Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiro Iwama

Tatsuhiro Iwama 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: 20230079167
    Abstract: A method of producing a hollow fiber membrane is provided. The method includes: extruding from a molding nozzle a membrane-forming stock solution, the membrane-forming stock solution containing a vinylidene fluoride-based resin, polyethylene glycol, and a common solvent, and having a slope (B) of 1.15 or more and less than 3.00 where the slope (B) is calculated by I=A×q?B from a scattering intensity of a small-angle X-ray; and solidifying the extruded membrane-forming stock solution in a solution containing water as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihito TANAKA, Tatsuhiro IWAMA, Hirokazu FUJIMURA, Mie NAYUKI
  • Publication number: 20210039050
    Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane contains a vinylidene fluoride-based resin and polyethylene glycol. In the hollow fiber membrane, the polyethylene glycol has a content of 1.0 part by weight or more and less than 5.0 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the vinylidene fluoride-based resin. In a case where the hollow fiber membrane is divided in three equal parts by a line drawn from an inner surface side to an outer surface side of the hollow fiber membrane in a radial direction of a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber membrane, and where polyethylene glycol normalized intensities at respective intermediate points are defined as inner surface part a, central part b, and outer surface part c, c is less than 0.3 and a is 0.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihito TANAKA, Tatsuhiro IWAMA, Hirokazu FUJIMURA, Mie NAYUKI
  • Patent number: 8143343
    Abstract: A microphase-separated structure comprising a block copolymer, which contains at least a block chain A consisting of a monomer A as a repeating unit and a block chain B consisting of a monomer B as a repeating unit, and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a temperature zone 1 where the block chain A and the block chain B are soluble and a temperature zone 2 where the block chain A is insoluble but the block chain B is soluble, and a structural period thereof varies by changing temperature between the temperature zone 1 and the temperature zone 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Nagoya Instiute of Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Okamoto, Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Tatsuhiro Iwama, Mayu Okada, Shigeo Hara, Yoshihiro Takiguchi, Masahiro Mouri, Katsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100103414
    Abstract: [Project] To provide a microphase-separated structure which comprises a vast and visible structure showing a structural color with the use of the phase separation due to the self-assembly of a block copolymer, enables the design of a definite structural color by a convenient method and shows temperature response. [Means for Solving Problems] A microphase-separated structure comprising a block copolymer, which contains at least a block chain A consisting of a monomer A as a repeating unit and a block chain B consisting of a monomer B as a repeating unit, and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a temperature zone 1 where the block chain A and the block chain B are soluble and a temperature zone 2 where the block chain A is insoluble but the block chain B is soluble, and a structural period thereof varies by changing temperature between the temperature zone 1 and the temperature zone 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Shigeru Okamoto, Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Tatsuhiro Iwama, Mayu Okada, Shigeo Hara, Yoshihiro Takiguchi, Masahiro Mouri, Katsushi Watanabe