Patents by Inventor Takuya Tomoda

Takuya Tomoda 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: 11933383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a twisted cord for constituting a core wire of a power-transmission belt, the twisted cord including a plurality of primary twisted yarns that are bundled and secondarily-twisted, in which when secondary twist is untwisted by 25 cm, a difference in length between the longest primary twisted yarn L and the shortest primary twisted yarn S among the plurality of primary twisted yarns is 1 to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sueto, Takuya Tomoda, Mayu Esaka
  • Patent number: 11879520
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a friction transmission belt that includes a core cable. The core cable includes a cord comprising: a core yarn containing high elastic-modulus fibers; and a plurality of sheath yarns that are disposed around the core yarn and that contain low elastic-modulus fibers. The cord is twisted and the proportion of the average diameter of the sheath yarn to the average diameter of the core yarn is 0.2 to 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Tamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11859078
    Abstract: An aqueous treatment agent for preparing a cord by treating an untreated yarn for a power transmission belt includes at least a first aqueous treatment agent. The first aqueous treatment agent contains an epoxy resin (A), a polycarbonate polyol (B), and a blocked polyisocyanate (C). The epoxy resin (A) may contain a bisphenol type epoxy resin (A1). The polycarbonate polyol (B) may contain a polycarbonate diol (B1). The blocked polyisocyanate (C) may contain at least one blocked polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyisocyanate or derivatives thereof and an aromatic polyisocyanate and having a dissociation temperature of 120° C. to 180° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11815158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a core wire for a frictional power-transmission belt, the core wire including a Lang lay cord, having a total fineness of 300 to 1000 tex, and including a rubber component adhered to at least a part of a surface of the core wire, in which the Lang lay cord comprises a first-twisted yarn, and in which the first-twisted yarn comprises a carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tomoda, Takeshi Nishiyama, Masashi Tamura, Tomomitsu Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11674561
    Abstract: A frictional power transmission belt is provided, containing an adhesion rubber layer in contact with at least a portion of a tension member extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt, in which the adhesion rubber layer is formed of a first vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and a filler, the filler contains substantially no silica and contains 30 parts by mass or more of carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the tension member has, on a surface thereof, an overcoat layer formed of a second vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Ishiguro, Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20230037131
    Abstract: A core wire for a power-transmission belt includes a plied twisted cord formed by putting together and secondary twisting a plurality of primary twisted yarns. The primary twisted yarns include a plurality of hard primary twisted yarns (A) and one soft primary twisted yarn (B). The hard primary twisted yarns (A) include an aramid fiber, and a fineness of each hard primary twisted yarn (A) is 1500 dtex or less. The soft primary twisted yarn (B) includes a low elastic modulus fiber. A ratio (B/A) of a primary twist coefficient of the soft primary twisted yarn (B) to an average value of primary twist coefficients of the hard primary twisted yarns (A) is 0.5 to 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tomoda, Yasushi Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20220243785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a twisted cord for constituting a core wire of a power-transmission belt, the twisted cord including a plurality of primary twisted yarns that are bundled and secondarily-twisted, in which when secondary twist is untwisted by 25 cm, a difference in length between the longest primary twisted yarn L and the shortest primary twisted yarn S among the plurality of primary twisted yarns is 1 to 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sueto, Takuya Tomoda, Mayu Esaka
  • Publication number: 20220153986
    Abstract: An aqueous treatment agent for preparing a cord by treating an untreated yarn for a power transmission belt includes at least a first aqueous treatment agent. The first aqueous treatment agent contains an epoxy resin (A), a polycarbonate polyol (B), and a blocked polyisocyanate (C). The epoxy resin (A) may contain a bisphenol type epoxy resin (A1). The polycarbonate polyol (B) may contain a polycarbonate diol (B1). The blocked polyisocyanate (C) may contain at least one blocked polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyisocyanate or derivatives thereof and an aromatic polyisocyanate and having a dissociation temperature of 120° C. to 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11131058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cord for a power transmission belt, including a first treatment step of treating an untreated yarn of a cord for a power transmission belt with a first treatment agent containing: a rubber composition (A) containing a condensate (A1) of a resorcin and formaldehyde, a rubber component (A2) containing a carboxy-modified latex, and a curing agent (A3) containing a polycarbodiimide resin having a plurality of carbodiimide groups; and a hydrophilic solvent (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20210222755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a core wire for a frictional power-transmission belt, the core wire including a Lang lay cord, having a total fineness of 300 to 1000 tex, and including a rubber component adhered to at least a part of a surface of the core wire, in which the Lang lay cord comprises a first-twisted yarn, and in which the first-twisted yarn comprises a carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tomoda, Takeshi Nishiyama, Masashi Tamura, Tomomitsu Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10941506
    Abstract: A plied cord includes three or four first twist yarns containing para-aramid fibers, wherein: the para-aramid fibers have an average size of 1000-1250 dtex, a tensile elasticity of 55-70 GPa and a tensile strength of 2800-3500 MPa; and for the plied cord, the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is three is 33-40 twists/10 cm and the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is four is 42-52 twists/10 cm, the second twist direction is the opposite direction from the first twist, and the ratio of the second twist coefficient to the first twist coefficient is 0.25-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20200378469
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a friction transmission belt that includes a core cable. The core cable includes a cord comprising: a core yarn containing high elastic-modulus fibers; and a plurality of sheath yarns that are disposed around the core yarn and that contain low elastic-modulus fibers. The cord is twisted and the proportion of the average diameter of the sheath yarn to the average diameter of the core yarn is 0.2 to 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Tamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20190276954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plied cord comprising three or four first twist yarns containing para-aramid fibers, wherein: the para-aramid fibers have an average size of 1000-1250 dtex, a tensile elasticity of 55-70 GPa and a tensile strength of 2800-3500 MPa; and for the plied cord, the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is three is 33-40 twists/10 cm and the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is four is 42-52 twists/10 cm, the second twist direction is the opposite direction from the first twist, and the ratio of the second twist coefficient to the first twist coefficient is 0.25-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 10280304
    Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin composition which is excellent in mechanical strength as well as electromagnetic shielding effect, slidability and moist heat resistance. The resin composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyarylene sulfide resin (component A) synthesized through a polymerization reaction using an aromatic disulfide-based compound as a polymerization terminator and (B) 10 to 180 parts by weight of carbon fibers (component B), wholly aromatic polyamide fibers (component C) or glass fibers (component D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20190128373
    Abstract: A frictional power transmission belt is provided, containing an adhesion rubber layer in contact with at least a portion of a tension member extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt, in which the adhesion rubber layer is formed of a first vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and a filler, the filler contains subsantially no silica and contains 30 parts by mass or more of carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the tension member has, on a surface thereof, an overcoat layer formed of a second vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Ishiguro, Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20190128372
    Abstract: Provided is a frictional power transmission belt containing an adhesion rubber layer in contact with at least a portion of a tension member extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt, in which the adhesion rubber layer is formed of a first vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and a filler. The filler contains substantially no silica and contains 30 parts by mass or more of carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the tension member has, on a surface thereof, an overcoat layer formed of a second vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Ishiguro, Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 10233327
    Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin composition which is excellent in mechanical strength as well as electromagnetic shielding effect, slidability and moist heat resistance. The resin composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyarylene sulfide resin (component A) synthesized through a polymerization reaction using an aromatic disulfide-based compound as a polymerization terminator and (B) 10 to 180 parts by weight of carbon fibers (component B), wholly aromatic polyamide fibers (component C) or glass fibers (component D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20180313028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cord for a power transmission belt, including a first treatment step of treating an untreated yarn of a cord for a power transmission belt with a first treatment agent containing: a rubber composition (A) containing a condensate (A1) of a resorcin and formaldehyde, a rubber component (A2) containing a carboxy-modified latex, and a curing agent (A3) containing a polycarbodiimide resin having a plurality of carbodiimide groups; and a hydrophilic solvent (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20180265701
    Abstract: A resin composition which comprises a polyarylene sulfide resin having a reduced chlorine content and a reduced sodium content and a filler and is excellent in weld strength and moist heat resistance while it retains the excellent characteristic properties of the polyarylene sulfide resin. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of the polyarylene sulfide resin (component A) and 10 to 300 parts by weight of the filler (component B) and has a total chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm and a total sodium content of not more than 39 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya TOMODA, Satoshi NOMURA, Hidenori NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180215918
    Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin composition which is excellent in mechanical strength as well as electromagnetic shielding effect, slidability and moist heat resistance. The resin composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyarylene sulfide resin (component A) synthesized through a polymerization reaction using an aromatic disulfide-based compound as a polymerization terminator and (B) 10 to 180 parts by weight of carbon fibers (component B), wholly aromatic polyamide fibers (component C) or glass fibers (component B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takuya TOMODA