SHOWA DENKO K. K. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150376657 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR 1,4-BUTANEDIOL, MICROBE, AND GENE - A method of manufacturing 1,4-butanediol through acetyl-CoA, acetoacetyl-CoA, 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, crotonyl-CoA, and 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA by using a microbe and/or a culture thereof, wherein the microbe in the manufacturing method for 1,4-butanediol includes any one of genes among (a) a gene that has a base sequence of sequence number 1, (b) a gene that has a base sequence such that one or more bases are deleted, substituted, or added in a base sequence of sequence number 1, wherein the gene has a base sequence with an identity greater than or equal to 90% with respect to the base sequence of sequence number 1, and (c) a gene that hybridizes with a gene that has a base sequence complementary with a gene that has a base sequence described in sequence number 1 on a stringent condition, and includes any one or more genes among (d) genes that have base sequences of sequence numbers 2 to 9, (e) genes that have base sequences such that one or more bases are deleted, substituted, or added in base sequences of sequence numbers 2 to 9, wherein the genes have base sequences with an identity greater than or equal to 90% with respect to original base sequences thereof, and (f) genes that hybridize with genes that have base sequences complementary with genes that have base sequences of sequence numbers 2 to 9 on a stringent condition. | 12-31-2015 |
20150056382 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE INK AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMING METHOD - Provided is a transparent conductive ink which contains metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes as a conductive component and can form a coating film which has good conductivity and a high light transmittance property, and also provided is a transparent conductive pattern forming method wherein this transparent conductive ink is used for forming a transparent conductive pattern by simple production steps, to thereby suppress the production cost and environmental load. At least one of metal nanowires and metal nanotubes are dispersed in a dispersion medium containing a shape-holding material which contains an organic compound having a molecular weight in the range of 150 to 500 and which has a viscosity of 1.0×10 | 02-26-2015 |
20140054496 | SLURRY OBTAINED USING BINDER FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES, ELECTRODE OBTAINED USING THE SLURRY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY OBTAINED USING THE ELECTRODE - Provided is a slurry for lithium ion secondary battery electrodes, which has proper binding properties between active materials and between an active material and a current collector, an electrode using the slurry, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode and having both a high initial discharge capacity and an excellent charge-discharge high-temperature cycle characteristic. The present invention relates to a slurry for lithium ion secondary battery electrodes, which is obtained using a binder for battery electrodes and an active material and has a pH of 3.0 to 6.0. Preferably, the slurry contains a binder for battery electrodes in an amount of 0.2 to 4.0% by mass based on the active material. | 02-27-2014 |
20130330620 | GRAPHITE MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES, AND BATTERIES - A graphite composite material obtained by mixing graphite material 1 having diversity in the sizes of optical anisotropic structure and optical isotropic structure, the ratio thereof, and crystal direction, and graphite material 2 having a rhombohedron structure, which is different from graphite material 1 and has an average interplanar spacing d | 12-12-2013 |
20130119318 | BINDER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, SLURRY OBTAINED USING THE BINDER FOR ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE OBTAINED USING THE SLURRY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE - An object of the present invention is to provide: a binder for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode, which is water-dispersible type and has favorable adhesion between active materials and between the active material and current collectors, along with charge-discharge high-temperature cycle characteristics; a slurry using the binder; an electrode using the slurry; and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode. The present invention relates to a binder composition for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode, which is obtained by emulsion polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of a surfactant, the ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing, as essential constituents, 15 to 70 mass % of styrene with respect to the total mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an internal cross-linking agent. | 05-16-2013 |
20120262883 | HEAT RADIATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A back metal layer ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120256122 | COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING OF RUTHENIUM-BASED METAL, AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF THE SAME - A composition for etching of a ruthenium-based metal, in which there are added and mixed at least a bromine-containing compound, an oxidizing agent, a basic compound and water, wherein the amount of bromine-containing compound added is 2-25 mass %, as bromine, and the amount of oxidizing agent added is 0.1-12 mass %, with respect to the total mass, and the pH is at least 10 and less than 12. It is possible to accomplish efficient etching of ruthenium-based metals. | 10-11-2012 |
20120137482 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A surface layer of an anode body containing niobium is converted into a dielectric layer by a method for a chemical formation, which comprises step I of electrolytically forming an anode body comprising niobium in a chemical forming solution containing nitric acid and phosphoric acid at a temperature within a range from 40° C. to a boiling point of the chemical forming solution, step II of heat-treating the electrolytically formed anode body at a temperature within a range from 150° C. to 300° C., and step III of electrolytically forming the heat-treated anode body in a chemical forming solution containing nitric acid and phosphoric acid at a temperature within a range from 40° C. to a boiling point of the chemical forming solution. A cathode is formed on the dielectric layer to obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor element, and the element is sheathed to obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor. | 06-07-2012 |
20110182001 | ACTIVATED CARBON MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND USE THEREOF - An activated carbon material having a BET specific surface area of 10 to 1,000 m | 07-28-2011 |
20100173108 | SEMICONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - The invention relates to a semiconductive resin composition containing at least two kinds of conductive fillers, wherein the difference in threshold values of percolation between at least two kinds of the conductive fillers is within a range of 10 to 50 mass %. The semiconductive resin composition of the present invention can be used widely in various form of molded products, such as component used for transport in a clean room, spin chuck, IC test socket, various rollers installed in copier, seamless belt, bearing, antistatic fiber, member for electrostatic coating, fuel tube, part around fuel or chemical tube. | 07-08-2010 |
20100039730 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium which is capable of improving the perpendicular orientation of a perpendicular magnetic recording layer while maintaining a writing performance during recording and obtaining both an improvement in the perpendicular orientation and fine magnetic crystal particles with a uniform diameter, and which enables information to be recorded or reproduced at high density, a method of manufacturing the same, and a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus. A magnetic recording medium | 02-18-2010 |
20100033873 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which at least a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a magnetic recording layer and a protective layer are formed on a non-magnetic substrate in order from the bottom, the orientation control layer has a laminated structure of two or more layers including an intermediate layer and a seed layer which is disposed closer to the non-magnetic substrate than the intermediate layer. The seed layer includes two or more kinds of elements having a face-centered cubic structure, has face-centered cubic (111) plane crystals oriented in a direction perpendicular to a substrate surface, and has a pseudo-hexagonal structure. | 02-11-2010 |
20100007985 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORD REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - One object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a magnetic recording medium which has excellent magnetic separation properties of the magnetic recording pattern, the present invention providing a method for producing a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording pattern which is magnetically separated, comprising the steps of: after laminating at least a magnetic layer and a carbon protective layer on a non-magnetic substrate in this order, partially irradiating with a reactive plasma containing carbon and a halogen or reactive ions which are generated in the reactive plasma on a surface of the carbon protective layer, and thereby forming a halogenated carbon protective layer, which is obtained by partially halogenating the carbon protective layer, and the magnetic recording pattern separated magnetically which is obtained by partially improving the magnetic layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20090324813 | IN-LINE FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An in-line film forming apparatus capable of conveying a carrier at a high speed, increasing the exhaust capability within a film forming chamber, and easily realizing a high vacuum degree in a short time is provided. A conveyor mechanism has a linear motor drive mechanism which drives the carrier in a noncontact state, a horizontal guide mechanism which is provided so as to be able to contact a side portion of the carrier, and guides the carrier driven by the linear motor drive mechanism in a horizontal direction, and a vertical guide mechanism which is provided so as to be able to contact a lower end of the carrier, and guides the carrier driven by the linear motor drive mechanism in the vertical direction. | 12-31-2009 |
20090290292 | CAPACITOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a capacitor chip and a solid electrolytic capacitor, wherein in a capacitor chip in which one or more capacitor element is laminated on a metal lead frame to carry electricity and the whole is encapsulated with resin, a laminated body is located within a certain definite range. The present invention enables to increase the capacitance of a capacitor by broadening the allowable range of the total thickness of the laminated capacitor chips without generating defective appearance of the laminated solid electrolytic capacitor. | 11-26-2009 |
20090149676 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING 3, 3' , 4, 4'-TETRAAMINOBIPHENYL - An object of the present invention is to provide an efficient method of manufacturing 3,3′,4,4′-tetraaminobiphenyl with a smaller number of steps. The manufacturing method of 3,3′,4,4′-tetraaminobiphenyl includes reacting the amino groups of a 4-halo-o-phenylenediamine with an inorganic sulfur compound to lead to a 5-halo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, subsequently coupling two molecules of the benzothiadiazole together to form a 5,5′-bis(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) and then deprotecting the amino groups to yield 3,3′,4,4′-tetraaminobiphenyl. | 06-11-2009 |