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US 12,331,195 · App. 17/601,710 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Composite material, sheet, and heat insulator

Inventors: Naoyoshi Sato (Minato-ku, JP); Tomohiko Kotake (Minato-ku, JP); Hiroyuki Izumi (Minato-ku, JP); Satoshi Takayasu (Minato-ku, JP)
C08L83/04C08J5/18F16L59/028C08J2383/04C08J2401/28C08L2203/16C08L2205/03
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Patent No.
US 12,331,195
App. No.
17/601,710
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite material containing aerogel particles and at least one cellulose-based resin selected from the group consisting of cellulose and a cellulose derivative, in which a content of the aerogel particles is 95 vol % or more. A sheet containing the composite material, and a heat insulator containing the composite material.

Claims (24)

1. A composite material comprising:

aerogel particles; and

a cellulose derivative having an alkyl group having 6 to 26 carbon atoms,

wherein a content of the aerogel particles is 95 vol % or more.

2. The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the cellulose derivative has a structural unit represented by Formula (A-1)

wherein R A represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, or a group represented by —R A1 —O—R A2 (in which R A1 represents an alkanediyl group and R A2 represents an alkyl group), and

wherein at least one instance of R A in the Formula (A-1) is the alkyl group having 6 to 26 carbon atoms or a group represented by —R A1 —O—R A2 (in which RAI represents an alkandiyl group and R A2 represents the alkyl group having 6 to 26 carbon atoms).

3. A sheet comprising the composite material according to claim 1 .

4. A heat insulator comprising the composite material according to claim 1 .

5. A composite material comprising:

aerogel particles; and

at least one cellulose-based resin selected from the group consisting of cellulose and a cellulose derivative,

wherein a content of the aerogel particles is 95 vol % or more, and

wherein a content of the cellulose-based resin is 0.1 vol % or more and 3 vol % or less.

6. A sheet comprising the composite material according to claim 5 .

7. A heat insulator comprising the composite material according to claim 5 .

8. A composite material comprising:

aerogel particles;

at least one cellulose-based resin selected from the group consisting of cellulose and a cellulose derivative; and

a binder resin,

wherein a content of the aerogel particles is 95 vol % or more.

9. The composite material according to claim 8 , wherein a content of the binder resin is 0.1 vol % or more and 4 vol % or less.

10. A sheet comprising the composite material according to claim 8 .

11. A heat insulator comprising the composite material according to claim 8 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063280/0549 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: SATO, NAOYOSHI; KOTAKE, TOMOHIKO; IZUMI, HIROYUKI; TAKAYASU, SATOSHI
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058106/0708 →
Continuity (1)
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