Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Okuzu

Takayoshi Okuzu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240018316
    Abstract: A polyester film includes a polyester (A) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate and a polyester (B) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the polyesters (A) and (B) is 70/30 to 55/45, a dry heat shrinkage rate (B) through heat treatment at 200° C. for 15 minutes is 35% or less in any of four directions (0°, 45° 90° and 135°) on the film surface, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, a thickness variation in the four directions is 10% or less, and a crystallization index shown in DSC measurement is 25 to 55 J/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ashihara, Takayoshi Okuzu, Ken Akamatsu, Akiko Kurosawa, Goro Araki, Akito Kajita
  • Patent number: 11326032
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide film which is a stretched film including a polyamide resin composition containing 1 to 10% by mass of a polyester thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the polyamide film satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (C): (A) elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film are each 1.0 to 2.3 GPa; (B) a ratio between the elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film (MD/TD) is 0.9 to 1.5; and (C) a haze of the film is 7% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Akiko Hamamoto, Ken Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20210179843
    Abstract: A polyester film comprises a polyester (A) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate and a polyester (B) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the polyesters (A) and (B) is 70/30 to 55/45, a dry heat shrinkage rate (A) through heat treatment at 160° C. for 30 minutes is 20% or less in any of four directions on a film surface (0°, 45°, 90° and 135®), a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, a dry heat shrinkage rate (B) through heat treatment at 200° C. for 15 minutes is 35% or less in any of the four directions, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, and a thickness variation in the four directions is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Ken Akamatsu, Akiko Hamamoto, Hiroshi Ashihara, Goro Araki, Akito Kajita
  • Publication number: 20200392298
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide film which is a stretched film including a polyamide resin composition containing 1 to 10% by mass of a polyester thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the polyamide film satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (C): (A) elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film are each 1.0 to 2.3 GPa; (B) a ratio between the elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film (MD/TD) is 0.9 to 1.5; and (C) a haze of the film is 7% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Akiko Hamamoto, Ken Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 9518195
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film, being a biaxially stretched film including a modified polybutylene terephthalate (modified PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), wherein a mass ratio (modified PBT/PET) between the modified PBT and PET is 20/80 to 5/95, the modified PBT is a PBT containing 5 to 20% by mass of a polytetramethylene glycol unit having a molecular weight of 600 to 4,000, the amount of tetrahydrofuran (THF) generated by heat treating the biaxially stretched film in a helium gas atmosphere at 180° C. for 30 minutes is 50 ?g/g or less, and the biaxially stretched film has tear linearity in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Tomoharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9115256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide film coated with a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture, wherein: on at least one side of a biaxially stretched polyamide film, a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture layer in which no thermal crosslinking agent is copolymerized is formed by coating without through an intermediary of a primer layer; the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture is a mixture including two or more vinylidene chloride copolymers; and one of the vinylidene chloride copolymers has a crystal melting point of 170° C. or higher and 210° C. or lower and is contained in an amount of 25 to 45 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu
  • Patent number: 9109094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a highly adhesive polyester film having a highly adhesive primer layer disposed on at least one side of a substrate polyester film. The substrate polyester film is a stretched film having linear tearability and formed of a mixed polyester resin containing polyethylene terephthalate and a modified polybutylene terephthalate, and the highly adhesive primer layer contains a polyester resin (A) having an acid number of 20 to 60 mg KOH/g and a hydroxyl number of 30 to 150 mg KOH/g, and having an oligomer content of 2.0% by mass or less, and substantially contains no crosslinking agent component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Unitika, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuko Noda, Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata, Kiwamu Yuki
  • Publication number: 20150069651
    Abstract: Disclosed is a production method for an easy adhesion polyamide film including a substrate polyamide film and a primer layer containing an anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin, formed on at least one side of the substrate polyamide film. The thickness of the primer layer is 0.025 ?m or more and 0.250 ?m or less. The anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin has a coating film elongation percentage of 250% or more and a tensile strength of 20 MPa ox more. When the easy adhesion polyamide film is subjected to a heat treatment in a helium gas atmosphere at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a total amount of the volatile base components evolved from the easy adhesion polyamide film is 0.50 ?g/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20140193648
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film, being a biaxially stretched film including a modified polybutylene terephthalate (modified PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), wherein a mass ratio (modified PBT/PET) between the modified PBT and PET is 20/80 to 5/95, the modified PBT is a PBT containing 5 to 20% by mass of a polytetramethylene glycol unit having a molecular weight of 600 to 4,000, the amount of tetrahydrofuran (THF) generated by heat treating the biaxially stretched film in a helium gas atmosphere at 180° C. for 30 minutes is 50 ?g/g or less, and the biaxially stretched film has tear linearity in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Tomoharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8309217
    Abstract: Disclosed is an easy adhesion film which attains sufficient adhesiveness in various processings without using any crosslinking agent such as a melamine resin to possibly pollute the environment and has a primer layer excellent in high-temperature hot water resistance. In the easy adhesion film, a coating film including a polyester resin and a crosslinking agent component in a content of 0.1% by mass or less, inclusive of 0% by mass, is formed on at least one side of a substrate film. The sum of the acid number and the hydroxyl number of the polyester resin is 50 to 200 mg KOH/g, wherein the acid number is 20 to 60 mg KOH/g and the hydroxyl number is 30 to 150 mg KOH/g. The amount of the oligomers contained in the polyester is 2.0% by mass or less. The thickness of the coating film is 0.001 to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata
  • Patent number: 8247068
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating material for forming a gas barrier. The coating material includes a polyalcohol polymer, a polycarboxylic acid polymer, and a divalent or higher-valent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component, or alternatively a monovalent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component and a divalent or higher-valent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component. By applying this coating material to a plastic substrate layer, a gas-barrier multilayer body having a gas-barrier layer formed thereon is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Unitika Ltd., Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno
  • Patent number: 8114521
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising: a plastic substrate (I); a gas barrier layer (II) formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material (C) containing a polyalcohol-based polymer (A) and a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer (B); an overcoat layer (III) formed from an overcoat layer-forming coating material (F) containing at least one of a monovalent metal compound (D) and a bivalent or higher metal compound (E); and a top coat layer (IV) formed from a top coat layer-forming coating material (G); wherein the gas barrier layer (II) is laminated to the plastic substrate (I), either directly or with an anchor coat layer disposed therebetween, the overcoat layer (III) is laminated on top of the gas barrier layer (II), and the top coat layer (IV) is formed on top of the overcoat layer (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Unitika Ltd., Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu, Munehiro Miyake, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno
  • Publication number: 20120003440
    Abstract: Disclosed is an easy adhesion polyamide film including a substrate polyamide film and a primer layer containing an anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin, formed on at least one side of the substrate polyamide film. The thickness of the primer layer is 0.025 ?m or more and 0.250 ?m or less. The anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin has a coating film elongation percentage of 250% or more and a tensile strength of 20 MPa or more. When the easy adhesion polyamide film is subjected to a heat treatment in a helium gas atmosphere at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a total amount of the volatile base components evolved from the easy adhesion polyamide film is 0.50 ?g/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20110081512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a highly adhesive polyester film having a highly adhesive primer layer disposed on at least one side of a substrate polyester film. The substrate polyester film is a stretched film having linear tearability and formed of a mixed polyester resin containing polyethylene terephthalate and a modified polybutylene terephthalate, and the highly adhesive primer layer contains a polyester resin (A) having an acid number of 20 to 60 mg KOH/g and a hydroxyl number of 30 to 150 mg KOH/g, and having an oligomer content of 2.0% by mass or less, and substantially contains no crosslinking agent component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuko Noda, Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata, Kiwamu Yuki
  • Publication number: 20100279110
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide film coated with a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture, wherein: on at least one side of a biaxially stretched polyamide film, a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture layer in which no thermal crosslinking agent is copolymerized is formed by coating without through an intermediary of a primer layer; the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture is a mixture including two or more vinylidene chloride copolymers; and one of the vinylidene chloride copolymers has a crystal melting point of 170° C. or higher and 210° C. or lower and is contained in an amount of 25 to 45 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu
  • Publication number: 20100239852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating material for forming a gas barrier. The coating material includes a polyalcohol polymer, a polycarboxylic acid polymer, and a divalent or higher-valent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component, or alternatively a monovalent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component and a divalent or higher-valent metal compound whose surface is coated with a poorly water-soluble component. By applying this coating material to a plastic substrate layer, a gas-barrier multilayer body having a gas-barrier layer formed thereon is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno
  • Publication number: 20100151265
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising: a plastic substrate (I); a gas barrier layer (II) formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material (C) containing a polyalcohol-based polymer (A) and a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer (B); and a resin layer (III) formed from a resin coating material (F) containing either a monovalent metal compound (D), or a monovalent metal compound (D) and a bivalent or higher metal compound (E); wherein the gas barrier layer (II) is laminated to the plastic substrate (I), either directly or with an anchor coat layer disposed therebetween, and the resin layer (III) is laminated on top of the gas barrier layer (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: Unitika Ltd., Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata, Munehiro Miyake, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno
  • Publication number: 20100136328
    Abstract: Disclosed is an easy adhesion film which attains sufficient adhesiveness in various processings without using any crosslinking agent such as a melamine resin to possibly pollute the environment and has a primer layer excellent in high-temperature hot water resistance. In the easy adhesion film, a coating film including a polyester resin and a crosslinking agent component in a content of 0.1% by mass or less, inclusive of 0% by mass, is formed on at least one side of a substrate film. The sum of the acid number and the hydroxyl number of the polyester resin is 50 to 200 mg KOH/g, wherein the acid number is 20 to 60 mg KOH/g and the hydroxyl number is 30 to 150 mg KOH/g. The amount of the oligomers contained in the polyester is 2.0% by mass or less. The thickness of the coating film is 0.001 to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20090280333
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising: a plastic substrate (I); a gas barrier layer (II) formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material (C) containing a polyalcohol-based polymer (A) and a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer (B); an overcoat layer (III) formed from an overcoat layer-forming coating material (F) containing at least one of a monovalent metal compound (D) and a bivalent or higher metal compound (E); and a top coat layer (IV) formed from a top coat layer-forming coating material (G); wherein the gas barrier layer (II) is laminated to the plastic substrate (I), either directly or with an anchor coat layer disposed therebetween, the overcoat layer (III) is laminated on top of the gas barrier layer (II), and the top coat layer (IV) is formed on top of the overcoat layer (III).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicants: UNITIKA LTD., TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu, Munehiro Miyake, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno
  • Publication number: 20090053542
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising: a plastic substrate (I); a gas barrier layer (II) formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material (C) containing a polyalcohol-based polymer (A) and a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer (B); and an overcoat layer (III) formed from an overcoat layer-forming coating material (F) containing at least one of a monovalent metal compound (D) and a bivalent or higher metal compound (E); wherein the gas barrier layer (II) is laminated to the plastic substrate (I), either directly or with an anchor coat layer disposed therebetween, the overcoat layer (III) is laminated on top of the gas barrier layer (II), and when a laminated product is prepared by laminating a laminate adhesive layer (IV) and a heat seal layer (V), in that order, to either the overcoat layer (III) or the plastic substrate (I) of the gas barrier laminate, either directly or with a printing ink layer disposed therebetween, the lamination strength (X) of the laminated product is not less than 1 N/cm, and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicants: unitika ltd., Toyo ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu, Munehiro Miyake, Mitsuo Yoshida, Junji Okamoto, Kunihiko Ozaki, Miyuki Kamoshita, Reiko Ueno