IP Library Granted Patent US 12,168,722
Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,722 · App. 17/634,996 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Method of producing resin and method of producing insulating structure

Inventors: Kodai Ushiwata (Tokyo, JP); Yu Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuo Yoshimitsu (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Imai (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromitsu Hirai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
C08J3/20C08G59/34C08G59/42H01B13/0036H01B17/56H02K3/32C08J2363/00
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Patent No.
US 12,168,722
App. No.
17/634,996
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin producing method is a method of producing a resin with which an insulating structure formed on an outer peripheral portion of a conductor is impregnated, the method including: a filler mixing step of mixing a nanofiller at a ratio of 15 wt % or more with an epoxy resin to form a mixture; a shear mixing step of causing the mixture to be subjected to shear mixing; a diluent mixing step of mixing a reactive diluent that reduces a viscosity of the epoxy resin, with the mixture after the shear mixing step; and a curing agent mixing step of mixing an acid anhydride curing agent with the mixture after the diluent mixing step.

Claims (33)

1. A method of producing an insulating structure formed on an outer peripheral portion of a conductor, the method comprising:

a resin production step of producing a resin including a nanofiller; and

a step of impregnating a non-conductive tape-shaped member wound around the outer peripheral portion of the conductor with the resin, wherein

the resin production step includes:

a filler mixing step of mixing the nanofiller at a ratio of 15 wt % or more with an epoxy resin to form a mixture;

a shear mixing step of mixing the mixture to disperse the nanofiller in the mixture by shear mixing;

a diluent mixing step of mixing a reactive diluent that reduces a viscosity of the epoxy resin, with the mixture after the shear mixing step, and

a curing agent mixing step of mixing an acid anhydride curing agent with the mixture after the diluent mixing step,

wherein the resin production step further comprising a dispersiveness evaluation step of evaluating dispersiveness of the nanofiller in the mixture after the diluent mixing step, and

wherein the curing agent mixing step is performed when dispersiveness of the nanofiller is evaluated to satisfy a predetermined criterion in the dispersiveness evaluation step.

2. The method of producing the insulating structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the mixture after the filler mixing step has a viscosity of 100 P or more.

3. The method of producing the insulating structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the mixture after the diluent mixing step has a viscosity of 10 P or less.

4. The method of producing the insulating structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the epoxy resin includes an alicyclic epoxy resin.

5. The method of producing the insulating structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the reactive diluent includes butyl glycidyl ether.

6. A method of producing a resin with which an insulating structure formed on an outer peripheral portion of a conductor is impregnated, the method comprising:

mixing a nanofiller at a ratio of 15 wt % or more with an epoxy resin to form a mixture;

mixing the mixture to disperse the nanofiller in the mixture by shear mixing;

mixing a reactive diluent that reduces a viscosity of the epoxy resin, with the mixture after the shear mixing; and

mixing an acid anhydride curing agent with the mixture after mixing the reactive diluent,

wherein evaluating dispersiveness of the nanofiller in the mixture is performed after mixing the reactive diluent, and

wherein mixing the acid anhydride curing agent with the mixture is performed when dispersiveness of the nanofiller is evaluated to satisfy a predetermined criterion by evaluating dispersiveness of the nanofiller.

7. The method of producing a resin according to claim 6 , wherein

the mixture after mixing the nanofiller has a viscosity of 100 P or more.

8. The method of producing a resin according to claim 7 , wherein

the mixture after the diluent mixing step has a viscosity of 10 P or less.

9. The method of producing a resin according to claim 6 , wherein

the epoxy resin includes an alicyclic epoxy resin.

10. The method of producing a resin according to claim 9 , wherein

the reactive diluent includes butyl glycidyl ether.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: USHIWATA, KODAI; YAMASHITA, YU; IMAI, TAKAHIRO; HIRAI, HIROMITSU
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058997/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-146267 · Aug 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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