Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Matsuoka
Yoshiaki Matsuoka 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: 20240138150Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that have a new structure are provided, in which memory cells are laminated in a three dimensional state so that the chip area may be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that has a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; the second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory strings and the other first or nth electrodes of the memory strings are respectively the first or nth conductor layers that are spread in a two dimensional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masaru KITO, Hideaki AOCHI, Ryota KATSUMATA, Akihiro NITAYAMA, Masaru KIDOH, Hiroyasu TANAKA, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Yasuyuki MATSUOKA, Mitsuru SATO
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Publication number: 20240075672Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel production method which makes it possible to obtain a molded product containing a P3HB-based resin through an injection blow molding method and a technique for using such a method. The object is achieved by providing a method for producing a molded product containing a P3HB-based resin, the method including the steps of: (A) plasticizing a resin composition containing a P3HB-based resin; (B) subjecting the plasticized resin composition obtained in the step (A) to injection molding to obtain a preform; and (C) subjecting the preform obtained in the step (B) to blow molding to obtain a molded product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Hideyuki SUZUKI, Takashi AKIYAMA, Masanori NISHIYAMA, Yoshiaki MATSUOKA, Nobuo NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11873394Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition, including: 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin (A); and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a processing aid (B). The processing aid (B) has a styrene-equivalent weight average molecular weight of from 300,000 to 8,000,000, and contains 60 wt % or more of a polymer (B1) obtained by polymerizing monomers comprising from 40 to 99.9 wt % of styrene, 0.1 to 10 wt % of an acid group-containing monomer, and 0 to 59.9 wt % of a vinyl monomer.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KANEKA AMERICAS HOLDING, INC.Inventor: Yoshiaki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20230365806Abstract: A resin composition contains a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component, and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component includes a copolymer (A) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and other hydroxyalkanoate units and in which the content of the other hydroxyalkanoate units is from 1 to 6 mol % and a copolymer (B) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and other hydroxyalkanoate units and in which the content of the other hydroxyalkanoate units is 24 mol % or more. The resin composition further contains a layered clay mineral (C). The proportion of the copolymer (A) is from 72 to 93 wt %, and the proportion of the copolymer (B) is from 7 to 28 wt %. The amount of the layered clay mineral (C) is from 5 to 45 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20230357492Abstract: A resin composition for injection molding contains a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin includes at least one copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and other hydroxyalkanoate units. The average content of the 3-hydroxybutyrate units in the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin is from 92 to 99 mol %. The polystyrene-equivalent weight-average molecular weight of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin, as measured by gel permeation chromatography using a chloroform solvent, is from 21×104 to 38×104. In a weight molecular weight distribution of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin, the proportion of a component having a weight molecular weight of 20×104 or less is from 35 to 60 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20230062748Abstract: A viscosity modifier for a condensation polymer may include a chain extender comprising at least one reactive monomer and at least one vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the reactive monomer, the chain extender being present in an amount ranging from 15 to 70 wt % of the viscosity modifier; and a non-condensation carrier resin present in an amount ranging from 30 to 85 wt % of the viscosity modifier. Condensation polymer compositions, methods of forming viscosity modifiers, and methods of molding condensation polymer compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Noah Boyd, Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Shusuke Yoshihara, Ian Winters
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Publication number: 20220388217Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic resin composition, including: melt-kneading a mixture containing a polyester resin (A), a starch material (B), and water; and dewatering the melt-kneaded mixture to reduce a water content to 5% by weight or less. The mixture contains 25 to 55 parts by weight of the water per 100 parts by weight of a solid content of the starch material (B). A film containing a thermoplastic resin composition containing a biodegradable polyester resin (A) and a starch material (B), wherein the starch material (B) has a number-average particle diameter of 3 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20210246295Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition, including: 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin (A); and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a processing aid (B). The processing aid (B) has a styrene-equivalent weight average molecular weight of from 300,000 to 8,000,000, and contains 60 wt % or more of a polymer (B1) obtained by polymerizing monomers comprising from 40 to 99.9 wt % of styrene, 0.1 to 10 wt % of an acid group-containing monomer, and 0 to 59.9 wt % of a vinyl monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: KANEKA AMERICAS HOLDING, INC.Inventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 10655007Abstract: Disclosed are: a polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition comprising (A) a polyalkylene terephthalate resin and (B) an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 ?m or greater and in which an amount of the core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component; and a molded article which is obtained by molding the polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD., KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi Sakata, Shinya Yamada, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Toyohisa Fujimoto
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Patent number: 10311995Abstract: Provided are a thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition that achieves excellent flame retardancy, a conductor covering material having excellent characteristics, and manufacturing methods therefor. A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition and a conductor covering material (20) according to embodiments of the present invention each include: 100 parts by weight of a resin component formed of 58.1 parts by weight or more and 73.9 parts by weight or less of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and 26.1 parts by weight or more and 41.9 parts by weight or less of core-shell polymer particles; and 42 parts by weight or more and 87 parts by weight or less of a phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, Showa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aki Ohtake, Hideyuki Hatsuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Atsunari Kawai, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20170342260Abstract: Disclosed are: a polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition comprising (A) a polyalkylene terephthalate resin and (B) an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 ?m or greater and in which an amount of the core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component; and a molded article which is obtained by molding the polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: WinTech Polymer Ltd., KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi Sakata, Shinya Yamada, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Toyohisa Fujimoto
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Patent number: 9574082Abstract: A soft thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component (A) containing 15 to 65 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin having a degree of polymerization of 2000 or less, and 35 to 85 parts by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate; and 0.1 to 8 parts by weight of a resin component (B) which is one or more resins selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate resin and an acrylonitrile-styrene resin, and has a weight average molecular weight, in terms of the polystyrene, of 400,000 or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki Matsuoka
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Patent number: 9562155Abstract: A soft thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component (A) containing 65 to 85 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin having a degree of polymerization of 2000 or less, and 15 to 35 parts by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate; 0.1 to 8 parts by weight of a resin component (B) which is one or more resins selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate resin and an acrylonitrile-styrene resin, and has a weight average molecular weight, in terms of the polystyrene, of 400,000 or more; and 12 to 22 parts by weight of a plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20170032866Abstract: Provided are a thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition that achieves excellent flame retardancy, a conductor covering material having excellent characteristics, and manufacturing methods therefor. A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition and a conductor covering material (20) according to embodiments of the present invention each include: 100 parts by weight of a resin component formed of 58.1 parts by weight or more and 73.9 parts by weight or less of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and 26.1 parts by weight or more and 41.9 parts by weight or less of core-shell polymer particles; and 42 parts by weight or more and 87 parts by weight or less of a phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicants: Kaneka Corporation, Showa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aki Ohtake, Hideyuki Hatsuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Atsunari Kawai, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20160177087Abstract: A soft thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component (A) containing 15 to 65 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin having a degree of polymerization of 2000 or less, and 35 to 85 parts by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate; and 0.1 to 8 parts by weight of a resin component (B) which is one or more resins selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate resin and an acrylonitrile-styrene resin, and has a weight average molecular weight, in terms of the polystyrene, of 400,000 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20160160020Abstract: A soft thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component (A) containing 65 to 85 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin having a degree of polymerization of 2000 or less, and 15 to 35 parts by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate; 0.1 to 8 parts by weight of a resin component (B) which is one or more resins selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate resin and an acrylonitrile-styrene resin, and has a weight average molecular weight, in terms of the polystyrene, of 400,000 or more; and 12 to 22 parts by weight of a plasticizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 8465501Abstract: A ligating apparatus includes a clip, a clip connecting member, a clip holding member, an operating wire, an inner sheath member, an outer sheath member and first and second movement restricting portions. The clip ligates a body tissue with arm portions. The clip connecting member connects to a clip base portion. The clip connecting member is inserted through the clip holding member. The operating wire connects to the clip connecting member. The inner sheath member encloses the operating wire to support the clip holding member. The outer sheath member covers an outer periphery of the inner sheath member and freely advances and retreats. The outer sheath member advances and/or retreats to change the degree of opening of the arm portions. The first movement restricting portion restricts the inward movement of the clip holding member. The second movement restricting portion restricts the outward movement of the clip holding member.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Koji Itoh, Masayuki Iwasaka, Ryosuke Osako
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Patent number: 8262678Abstract: A multiple hemostatic clip application apparatus operates for tissue clamping in combination with an endoscope. For use with the clip application apparatus, a clip package is provided, and has a multiple clip assembly, which includes a clip device, and a fastening mechanism, disposed at a proximal end of the clip device, for fastening to a shaft head of an operating wire inserted through a flexible sheath of the clip application apparatus. A coupling device includes a casing for containing the multiple clip assembly in a manner movable from the fastening mechanism toward the flexible sheath, and a guide slider for pressing the shaft head toward the fastening mechanism, for fastening together. The fastening mechanism emerges from the casing, the shaft head being overlapped on the fastening mechanism in an axial direction of the multiple clip assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Yoshiyuki Kunuki
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Publication number: 20120046671Abstract: A repetitive clipping treatment device has a cylindrical sheath loaded with a clip series that has plural clips, a manipulating wire to move the clip series in the longitudinal direction of the sheath inside the sheath, a handle main body connected to the sheath and having the manipulating wire arranged therein, a slider to move the manipulating wire in the axial direction of the handle main body, and a slider displacement regulating member to regulate the displacement of the slider in the axial direction to different displacements required for clipping treatment of each clip of the clip series. The plural different displacements corresponding to the respective clips are determined based on the lengths to protrude and the retraction amounts of the respective clips.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Takayuki Iida, Ryousuke Oosako
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Publication number: 20110245855Abstract: A ligating apparatus includes a clip, a clip connecting member, a clip holding member, an operating wire, an inner sheath member, an outer sheath member and first and second movement restricting portions. The clip ligates a body tissue with arm portions. The clip connecting member connects to a clip base portion. The clip connecting member is inserted through the clip holding member. The operating wire connects to the clip connecting member. The inner sheath member encloses the operating wire to support the clip holding member. The outer sheath member covers an outer periphery of the inner sheath member and freely advances and retreats. The outer sheath member advances and/or retreats to change the degree of opening of the arm portions. The first movement restricting portion restricts the inward movement of the clip holding member. The second movement restricting portion restricts the outward movement of the clip holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki MATSUOKA, Koji ITOH, Masayuki IWASAKA, Ryosuke OSAKO