Patents by Inventor Takeyoshi Yamada

Takeyoshi Yamada 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: 9419266
    Abstract: This polyolefin resin porous film can be easily produced, and when used as a non-aqueous electrolyte cell separator, can suppress clogging and can evince a high cell output. The polyolefin resin porous film is a porous film having a polyolefin resin as the primary component and is characterized by the average flow diameter pressure (PAP) being 1500-2500 kPa, the bubble point pressure (PBP) being 300-1500 kPa, and the ratio (Pa/PAP) of the air permeability (Pa) and the bubble point pressure (PBP) being no greater than 0.35 sec/(100 ml·kPa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Terakawa, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Patent number: 9206312
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film having a layer made of a mixed resin containing a polylactic acid resin and a polyolefin resin as the main components, wherein the mass ratio of the polylactic acid resin and the polyolefin resin is 95/5 to 50/50, the polylactic acid resin is a copolymer of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid or a mixed resin of the copolymer, the D/L ratio of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid is 3/97 to 15/85 or 85/15 to 97/3, the storage elastic modulus of the polyolefin resin or the soft acrylic resin at 20° C. is ?100 MPa as measured at an oscillation frequency of 10 Hz and a strain of 0.1%, the film is stretched in at least one direction, and the heat shrinkage ratio of the film in the main shrinking direction is ?20% as measured after the film is immersed in 80° C. water for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiruma, Takeyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150125734
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polyolefin resin porous film, which is resistant to wrinkling in a transporting step in a high-temperature environment due to a high shrinkage stress, has superior coating suitability, maintains pore interconnectivity, and thus has superior air permeability. The polyolefin resin porous film of the present invention has a 1% modulus in the flow direction at 90° C. of 4.5 MPa or more and an air permeability of 800 sec/100 ml or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami, Kouji Takegawa
  • Patent number: 8962113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-shrinkable laminate film comprising a surface layer composed mainly of polyester resin, an intermediate layer composed mainly of styrene resin, and an adhesive layer composed mainly of adhesive resin, wherein heat shrinkage in the main shrink direction is at least 10% and less than 30% when the film is dipped in water of 70° C. for 10 seconds, and at least 30% and at most 70% when dipped in water of 80° C. for 10 seconds, or its tensile modulus of elasticity in a direction perpendicular to the main shrink direction is at least 1,200 MPa. The heat-shrinkable film has excellent film elasticity, shrink finishing quality, transparency when incorporated as recycled, natural shrinkage, and suppressed delamination, making it suitable for application in shrink wrapping, shrink bundling wrapping, shrink label, and a plastic container provided with a heat shrinkable film made of such a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Takashi Hiruma, Yukihiro Tanaka, Jun Takagi, Hideyasu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140087167
    Abstract: Provided is a porous polypropylene film having both air permeability properties and puncture strength. A porous polypropylene film which has an air permeability of 700 seconds/100 ml or less and a puncture strength of 1.5 N or greater, and has ? activity can be obtained when the porous polypropylene film is made to have a tensile strength in the machine direction of the film, EMD, of 100 MPa or greater, a tensile strength in the transverse direction to the machine direction, ETD, of less than 100 MPa, and a ratio of EMD and ETD, EMD/ETD, of 1.5 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Takeyoshi YAMADA, Yasushi Usami, Toru Terakawa
  • Patent number: 8680169
    Abstract: Provided is a porous polypropylene film having both air permeability properties and puncture strength. A porous polypropylene film which has an air permeability of 700 seconds/100 ml or less and a puncture strength of 1.5 N or greater, and has ? activity can be obtained when the porous polypropylene film is made to have a tensile strength in the machine direction of the film, EMD, of 100 MPa or greater, a tensile strength in the transverse direction to the machine direction, ETD, of less than 100 MPa, and a ratio of EMD and ETD, EMD/ETD, of 1.5 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami, Toru Terakawa
  • Patent number: 8592071
    Abstract: A laminated porous film having at least two porous layers layered one upon another. One porous layer consists of a resin layer containing a polypropylene resin. The other layer is a heat-resistant layer consisting of a resin composition whose crystal fusion peak temperature is higher than that of the resin composition of the layer containing the polypropylene resin. The laminated porous film has a ? activity and/or a ? crystal generation power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usami, Takeyoshi Yamada, Jun Takagi
  • Publication number: 20130288132
    Abstract: This polyolefin resin porous film can be easily produced, and when used as a non-aqueous electrolyte cell separator, can suppress clogging and can evince a high cell output. The polyolefin resin porous film is a porous film having a polyolefin resin as the primary component and is characterized by the average flow diameter pressure (PAP) being 1500-2500 kPa, the bubble point pressure (PBP) being 300-1500 kPa, and the ratio (Pa/PAP) of the air permeability (Pa) and the bubble point pressure (PBP) being no greater than 0.35 sec/(100 ml·kPa).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Terakawa, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Patent number: 8470420
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film which is excellent in mechanical characteristics such as heat shrinkage characteristics, impact resistance, and transparency and in the finish of shrinkage and which is suitable for shrink packaging, shrink bundling, shrinkable labels, and so on. A film which is made from a mixed resin comprising as the main components either a polylactic acid resin (A) and a (meth)acrylic resin (B) or a polylactic acid resin (A) and a silicone/acrylic composite rubber (D) or has at least one layer made from the mixed resin and which exhibits a heat shrinkage percentage of 20% or above in the main shrinkage direction when dipped in water at 80° C. for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiruma, Takeyoshi Yamada, You Miyashita, Kouichi Sawa, Kazuya Tanaka, Jun Takagi
  • Patent number: 8426054
    Abstract: A laminated porous film having a shutdown (SD) property and a high breakdown (BD) property combined includes at least two layers, which are a porous membrane layer (A layer) having a thickness of 10 ?m or greater other than non-woven fabric and a non-woven fabric layer (B layer) having a fiber diameter of 1 ?m or less. A value of the ratio (AP1/AP2) between air permeability when heating at a heating temperature of 150° C. to 200° C. for three minutes (AP1) and air permeability prior to heating (AP2) is 10 or greater at any heating temperature between 150° C. and 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usami, Takeyoshi Yamada, Jun Takagi
  • Patent number: 8420193
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film having a layer made of a mixed resin containing a polylactic acid resin and a polyolefin resin as the main components, wherein the mass ratio of the polylactic acid resin and the polyolefin resin is 95/5 to 50/50, the polylactic acid resin is a copolymer of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid or a mixed resin of the copolymer, the D/L ratio of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid is 3/97 to 15/85 or 85/15 to 97/3, the storage elastic modulus of the polyolefin resin or the soft acrylic resin at 20° C. is ?100 MPa as measured at an oscillation frequency of 10 Hz and a strain of 0.1%, the film is stretched in at least one direction, and the heat shrinkage ratio of the film in the main shrinking direction is ?20% as measured after the film is immersed in 80° C. water for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiruma, Takeyoshi Yamada, Takatoshi Muta
  • Publication number: 20130017452
    Abstract: As a porous film in which the air-permeability at the time of elongation of the porous film was adjusted, whereby, when used as a battery separator, the holes of a separator in an electrode/separator wound body have been controlled, a polypropylene series resin porous film is proposed, in which, for a porous film having a polypropylene series resin as the main component, regarding air-permeability (Pa) prior to elongation and air-permeability (Pa?) at 5% elongation, (1) Pa? is 1,000 seconds/100 ml or less and (2) Pa?/Pa is 1.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Miho Yamamoto, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Publication number: 20130017430
    Abstract: As an object of the present invention, to provide a polyolefin resin porous film fulfilling high continuity, excellent dimensional stability and shutdown function which closes the pores sensitively and completely in a temperature range of 120 to 140° C. without closing the pores at less than 120° C. The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin porous film having at least one layer each of a layer comprising as the main component a polypropylene resin composition (A) and a layer comprising as the main component a polyethylene resin composition (B) fulfilling the condition (i) the melting point of the polyethylene resin composition (B) is 130° C. or higher, and the condition (ii) the melt flow rate (MFR) of the polyethylene resin composition (B) is 2.0 to 15 g/10 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC
    Inventors: Toru Terakawa, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Publication number: 20130011743
    Abstract: In order to provide a porous polypropylene film in which the ratio of change in air permeability is small and the initial air-permeating property is satisfactory even under high temperature environment, a porous polypropylene film is proposed, satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2) regarding air-permeability (Pa1) at 20° C. and air-permeability (Pa2) after heating at 95° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Miho Yamamoto, Yasushi Usami
  • Publication number: 20120329894
    Abstract: Regarding a polypropylene series resin porous film having a polypropylene series resin as the main component, so as to exert excellent slipping ability and processability when used as a battery separator, a polypropylene series resin porous film fabricated in such a way that the coefficient of static friction against film is greater than the coefficient of static friction against SUS is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Miho Yamamoto, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Patent number: 8288033
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated porous film having excellent shutdown characteristics and breakdown characteristics, good tearing strength and dimensional stability, and B activity. The laminated porous film comprises layer A, the main component of which is a polypropylene resin, and layer B which contains a polyethylene resin, and the ratio of the rearing strength (HMD) in the machine direction (MD) of the laminated porous film and the tearing strength (HTD) in the transverse direction (TD) of the laminated porous film with respect to the machine direction (HMD) (HTD) is 0.08 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Terakawa, Miho Yamamoto, Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami
  • Patent number: 8227058
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable laminated film including at least two layers, in which the first layer is composed of at least one kind of a polylactic acid series resin as the main component and the second layer is composed of at least one kind of a polyolefin series resin as the main component. Heat shrinkage ratio of this film in the film main shrinking direction is 30% or more when dipped in warm water of 80° C. for 10 seconds. Since this heat-shrinkable laminated film is made from a plant-derived resin, it promotes a use of biomass. Also, as this film exhibits excellent shrinkage property in low temperature, film rigidity, shrink finishing quality, and small natural shrinkage ratio, the film is suitably used for a molded product which requires heat shrinkage property, specifically, it is suitably used for shrinkable label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, You Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20120101180
    Abstract: Provided is a porous polypropylene film having both air permeability properties and puncture strength. A porous polypropylene film which has an air permeability of 700 seconds/100 ml or less and a puncture strength of 1.5 N or greater, and has ? activity can be obtained when the porous polypropylene film is made to have a tensile strength in the machine direction of the film, EMD, of 100 MPa or greater, a tensile strength in the transverse direction to the machine direction, ETD, of less than 100 MPa, and a ratio of EMD and ETD, EMD/ETD, of 1.5 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Yasushi Usami, Toru Terakawa
  • Patent number: 8137773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin series heat-shrinkable film comprising a mixed resin mainly containing a polyolefin series resin (A), polylactic acid series resin (B), and a resin (C) facilitating compatibility with the resin (A) and the resin (B), or comprising at least one layer made of the mixed resin, wherein mass ratio of the resin (A) to the resin (B) is (A)/(B)=99/1 to 70/30; heat shrinkage ratio of the film at least in one direction when dipped in hot water at 80° C. for 10 seconds is 20% or more; and natural shrinkage ratio of the film when stored at 40° C. under 50% RH environment for 7 days is less than 10%. This polyolefin series heat-shrinkable film exhibits excellent heat-shrinkable property and shrink finishing quality, and inhibits natural shrinkage. This invention also provides a polyolefin series heat-shrinkable label and container on which the heat-shrinkable label is fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Hiruma, Takeyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110300430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for a battery, which comprises a porous film mainly composed of a polyolefin film, has heat resistance, and can improve battery properties. Specifically disclosed is a separator for a battery, which is characterized by having a layer mainly composed of a polyolefin resin, wherein at least one surface of the separator has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.3 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usami, Takeyoshi Yamada, Eiki Yasukawa, Takayuki Nakajima