Patents by Inventor Etsuo Okahara
Etsuo Okahara 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).
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Publication number: 20210268702Abstract: An injection molding die of the invention is used in a molding method of causing a surface of a resin molded product during molding to be brought into close contact with both cavity surfaces of a pair of dies by setting surface temperatures of cavity surfaces of the pair of dies to be higher than a deformation temperature of a resin to be molded. The injection molding die of the invention is capable of increasing the volume of the cavity along with operation of injecting the resin to a cavity formed by the pair of dies and reducing the volume of the cavity along with contraction of the resin by cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20210229332Abstract: An injection molding die of the invention, includes: a cavity die having a molding recess formed thereon, the molding recess molding a molded-product main body on which a design surface of a resin molded product is formed; and a core die that exists to be openable and closable with respect to the cavity die and forms a cavity having the molding recess between the cavity die and the core die, when the core die is closed and coupled to the cavity die, and the injection molding die is used in a resin molding method of causing a design surface of the resin molded product during molding to be brought into close contact with the cavity die by setting temperatures of the cavity die and the core die to be higher than or equal to a deformation temperature of a resin to be molded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20210221038Abstract: A method of the invention which manufactures a molded product by injection molding using injection molding die including a pair of dies includes: injecting and filling the resin in a molten state in a state where a temperature of the injection molding die is higher than a deformation temperature of resin to be injected and filled; reducing a volume of a cavity due to volume contraction of the resin when cooling thereof; and carrying out molding while maintaining a state where the resin is brought into close contact with both cavity surfaces of the pair of the dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20210039290Abstract: An injection molding die including a cavity mold and a core mold that is freely openable and closable with respect to the cavity mold. A gas storage concave portion is formed in a back side molding surface of the core mold for molding a back surface side of a resin molded article. The gas storage concave portion is formed by securing a depth of 0.15 to 1.00 mm to be recessed from the back side molding surface, so as to secure an unfilled space in which a molten resin is not filled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd.Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Patent number: 10377107Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure body, which allows the obtaining of superior impact performance while suppressing increases in thickness and weight of a plastic plate and reducing cost, and a method for manufacturing that structure body. Provided is a structure body (1) provided with a structure (10) made of a metal or a thermosetting resin, a plastic plate (14) attached to a surface (10a) of the structure (10) with double-sided tape (12), and a non-foamed plastic sheet (A) having a glass transition temperature of ?20° C. or lower arranged between the structure (10) and the plastic plate (14). Also provided is a method for manufacturing the structure body (1) that includes arranging the plastic sheet (A) between the structure (10) and the plastic plate (14) when attaching the plastic plate (14) to the surface (10a) of the structure (10) with the double-side tape (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsuo Okahara, Koichi Ashima
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Publication number: 20180236749Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure body, which allows the obtaining of superior impact performance while suppressing increases in thickness and weight of a plastic plate and reducing cost, and a method for manufacturing that structure body. Provided is a structure body (1) provided with a structure (10) made of a metal or a thermosetting resin, a plastic plate (14) attached to a surface (10a) of the structure (10) with double-sided tape (12), and a non-foamed plastic sheet (A) having a glass transition temperature of ?20° C. or lower arranged between the structure (10) and the plastic plate (14). Also provided is a method for manufacturing the structure body (1) that includes arranging the plastic sheet (A) between the structure (10) and the plastic plate (14) when attaching the plastic plate (14) to the surface (10a) of the structure (10) with the double-side tape (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsuo OKAHARA, Koichi ASHIMA
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Patent number: 9242400Abstract: A resin injection molding method of molding a resin by injection-filling an inside of a mold cavity formed by mold-clamping a pair of a design surface mold and a non-design surface mold, with a melted thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition, the method including: setting a temperature of each cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold and the non-design surface mold prior to the injection filling to 60° C. to 120° C., with the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold being 5° C. to 50° C. higher than the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the non-design surface mold; and causing the resin pressure to reach a negative pressure within 7 seconds after injection filling is complete, wherein the thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition contains a crystalline polypropylene resin and a rubber component and a content of the rubber component is 1 mass % to 40 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd., UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujita, Yoshiaki Imai, Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20150190953Abstract: A resin injection molding method of molding a resin by injection-filling an inside of a mold cavity formed by mold-clamping a pair of a design surface mold and a non-design surface mold, with a melted thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition, the method including: setting a temperature of each cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold and the non-design surface mold prior to the injection filling to 60° C. to 120° C., with the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold being 5° C. to 50° C. higher than the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the non-design surface mold; and causing the resin pressure to reach a negative pressure within 7 seconds after injection filling is complete, wherein the thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition contains a crystalline polypropylene resin and a rubber component and a content of the rubber component is 1 mass % to 40 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujita, Yoshiaki Imai, Etsuo Okahara
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Patent number: 8047827Abstract: The mold for in-mold coating formation is one including a mold main body 30 having, provided thereinside, a mold cavity 5 permitting injection molding of a resin molding with coated surface and a coating material injecting unit 50 capable of injecting a coating material to an area corresponding to the coated surface of the resin molding, within the mold cavity 5, in which a groove portion 3 of 0.3 to 1 mm width (W) is provided on the peripheral edge 15 of the mold, and in which the angle (?1) made by the inner circumferential surface 25 of the mold and the mold-opening-side internal wall surface 27 of the groove portion 3 is in the range of 30° to 70°.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Patent number: 7862758Abstract: An in-mold coating method for molding a molded product with an excellent external appearance. A resin molded product is kept pressed against a mold cavity surface until immediately before coating. Mold-clamping force in a second step in which the shape of the resin molded product is fixed and that in a fourth step are selected so that the deformation of the mold cavity by the mold-clamping forces is substantially the same in the second and fourth steps. Even if the mold cavity deforms by the mold-clamping force in the second step, the mold cavity deforms similarly in the fourth step to provide a uniform coating thickness. Alternatively, a mold-clamping force smaller than that in the first step is selected for the second step to reduce the degree of deformation of the mold cavity and to achieve a uniform coating thickness.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai, Kazuaki Kobayashi, Takashi Okusako
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Patent number: 7837918Abstract: An in-mold coating method providing a mold having a specifically formed auxiliary cavity and an in-mold coating formation method which employs said mold, so that it is possible to prevent a coating material from leaking out of the mold, thereby shortening the molding formation cycle, and making it possible to manufacture a molded product having a stabilized quality. In addition, by using a mold having a specifically shaped sub-cavity, there is provided a still further in-mold coating formation method which can keep mold temperature at a relatively low value, cause the coating material to cure at a predetermined temperature and within a predetermined time period thereby shortening the molding formation cycle, improving the productivity, improving the physical properties of a coating layer, thus obtaining a good molded product.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignees: Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd., Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yonemochi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kenji Oota, Toshio Arai, Etsuo Okahara, Kazuaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7832999Abstract: An in-mold coating apparatus providing a mold having a specifically formed auxiliary cavity and an in-mold coating formation method which employs said mold, so that it is possible to prevent a coating material from leaking out of the mold, thereby shortening the molding formation cycle, and making it possible to manufacture a molded product having a stabilized quality. In addition, by using a mold having a specifically shaped sub-cavity, there is provided a still further in-mold coating formation method which can keep mold temperature at a relatively low value, cause the coating material to cure at a predetermined temperature and within a predetermined time period thereby shortening the molding formation cycle, improving the productivity, improving the physical properties of a coating layer, thus obtaining a good molded product.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignees: Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd., Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yonemochi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kenji Oota, Toshio Arai, Etsuo Okahara, Kazuaki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100040726Abstract: The mold for in-mold coating formation is one including a mold main body 30 having, provided thereinside, a mold cavity 5 permitting injection molding of a resin molding with coated surface and a coating material injecting unit 50 capable of injecting a coating material to an area corresponding to the coated surface of the resin molding, within the mold cavity 5, in which a groove portion 3 of 0.3 to 1 mm width (W) is provided on the peripheral edge 15 of the mold, and in which the angle (?1) made by the inner circumferential surface 25 of the mold and the mold-opening-side internal wall surface 27 of the groove portion 3 is in the range of 30° to 70°.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventor: Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20090121385Abstract: By managing a coating material injection time and the like parameters so that they may be controlled within specifically determined ranges, an in-mold coating formation method is provided for manufacturing a molded product coated with a coating layer having a uniform quality in its outside appearance. By continuously and unifyingly managing a mold opening amount and a mold closing force, an in-mold coating formation method and an in-mold coating formation apparatus are provided which are so formed that, if the control of a mold closing force and the control of a mold opening amount are continuously changed and at the same time a high precision and a high response are maintained, it is possible to enlarge a selectable range for selecting a molding condition, thereby producing an integrally formed molded product having an excellent outside appearance and whose coating layer has a high adhesion strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicants: Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd., Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yonemochi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kenji Oota, Toshio Arai, Etsuo Okahara, Kazuaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7482063Abstract: An in-mold coating molded article is obtained by coating the surface of a resin molded product comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene resin composition (A) with a paint composition for in-mold coating, wherein the composition (A) comprises a polypropylene resin (i), an additive rubber (ii) and optionally a polymer compound (iii) other than the polypropylene resin (i) and the additive rubber (ii), the total hydroxyl value of the polypropylene resin (i), the additive rubber (ii) and the optional polymer compound (iii) is from 1 to 40, the composition (A) has a rubber component content (total of the amount of the additive rubber (ii) and the amount of components soluble in n-decane at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignees: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd., Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Minoda, Yuichi Matsuda, Kaoru Yorita, Kenji Yonemochi, Kenji Oota, Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai
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Patent number: 7309221Abstract: An in-mold coat-forming mold and an in-mold coat-forming method are provided, wherein the mold prevents leakage of a coating material for the long term, which is likely to occur when the in-mold coat-forming method is carried out. By disposing a grove, a pressure piece, or both of them so as to serve as coating-material leakage-preventing means, in the vicinity of the edge of a mold cavity adjacent to a shear-structured engaging portion disposed along the circumference of the mold cavity, a coating material is prevented from leaking out of the mold from the engaging portion, and problems such as an adverse affect on a formed product caused by the leaked coating-material and a damage on the mold are prevented, whereby in-mold coat-forming is stably performed for the long term.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai, Takashi Okusako, Kazuaki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20060097425Abstract: An in-mold coating method for molding a molded product with an excellent external appearance. A resin molded product is kept pressed against a mold cavity surface until immediately before coating. Mold-clamping force in a second step in which the shape of the resin molded product is fixed and that in a fourth step are selected so that the deformation of the mold cavity by the mold-clamping forces is substantially the same in the second and fourth steps. Even if the mold cavity deforms by the mold-clamping force in the second step, the mold cavity deforms similarly in the fourth step to provide a uniform coating thickness. Alternatively, a mold-clamping force smaller than that in the first step is selected for the second step to reduce the degree of deformation of the mold cavity and to achieve a uniform coating thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicant: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.Inventors: Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai, Kazuaki Kobayashi, Takashi Okusako
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Publication number: 20060076712Abstract: By managing a coating material injection time and the like parameters so that they may be controlled within specifically determined ranges, an in-mold coating formation method is provided for manufacturing a molded product coated with a coating layer having a uniform quality in its outside appearance. By continuously and unifyingly managing a mold opening amount and a mold closing force, an in-mold coating formation method and an in-mold coating formation apparatus are provided which are so formed that, if the control of a mold closing force and the control of a mold opening amount are continuously changed and at the same time a high precision and a high response are maintained, it is possible to enlarge a selectable range for selecting a molding condition, thereby producing an integrally formed molded product having an excellent outside appearance and whose coating layer has a high adhesion strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Applicants: DAI NIPPON TORYO CO., LTD, UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION LTD.Inventors: Kenji Yonemochi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kenji Oota, Toshio Arai, Etsuo Okahara, Kazuaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7018190Abstract: A resin multilayer molding method in which a skin material having a resin decorating layer on a surface and a core-material resin are integrally molded in a mold, comprising the steps of: presetting a relationship of a glass transition point (Tgs) of the resin decorating layer of the skin material and a supply temperature (Tc) of a molten resin forming a core material to satisfy Tgs<Tc, and performing molding on a condition that a maximum temperature (Tsm) of the resin decorating layer of the skin material during clamping satisfies Tsm>Tgs.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akio Okamoto, Etsuo Okahara
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Publication number: 20050214559Abstract: An in-mold coating molded article is obtained by coating the surface of a resin molded product comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene resin composition (A) with a paint composition for in-mold coating, wherein the composition (A) comprises a polypropylene resin (i), an additive rubber (ii) and optionally a polymer compound (iii) other than the polypropylene resin (i) and the additive rubber (ii), the total hydroxyl value of the polypropylene resin (i), the additive rubber (ii) and the optional polymer compound (iii) is from 1 to 40, the composition (A) has a rubber component content (total of the amount of the additive rubber (ii) and the amount of components soluble in n-decane at 23° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Takeshi Minoda, Yuichi Matsuda, Kaoru Yorita, Kenji Yonemochi, Kenji Oota, Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai