Patents by Inventor Yuuichi HIRAMI

Yuuichi HIRAMI 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: 11873370
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition may include a first polycarbonate resin and a second polycarbonate resin, which a molded article may include, and a multilayer body may have a resin layer A including the polycarbonate resin composition and a resin layer B including a resin different from the resin layer A. The first polycarbonate resin may include 40% by weight or more of a structural unit of formula (1) The second polycarbonate resin may include less than 40% by weight of the structural unit of formula (1). The weight ratio of the first polycarbonate resin to the second polycarbonate resin, the first polycarbonate resin/the second polycarbonate resin, may be in a range of from 55/45 to 99/1. The polycarbonate resin composition may have two or more glass transition temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami, Tomoaki Kanemasa, Taiki Shimada, Masato Ando, Akira Kosuge, Shigeki Ohta, Yuuichirou Kutsunugi, Asami Kakiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220081510
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin may have a structural unit of formula (1): wherein A1 to A8 are each independently ?CH— or ?N—, and at least one of A1 to A8 is ?N—. R1 to R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, or the like, and at least two adjacent groups out of R1 to R8 may be bonded to each other to form a ring. R9 and R10 are each independently a direct bond or an optionally substituted alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. X is an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, or an optionally substituted amino group. And n is an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Koji NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Tomoko MAEDA, Kenichi SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20210253788
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition may include a first polycarbonate resin and a second polycarbonate resin, which a molded article may include, and a multilayer body may have a resin layer A including the polycarbonate resin composition and a resin layer B including a resin different from the resin layer A. The first polycarbonate resin may include 40% by weight or more of a structural unit of formula (1) The second polycarbonate resin may include less than 40% by weight of the structural unit of formula (1). The weight ratio of the first polycarbonate resin to the second polycarbonate resin, the first polycarbonate resin/the second polycarbonate resin, may be in a range of from 55/45 to 99/1. The polycarbonate resin composition may have two or more glass transition temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Tomoaki KANEMASA, Taiki SHIMADA, Masato ANDO, Akira KOSUGE, Shigeki OHTA, Yuuichirou KUTSUNUGI, Asami KAKIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10754065
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retardation film excellent in various properties such as optical properties, heat resistance, mechanical properties, and reliability. The present invention relates to a retardation film containing a thermoplastic resin and composed of a single layer, in which the retardation film has a value of wavelength dispersion that is a ratio of retardations at a wavelength of 450 nm and at a wavelength of 550 nm being 0.75 or more and 0.92 or less; a birefringence at a wavelength of 550 nm and the wavelength dispersion satisfy a relationship of ?n?0.0140×(R450/R550)?0.0082; and a photoelastic coefficient is 25×10?12 Pa?1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami, Hisatoshi Uehara, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Sumimura, Nao Murakami
  • Patent number: 10732323
    Abstract: The retardation film of the present invention contains a resin having positive refractive index anisotropy and containing at least one bonding group of a carbonate bond and an ester bond and one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (2), in which the value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) as a ratio of retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm to retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is more than 0.5 and less than 1.0: (in formula (1) and formula (2), definitions of R1 to R9 are the same as in the description).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami, Hisatoshi Uehara, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Sumimura, Nao Murakami
  • Patent number: 10670773
    Abstract: The retardation film of the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and is constituted of a single layer. A value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) that is a ratio of a retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm and a retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is 0.70 or more and 0.85 or less; and a photoelastic coefficient is 14×10?12 Pa?1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami, Hisatoshi Uehara, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Sumimura, Nao Murakami
  • Publication number: 20190079231
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate that has a conductive layer directly formed on a retardation layer, is extremely thin and has an excellent antireflection function, and further, can realize excellent display characteristics even when it is applied to a bent portion of an image display apparatus. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizer; a retardation layer; and a conductive layer, which is directly formed on the retardation layer. The retardation layer has an in-plane retardation Re(550) being from 100 nm to 180 nm and satisfying a relationship of Re(450)<Re(550)<Re(650), and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 150° C. or more and an absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient of 20×10?12 (m2/N) or less. An angle formed between a slow axis of the retardation layer and an absorption axis of the polarizer is from 35° to 55°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumimura, Takashi Shimizu, Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami
  • Patent number: 10081707
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin which is excellent in various properties, such as heat resistance, optical properties, melt processability, etc., and an optical film composed of the same and the present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin containing at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein in the formula (1), R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami
  • Publication number: 20170204220
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin which is excellent in various properties, such as heat resistance, optical properties, melt processability, etc., and an optical film composed of the same and the present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin containing at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein in the formula (1), R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI
  • Publication number: 20170031060
    Abstract: The retardation film of the present invention contains a resin having positive refractive index anisotropy and containing at least one bonding group of a carbonate bond and an ester bond and one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (2), in which the value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) as a ratio of retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm to retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is more than 0.5 and less than 1.0: (in formula (1) and formula (2), definitions of R1 to R9 are the same as in the description).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Hisatoshi UEHARA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi SUMIMURA, Nao MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20170031061
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retardation film excellent in various properties such as optical properties, heat resistance, mechanical properties, and reliability. The present invention relates to a retardation film containing a thermoplastic resin and composed of a single layer, in which the retardation film has a value of wavelength dispersion that is a ratio of retardations at a wavelength of 450 nm and at a wavelength of 550 nm being 0.75 or more and 0.92 or less; a birefringence at a wavelength of 550 nm and the wavelength dispersion satisfy a relationship of ?n?0.0140×(R450/R550)?0.0082; and a photoelastic coefficient is 25×10?12 Pa?1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Hisatoshi UEHARA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi SUMIMURA, Nao MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20170031062
    Abstract: The retardation film of the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and is constituted of a single layer. A value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) that is a ratio of a retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm and a retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is 0.70 or more and 0.85 or less; and a photoelastic coefficient is 14×10?12 Pa?1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Histatoshi UEHARA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi SUMIMURA, Nao MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9518150
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resin composition which comprises a polymer having a divalent oligofluorene as a repeating unit therein, wherein the divalent oligofluorene contains at least two fluorene units optionally having a substituent, and the 9-positioned carbon atoms of the fluorene units bond to each other via a direct bond or via an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, an arylene group optionally having a substituent, or an aralkylene group optionally having a substituent, and a ratio of a retardation measured at a wavelength of 450 nm (Re450) to a retardation measured at a wavelength of 550 nm (Re550) satisfies the following formula (2): Re450/Re550?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Uehara, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Naoko Sumitani, Haruhiko Kusaka, Shingo Namiki, Yuuichi Hirami
  • Publication number: 20150247002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resin composition which comprises a polymer having a divalent oligofluorene as a repeating unit therein, wherein the divalent oligofluorene contains at least two fluorene units optionally having a substituent, and the 9-positioned carbon atoms of the fluorene units bond to each other via a direct bond or via an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, an arylene group optionally having a substituent, or an aralkylene group optionally having a substituent, and a ratio of a retardation measured at a wavelength of 450 nm (Re450) to a retardation measured at a wavelength of 550 nm (Re550) satisfies the following formula (2): Re450/Re550?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi UEHARA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Naoko SUMITANI, Haruhiko KUSAKA, Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI
  • Publication number: 20140285888
    Abstract: A retardation film insusceptible to color dropout or color shift even under environment of severe temperature or humidity conditions and capable of being produced by a melt film-forming method. The retardation film is obtained by molding at least one polymer selected from polycarbonate and polyester carbonate each having a glass transition temperature of 110 to 180° C. and satisfies the relationships of the following formulae (A) and (B): 0.7<R1(450)/R1(550)<1??Formula (A): |R2(450)/R2(550)?R1(450)/R1(550)|<0.020.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko TANAKA, Masashi YOKOGI, Shingo NAMIKI, Yuuichi HIRAMI, Masanori YAMAMOTO, Nao MURAKAMI, Toshiyuki IIDA, Takashi SHIMIZU