Patents by Inventor Shoji Nozato

Shoji Nozato 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: 20190284389
    Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier material having superior gas barrier properties. This gas barrier material 1 comprises a matrix resin 2, and a carbon material 3 disposed in the matrix resin 2, wherein the carbon material 3 contains a partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mikitoshi Suematsu, Hiroji Fukui, Akira Nakasuga, Shoji Nozato
  • Patent number: 10167198
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing relatively easily handleable exfoliated graphite by exfoliating graphite without complicated steps, and exfoliated graphite obtained by the method. A method for producing exfoliated graphite, comprising steps of preparing a composition which comprises graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and a polymer and in which the polymer is fixed to the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite; and pyrolyzing the polymer contained in the composition to exfoliate the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and remove the polymer by pyrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hiroshi Yoshitani
  • Publication number: 20180354798
    Abstract: The present invention provides black particles having high electrical insulation properties, high blackness in a visible light region, and excellent dispersibility, and a method for producing the black particles. The present invention relates to black particles containing amorphous carbon, the amorphous carbon being derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, the black particles having a specific gravity of 1.8 g/cm3 or less, a zeta potential of ?70 to +80 mV, an average total light reflectance measured at a wavelength of 400 to 800 nm of 5% or less, and a peak intensity ratio between G band and D band as determined from a Raman spectrum of 1.2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ren-de SUN, Shoji NOZATO, Akira NAKASUGA, Hirotaka IHARA, Makoto TAKAFUJI, Yutaka KUWAHARA, Akiko MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10121717
    Abstract: A carbon-coated thermal conductive material includes a coating layer comprising amorphous carbon on a surface of a thermal conductive material, wherein the thermal conductive material comprises a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal material, or a carbon-based material having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or greater, the amorphous carbon is derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, a ratio of a peak intensity of a G band to a peak intensity of a D band is 1.0 or greater when the amorphous carbon is measured by Raman spectroscopy, an average film thickness of the coating layer is 500 nm or less, and a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a film thickness of the coating layer is 15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren-de Sun, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Masanori Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10113047
    Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hiroshi Yoshitani
  • Publication number: 20180062179
    Abstract: Provided is a carbonaceous material capable of enhancing the initial charge and discharge efficiency and the cycle characteristics of lithium ion secondary batteries. The carbonaceous material is used as an electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery and has a volume resistivity of 0.7 ?·cm or less as measured at a pressure of 13 MPa in the form of a mixture of 5 wt % of the carbonaceous material and 95 wt % of lithium cobaltate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya WADA, Hiroki MASUDA, Naoki SASAGAWA, Akira NAKASUGA, Shoji NOZATO
  • Publication number: 20170298261
    Abstract: There is provided a thermally conductive sheet having excellent thermal conductivity in the thickness direction of the sheet. A thermally conductive sheet comprising expanded graphite; and orientation-controlling particles, wherein at least part of the expanded graphite is oriented in a direction different from a plane direction of the sheet by the orientation-controlling particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Akihiko Fujiwara, Hirotaka Ihara, Makoto Takafuji, Eisaku Sato
  • Publication number: 20170263922
    Abstract: There is provided an active material-exfoliated graphite composite that allows a lithium ion secondary battery to be obtained in which the initial capacity is large and deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics is less likely to occur, when used for a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries. An active material-exfoliated graphite composite comprising: partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated; and an active material that is in the form of particles capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, or particles capable of adsorbing and desorbing lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, wherein the active material has an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hiroshi Yoshitani
  • Publication number: 20170210876
    Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hiroshi Yoshitani
  • Patent number: 9711786
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries that is easily produced and is less likely to cause deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics. A method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, comprises steps of heating a raw material composition comprising resin-retained partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphene is partially exfoliated and Si particles to dope the partially exfoliated graphite with the Si particles, the partially exfoliated graphite being obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite, thereby exfoliating the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite while allowing part of the above resin to remain; providing a composition comprising the above partially exfoliated graphite doped with the Si particles, a binder resin, and a solvent; and shaping the above composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Akihiko Fujiwara, Hiroshi Yoshitani, Yasushi Uematsu, Shotaro Kobaru
  • Publication number: 20170200663
    Abstract: A carbon-coated thermal conductive material includes a coating layer comprising amorphous carbon on a surface of a thermal conductive material, wherein the thermal conductive material comprises a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal material, or a carbon-based material having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or greater, the amorphous carbon is derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, a ratio of a peak intensity of a G band to a peak intensity of a D band is 1.0 or greater when the amorphous carbon is measured by Raman spectroscopy, an average film thickness of the coating layer is 500 nm or less, and a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a film thickness of the coating layer is 15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren-de Sun, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Masanori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170200945
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery includes a coating layer comprising amorphous carbon on a surface of a positive electrode active material, wherein the amorphous carbon is derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, a ratio of a peak intensity of a G band to a peak intensity of a D band is 1.0 or greater when the amorphous carbon is measured by Raman spectroscopy, an average film thickness of the coating layer is 100 nm or less, and a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a film thickness of the coating layer is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren-de Sun, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Masanori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170190964
    Abstract: A carbon-coated vanadium dioxide particle includes a vanadium dioxide particle; and a coating layer containing amorphous carbon on a surface of the vanadium dioxide particle, the amorphous carbon being derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, and having a peak intensity ratio of a G band to a band of 1.5 or greater as determined from a Raman spectrum. The coating layer has an average thickness of 50 nm or less. The coating layer has a coefficient of variation (CV value) of thickness of 7% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren-de Sun, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Masanori Nakamura, Naoyuki Nagatani, Keigo Oowashi
  • Patent number: 9683091
    Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hiroshi Yoshitani
  • Patent number: 9604884
    Abstract: There is provided a composite material having excellent adhesion between a resin and a graphene-like carbon material and a method for producing the same. A composite material comprising a substrate comprising a resin, and a graphene-like carbon material layer provided so as to cover at least part of a surface of the substrate, wherein the graphene-like carbon material layer is composed of a graphene-like carbon material obtained by pyrolyzing a polymer in a composition in which the polymer is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hirotaka Ihara, Makoto Takafuji, Hullathy Subban Ganapathy, Rika Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20160358718
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitor electrode material that does not require the use of a conductive aid and can increase the capacitance of an electric double layer capacitor. A capacitor electrode material comprising resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite by grafting or adsorption, the resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated, with part of the resin remaining; and a binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Shunji Hyodo, Hiroshi Yoshitani, Masahiro Toyoda
  • Patent number: 9458295
    Abstract: A composite material in which a graphene-like carbon material has excellent adhesion to a substrate composed of resin, and a method for producing the same are provided. The composite material comprises a substrate composed of resin and a graphene-like carbon material layer provided so as to cover at least part of the surface of the substrate, wherein graphene-like carbon is closely attached to the surface of the substrate. The method for producing a composite material comprises bringing a graphene-like carbon material into contact with at least part of the surface of a substrate composed of resin and heating under the action of a supercritical or subcritical fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hirotaka Ihara, Hullathy Subban Ganapathy, Makoto Takafuji
  • Patent number: 9284417
    Abstract: A composite material in which a graphene-like carbon material has excellent adhesion to a substrate composed of resin, and a method for producing the same are provided. The composite material comprises a substrate composed of resin and a graphene-like carbon material layer provided so as to cover at least part of the surface of the substrate, wherein graphene-like carbon is closely attached to the surface of the substrate. The method for producing a composite material comprises bringing a graphene-like carbon material into contact with at least part of the surface of a substrate composed of resin and heating under the action of a supercritical or subcritical fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hirotaka Ihara, Hullathy Subban Ganapathy, Makoto Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20160024259
    Abstract: A composite material in which a graphene-like carbon material has excellent adhesion to a substrate composed of resin, and a method for producing the same are provided. The composite material comprises a substrate composed of resin and a graphene-like carbon material layer provided so as to cover at least part of the surface of the substrate, wherein graphene-like carbon is closely attached to the surface of the substrate. The method for producing a composite material comprises bringing a graphene-like carbon material into contact with at least part of the surface of a substrate composed of resin and heating under the action of a supercritical or subcritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shoji Nozato, Akira Nakasuga, Hirotaka Ihara, Hullathy Subban Ganapathy, Makoto Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20150274532
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing expanded graphite that allows mass-producing graphene, exfoliated graphite, or the like safely and efficiently. A method for producing expanded graphite, comprising a first step of bringing a complex of a compound serving as a charge acceptor for graphite into contact with raw material graphite in a hydrophobic solvent; and a second step of bringing the raw material graphite in contact with the complex into contact with a polar solvent after the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Akira Nakasuga, Shoji Nozato, Hiroshi Yoshitani