Patents by Inventor Satoru Yoneda
Satoru Yoneda 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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Publication number: 20210221992Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene having a breaking strength of 10.0 N or more and a thermal instability index (TII) of 20 or more. Also disclosed is a stretched body including the polytetrafluoroethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo KATO, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Hiroyuki SATO, Ryota USAMI, Yoshinori NANBA, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Satoru YONEDA, Sumi ISHIHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Shinnosuke NITTA, Marina NAKANO
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Publication number: 20210115224Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer. The surfactant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a surfactant represented by R1a—CO—R2 a—CO—R3a—OSO3Xa and a surfactant represented by R1b—CO—(CR2b2)n—(OR3b)p—(CR4b2)q-L-OSO3Xb.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo KATO, Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Shinnosuke NITTA, Marina NAKANO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Yoshinori NAN BA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Hiroyuki SATO, Yuuji TANAKA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210108008Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer of the invention which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer. The surfactant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a surfactant represented by R1a—CO—R2a—CO—R3a-Aa and a surfactant represented by R1b—CO—(CR2b2)n—(OR3b)p—(CR4b2)q-L-Ab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo KATO, Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Shinnosuke NITTA, Marina NAKANO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Yoshinori NANBA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Yuuji TANAKA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Hiroyuki SATO
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Publication number: 20210095054Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer, wherein the surfactant is a carboxylic acid type hydrocarbon-containing surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Taketo KATO, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Yoshinori NANBA, Kengo ITO, Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Moe HOSOKAWA, Marina NAKANO, Yuuji TANAKA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Hiroyuki SATO
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Publication number: 20210070688Abstract: A carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid salt containing a plurality of carbonyl groups, and a surfactant represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—R2—C(?O)—R3-A wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, and A is —COOX or —SO3X, wherein X is H, a metal atom, NR44, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent, where R4s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and any two of R1, R2, and R3 optionally bind to each other to form a ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Higashi, Satoru Yoneda, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Sumi Ishihara, Yosuke Kishikawa, Hirokazu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20210053906Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a tetraalkylammonium nitrite that is capable of efficiently producing the desired product, and/or increasing the purity of the desired product. The object is achieved by a method for producing a tetraalkylammonium nitrite including step A of reacting, in a solvent, a tetraalkylammonium salt with a metal salt that is not a silver salt, to form a tetraalkylammonium nitrite and an insoluble metal salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Michiaki OKADA, Koutarou HAYASHI, Satoru YONEDA
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Publication number: 20210032381Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer, the surfactant being represented by the general formula (1): CR1R2R4—CR3R5—X-A, wherein R1 to R5 are each H or a monovalent substituent, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R3 represents a group represented by the general formula: —Y—R6 and at least one of R2 and R5 represents a group represented by the general formula: —X-A or a group represented by the general formula: —Y—R6; and A is the same or different at each occurrence and is —COOM, —SO3M, or —OSO3M. Also disclosed is a surfactant for polymerization represented by the general formula (1), a method for producing a fluoropolymer using the surfactant and a composition including a fluoropolymer and the surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo KATO, Satoru YONEDA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Moe HOSOKAWA, Marina NAKANO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Yoshinori NANBA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Hiroyuki SATO
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Publication number: 20210002199Abstract: A method for producing a carbonyl compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen or an organic group; R2 is hydrogen or an organic group; and R3 is hydrogen or an organic group; or two or three of R1, R2, and R3 may be linked to form a ring that may have at least one substituent, the method comprising step A of oxidizing an olefin compound represented by formula (2): wherein symbols are as defined above, by an oxidizing agent in the presence of (a) a non-alcohol organic solvent, (b) water, (c) a metal catalyst, and (d) an additive represented by the formula: MXn, wherein M is an element belonging to any one of Group 1, Group 2, Group 13, Group 14, and Group 15 in the periodic table, or NR4, wherein R is hydrogen or a C1-10 organic group; X is halogen; and n is a number of 1 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200399211Abstract: An alkyl sulfate ester containing a carbonyl group or a salt thereof. The compound is represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—(CR22)n—(OR3)p(CR42)q-L-OSO3X wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, L, X, n, p and q are as defined herein. Also disclosed is a production method for making the alkyl sulfate ester.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoru YONEDA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Marina NAKANO, Shinnosuke NITTA, Hirokazu AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20200392266Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (1), the polymer (1) including a polymerized unit derived from a monomer CX2?CY(—CZ2—O—Rf-A), wherein X is the same or different and is —H or —F; Y is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; Z is the same or different and is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group; Rf is a C1-C40 fluorine-containing alkylene group or a C—C100 fluorine-containing alkylene group and having an ether bond; and A is —COOM, —SO3M, or —OSO3M, wherein M is —H, a metal atom, —NR74, imidazolium optionally having a substituent, pyridinium optionally having a substituent, or phosphonium optionally having a substituent, wherein R7 is H or an organic group, providing that at least one of X, Y, and Z contains a fluorine atom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori NANBA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki SATO, Taketo KATO, Kengo ITO, Sumi ISHIHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Takahiro TAIRA, Chiaki OKUI, Taku YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 10865178Abstract: A carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid salt containing a plurality of carbonyl groups, and a surfactant represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—R2—C(?O)—R3-A wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, and A is —COOX or —SO3X, wherein X is H, a metal atom, NR44, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent, where R4s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and any two of R1, R2, and R3 optionally bind to each other to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Higashi, Satoru Yoneda, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Sumi Ishihara, Yosuke Kishikawa, Hirokazu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20200172476Abstract: A sulfuric acid ester containing a plurality of carbonyl groups or a salt thereof, and a surfactant. The sulfuric acid ester is a compound represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—R2—C(?O)—R3—OSO3X wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein; X is H, a metal atom, NR44, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent, where R4s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and any two of R1, R2, and R3 optionally bind to each other to form a ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200024229Abstract: A sulfonic acid or carboxylic acid containing a carbonyl group, or a salt thereof represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—(CR22)—(OR3)p—(CR42)q-L-A wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, n, p, q, A and L are as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Marina NAKANO, Shinnosuke NITTA, Hirokazu AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20200024222Abstract: The invention provides a novel hydrocarbon-containing carboxylic acid, hydrocarbon-containing sulfonic acid, hydrocarbon-containing sulfuric acid ester, or a salt thereof, and a surfactant. Each of them is a compound represented by the following formula (1): CR1R2R4—CR3R5—X-A wherein R1 to R5 are each H or a monovalent substituent; at least one of R1 or R3 is a group represented by the formula: —Y—R6; at least one of R2 or R5 is a group represented by the formula: —X-A or a group represented by the formula: —Y—R6; and As at the respective appearances are the same as or different from each other, and are each —COOM, —SO3M, or —OSO3M.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Hirokazu AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20200024219Abstract: A carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid salt containing a plurality of carbonyl groups, and a surfactant represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—R2—C(?O)—R3-A wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, and A is —COOX or —SO3X, wherein X is H, a metal atom, NR44, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent, where R4s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and any two of R1, R2, and R3 optionally bind to each other to form a ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro HIGASHI, Satoru YONEDA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Hirokazu AOYAMA
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Patent number: 8983332Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an outline surrounded by a casing. The casing has an opening. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image formed on a recording medium, and a control unit. The fixing unit includes a heating fixing member. The control unit is configured to control an opening degree of the opening based on temperature of a surface of or in the vicinity of the heating fixing member, so as to prevent emission of a substance by an air current to outside of the casing through the opening, during an image forming operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takayuki Horie, Hideaki Hayashi, Masashi Saito, Hideki Hadano, Osamu Morita, Satoru Yoneda
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Publication number: 20130243453Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an outline surrounded by a casing. The casing has an opening. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image formed on a recording medium, and a control unit. The fixing unit includes a heating fixing member. The control unit is configured to control an opening degree of the opening based on temperature of a surface of or in the vicinity of the heating fixing member, so as to prevent emission of a substance by an air current to outside of the casing through the opening, during an image forming operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takayuki Horie, Hideaki Hayashi, Masashi Saito, Hideki Hadano, Osamu Morita, Satoru Yoneda
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Patent number: 8385802Abstract: A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image on a recording sheet passing through a fixing nip formed by pressing a pressing member against an inside surface of a pressure belt via a low friction sheet, so that an outside surface of the pressure belt presses against a fixing member, wherein the pressing member includes a first pressing part having an elastic front face, and (ii) a second pressing part whose front face presses against a rear face of the first pressing part, the low friction sheet extends from a portion thereof pressed by the front face against the pressure belt, to an upstream end thereof, along a lateral side of the first pressing part, the upstream end being upstream from the other end with respect to a rotation direction of the pressure belt and sandwiched between the rear face and the front face by pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Norikazu Okabe, Hideaki Hayashi, Satoru Yoneda, Naoki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8280291Abstract: A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image on a recording sheet passing through a fixing nip formed by pressing a pressing member against an inside surface of a pressure belt via a low friction sheet, so that an outside surface of the pressure belt presses against a fixing member, wherein the pressing member includes a first pressing part whose front-side portion is an elastic pressing part, and a second pressing part whose front face presses against a rear face of the first pressing part, the second pressing part has a side wall near an upstream portion of the first pressing part that is upstream from the front-side portion with respect to a rotation direction of the pressure belt, and an upstream end of the low friction sheet, upstream from the other end with respect to the rotation direction, is sandwiched between the side wall and the upstream portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Naoki Yamamoto, Satoru Yoneda
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Patent number: 8200138Abstract: A first pad has a first nip forming surface which extends in a direction X. An angle formed between an end portion of the first nip forming surface and an XZ plane is smaller than an angle formed between a central portion of the first nip forming surface and the XZ plane, where the XZ plane is formed on a downstream side of the first nip forming surface. Thereby, a fixing device is provided which suppresses generation of wrinkles on a recording material when the fixing device fixes toner on the recording material and conveys it.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Naoki Yamamoto, Kazunori Nishinoue, Satoru Yoneda, Taizou Oonishi, Hideaki Hayashi, Norikazu Okabe