Patents by Inventor Takashige Maekawa

Takashige Maekawa 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: 8609795
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent composition having excellent durability, which can impart excellent water and oil repellency to an object, even in a process at low temperatures, and which enables water and oil repellent treatment providing a soft hand. A water and oil repellent composition which comprises, as an essential component, a copolymer containing polymerization units of the following monomer (a) and polymerization units of the following monomer (b): monomer (a): an Rf group-containing monomer which forms a photopolymer having no melting point or a melting point of at most 55° C. attributable to fine crystals derived from the Rf groups and having a glass transition point of at least 20° C. monomer (b): a monomer having no Rf group and having a cross-linkable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Minako Shimada, Toyomichi Shimada, Ryuji Seki, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8598291
    Abstract: Antifouling composition containing a fluorocopolymer which contains from 30 to 70 mass % of polymerized units (a?) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 20 to 69 mass % of polymerized units (b?) having an alkylene oxide chain and from 1 to 10 mass % of polymerized units (c?) having an amino group, and which has anionic groups at its main chain terminals. Method of making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takao Hirono, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8557939
    Abstract: To provide an antifouling composition which is a fluorine-type antifouling composition using a short chain perfluoroalkyl group and which is excellent in antifouling properties and water/oil repellency and presents good durability against washing. An antifouling composition comprising a fluorocopolymer which comprises from 30 to 65 mass % of polymerized units (a) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 1 to 67 mass % of polymerized units (b1) having —(C2H4O)— and from 3 to 34 mass % of polymerized units (b2) having —(C4H8O)—, wherein the content of —(C2H4O)— is from 20 to 65 mass %, and the content of —(C4H8O)— is from 2 to 13 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takao Hirono, Takashige Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20100076168
    Abstract: To provide an antifouling composition which is an fluorine-type antifouling composition using a short chain perfluoroalkyl group and which can be made in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing substantially no volatile organic solvent and has excellent soil release properties. An antifouling composition comprising a fluorocopolymer which comprises from 30 to 70 mass % of polymerized units (a?) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 20 to 69 mass % of polymerized units (b?) having an alkylene oxide chain and from 1 to 10 mass % of polymerized units (c?) having an amino group, and which has anionic groups at its main chain terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takao Hirono, Takashige Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20100069565
    Abstract: To provide an antifouling composition which is a fluorine-type antifouling composition using a short chain perfluoroalkyl group and which is excellent in antifouling properties and water/oil repellency and presents good durability against washing. An antifouling composition comprising a fluorocopolymer which comprises from 30 to 65 mass % of polymerized units (a) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 1 to 67 mass % of polymerized units (b1) having —(C2H4O)— and from 3 to 34 mass % of polymerized units (b2) having —(C4H8O)—, wherein the content of —(C2H4O)— is from 20 to 65 mass %, and the content of —(C4H8O)— is from 2 to 13 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARA, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takao Hirono, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 7485688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water and oil proofing composition which imparts excellent water and oil resistance and comprises a fluorocopolymer comprising polymerized units of (Z-Y)nX (wherein Z: a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group or the like, Y: an alkylene group or the like, n: 1 or 2, X: a polymerizable unsaturated group), polymerized units of CH2?CR1-G-(R2O)q—R3 (wherein R1: a hydrogen atom or the like, R2: a C2-4 alkylene group or the like, q: an integer of from 1 to 50, G: —COO(CH2)r— (r: an integer of from 0 to 4), R3: a hydrogen atom or the like, and polymerized units of CH2?CR4-M-Q-NR5R6 (wherein R4: a hydrogen atom or the like, Q: a C2-4 alkylene group or the like, R5 and R6: C1-8 alkyl groups or the like) and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Maekawa, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Minako Shimada, Kyouichi Kaneko, Harutaka Naruse, Yuuichi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080188606
    Abstract: To provide a stable aqueous surface treating agent for architectural/civil engineering structures, which can impart excellent water repellency and oil repellency (water proofness and oil proofness), antifouling properties, weather resistance and durability thereof to structures made of architectural/civil engineering materials such as stones or concrete, particularly porous materials. The aqueous surface treating agent comprises at least one fluoropolymer (A) selected from a polyfluoroalkyl group-containing poly(meth)acrylate (A1) and a polyfluoroalkyl group-containing polyurethane (A2) in an aqueous medium. The aqueous surface treating agent usually contains a surfactant (B), and preferably contains a silicone (C), and further (D) a silane compound having a hydrolyzable group and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of a silane compound having a hydrolyzable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigenori Asada, Hitoshi Ibuki, Takashige Maekawa, Kazunori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20080076862
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent composition having excellent durability, which can impart excellent water and oil repellency to an object, even in a process at low temperatures, and which enables water and oil repellent treatment providing a soft hand. A water and oil repellent composition which comprises, as an essential component, a copolymer containing polymerization units of the following monomer (a) and polymerization units of the following monomer (b): monomer (a): an Rf group-containing monomer which forms a photopolymer having no melting point or a melting point of at most 55° C. attributable to fine crystals derived from the Rf groups and having a glass transition point of at least 20° C. monomer (b): a monomer having no Rf group and having a cross-linkable functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Minako Shimada, Toyomichi Shimada, Ryuji Seki, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 7262243
    Abstract: To provide a coating composition useful to form an antireflection film having a refractive index lower than 1.4, excellent in water solubility and long-term stability in the form of a water solution. A coating composition containing a fluoropolymer having ionic functional groups (such as a fluoropolymer having polymer units of —CF2CF[O(CF2)3COOH]—), an acid and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otozawa, Toyomichi Shimada, Takashige Maekawa, Naoko Sumi
  • Publication number: 20070015867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water and oil proofing composition which imparts excellent water and oil resistance. A composition which comprises a fluorocopolymer comprising polymerized units of (Z-Y)nX (wherein Z: a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group or the like, Y: an alkylene group or the like, n: 1 or 2, X: a polymerizable unsaturated group), polymerized units of CH2?CR1-G-(R2O)q—R3 (wherein R1: a hydrogen atom or the like, R2: a C2-4 alkylene group or the like, q: an integer of from 1 to 50, G: —COO(CH2)r— (r: an integer of from 0 to 4), R3: a hydrogen atom or the like) and polymerized units of CH2?CR4-M-Q-NR5R6 (wherein R4: a hydrogen atom or the like, Q: a C2-4 alkylene group or the like, R5 and R6: C1-8 alkyl groups or the like) and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashige Maekawa, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Minako Shimada, Kyouichi Kaneko, Harutaka Naruse, Yuuichi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20060004129
    Abstract: To provide a coating composition useful to form an antireflection film having a refractive index lower than 1.4, excellent in water solubility and long-term stability in the form of a water solution. A coating composition containing a fluoropolymer having ionic functional groups (such as a fluoropolymer having polymer units of —CF2CF[O(CF2)3COOH]—), an acid and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otozawa, Toyomichi Shimada, Takashige Maekawa, Naoko Sumi
  • Publication number: 20050267241
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent composition having excellent durability, which can impart excellent water and oil repellency to an object, even in a process at low temperatures, and which enables water and oil repellent treatment providing a soft hand. A water and oil repellent composition which comprises, as an essential component, a copolymer containing polymerization units of the following monomer (a) and polymerization units of the following monomer (b): monomer (a): an Rf group-containing monomer which forms a photopolymer having no melting point or a melting point of at most 55° C. attributable to fine crystals derived from the Rf groups and having a glass transition point of at least 20° C. monomer (b): a monomer having no Rf group and having a cross-linkable functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Minako Shimada, Toyomichi Shimada, Ryuji Seki, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6933338
    Abstract: To provide a water- and oil-repellent composition excellent in durability and excellent in safety and preservation of the environment. A water- and oil-repellent composition which comprises (A) a polymer, (B) an aqueous medium and (C) a surfactant in a mass ratio of (A)/(B)/(C)=100/100-500/1-10, the polymer (A) containing a polymerization unit based on a (meth)acrylate having a polyfluoroalkyl group, a polymerization unit based on an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a C1-C12 alkyl group, a polymerization unit based on an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a C16-C22 alkyl group and a polymerization unit based on a specific compound having a blocked isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6872324
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising a polymer (a) having a repeating unit (A) which comprises four carbon atoms connected in a linear chain and which has one double bond at the second position and a polyfluoroalkyl group bonded to an arbitrary carbon atom, and a surfactant (B) having a hydrophile-lipophile balance of at least 10, wherein the polymer (a) is dispersed in an aqueous medium by the surfactant (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Maekawa, Minako Shimada, Ryuji Seki, Taiki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 6860926
    Abstract: The following fluorine-containing compound is presented which is capable of providing dry soil resistance when incorporated to a water and oil repellent. Rf1R2OCOCH2CHR1COOR3Rf2 (wherein each of Rf1 and Rf2 which are independent of each other, is a C3-22 polyfluoroalkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-10 alkyl group, and each of R2 and R3 which are independent of each other, is a C1-4 alkylene group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Minako Ishikawa, Takashige Maekawa, Ryuji Seki, Shoji Furuta, Kazuya Oharu
  • Patent number: 6767946
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent composition comprising a compound of the following formula (1) and a thermoplastic polymer, as essential components: where the symbols in the formula (1) have the following meanings: Rf: a C1-20 polyfluoroalkyl group, X: (CH2)m, wherein m is an integer of from 1 to 10, A, A1, A2: each independently, O, S or N(Z3), wherein Z3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Z1: an octadecyl group, Z2: an alkyl group, or an alkyl group having at least one hydrogen atom substituted, W: a trivalent organic group, and a, b: each independently, 1 or 2, provided that a+b is 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toyomichi Shimada, Masako Tada, Takashige Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20040087695
    Abstract: To provide a water- and oil-repellent composition excellent in durability and excellent in safety and preservation of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6716944
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent composition which can impart an excellent water and oil repellency to an object, even if it is processed at a low temperature, and which can achieve a water and oil repellent treatment providing a soft hand. The water and oil repellent composition which has as an essential component a copolymer consisting essentially of polymerized units of the following monomer (a) and polymerized units of the following monomer (b). monomer (a): an Rf monomer wherein the melting point of fine crystals derived from the Rf groups of the homopolymer does not exist or is at most 50° C. monomer (b): a monomer having no Rf group, wherein the melting point of fine crystals derived from the side chains of the homopolymer is at least 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Maekawa, Minako Shimada, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Ryuji Seki
  • Patent number: 6653376
    Abstract: A water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting durable water resistance to clothing for which high water and oil repellency is required and which is capable of imparting high oil repellency to paper. The water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition comprises 1) an aqueous medium, 2) a polymer of a monomer having a polyfluoroalkyl group and one polymerizable unsaturated group and 3) a mono(or poly)ol or an alkylene oxide thereof, as essential components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Kyouichi Kaneko, Takashige Maekawa, Minako Shindo
  • Patent number: 6624268
    Abstract: A water and oil repellent aqueous dispersion is provided which is excellent in water and oil repellency and waterdrop rolling property and has dispersion stability even in the presence of co-agents and contaminants in the treatment bath. A preparative process comprises emulsifying a stock composition containing a polymerizable monomer containing a (meth)acrylate having perfluoroalkyl group as an essential component, a non-fluorine type surfactant containing no aromatic group, water and a solvent having a viscosity of at least 3 cP at 25° C. under pressure and polymerizing the stock composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Maekawa, Kazuya Oharu, Shuichiro Sugimoto