Patents by Inventor Yuko Shimizu

Yuko Shimizu 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: 9676936
    Abstract: The invention provides a prepreg that can give a fiber-reinforced composite material exhibiting stable and excellent interlaminar fracture toughness and impact resistance under wide molding conditions. The prepreg includes at least a reinforcement fiber [A], a thermosetting resin [B], and the following component [C] wherein 90% or more of the material [C] is present inside a region of the prepreg that extends from any surface of the prepreg to a prepreg site having, from the surface, a depth of 20% of the thickness of the prepreg. The component [C] satisfies requirements that (i) the storage elastic modulus G? of the material constituting the particles is more than 1 MPa, and 70 MPa or less at 180° C., and that (ii) the ratio of the storage elastic modulus G? of the material constituting the particles at 160° C. to the storage elastic modulus G? of the material at 200° C. ranges from 1 to 5; and is insoluble in the thermosetting resin [B].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Hiroshi Takezaki, Shirou Honda
  • Publication number: 20150344686
    Abstract: The invention provides a prepreg that can give a fiber-reinforced composite material exhibiting stable and excellent interlaminar fracture toughness and impact resistance under wide molding conditions. The prepreg includes at least a reinforcement fiber [A], a thermosetting resin [B], and the following component [C] wherein 90% or more of the material [C] is present inside a region of the prepreg that extends from any surface of the prepreg to a prepreg site having, from the surface, a depth of 20% of the thickness of the prepreg. The component [C] satisfies requirements that (i) the storage elastic modulus G? of the material constituting the particles is more than 1 MPa, and 70 MPa or less at 180° C., and that (ii) the ratio of the storage elastic modulus G? of the material constituting the particles at 160° C. to the storage elastic modulus G? of the material at 200° C. ranges from 1 to 5; and is insoluble in the thermosetting resin [B].
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko SHIMIZU, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Nobuyuki TOMIOKA, Hiroshi TAKEZAKI, Shirou HONDA
  • Publication number: 20140309337
    Abstract: Provided are: a fiber-reinforced composite material which is suppressed in morphology variation due to the molding conditions, while having excellent mode I interlaminar fracture toughness and excellent wet heat resistance; an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material; and a prepreg which is obtained using the epoxy resin composition. An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which contains at least the following constituent elements [A]-[F], and which is characterized by containing 5-25 parts by mass of constituent element [C] and 2-15 parts by mass of constituent element [E] per 100 parts by mass of the total epoxy resin blended therein. [A] A bifunctional amine type epoxy resin. [B] A tetrafunctional amine type epoxy resin. [C] A bisphenol F type epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 450-4,500. [D] An aromatic amine curing agent. [E] A block copolymer having a reactive group that can be reacted with as epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Maki Nagano, Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20140162518
    Abstract: The invention provides a fiber reinforced composite material having high interlaminar toughness and compressive strength under wet heat conditions, as well as an epoxy resin composition for production thereof and a prepreg producible from the epoxy resin composition. The prepreg comprises at least constituents [A], [B], and [C] as specified below and reinforcement fiber, wherein 90% or more of constituent [C] exists in the depth range accounting for 20% of the prepreg thickness from the prepreg surface: [A] epoxy resin [B] epoxy resin curing agent [C] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin and falling under any of the following [Cx] to [Cz]: [Cx] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin and giving a particle diameter distribution chart meeting the following requirements from (x-i) to (x-iii): (x-i) the chart has at least two peaks, (x-ii) the particles giving the two highest peaks have a diameter ratio in the range of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Shirou Honda, Maki Nagano, Yuji Echigo, Hiroshi Takezaki, Junko Kawasaki, Hiroshi Taiko
  • Publication number: 20040031439
    Abstract: Transferring and/or fusing part(s) for electrophotographic use consisting of a base and a releasing layer which is made of an organic-inorganic hybrid material containing fluoroalkyl group and formed on said base, is provided in the present invention. Said transferring and/or fusing part(s) have an excellent heat resistance, durability and toner releasing property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Takuya Shindo, Shingo Katayama, Yuji Kubo, Noriko Yamada