layer for reinforcing primarily against internal pressure, etc. of the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An axial-force reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer for primarily suppressing the interlocked tube from deforming in the axial direction of the flexible tube. The axial-force reinforcing layer is formed from alternately winding two layers of reinforcing strips with a long pitch. The reinforcing strips are each configured from a metal strip, a resin layer that covers the strip, and the like. The resin layer is resin to which a microparticulate sulfide-trapping material has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishii, Hiroki Manabe, Michimasa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130037160
    Abstract: In a flexible tube for fluid transport, a resin layer is on the outer periphery of an interlocked tube for shielding the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the resin layer for reinforcing primarily against internal pressure, etc. of the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An axial-force reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer for primarily suppressing the interlocked tube from deforming in the axial direction of the flexible tube. The axial-force reinforcing layer is formed from alternately winding two layers of reinforcing strips with a long pitch. The reinforcing strips are each configured from a metal strip, a resin layer that covers the strip, and the like. The resin layer is resin to which a microparticulate sulfide-trapping material has been added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi ISHII, Hiroki MANABE, Michimasa WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7569730
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I): [wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, R2 represents a hydroxyalkyl group, or a triarylmethyloxyalkyl group, or R1 and R2 combine together to represent —C(R3)(R4)— (R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or hydroxyl group, or R3 and R4 may combine together to represent oxo group), or —C(R5)(R6)—O—C(R7)(R8)— (R5 to R8 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or hydroxyl group, or R5 and R6 may combine together to represent oxo group, and R7 and R8 may combine together to represent oxo group); Ar1 to Ar4 independently represent an aryl group (the aryl group may have 1 to 5 of the same or different substituents), *1 to *4 indicate asymmetric carbons, and configurations are cis between *1 and *2, cis between *3 and *4, and trans between *2 and *3]. An optically active phosphine ligand which can be easily synthesized and gives a transition metal complex showing superior asymmetric catalyst activity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Daiichi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Watanabe, Yuhki Takeuchi, Takahiro Isobe, Tadashi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20080242534
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I): [wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, R2 represents a hydroxyalkyl group, or a triarylmethyloxyalkyl group, or R1 and R2 combine together to represent —C(R3)(R4)— (R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or hydroxyl group, or R3 and R4 may combine together to represent oxo group), or —C(R5)(R6)—O—C(R7)(R8)— (R5 to R8 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or hydroxyl group, or R5 and R6 may combine together to represent oxo group, and R7 and R8 may combine together to represent oxo group); Ar1 to Ar4 independently represent an aryl group (the aryl group may have 1 to 5 of the same or different substituents), *1 to *4 indicate asymmetric carbons, and configurations are cis between *1 and *2, cis between *3 and *4, and trans between *2 and *3]. An optically active phosphine ligand which can be easily synthesized and gives a transition metal complex showing superior asymmetric catalyst activity is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: DAIICHI FINE CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michimasa WATANABE, Yuhki TAKEUCHI, Takahiro ISOBE, Tadashi TAKEUCHI