Patents by Inventor Ryokei Endo

Ryokei Endo 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: 20150167199
    Abstract: Provided are a heat-fusible fiber having excellent heat resistance, flame retardancy and dimensional stability; a fiber structure comprising the heat-fusible fiber; and a molded article produced by applying a heat fusion treatment to the fiber structure and having excellent heat resistance. The heat-fusible fiber comprises an amorphous PES type polymer (A) not substantially having a melting point and an amorphous PEI type polymer (B) in the mixture ratio (weight) of (A)/(B)=5/95 to 95/5, the fiber having a single glass transition temperature in the range between 80° C. and 200° C., and being amorphous. The fiber structure comprises 10% by weight or higher of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber. The molded article comprises at least a fiber structure comprising 10% by weight or higher of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber, to be fusion-bonded at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryokei ENDO, Yosuke WASHITAKE, Jun ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150140306
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-resistant resin composite excellent in heat resistance and bending properties. This heat-resistant resin composite is constituted of a matrix resin and reinforcing fibers dispersed in the matrix resin. The matrix resin is constituted of a heat-resistant thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher, and a polyester-based polymer comprising a terephthalic acid unit (A) and an isophthalic acid unit (B) at a copolymerization proportion (molar ratio) of (A)/(B)=100/0 to 40/60. The proportion of the heat-resistant thermoplastic polymer in the composite is 30 to 80 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryokei ENDO, Yosuke WASHITAKE
  • Publication number: 20150069654
    Abstract: Provided are an amorphous polyetherimide fiber having not only a small single fiber fineness suitable for producing fabrics, and a fabric comprising the amorphous polyetherimide fiber. The fiber comprises an amorphous polyetherimide polymer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 2.5, and having a shrinkage percentage under dry heat at 200° C. of 5% or less, and a single fiber fineness of 3.0 dtex or less. The fiber may have a tenacity at room temperature of 2.0 cN/dtex or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryokei Endo, Yosuke Washitake, Yukie Sugihara, Akihiro Uehata
  • Publication number: 20130123437
    Abstract: Provided are a heat-fusible fiber having excellent heat resistance, flame retardancy and dimensional stability; a fiber structure comprising the heat-fusible fiber; and a molded article produced by applying a heat fusion treatment to the fiber structure and having excellent heat resistance. The heat-fusible fiber comprises an amorphous PES type polymer (A) not substantially having a melting point and an amorphous PEI type polymer (B) in the mixture ratio (weight) of (A)/(B)=5/95 to 95/5, the fiber having a single glass transition temperature in the range between 80° C. and 200° C., and being amorphous. The fiber structure comprises 10% by weight or higher of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber. The molded article comprises at least a fiber structure comprising 10% by weight or higher of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber, to be fusion-bonded at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the amorphous heat-fusible fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryokei Endo, Yosuke Washitake, Jun Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20120015184
    Abstract: Provided are an amorphous polyetherimide fiber having not only a small single fiber fineness suitable for producing fabrics, and a fabric comprising the amorphous polyetherimide fiber. The fiber comprises an amorphous polyetherimide polymer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 2.5, and having a shrinkage percentage under dry heat at 200° C. of 5% or less, and a single fiber fineness of 3.0 dtex or less. The fiber may have a tenacity at room temperature of 2.0 cN/dtex or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryokei ENDO, Yosuke Washitake, Yukie Hashimoto, Akihiro Uehata
  • Publication number: 20100009172
    Abstract: A film is provided that is formed of at least one kind of a thermoplastic resin (A), selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl acetal resin, a polyethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin, a polyurethane resin, a polyester resin, and a polyacrylic resin, and contains microparticles of a copper compound (B) having an average particle diameter of 200 nm or less. The film is excellent in transparency, a heat-shielding property, electromagnetic wave permeability, and durability, so that it is suitable to be an interlayer film for laminated glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keisuke Morikawa, Ryokei Endo, Nobuhiro Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 7026049
    Abstract: A conductive polyvinyl alcohol fiber having good mechanical properties and heat resistance contains a polyvinyl alcohol polymer and copper sulfide nano-particles having a mean particle size of at most 50 nm which are finely dispersed in the polymer. The content of the nano-particles in the fiber is at least 0.5% by mass/polyvinyl acohol polymer, and the degree of polymer orientation is at least 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryokei Endo, Tetsuya Hara, Akio Ohmori, Tomoyuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20050181206
    Abstract: A conductive polyvinyl alcohol fiber having good mechanical properties and heat resistance contains a polyvinyl alcohol polymer and copper sulfide nano-particles having a mean particle size of at most 50 nm which are finely dispersed in the polymer. The content of the nano-particles in the fiber is at least 0.5% by mass/polyvinyl acohol polymer, and the degree of polymer orientation is at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryokei Endo, Tetsuya Hara, Akio Ohmori, Tomoyuki Sano