Patents by Inventor Kazumi Kodama

Kazumi Kodama 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).

  • Patent number: 9517386
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great flight distance on driver shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Inoue, Toshiyuki Tarao, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Kazumi Kodama, Keiichi Hattori, Kotaro Ryuo
  • Patent number: 9493650
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great flight distance on driver shots and a golf ball resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Inoue, Toshiyuki Tarao, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Kazumi Kodama, Keiichi Hattori, Kotaro Ryuo
  • Publication number: 20150119168
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great flight distance on driver shots and a golf ball resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka INOUE, Toshiyuki TARAO, Kuniyasu HORIUCHI, Kazumi KODAMA, Keiichi HATTORI, Kotaro RYUO
  • Patent number: 8207276
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed article, which exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness and excellent in tensile strength and resistance to flexing fatigue; which itself hardly suffers coloration especially when the article thereof is worn as a glove for continuous operation for a long time and is hard to reduce adhesiveness and following characteristics to hand while wearing it; and a dip-forming latex composition capable to give such an article by dip-forming thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 7923515
    Abstract: A dip-formed article that has wearing comfort, excelling in not only tensile strength but also flexing fatigue and that itself does not tend to suffer coloration even when the article is worn and operation is continued; and a dip-forming composition capable of providing such a dip-formed article. There is provided a dip-forming composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein providing that X refers to the 10-hr half-life temperature (° C.) of organic peroxide and Y refers to the octanol-water partition coefficient of organic peroxide, the organic peroxide satisfies the formulae: 11?Y?2 (1), and 100?2Y?X?70?2Y (2). There is further provided a dip-formed article obtained from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Kenji Arai, Tomomi Onitake, Hisanori Ota
  • Publication number: 20100160568
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed article, which exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness and excellent in tensile strength and resistance to flexing fatigue; which itself hardly suffers coloration especially when the article thereof is worn as a glove for continuous operation for a long time and is hard to reduce adhesiveness and following characteristics to hand while wearing it; and a dip-forming latex composition capable to give such an article by dip-forming thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Kazumi KODAMA, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20100048777
    Abstract: A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes (A) a polyphenylene sulfide resin containing (a1) an oxidatively crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide resin with a non-Newtonian viscosity index of 1.15 to less than 1.30 and a melt viscosity of 20 Pa·s to less than 40 Pa·s at 300° C. and 1216 second?1, and (a2) an oxidatively crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide resin with a non-Newtonian viscosity index of 1.30 to less than 1.45 and a melt viscosity of 40 Pa·s to less than 60 Pa·s at 300° C. and 1216 second?1; (B) a fiber reinforcement; and (C) a non-fiber reinforcement is excellent in the resistance against chemicals such as fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Takashi Sugata, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20090278284
    Abstract: A dip-forming composition is provided, which can give a dip-formed article that exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness, an excellent tensile strength and a high flexural fatigue resistance, and which is less likely to color even when worn and subjected to working for a long time period. The above problem is solved by the dip-forming composition which is obtained by converting an organic peroxide, which is solid at 30° C. under normal pressure, to an aqueous dispersion in the presence of a surfactant and a polymeric protective colloid, adding the dispersion to a conjugated diene rubber latex, and aging the mixture. The organic peroxide is preferably dibenzoyl peroxide or dilauroyl peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Kazumi KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20090105424
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed article, which exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness and excellent in tensile strength and resistance to flexing fatigue; which itself hardly suffers coloration especially when the article thereof is worn as a glove for continuous operation for a long time and is hard to reduce adhesiveness and following characteristics to hand while wearing it; and a dip-forming latex composition capable to give such an article by dip-forming thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20080255314
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex obtained by copolymerization of (a) 50-89.5 weight parts of a conjugated diene monomer, (b) 10-40 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, (c) 0.5-10 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and (d) 0-20 weight parts of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (the total of these monomers is 100 weight parts), wherein the copolymerization is initiated with a monomer mixture comprising at least 80 wt. % of (a), at least 50 wt. % of (b), 10-90 wt. % of (c) and least 80 wt. % of (d), and thereafter, the remainders of monomers are added to a polymerization system to continue copolymerization. This latex gives a dip-formed article exhibiting good softness of touch, high tensile strength and good retention of close fittingness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Shunjin Aihara, Kazumi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20080051498
    Abstract: A dip-forming composition is provided, which can give a dip-formed article that exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness, an excellent tensile strength and a high flexural fatigue resistance, and which is less likely to color even when worn and subjected to working for a long time period. The above problem is solved by the dip-forming composition which is obtained by converting an organic peroxide, which is solid at 30° C. under normal pressure, to an aqueous dispersion in the presence of a surfactant and a polymeric protective colloid, adding the dispersion to a conjugated diene rubber latex, and aging the mixture. The organic peroxide is preferably dibenzoyl peroxide or dilauroyl peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Kazumi Kodama
  • Patent number: 7273906
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex obtained by copolymerization of (a) 50-89.5 weight parts of a conjugated diene monomer, (b) 10-40 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, (c) 0.5-10 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and (d) 0-20 weight parts of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (the total of these monomers is 100 weight parts), wherein the copolymerization is initiated with a monomer mixture comprising at least 80 wt. % of (a), at least 50 wt. % of (b), 10-90 wt. % of (c) and least 80 wt. % of (d), and thereafter, the remainders of monomers are added to a polymerization system to continue copolymerization. This latex gives a dip-formed article exhibiting good softness of touch, high tensile strength and good retention of close fittingness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Zeon Corproation
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Shunjin Aihara, Kazumi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20070083013
    Abstract: A dip-forming composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex prepared by copolymerizing 30-90 wt. % of a conjugated diene monomer, 0.1-20 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and 0-69.9 wt. % of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein a copolymer constituting the conjugated diene rubber latex exhibits a content insoluble in methyl ethyl ketone of not larger than 30 wt. % at a latex pH value of 10, and the dip-forming composition has a pH value of at least 8.5 and is substantially free from a sulfur-containing vulcanizer, a vulcanization accelerator for the sulfur-containing vulcanizer, and zinc oxide. A dip-formed article made therefrom, which has been crosslinked with a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt used as a coagulant for latex, has an extremely reduced number of pinholes, good softness to touch, high tensile strength and high fatigue resistance to repeated use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Tomomi Onitake, Kazumi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20070082152
    Abstract: A dip-formed article that has wearing comfort, excelling in not only tensile strength but also flexing fatigue and that itself does not tend to suffer coloration even when the article is worn and operation is continued; and a dip-forming composition capable of providing such a dip-formed article. There is provided a dip-forming composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein providing that X refers to the 10-hr half-life temperature (° C.) of organic peroxide and Y refers to the octanol-water partition coefficient of organic peroxide, the organic peroxide satisfies the formulae: 11?Y?2 (1), and 100?2Y?X?70?2Y (2). There is further provided a dip-formed article obtained from the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Kazumi Kodama
  • Patent number: 7168756
    Abstract: A vehicle front pillar construction has a hollow member formed integrally to have a closed cross section, having a front supporting a windshield and a pair of sides whose width direction coincides with a direction which follows the line of sight of a driver, a door seal mounted on the side of the hollow member which is situated spaced away from the front and an outer member mounted on the front of the hollow member in such a manner as to cover the hollow member from the door seal to the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hasegawa, Kazumi Kodama, Kosaku Tomozawa, Shuhei Hamada
  • Publication number: 20060202386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dip molding having a low surface resistivity, the dip molding having a surface resistivity that is lower than that of a conventional product even after being washed with superpure water. The dip molding of the present invention has a surface resistivity, measured under an atmosphere of 20° C and a relative humidity of 65%, of 107 to 1010 ?/square. Since the dip molding of the present invention has a low surface resistivity, it can suitably be used as a glove for precision electronic component production and semiconductor component production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Misao Nakamura, Toshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20060138807
    Abstract: A vehicle front pillar construction has a hollow member formed integrally to have a closed cross section, having a front supporting a windshield and a pair of sides whose width direction coincides with a direction which follows the line of sight of a driver, a door seal mounted on the side of the hollow member which is situated spaced away from the front and an outer member mounted on the front of the hollow member in such a manner as to cover the hollow member from the door seal to the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hasegawa, Kazumi Kodama, Kosaku Tomozawa, Shuhei Hamada
  • Publication number: 20050171272
    Abstract: A dip-forming composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex prepared by copolymerizing 30-90 wt. % of a conjugated diene monomer, 0.1-20 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and 0-69.9 wt. % of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein a copolymer constituting the conjugated diene rubber latex exhibits a content insoluble in methyl ethyl ketone of not larger than 30 wt. % at a latex pH value of 10, and the dip-forming composition has a pH value of at least 8.5 and is substantially free from a sulfur-containing vulcanizer, a vulcanization accelerator for the sulfur-containing vulcanizer, and zinc oxide. A dip-formed article made therefrom, which has been crosslinked with a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt used as a coagulant for latex, has an extremely reduced number of pinholes, good softness to touch, high tensile strength and high fatigue resistance to repeated use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Tomomi Onitake, Kazumi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20050154122
    Abstract: A dip-forming latex obtained by copolymerization of (a) 50-89.5 weight parts of a conjugated diene monomer, (b) 10-40 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, (c) 0.5-10 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and (d) 0-20 weight parts of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (the total of these monomers is 100 weight parts), wherein the copolymerization is initiated with a monomer mixture comprising at least 80 wt. % of (a), at least 50 wt. % of (b), 10-90 wt. % of (c) and least 80 wt. % of (d), and thereafter, the remainders of monomers are added to a polymerization system to continue copolymerization. This latex gives a dip-formed article exhibiting good softness of touch, high tensile strength and good retention of close fittingness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Shunji Aihara, Kazumi Kodama
  • Patent number: 6739647
    Abstract: A tailored blank article and a manufacturing method thereof, which is used for partitioning an inside and an outside such as a dashboard panel for partitioning an engine room of a car body and the inside of a car room. A thick plate blank and a thin plate blank are joined by a mash-seam welding or a laser welding, and are subjected to a pressing. Thereby, the thin plate blank is bent until an inner surface of the thin plate blank is made flush or almost flush with an inner surface of the thick plate blank, subsequently, a connection part having a portion connected over a welding portion is connected to at least one of an outer surface and the inner surface of the tailored blank article comprising the thick plate blank and the thin plate blank, and then an entire tailored article including the connection part is coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Kikuchi Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Obara, Hiroyuki Komatsu, Noriyuki Yanase, Kouji Shimohigashi, Kazumi Kodama, Hirokazu Watanabe, Fumiaki Niisato