Patents by Inventor Yasunobu Kashima

Yasunobu Kashima 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: 20230407143
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite resin particle dispersion includes: performing polymerization A by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound to form a styrene-based resin; performing polymerization B by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound in the presence of the styrene-based resin to form intermediate resin particles containing the styrene-based resin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin; and performing polymerization C by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound in the presence of the intermediate resin particles to form composite resin particles. The mass ratio of the styrene-based resin to the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin in the composite resin particles is from 80:20 to 20:80. A difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature in the composite resin particles is 30° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Satoshi INOUE
  • Patent number: 11781044
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite resin particle dispersion includes: performing polymerization A by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound to form a styrene-based resin; performing polymerization B by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound in the presence of the styrene-based resin to form intermediate resin particles containing the styrene-based resin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin; and performing polymerization C by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound in the presence of the intermediate resin particles to form composite resin particles. The mass ratio of the styrene-based resin to the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin in the composite resin particles is from 80:20 to 20:80. A difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature in the composite resin particles is 30° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Yasunobu Kashima, Satoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11680140
    Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains: a polyimide precursor consisting of a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine containing a fluorene-based diamine having a fluorene skeleton; particles; and an aqueous solvent containing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hajime Sugahara, Hidekazu Hirose, Kosaku Yoshimura, Tomoya Sasaki, Yasunobu Kashima, Kosuke Nakada, Tomoyo Okubo
  • Patent number: 11680156
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor-containing aqueous composition contains at least one polymer material selected from the group consisting of a water-insoluble fibrous organic substance and a polyalkylene oxide having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 5 million or more, a polyimide precursor, particles, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Kashima, Kosaku Yoshimura, Tomoya Sasaki, Kosuke Nakada, Hidekazu Hirose
  • Publication number: 20230079844
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes a polyimide precursor having a glass transition temperature Tg of equal to or higher than 300° C. after imidization, an aqueous solvent containing water, an organic amine compound, and resin particles having a volume average particle size of equal to or less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11584837
    Abstract: There is provided a porous polyimide film in which the pore distribution width A represented by the following formula is 1.15 or less, the average pore diameter is within a range of 0.50 ?m to 3.0 ?m, and the air permeation speed is 30 seconds or less: A=(D84/D16)1/2 wherein D16 is the pore diameter at 16% cumulation from the small diameter side of pores, and D84 is the pore diameter at 84% cumulation from the small diameter side of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Kashima, Kosaku Yoshimura, Hajime Sugahara, Hidekazu Hirose
  • Patent number: 11495863
    Abstract: A porous polyimide film has plural pores, in which an average flattening of the plural pores is within a range of 0.1 to 0.7, a coefficient of variation of a distance between adjacent pores is within a range of 0.10 to 0.40, and a front surface and aback surface communicate with each other through the plural pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yasunobu Kashima, Kosaku Yoshimura, Tomoya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220306854
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite resin particle dispersion includes: polymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound to form a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin; and polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound in the presence of the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin to form composite resin particles containing a styrene-based resin and the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin. The mass ratio of the styrene-based resin to the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin in the composite resin particles is from 80:20 to 20:80. A difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature in the composite resin particles is 30° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Satoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220306905
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive includes: composite resin particles that contain a styrene resin containing, as polymerization components, styrene and a vinyl monomer other than styrene, and a (meth)acrylate resin containing, as a polymerization component, a (meth)acrylate; and an aqueous solvent containing water, in which a mass ratio of the styrene resin to the (meth)acrylate resin (styrene resin:(meth)acrylate resin) is 80:20 to 20:80, a difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature of the composite resin particles is 30° C. or more, a melt viscosity of the composite resin particles at 100° C. is 4000 Pa·s or more and 20000 Pa·s or less, and, in a melt viscosity range of the composite resin particles of 4000 Pa·s or more and 20000 Pa·s or less, a slope of a logarithm of the melt viscosity of the composite resin particles relative to a temperature of the composite resin particles is ?0.08 or more and ?0.04 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Kamiwaki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Yasunobu Kashima, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220306906
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite resin particle dispersion includes: performing polymerization A by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound to form a styrene-based resin; performing polymerization B by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound in the presence of the styrene-based resin to form intermediate resin particles containing the styrene-based resin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin; and performing polymerization C by polymerizing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound in the presence of the intermediate resin particles to form composite resin particles. The mass ratio of the styrene-based resin to the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin in the composite resin particles is from 80:20 to 20:80. A difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature in the composite resin particles is 30° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Yasunobu Kashima, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220306805
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor-containing aqueous composition contains a polyimide precursor, resin particles having a polyalkylene oxide group, and a solvent containing water and an aprotic polar solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yasunobu KASHIMA, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20220306852
    Abstract: A method for producing a liquid dispersion of composite resin particles includes polymerizing a styrene compound and an extra vinyl monomer together to give a styrene resin; polymerizing a (meth)acrylate compound in the presence of the styrene resin to give intermediate resin particles A, which are resin particles containing the styrene resin and a (meth)acrylate resin; polymerizing a styrene compound and an extra vinyl monomer in the presence of intermediate resin particles A to give liquid dispersion B, which is a liquid dispersion containing intermediate resin particles B; and adding a polymerization initiator to liquid dispersion B to give a liquid dispersion containing composite resin particles. In the composite resin particles as a whole, the ratio by mass between the styrene and (meth)acrylate resins is between 80:20 and 20:80. There is a difference of 30° C. or more between the lowest and highest glass transition temperatures of the composite resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Satoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220298304
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor having a weight average molecular weight of 40,000 or more, and an aqueous solvent containing a tertiary amine compound and water, in which a viscosity of the polyimide precursor solution after a storage at 25° C. for 14 days is 50% or more and 200% or less with respect to a viscosity of the polyimide precursor solution before the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Hajime SUGAHARA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20220119596
    Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor having a unit represented by the following formula (I), particles, and a solvent, in which the particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution satisfies both the following conditions (1) and (2), (in the formula (I), A represents a tetravalent organic group, and B represents a divalent organic group represented by any of the following formulas (B1) to (B4)), (in the formulas (B1) to (B4), Ar1, Ar10, and Ar11 each independently represent a trivalent aromatic group which may have a substituent, Ar2, Ar4, Ar5, Ar7 and Ar8 each independently represent a divalent aromatic group which may have a substituent, Ar3 and Ar6 each independently represent a tetravalent aromatic group which may have a substituent or a group represented by the following formula (II), Ar9 represents a divalent aromatic group which may have a substituent or a group represented by the following formula (III), X1 to X7 each independently represent N
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Hidekazu HIROSE, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Hajime SUGAHARA, Kosuke NAKADA, Tomoyo OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20220064379
    Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains: a polyimide precursor consisting of a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine containing a fluorene-based diamine having a fluorene skeleton; particles; and an aqueous solvent containing water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hajime SUGAHARA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Tomoya SASAKI, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Kosuke NAKADA, Tomoyo OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20220069413
    Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes: a polyimide porous film; and adhesive resin particles that are attached to a surface of the polyimide porous film and have a responsiveness to at least one of pressure and heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKADA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hajime SUGAHARA, Tomoyo OKUBO, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11211670
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte and a porous polyimide film which holds the solid electrolyte. The porous polyimide film has a void ratio of 60% or more and 80% or less and a pore diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hajime Sugahara, Hidekazu Hirose, Tomoya Sasaki, Kosaku Yoshimura, Yasunobu Kashima
  • Publication number: 20210238392
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor-containing aqueous composition contains at least one polymer material selected from the group consisting of a water-insoluble fibrous organic substance and a polyalkylene oxide having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 5 million or more, a polyimide precursor, particles, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu KASHIMA, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Tomoya SASAKI, Kosuke NAKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20210202925
    Abstract: A porous polyimide film has plural pores, in which an average flattening of the plural pores is within a range of 0.1 to 0.7, a coefficient of variation of a distance between adjacent pores is within a range of 0.10 to 0.40, and a front surface and aback surface communicate with each other through the plural pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Tomoya SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210189066
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes a polyimide precursor; an imidazole compound; a tertiary amine compound other than the imidazole compound; and an aqueous solvent containing water, in which a ratio of the number of moles of the imidazole compound to the number of moles of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component of the polyimide precursor is 0.5 or more and less than 1.6, a ratio of the number of moles of the tertiary amine compound to the number of moles of the imidazole compound is within a range of 0.3 to 6.0, and a content of the water is 50% by mass or more with respect to the aqueous solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Tomoya SASAKI, Kosuke NAKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE