Patents by Inventor Soichi Uchida
Soichi Uchida 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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Patent number: 11898016Abstract: A masterbatch (C) containing thermally expandable microcapsules (A) and a carrier resin composition (B) is provided. The carrier resin composition (B) contains a carrier resin (B1) and a plasticizer (B2), the carrier resin (B1) being an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 8,000 or more and 350,000 or less, and the plasticizer (B2) being an acrylic plasticizer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 20,000 or less. The carrier resin composition (B) is substantially compatible with a polycarbonate resin and has a shear viscosity of 1.0 Pa·s or more and 1.5×106 Pa·s or less at 80° C. The occurrence of whitening is suppressed and a good appearance can be obtained in an injection molded foam made with the masterbatch. A polycarbonate resin composition, an injection molded foam, and a method for producing an injection molded foam are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Uchida, Kazunori Saegusa, Mitsutaka Sato
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Publication number: 20210047481Abstract: A masterbatch (C) containing thermally expandable microcapsules (A) and a carrier resin composition (B) is provided. The carrier resin composition (B) contains a carrier resin (B1) and a plasticizer (B2), the carrier resin (B1) being an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 8,000 or more and 350,000 or less, and the plasticizer (B2) being an acrylic plasticizer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 20,000 or less. The carrier resin composition (B) is substantially compatible with a polycarbonate resin and has a shear viscosity of 1.0 Pa·s or more and 1.5×106 Pa·s or less at 80° C. The occurrence of whitening is suppressed and a good appearance can be obtained in an injection molded foam made with the masterbatch. A polycarbonate resin composition, an injection molded foam, and a method for producing an injection molded foam are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Uchida, Kazunori Saegusa, Mitsutaka Sato
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Patent number: 10222051Abstract: An LED heat sink for vehicles includes an injection molded product of a thermally conductive resin composition. The thermally conductive resin composition includes 50 to 90 weight % of a thermoplastic polyester resin having a number average molecular weight of 12,000 to 70,000, and 10 to 50 weight % of a flaked graphite having a fixed carbon content of at least 98 mass %, and an aspect ratio of at least 21, and the thermally conductive resin composition has a specific gravity of 1.4 to 1.7, and an in-plane thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/(m·K).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Ezaki, Soichi Uchida, Kazuaki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20190031851Abstract: A foam injection molded article includes a resin composition, wherein the resin composition includes: (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a thermoplastic polyester resin, (C) a polyester-polyether copolymer, and (D) a foaming agent. The article has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) that is greater than 0.1 ?m and less than 9 ?m, a maximum height (Ry) that is greater than 1 ?m and less than 90 ?m; and a 10-point average roughness (Rz) that is greater than 1 ?m and less than 70 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Soichi Uchida
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Patent number: 10030138Abstract: A highly thermally conductive thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention contains: (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 200,000; (B) a polyalkylene terephthalate block copolymer composed of a polyether segment and a polyethylene terephthalate segment which includes an ethylene terephthalate unit as a main component; and (C) a highly thermally conductive inorganic compound, the highly thermally conductive thermoplastic resin composition containing, with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) the thermoplastic polyester resin, 20 parts by weight to 200 parts by weight of (B) the polyalkylene terephthalate block copolymer and 20 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of (C) the highly thermally conductive inorganic compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Asato Nonomura, Soichi Uchida, Yasushi Noda
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Publication number: 20170167716Abstract: An LED heat sink for vehicles includes an injection molded product of a thermally conductive resin composition. The thermally conductive resin composition includes 50 to 90 weight % of a thermoplastic polyester resin having a number average molecular weight of 12,000 to 70,000, and 10 to 50 weight % of a flaked graphite having a fixed carbon content of at least 98 mass %, and an aspect ratio of at least 21, and the thermally conductive resin composition has a specific gravity of 1.4 to 1.7, and an in-plane thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/(m·K).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Ezaki, Soichi Uchida, Kazuaki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20160152823Abstract: A highly thermally conductive thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention contains: (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 200,000; (B) a polyalkylene terephthalate block copolymer composed of a polyether segment and a polyethylene terephthalate segment which includes an ethylene terephthalate unit as a main component; and (C) a highly thermally conductive inorganic compound, the highly thermally conductive thermoplastic resin composition containing, with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) the thermoplastic polyester resin, 20 parts by weight to 200 parts by weight of (B) the polyalkylene terephthalate block copolymer and 20 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of (C) the highly thermally conductive inorganic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Asato Nonomura, Soichi Uchida, Yasushi Noda
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Patent number: 9287506Abstract: The present invention provides a fullerene derivative having an electron donating group adjacent to the fullerene nucleus, represented by formula (I) which exhibits a high LUMO energy and a high open circuit voltage based thereon and which is highly compatible with polymers and excellent in charge mobility and charge separation ability: wherein the encircled FL represents fullerene C60 or C70, Donor-Sub represents a substituent having at least one electron donating substituent atom located at a position apart from the fullerene nucleus by two bonds, R is hydrogen, Donor-Sub, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkoxy-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylthio-substituted alkylthio, or alkoxy-substituted alkylthio group, having a total carbon atoms of 1 or more and 20 or fewer, or a benzyl or phenyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignees: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Toshinobu Ohno, Yuko Takao, Kazuyuki Moriwaki, Fukashi Matsumoto, Takatoshi Ito, Toshiyuki Iwai, Susumu Yoshikawa, Takashi Sagawa, Soichi Uchida, Satoru Ikeda
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Publication number: 20150270497Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of small molecule organic acceptor material and a small molecule organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the small molecule organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Jiangeng XUE, Soichi UCHIDA, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
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Patent number: 9112164Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
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Publication number: 20140053898Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Jiangeng XUE, Soichi UCHIDA, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
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Publication number: 20140014882Abstract: The present invention provides a fullerene derivative having an electron donating group adjacent to the fullerene nucleus, represented by formula (I) which exhibits a high LUMO energy and a high open circuit voltage based thereon and which is highly compatible with polymers and excellent in charge mobility and charge separation ability: wherein the encircled FL represents fullerene C60 or C70, Donor-Sub represents a substituent having at least one electron donating substituent atom located at a position apart from the fullerene nucleus by two bonds, R is hydrogen, Donor-Sub, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkoxy-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylthio-substituted alkylthio, or alkoxy-substituted alkylthio group, having a total carbon atoms of 1 or more and 20 or fewer, or a benzyl or phenyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Toshinobu Ohno, Yuko Takao, Kazuyuki Moriwaki, Fukashi Matsumoto, Takatoshi Ito, Toshiyuki Iwai, Susumu Yoshikawa, Takashi Sagawa, Soichi Uchida, Satoru Ikeda
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Patent number: 8586967Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first organic layer comprising a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and a second organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein: the second organic layer comprises an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, and the second organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. Preferably, the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths. Preferably, the second organic layer has a thickness of not less than about 0.2 optical absorption lengths.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
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Publication number: 20130202882Abstract: The present invention provides a highly thermally conductive resin molded article that satisfies all demands of a high thermal conductivity, an insulation property, a low density, a mechanical strength, a high flowability of a thin-walled molded article, less abrasion on a die used for manufacturing, and high whiteness. The highly thermally conductive resin molded article at least includes (A) thermoplastic polyester resin, (B) platy talc particles, and (C) a fiber reinforcement, and (B) platy talc particle content falls within a range between 10% by volume and 60% by volume, where the entire composition is 100% by volume, a number average particle size of the platy talc particles falls within a range between 20 ?m and 80 ?m, and the (B) platy talc particles are oriented in a surface direction of the highly thermally conductive resin molded article.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Uchida, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Masashi Sakaguchi, Yasushi Noda, Syoji Ubukata
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Patent number: 8466004Abstract: Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The devises are thin-film crystalline organic optoelectronic devices capable of generating a voltage when exposed to light, and prepared by a method including the steps of: depositing a first organic layer over a first electrode; depositing a second organic layer over the first organic layer; depositing a confining layer over the second organic layer to form a stack; annealing the stack; and finally depositing a second electrode over the second organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Peter Peumans, Soichi Uchida, Stephen R. Forrest
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Patent number: 7915701Abstract: A device is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?1 and a second photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?2. The photoactive regions are disposed between the first and second electrodes, and further positioned on the same side of a reflective layer, such that the first photoactive region is closer to the reflective layer than the second photoactive region. The materials comprising the photoactive regions may be selected such that ?1 is at least about 10% different from ?2. The device may further comprise an exciton blocking layer disposed adjacent to and in direct contact with the organic acceptor material of each photoactive region, wherein the LUMO of each exciton blocking layer other than that closest to the cathode is not more than about 0.3 eV greater than the LUMO of the acceptor material.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Stephen Forrest, Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand
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Patent number: 7816715Abstract: A device is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?1 and a second photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?2. The photoactive regions are disposed between the first and second electrodes, and further positioned on the same side of a reflective layer, such that the first photoactive region is closer to the reflective layer than the second photoactive region. The materials comprising the photoactive regions may be selected such that ?1 is at least about 10% different from ?2. The device may further comprise an exciton blocking layer disposed adjacent to and in direct contact with the organic acceptor material of each photoactive region, wherein the LUMO of each exciton blocking layer other than that closest to the cathode is not more than about 0.3 eV greater than the LUMO of the acceptor material.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Stephen Forrest, Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand
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Publication number: 20100116312Abstract: Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The devises are thin-film crystalline organic optoelectronic devices capable of generating a voltage when exposed to light, and prepared by a method including the steps of: depositing a first organic layer over a first electrode; depositing a second organic layer over the first organic layer; depositing a confining layer over the second organic layer to form a stack; annealing the stack; and finally depositing a second electrode over the second organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Peter Peumans, Soichi Uchida, Stephen R. Forrest
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Patent number: 7597927Abstract: Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The devises are thin-film crystalline organic optoelectronic devices capable of generating a voltage when exposed to light, and prepared by a method including the steps of: depositing a first organic layer over a first electrode; depositing a second organic layer over the first organic layer; depositing a confining layer over the second organic layer to form a stack; annealing the stack; and finally depositing a second electrode over the second organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton UniveristyInventors: Peter Peumans, Soichi Uchida, Stephen R. Forrest
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Publication number: 20080224132Abstract: A device is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?1 and a second photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength ?2. The photoactive regions are disposed between the first and second electrodes, and further positioned on the same side of a reflective layer, such that the first photoactive region is closer to the reflective layer than the second photoactive region. The materials comprising the photoactive regions may be selected such that ?1 is at least about 10% different from ?2. The device may further comprise an exciton blocking layer disposed adjacent to and in direct contact with the organic acceptor material of each photoactive region, wherein the LUMO of each exciton blocking layer other than that closest to the cathode is not more than about 0.3 eV greater than the LUMO of the acceptor material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Stephen FORREST, Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand