Patents by Inventor Norihiro Taguchi

Norihiro Taguchi 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: 20230287625
    Abstract: An artificial leather is provided that has supple flexibility, moderate resilience while being dense and satisfactory thickness, where the artificial leather includes, as constituent elements, a nonwoven fabric containing ultrafine fibers having an average single-fiber diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, and an elastomer, the artificial leather satisfying Formulas (a) and (b) below: 0.5?FA/FB<1??(a) 0.5?FC/FB<1??(b) where FA, FB, and FC are respectively the fiber density (g/cm3) in a layer on one surface side, the fiber density (g/cm3) in a layer at the center in the thickness direction, and the fiber density (g/cm3) in a layer on the other surface side when the artificial leather is trisected in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Ueno, Sonosuke Tachibana, Norihiro Taguchi