Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kushizaki

Yoshiyuki Kushizaki 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: 10840491
    Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber-containing polyolefin microporous stretched film according to the invention includes: a first step of obtaining a cellulose powder dispersion mixture by uniformly dispersing a cellulose which has a powder particle shape and whose hydroxyl groups have been subjected to a lipophilizing treatment using a dibasic acid anhydride, in a plasticizer; a second step of melt-kneading the cellulose powder dispersion mixture and a polyolefin to obtain a polyolefin resin composition; a third step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition to obtain an extrudate; a fourth step of stretching the extrudate with a film stretcher to obtain a film; a fifth step of extracting out the plasticizer from the film; and a sixth step of thermally fixing the film from which the plasticizer has been extracted out for inhibiting contraction, while stretching the film at a temperature not higher than a melting point of the polyolefin, in which a twin-screw kneading extruder is used onl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryou Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10494448
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously producing chemically-modified cellulose, the apparatus having a first mechanism for transporting a fine-powder cellulose fiber starting material and a hydrophobizing chemical substance, a specific extruder, a solvent tank connected to the extruder, and a dryer connected to the solvent tank, and a method for continuously producing chemically-modified cellulose, the method having a step of washing, in the solvent tank, chemically-modified cellulose having been produced out of the fine-powder cellulose fiber starting material and the hydrophobizing chemical substance in the extruder, and then drying the chemically-modified cellulose in the dryer, in order to remove any unreacted hydrophobizing chemical substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Ryo Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki
  • Patent number: 10385141
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously producing chemically-modified cellulose, the apparatus having a first mechanism for transporting a fine-powder cellulose fiber starting material and a hydrophobizing chemical substance, a specific extruder, a solvent tank connected to the extruder, and a dryer connected to the solvent tank, and a method for continuously producing chemically-modified cellulose, the method having a step of washing, in the solvent tank, chemically-modified cellulose having been produced out of the fine-powder cellulose fiber starting material and the hydrophobizing chemical substance in the extruder, and then drying the chemically-modified cellulose in the dryer, in order to remove any unreacted hydrophobizing chemical substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Ryo Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki
  • Publication number: 20160133902
    Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber-containing polyolefin microporous stretched film according to the invention includes: a first step of obtaining a cellulose powder dispersion mixture by uniformly dispersing a cellulose which has a powder particle shape and whose hydroxyl groups have been subjected to a lipophilizing treatment using a dibasic acid anhydride, in a plasticizer; a second step of melt-kneading the cellulose powder dispersion mixture and a polyolefin to obtain a polyolefin resin composition; a third step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition to obtain an extrudate; a fourth step of stretching the extrudate with a film stretcher to obtain a film; a fifth step of extracting out the plasticizer from the film; and a sixth step of thermally fixing the film from which the plasticizer has been extracted out for inhibiting contraction, while stretching the film at a temperature not higher than a melting point of the polyolefin, in which a twin-screw kneading extruder is used onl
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru NAKAMURA, Yoshiyuki KUSHIZAKI, Ryou ISHIGURO, Mariko YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9293751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method and the like of a microporous stretched film having a high puncture strength and the like. The method includes: a first step of melt-kneading a cellulose nanofiber and a polyolefin resin to thereby disperse the nanofiber in the resin; a second step of removing water from a kneaded mixture obtained in the first step; a third step of mixing a plasticizer in the nanofiber and the resin and melt-kneading them to prepare a polyolefin resin composition; a fourth step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition; a fifth step of stretching an extrusion-molded article obtained in the fourth step to form a film; and a sixth step of extracting the plasticizer from the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryou Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20140227605
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method and the like of a microporous stretched film having a high puncture strength and the like. The method includes: a first step of melt-kneading a cellulose nanofiber and a polyolefin resin to thereby disperse the nanofiber in the resin; a second step of removing water from a kneaded mixture obtained in the first step; a third step of mixing a plasticizer in the nanofiber and the resin and melt-kneading them to prepare a polyolefin resin composition; a fourth step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition; a fifth step of stretching an extrusion-molded article obtained in the fourth step to form a film; and a sixth step of extracting the plasticizer from the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryou Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka