Patents by Inventor Wataru Mio

Wataru Mio 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).

  • Publication number: 20240102206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flame-retardant fabric that includes a modacrylic fiber and a cellulose fiber. The cellulose fiber is one or more selected from a regenerated cellulose fiber and a natural cellulose fiber. The flame-retardant fabric contains the modacrylic fiber in an amount of 65 to 90 wt % and the cellulose fiber in an amount of 10 to 35 wt % with respect to the overall weight of the fabric. The modacrylic fiber contains a magnesium compound inside the fiber. The flame-retardant fabric contains the magnesium compound in an amount of 2.5 to 4.5 wt %. Afterflame time and afterglow time of the flame-retardant fabric measured using a flammability test based on ISO 15025: 2000 are 2 seconds or less and 2 seconds or less, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Sato, Akira Ozaki, Wataru Mio
  • Publication number: 20220167700
    Abstract: A flame-retardant fiber composite includes an acrylic fiber A containing an acrylic copolymer and an aramid fiber. The acrylic fiber A is substantially free of an antimony compound, and the flame-retardant fiber composite forms a surface-foamed char layer when burned. A flame-retardant work clothing includes the flame-retardant acrylic fiber. A highly flame-retardant fiber composite and highly flame-retardant work clothing include an acrylic fiber, and are capable of exhibiting high flame retardancy while suppressing environmental impacts caused by a flame retardant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ozaki, Shinya Nakamura, Keita Uchibori, Wataru Mio
  • Patent number: 11198957
    Abstract: A fabric for arc-protective garments includes first yarns and second yarns different from the first yarns. The first yarns include first modacrylic fibers, and the first modacrylic fibers contain an infrared absorber in an amount of 2.5 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the first modacrylic fibers. The weight of the infrared absorber per unit area in the fabric for arc-protective garments is 0.05 oz/yd2 or more. An arc-protective garment includes the fabric for arc-protective garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Sato, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Tatsuro Ohzeki, Wataru Mio, Yasunori Tanaka, Yuto Utsunomiya, Tomoya Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20210235800
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial hair and an artificial hair unit that are easier to attach to a head of a user, a wig cap, or the like, and a method for attaching the artificial hair. The present invention provides a configuration including at least two fiber groups and an attachment part having a plurality of annular parts. The two fiber groups spread at least in a first direction, where the attachment part extends in the first direction and is sandwiched between the two fiber groups and sewn onto the two fiber groups, and where the plurality of annular parts are exposed to an outside from between the two fiber groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yaeno Matsuura, Keiko Takechi, Wataru Mio
  • Publication number: 20210227907
    Abstract: The present invention provides artificial hair, an artificial hair unit, a method of applying artificial hair, and a method of applying an artificial hair unit, in which a fiber bundle does not hang down under its own weight, rises up, and exhibits excellent appearance with extra volume at a root. Also provided is a configuration including a base material, a plurality of fiber bundles, and a fixing thread. In the configuration, the base material may have a first side extending in a first direction. Each of the plurality of fiber bundles includes a plurality of fiber parts and a connecting part, where the connecting part connects a first end side of each of the plurality of fiber parts and extends in a direction different from an extending direction of the plurality of fiber parts, and where the fixing thread attaches a vicinity of the connecting part to the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiko Takechi, Wataru Mio
  • Patent number: 10577724
    Abstract: An arc resistant acrylic fiber includes an acrylic polymer. The arc resistant acrylic fiber also includes an infrared absorber in an amount of 1 wt % to 30 wt % with respect to a total weight of the acrylic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ohzeki, Keita Uchibori, Wataru Mio, Yasunori Tanaka, Yuto Utsunomiya
  • Publication number: 20180371647
    Abstract: A fabric for arc-protective garments includes first yarns and second yarns different from the first yarns. The first yarns include first modacrylic fibers, and the first modacrylic fibers contain an infrared absorber in an amount of 2.5 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the first modacrylic fibers. The weight of the infrared absorber per unit area in the fabric for arc-protective garments is 0.05 oz/yd2 or more. An arc-protective garment includes the fabric for arc-protective garments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Motohiro Sato, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Tatsuro Ohzeki, Wataru Mio, Yasunori Tanaka, Yuto Utsunomiya, Tomoya Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20180245244
    Abstract: A pile fabric includes a plurality of pile portions including a long pile portion and a short pile portion. The short pile portion includes first fibers, and the long pile portion includes second fibers including modified cross-section fibers A. The modified cross-section fibers A have one or more cross-sectional shapes selected from the group consisting of C-shaped cross-sectional shapes and H-shaped cross-sectional shapes, and have a single fiber fineness of 15 to 60 dtex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Michinobu, Wataru Mio, Minoru Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20180155868
    Abstract: A pile fabric includes ground yarns constituting a ground structure; pile fibers that are tangled with the ground yarns, the pile fibers including portions standing on a front surface side of the ground structure; and an organically-modified silicone-based softener adhered to the pile fibers located on a back surface side of the pile fabric. The pile fibers include at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic fibers and modacrylic fibers, and have a softening point lower than a softening point of the ground yarns. The portions standing on the front surface side of the ground structure are not fused to each other, and on a back surface side of the ground structure, at least part of the pile fibers located outside of the ground yarns are fused to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Michinobu, Kenji Miyaki, Haruhiko Onishi, Wataru Mio
  • Publication number: 20170295875
    Abstract: An arc resistant acrylic fiber includes an acrylic polymer. The arc resistant acrylic fiber also includes an infrared absorber in an amount of 1 wt % to 30 wt % with respect to a total weight of the acrylic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ohzeki, Keita Uchibori, Wataru Mio, Yasunori Tanaka, Yuto Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 9205422
    Abstract: Provided is an ion-exchange fiber including a polymer A obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer that is obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition containing 30 % by weight or more of acrylonitrile with respect to 100 % by weight of the composition and a polymer B obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 1 part by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less of an epoxy group-containing polymer. Each ion-exchangeable substituent is introduced by reaction with an amine compound and is an ion-exchangeable substituent derived from the amine compound. A method for producing the ion-exchange fiber is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirai, Wataru Mio, Masanobu Tamura, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Takao Michinobu
  • Publication number: 20150057380
    Abstract: A vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body contains a vinyl chloride-based copolymer as the main component. The vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body has continuous pores having a pore size of 0.1 to 40 ?m, the pores have a skeletal diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m, and the vinyl chloride-based copolymer has a thickness of 1 mm or more. Such a vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body can be produced by a production method including the steps of: heating and dissolving the vinyl chloride-based copolymer in a solvent to obtain a vinyl chloride-based copolymer solution; cooling the vinyl chloride-based copolymer solution to obtain a precipitated product; and separating and drying the product to obtain a porous body containing the vinyl chloride-based copolymer as the main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uyama, Wataru Mio, Yusuke Hirai, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Publication number: 20140048489
    Abstract: Provided is an ion-exchange fiber including a polymer A obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer that is obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition containing 30% by weight or more of acrylonitrile with respect to 100% by weight of the composition and a polymer B obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 1 part by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less of an epoxy group-containing polymer. Each ion-exchangeable substituent is introduced by reaction with an amine compound and is an ion-exchangeable substituent derived from the amine compound. A method for producing the ion-exchange fiber is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirai, Wataru Mio, Masanobu Tamura, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Takao Michinobu
  • Patent number: 7858542
    Abstract: There is provided a flame-retardant knit fabric which can exhibit texture and comfort inherent to materials such as cotton and urethane foam used for upholstered furniture such as a mattress and chair and bedding products such as a pillow, mattress pad and bedding, the flame-retardant knit fabric which can provide these products with high flame retardance. The internal structure of a mattress is covered with a flame-retardant knit fabric that comprises at least two fibers selected from the group consisting of (A) a halogen-containing fiber, (B) a cellulosic fiber, (C) a flame-retardant cellulosic fiber and (D) a polyester fiber, has a weight per unit area of at least 140 g/m2 and a thickness of at least 0.5 mm, and contains a flame retardant at a ratio of at least 2% by weight based on the while fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Mio, Susumu Iwade, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Masahiko Mihoichi, Shigeru Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090311933
    Abstract: A low-resilience urethane foam cushion that is comfortable and has high flame retardancy. It sufficiently retains the unique texture and comfort inherent in low-resilience urethane foam materials for use as cushions or pillows. It further retains the intact excellent texture, touch feeling, and other properties inherent in fibrous materials. The low-resilience urethane foam cushion is obtained by covering a low-resilience urethane foam with a flame-barrier fabric made of at least two members selected from the group consisting of halogenated fibers (A), flame-retardant cellulosic fibers (B), cellulosic fibers (C), and polyester fibers (D), wherein the sum of (A) and (B) is 25 to 75 wt. % of the flame-barrier fabric, the sum of (B) and (C) is 30 wt. % or more of the flame-barrier fabric, the amount of (C) alone is up to 75 wt. % of the flame-barrier fabric, and the amount of (D) alone is up to 30 wt. % of the flame-barrier fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Mihoichi, Shigeru Maruyama, Wataru Mio, Susumu Iwade
  • Publication number: 20090025144
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a bedding in which polyester having excellent elasticity is used for a batting therein, and which is provided with high-grade flame retardance so as to withstand long-time flaming, even though only a small amount of a halogen-containing fiber is used therein. By configuring the flame-retardant bedding product so that it is composed of a batting and a ticking for covering the batting and that the batting comprises a cellulose fiber (A), a polyester fiber (B), and a halogen-containing fiber (C) as essential components, the bedding product is caused to achieve the above-described object. In addition to the excellent flame retardance, the bedding product of the present invention is allowed to have excellent cushiony properties, since a large amount of a polyester fiber can be used therein because the amount of a halogen-containing fiber used therein is relatively small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Tanaka, Wataru Mio, Shigeru Maruyama, Masahiko Mihoichi, Susumu Iwade
  • Publication number: 20080254699
    Abstract: A bedding product, such as a pillow or cushion, that satisfactorily drawing out peculiar softness and comfort possessed by an internal filling material, realizes comfort and high flame retardance without detriment to the excellent drape and tactile sensation possessed by a fiber material of flame shielding cloth. There is provided a flame retardant bedding product comprising an internal filling material covered by a flame shielding cloth made of fibers containing 5 to 60 wt. % halogenous fiber (A), 5 to 60 wt. % flame retardant cellulose fiber (B), 0 to 75 wt. % cellulose fiber (C) and 0 to 50 wt. % polyester fiber (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Wataru Mio, Masanobu Tamura, Masahiko Mihoichi, Shigeru Maruyama, Susumu Iwade
  • Publication number: 20070237953
    Abstract: A flame resistant synthetic fiber having advanced flame resistance is provided. Furthermore, the flame resistant synthetic fiber may preferably be used in textiles used for furniture, such as beddings and chairs, such as mattress, and sofa, etc. that need extremely high carbonizability rendered highly flame resistant by flame resistant agents and advanced flame resistance. The present invention also aims at obtaining upholstered furniture products using the flame resistant fiber composite having advanced flame resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ebisu, Masanobu Tamura, Masahiko Mihoichi, Wataru Mio, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Shigeru Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20070215847
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flame retardant synthetic fiber, which is flame retardant by enhancing carbonization and shape retention in combustion by the use of an additive while retaining self-distinguishing property and which is favorably used for bedclothes and furniture necessary to have high flame retardancy, a flame retardant fiber composite containing the flame retardant synthetic fiber, and an upholstered furniture product using the flame retardant fiber composite. A flame retardant synthetic fiber obtained by spinning a composition containing 4 to 50 parts by weight of a glass component having a glass transition temperature of at most 400° C. based on 100 parts by weight of a polymer containing 17 to 70% by weight of a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Nishiura, Wataru Mio, Toshiaki Ebisu, Masanobu Tamura, Masahiko Mihoichi, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Shigeru Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20070190877
    Abstract: There is provided a flame-retardant knit fabric that sufficiently provides texture and amenity inherent in cotton or urethane foam as a material used in upholstered furniture such as mattresses and chairs, bedding products such as pillows, mattress pads, and futon, and the like, and can make these products highly flame-retardant. The present invention relates to a knit fabric comprising at least two fibers selected from the group consisting of (A) a halogen-containing fiber, (B) a cellulosic fiber, (C) a flame-retardant cellulosic fiber, and (D) a polyester fiber, the knit fabric having a weight per unit area of 150 g/m2 or more, having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and having a content of a flame retardant in the whole knit fabric of 2 wt % or more, wherein (weight per unit area of the knit fabric (g/m2))×(thickness of the knit fabric (mm))×(content of the flame retardant in the whole knit fabric (wt %)/100)=10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Wataru Mio, Masahiko Mihoichi