Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Shigei

Tetsuro Shigei 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: 5482906
    Abstract: An adsorption material and process for producing the same is disclosed, comprising milled activated carbon fiber and together by fibrils of a polytetrafluoroethylene resin. The adsorption material has high tensile strength and elongation and good softness. Furthermore, the adsorption material has high adsorptivity, high packing density and good gas permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Toho Tayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Sakai, Tetsuro Shigei, Takayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5167945
    Abstract: A method for producing graphite fiber comprising graphitizing carbon fiber having a strength of 500 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more and a modulus of elasticity of from 27,000 to 33,000 kgf/mm.sup.2, and having at least on the surface of the fibers, from 0.2 to 2% by weight of an epoxy resin as a sizing agent, from 0.005 to 0.10% by weight of silicon and 0.005 to 0.02% by weight of phosphorus based on the weight of carbon fiber having said epoxy resin, silicon and phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Toho Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei, Tomoaki Kanno
  • Patent number: 5078840
    Abstract: A process for electrolytically treating the surface of a carbon fiber without using a surface treatment bath, comprising forming a flow of an electrolyte solution in the form of a liquid film or column at at least one anode and at at least one cathode which alternate along the direction of the length of the carbon fiber, and passing carbon fiber strands through the flows of the electrolyte solution to apply electric current to the carbon fiber strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Toho Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei, Tomoki Koseki
  • Patent number: 4830845
    Abstract: An acrylic fiber having applied thereto a polyoxyalkylene aminopolysiloxane compound having a viscosity of from 5 to 500 poises at 25.degree. C. and which is represented by formula (I) as an oiling agent: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each represents a lower alkyl group or an aryl group,R.sub.7 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group,R.sub.8 represents H or --CH.sub.3, or ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.10, R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group),R.sub.9 represents an alkylene group having not more than 5 carbon atoms, an arylene group, or a single bond,A represents a group ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.13 and R.sub.14 each represents H, --CH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5),B represents a group ##STR4## (wherein R.sub.15 : H or --CH.sub.3, and m and n each represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 10, provided that m+n.gtoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Toho Belson Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei
  • Patent number: 4671950
    Abstract: A carbonaceous fiber having a carbon content of from 70 to 90%, a high tensile strength and a high modulus of elasticity, which is produced by a method which comprises preoxidizing an acrylic fiber in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of from 10.degree. to 60.degree. C. below the decomposition point of said fiber, to prepare a preoxidized fiber having a degree of orientation of not less than 78% at an angle of X-ray diffraction (2.theta.) of 25.degree. and a specific gravity of from 1.30 to 1.40, pyrolyzing the preoxidized fiber in an inert gas atmosphere by passing the fiber firstly through a lower temperature zone having a temperature of not higher than 750.degree. C. and then through a higher temperature zone having a temperature of from 750.degree. to 950.degree. C., during the pyrolysis controlling the tension of the fiber so that the change of the fiber length during pyrolyzing is from +16% to -8.8% based on the length of the preoxidized fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Toho Beslon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei, Hiroshi Sugeno, Kazuhiro Ichimaru
  • Patent number: 4536448
    Abstract: A preoxidized fiber suitable for producing carbon fiber, comprising preoxidizing an acrylic fiber having thereon an ammonium salt of a fatty ester represented by formula [A] and [B] ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 11 to 17 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 can each be hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxyethyl group, or an hydroxyisopropyl group; and X.crclbar. is an anion.The preoxidized fiber produced from the acrylic fiber has very little coalescence, and therefore high-strength carbon fiber can be obtained from this preoxidized fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei, Hayashi Takahashi, Tetuya Okabe, Fumio Miyatake
  • Patent number: 4401533
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon fibers exhibiting excellent adhesive properties to resins and having high strength and heat-oxidation resistance, comprising electrically treating high strength carbon fiber in an aqueous solution of a sulfuric acid salt under conditions such that the current density is from about 0.05 to 0.5 A/m.sup.2 and the product of current density, voltage, and processing time is from about 0.02 to 8 A-V-min/m.sup.2, while continuously moving the carbon fiber as an anode in the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Toho Belson Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Saito, Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tetsuro Shigei