Patents by Inventor Tomonori Saito
Tomonori Saito 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).
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Publication number: 20180118987Abstract: Provided is a one-part water-based adhesive composition which suffers no yellowing and is excellent in adhesiveness and durability. The one-part water-based adhesive composition includes (A) an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin and (B) a silane compound obtained by reacting a specific epoxysilane compound with an aminosilane compound represented by the following Formula (2), the amount of the epoxysilane compound being in the range of 1.5 to 10 mol per 1 mol of the aminosilane compound, at a reaction temperature of 40 to 100° C. (In Formula (2), R7 to R12 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R13 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R14 is an alkyl group, and b is 0 or 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventor: Tomonori SAITO
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Patent number: 9873094Abstract: A membrane useful in gas separation, the membrane comprising a cross-linked polysiloxane structure having a cross-link density of about 0.1×10?5 mol/cm3 to about 6×10?5 mol/cm3, where, in particular embodiments, the cross-linked polysiloxane structure has the following general structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from hydrocarbon groups having at least 1 and up to 6 carbon atoms; A1 and A2 are independently selected from cyclic hydrocarbon groups; L1 and L2 are linking groups or covalent bonds; n is an integer of at least 1; r and s are independently selected from integers of at least 1; and p is an integer of at least 10. The invention also includes methods for making and using the above-described membranes for gas separation.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventors: Tao Hong, Sabornie Chatterjee, Shannon Mark Mahurin, Brian Keith Long, De-en Jiang, Jimmy Wayne Mays, Alexei P. Sokolov, Tomonori Saito
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Patent number: 9828700Abstract: Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Naskar, Marcus Andrew Hunt, Tomonori Saito
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Publication number: 20170326530Abstract: A fiber useful in the absorption of metal ions from aqueous solutions, the fiber comprising a polyolefin backbone having a diameter of at least 1 micron and having covalently appended on its surface halogen atoms and vinyl-addition polymeric grafts functionalized with metal-binding groups, such as at least one functional group selected from carboxylate, keto, aldo, amino, imino, nitrile, amido, oxime, amidoxime, imide dioxime, and hydroxamate groups. The vinyl-addition polymeric grafts may also be further functionalized with hydrophilic groups different from the metal-binding groups, wherein the hydrophilic groups may be selected from carboxylate, sulfone, sulfonate, phosphonate, alkylammonium, iminium, amide, pyrrolidone, and polyalkyleneglycol groups. Also described are methods for producing the functionalized fibers, and methods for using the functionalized fiber, particularly in extracting metal ions from metal-containing solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Sheng DAI, Suree BROWN, Tomonori SAITO
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Publication number: 20170043303Abstract: A membrane useful in gas separation, the membrane comprising a cross-linked polysiloxane structure having a cross-link density of about 0.1×10?5 mol/cm3 to about 6×10?5 mol/cm3, where, in particular embodiments, the cross-linked polysiloxane structure has the following general structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from hydrocarbon groups having at least 1 and up to 6 carbon atoms; A1 and A2 are independently selected from cyclic hydrocarbon groups; L1 and L2 are linking groups or covalent bonds; n is an integer of at least 1; r and s are independently selected from integers of at least 1; and p is an integer of at least 10. The invention also includes methods for making and using the above-described membranes for gas separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicants: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventors: Tao HONG, Sabornie CHATTERJEE, Shannon Mark MAHURIN, Brian Keith LONG, De-en JIANG, Jimmy Wayne MAYS, Alexei P. SOKOLOV, Tomonori SAITO
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Publication number: 20160208073Abstract: A method for producing a polymer-metal oxide composite material resistant to degradation resulting from exposure to gamma irradiation, the method comprising exposing a composite precursor comprised of a heat-resistant polymer in which metal oxide nanoparticles are incorporated to gamma irradiation of at least 1 MRad in a flowing gas atmosphere for a period of at least 12 hours. The resulting radiation-resistant composite material and shaped articles of the material are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Mariappan Parans PARANTHAMAN, Tomonori SAITO, Tolga AYTUG, Keith John LEONARD, Robert C. DUCKWORTH, Georgios POLYZOS, Kunlun HONG
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Publication number: 20160131283Abstract: A method of making a rubber hose includes the steps of providing an inner rubber layer including a hollow part, and forming a first braided layer on the inner rubber layer by braiding a plurality of first yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a dry process such that the braided first yarn materials includes a braid formed in a three-over, three-under pattern. Next, a middle rubber layer is formed on the first braided layer. A second braided layer is then formed on the middle rubber layer by braiding a plurality of second yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a wet process such that the braided second yarn materials includes a braid formed in a two-over, two-under pattern. Finally, an outer rubber layer is formed on the second braided layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Takafumi NONAKA, Tomonori SAITO, Tomonori SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20150292119Abstract: Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Naskar, Marcus Andrew Hunt, Tomonori Saito
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Publication number: 20150267322Abstract: Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Naskar, Marcus Andrew Hunt, Tomonori Saito
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Patent number: 9096955Abstract: Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Naskar, Marcus Andrew Hunt, Tomonori Saito
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Patent number: 8960072Abstract: A multilayer lubrication coating film is formed on the outer surface of an object to be coated. The multilayer lubrication coating film comprises a lower-layer coating film formed on an outer surface of the object to be coated, and an upper-layer coating film formed on a surface of the lower-layer coating film. The lower-layer coating film has a higher Vickers hardness than the Vickers hardness of the object to be coated.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Kenji Suto, Kota Tokubi, Tomonori Saito, Yoshimi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20140326355Abstract: A rubber hose includes an inner rubber layer including a hollow part, an first braided layer formed on the inner rubber layer by braiding a plurality of first yarn materials, a middle rubber layer formed on the first braided layer, a second braided layer formed on the middle rubber layer by braiding a plurality of second yarn materials, and an outer rubber layer formed on the second braided layer. The first braided layer is formed by braiding the plurality of first yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a dry process such that the braided first yarn materials includes a braid formed in a three-over, three-under pattern. The second braided layer is formed by braiding the plurality of second yarn materials including a vinylon fiber made by a wet process such that the braided second yarn materials includes a braid formed in a two-over, two-under pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi NONAKA, Tomonori SAITO, Tomonori SHIBATA
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Patent number: 8748537Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked lignin comprising a lignin structure having methylene or ethylene linking groups therein crosslinking between phenyl ring carbon atoms, wherein said crosslinked lignin is crosslinked to an extent that it has a number-average molecular weight of at least 10,000 g/mol, is melt-processible, and has either a glass transition temperature of at least 100° C., or is substantially soluble in a polar organic solvent or aqueous alkaline solution. Thermoplastic copolymers containing the crosslinked lignin are also described. Methods for producing the crosslinked lignin and thermoplastic copolymers are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Amit K. Naskar, Tomonori Saito, Joseph M. Pickel, Frederick S. Baker, Claude Clifford Eberle, Robert E. Norris, Jonathan Richard Mielenz
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Patent number: 8704992Abstract: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel; a first flexible printed circuit; a second flexible printed circuit; and a conductive section. Each of the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit has a structure in which a reference potential layer and a signal potential layer are laminated after being insulated from each other, the reference potential layer applying a reference potential to the electro-optic panel, the signal potential layer applying a signal potential to the electro-optic panel, and the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit each having an opening in which a part of the reference potential layer is exposed. The conductive section electrically connects the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the first flexible printed circuit and the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the second flexible printed circuit to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Daishi Takaki, Fumio Takamatsu, Takahiro Togawa, Tomonori Saito
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Publication number: 20140045996Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked lignin comprising a lignin structure having methylene or ethylene linking groups therein crosslinking between phenyl ring carbon atoms, wherein said crosslinked lignin is crosslinked to an extent that it has a number-average molecular weight of at least 10,000 g/mol, is melt-processible, and has either a glass transition temperature of at least 100° C., or is substantially soluble in a polar organic solvent or aqueous alkaline solution. Thermoplastic copolymers containing the crosslinked lignin are also described. Methods for producing the crosslinked lignin and thermoplastic copolymers are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Amit K. Naskar, Tomonori Saito, Joseph M. Pickel, Frederick S. Baker, Claude Clifford Eberle, Robert E. Norris, JR., Jonathan Richard Mielenz
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Publication number: 20130242209Abstract: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel; a first flexible printed circuit; a second flexible printed circuit; and a conductive section. Each of the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit has a structure in which a reference potential layer and a signal potential layer are laminated after being insulated from each other, the reference potential layer applying a reference potential to the electro-optic panel, the signal potential layer applying a signal potential to the electro-optic panel, and the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit each having an opening in which a part of the reference potential layer is exposed. The conductive section electrically connects the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the first flexible printed circuit and the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the second flexible printed circuit to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Daishi Takaki, Fumio Takamatsu, Takahiro Togawa, Tomonori Saito
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Publication number: 20130116383Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked lignin comprising a lignin structure having methylene or ethylene linking groups therein crosslinking between phenyl ring carbon atoms, wherein said crosslinked lignin is crosslinked to an extent that it has a number-average molecular weight of at least 10,000 g/mol, is melt-processible, and has either a glass transition temperature of at least 100° C., or is substantially soluble in a polar organic solvent or aqueous alkaline solution. Thermoplastic copolymers containing the crosslinked lignin are also described. Methods for producing the crosslinked lignin and thermoplastic copolymers are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Amit K. Naskar, Tomonori Saito, Joseph M. Pickel, Frederick S. Baker, Cliff Eberle, Robert E. Norris, JR., Jonathan Richard Mielenz
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Publication number: 20130000767Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber hose that includes an inner rubber tube having a hollow portion, first and second braided layers formed by braiding strands, and an outer rubber tube. The method includes forming a laminated structure by sequentially forming the first braided layer on the inner rubber tube, a thermoplastic resin layer including a thermoplastic resin on the first braided layer, the second braided layer on the thermoplastic resin layer and the outer rubber tube on the second braided layer, vulcanizing the inner rubber tube and the outer rubber tube and softening the thermoplastic resin layer by heating the laminated structure to not lower than a softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin layer, and integrating the first and second braided layers by softening the thermoplastic resin layer and then solidifying the soft thermoplastic resin penetrated into mesh openings formed between the strands.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi NONAKA, Tomonori SAITO, Tsutomu KANNO, Tomonori SHIBATA, Shunsuke TODA
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Patent number: 8217130Abstract: Disclosed herein is a curable composition excellent in workability, adhesion properties, rubber-like properties, storage stability, and quick curability. The curable composition comprises (A) a crosslinkable silyl group-containing organic polymer and (B) a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated bond in the presence of a metallocene compound and a crosslinkable silyl group-containing thiol compound, at least one end of the (meth)acrylic polymer being bonded to a residue, —S—R3 (where R3 represents a group having a crosslinkable silyl group) obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from the crosslinkable silyl group-containing thiol compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Cemedine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Saito, Tomonori Saito, Naomi Okamura
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Publication number: 20110192279Abstract: A multilayer lubrication coating film is formed on the outer surface of an object to be coated. The multilayer lubrication coating film comprises a lower-layer coating film formed on an outer surface of the object to be coated, and an upper-layer coating film formed on a surface of the lower-layer coating film. The lower-layer coating film has a higher Vickers hardness than the Vickers hardness of the object to be coated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Suto, Kota Tokubi, Tomonori Saito, Yoshimi Kuroda