Patents by Inventor Junji Saito
Junji Saito 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: 20130033196Abstract: A light emitting element drive apparatus capable of outputting the lowest voltage satisfying drive conditions and having high light emitting efficiency and low power loss, and a portable apparatus using the same, comprising an LED drive apparatus to which LEDs of different drive voltages required for emitting light are connected in parallel and driving one or more LEDs, wherein the LED drive apparatus 10 has drive circuits connected to the corresponding LEDs among a plurality of LEDs and driving the corresponding LEDs with luminances based on set values and power supply circuits for deciding a drive voltage value required for the highest light emission among one or more LEDs driven to emit light based on drive states of drive circuits (for example terminal voltages of the current source) and supplying a drive voltage having at least the decided value to LEDs in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicants: Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhito Tsuchida, Junji Saito, Kazuo Sudo
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Patent number: 8349451Abstract: To provide capsular fine particles comprising an olefinic polymer which have a uniform particle size distribution and a uniform particle size, and which are spherical and free from the coagulation between particles. Capsular fine particles comprising the olefinic polymer, of which the ratio (L/M) of the outer diameter (L) to the inner diameter (M) is 1.1 to 6.0, and the average diameter is 0.6 to 40 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Junji Saito, Susumu Murata, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita
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Patent number: 8338557Abstract: Olefin polymer with narrow molecular weight distribution and specific molecular weight, olefin polymer having functional group introduced at terminal, tapered polymer containing segment wherein monomer composition continuously changes in the polymer chain, olefin polymer having different segments bonded to each other, and process for preparing these polymers. The olefin polymers are polymers of C2-20 carbon atom olefins and have a number-average molecular weight of ?500 and Mw/Mn of ?1.5. In syntheses, an olefin of 2-20 carbon atoms is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal compound represented by the formula LmMXn wherein M is a transition metal atom of Group 3-11, m is 1-5, n is a number satisfying a valence of M, L is a ligand—coordinated to the central metal M—which contains a heteroatom having no direct bond to the central metal, and X is e.g. halogen or a hydrocarbon.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Makoto Mitani, Yasunori Yoshida, Junichi Mohri, Kazutaka Tsuru, Seiichi Ishii, Shinichi Kojoh, Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Shigekazu Matsui, Takashi Nakano, Hidetsugu Tanaka, Norio Kashiwa, Terunori Fujita
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Publication number: 20110015283Abstract: A polymerization medium having small ozone depletion potential and small global warming potential and having a small chain transfer constant is used, to efficiently produce a fluoropolymer having a high molecular weight and having excellent heat resistance, solvent resistance, chemical resistance, etc. A process for producing a fluoropolymer, which comprises polymerizing a fluoromonomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group and a fluoroolefin using a hydrofluorocarbon as a medium, wherein the hydrofluorocarbon as the medium has 4 to 10 carbon atoms and has a ratio (molar basis) of the number of hydrogen atoms/the number of fluorine atoms (H/F ratio) of from 0.05 to 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshinori TOMITA, Jumpei Nomura, Junji Saito, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Kazuo Umemura
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Patent number: 7687579Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20090280318Abstract: Provided is a new adhesive polyolefin resin composition, containing 1 to 100% by weight of a high polymer structure, that has good heat resistance and excellent adhesion performance to polyolefins and various polar materials, wherein a polyolefin segment (A) is bonded with an addition polymer segment (B) of a non-olefinic vinyl monomer and a reactive group is introduced into the addition polymer segment (B) and an adhesive or dispersion obtained therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Hideyuki Kaneko, Norio Kashiwa, Shin-ichi Kojoh, Takayuki Onogi, Motoaki Isokawa, Seiji Ota, Shigeyuki Yasui
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Patent number: 7601423Abstract: Ethylene-based copolymer microparticles and functional group-containing ethylene-based copolymer microparticles that have particle diameter smaller than that of conventional polyethylene fine-particles, no inter-particle agglomeration, very narrow particle size distribution, and high sphericity are provided, in which requirements (A) to (E): (A) The intrinsic viscosity [?] measured in decalin at 135° C. is in the range of 0.1 to 50 dl/g, (B) at least 95 wt % or more of particles pass through a mesh screen with an opening of 37 ?m, (C) the median diameter (d50) measured by laser diffraction scattering is 3 ?m?d50?25 ?m, (D) the circularity coefficient is 0.85 or more, and (E) the variation coefficient of particle diameter (Cv) is 20% or less. Non-agglomerated spherical magnesium-containing microparticles used as magnesium-containing carrier component for olefin-polymerization catalysts that can manufacture the above microparticles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Junji Saito, Hideki Bando, Yoshiho Sonobe, Kenji Michiue, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita
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Patent number: 7566761Abstract: The present invention provides an olefin polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a specific molecular weight, an olefin polymer having a functional group introduced at the terminal, a tapered polymer containing a segment wherein monomer composition continuously changes in the polymer chain, an olefin polymer having different segments which are bonded to each other, and a process for preparing these polymers. The olefin polymers of the invention are polymers of olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and have a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500 and Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Makoto Mitani, Yasunori Yoshida, Junichi Mohri, Kazutaka Tsuru, Seiichi Ishii, Shinichi Kojoh, Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Shigekazu Matsui, Takashi Nakano, Hidetsugu Tanaka, Norio Kashiwa, Terunori Fujita
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Patent number: 7563849Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20090118426Abstract: The present invention provides an olefin polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a specific molecular weight, an olefin polymer having a functional group introduced at the terminal, a tapered polymer containing a segment wherein monomer composition continuously changes in the polymer chain, an olefin polymer having different segments which are bonded to each other, and a process for preparing these polymers. The olefin polymers of the invention are polymers of olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and have a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500 and Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Makoto MITANI, Yasunori YOSHIDA, Junichi MOHRI, Kazutaka TSURU, Seiichi ISHII, Shinichi KOJOH, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Junji SAITO, Naoto MATSUKAWA, Shigekazu MATSUI, Takashi NAKANO, Hidetsugu TANAKA, Norio KASHIWA, Terunori FUJITA
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Publication number: 20090098381Abstract: To provide capsular fine particles comprising an olefinic polymer which have a uniform particle size distribution and a uniform particle size, and which are spherical and free from the coagulation between particles. Capsular fine particles comprising the olefinic polymer, of which the ratio (L/M) of the outer diameter (L) to the inner diameter (M) is 1.1 to 6.0, and the average diameter is 0.6 to 40 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Junji Saito, Susumu Murata, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita
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Patent number: 7452946Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer which is a copolymer obtained from ethylene and a C3 to C10?-olefin and satisfies the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) simultaneously provides a blow-molded product and an extrusion-molded product excellent in moldability, mechanical strength and outward appearance. (i) melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] under a loading of 2.16 kg at 190° C. is in the range of 0.01 to 10, (ii) melt tension [MT (g)] and the above melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] satisfy the following relationship: MT?3.2×MFR2?0.55, (iii) an activation energy [Ea] of fluidization is less than 30 (KJ/mol), and (iv) swell ratio is 1.36 or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Kenji Iwamasa, Keiko Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080204381Abstract: A light emitting element drive apparatus capable of always outputting the lowest voltage satisfying the drive conditions and having a high light emitting efficiency and a low power loss, and a portable apparatus using the same, comprising an LED drive apparatus 10 to which LEDs 20-1 to 20-n of different drive voltages required for emitting light are connected in parallel and driving one or more LEDs, wherein the LED drive apparatus 10 has drive circuits 13-1 to 13-n connected to the corresponding LEDs among a plurality of LEDs and driving the corresponding LEDs with luminances based on set values and power supply circuits 14 and 15 for deciding a drive voltage value required for the highest light emission among one or more LEDs driven to emit light based on drive states of drive circuits (for example terminal voltages of the current source) and supplying a drive voltage having at least the decided value to a plurality of LEDs in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhito Tsuchida, Junji Saito, Kazuo Sudo
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Patent number: 7365718Abstract: A light emitting element drive apparatus capable of always outputting the lowest voltage satisfying the drive conditions and having a high light emitting efficiency and a low power loss, and a portable apparatus using the same, comprising a LED drive apparatus 10 to which LEDs 20-1 to 20-n of different drive voltages required for emitting light are connected in parallel and driving one or more LEDs, wherein the LED drive apparatus 10 has drive circuits 13-1 to 13-n connected to the corresponding LEDs among a plurality of LEDs and driving the corresponding LEDs with luminances based on set values and power supply circuits 14 and 15 for deciding a drive voltage value required for the highest light emission among one or more LEDs driven to emit light based on drive states of drive circuits (for example terminal voltages of the current source) and supplying a drive voltage having at least the decided value to a plurality of LEDs in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication Japan, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhito Tsuchida, Junji Saito, Kazuo Sudo
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Patent number: 7335716Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR?1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20080044655Abstract: Ethylene-based copolymer microparticles and functional group-containing ethylene-based copolymer microparticles that have particle diameter smaller than that of conventional polyethylene fine-particles, no inter-particle agglomeration, very narrow particle size distribution, and high sphericity are provided, in which requirements (A) to (E): (A) The intrinsic viscosity [?] measured in decalin at 135° C. is in the range of 0.1 to 50 dl/g, (B) at least 95 wt % or more of particles pass through a mesh screen with an opening of 37 ?m, (C) the median diameter (d50) measured by laser diffraction scattering is 3 ?m?d50?25 ?m, (D) the circularity coefficient is 0.85 or more, and (E) the variation coefficient of particle diameter (Cv) is 20% or less. Non-agglomerated spherical magnesium-containing microparticles used as magnesium-containing carrier component for olefin-polymerization catalysts that can manufacture the above microparticles are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2005Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Junji Saito, Hideki Bando, Yoshiho Sonobe, Kenji Michiue, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita
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Patent number: 7300903Abstract: The invention provides a process using olefin polymerization catalysts exhibiting excellent polymerization activities. The olefin polymerization catalysts of the invention contain a transition metal compound typified by formula (I) and at least one of an organometallic compound, an organoaluminum oxy-compound or a compound which reacts with said transition metal compound to form an ion pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Makoto Mitani, Shigekazu Matsui, Junji Saito, Masatoshi Nitabaru, Kiyoaki Sugi, Haruyuki Makio, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20070190333Abstract: A polyolefin-based molded product having excellent printability, coatability, heat resistance, impact resistance, hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, or exhibiting excellent performance such as the performance of adhesion with metal, plastics, paper and the like, that is, a polyolefin-based molded product which is coated with a polar segment layer through covalent bonding, without impairing the properties of the polyolefin base material and without substantial delamination at the interface, based on a novel conception that a polyolefin molded product has a structure of being coated with polar polymer segments at the surface, and a vinylic monomer or a small-membered cyclic compound is polymerized on the surface; and a method for producing the same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Matsugi, Shin-ichi Kojoh, Nobuo Kawahara, Shingo Matsuo, Hideyuki Kaneko, Takayuki Onogi, Junji Saito, Norio Kashiwa
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Patent number: 7109284Abstract: The present invention provides a novel olefin polymerization catalyst having excellent olefin polymerization activity and, in polymerization with the catalyst comprising a transition metal compound, a polymerization process for preparing a polymer having a low molecular weight with high polymerization activity. The process comprises polymerizing olefin in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising (A) a transition metal compound represented by the following [M: a Group 4 or 5 transition metal atom in the Periodic Table, m: 1–4, R1: H, a C1–C5 linear hydrocarbon group, 3- to 5-membered alicyclic hydrocarbon group, bicycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group wherein two alicyclic rings share one or more carbon atoms, R2 to R6: H, a halogen atom, hydrocarbon group etc, X: H, a halogen atom etc, and n is a valence of M], and (B) at least one compound selected from (B-1) an organometallic compound, (B-2) an organoaluminum oxy compound and (B-3) an ionizing ionic compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Seiichi Ishii, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Terunori Fujita
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Publication number: 20060199925Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer which is a copolymer obtained from ethylene and a C3 to C10?-olefin and satisfies the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) simultaneously provides a blow-molded product and an extrusion-molded product excellent in moldability, mechanical strength and outward appearance. (i) melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] under a loading of 2.16 kg at 190° C. is in the range of 0.01 to 10, (ii) melt tension [MT (g)] and the above melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] satisfy the following relationship: MT?3.2×MFR2?0.55, (iii) an activation energy [Ea] of fluidization is less than 30 (KJ/mol), and (iv) swell ratio is 1.36 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Kenji Iwamasa, Keiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 5220471Abstract: A thin film magnetic head comprises a slider and a reading/writing element attached to an end surface of the slider, wherein the reading/writing element is disposed at an end surface in the longitudinal direction of the slider when the longitudinal direction and the width direction are determined on the surface which faces a magnetic recording medium, of the slider, and the slider has a linear groove in the surface opposite the surface which faces the magnetic recording medium, at the intermediate portion in the width direction of the slider and along the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1992Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: TDK CorporationInventor: Mikio Matsuzaki