Patents by Inventor Yuki Fukunaga

Yuki Fukunaga 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: 20240117088
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluorinated copolymer, whereby it is possible to efficiently produce a fluorinated copolymer in which coloration and foaming are suppressed during heating. A method for producing a fluorinated copolymer, comprising a step of producing a fluorinated copolymer by polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene and other monomer other than the tetrafluoroethylene in the presence of a hydroperoxide, at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfite, a hydrogen sulfite, a dithionite, and a metabisulfite, at least one selected from the group consisting of an acidic substance and a substance that generates an acid by hydrolysis, and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke SHIBASAKI, Yuki ORITO, Keiji HORI, Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Daisuke TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240081718
    Abstract: A biological information measurement device includes a sensor unit that detects predetermined biological information related to an organ of a living body, an A/D conversion unit that converts a measurement signal output from the sensor unit into a digital signal, a storage unit that stores information including a digital signal related to the measurement signal output from the A/D conversion unit, an analysis processing unit that determines presence or absence of a suspicion of an abnormality in the organ by analyzing the digital signal, and a measurement control unit that changes a sampling frequency related to A/D conversion of the measurement signal under a predetermined condition when the analysis processing unit has determined that a suspicion of an abnormality is present in the organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji FUJII, Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Naomi MATSUMURA, Akito ITO, Yuki SAKAGUCHI, Daizo OKA, Takuya YOSHIDA, Seiji FUKUNAGA, Tatsuaki OKA
  • Patent number: 11837750
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Patent number: 11670822
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230117020
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230120715
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230111013
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Patent number: 11588208
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230006305
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230006306
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220294079
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a safer polyolefin microporous membrane; a storage device separator, storage device assembly kit, and storage device using the polyolefin microporous membrane; and a storage device. In one embodiment, the polyolefin microporous membrane comprises at least one of each of layer A and layer B, polyolefin contained in at least one of layer A and layer B has one or more types of functional groups, and a crosslinked structure is formed by (1) the functional groups undergoing condensation reactions with each other, (2) the functional group reacting with a chemical substance inside the storage device, or (3) the functional group reacting with a different type of functional group, after accommodation in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Yusuke Akita, Hiromi Kobayashi, Yuki Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11362399
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a microporous membrane contains a polyolefin resin and inorganic particles; the primary particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 100 nm or less; the content of the inorganic particles is 10-60% by mass or 10% by mass or more but less than 40% by mass based on the mass of the microporous membrane; and the retention time at 150° C. is less than 200 seconds or the retention time at 145° C. is more than 1 second but less than 300 seconds in the thermal behavior evaluation of the microporous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Fukunaga, Manabu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20210057701
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200335755
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Patent number: 10720622
    Abstract: A microporous membrane according to the present invention is a microporous membrane containing a copolymerized high density polyethylene and a high density polyethylene, wherein a content of an ?-olefin unit having 3 or more carbon atoms in the microporous membrane is 0.01 mol % or more and 0.6 mol % or less, and a viscosity average molecular weight of the microporous membrane is less than 300,000. In addition, a battery separator according to the present invention contains the above microporous membrane. Further, a battery according to the present invention contains the above battery separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Sekiguchi, Yuki Fukunaga, Keita Dohki
  • Publication number: 20200176742
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a microporous membrane contains a polyolefin resin and inorganic particles; the primary particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 100 nm or less; the content of the inorganic particles is 10-60% by mass or 10% by mass or more but less than 40% by mass based on the mass of the microporous membrane; and the retention time at 150° C. is less than 200 seconds or the retention time at 145° C. is more than 1 second but less than 300 seconds in the thermal behavior evaluation of the microporous membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Fukunaga, Manabu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20180205057
    Abstract: A microporous membrane according to the present invention is a microporous membrane containing a copolymerized high density polyethylene and a high density polyethylene, wherein a content of an ?-olefin unit having 3 or more carbon atoms in the microporous membrane is 0.01 mol % or more and 0.6 mol % or less, and a viscosity average molecular weight of the microporous membrane is less than 300,000. In addition, a battery separator according to the present invention contains the above microporous membrane. Further, a battery according to the present invention contains the above battery separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Sekiguchi, Yuki Fukunaga, Keita Dohki