Patents by Inventor Takeshi Chonan

Takeshi Chonan 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: 20220081318
    Abstract: Provided are surface-treated infrared-absorbing fine particles that are infrared-absorbing fine particles each having a crystallite size greater than or equal to 30 nm and a surface that is coated with a coating layer that contains at least one selected from a hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, a polymer of the hydrolysis product of the metal chelate compound, a hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound, and a polymer of the hydrolysis product of the metal cyclic oligomer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20220049105
    Abstract: A method of producing organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium; a dispersion medium removing step of removing the dispersion medium from the dispersion liquid by an evaporation; a raw material mixture liquid preparing step of preparing a raw material mixture liquid containing the infrared absorbing particles collected after the dispersion medium removing step, a coating resin material, an organic solvent, an emulsifying agent, water, and a polymerization initiator; a stirring step of stirring the raw material mixture liquid while cooling; and a polymerizing step of polymerizing the coating resin material after deoxygenation treatment which reduces an amount of oxygen in the raw material mixture liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN, Atsushi TOFUKU, Seigou KAWAGUCHI, Naohiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11208563
    Abstract: Surface-treated infrared-absorbing fine particles with excellent moisture and heat resistance and excellent infrared-absorbing properties, surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particle powder containing the surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles, an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid and an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion body using the surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles, and a method for producing them, wherein a surface of infrared absorbing particles is coated with a coating layer containing at least one selected from hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, polymer of hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound, and polymer of hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan, Hideaki Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 11180378
    Abstract: A heat ray shielding fine particle dispersion body and a heat ray shielding laminated transparent substrate that as well as exhibit heat ray shielding properties and suppressing a scorching sensation on the skin when used in structures such as window materials and the like, also enable usage of communication devices, imaging devices, sensors and the like that use near-infrared light interposing the heat ray shielding film or the heat ray shielding glass, containing a transparent thermoplastic resin, and wherein heat ray shielding fine particles are dispersed in the transparent thermoplastic resin, the heat ray shielding fine particles having elements L, M, tungsten, and oxygen, and a hexagonal crystal structure represented by a general formula (LAMB) WCOD, wherein the element L is an element selected from K, Rb, Cs, and the element M is one or more elements selected from K, Rb, and Cs and is different from the element L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika Okada, Hideaki Fukuyama, Takeshi Chonan
  • Patent number: 11091655
    Abstract: There is provided a near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body which has transparency in a visible light region, which has good near-infrared shielding properties, in which a blue haze phenomenon is suppressed, and which can be produced with high productivity, namely there is provided a near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body in which ultrafine particles having near-infrared shielding properties are dispersed in a solid medium, wherein the ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles, and a value of an XRD peak top intensity ratio of the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles is 0.13 or more when a value of the XRD peak intensity is set to 1, with plane (220) of a silicon powder standard sample (640c produced by NIST) as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan
  • Publication number: 20210214273
    Abstract: A surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid wherein surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles are dispersed in a liquid medium, and are an infrared absorbing transparent substrate having a coating layer in which the surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Patent number: 11008476
    Abstract: An anti-counterfeit ink composition, an anti-counterfeit ink, and an anti-counterfeit printed matter that transmits a visible light region, having absorption in an infrared region, and capable of judging authenticity of the printed matter, and there is provided an anti-counterfeit ink composition, an anti-counterfeit ink, an anti-counterfeit printed matter, and a method for producing the anti-counterfeit ink composition, wherein a value of an XRD peak top intensity ratio of the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles is 0.13 or more when a value of the XRD peak intensity is set to 1, with plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640c produced by NIST) as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan
  • Publication number: 20210047518
    Abstract: Surface-treated infrared-absorbing fine particles with excellent moisture and heat resistance and excellent infrared-absorbing properties, surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particle powder containing the surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles, an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid and an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion body using the surface-treated infrared absorbing fine particles, and a method for producing them, wherein a surface of infrared absorbing particles is coated with a coating layer containing at least one selected from hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, polymer of hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound, and polymer of hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200399438
    Abstract: A dispersion body having excellent heat ray shielding properties and long-term high temperature stability, and a dispersion liquid for producing the dispersion body, wherein the dispersion liquid contains liquid medium, absorbing fine particles dispersed in the medium, and a phosphite ester compound, the absorbing fine particles are one or more kinds of oxide fine particles selected from tungsten oxide fine particles represented by a general formula WyOz, and the phosphite ester compound is a phosphite ester compound represented by the following predetermined structural formula, and an addition amount of the phosphite ester compound is more than 500 parts by mass and 50000 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the absorbing fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN, Takahisa KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20200379146
    Abstract: A light to heat conversion layer which has visible light permeability, excellent near infrared absorption characteristics, and which can improve the transfer accuracy of an organic electroluminescent element using laser irradiation; and a donor sheet using the light to heat conversion layer. The light to heat conversion layer contains near infrared absorption particles and a binder component. The near infrared absorption particles are composite tungsten oxide microparticles wherein if the value for the XRD peak intensity of the face of a silicon powder standard sample (manufactured by NIST, 640c) is defined as 1, the value for the ratio of XRD peak top intensity is at least 0.13, and the light transmissivity is at least 45%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi CHONAN, Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20200369923
    Abstract: An adhesive composition layer that transmits light in a visible light region and absorbs light in a near-infrared region, has a low haze value, and a near-infrared absorbing film, a laminated structure, a laminated body using the above adhesive composition and adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, a near-infrared absorbing film, a laminated structure, a laminated body, and an adhesive composition containing composite tungsten oxide fine particles, a dispersant, a metal coupling agent having an amino group, an adhesive, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the composite tungsten oxide fine particles include a hexagonal crystal structure, and the composite tungsten oxide fine particles have lattice constant values such as 7.3850 ? or more and 7.4186 ? or less on the a-axis, and 7.5600 ? or more and 7.6240 ? or less on the c-axis, and the composite tungsten oxide fine particles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20200307295
    Abstract: An LTHC layer having the visible light transmission property, having sufficient infrared absorption property, capable of improving transfer accuracy of the organic electroluminescence device by irradiation with a laser beam, and further enabling application in a wide variety of fields including electronics, medicine, agriculture, machine, etc. A donor sheet using the LTHC layer including infrared absorbing particles and a binder component, wherein the infrared absorbing particles are composite tungsten oxide fine particles including a hexagonal crystal structure, a lattice constant of the composite tungsten oxide fine particles is such that the a-axis is 7.3850 ? or more and 7.4186 ? or less, and the c-axis is 7.5600 ? or more and 7.6240 ? or less, and a particle size of the composite tungsten oxide fine particles is 100 nm or less, and the solar radiation transmittance is 45% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20200283586
    Abstract: Pulverized masterbatch products containing infrared absorbing fine particles, dispersion liquid containing pulverized masterbatch products containing infrared absorbing fine particles, ink containing infrared absorbing material, and anti-counterfeit ink and an anti-counterfeit printed matter using them, having excellent infrared absorption properties and having excellent chemical resistance, and a method for producing the pulverized masterbatch products containing infrared absorbing fine particles. The pulverized masterbatch products containing infrared absorbing fine particles have a dispersed particle size of 1 ?m or more, and contain resin with infrared absorbing fine particles dispersed inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20200270401
    Abstract: A near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body, and others, having excellent near-infrared shielding function, low haze value and excellent design, with suppressed change in color tone during outdoor use and blue haze phenomenon, using near-infrared shielding ultrafine particles transparent in visible light range, having excellent near-infrared shielding properties, and produced with high productivity, and a near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body in which ultra-fine particles having near-infrared shielding properties are dispersed in solid medium, wherein the ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles represented by general formula MxWyOz, and have XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Kennichi FUJITA, Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20200267913
    Abstract: An agricultural and horticultural film that does not raise a temperature of an atmosphere such as a greenhouse by using the agricultural and horticultural film in the greenhouse, etc., while absorbing infrared rays from the sunlight and warming the soil, the film having an infrared absorbing layer containing infrared absorbing material ultrafine particles, wherein the infrared absorbing material ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles, and the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles have a XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.13 or more based on an XRD peak intensity ratio value of 1 on plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640c produced by NIST).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Publication number: 20200270464
    Abstract: An infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, ink containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, and anti-counterfeit ink and anti-counterfeit printed matter, which are transparent in a visible light region, have excellent infrared absorption properties, and are also excellent in chemical resistance, and an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder containing particles made of solid media and having an average particle size of 1 ?m or more and having infrared absorbing fine particles dispersed inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Patent number: 10752512
    Abstract: A general-purpose composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles capable of producing a dispersion liquid with high productivity while having properties such as good visible light transmittance and shielding light in a near-infrared region, and a composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particle dispersion liquid using the same, wherein a value of an XRD peak top intensity ratio of the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles is 0.13 or more when the XRD peak intensity is set to 1, with plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640 c produced by NIST) as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Hiroki Nakayama, Takeshi Chonan
  • Publication number: 20200224043
    Abstract: A near-infrared curable ink composition on a predetermined substrate that has excellent adhesion to the substrate when irradiated with near-infrared rays and cured, a near-infrared curable film obtained from the near-infrared curable ink composition, and stereolithography using the near-infrared curable ink composition, and contains composite tungsten oxide fine particles as near-infrared absorbing fine particles and uncured thermosetting resin, wherein the composite tungsten oxide fine particles have a XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.13 or more based on a XRD peak intensity ratio value of 1 on plane (220) of a silicon powder standard sample (640c produced by NIST).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Takeshi CHONAN, Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20200172752
    Abstract: There is provided an anti-counterfeit ink composition, an anti-counterfeit ink, and an anti-counterfeit printed matter that transmits a visible light region, having absorption in an infrared region, and capable of judging authenticity of a printed matter, and containing composite tungsten oxide fine particles, the composite tungsten oxide fine particles having a hexagonal crystal structure, having a lattice constant such that a-axis is 7.3850 ? or more and 7.4186 ? or less, and c-axis is 7.5600 ? or more and 7.6240 ? or less, and having a particle size of the near-infrared absorbing material fine particles is 100 nm or less, and a method for producing the anti-counterfeit ink composition, the anti-counterfeit ink, the anti-counterfeit printed matter, and the anti-counterfeit ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hirofumi TSUNEMATSU, Takeshi CHONAN
  • Patent number: 10562786
    Abstract: A near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body, a near-infrared shielding body, and a near-infrared shielding laminated structure containing composite tungsten oxide that exhibits more excellent near-infrared shielding function than that of a conventional near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body, near-infrared shielding body, and near-infrared shielding laminated structure, and a method for producing the same. Also, a near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body in which near-infrared shielding material fine particles are dispersed in a solid medium. The near-infrared shielding material fine particles are composite tungsten oxide fine particles containing a hexagonal crystal structure, in which a lattice constant of the composite tungsten oxide fine particles is 7.3850 ? or more and 7.4186 ? or less on the a-axis, and 7.5600 ? or more and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakayama, Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan