Patents by Inventor Takaaki Imai

Takaaki Imai 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: 11959914
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a sample dispensing unit that dispenses a sample into a reaction vessel; a reagent dispensing unit that dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessel; a control unit that controls the sample dispensing unit and the reagent dispensing unit; and a measurement unit that measures a mixed solution of the sample and the reagent mixed in the reaction vessel. The reagent includes three types of reagents of: a first reagent that specifically binds to an antigen in the sample; a second reagent that specifically binds to a site different from that to which the first reagent binds with respect to the antigen and has a label to be detected by the measurement unit; and a third reagent that specifically binds to a site different from the binding site of the first reagent and the antigen and contains insoluble carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Takakura, Kenta Imai, Takaaki Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Taku Sakazume, Beatus Ofenloch-Haehnle, Michaela Windfuhr, Ursula Pauselius-Fuchs, Rita Haerteis
  • Publication number: 20240003095
    Abstract: A wet sheet which is hard to be fractured during production into a molded body, stable in shape, and easy to handle in processing, and a method for producing a molded body from the wet sheet. The wet sheet includes fine cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of 10000 nm or smaller, and pulp, wherein the wet sheet has a water content of 60 mass % or higher, and a thickness of 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less. A method for producing a molded body includes applying heat and pressure to a wet sheet to obtain a molded body, wherein the wet sheet includes fine cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of 10000 nm or smaller, and pulp, and has a water content of 60 mass % or higher, and a thickness of 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Sawada, Masashi Uno, Kazuo Fujita, Takahiro Miyoshi, Takaaki Imai
  • Patent number: 11814794
    Abstract: A cellulose fiber molded product having improved tensile elastic modulus and a method for manufacturing the molded product is provided. The cellulose fiber molded product contains cellulose fibers as the main component, in which the cellulose fibers contain pulp and defibrated fibers, and the defibrated fibers contain microfibrillated cellulose. The method for manufacturing the molded product includes preparing a cellulose fiber slurry using the pulp and the defibrated fibers, forming wet paper from the cellulose fiber slurry, and dehydrating, pressurizing, and heating the wet paper. The defibrated fibers include microfibrillated cellulose, or microfibrillated cellulose and cellulose nanofibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Takahiro Miyoshi, Junya Okawa
  • Publication number: 20230357449
    Abstract: Fibrous cellulose highly capable of reinforcing resins, fibrous cellulose composite resins with high strength, and a method for preparing fibrous cellulose highly capable of reinforcing resins. The fibrous cellulose has an average fiber width of ?0.1 ?m, and has hydroxyl groups partially/fully substituted with carbamate groups at the substitution rate of ?1.0 mmol/g, and has an average fiber length of >0.10 mm. This fibrous cellulose and a resin are contained in the composite resin. The method includes heat treating a cellulose raw material and urea or derivatives thereof to substitute part/all of the hydroxyl groups in the cellulose raw material with carbamate groups, and defibrating the raw material into an average fiber width of ?0.1 ?m, wherein the heat treating is performed so that the rate of carbamate-group-substitution is ?1.0 mmol/g and an average fiber length of the material is >0.10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Yu Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20230287147
    Abstract: A fibrous cellulose excellent in heat resistance and reinforcing effect on resins, and fibrous cellulose composite resins having high strength. The fibrous cellulose has an average fiber width of 0.1 to 19 µm, has hydroxyl groups substituted with carbamate groups at a rate of substitution of 1.0 to 2.0 mmol/g, and has an average fiber length of 0.10 mm or longer. The fibrous cellulose composite resin contains the fibrous cellulose and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki Imai
  • Patent number: 11715976
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil pattern wound in a planar spiral shape. At least one turn constituting the first coil pattern is divided into a plurality of lines by a spiral slit, and a space width between the plurality of lines differs depending on a planar position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Shigeru Kaneko, Shigenori Hirata, Akihito Watanabe, Hirohumi Asou, Junpei Hayama, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takahiro Ohishi, Takaaki Imai, Tomohiro Moriki, Takakazu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230183384
    Abstract: Fibrous cellulose-containing materials not causing coloring problem when used as resin-reinforcing materials, a preparation method thereof, and fibrous cellulose composite resins without coloring problem. The material contain fibrous cellulose having an average fiber width of 0.1 to 19 ?m, and having hydroxyl groups partially/fully substituted with carbamate groups at a rate of 1.0 mmol/g or higher, and the material has a moisture percentage below 18%. The method includes heat treating a cellulose raw material and urea and/or a derivative thereof to substitute part/all of hydroxyl groups in cellulose with carbamate groups, defibrating the raw material to have an average fiber width of 0.1 to 19 ?m, and adjusting moisture percentage to below 18% to obtain a fibrous cellulose-containing material, and the heat treating is performed so that the substitution rate is 1.0 mmol/g or higher. The fibrous cellulose composite resin contains the fibrous cellulose-containing material and resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20230159665
    Abstract: A fibrous cellulose has an average fiber width of 0.1 µm or more and has a part or all of hydroxyl groups replaced with carbamate groups, in which a replacement ratio with the carbamate group is 1.0 mmol/g or more, and a fine ratio is 30% or more. A fibrous cellulose composite resin contains a fibrous cellulose and a resin, and the above fibrous cellulose In manufacturing fibrous cellulose, a cellulose raw material and urea or the like are subjected to a heat treatment to replace a part or all of hydroxyl groups of the cellulose raw material with carbamate groups, defibration is performed within a range in which an average fiber width is 0.1 µm or more, the heat treatment is performed such that a replacement ratio with the carbamate group is 1.0 mmol/g or more, and the defibration is performed until a fine ratio reaches 30% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Yu Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20230126138
    Abstract: A fibrous cellulose-containing material capable of significantly improving resin strength and a method of preparation thereof, as well as a fibrous cellulose composite resin excellent in strength. The fibrous cellulose-containing material contains fibrous cellulose which is a carbamate-modified microfiber cellulose having hydroxyl groups, part or all of which are substituted with carbamate groups, and having an average fiber width of not smaller than 0.1 ?m, and contains powder that is non-interactive with the fibrous cellulose. The fibrous cellulose composite resin contains fibrous cellulose which is the above-mentioned fibrous cellulose-containing material, and part or all of the resin is powdered resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Yu Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20230093348
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fibrous cellulose having a high resin reinforcing effect and a method for manufacturing a fibrous cellulose composite resin having high strength. A method for manufacturing a fibrous cellulose includes: a step of subjecting a cellulose raw material and at least one of urea and a derivative of urea to a heat treatment to replace a part or all of hydroxyl groups of the cellulose raw material with carbamate groups; and a step of defibrating the cellulose raw material within a range in which an average fiber width is 0.1 ?m or more. The heat treatment is performed under a condition that organic acid ions are added in an amount of 0.001 mmol or more with respect to 1 g of the urea and the derivative of urea. In addition, a fibrous cellulose thus obtained and a resin are kneaded to manufacture a fibrous cellulose composite resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Yu Ochiai
  • Patent number: 11594363
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first and second substrates, a first coil pattern formed on one surface of the first substrate, a second coil pattern formed on one surface of the second substrate, a first terminal electrode connected to one end of the first coil pattern and protruding from the first substrate, and a second terminal electrode connected to one end of the second coil pattern and protruding from the second substrate. The first and second substrates are laminated such that the first and second terminal electrodes overlap each other and are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Moriki, Takahiro Ohishi, Hirohumi Asou, Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Junpei Hamaya, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takaaki Imai, Takakazu Maruyama, Osamu Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20220282076
    Abstract: A fibrous cellulose composite resin excellent in strength, and a method for producing the same. The fibrous cellulose composite resin includes microfiber cellulose, a resin, and an acid-modified resin, wherein the microfiber cellulose has hydroxyl groups, which are substituted with carbamate groups, and has been washed and defibrated into an average fiber width of 0.1 ?m or larger, in which the amount of the byproduct is 10% or less per 100 parts by mass of a carbamate-modified cellulose. The production method includes heat-treating a cellulose raw material and urea to obtain a carbamate-modified cellulose, washing the carbamate-modified cellulose, defibrating the carbamate-modified cellulose to obtain a dispersion of carbamate-modified microfiber cellulose having an average fiber width of 0.1 ?m or larger, mixing the dispersion and an acid-modified resin to obtain a material containing carbamate-modified microfiber cellulose, and kneading the material with a resin to obtain a composite resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Ikko Matsusue, Takaaki Imai, Yu Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20220064858
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose fiber molded product having improved tensile elastic modulus, preferably a cellulose fiber molded product also having improved tensile strength, and a method for manufacturing the same. A cellulose fiber molded product contains cellulose fibers as the main component, in which the cellulose fibers contain pulp and defibrated fibers, and the defibrated fibers contain microfibrillated cellulose. For manufacturing the molded product, a cellulose fiber slurry is prepared using the pulp and the defibrated fibers, wet paper is formed from the cellulose fiber slurry, and the wet paper is dehydrated, pressurized, and heated. At this time, as the defibrated fibers, microfibrillated cellulose, or microfibrillated cellulose and cellulose nanofibers are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Imai, Takahiro Miyoshi, Junya Okawa
  • Patent number: 11046787
    Abstract: Provided are a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber that is suitable as a molding material, and a production method thereof. A polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes grafted cellulose having a graft chain bonding to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber, wherein the graft chain is a polylactide, and a ratio of an absorbance derived from C?O of the polylactide to an absorbance derived from O—H of the cellulose on an infrared absorption spectrum is no less than 0.01 and no greater than 1,000. In addition, a production method of a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes carrying out graft polymerization of a lactide to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber in the presence of an organic polymerization catalyst which includes an amine and a salt obtained by reacting the amine with an acid. As the organic polymerization catalyst, 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridinium triflate are preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joji Kadota, Yasuyuki Agari, Hiroshi Hirano, Akinori Okada, Takaaki Imai
  • Patent number: 11046831
    Abstract: A surface of a rubber sponge material 4 such as a vehicle weather strip is covered with a resin coat 6 containing dispersed cellulose fibers 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Matsumoto, Syoichi Nakamoto, Katsunori Nakashima, Junya Okawa, Takaaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20200381167
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first and second substrates, a first coil pattern formed on one surface of the first substrate, a second coil pattern formed on one surface of the second substrate, a first terminal electrode connected to one end of the first coil pattern and protruding from the first substrate, and a second terminal electrode connected to one end of the second coil pattern and protruding from the second substrate. The first and second substrates are laminated such that the first and second terminal electrodes overlap each other and are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro MORIKI, Takahiro OHISHI, Hirohumi ASOU, Noritaka CHIYO, Toshio TOMONARI, Junpei HAMAYA, Shigeki OHTSUKA, Takaaki IMAI, Takakazu MARUYAMA, Osamu TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200274392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil pattern wound in a planar spiral shape . At least one turn constituting the first coil pattern is divided into a plurality of lines by a spiral slit, and a space width between the plurality of lines differs depending on a planar position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Noritaka CHIYO, Toshio TOMONARI, Shigeru KANEKO, Shigenori HIRATA, Akihito WATANABE, Hirohumi ASOU, Junpei HAYAMA, Shigeki OHTSUKA, Takahiro OHISHI, Takaaki IMAI, Tomohiro MORIKI, Takakazu MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200123275
    Abstract: Provided are a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber that is suitable as a molding material, and a production method thereof. A polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes grafted cellulose having a graft chain bonding to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber, wherein the graft chain is a polylactide, and a ratio of an absorbance derived from C?O of the polylactide to an absorbance derived from O—H of the cellulose on an infrared absorption spectrum is no less than 0.01 and no greater than 1,000. In addition, a production method of a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes carrying out graft polymerization of a lactide to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber in the presence of an organic polymerization catalyst which includes an amine and a salt obtained by reacting the amine with an acid. As the organic polymerization catalyst, 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridinium triflate are preferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joji Kadota, Yasuyuki Agari, Hiroshi Hirano, Akinori Okada, Takaaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20190161592
    Abstract: A surface of a rubber sponge material 4 such as a vehicle weather strip is covered with a resin coat 6 containing dispersed cellulose fibers 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Keigo MATSUMOTO, Syoichi NAKAMOTO, Katsunori NAKASHIMA, Junya OKAWA, Takaaki IMAI
  • Patent number: D922323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Shigeru Kaneko, Shigenori Hirata, Akihito Watanabe, Hirohumi Asou, Junpei Hayama, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takahiro Ohishi, Takaaki Imai, Tomohiro Moriki, Takakazu Maruyama