Tonen Chemical Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100295511 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - The invention relates to polyolefin membranes and membrane precursors comprising polyethylene and polypropylene. The polyolefin membrane can be a microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a first microporous layer and at least one second microporous layers where the first and second layers contain polypropylene and polyethylene, and the amount of polyethylene in the first layer is at least about 80 wt. % and the amount of polyethylene in the second layer is at least about 50 wt. %. The amount of polyethylene is higher in the first microporous layer than in the second microporous layer, and the total amount of the polyethylene in the first and second microporous layers is at least about 61 wt. %, based on the weight of the multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane. | 11-25-2010 |
20100289174 | METHOD FOR REMOVING DILUENT FROM A POLYMER EXTRUDATE, AND ITS APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to a method for removing a process solvent (P-sol) from a polymer extrudate, especially in connection with a process for producing a microporous membrane. The method involves contacting the extrudate with chlorinated hydrocarbon (CHC) and hydrofluoroether (HFE) in a first stage; contacting the extrudate from the first stage with HFE in a second stage; combining the first and second waste streams and then separating the P-sol from the combined streams to make an HFE-CHC stream; cooling the HFE-CHC stream to make an HFE-rich phase and a CHC-rich phase; and conducting the CHC-rich phase and/or the HFE-rich phase to step (A). | 11-18-2010 |
20100273032 | METHOD FOR REMOVING DILUENT FROM AN EXTRUDATE OF A POLYMER SOLUTION - The invention relates to a method for removing diluent from a polymer extrudate, especially in connection with a process for producing a microporous membrane. The method involves contacting the extrudate with a second solvent in a first stage; contacting the extrudate from the first stage with a third solvent in a second stage; conducting a first stream away from the first stage and/or conducting a second stream away from the second stage; and cooling at least a portion of the first and/or second stream and separating therefrom at least one of a first phase rich in the second solvent or a second phase rich in the third solvent. | 10-28-2010 |
20100209745 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - The invention relates to a microporous membrane. The membrane can have an average thickness of 23 ?m or more, an air permeability in a range of about 20 sec/100 cm | 08-19-2010 |
20100151310 | MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - A microporous polyethylene membrane made of a polyethylene resin comprising 15% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a mass-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 06-17-2010 |
20100021808 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY - A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising first microporous layers constituting at least both surface layers, and at least one second microporous layer disposed between both surface layers, the first microporous layer comprising a first polyethylene resin containing 8% or more by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 01-28-2010 |
20100003591 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AND A BATTERY SEPARATOR MADE THEREFROM - The invention relates to a polyolefin composition. The polyolefin composition can be in the form of a multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a first microporous layer containing 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 01-07-2010 |
20090286161 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY - A microporous polyolefin membrane having a structure in which its pore size distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, which is produced by (1) extruding a melt-blend of (a) (i) a polyethylene resin containing 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 11-19-2009 |
20090269672 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - A microporous polyethylene membrane having well-balanced permeability, mechanical properties, heat shrinkage resistance, compression resistance, electrolytic solution absorbability, shutdown properties and meltdown properties, with an average pore diameter changing in a thickness direction is produced by melt-blending a polyethylene resin and a membrane-forming solvent to prepare a solution A having a resin concentration of 25 to 50% by mass and a solution B having a resin concentration of 10 to 30% by mass, the resin concentration in the solution A being higher than that in the solution B, (a) simultaneously extruding the resin solutions A and B through a die, cooling the resultant extrudate to provide a gel-like sheet in which the resin solutions A and B are laminated, and removing the membrane-forming solvent from the gel-like sheet, or (b) extruding the resin solutions A and B through separate dies, removing the membrane-forming solvent from the resultant gel-like sheets A and B to form microporous polyethylene membranes A and B, and alternately laminating the microporous polyethylene membranes A and B, while easily controlling the average pore diameter distribution in the microporous polyethylene membrane in a thickness direction. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269656 | MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - A microporous polyethylene membrane made of a polyethylene resin having a ratio (mass-average molecular weight/number-average molecular weight) of 5 to 300 and comprising 1% or more by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a mass-average molecular weight of 7×10 | 10-29-2009 |
20090253032 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY - A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising first microporous layers constituting at least both surface layers and at least one second microporous layer disposed between both surface layers; said first microporous layer being made of a first polyolefin comprising (i) polypropylene, or (ii) a mixture of 50% or more by mass of polypropylene and a polyethylene resin; said second microporous layer being made of a second polyolefin comprising (i) a mixture of 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having weight-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 10-08-2009 |
20090170005 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, BATTERY SEPARATOR FORMED THEREBY AND BATTERY - A microporous polyolefin membrane made of a polyethylene resin as a main component, and having (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, at which the air permeability measured while heating at a temperature-elevating speed of 5° C./minute reaches 1×10 | 07-02-2009 |
20090148761 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE, BATTERY SEPARATOR FORMED THEREBY AND BATTERY - A multi-layer, microporous polyethylene membrane comprising (a) a first microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin, and (b) a second microporous layer comprising a polyethylene resin, and a heat-resistant polymer having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 170° C. or higher, the heat-resistant polymer being dispersed in the form of fine particles in the polyethylene resin, and the second microporous layer having pores containing fine particles of the heat-resistant polymer as nuclei from which the cleavage of polyethylene resin fibrils starts, the multi-layer microporous polyethylene membrane having well-balanced shutdown properties, meltdown properties, permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance and compression resistance. | 06-11-2009 |
20090146334 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE AND MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - A microporous polyolefin membrane having large pore diameters and excellent air permeability, mechanical strength and compression resistance can be obtained by (a) stretching a gel molding comprising a polyolefin and a membrane-forming solvent at least uniaxially at a temperature from the crystal dispersion temperature of the polyolefin +15° C. to the crystal dispersion temperature of the polyolefin +40° C., removing the membrane-forming solvent, and then stretching again the resultant membrane to 1.1 to 2.5 fold at least uniaxially, or by (b) stretching the gel molding at least uniaxially, bringing the stretched film into contact with a hot solvent before and/or after removing the membrane-forming solvent, and then stretching again the resultant membrane to 1.1 to 2.5 fold at least uniaxially. | 06-11-2009 |
20090134538 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE - A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polypropylene layer and a polyethylene resin layer and having well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties and meltdown properties can be obtained by (1) forming a sheet comprising a gel-like polypropylene layer containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene layer containing no membrane-forming solvent and a gel-like polyethylene resin layer containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching the sheet at two-stage temperatures, and then removing the membrane-forming solvent, or (2) forming a gel-like polypropylene sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene sheet containing no membrane-forming solvent, and a gel-like polyethylene resin sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching them at two-stage temperatures, removing the membrane-forming solvent, and then laminating the resultant microporous polypropylene membrane and the resultant microporous polyethylene membrane. | 05-28-2009 |
20090127733 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS THERMOPLASTIC RESIN MEMBRANE - A method for producing a microporous thermoplastic resin membrane from a thermoplastic resin and a membrane-forming solvent, using as part of a starting material film waste based on the thermoplastic resin and the membrane-forming solvent, which is generated in the production process of the microporous thermoplastic resin membrane, comprising the steps of melt-blending a virgin thermoplastic resin and a membrane-forming solvent in an extruder to prepare a virgin material solution, adding the film waste generated in the same or different production processes to the virgin material solution in a molten state in the extruder at an intermediate point, melt-blending them to prepare a thermoplastic resin solution, extruding the thermoplastic resin solution through a die, cooling the extrudate to form a gel-like sheet, and removing the membrane-forming solvent from the gel-like sheet. | 05-21-2009 |
20090117455 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - A multi-layer, microporous polyethylene membrane having at least two layers, which comprises (a) a microporous polyethylene resin layer A comprising high-density polyethylene A having 0.2 or more terminal vinyl groups per 10,000 carbon atoms when measured by infrared spectroscopy, and (b) a microporous polyethylene resin layer B comprising high-density polyethylene B having less than 0.2 terminal vinyl groups per 10,000 carbon atoms when measured by infrared spectroscopy, has well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties, meltdown properties and oxidation resistance. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117453 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE MEMBRANE, AND BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY USING SAME - A multi-layer, microporous polyethylene membrane having at least three layers comprising (a) a first microporous layer amount of a polyethylene resin and constituting at least both surface layers, and (b) at least one second microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin, a heat-resistant resin having a melting point or glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and a filler, and sandwiched by both surface layers. | 05-07-2009 |
20090098450 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - (1) a combination of a microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin and a microporous layer made of polypropylene and a heat-resistant resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 170° C. or higher, or (2) a combination of a microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin and a microporous layer made of polypropylene and inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of 2 or more provides a multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane with well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties and meltdown properties. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098449 | Microporous polyolefin membrane, and method of producing the same - The present invention provides a microporous polyolefin membrane of high permeability and novel structure, and also provides a method of producing the same, wherein its average pore size is gradually decreases from at least one membrane surface towards its center. The method of producing the microporous polyolefin membrane comprises the steps of extruding the solution, composed of 10 to 50 weight % of (A) a polyolefin having a weight-average molecular weight of 5×105 or more or (B) a composition containing this polyolefin and 50 to 90 weight % of a solvent, into a gel-like formed article and removing the solvent therefrom, wherein a treatment step with a hot solvent is incorporated. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098341 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The microporous polyolefin membrane obtained by stretching a gel molding comprising a polyolefin and a membrane-forming solvent at least uniaxially, heat-setting it, removing the membrane-forming solvent, and re-stretching it at least uniaxially has a large pore diameter and excellent air permeability, mechanical strength and compression resistance. | 04-16-2009 |
20090079102 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE - A method for producing a microporous polyolefin membrane by extruding a melt blend comprising a polyethylene resin, polypropylene having a mass-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 03-26-2009 |
20090042008 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - A microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polyethylene resin, and having (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, at which the air permeability measured while heating at a temperature-elevating speed of 5° C./minute reaches 1×10 | 02-12-2009 |
20090008816 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE AND MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - A microporous polyolefin membrane having excellent compression resistance is obtained by stretching a gel molding comprising a polyolefin and a membrane-forming solvent, removing the membrane-forming solvent, and stretching the resultant membrane again at least uniaxially at a speed of 3%/second or more at a temperature equal to or lower than the crystal dispersion temperature +20° C. | 01-08-2009 |