Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Nakayama

Yoshifumi Nakayama 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: 20240066758
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a prepreg and an integrally molded article, wherein the prepreg exhibits suitable flexibility and adhesiveness, excels in formability on a complicated mold face and adhesion to a mold face, causes no positional shift, and can be efficiently reinforced and stiffened at an intended position. A main object of the present invention is to provide a prepreg including (A) reinforcing fibers, (B) a thermosetting resin, and (C) a thermoplastic resin, wherein the (C) thermoplastic resin exists in at least a part of a face of the prepreg, and wherein the prepreg satisfies the condition [I], and satisfies the condition [II] or the condition [III]: [I]: the (B) thermosetting resin has a peak in the temperature range of more than 100° C. and 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Miho Onodera, Yoshiki Takebe, Yuta Naito, Jun Misumi, Yoshifumi Nakayama, Masato Honma
  • Publication number: 20230405967
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin substrate is described in which a plurality of resins having differing properties are strongly composited, wherein the fiber-reinforced resin substrate is obtained by impregnating a thermoplastic resin (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B) into continuous reinforcement fibers, wherein a thermoplastic resin (A) layer, which comprises the thermoplastic resin (A) and is exposed at one surface, and a thermoplastic resin (B) layer, which comprises the thermoplastic resin (B) and is exposed at the other surface, form a boundary region, where at least some of the continuous reinforcement fibers exist in a manner spanning across the boundary region and both the thermoplastic resin (A) and the thermoplastic resin (B) are crystalline resins having a melting point of not less than 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Fujioka, Masato Honma, Yoshifumi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20230036115
    Abstract: A prepreg and an integrally molded article are described, the prepreg including a thermoplastic resin existing on one face of a layer in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a thermosetting resin, wherein the prepreg exhibits, in injection molding or press molding, thermal weldability with a member containing a thermoplastic resin, and wherein the thermosetting resin has a specific peak on a loss tangent (tan ?) curve obtained by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), so that the prepreg exhibits suitable flexibility and adhesiveness, excellent formability on a complicated mold face, and adhesion to a mold face, causes no positional shift, and can be efficiently reinforced and stiffened at an intended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Miho Onodera, Yoshiki Takebe, Daisuke Konishi, Yuta Naito, Yoshifumi Nakayama, Masato Honma
  • Patent number: 10184034
    Abstract: The carbon fiber forming raw material is a carbon fiber forming raw material (Z) as a prepreg including sizing agent-coated carbon fibers and a thermosetting resin or a carbon fiber forming raw material (Y) as a forming material that includes sizing agent-coated carbon fibers and has a woven fabric form or a braid form. The sizing agent includes components (A) and (B). The component (A) is an epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups or two or more types of functional groups. The component (B) is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine compound, a tertiary amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary phosphonium salt, and a phosphine compound. The component (B) is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 25 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Patent number: 9771681
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) is used for coating, in each of the sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and the epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Patent number: 9593444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) is used for coating, in each of the sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and the epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20160230332
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) is used for coating, in each of the sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and the epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi NAKAYAMA, Toshiya KAMAE, Daigo KOBAYASHI, Makoto ENDO
  • Patent number: 9249295
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition excellent in interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin and excellent in dynamic characteristics, and a molding material, a prepreg, and a method for producing the same. The carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition includes the following components (A) and (B), carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin; component (A): (A1) a bifunctional or higher functional epoxy compound and/or (A2) an epoxy compound which has a monofunctional or higher epoxy group and has one or more taypes of functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group; and component (B): 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20140342144
    Abstract: The carbon fiber forming raw material is a carbon fiber forming raw material (Z) as a prepreg including sizing agent-coated carbon fibers and a thermosetting resin or a carbon fiber forming raw material (Y) as a forming material that includes sizing agent-coated carbon fibers and has a woven fabric form or a braid form. The sizing agent includes components (A) and (B). The component (A) is an epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups or two or more types of functional groups. The component (B) is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine compound, a tertiary amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary phosphonium salt, and a phosphine compound. The component (B) is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 25 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20140228519
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition excellent in interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin and excellent in dynamic characteristics, and a molding material, a prepreg, and a method for producing the same. The carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition includes the following components (A) and (B), carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin; component (A): (A1) a bifunctional or higher functional epoxy compound and/or (A2) an epoxy compound which has a monofunctional or higher epoxy group and has one or more taypes of functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group; and component (B): 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20130089736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing carbon fibers which exhibit excellent adhesion to a matrix resin and have excellent processability. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) described below is used for coating, in each of said sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and said epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers is characterized in that the sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshiya Kamae, Daigo Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
  • Patent number: 7820290
    Abstract: Water dispersible carbon fibers, (1) wherein the surface oxygen concentration (O/C) of each of the single fibers is 0.03 or more and less than 0.12 as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and forming a first contact angle with water of 75° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; (2) wherein the O/C is 0.12 or more and less than 0.20 and forming a first contact angle with water of 65° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; or (3) wherein the O/C is 0.20 or more and 0.30 or less and forming a first contact angle with water of 55° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; and wherein a sizing agent containing a surfactant as a major component has adhered to the single fibers of each of the water dispersible carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoji Murai, Masato Honma, Yoshiki Takebe, Yoshifumi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090143524
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition that is superior in adhesivity between reinforcing fiber and thermoplastic resin is provided. It is possible to sufficiently improve mechanical properties of a molded product with such composition. Such fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer (A1) having an aminoalkylene group in a side chain or a polymer having an oxazoline group (A2) (0.1% to 10% by weight), reinforcing fibers (B) (1% to 70% by weight), and a thermoplastic resin (C) (20% to 98.9% by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakayama, Masato Honma
  • Publication number: 20070269363
    Abstract: Water dispersible carbon fibers, (1) wherein the surface oxygen concentration (O/C) of each of the single fibers is 0.03 or more and less than 0.12 as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and forming a first contact angle with water of 75° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; (2) wherein the O/C is 0.12 or more and less than 0.20 and forming a first contact angle with water of 65° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; or (3) wherein the O/C is 0.20 or more and 0.30 or less and forming a first contact angle with water of 55° or less as measured by the Wilhelmy method; and wherein a sizing agent containing a surfactant as a major component has adhered to the single fibers of each of the water dispersible carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Shoji Murai, Masato Honma, Yoshiki Takebe, Yoshifumi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 5488264
    Abstract: An electron gun for a color CRT has three cathodes disposed in parallel to each other, first to fifth grid electrodes and a convergence deflector. The electron gun is additionally provided with a tetrode magnetic field generator including a pair of permanent magnets having an astigmatic effect of the central beam of the electron gun on the cathode side of the convergence deflector. An astigmatism eliminator is provided to cancel astigmatic aberration of the side beams of the electron gun near the position where the electron beams are converged. The astigmatism eliminator is composed of a fifth grid electrode whose entrance has an electron beam passing hole of nearly elliptic shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Ota, Yukinobu Iguchi, Yoshifumi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 5418421
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube has an electron gun sealed in a neck in confronting relationship to the phosphor screen. The electron gun comprises a cathode assembly for emitting three electron beams, a main lens region for passing the electron beams therethrough, the main lens means including a high-voltage electrode or grid closer to the phosphor screen, and an assembly of electrostatic deflection plates, positioned closer to the phosphor screen than the high-voltage electrode, for converging the electron beams as one spot on the phosphor screen. An electrostatic convergence electrode assembly is disposed between the high-voltage electrode and the deflection plates. The electrostatic convergence electrode assembly may comprise three or two juxtaposed flat electrodes having electron beam passage holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Hasegawa, Yukinobu Iguchi, Yoshifumi Nakayama, Youichi Ohshige
  • Patent number: 4922166
    Abstract: An electron gun arrangement for color cathode-ray tubes comprising three cathodes for emitting electron beams, for example, for red, green and blue, and a main electron lens comprising three front electron lenses corresponding to the cathodes, respectively, and a back electron lens common to all the cathodes. Each front electron lens is formed with an aperture smaller than that of the back electron lens and is mounted so as to meet Fraunhofer conditions so that aberration is reduced. Electron beam transmitting apertures are formed in the grids forming the front electron lenses, respectively, with the respective center axes thereof parallel to each other, which makes it easy to manufacture the electron gun arrangement and enables accurate machining during manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ichida, Yoshifumi Nakayama, Hiromu Inoue
  • Patent number: 4763047
    Abstract: An electron gun employed in a color cathode ray tube, or the like, adapted, when electron beams are deflected in a convergence free deflecting magnetic field, to achieve optimal focused conditions for both the electron beam landing at the center and that landing at the corners of a screen by making, within a principal converging region for converging the electron beams, the converging angle in the vertical direction smaller than that in the horizontal direction and by forming, within an object point forming region, the object point in the vertical direction at a further position than where the object point in the horizontal direction is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzuru Watanabe, Yoshifumi Nakayama, Masanori Ando, Masahiro Kikuchi