Patents by Inventor Michinori Suzuki

Michinori Suzuki 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: 10633470
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer, and a modified conjugated diene polymer. The catalyst for conjugated diene polymerization in the method includes: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10508163
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190256628
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer, and a modified conjugated diene polymer. The catalyst for conjugated diene polymerization in the method includes: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180079844
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160009834
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene polymer and a method for producing the same. A rubber composition using the same. A modified conjugated diene polymer obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene compound using a catalyst including from (A) an yttrium compound having a bulky ligand represented by general formula (1), (B) an ionic compound formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and (C) an organic metal compound of an element selected from the group consisting of group 2, group 12 and group 13 of the periodic table and modifying the conjugated diene polymer with a carbonyl compound, a method for producing the same, and a rubber composition using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Yuuki Takahashi, Masato Murakami, Masanobu Kimura, Naomi Okamoto, Yuuto Kanou
  • Publication number: 20160009835
    Abstract: Provided are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization capable of producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, production methods thereof, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, production methods thereof, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8304503
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a very high content of cis-1,4 structures by using an yttrium compound-containing catalyst that is relatively easy to handle and has a high activity. Specifically disclosed is a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer containing cis-1,4 structures at a ratio of 99% or higher, which is characterized by polymerizing a conjugated diene in the presence of a catalyst produced from (A) a specific yttrium compound, (B) an ionic compound consisting of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and (C) an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami
  • Patent number: 8084565
    Abstract: A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene is provided, which facilitates manufacture of a conjugated diene polymer with a high 1,4-cis structure content, leaves less aluminum residue on polymerization, and has high activity. A method of manufacturing conjugated diene polymers using the catalyst is also provided. A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110263803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a very high content of cis-1,4 structures by using an yttrium compound-containing catalyst that is relatively easy to handle and has a high activity. Specifically disclosed is a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer containing cis-1,4 structures at a ratio of 99% or higher, which is characterized by polymerizing a conjugated diene in the presence of a catalyst produced from (A) a specific yttrium compound, (B) an ionic compound consisting of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and (C) an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami
  • Patent number: 7868103
    Abstract: A method for producing a polybutadiene, which comprises subjecting 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4 polymerization, and subsequently subjecting a resultant in the resulting polymerization system to syndiotactic-1,2 polymerization, the method being characterized in that there is added, after the polymerization, a halogen acid or halogen acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Yuji Matsudaira
  • Patent number: 7799725
    Abstract: A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100113676
    Abstract: [Subject] A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene is provided, which facilitates manufacture of a conjugated diene polymer with a high 1,4-cis structure content, leaves less aluminum residue on polymerization, and has high activity. A method of manufacturing conjugated diene polymers using the catalyst is also provided. [Solution] A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20090143548
    Abstract: A method for producing a polybutadiene, which comprises subjecting 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4 polymerization, and subsequently subjecting a resultant in the resulting polymerization system to syndiotactic-1,2 polymerization, the method being characterized in that there is added, after the polymerization, a halogen acid or halogen acid salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Yuji Matsudaira
  • Publication number: 20090105401
    Abstract: [Subject] a catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene is provided, which facilitates manufacture of a conjugated diene polymer with a high 1,4-cis structure content, leaves less aluminum residue on polymerization, and has high activity. A method of manufacturing conjugated diene polymers using the catalyst is also provided. [Solution] A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 6664347
    Abstract: Modified polybutadiene having a high-cis and low-trans structure with a moderate 1,2-structure content and exhibiting improved characteristics such as cold flow properties, which is obtained by modifying starting polybutadiene having a Tcp/ML1+4 ratio (Tcp: 5% toluene solution viscosity at 25° C.ML1+4: Mooney viscosity at 100° C.) of 2.5 or more in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami
  • Publication number: 20030045657
    Abstract: Modified polybutadiene having a high-cis and low-trans structure with a moderate 1,2-structure content and exhibiting improved characteristics such as cold flow properties, which is obtained by modifying starting polybutadiene having a Tcp/ML1+4 ratio (Tcp: 5% toluene solution viscosity at 25° C.ML1+4: Mooney viscosity at 100° C.) of 2.5 or more in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami
  • Publication number: 20020013436
    Abstract: Modified polybutadiene having a high-cis and low-trans structure with a moderate 1,2-structure content and exhibiting improved characteristics such as cold flow properties, which is obtained by modifying starting polybutadiene having a Tcp/ML1+4 ratio (Tcp: 5% toluene solution viscosity at 25° C.ML1+4: Mooney viscosity at 100° C.) of 2.5 or more in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami
  • Patent number: 6300450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of a conjugated diene polymer having a controlled microstructure at a high polymerization activity in the presence of a metallocene type complex of compound of transition metal of the group V of the Periodic Table. A novel catalyst is provided comprising (A) a metallocene type complex of a transition metal of the group V of the Periodic Table, (B) an ionic compound of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, (C) an organic metal compound of the groups I to III and (D) water, wherein the molar ratio of (C)/(D) is from 0.66 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tsujimoto, Koji Maeda, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Yasumasa Iwamoto, Sakae Yuasa, Satoshi Bandai, Yoshihira Hosoyama, Nobuharu Hisano
  • Patent number: 6071845
    Abstract: A catalyst obtained by contacting (A) a compound of a transition metal of the group V of the Periodic Table represented by formula (I):R.sub.n M(O).sub.m X.sub.p .cndot.L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tsujimoto, Michinori Suzuki, Kei Tsukahara, Shigeru Ikai, Koji Imaoka, Yoshiyuki Kai, Jun Yamashita
  • Patent number: 5981667
    Abstract: Rubber-modified, impact-resistant polystyrene resin compositions having a well balanced combination of improved properties such as tensile strength and tensile elongation as well as reactivity with styrene monomers, impact resistance, low-temperature properties, and gloss, comprise dispersed particles of a rubber polymer which satisfies the following: (1) the content of the rubber polymer in the compositions is from 1 to 25% by weight; (2) the rubber polymer is a high-cis high-vinyl polybutadiene comprising from 65 to 95% cis-1,4-structures and from 30 to 4% 1,2-structures; and (3) the relationship between the 1,4-structures and 1,2-structures of the rubber polymer is represented by the following expression (A), wherein the value of .beta. is in the range of 1.0<.beta..ltoreq.1.43;.beta.=P.sub.1,2-,1-4 /(2.times.P.sub.1,2 .times.P.sub.1,4)(A)wherein P.sub.1,2 represents the content of 1,2-structures, P.sub.1,4 represents the content of 1,4-structures, and P.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Asakura, Takashi Wada, Keiichi Akahori, Nobuhiro Tsujimoto, Michinori Suzuki