Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Hashimoto

Ryoichi Hashimoto 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: 11958975
    Abstract: An asphalt composition containing asphalt and polyester, wherein a content of asphaltene in the asphalt is 18% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and a content of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kakiuchi, Ryoichi Hashimoto, Hirotaka Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 11708669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a road paving method enabling one to provide an asphalt paving material layer in which both excellent stability and stress relaxation can be made compatible with each other, the method including Step 1: a step of mixing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, a polyester, and an aggregate to obtain an asphalt mixture, and Step 2: a step of laying the asphalt mixture obtained in Step 1 on a road, thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is more than 17 parts by mass and 50 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Ryoji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11466156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition which is excellent in storage stability at a high temperature, an asphalt mixture, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. Provided are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a polyester resin, and a dispersant; [2] an asphalt mixture containing the asphalt composition as set forth above in [1] and an aggregate; [3] a road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt mixture as set forth above in [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer; and [4] a method for producing an asphalt mixture including mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, a dispersant, and an aggregate at 130° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Takahashi, Ryoji Iwamoto, Ryoichi Hashimoto, Eiji Shirai
  • Publication number: 20220127460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition containing asphalt, cellulose, and a polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke AKINO, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Kohei YAMADA, Yasukazu KUMITA, Kazutomo OSAKI
  • Publication number: 20210395529
    Abstract: An asphalt composition containing asphalt and polyester, wherein a content of asphaltene in the asphalt is 18% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and a content of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KAKIUCHI, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Hirotaka KASHIWAGI
  • Patent number: 11168215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition having excellent durability after being dried, an asphalt mixture, and a method for producing an asphalt mixture. Disclosed are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 17 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt; [2] an asphalt mixture including the asphalt composition as set forth [1] and an aggregate; and [3] a method for producing an asphalt mixture, including a step of mixing a heated aggregate, asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Ryoji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10981513
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a columnar part erected on a vehicle interior floor surface between a driver seat and a passenger seat and extends upward to the vicinity of the cushion surfaces of the seats and an upper body that is disposed above the columnar part, extends in a front-rear direction, has an upper surface part forming a center console surface, and accommodates a shift operation mechanism, in which the upper body extends forward of the columnar part that is cantilevered and has an extension part that is bent and then rises forward and obliquely upward in the front part thereof, a surface part of the extension part close to a sitting occupant forms an outer surface continuous with the center console surface and a portion of the extension part close to the front of the vehicle is locked to a rear projecting part of an instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawai, Masanori Taguchi, Eiji Okada, Junko Karube, Yamato Matsuda, Yohichi Yanagi, Kazuki Hikawa, Junko Nakamura, Koji Miyamoto, Atsuo Iwabuchi, Hidehiko Soda, Ryoichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200224033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition having excellent durability after being dried, an asphalt mixture, and a method for producing an asphalt mixture. Disclosed are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 17 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt; [2] an asphalt mixture including the asphalt composition as set forth [1] and an aggregate; and [3] a method for producing an asphalt mixture, including a step of mixing a heated aggregate, asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Ryoji IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200149226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a road paving method enabling one to provide an asphalt paving material layer in which both excellent stability and stress relaxation can be made compatible with each other, the method including Step 1: a step of mixing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, a polyester, and an aggregate to obtain an asphalt mixture, and Step 2: a step of laying the asphalt mixture obtained in Step 1 on a road, thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is more than 17 parts by mass and 50 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Ryoji IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190366936
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a columnar part erected on a vehicle interior floor surface between a driver seat and a passenger seat and extends upward to the vicinity of the cushion surfaces of the seats and an upper body that is disposed above the columnar part, extends in a front-rear direction, has an upper surface part forming a center console surface, and accommodates a shift operation mechanism, in which the upper body extends forward of the columnar part that is cantilevered and has an extension part that is bent and then rises forward and obliquely upward in the front part thereof, a surface part of the extension part close to a sitting occupant forms an outer surface continuous with the center console surface and a portion of the extension part close to the front of the vehicle is locked to a rear projecting part of an instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWAI, Masanori TAGUCHI, Eiji OKADA, Junko KARUBE, Yamato MATSUDA, Yohichi YANAGI, Kazuki HIKAWA, Junko NAKAMURA, Koji MIYAMOTO, Atsuo IWABUCHI, Hidehiko SODA, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190366935
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a metal internal frame that supports a shift operation mechanism, and an outer sheath body made of resin that encloses the internal frame and forms a dressed surface. A front side part of the internal frame is slanted so that an upper member is positioned forward and obliquely upward of a base part member closer to the floor surface, and a storage part is formed in front of the base part member in which a bottom part extending in a vehicle front-rear direction to a position immediately below an instrument panel is provided. Both left and right side walls of the bottom part are surrounded by left and right fence parts formed by extending lower parts of left and right side wall parts of the outer sheath body forward, a rear part is surrounded by a front lower part of the outer sheath body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWAI, Masanori TAGUCHI, Eiji OKADA, Junko KARUBE, Yamato MATSUDA, Yohichi YANAGI, Kazuki HIKAWA, Junko NAKAMURA, Koji MIYAMOTO, Atsuo IWABUCHI, Hidehiko SODA, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190233647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition which is excellent in storage stability at a high temperature, an asphalt mixture, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. Provided are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a polyester resin, and a dispersant; [2] an asphalt mixture containing the asphalt composition as set forth above in [1] and an aggregate; [3] a road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt mixture as set forth above in [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer; and [4] a method for producing an asphalt mixture including mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, a dispersant, and an aggregate at 130° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi TAKAHASHI, Ryoji IWAMOTO, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Eiji SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180282576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a material for waterproof layers used for a waterproof layer of a construction, the material for waterproof layers containing a polyamide resin, the polyamide resin having a softening point of 70° C. or more and 170° C. or less and a melt viscosity at 180° C. of 100 mPa·s or more and 9,000 mPa·s or less, the polyamide resin being obtainable through condensation of a carboxylic acid component and an amine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi HASHIMOTO, Makoto OKUBO, Masato MURAYAMA, Toshiaki HIRATO
  • Patent number: 9938406
    Abstract: A sheet for thermoforming made of a polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid-based resin, a plasticizer, and a crystal nucleating agent, wherein the sheet has a thickness of from 0.1 to 1.5 mm, and wherein Re (cal) calculated by the following formula (A): Re (cal)=Re (obs)/d×10?6 (A), wherein Re (obs) is a phase difference (nm) measured at a wavelength selected from wavelengths of from 380 to 780 nm, and d is a thickness (mm) of the sheet, is within the range of 0.001×10?3?Re(cal)?1×10?3. The sheet for thermoforming of the present invention has a wide moldable temperature region, so that the sheet can be suitably used in various applications such as food containers, packaging materials for daily sundries and household electric appliances, industrial trays of industrial parts, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Munehisa Okutsu, Hirofumi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20150086768
    Abstract: A sheet for thermoforming made of a polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid-based resin, a plasticizer, and a crystal nucleating agent, wherein the sheet has a thickness of from 0.1 to 1.5 mm, and wherein Re (cal) calculated by the following formula (A): Re (cal)=Re (obs)/d×10?6 (A), wherein Re (obs) is a phase difference (nm) measured at a wavelength selected from wavelengths of from 380 to 780 nm, and d is a thickness (mm) of the sheet, is within the range of 0.001×10?3?Re(cal)?1×10?3. The sheet for thermoforming of the present invention has a wide moldable temperature region, so that the sheet can be suitably used in various applications such as food containers, packaging materials for daily sundries and household electric appliances, industrial trays of industrial parts, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Munehisa Okutsu, Hirofumi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20130287903
    Abstract: A polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid resin; a lasticizer, preferably a plasticizer represented by the formula (4) and/or a plasticizer represented by the formula (5); a nonionic surfactant represented by the formula (1), such as an ester obtained from a fatty acid and a polyoxyethylene glycol or a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene copolymer; and a crystal nucleating agent represented by the formula (2) and/or a crystal nucleating agent represented by the formula (3). The polylactic acid resin composition of the present invention can be suitably used in various industrial applications, such as daily sundries, food wrapping materials, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliance parts, and automobile parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehisa Okutsu, Ryoichi Hashimoto, Akira Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20130261214
    Abstract: A polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid resin; and a compound represented by the formula (I), the compound being contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polylactic acid resin; a sheet obtained with the composition, a stretched film or thermoformed article obtained by secondary forming of the sheet; and a wrapping material made of the stretched film or thermoformed article. The polylactic acid resin composition of the present invention can be suitably used in various industrial applications, such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, and automobile parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehisa Okutsu, Ryoichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7604751
    Abstract: A polishing liquid composition is applicable as a means of forming embedded metal interconnections on a semiconductor substrate. In a surface to be polished comprising an insulating layer and a metal interconnection layer, the polishing liquid composition is capable of maintaining a polishing speed of the metal layer, of suppressing an etching speed, and of preventing dishing of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Ryoichi Hashimoto, Toshiya Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20080132439
    Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for a treated tool comprising an alkyl glycoside, a glyceryl ether, a hydrocarbon and water, and a cleaning process using the cleaning agent composition. The cleaning agent composition is used upon washing a surface of a silicone-treated tool, a liquid crystal-treated tool, a copper plate, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Akito Itoi, Eiji Kashihara, Katsuhiko Rindo, Ryoichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7247082
    Abstract: A polishing composition comprising an improver of a ratio of a polishing rate of an insulating film to that of a stopper film, wherein the polishing rate of the stopper film is selectively decreased, comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a monoamine or diamine compound; a polyamine having three or more amino groups in its molecule; an ether group-containing amine; and a heterocyclic compound having nitrogen atom. The polishing composition can be used for removing an insulating film which has been embedded for isolation into a trench formed on a silicon substrate and sedimented outside the trench, thereby planing a surface of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Toshiya Hagihara, Ryoichi Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Yoneda