Patents by Inventor Tomoko Ishimoto

Tomoko Ishimoto 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: 10501618
    Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin composition which contains an epoxy resin and a curing agent, and satisfies the following (1), (2), and (3): (1) the bending elastic modulus of a cured product of the epoxy resin composition is 3.3 GPa or higher; (2) the bending strain at break of the cured product of the epoxy resin composition is 9% or higher; and (3) the fiber-reinforced plastic ? formed of the cured product of the epoxy resin composition and a reinforcing fiber substrate in which carbon fibers, which are continuous fibers, are evenly aligned in one direction has 90° bending strength of 95 MPa or higher, and a film, a prepreg, and fiber-reinforced plastic that are produced by using the epoxy resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Ishimoto, Manabu Kaneko, Tetsuya Atsumi, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9988508
    Abstract: An epoxy-resin composition of the components (A), (B), (D) and (E), where component (A) is an epoxy resin having an oxazolidone-ring structure, (B) is a bisphenol bifunctional epoxy resin with a number-average molecular weight of at least 600 but no more than 1300, which does not have an oxazolidone-ring structure, (D) is a triblock copolymer, and (E) is a curing agent. A film made of the epoxy-resin composition, a prepreg and a fiber-reinforced plastic is also disclosed. The epoxy resin composition is capable of achieving both a processability of a prepreg at room temperature and a suppression of voids in the molded product. A fiber-reinforced plastic having excellent mechanical properties, especially excellent fracture toughness and heat tolerance, is also obtained by using the epoxy-resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Ishimoto, Manabu Kaneko, Kenichi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fukuhara, Sanae Kita
  • Publication number: 20170369700
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition suitable for molding a fiber-reinforced plastic molded article is provided. The molded article has exceptional mechanical properties. In particular, a tubular molded article has high breaking strength. The epoxy resin composition contains components (A), (C), and (D), where component (A) is an epoxy resin of a particular formula, component (C) is an epoxy resin other than component (A) that is liquid at 25° C., and component (D) is a curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu MITOBE, Kenichi WATANABE, Tomoko ISHIMOTO, Shinya KATOU
  • Patent number: 9574081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxy-resin composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D), a film made of the epoxy resin composition, a prepreg and a fiber-reinforced plastic. The present invention can provide an epoxy-resin composition that cures at a low temperature in a short period of time. Also, the present invention can provide a fiber-reinforced plastic having excellent mechanical characteristics, especially excellent fracture toughness and heat tolerance, is made from the epoxy-resin composition. component (A): an epoxy resin having a monomer unit represented by formula (1) in the molecule; component (B): a bifunctional epoxy resin with a number-average molecular weight of at least 600 but no greater than 1300, which does not have a monomer unit represented by formula (1) below in the molecule; component (C): a triblock copolymer; and component (D): a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Ishimoto, Manabu Kaneko, Kenichi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fukuhara, Sanae Kita
  • Publication number: 20160297959
    Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin composition which contains an epoxy resin and a curing agent, and satisfies the following (1), (2), and (3): (1) the bending elastic modulus of a cured product of the epoxy resin composition is 3.3 GPa or higher; (2) the bending strain at break of the cured product of the epoxy resin composition is 9% or higher; and (3) the fiber-reinforced plastic ? formed of the cured product of the epoxy resin composition and a reinforcing fiber substrate in which carbon fibers, which are continuous fibers, are evenly aligned in one direction has 90° bending strength of 95 MPa or higher, and a film, a prepreg, and fiber-reinforced plastic that are produced by using the epoxy resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko ISHIMOTO, Manabu KANEKO, Tetsuya ATSUMI, Kenichi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150337099
    Abstract: A prepreg comprising an epoxy resin (A), a boron chloride-amine complex (B) and a fiber base material (C) is used. Preferably, the molar ratio of boron in the boron chloride-amine complex (B) is 4-7 mol % with respect to the number of moles of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin (A), and the epoxy resin (A) includes a bifunctional epoxy resin with an oxazolidone ring structure, a bisphenol-type epoxy resin and a phenol-novolac-type epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Kaneko, Tomoko Ishimoto, Kaori Usami
  • Publication number: 20150328828
    Abstract: A prepreg comprising an epoxy resin (A), a boron chloride-amine complex (B) and a fiber base material (C) is used. Preferably, the molar ratio of boron in the boron chloride-amine complex (B) is 4-7 mol % with respect to the number of moles of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin (A), and the epoxy resin (A) includes a bifunctional epoxy resin with an oxazolidone ring structure, a bisphenol-type epoxy resin and a phenol-novolac-type epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu KANEKO, Tomoko ISHIMOTO, Kaori USAMI
  • Publication number: 20150191592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to An epoxy-resin composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D), a film made of the epoxy resin composition, a prepreg and a fiber-reinforced plastic. The present invention can provide an epoxy-resin composition that cures at a low temperature in a short period of time. Also, the present invention can provide a fiber-reinforced plastic having excellent mechanical characteristics, especially excellent fracture toughness and heat tolerance, is made from the epoxy-resin composition. component (A): an epoxy resin having a monomer unit represented by formula (1) in the molecule; component (B): a bifunctional epoxy resin with a number-average molecular weight of at least 600 but no greater than 1300, which does not have a monomer unit represented by formula (1) below in the molecule; component (C): a triblock copolymer; and component (D): a curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Ishimoto, Manabu Kaneko, Kenichi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fukuhara, Sanae Kita
  • Publication number: 20150175760
    Abstract: An epoxy-resin composition of the components (A), (B), (D) and (E), where component (A) is an epoxy resin having an oxazolidone-ring structure, (B) is a bisphenol bifunctional epoxy resin with a number-average molecular weight of at least 600 but no more than 1300, which does not have an oxazolidone-ring structure, (D) is a triblock copolymer, and (E) is a curing agent. A film made of the epoxy-resin composition, a prepreg and a fiber-reinforced plastic is also disclosed. The epoxy resin composition is capable of achieving both a processability of a prepreg at room temperature and a suppression of voids in the molded product. A fiber-reinforced plastic having excellent mechanical properties, especially excellent fracture toughness and heat tolerance, is also obtained by using the epoxy-resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Ishimoto, Manabu Kaneko, Kenichi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fukuhara, Sanae Kita
  • Publication number: 20120202071
    Abstract: A prepreg comprising an epoxy resin (A), a boron chloride-amine complex (B) and a fiber base material (C) is used. Preferably, the molar ratio of boron in the boron chloride-amine complex (B) is 4-7 mol % with respect to the number of moles of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin (A), and the epoxy resin (A) includes a bifunctional epoxy resin with an oxazolidone ring structure, a bisphenol-type epoxy resin and a phenol-novolac-type epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubhishi Rayon Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Manabu Kaneko, Tomoko Ishimoto, Kaori Usami
  • Patent number: 6054181
    Abstract: A method of subjecting a plurality of wafers to coating and beating treatments where a first boat is placed on a stage arranged in an interface section. The first boat is capable of containing the wafers stacked at intervals in a vertical direction. The stage is capable of moving in a horizontal direction, and has a plurality of positions for respectively placing a plurality of boats. The wafers are conveyed from a supply section to a coating section, and are subjected to a coating treatment one by one. The wafers, which have undergone the coating treatment, are conveyed to the interface section. The wafers, which have undergone the coating treatment, are loaded into the first boat placed on the stage, in the interface section. The first boat containing the wafers, which have undergone the coating treatment, is located at a transfer position by moving the stage. The first boat, located at a transfer position by moving the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nanbu, Naruaki Iida, Hideaki Gotou, Masanori Tateyama, Yuji Yoshimoto, Tomoko Ishimoto, Hidetami Yaegashi, Yasunori Kawakami, Takahide Fukuda, Akihiro Fujimoto, Takashi Takekuma, Hiroyuki Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 5725664
    Abstract: An apparatus for subjecting a plurality of wafers to coating and heating treatments, including a coating section for subjecting the wafers to a coating treatment one by one, a heating section for subjecting wafers which have undergone the coating treatment to a heating treatment all together, and an interface section arranged between the coating section and the heating section. The wafers are heat-treated in the heat treatment section while the wafers are stacked at intervals in a vertical direction in a boat. The wafers which have undergone the coating treatment are loaded into the boat by a conveying member in the interface section. The conveying member and the boat are surrounded by a surrounding space formed by a casing at the interface section. A circulation line is combined with an air supply and exhaust system, for circulating air in the surrounding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nanbu, Naruaki Iida, Hideaki Gotou, Masanori Tateyama, Yuji Yoshimoto, Tomoko Ishimoto, Hidetami Yaegashi, Yasunori Kawakami, Takahide Fukuda, Akihiro Fujimoto, Takashi Takekuma, Hiroyuki Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 5565034
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to this invention includes an interface section having a first transfer member for transferring an object from a coating process section for applying a process solution to the object in accordance with a single sheet process to an object holding member, and a moving member for detachably supplying a plurality of object holding member and simultaneously moving the plurality of object holding member, and a heat-treatment section having a second transfer member for transferring the object placed on the object holding member to a heat-treatment section for heat-treating the plurality of objects, which have undergone the coating process, in accordance with a batch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nanbu, Naruaki Iida, Hideaki Gotou, Masanori Tateyama, Yuji Yoshimoto, Tomoko Ishimoto, Hidetami Yaegashi, Yasunori Kawakami, Takahide Fukuda, Akihiro Fujimoto, Takashi Takekuma, Hiroyuki Matsukawa