Patents by Inventor Soichi Fujimoto

Soichi Fujimoto 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: 11760065
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet for container includes a polyester resin coating layer in which 90 mol % or more of structural units are ethylene terephthalate units. A half-value width of a peak attributable to C?O stretching vibration around 1,730 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the polyester resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction is 18.5 cm?1 to 22.0 cm?1 at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a metal sheet side of the polyester resin coating layer and is greater than 17.0 cm?1 and 18.5 cm?1 or less at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a surface side of the polyester resin coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yuya Kawai, Junichi Kitagawa, Soichi Fujimoto, Yasuhide Oshima
  • Publication number: 20230032654
    Abstract: Provided is a resin-coated metal sheet that, even when used in a DI can, ensures excellent removability for various contents and stably satisfies various properties required of container material. A resin-coated metal sheet comprises: a metal sheet; and a coating layer of a resin containing a polyester resin as a main component, on at least one surface of both surfaces of the metal sheet, wherein the coating layer has a thickness of 21 ?m or more and 38 ?m or less, contains 0.01 mass % or more and 2.00 mass % or less of a wax compound, and has a surface indentation modulus of 2000 MPa or more and 3400 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide OSHIMA, Soichi FUJIMOTO, Mitsunori OTA
  • Publication number: 20220315794
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer formed on at least one face of the metal sheet. A movable amorphous amount of the resin layer measured by a temperature modulated differential scanning calorimeter being 30% to 46%. An intensity ratio I1,096/I1,119 between intensity (I1,096) of a peak attributable to a trans structure of methylene groups in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) around 1,096 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction and intensity (I1,119) of a peak attributable to a gauche structure of methylene groups in PET around 1,119 cm?1 determined from the laser Raman spectroscopic analysis being 1.1 or more and less than 1.5 at a position with a distance of 1 ?m from the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Junichi KITAGAWA, Yuya KAWAI, Soichi FUJIMOTO, Yasuhide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220274130
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. A pushing depth of the resin layer on a side adhered to the one face of the metal sheet is 100 nm to 250 nm, the pushing depth being determined by a nano indentation test, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi FUJIMOTO, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Yuya KAWAI, Katsumi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220274379
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet for container includes a polyester resin coating layer in which 90 mol % or more of structural units are ethylene terephthalate units. A half-value width of a peak attributable to C?O stretching vibration around 1,730 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the polyester resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction is 18.5 cm?1 to 22.0 cm?1 at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a metal sheet side of the polyester resin coating layer and is greater than 17.0 cm?1 and 18.5 cm?1 or less at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a surface side of the polyester resin coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yuya KAWAI, Junichi KITAGAWA, Soichi FUJIMOTO, Yasuhide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220274378
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. An indentation modulus of the resin layer on a side adhered to the metal sheet is 100 MPa to 300 MPa, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi FUJIMOTO, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Yuya KAWAI, Katsumi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220093882
    Abstract: A film-laminated metal sheet including a resin film configured to coat a metal sheet on at least one surface, wherein an arithmetic mean height Sa0 of a surface of the resin film is 3.0 nm or smaller, and an arithmetic mean height change ratio {(Sa1/Sa0)×100} of the surface of the resin film is 80% to 120%, where Sa1 denotes an arithmetic mean height of the surface of the resin film after thermal treatment at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi FUJIMOTO, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Katsumi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210370655
    Abstract: A film for coating a metal sheet, the film satisfying that: a ratio (EMD/ETD) of a Young's modulus EMD in a lengthwise direction to a Young's modulus ETD in a width direction is 1.1 to 4.0; and a thermal shrinkage rate, measured by a thermo-mechanical analyzer, in both lengthwise and width directions at 200° C. is equal to or smaller than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi Fujimoto, Yasuhide Oshima, Katsumi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20180068791
    Abstract: A biaxially oriented polypropylene film for a capacitor, in which ?dm and ?dt are each 0.60-1.70 and the value of the ratio (?dm/?dt) of ?dm and ?dt is 0.75 to less than 1.15, where ?dm is the kinetic friction coefficient in a longitudinal direction and ?dt is the kinetic friction coefficient in a width direction has the film thickness measured by a micrometer method of 0.5-3 ?m. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film for a capacitor has excellent voltage withstanding ability and is demonstrated in a capacitor application, and stable productivity and workability are ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Soichi Fujimoto, Koji Kurouji, Tetsuya Asano
  • Patent number: 9287543
    Abstract: A porous film that excels when used as a separator for a lithium-ion battery not only in separator followability to expansion and contraction of an electrode during charging and discharging, but also in charging and discharging cycle characteristics. The porous film, when the thickness of a circular region having a diameter of 10 mm as an initial thickness t0 after a load of 50 g is applied onto the circular region for 10 seconds, as a thickness t after a load of 500 g is subsequently applied onto the same region for 10 seconds, and as a thickness t1 after 10 seconds has passed after the load applied onto the same region is subsequently changed to 50 g, the thickness change rate is 10% to 50%, and the thickness (t1) recovery rate is 80% to 99.9%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Soichi Fujimoto, Takuya Kuma, Masatoshi Ohkura
  • Publication number: 20130316246
    Abstract: A porous film that excels when used as a separator for a lithium-ion battery not only in separator followability to expansion and contraction of an electrode during charging and discharging, but also in charging and discharging cycle characteristics. The porous film, when the thickness of a circular region having a diameter of 10 mm as an initial thickness t0 after a load of 50 g is applied onto the circular region for 10 seconds, as a thickness t after a load of 500 g is subsequently applied onto the same region for 10 seconds, and as a thickness t1 after 10 seconds has passed after the load applied onto the same region is subsequently changed to 50 g, the thickness change rate is 10% to 50%, and the thickness (t1) recovery rate is 80% to 99.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Soichi Fujimoto, Takuya Kuma, Masatoshi Ohkura
  • Publication number: 20130316247
    Abstract: A porous polypropylene film includes a polypropylene resin and a ?-crystal nucleating agent, in which a temperature at which a heat shrinkage rate of a dimension in the width direction of the film is 5% is 130 to 200° C., air permeation resistance is 50 to 500 sec/100 ml, porosity is 35 to 70%, and when porosity is ? and air permeation resistance is G, both satisfy expression (1): G+15×??1,200 ??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Kuma, Soichi Fujimoto, Masatoshi Ohkura
  • Publication number: 20120189815
    Abstract: A porous polypropylene film roll of which a porous polypropylene film includes a polypropylene resin and having the average value of the porosities, ?ave, of 45 to 90% is wound around a core, and the unevenness of the thickness in the film machine direction is not more than 15%. The porous polypropylene film roll has not only excellent air permeability and porosity, but also excellent thickness uniformity and, therefore, a porous polypropylene film roll which can efficiently utilize the performance of an electric storage device and is suitable for a separator for an electric storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsui, Masatoshi Ohkura, Soichi Fujimoto, Takuya Kuma
  • Patent number: 6862744
    Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Kuroda, Kazuhiro Kume, Satoshi Yoshida, Konosuke Nishijima, Soichi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20020152536
    Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeki Kuroda, Kazuhiro Kume, Satoshi Yoshida, Konosuke Nishijima, Soichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6405380
    Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Kuroda, Kazuhiro Kume, Satoshi Yoshida, Konosuke Nishijima, Soichi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20020042940
    Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeki Kuroda, Kazuhiro Kume, Satoshi Yoshida, Konosuke Nishijima, Soichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: D452983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi Fujimoto, Shigeki Kuroda, Nobuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: D461936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Fiorini, Shingo Nemoto, Masao Nagai, Shigeki Kuroda, Soichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: D484648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Fiorini, Shingo Nemoto, Masao Nagai, Shigeki Kuroda, Soichi Fujimoto