Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Ishikawa

Ryuichi Ishikawa 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: 11951692
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230150210
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWATA, Nobuyuki YAMAMOTO, Hajime OKUTSU, Ryuichi ISHIKAWA, Koichi AKIYAMA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11597165
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10927479
    Abstract: One mode of the invention relates to a producing a device for chopped fiber bundles having a chopper unit including a cutting blade for cutting long fiber bundles, a guide for restricting the travel direction of the fiber bundles to be supplied to the cutting means, and a structure, provided between the chopper unit and the guide, that widens the fiber bundles. The invention also relates to method for producing chopped fiber bundles by widening fiber bundles while restricting the travel direction of the long fiber bundles to be supplied to chopper unit by a guide, and obtaining chopped fiber bundles by cutting the fiber bundles with the chopper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Samejima, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Iwata, Yukihiro Mizutori, Masatoshi Kamata, Yasushi Watanabe, Hajime Okutsu
  • Patent number: 10889919
    Abstract: One mode of the invention relates to a producing a device for chopped fiber bundles having a chopper unit including a cutting blade for cutting long fiber bundles, a guide for restricting the travel direction of the fiber bundles to be supplied to the cutting means, and a structure, provided between the chopper unit and the guide, that widens the fiber bundles. The invention also relates to method for producing chopped fiber bundles by widening fiber bundles while restricting the travel direction of the long fiber bundles to be supplied to chopper unit by a guide, and obtaining chopped fiber bundles by cutting the fiber bundles with the chopper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Samejima, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Iwata, Yukihiro Mizutori, Masatoshi Kamata, Yasushi Watanabe, Hajime Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20190224926
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10343352
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10300666
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10247478
    Abstract: A monolithic refractory structure includes: a monolithic refractory; a support body which supports the monolithic refractory; and a heat-resistant fiber support material which is buried in the monolithic refractory in a state of being connected to a support surface of the support body. The heat-resistant fiber support material includes a heat-resistant fiber rope which is formed of an inorganic fiber and extends along an X-axis direction perpendicular to the support surface, and a ratio L1/L2 of an X-axis direction length L1 of the heat-resistant fiber rope to an X-axis direction length L2 of the monolithic refractory is 0.35 or more and 0.95 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kohji Kohno, Hiroki Tsukigase, Ryuichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180354243
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin material laminate 1 is provided with the following: a fiber-reinforced resin material 2 in which a fiber bundle group formed of a plurality of fiber bundles is impregnated with a matrix resin composition; and a first carrier sheet 3 and a second carrier sheet 4 which form a pair and sandwich the fiber-reinforced resin material 2 therebetween, with a mark 5 being provided on a surface 4a of the second carrier sheet 4. In a manufacturing method for the fiber-reinforced resin material laminate 1, during an impregnation step, the fiber-reinforced resin material 2 is formed in a state of being sandwiched between the first carrier sheet 3 and the second carrier sheet 4, and thereafter, the mark 5 is provided by marking the surface 4a of the second carrier sheet 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi ISHIKAWA, Yasunori MURANO, Masatoshi KAMATA, Nobuyuki YAMAMOTO, Tadao SAMEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180209076
    Abstract: One mode of the invention relates to a producing device for chopped fiber bundles comprising: cutting means including a cutting blade for cutting long fiber bundles, guide means for restricting the travel direction of the fiber bundles to be supplied to the cutting means, and widening means provided between the cutting means and the guide means and for widening the fiber bundles; and a producing method for chopped fiber bundles comprising: widening fiber bundles by widening means provided between a cutting means and guide means while restricting the travel direction of the long fiber bundles to be supplied to the cutting means by the guide means, and obtaining chopped fiber bundles by cutting the fiber bundles with the cutting means including a cutting blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao SAMEJIMA, Ryuichi ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi IWATA, Yukihiro MIZUTORI, Masatoshi KAMATA, Yasushi WATANABE, Hajime OKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20180162070
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWATA, Nobuyuki YAMAMOTO, Hajime OKUTSU, Ryuichi ISHIKAWA, Koichi AKIYAMA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150362253
    Abstract: A monolithic refractory structure includes: a monolithic refractory; a support body which supports the monolithic refractory; and a heat-resistant fiber support material which is buried in the monolithic refractory in a state of being connected to a support surface of the support body. The heat-resistant fiber support material includes a heat-resistant fiber rope which is formed of an inorganic fiber and extends along an X-axis direction perpendicular to the support surface, and a ratio L1/L2 of an X-axis direction length L1 of the heat-resistant fiber rope to an X-axis direction length L2 of the monolithic refractory is 0.35 or more and 0.95 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohji KOHNO, Hiroki TSUKIGASE, Ryuichi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20060104872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluidized-bed gasification furnace in a gasification and slagging combustion system for gasifying combustibles, delivering produced gas and char into a slagging combustion furnace, and combusting the gas and char at a high temperature and melting ash in the slagging combustion furnace. The fluidized-bed gasification furnace includes a fluidized bed (11) having a substantially rectangular horizontal cross section in which combustibles is gasified in a circulating flow of the fluidized medium, and at least one incombustibles discharging portion (18) defined at at least one side of the fluidized bed for discharging the fluidized medium and incombustibles accompanying the fluidized medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ishikawa, Chikao Goke, Shigeru Kosugi, Hiromitsu Cho
  • Patent number: 7013776
    Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blade holder, a cutting blade holder, a cutting blade which is held by the cutting blade holder and moves to the cutting position along with said cutting blade holder, and an optical fiber supporter which supports the optical fiber so as to be perpendicular to said cutting blade at the cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ishikawa, Kyosuke Harada, Taichi Masuda
  • Patent number: 6598508
    Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blade holder, a cutting blade holder, a cutting blade which is held by the cutting blade holder and moves to the cutting position along with said cutting blade holder, and an optical fiber supporter which supports the optical fiber so as to be perpendicular to said cutting blade at the cutting position. In addition, when a cutting blade with a blade thickness &agr; (mm) is used, and said cutting blade is moved at a speed &bgr; (mm/minute) during cutting, &agr; and &bgr; fulfill the expression &bgr;≦−253&agr;+65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ishikawa, Kyosuke Harada, Taichi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020038593
    Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blade holder, a cutting blade holder, a cutting blade which is held by the cutting blade holder and moves to the cutting position along with said cutting blade holder, and an optical fiber supporter which supports the optical fiber so as to be perpendicular to said cutting blade at the cutting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: RYUICHI ISHIKAWA, KYOSUKE HARADA, TAICHI MASUDA
  • Patent number: 5959147
    Abstract: This invention concerns a novel organic sulfide compound obtained by the reaction of a mercapto alkanol such as 2-mercapto ethanol with an unsaturated amide such as (meth)acrylamide, maleic acid diamide, or fumaric acid diamide and a method for the production of the organic sulfide compound. The invention enables novel organic sulfide compounds of great commercial utility to be obtained with a high yield on a commercial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Wakao, Youichi Hino, Ryuichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D720437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Togawa, Ryuichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D728750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Togawa, Ryuichi Ishikawa