Patents by Inventor Toshiki Matsuo
Toshiki Matsuo 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: 20240127982Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9636742Abstract: A binder composition for making foundry molds, comprising an acid-hardening resin, one or more 5-position-substituted-furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea, wherein the content of the 5-position-substituted-furfural compound(s) by percentage is from 1 to 60% by weight of the binder composition. The content of the compound(s) by percentage selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea is preferably from 0.3 to 10% by weight of the binder composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Joke, Toshiki Matsuo
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Patent number: 9463504Abstract: A curing agent composition for making foundry molds, comprising 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid. In a sand composition for making foundry molds, it is preferable to use simultaneously: an acid-hardening resin which contains both a binder composition for making foundry molds which comprises one or more 5-position-substituted furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, and the curing agent composition for making foundry molds which comprises 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid. It is preferable that the content of 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid in the curing agent composition is 10 to 80 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Joke, Toshiki Matsuo
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Patent number: 9200140Abstract: Disclosed is a binder composition for mold formation including: one or more 5-position substituted furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural; and a furfurylated urea resin. The content of the 5-position substituted furfural compound(s) in the binder composition for mold formation is preferably from 1 to 30% by weight, and the content of the furfurylated urea resin is preferably from 1 to 20% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Matsuo, Takashi Joke, Masayuki Kato
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Publication number: 20150114588Abstract: A curing agent composition for making foundry molds, comprising 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid. In a sand composition for making foundry molds, it is preferable to use simultaneously: an acid-hardening resin which contains both a binder composition for making foundry molds which comprises one or more 5-position-substituted furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, and the curing agent composition for making foundry molds which comprises 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid. It is preferable that the content of 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid in the curing agent composition is 10 to 80 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Joke, Toshiki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20150083358Abstract: A binder composition for making foundry molds, comprising an acid-hardening resin, one or more 5-position-substituted-furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea, wherein the content of the 5-position-substituted-furfural compound(s) by percentage is from 1 to 60% by weight of the binder composition. The content of the compound(s) by percentage selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea is preferably from 0.3 to 10% by weight of the binder composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Joke, Toshiki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20140336331Abstract: Disclosed is a binder composition for mold formation including: one or more 5-position substituted furfural compound selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural; and a furfurylated urea resin. The content of the 5-position substituted furfural compound(s) in the binder composition for mold formation is preferably from 1 to 30% by weight, and the content of the furfurylated urea resin is preferably from 1 to 20% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Toshiki Matsuo, Takashi Joke, Masayuki Kato
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Patent number: 8822568Abstract: A binder composition for self-curing mold formation, comprising at least one condensate (A) selected from furfuryl alcohol condensate and furfuryl alcohol/formaldehyde condensate, and an acid-curable resin (B), wherein about the condensate(s) (A), the presence ratio by mole of its/their furan rings (a) to the total of its/their methylol groups (b), methylene groups (c) and oxymethylene groups (d), a:(b+c+d), is from 1:1.00 to 1:1.08, and the content by percentage of the at least one condensate (A) is from 0.3 to 8.0% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Masayuki Kato, Toshiki Matsuo, Tomofumi Kanzawa, Takashi Joke
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Patent number: 8813829Abstract: In production of a mold with the reclaimed spherical molding sand having a sphericity of 0.95 or more and mainly composed of Al2O3 together with the binder containing the acid-hardening resin and the hardening agent (I), at least one of the hardening agents (I) and (II) that is used in production of a mold from which the reclaimed molding sand is obtained contains the organic sulfonic acid, and in the hardening agent, a content of sulfuric acid is not more than 5% by weight and a content of phosphoric acid is not more than 5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshimitsu Ina, Shigeo Nakai, Toshiki Matsuo
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Patent number: 8387683Abstract: The present invention provides a structure for producing cast articles containing one or more inorganic particles selected from amorphous and artificial graphites, an inorganic fiber and a thermosetting resin and having a gas permeability of 1 to 500.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Akira Yoshida, Masayuki Osaki, Toshiki Matsuo, Tomofumi Kanzawa
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Publication number: 20130008625Abstract: The present invention provides a binder composition for use in mold manufacturing that is capable of preventing a deterioration in the mold strength in a high-humidity environment, and further restraining the generation of an irritant gas at the time of casting; and a mold manufacturing composition wherein this binder composition is used. In order to provide such the binder composition, the binder composition for use in mold manufacturing, comprises a furan resin, and a metal compound containing one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of elements in the Groups 2, 4, 7, 10, 11 and 13 of the periodic table, wherein the content by percentage of the metal element(s) in the binder composition is from 0.01 to 0.70% by weight, and the metal compound is one or more metal compounds selected from hydroxides, nitrates, oxides, organic acid salts, alkoxides, and ketone complexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Yoshida, Toshiki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20120289651Abstract: A binder composition for self-curing mold formation, comprising at least one condensate (A) selected from furfuryl alcohol condensate and furfuryl alcohol/formaldehyde condensate, and an acid-curable resin (B), wherein about the condensate(s) (A), the presence ratio by mole of its/their furan rings (a) to the total of its/their methylol groups (b), methylene groups (c) and oxymethylene groups (d), a:(b+c+d), is from 1:1.00 to 1:1.08, and the content by percentage of the at least one condensate (A) is from 0.3 to 8.0% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Kato, Toshiki Matsuo, Tomofumi Kanzawa, Takashi Joke
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Publication number: 20110100578Abstract: In production of a mold with the reclaimed spherical molding sand having a sphericity of 0.95 or more and mainly composed of Al2O3 together with the binder containing the acid-hardening resin and the hardening agent (I), at least one of the hardening agents (I) and (II) that is used in production of a mold from which the reclaimed molding sand is obtained contains the organic sulfonic acid, and in the hardening agent, a content of sulfuric acid is not more than 5% by weight and a content of phosphoric acid is not more than 5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshimitsu Ina, Shigeo Nakai, Toshiki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100307714Abstract: The present invention provides a structure for producing cast articles containing one or more inorganic particles selected from amorphous and artificial graphites, an inorganic fiber and a thermosetting resin and having a gas permeability of 1 to 500.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Akira Yoshida, Masayuki Osaki, Toshiki Matsuo, Tomofumi Kanzawa