Patents by Inventor Takafumi Ogawa

Takafumi Ogawa 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: 12318738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane including a base and a porous support layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support layer and including a crosslinked aromatic polyamide, in which the separation functional layer contains sulfo groups in an amount of 7.0×10?5 to 5.0×10?2 g/m2 and includes a structure represented by the formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki Yasuda, Yohei Adachi, Shinya Mitsui, Harutoki Shimura, Takafumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20240382907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a microporous support layer; and a separation functional layer provided on the microporous support layer, in which the separation functional layer includes a plurality of protrusions formed of a thin membrane including a cross-linked aromatic polyamide, in arbitrary ten cross sections perpendicular to a membrane surface direction and having a length of 2.0 ?m in the membrane surface direction, an average number density of the protrusions whose height with respect to a surface of the support layer as reference is one-fifth or more of a ten-point average surface roughness of the separation functional layer is 13.0 protrusions/?m or more, and an average value of a deformation amount when the protrusions are pressed with a force of 5 nN is 2.2 nm or less, and a standard deviation of the deformation amount is 1.2 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kumiko OGAWA, Harutoki SHIMURA, Takafumi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 12121867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a substrate; a porous support layer disposed on the substrate; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support layer, in which the separation functional layer includes: a first layer including a crosslinked aromatic polyamide; and a coating layer existing on the first layer and including an aliphatic polyamide including a fluorine atom, and the composite semipermeable membrane has a proportion of the number of fluorine atoms to the total number of atoms of all elements of 0.5% or more and 8% or less, and has a ratio (N/O ratio) of the number of nitrogen atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of 0.8 or more and 1.3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yoshizaki, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masami Ogata, Harutoki Shimura, Takafumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230001363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane including a base and a porous support layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support layer and including a crosslinked aromatic polyamide, in which the separation functional layer contains sulfo groups in an amount of 7.0×10?5 to 5.0×10?2 g/m2 and includes a structure represented by the formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki YASUDA, Yohei ADACHI, Shinya MITSUI, Harutoki SHIMURA, Takafumi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220080363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a substrate; a porous support layer disposed on the substrate; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support layer, in which the separation functional layer includes: a first layer including a crosslinked aromatic polyamide; and a coating layer existing on the first layer and including an aliphatic polyamide including a fluorine atom, and the composite semipermeable membrane has a proportion of the number of fluorine atoms to the total number of atoms of all elements of 0.5% or more and 8% or less, and has a ratio (N/O ratio) of the number of nitrogen atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of 0.8 or more and 1.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya YOSHIZAKI, Tsuyoshi HAMADA, Masami OGATA, Harutoki SHIMURA, Takafumi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11198100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer, in which the separation functional layer includes: a crosslinked polyamide; and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polymer of a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group, and a surface of the separation functional layer has a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to the number of nitrogen atoms (O/N ratio), both determined by X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, of 1.5-10, and a standard deviation of the O/N ratio of 0.15 or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamada, Jun Okabe, Takafumi Ogawa, Koji Nakatsuji, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10906011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered semipermeable membrane satisfying the conditions below. (A) The maximum peak intensity between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 is 0.08 or greater in the difference spectrum between an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 97% relative humidity and an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 3% relative humidity. (B) The peak top wavenumber between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 of the aforementioned difference spectrum is 3400 cm?1 to 3550 cm?1. (C) The N1s peak has a maximum value at 401 eV or greater in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in which X-rays are radiated to a coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuyama, Takafumi Ogawa, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20200188861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer, in which the separation functional layer includes: a crosslinked polyamide; and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polymer of a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group, and a surface of the separation functional layer has a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to the number of nitrogen atoms (O/N ratio), both determined by X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, of 1.5-10, and a standard deviation of the O/N ratio of 0.15 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAMADA, Jun OKABE, Takafumi OGAWA, Koji NAKATSUJI, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200139307
    Abstract: Provided are: a semipermeable composite membrane having high fouling resistance against membrane; and a method for producing the semipermeable composite membrane. This semipermeable composite membrane comprises a substrate, a porous support layer disposed on the substrate, and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support layer, wherein the separation functional layer contains: from the porous support layer side, a first layer containing a crosslinked aromatic polyamide which is a polymer of a polyfunctional aromatic amine and a polyfunctional aromatic acid chloride; and an aliphatic polyamide which is present on the first layer and which is a polymer of a polyfunctional aliphatic carboxylic acid and a polyfunctional aliphatic amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya YOSHIZAKI, Tsuyoshi HAMADA, Jun OKABE, Takafumi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190388844
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a semipermeable composite membrane having a support film and a separation function layer, wherein, (A) in a semipermeable composite membrane equilibrated under specific conditions, the half value width H of an absorption peak between 3900 cm?1 and 2900 cm?1 in a difference spectrum Sd obtained by subtracting IR spectrum S2 from IR spectrum S1 is 355-373, and (B) in the IR spectrum S1, the value F obtained by dividing the area of the absorption intensity between 3900 cm?1 and 2900 cm?1 by the absorbance at the peak top between 1690 cm?1 and 1630 cm?1 is at least 850.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki MINEHARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Monami SUZUKI, Takafumi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10427109
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane including: a substrate; a porous supporting layer formed on the substrate; and a separation functional layer formed on the porous supporting layer, in which the separation functional layer contains crosslinked wholly aromatic polyamide as a main component and contains a carboxy group, a ratio of (molar equivalent of the carboxy group)/(molar equivalent of an amide group) in functional groups contained in the separation functional layer is 0.40 or more, and an average ratio of oxygen atoms/nitrogen atoms in front and rear sides of the separation functional layer is 0.95 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoneda, Shunsuke Tabayashi, Takafumi Ogawa, Takao Sasaki, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190070569
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite semipermeable membrane includes forming a porous support by applying polymer solution forming a first layer and polymer solution forming a second layer on a substrate; immersing the substrate in a non-solvent; and forming a separation functional layer the porous support membrane using an aqueous solution containing polyfunctional amine and an organic solvent solution containing a polyfunctional acid halide; wherein the first layer is formed to contact the substrate; the second layer is formed to contact the separation functional layer; the polymer solutions contain polysulfone; the concentration of polysulfone in a polymer solution A is 12% or more and 18% or less by weight; the concentration of polysulfone in a polymer solution B is 14% or more and 25% by weight or less; and the polysulfone concentration of the polymer solution B is greater than the polymer concentration of the polymer solution A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Nakatsuji, Masahiro Kimura, Takao Sasaki, Takafumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20190022602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered semipermeable membrane satisfying the conditions below. (A) The maximum peak intensity between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 is 0.08 or greater in the difference spectrum between an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 97% relative humidity and an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 3% relative humidity. (B) The peak top wavenumber between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 of the aforementioned difference spectrum is 3400 cm?1 to 3550 cm?1. (C) The N1s peak has a maximum value at 401 eV or greater in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in which X-rays are radiated to a coat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Takafumi OGAWA, Hiroki TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10143976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including a supporting membrane and a separation functional layer disposed on the supporting membrane, in which the separation functional layer comprises an aromatic polyamide, the aromatic polyamide has side chains and terminal groups, at least one of the side chains and terminal groups of the aromatic polyamide being an amino group, at least one of the side chains and terminal groups of the aromatic polyamide is a substituent having a structure represented by formula (1): —NXY or formula (2): —NXYZ, and in the aromatic polyamide, a content A of substituents having structures represented by formula (1) and formula (2) and a content B of amide groups satisfy 0.005?A/B?0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuki Sato, Takafumi Ogawa, Takao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9983166
    Abstract: The present specification provides a NOx responsive element suitable for directly sensing NOx. The NOx responsive element an oxygen ion conductive layer has a first electrode layer having a nitrogen oxide decomposition catalyst phase composed of perovskite-type oxide, being in contact with the oxygen ion conductive layer, and being exposed to NOx, and a second electrode layer opposing the first electrode layer across the oxygen ion conductive layer. The nitrogen oxide decomposition catalyst phase has a nitrogen oxide adsorption stabilizing surface on its surface exposed to nitrogen oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro Ueda, Hajime Okawa, Masaya Suzuki, Takafumi Ogawa, Seiji Takahashi, Toyoharu Kaneko, Keiichiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170368510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including a supporting membrane and a separation functional layer disposed on the supporting membrane, in which the separation functional layer comprises an aromatic polyamide, the aromatic polyamide has side chains and terminal groups, at least one of the side chains and terminal groups of the aromatic polyamide being an amino group, at least one of the side chains and terminal groups of the aromatic polyamide is a substituent having a structure represented by formula (1): —NXY or formula (2): —NXYZ, and in the aromatic polyamide, a content A of substituents having structures represented by formula (1) and formula (2) and a content B of amide groups satisfy 0.005?A/B?0.15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Kazuki SATO, Takafumi OGAWA, Takao SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170326506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane which has resistance to oxidizing agents even in the presence of heavy metals and which, despite this, can have salt-removing performance equal to that of semipermeable membranes having poor resistance to oxidizing agents. A coated semipermeable membrane of the invention includes a semipermeable layer and a polymer layer formed on the semipermeable layer, and the polymer layer includes a polymerization product formed by both condensation of hydrolyzable groups possessed by the following compound (A) and polymerization of the compound (A) with the following compound (B): (A) a silicon compound having a silicon atom, a reactive group including an ethylenically unsaturated group directly bonded to the silicon atom, and a hydrolyzable group directly bonded to the silicon atom; and (B) a compound other than the compound (A), which has both a hydrophilic group and an ethylenically unsaturated group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Hiroki TOMIOKA, Takafumi OGAWA, Yutaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170136422
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has practical water permeability and removing properties and has a high boron removal ratio even after contact with chlorine. A composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention is a composite semipermeable membrane including a substrate, a porous supporting layer and a separation functional layer, which are superposed in this order, in which the separation functional layer includes a crosslinked fully aromatic polyamide, and the crosslinked fully aromatic polyamide has a molar ratio (amide group content) between a total molar proportion of a polyfunctional amine and a polyfunctional aromatic acid halide and a molar proportion of an amide group of 0.86-1.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi OGAWA, Harutoki SHIMURA, Shuji FURUNO, Kiyohiko TAKAYA, Takao SASAKI, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170120201
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has practical water permeability and high alkali resistance. The composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention includes: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer of the supporting membrane, in which the separation functional layer includes a crosslinked fully aromatic polyamide, and when a carboxyl group/amide group molar ratio of the separation functional layer measured by a 13C solid NMR spectroscopy is expressed by x, x is 0.54 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harutoki SHIMURA, Takafumi OGAWA, Shuji FURUNO, Kiyohiko TAKAYA, Takao SASAKI, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160139074
    Abstract: The present specification provides a NOx responsive element suitable for directly sensing NOx. The NOx responsive element an oxygen ion conductive layer has a first electrode layer having a nitrogen oxide decomposition catalyst phase composed of perovskite-type oxide, being in contact with the oxygen ion conductive layer, and being exposed to NOx, and a second electrode layer opposing the first electrode layer across the oxygen ion conductive layer. The nitrogen oxide decomposition catalyst phase has a nitrogen oxide adsorption stabilizing surface on its surface exposed to nitrogen oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Taro UEDA, Hajime OKAWA, Masaya SUZUKI, Takafumi OGAWA, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toyoharu KANEKO, Keiichiro AOKI