Patents by Inventor Satoshi Seike

Satoshi Seike 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: 11873376
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin material used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin which includes a matrix resin and reinforcing fiber bundles A including chopped fiber bundles each including 100 or more single fibers, wherein the product of an average porosity within fiber bundles Pfav (?) and an average fiber bundle thickness tfav (mm) is 0 mm or more and 0.01 mm or less and a porosity of composite Pc (?) is 0.02 or more and 0.4 or less, and a method for producing the same. The fiber-reinforced resin material is a molding material excellent in terms of productivity and reduction in LCA, which can give high mechanical properties to a molded article using the molding material and further which is excellent also in flowability during molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuki Fuse, Satoshi Seike, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Patent number: 11845629
    Abstract: A partially separated fiber bundle includes a separated fiber section and an unseparated fiber section, being configured to give a ratio Amax/Amin of 1.1 or larger and 3 or smaller, when the number of fiber bundles contained in the width direction of the partially separated fiber bundle (fiber separating number: Nn) measured at a freely selected point Pn (where, n represents an integer of 1 to 100, and freely selected points Pn and Pn+1, excluding n=100, being 50 cm or more away from each other), is divided by a full width of Wn of the partially separated fiber bundle, to calculate the fiber separating number per unit width An, and assuming its maximum value as Amax and its minimum value as Amin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsui, Masaru Tateyama, Satoshi Seike, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Kazuma Ura
  • Patent number: 11377528
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber mat includes reinforcing fiber bundles having an average fiber length of 5 mm to 100 mm, wherein reinforcing fiber bundles consisting of 86 or more fibers per bundle are contained at a weight content of more than 99 wt % to 100 wt % and the reinforcing fiber bundles contain single yarns by 500 fibers/mm-width or more and 1,600 fibers/mm-width or less and have a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seike, Masaru Tateyama, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Publication number: 20220055857
    Abstract: A partially separated fiber bundle includes a separated fiber section and an unseparated fiber section, being configured to give a ratio Amax/Amin of 1.1 or larger and 3 or smaller, when the number of fiber bundles contained in the width direction of the partially separated fiber bundle (fiber separating number: Nn) measured at a freely selected point Pn (where, n represents an integer of 1 to 100, and freely selected points Pn and Pn+1, excluding n=100, being 50 cm or more away from each other), is divided by a full width of Wn of the partially separated fiber bundle, to calculate the fiber separating number per unit width An, and assuming its maximum value as Amax and its minimum value as Amin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsui, Masaru Tateyama, Satoshi Seike, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Kazuma Ura
  • Patent number: 11230630
    Abstract: A partially separated fiber bundle having a surface of a reinforcing fiber coated with a sizing agent containing a water-soluble polyamide-based resin, in which a separated fiber section consisting of a plurality of separated fiber bundles and an unseparated fiber section are provided alternately along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing fiber bundle consisting of a plurality of single yarns, wherein the reinforcing fiber bundle contains 600 fibers/mm or more and less than 1,600 fibers/mm of fibers per unit width while the reinforcing fiber has a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuki Fuse, Masaru Tateyama, Hiroshi Hirano, Satoshi Seike, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura, Tetsuya Motohashi
  • Patent number: 11225037
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber reinforced composite material includes heating a preform formed by laminating a prepreg layer (I) including a reinforcement fiber (A) and a thermosetting resin (B-1) with a resin layer (II) including a thermosetting resin (B-2) and a solid additive (C) to cure the thermosetting resin (B-1) and the thermosetting resin (B-2), the cured resin layer (II?) formed by curing the resin layer (II) having an average thickness of 35 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Satomi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210388165
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin material used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin which includes a matrix resin and reinforcing fiber bundles A including chopped fiber bundles each including 100 or more single fibers, wherein the product of an average porosity within fiber bundles Pfav (?) and an average fiber bundle thickness tfav (mm) is 0 mm or more and 0.01 mm or less and a porosity of composite Pc (?) is 0.02 or more and 0.4 or less, and a method for producing the same. The fiber-reinforced resin material is a molding material excellent in terms of productivity and reduction in LCA, which can give high mechanical properties to a molded article using the molding material and further which is excellent also in flowability during molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuki Fuse, Satoshi Seike, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Patent number: 11034809
    Abstract: A resin supply material used for press molding or vacuum-pressure molding of a fiber-reinforced resin, the resin supply material including a continuous porous material and a thermosetting resin, wherein an average pore cross-sectional area ratio P expressed by formula (I) is 1.1 or more: P=AII/AI??(I) AI: average pore cross-sectional area in region I AII: average pore cross-sectional area in region II Region I: region occupying 10% of total volume of continuous porous material from surface layer on both surfaces thereof Region II: whole region of continuous porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Naokichi Imai, Satomi Hiasa
  • Publication number: 20210039281
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber bundle base material has a reinforcing fiber bundle surface to which a sizing agent adheres, wherein a reinforcing fiber bundle has a fiber number per unit width of 600 fibers/mm or more and less than 1,600 fibers/mm while the reinforcing fiber bundle has a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuki Fuse, Masaru Tateyama, Hiroshi Hirano, Satoshi Seike, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Publication number: 20200398524
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin forming material contains reinforcing fiber bundles in a thermoplastic resin, wherein a first component (I) and a second component (II) are laminated in such a manner that the first component (I) is arranged in the surface of the forming material. The fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin forming material has excellent mechanical properties and excellent formability into a complicated shape. The first component (I): a sheet-like material having a heat conductivity (?1) of 0.2 W/m·K or less; and the second component (II): a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet-like material having a product (B2) of a density and a specific heat of 1.7×106 J/m3·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Seike, Masaru Tateyama, Mitsuki Fuse
  • Publication number: 20200354532
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber mat includes reinforcing fiber bundles having an average fiber length of 5 mm to 100 mm, wherein reinforcing fiber bundles consisting of 86 or more fibers per bundle are contained at a weight content of more than 99 wt % to 100 wt % and the reinforcing fiber bundles contain single yarns by 500 fibers/mm-width or more and 1,600 fibers/mm-width or less and have a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Seike, Masaru Tateyama, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Publication number: 20200346441
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin forming material includes fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet components (I) and (II), wherein: component (I) includes a resin containing reinforcing fiber bundle (i) having average fiber number n1 of 5,000 pieces or less, average fiber length Lf1 of 10 mm or more and 100 mm or less, and fiber number per unit width of 2,000 pieces/mm or less; component (II) includes a resin containing reinforcing fiber bundle (ii) having average fiber number n2 of 500 pieces or more, average fiber length Lf2 of 3 mm or more and less than 10 mm, and fiber number per unit width of 2,000 pieces/mm or less; and component (I) and component (II) are laminated to expose component (I) on a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Seike, Masaru Tateyama, Mitsuki Fuse
  • Publication number: 20200347522
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber bundle is a continuous reinforcing fiber bundle having a length of at least 1 m and is characterized by the number of monofilaments per unit width being at most 1,600/mm and the average number of fibers in the bundle being at most 1,000 in a region (I), and the drape level found in a region (II) being 120-240 mm. The continuous reinforcing fiber bundle has a length of at least 1 m and is characterized by the adhesion amount of a sizing agent (I) in the region (I) being 0.5-10% by weight and the drape level found in the region (II) being 120-240 mm. The continuous reinforcing fiber bundle has superior mechanical properties, formability into complex shapes, and continuous producibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Masaru Tateyama, Satoshi Seike, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Patent number: 10822463
    Abstract: A resin supply material is used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin and includes a continuous porous material and a resin. The continuous porous material has a bending resistance Grt of 10 mN·cm or more at 23° C., and a bending resistance ratio Gr of 0.7 or less, the bending resistance ratio Gr being expressed by the formula: Gr=Gmt/Grt Gmt: bending resistance of continuous porous material at 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Takashi Fujioka, Satomi Hiasa
  • Patent number: 10800894
    Abstract: A resin supply material used for press molding or vacuum-pressure molding of a fiber-reinforced resin includes a reinforcing fiber base material and a thermosetting resin, wherein a tensile rupture strain of the reinforcing fiber base material is 1% or more at temperature T, and/or a tensile strength of the reinforcing fiber base material is 0.5 MPa or more at the temperature T, wherein Temperature T is a temperature at which the viscosity of the thermosetting resin is minimum in heating of the thermosetting resin at a temperature elevation rate of 1.5° C./minute from 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Satomi Hiasa
  • Publication number: 20190352474
    Abstract: A partially separated fiber bundle having a surface of a reinforcing fiber coated with a sizing agent containing a water-soluble polyamide-based resin, in which a separated fiber section consisting of a plurality of separated fiber bundles and an unseparated fiber section are provided alternately along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing fiber bundle consisting of a plurality of single yarns, wherein the reinforcing fiber bundle contains 600 fibers/mm or more and less than 1,600 fibers/mm of fibers per unit width while the reinforcing fiber has a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuki Fuse, Masaru Tateyama, Hiroshi Hirano, Satoshi Seike, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura, Tetsuya Motohashi
  • Publication number: 20180244879
    Abstract: A resin supply material used for press molding or vacuum-pressure molding of a fiber-reinforced resin, the resin supply material including a continuous porous material and a thermosetting resin, wherein an average pore cross-sectional area ratio P expressed by formula (I) is 1.1 or more: P=AII/AI ??(I) AI: average pore cross-sectional area in region I AII: average pore cross-sectional area in region II Region I: region occupying 10% of total volume of continuous porous material from surface layer on both surfaces thereof Region II: whole region of continuous porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Naokichi Imai, Satomi Hiasa
  • Publication number: 20180066118
    Abstract: A resin supply material is used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin and includes a continuous porous material and a resin. The continuous porous material has a bending resistance Grt of 10 mN·cm or more at 23° C., and a bending resistance ratio Gr of 0.7 or less, the bending resistance ratio Gr being expressed by the formula: Gr=Gmt/Grt Gmt: bending resistance of continuous porous material at 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Takashi Fujioka, Satomi Hiasa
  • Publication number: 20180044489
    Abstract: A resin supply material is used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin, includes reinforcing fibers and a resin, wherein a fiber weight content Wfi of the reinforcing fibers as expressed by formula (I) is 30% or less, and/or a fiber volume content Vfi of the reinforcing fibers as expressed by formula (II) is 20% or less Wfi=Wf1/(Wf1+Wr1)×100(%)??(I) Wf1: fiber weight (g) in resin supply material, Wr1: resin weight (g) in resin supply material Vfi=Vf1/Vp1×100(%)??(II) Vf1: fiber volume (mm3) in resin supply material, Vp1: volume (mm3) of resin supply material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Satomi Hiasa
  • Publication number: 20180044488
    Abstract: A resin supply material used for press molding or vacuum-pressure molding of a fiber-reinforced resin includes a reinforcing fiber base material and a thermosetting resin, wherein a tensile rupture strain of the reinforcing fiber base material is 1% or more at temperature T, and/or a tensile strength of the reinforcing fiber base material is 0.5 MPa or more at the temperature T, wherein Temperature T is a temperature at which the viscosity of the thermosetting resin is minimum in heating of the thermosetting resin at a temperature elevation rate of 1.5° C./minute from 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Satomi Hiasa