Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Ban

Tetsuo Ban 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: 7767302
    Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 and a fiber length of 20 to 6,000 ?m which differ from each other in average fiber diameter or by mixing one of them with a pitch-based carbon fiber web to improve dispersibility into a matrix resin or increase the dispersion ratio of the pitch-based carbon short fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masumi Hirata, Hiroshi Hara, Tetsuo Ban
  • Patent number: 7700064
    Abstract: A carbon fiber having a total content of Li, Na, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni and Co metal elements of no more than 50 ppm and a fiber diameter of 0.001 to 2 ?m and not branched and a assembly of a plurality of the carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Tetsuo Ban, Masumi Hirata, Toru Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20100068496
    Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 and a fiber length of 20 to 6,000 ?m which differ from each other in average fiber diameter or by mixing one of them with a pitch-based carbon fiber web to improve dispersibility into a matrix resin or increase the dispersion ratio of the pitch-based carbon short fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masumi HIRATA, Hiroshi Hara, Tetsuo Ban
  • Patent number: 7651767
    Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 and a fiber length of 20 to 6,000 ?m which differ from each other in average fiber diameter or by mixing one of them with a pitch-based carbon fiber web to improve dispersibility into a matrix resin or increase the dispersion ratio of the pitch-based carbon short fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masumi Hirata, Hiroshi Hara, Tetsuo Ban
  • Patent number: 7585930
    Abstract: A method of decomposing a polycarbonate with water in a supercritical or subcritical state. A high-purity dihydroxy compound which is a constituent component of the polycarbonate can be recovered at a high yield by this decomposition method. This decomposition method is environment-friendly because it does not use an organic solvent, easy to be carried out, has a high decomposition rate and rarely causes a side reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Mai Kitahara, Masumi Hirata, Tetsuo Ban, Toru Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20090075054
    Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 and a fiber length of 20 to 6,000 ?m which differ from each other in average fiber diameter or by mixing one of them with a pitch-based carbon fiber web to improve dispersibility into a matrix resin or increase the dispersion ratio of the pitch-based carbon short fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masumi Hirata, Hiroshi Hara, Tetsuo Ban
  • Publication number: 20090061193
    Abstract: A carbon fiber composite sheet comprising a pitch-based carbon fiber web and a matrix resin, wherein carbon fibers constituting the pitch-based carbon fiber web have a crystallite size in the hexagonal net plane direction of 5 nm or more and a thermal conductivity in the thickness direction of 1 W/(m·K) or more. This carbon fiber composite sheet is used for radio shielding and heat conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Masumi Hirata, Tetsuo Ban
  • Publication number: 20070185309
    Abstract: A method of decomposing a polycarbonate with water in a supercritical or subcritical state. A high-purity dihydroxy compound which is a constituent component of the polycarbonate can be recovered at a high yield by this decomposition method. This decomposition method is environment-friendly because it does not use an organic solvent, easy to be carried out, has a high decomposition rate and rarely causes a side reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Mai Kitahara, Masumi Hirata, Tetsuo Ban, Toru Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20070184348
    Abstract: A carbon fiber having a total content of Li, Na, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni and Co metal elements of no more than 50 ppm and a fiber diameter of 0.001 to 2 ?m and not branched and a assembly of a plurality of the carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Tetsuo Ban, Masumi Hirata, Toru Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20060012061
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of 0.001 to 5 ?m and a narrow fiber size distribution, and a resin composition suitable for the manufacture of a carbon fiber. A resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, 1 to 150 parts by weight of a carbon precursor organic compound (A) and 0.001 to 40 parts by weight of acopolymer of polymer segments (e1) and (e2) which satisfy a specific range of surface tension for the thermoplastic resin and a specific range of surface tension for the carbon precursor organic compound (A) at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masumi Hirata, Hiroshi Sakurai, Toru Sawaki, Tetsuo Ban, Satoru Ohmori, Shunichi Matsumura, Hideaki Nitta
  • Patent number: 6793384
    Abstract: A tail lamp unit is disposed inside a rear end portion of a rear cowl of a motorcycle. The rear end portion has a shape whose lateral width narrows or tapers toward an upper end of the rear cowl. A tail lamp is disposed on an upper portion of the tail lamp structure and a brake lamp is disposed beneath the tail lamp, thereby ensuring a sufficient lighting area of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Yumio Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040054238
    Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate depolymerization method comprising reacting an aromatic polycarbonate with water, an aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenol which may be substituted by a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the critical fluid of carbon dioxide or with the critical fluid of an aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenol which may be substituted by a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Eishin Yoshisato, Masaharu Muramoto, Kenji Ohashi, Masumi Hirata
  • Patent number: 6596896
    Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic carbonate by reacting an aromatic monohydroxy compound with carbon monoxide and molecular oxygen, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of: (a) palladium or a palladium compound (component (a)); (b) a redox catalyst (component (b)); (c) a heteropoly-acid or salt thereof (component (c)); and (d) a quaternary ammonium salt or quaternary phosphonium salt (component (d)), and under dehydration conditions. According to the present invention, an aromatic carbonate can be produced from an aromatic monohydroxy compound by a simple process economically and efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Eishin Yoshisato, Tetsuo Ban, Masaharu Muramoto, Yuzo Fujiwara, Teizo Yamaji, Chengguo Jia, Guochuan Yin
  • Publication number: 20030063472
    Abstract: A tail lamp unit is disposed inside a rear end portion of a rear cowl of a motorcycle. The rear end portion has a shape whose lateral width narrows or tapers toward an upper end of the rear cowl. A tail lamp is disposed on an upper portion of the tail lamp structure and a brake lamp is disposed beneath the tail lamp, thereby ensuring a sufficient lighting area of the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Yumio Shibata
  • Publication number: 20030032831
    Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic carbonate by reacting an aromatic monohydroxy compound with carbon monoxide and molecular oxygen, wherein
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Eishin Yoshisato, Tetsuo Ban, Masaharu Muramoto, Yuzo Fujiwara, Teizo Yamaji, Chengguo Jia, Guochuan Yin
  • Patent number: D500464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Daisuke Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Kohama
  • Patent number: D440189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Daisuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: D526606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Daisuke Soeno, Hirotoshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: D470439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Yumio Shibata
  • Patent number: D499995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ban, Daisuke Takahashi