Patents by Inventor Motoko Asada
Motoko Asada 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: 11634589Abstract: There are provided a coating composition being possible to form a cured film which has excellent transparency and weather resistance, and especially hardness. A coating composition obtained by which a silicon-containing substance as a component (M) and a silica colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 80 nm as a component (S) are mixed, and then the component (M) is hydrolyzed, and the resulting aqueous solution is subsequently mixed with a colloidal particle (C) wherein a component (F) is a modified metal oxide colloidal particle (C) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, which includes a metal oxide colloidal particle (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 60 nm as a core, whose surface is coated with a coating (B) formed of an acidic oxide colloidal particle.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomoki Furukawa, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20220135814Abstract: A substrate is coated with a transparent coating film using a coating liquid for forming a transparent coating film including metal oxide particles and a matrix formation component. The metal oxide particles each include a metal oxide particle containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide, including a titanium oxide-containing core particle; and a coating layer with which the titanium oxide-containing core particle is coated and that is made of silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles having a mass ratio of silicon dioxide/stannic oxide of 0.1 to 5.0, where one or more intermediate thin film layers that are made of any one of an oxide; a complex oxide of at least one element selected from Si, Al, Sn, Zr, Zn, Sb, Nb, Ta, and W; and a mixture of the oxide and the complex oxide are interposed between the core particle and the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari KOYAMA, Tomoki FURUKAWA, Motoko ASADA
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Publication number: 20180148579Abstract: There are provided a coating composition being possible to form a cured film which has excellent transparency and weather resistance, and especially hardness. A coating composition obtained by which a silicon-containing substance as a component (M) and a silica colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 80 nm as a component (S) are mixed, and then the component (M) is hydrolyzed, and the resulting aqueous solution is subsequently mixed with a colloidal particle (C) wherein a component (F) is a modified metal oxide colloidal particle (C) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, which includes a metal oxide colloidal particle (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 60 nm as a core, whose surface is coated with a coating (B) formed of an acidic oxide colloidal particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari KOYAMA, Tomoki FURUKAWA, Motoko ASADA
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Patent number: 9150421Abstract: There is provided a colloidal particle of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Fe, Zr, Sn, Ta, Nb, Y, Mo, W, Pb, In, Bi, and Sr, which is capable of being dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent, and a hydrophilic organic solvent dispersed sol thereof or a sol thereof dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent having a solubility of water of 0.05 to 12% by mass, and further, a fine powder of a metal oxide colloidal particle capable of being redispersed in various organic solvents. A silane treated modified metal oxide colloidal particle on the surface of which an amine compound and 1 to 4 silyl group(s) per 1 nm2 of the surface area are bonded, and which is produced by coating a metal oxide colloidal particle as a core with a complex oxide colloidal particle.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada, Tomoki Furukawa, Natsumi Tsuihiji
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Publication number: 20140285897Abstract: There is provided a sol of modified metal oxide composite colloidal particles including titanium oxide having a high refractive index and excellent light resistance and weather resistance that discoloration of the colloidal particles by photoexcitation is almost completely inhibited. A titanium oxide-tin oxide-zirconium oxide-tungsten oxide composite colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm, and a SnO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 1.0, a ZrO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.4, and a WO3/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.03 to 0.15.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari KOYAMA, Motoko ASADA
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Publication number: 20140199554Abstract: A metal oxide particle containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide including: a titanium oxide-containing core particle (A); and a coating layer with which the titanium oxide-containing core particle (A) is coated and that is made of silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles (B) having a mass ratio of silicon dioxide/stannic oxide of 0.1 to 5.0, wherein one or more intermediate thin film layers that are made of any one of an oxide; a complex oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Sn, Zr, Zn, Sb, Nb, Ta, and W; and a mixture of the oxide and the complex oxide are interposed between the titanium oxide-containing core particle (A) and the coating layer made of the silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomoki Furukawa, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20120316266Abstract: There is provided a colloidal particle of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Fe, Zr, Sn, Ta, Nb, Y, Mo, W, Pb, In, Bi, and Sr, which is capable of being dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent, and a hydrophilic organic solvent dispersed sol thereof or a sol thereof dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent having a solubility of water of 0.05 to 12% by mass, and further, a fine powder of a metal oxide colloidal particle capable of being redispersed in various organic solvents. A silane treated modified metal oxide colloidal particle on the surface of which an amine compound and 1 to 4 silyl group(s) per 1 nm2 of the surface area are bonded, and which is produced by coating a metal oxide colloidal particle as a core with a complex oxide colloidal particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada, Tomoki Furukawa, Natsumi Tsuihiji
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Patent number: 8193253Abstract: There is provided an organosol of surface-modified fluoride colloid particles obtained by coating the surface of a fluoride colloid particle as a core with an organophosphorus compound and a method for producing the organosol. An organosol of a surface-modified fluoride colloid particle comprising: a fluoride colloid particle as a core; and at least one type of an organophosphorus compound selected from a group consisting of organophosphorus compounds represented by the following general formula (1), (2), and (3): (R—O)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(1) (R—O)nP(OM)3-n??(2) (R)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(3) where R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group, M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NZ4 (Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group); and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, the organophosphorus compound coating a surface of the fluoride colloid particle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada, Osamu Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8034846Abstract: It is intended to provide a stable sol containing zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloids to be used for improving the performance such as abrasion resistance, transparency, adhesiveness, water resistance or weather resistance of a dried film obtained by applying a hard coating agent containing colloidal particles to the surface of plastic lens. A production method includes the steps of obtaining a sol containing colloidal particles (A1) in which the surface of particles in a sol containing hydrothermally-processed zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloids (A) is coated with amine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles; obtaining a sol containing colloids (A2) coated with amine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles by performing a hydrothermal treatment at a temperature of from 200 to 350° C.; and mixing the sol containing the colloidal particles (A2) and a sol containing tungsten oxide-tin oxide-silicon dioxide composite colloidal particles (B2) and aging the resulting aqueous medium at 20 to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20100239872Abstract: There is provided a sol of modified metal oxide composite colloidal particles including titanium oxide having a high refractive index and excellent light resistance and weather resistance that discoloration of the colloidal particles by photoexcitation is almost completely inhibited. A titanium oxide-tin oxide-zirconium oxide-tungsten oxide composite colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm, and a SnO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 1.0, a ZrO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.4, and a WO3/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.03 to 0.15.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20100221556Abstract: There is provided a sol of modified metal oxide composite colloidal particles including titanium oxide having a high refractive index and excellent light resistance and weather resistance that discoloration of the colloidal particles by photoexcitation is almost completely inhibited. A modified metal oxide composite colloidal particle comprises; a titanium oxide-tin oxide-zirconium oxide-tungsten oxide composite colloidal particle (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm and having a SnO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 1.0, a ZrO2/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.4, and a WO3/TiO2 molar ratio of 0.03 to 0.15, as a core; and a tungsten oxide-tin oxide-silicon dioxide composite colloidal particle (B) having a primary particle diameter of 1 to 7 nm with which a surface of the core is coated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20090308282Abstract: It is intended to provide a stable sol containing zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloids to be used for improving the performance such as abrasion resistance, transparency, adhesiveness, water resistance or weather resistance of a dried film obtained by applying a hard coating agent containing colloidal particles to the surface of plastic lens. A production method includes the steps of obtaining a sol containing colloidal particles (A1) in which the surface of particles in a sol containing hydrothermally-processed zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloids (A) is coated with amine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles; obtaining a sol containing colloids (A2) coated with amine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles by performing a hydrothermal treatment at a temperature of from 200 to 350° C.; and mixing the sol containing the colloidal particles (A2) and a sol containing tungsten oxide-tin oxide-silicon dioxide composite colloidal particles (B2) and aging the resulting aqueous medium at 20 to 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20090281200Abstract: There is provided an organosol of surface-modified fluoride colloid particles obtained by coating the surface of a fluoride colloid particle as a core with an organophosphorus compound and a method for producing the organosol. An organosol of a surface-modified fluoride colloid particle comprising: a fluoride colloid particle as a core; and at least one type of an organophosphorus compound selected from a group consisting of organophosphorus compounds represented by the following general formulae (1), (2), and (3): (R—O)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(1) (R—O)nP(OM)3-n??(2) (R)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(3) where R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group, M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NZ4 (Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group); and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, the organophosphorus compound coating a surface of the fluoride colloid particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industrial, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada, Osamu Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7563827Abstract: It is to provide a sol useful as a component of a hard coating agent to be applied on the surface of a plastic lens or useful for other applications, and its production process. A sol containing modified metal oxide particles which comprise, as nuclei, colloidal particles (A) being stannic oxide particles or composite particles comprising stannic oxide particles and zirconium oxide particles, containing these oxides in a weight ratio of ZrO2:SnO2 of from 0:1 to 0.50:1 and having particle sizes of from 4 to 50 nm, and as a coating covering the surface of the nuclei, alkylamine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles, an oligomer thereof or a mixture thereof (B1), or composite colloidal particles comprising diantimony pentaoxide and silica, an oligomer thereof or a mixture thereof (B2), in a weight ratio of (B)/(A) of from 0.01 to 0.50 based on the weights of the metal oxides, and have particle sizes of from 4.5 to 60 nm. A coating composition containing a silicon-containing substance and the above particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Patent number: 7556682Abstract: There is provided a stable sol of zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles and a method of producing the same, a hard coat material applied for a surface of a plastic lens, and an optical member. The present invention relates to a sol comprising zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A), wherein a molar ratio of oxide in the zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A) is 0.02-0.4 as SnO2/ZrO2, and the zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A) have a structure in which zirconium oxide colloidal particles and tin oxide colloidal particles are bonded together, and a primary particle diameter of 2-100 nm; and also relays to a coating composition comprising a silicon-containing substance (S) of an organic silicon compound or a hydrolysate thereof, and a sol comprising zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A), and an optical member having a cured coating formed from the coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Patent number: 7476695Abstract: There is provided a stable sol comprising modified stannic oxide-zirconium oxide complex colloidal particles, wherein the particles are formed by coating as nuclei stannic oxide-zirconium oxide complex colloidal particles in which stannic oxide colloidal particles obtained by a reaction of metal tin, an organic acid and hydrogen peroxide is bonded to zirconium oxide colloidal particles with tungsten oxide-stannic oxide-silicon dioxide complex colloidal particles. The sol has a high refractive index and is improved in water resistance, moisture resistance and weather resistance, and can be used by mixing with a hard coating paint as a component for improving properties of a hard coating film applied on a plastic lens surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20080276835Abstract: There is provided a stable sol of zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles and a method of producing the same, a hard coat material applied for a surface of a plastic lens, and an optical member. The present invention relates to a sol comprising zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A), wherein a molar ratio of oxide in the zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A) is 0.02-0.4 as SnO2/ZrO2, and the zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A) have a structure in which zirconium oxide colloidal particles and tin oxide colloidal particles are bonded together, and a primary particle diameter of 2-100 nm; and also relays to a coating composition comprising a silicon-containing substance (S) of an organic silicon compound or a hydrolysate thereof, and a sol comprising zirconium oxide-tin oxide composite colloidal particles (A), and an optical member having a cured coating formed from the coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20070196567Abstract: The method for producing a plastic lens of the present invention comprises forming a hard coat film by coating a plastic substrate with a coating composition comprising (A) modified colloid particles of a stannic oxide-zirconium oxide composite having diameters of 4.5 to 60 nm which are formed by coating the surface of nuclei with colloid particles of a tungsten oxide-stannic oxide-silicon dioxide composite having diameters of 2 to 7 nm, a ratio of amounts by weight of WO3/SnO2 of 0.1 to 100 and a ratio of amounts by weight of SiO2/SnO2 of 0.1 to 100 using as the nuclei colloid particles of a stannic oxide-zirconium oxide composite having diameters of 4 to 50 nm and a structure formed by bonding colloid particles of stannic oxide obtained by reaction of metallic tin, an organic acid and hydrogen peroxide and colloid particles of zirconium oxide to each other in amounts such that a ratio of amounts by weight of the oxides of ZrO2/SnO2 is 0.02 to 1.0 and (B) an organosilicon compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20060116429Abstract: To provide a process for producing a stable modified sol to be used for a component of a hard coat agent to be applied to the surface of plastic lenses or for other applications. It is a sol containing modified metal oxide particles which have a particle size of from 4.5 to 60 nm and which comprise, as nuclei, colloidal particles (A) having a particle size of from 4 to 50 nm and comprising stannic oxide particles or composite particles of stannic oxide particles and zirconium oxide particles in a weight ratio of ZrO2:SnO2 being from 0:1 to 0.50:1, and, as applied on their surface, an alkylamine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles (B1), or composite colloidal particles (B2) of diantimony pentoxide and silicon dioxide, or tungsten oxide/stannic oxide/silicon dioxide composite colloid (B3), wherein the weight ratio of (B)/(A) is from 0.01 to 0.50 on the basis of the weight ratio of their metal oxides.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20060025518Abstract: It is to provide a sol useful as a component of a hard coating agent to be applied on the surface of a plastic lens or useful for other applications, and its production process. A sol containing modified metal oxide particles which comprise, as nuclei, colloidal particles (A) being stannic oxide particles or composite particles comprising stannic oxide particles and zirconium oxide particles, containing these oxides in a weight ratio of ZrO2:SnO2 of from 0:1 to 0.50:1 and having particle sizes of from 4 to 50 nm, and as a coating covering the surface of the nuclei, alkylamine-containing Sb2O5 colloidal particles, an oligomer thereof or a mixture thereof (B1), or composite colloidal particles comprising diantimony pentaoxide and silica, an oligomer thereof or a mixture thereof (B2), in a weight ratio of (B)/(A) of from 0.01 to 0.50 based on the weights of the metal oxides, and have particle sizes of from 4.5 to 60 nm. A coating composition containing a silicon-containing substance and the above particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada