Patents by Inventor Yuji Iyama

Yuji Iyama 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: 11154803
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electret fiber sheet having superior recovery of airflow volume by heat treatment and having high air permeability. The electret fiber sheet of the present invention is a nonwoven fabric formed from long fibers that are formed from a thermoplastic resin and have an average single fiber diameter of 0.1 to 8.0 ?m, wherein a bulk density of the nonwoven fabric is 0.05 to 0.30 g/cm3 and the long fibers contain a crystal nucleating agent at 0.005 to 1.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sachio Inaba, Yuji Iyama, Takuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200078717
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electret fiber sheet having superior recovery of airflow volume by heat treatment and having high air permeability. The electret fiber sheet of the present invention is a nonwoven fabric formed from long fibers that are formed from a thermoplastic resin and have an average single fiber diameter of 0.1 to 8.0 ?m, wherein a bulk density of the nonwoven fabric is 0.05 to 0.30 g/cm3 and the long fibers contain a crystal nucleating agent at 0.005 to 1.0% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachio Inaba, Yuji Iyama, Takuji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10512861
    Abstract: A fiber sheet is densely charged with electric charge and provides an electret fiber sheet that has excellent dust collecting performance. The electret fiber sheet is an electret fiber sheet in which averages of a* values and b* values satisfy all requirements of the following (a) to (c): (a) 10?average of (a* values)?40; (b) ?25?average of (b* values)?0; and (c) ?5?average of [(a* values)+(b* values)]?40; wherein a* and b* are values measured by a spectrophotometer when a red positive charge toner and a blue negative charge toner are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Iyama, Shingo Hayashi, Takuji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10406469
    Abstract: Problem: The present invention allows a fiber sheet to be densely charged with electric charge and provides an electret fiber sheet that has excellent dust-collecting characteristics. Solution: The electret fiber sheet according to the present invention is an electret fiber sheet in which the relationship between a* and b* measured by a spectrophotometer when a red positive charge toner and a blue negative charge toner are attached to the sheet satisfies the expression: [12?{?(b*)?(a*)}Ave?50].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Nakano, Yuji Iyama, Takuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180369729
    Abstract: A fiber sheet is densely charged with electric charge and provides an electret fiber sheet that has excellent dust collecting performance. The electret fiber sheet is an electret fiber sheet in which averages of a* values and b* values satisfy all requirements of the following (a) to (c): (a) 10?average of (a* values)?40; (b) ?25?average of (b* values)?0; and (c) ?5?average of [(a* values)+(b* values)]?40; wherein a* and b* are values measured by a spectrophotometer when a red positive charge toner and a blue negative charge toner are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Iyama, Shingo Hayashi, Takuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180043294
    Abstract: Problem: The present invention allows a fiber sheet to be densely charged with electric charge and provides an electret fiber sheet that has excellent dust-collecting characteristics. Solution: The electret fiber sheet according to the present invention is an electret fiber sheet in which the relationship between a* and b* measured by a spectrophotometer when a red positive charge toner and a blue negative charge toner are attached to the sheet satisfies the expression: [12?{?(b*)?(a*)}Ave?50].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei NAKANO, Yuji IYAMA, Takuji KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9266046
    Abstract: Provided are a mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric suitable for air filters and a filter medium using the mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric includes at least two types of fibers having different melting points, which fibers are low melting point fibers made of a polyolefin resin component A, and high melting point fibers made of a high melting point resin component B having a higher melting point than that of the polyolefin resin component A. The number average fiber diameter of the high melting point fibers is larger than that of the low melting point fibers. At least one high melting point fiber having a fiber diameter of 20 ?m to 100 ?m is present per 1.00 mm of the length of the cross section of the nonwoven fabric. The number average fiber diameter of all fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric falls within the range of 0.3 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akito Kuroda, Yuji Iyama, Yoshikazu Yakake
  • Patent number: 9180392
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes mixed fibers having different fiber diameters. A group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 5.0 ?m or less (fiber group A) is present at a volume fraction of 20 to 80 vol %, a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 50.0 ?m or more (fiber group B) is present at a volume fraction of 1 to 40 vol %, and a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 5.0 ?m and less than 50.0 ?m (fiber group C) is present at a volume fraction of 0 to 79 vol %. The ratio of the median fiber diameter (B?) of fiber group B to the median fiber diameter (A?) of fiber group A (B?/A?) is 35 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Iyama, Akito Kuroda, Yoshikazu Yakake
  • Publication number: 20140305306
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes mixed fibers having different fiber diameters. A group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 5.0 ?m or less (fiber group A) is present at a volume fraction of 20 to 80 vol %, a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 50.0 ?m or more (fiber group B) is present at a volume fraction of 1 to 40 vol %, and a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 5.0 ?m and less than 50.0 ?m (fiber group C) is present at a volume fraction of 0 to 79 vol %. The ratio of the median fiber diameter (B?) of fiber group B to the median fiber diameter (A?) of fiber group A (B?/A?) is 35 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji Iyama, Akito Kuroda, Yoshikazu Yakake
  • Publication number: 20140305090
    Abstract: Provided are a mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric suitable for air filters and a filter medium using the mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric includes at least two types of fibers having different melting points, which fibers are low melting point fibers made of a polyolefin resin component A, and high melting point fibers made of a high melting point resin component B having a higher melting point than that of the polyolefin resin component A. The number average fiber diameter of the high melting point fibers is larger than that of the low melting point fibers. At least one high melting point fiber having a fiber diameter of 20 ?m to 100 ?m is present per 1.00 mm of the length of the cross section of the nonwoven fabric. The number average fiber diameter of all fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric falls within the range of 0.3 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akito Kuroda, Yuji Iyama, Yoshikazu Yakake