Patents by Inventor Yu Morita

Yu Morita 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: 20240090329
    Abstract: A compound includes: at least one group represented by a formula (11) below; and a single benz[de]anthracene derivative skeleton represented by a formula (1000) below in a molecule, in which Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group including at least four rings, at least one of R10 to R19 is a group represented by the formula (11), L1 is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 15 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent heterocyclic group having 5 to 15 ring atoms, and mx is 1, 2, or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki ITOI, Yuki NAKANO, Taro YAMAKI, Maiko IIDA, Takamoto MORITA, Shintaro BAN, Ryota TAKAHASHI, Yu KUDO, Yoshinao SHIRASAKI
  • Patent number: 11923546
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion including a carbon nanotube, a solvent, and a dispersant. A highly conductive electrode membrane can be produced as a result of the carbon nanotube using a carbon nanotube dispersion satisfying (1), (2), and (3). (1) An average outer diameter is more than 3 nm and less than 10 nm. (2) A peak is present in a powder X-ray diffraction analysis at a diffraction angle of 2?=25°±2°, and a half value width of the peak is 3° to 6°. (3) When a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,560 to 1,600 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum is G and a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,310 to 1,350 cm?1 is D, a G/D ratio is 0.5 to 4.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Tomoaki Masuoka
  • Publication number: 20240063396
    Abstract: A conductive material dispersion containing a dispersant that satisfies the following (1) and (2), a carbon-based conductive material (C), and a medium (D) containing at least water. (1) Contains a polymer (A) having one or more selected from the group consisting of nitrile group-containing structural units, carboxyl group-containing structural units, hydroxyl group-containing structural units, and heterocycle-containing structural units and having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or more and 360,000 or less. (2) Contains a component (B) other than a polymer and derived from the raw materials of the polymer (A); and the content of the component (B) is 2 mass % or less based on the total mass of the dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu AOTANI, Yu MORITA, Tetsuro IZUMIYA, Yuta SUZUKI, Takahiro ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230307653
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a carbon nanotube dispersion that contains carbon nanotubes, a dispersing agent, and a solvent, and that satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The ratio of G/D of the carbon nanotubes being 5-100. (2) Not less than 30 parts by mass but less than 250 parts by mass of the dispersing agent being contained with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes. (3) The complex elastic modulus and the phase angle of the carbon nanotube dispersion at 25° C. and at a frequency of 1 Hz being, not less than 5 Pa but less than 650 Pa, and being not less than 5° but less than 50°, respectively. (4) The BET specific surface area of the carbon nanotubes being 550-1200 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Naoto OKA, Tetsuro IZUMIYA, Tomoaki MASUOKA
  • Publication number: 20230307642
    Abstract: There is provided a carbon nanotube dispersion containing carbon nanotubes, a dispersing agent, and a solvent in which the carbon nanotubes include first carbon nanotubes having an average outer diameter of 0.5 to 5 nm and second carbon nanotubes having an average outer diameter of 5 to 20 nm, and the mass ratio between the first carbon nanotubes and the second carbon nanotubes is 1:10 to 1:100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro IZUMIYA, Yu MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230242402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbon nanotubes which are characterized by satisfying the requirements (1) to (3) described below. (1) An aqueous dispersion liquid of the carbon nanotubes has a pH of from 8.0 to 10.0. (2) The BET specific surface area of the carbon nanotubes is from 200 to 800 m2/g. (3) IfY is the average fiber length (nm) of the carbon nanotubes and X is the BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the carbon nanotubes, X and Y satisfy Y = -aX + b (wherein a and b represent constants, while satisfying 2.2?a?3.5 and 2,300?b?5,000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Hirotomo ITO, Tetsuro IZUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230187644
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion including: a conductive material containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube and carbon black; carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt; and water. The carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000 and an etherification degree of 0.5 to 0.9. A product of the complex elastic modulus (Pa) and the phase angle (°) of the conductive material dispersion is 100 or more and 1,500 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Tetsuro IZUMIYA, Yu AOTANI
  • Publication number: 20220376262
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, a dispersant and a solvent, and is characterized in satisfying (1) to (3) below: (1) the average outer diameter of the carbon nanotubes ranging from more than 3 nm to 25 nm; (2) the BET surface area of the carbon nanotubes ranging from 150 m2/g to 800 m2/g; and (3) the fiber length of the carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid ranging from 0.8 ?m to 3.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Hirotomo ITO, Yu AOTANI, Tetsuro IZUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220204857
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a dispersant which enables the production of a dispersed material having excellent dispersibility and storage stability even when the dispersant is used in a small amount; a dispersed material having excellent dispersibility and storage stability; an electrode film having excellent adhesiveness and electrical conductivity; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent rate properties and cycle properties. The problem can be solved by a dispersant which is a polymer containing 40 to 100% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived unit and having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 400,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SUZUKI, Yu AOTANI, Yu MORITA, Honami HIRABAYASHI, Tomohiko HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11286164
    Abstract: An electrode membrane having high adhesiveness and electrical conductivity can be produced using carbon nanotubes each of which meets the following requirements (1) and (2). (1) A peak appears at a diffraction angle 2?=25°±2° in powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and the half value width of the peak is 2° or more and less than 3°. (2) The G/D ratio is 1.5 to 5.0, wherein G represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1560 to 1600 cm?1 and D represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1310 to 1350 cm?1 in Raman spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Tomoaki Masuoka
  • Publication number: 20210226222
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion including a carbon nanotube, a solvent, and a dispersant. A highly conductive electrode membrane can be produced as a result of the carbon nanotube using a carbon nanotube dispersion satisfying (1), (2), and (3). (1) An average outer diameter is more than 3 nm and less than 10 nm. (2) A peak is present in a powder X-ray diffraction analysis at a diffraction angle of 2?=25°±2°, and a half value width of the peak is 3° to 6°. (3) When a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,560 to 1,600 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum is G and a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,310 to 1,350 cm?1 is D, a G/D ratio is 0.5 to 4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Tomoaki MASUOKA
  • Publication number: 20210214229
    Abstract: An electrode membrane having high adhesiveness and electrical conductivity can be produced using carbon nanotubes each of which meets the following requirements (1) and (2). (1) A peak appears at a diffraction angle 2?=25°±2° in powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and the half value width of the peak is 2° or more and less than 3°. (2) The G/D ratio is 1.5 to 5.0, wherein G represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1560 to 1600 cm?1 and D represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1310 to 1350 cm?1 in Raman spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Tomoaki MASUOKA
  • Publication number: 20200316916
    Abstract: The present invention is a laminate where a carbon nanotube-containing layer composed at least of carbon nanotube and resin is laminated above a substrate. The laminate is a laminate where a clear layer is further laminated above a laminated surface of the carbon nanotube-containing layer. The laminate has L* being equal to or less than 2.5, a* being in a range of ?2 to 2, and b* being in a range of ?2 to 0.3, each measured from the laminated surface. The carbon nanotube-containing layer above the substrate is formed by coating. The clear layer is transparent resin or glass. Note that L*, a* and b* indicate values in L*a*b* color system specified in JIS Z8729.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Katsumi WATANABE, Nobuyuki NAHATA, Motoki MASUDA, Toshiaki HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10526059
    Abstract: A ship vicinity information display device is provided, which is capable of displaying a position etc. of a destination of another ship based on information of the destination obtained from the other ship, in a mode which is intuitively easy to understand. A radar indicator may include a display unit, an AIS interface, and processing circuitry. The display unit may be capable of displaying an image of a situation in the vicinity of one ship. The AIS interface may receive the information of the destination of the other ship. The processing circuitry may acquire a longitude and latitude of the destination based on the destination information of the other ship and graphically display at least one of the position of the destination of the other ship and a direction of the destination from the other ship (other-ship destination symbol), on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Patent number: 10472534
    Abstract: Provided is a layered product with high jet-black. A layered product according to the present invention is a layered product (10) including at least a first layer (1) and a second layer (2) that are stacked. A value of L* in a L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729 of the first layer (1) is ten or less. The second layer (2) is formed on the first layer (1) and 0.1 to 1 mass % of carbon nanotubes are contained in a material constituting the second layer (2). In the L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729, when values are measured from a side of a plane of the second layer (2), a value of L* is 2.5 or less, a value of a* is ?2.0 or greater and 2.0 or less, and a value of b* is ?2.0 or greater and 0.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nahata, Katsumi Watanabe, Yu Morita, Motoki Masuda, Toshiaki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 9797990
    Abstract: There is provided an echo display device that is easy to manipulate and allows echoes that appear on an echo screen to be designated easily, quickly, and reliably with a cursor. An information display device includes a display component 10, a track ball, and a controller. The display component 10 displays a radar image in real time based on echo information inputted from a radar antenna. The track ball is manipulated to move a cursor 5 displayed in the radar image. The controller includes a cursor display position determination component, and this cursor display position determination component determines the display position of the cursor 5 in the radar image based on manipulation of the track ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Publication number: 20170253308
    Abstract: A ship vicinity information display device is provided, which is capable of displaying a position etc. of a destination of another ship based on information of the destination obtained from the other ship, in a mode which is intuitively easy to understand. A radar indicator may include a display unit, an AIS interface, and processing circuitry. The display unit may be capable of displaying an image of a situation in the vicinity of one ship. The AIS interface may receive the information of the destination of the other ship. The processing circuitry may acquire a longitude and latitude of the destination based on the destination information of the other ship and graphically display at least one of the position of the destination of the other ship and a direction of the destination from the other ship (other-ship destination symbol), on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Publication number: 20170197382
    Abstract: The present invention is a laminate where a carbon nanotube-containing layer composed at least of carbon nanotube and resin is laminated above a substrate. The laminate is a laminate where a clear layer is further laminated above a laminated surface of the carbon nanotube-containing layer. The laminate has L* being equal to or less than 2.5, a* being in a range of ?2 to 2, and b* being in a range of ?2 to 0.3, each measured from the laminated surface. The carbon nanotube-containing layer above the substrate is formed by coating. The clear layer is transparent resin or glass. Note that L*, a* and b* indicate values in L*a*b* color system specified in JIS Z8729.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Katsumi WATANABE, Nobuyuki NAHATA, Motoki MASUDA, Toshiaki HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170166769
    Abstract: Provided is a layered product with high jet-black. A layered product according to the present invention is a layered product (10) including at least a first layer (1) and a second layer (2) that are stacked. A value of L* in a L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729 of the first layer (1) is ten or less. The second layer (2) is formed on the first layer (1) and 0.1 to 1 mass % of carbon nanotubes are contained in a material constituting the second layer (2). In the L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729, when values are measured from a side of a plane of the second layer (2), a value of L* is 2.5 or less, a value of a* is ?2.0 or greater and 2.0 or less, and a value of b* is ?2.0 or greater and 0.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NAHATA, Katsumi WATANABE, Yu MORITA, Motoki MASUDA, Toshiaki HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160077194
    Abstract: There is provided an echo display device that is easy to manipulate and allows echoes that appear on an echo screen to be designated easily, quickly, and reliably with a cursor. An information display device includes a display component 10, a track ball, and a controller. The display component 10 displays a radar image in real time based on echo information inputted from a radar antenna. The track ball is manipulated to move a cursor 5 displayed in the radar image. The controller includes a cursor display position determination component, and this cursor display position determination component determines the display position of the cursor 5 in the radar image based on manipulation of the track ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Yugo KUBOTA, Hidetoshi KAIDA