Patents by Inventor Toshiki Yanagi

Toshiki Yanagi 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: 11427690
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A proportion of areas occupied by the plurality of nodes on a surface of the first porous PTFE membrane is in the range of 1.5 to 3.0% and an average of the areas of the plurality of nodes is 200 ?m2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Niki, Masaaki Mori, Shiho Wada, Atsushi Daimon, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11406927
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A contact angle of the first porous PTFE membrane with water is in the range of 154° to 165°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Niki, Masaaki Mori, Shiho Wada, Atsushi Daimon, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11213782
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium (10) has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A thickness of the first porous PTFE membrane is in the range of 4 to 40 ?m and a specific surface area of the first porous PTFE membrane is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Niki, Masaaki Mori, Shiho Wada, Atsushi Daimon, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20200002495
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A proportion of areas occupied by the plurality of nodes on a surface of the first porous PTFE membrane is in the range of 1.5 to 3.0% and an average of the areas of the plurality of nodes is 200 ?m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi NIKI, Masaaki MORI, Shiho WADA, Atsushi DAIMON, Toshiki YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20190232211
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A contact angle of the first porous PTFE membrane with water is in the range of 154° to 165°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi NIKI, Masaaki MORI, Shiho WADA, Atsushi DAIMON, Toshiki YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20190224609
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium (10) has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A thickness of the first porous PTFE membrane is in the range of 4 to 40 ?m and a specific surface area of the first porous PTFE membrane is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi NIKI, Masaaki MORI, Shiho WADA, Atsushi DAIMON, Toshiki YANAGI
  • Patent number: 9168489
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 8715382
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20140090561
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru FURUYAMA, Toshiki YANAGI
  • Patent number: 8414672
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20100227544
    Abstract: A vent structure 100A of the present invention includes a housing 91 and a vent member 13A attached to an opening portion 91k of the housing 91. The vent member 13A is provided with a support body 11 having a through hole 11h to serve as a gas passage between the interior and the exterior of the housing 91 and a gas permeable membrane 6 fixed to the support body 11 so as to close the through hole 11h. Assuming that a thickness direction of the gas permeable membrane is a height direction, a height H1 of the support body 11 from a second opening end face 11q (aligned with an outer surface 91p of the housing 91) to a first opening end face 11p on the other side is set to 4 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20090084078
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 7166024
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein a lock structure for locking the support in the housing by rotating the support around a central axis of the support is formed in the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Patent number: 6994621
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein the insertion portion has a lock portion in an insertion-start-side end portion thereof, the lock portion having a tapered forward end, while the insertion portion is divided into a plurality of parts circumferentially at least on an insertion start side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii, Yoshiki Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20030220067
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein the insertion portion has a lock portion in an insertion-start-side end portion thereof, the lock portion having a tapered forward end, while the insertion portion is divided into a plurality of parts circumferentially at least on an insertion start side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii, Yoshiki Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20030216119
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein a lock structure for locking the support in the housing by rotating the support around a central axis of the support is formed in the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20020197436
    Abstract: A porous sheet substrate that can improve a mounting work efficiency of porous sheet pieces without damaging a main body to which the porous sheet pieces are mounted. The porous sheet substrate is for cutting off porous sheet pieces, and has the structure such that cut portions and non-cut portions are formed along outlines of porous sheet pieces to be cut, and the porous sheet pieces are cut off against the non-cut portions by pushing the porous sheet pieces to be cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Yanagi