Patents by Inventor Satoru Sogabe

Satoru Sogabe 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: 6632384
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a resin molded article, which includes the steps of: (1) molding a thermoplastic resin to obtain a resin molded articles; and (2) flame-treating the surface of the resin molded article to obtain a flame-treated resin molded article; wherein the process does not comprise after the step (2) any further step of printing, adhesive-coating or painting the flame-treated surface of the flame-treated resin molded article obtained in the step (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Satoru Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20010033041
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing a resin molded article, which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventor: Satoru Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20010009720
    Abstract: There is provided a structure of a high quality appearance formed by adhesion of a substrate of a polyolefin resin with a film of an acrylic resin at the back side thereof with use of an adhesive agent, the film being formed by an extrusion molding method and a surface of the film being not lower than 80% in a 60° specular glossiness, which satisfies all properties of surface glossiness, scratch resistance, transparency and weatherability at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Nagata, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5624991
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition, which exhibits an excellent coating adherence, high rigidity, high impact strength at low temperatures, prominent heat resistance and excellent appearance of moldings even without effecting a treatment with trichloroethane as a pretreatment step before coating, comprises 30 to 92% by weight crystalline ethylene propylene block copolymer (A), 5 to 30% by weight ethylene-.alpha. olefin copolymer rubber (B), 3 to 20% by weight ethylene-butene-1 copolymer (C) having the following characteristics:(C1) a density of 0.870 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3,(C2) a melt index at 190.degree. C. of 5 to 30 g/10 minutes, and(C3) a melt peak at 100.degree. C. or higher as determined in the thermogram with increasing temperature by a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC),and 0 to 20% by weight inorganic filler (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Yuji Ikezawa, Susumu Kanzaki, Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5585187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to;a method for surface treating a polypropylene resin composition molded article, which comprises irradiating a molded article with ultraviolet light having an irradiation wavelength of 300 nm or less, said molded article being obtained from a polypropylene resin composition which comprises:(A) 15-92% by weight of a crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer resin,(B) 5-40% by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber,(C) 1-15% by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing propylene oligomer, and(D) 2-30% by weight of an inorganic filler;a method for paint-coating a polypropylene resin composition molded article, which comprises irradiating a molded article with ultraviolet light having an irradiation wavelength of 300 nm or less and coating the irradiated surface with a paint, said molded article being obtained from a polypropylene resin composition which comprises said components (A), (B), (C) and (D) above-mentioned; anda paint-coated article obtained by said method for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5573856
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition containing:(A) 10-95 parts by weight of a crystalline polypropylene,(B) 5-90 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber,(C) 1-30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the mixture of said crystalline polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, of a hydroxyl group-containing propylene oligomer, andoptionally an inorganic filler in an amount of up to 40 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the mixture of said crystalline polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and a suitable amount of an additive or auxiliary, has an improved compatibility with paint-coatings, and the shaped article formed from said composition can easily be paint-coated by simply treating it with water or an organic solvent instead of laying a primer layer onto the article before applying a paint thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5556910
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition, which exhibits an excellent coating adherence, high rigidity, high impact strength at low temperatures, prominent heat resistance and excellent appearance of moldings as required for coatings on the exterior parts of automobiles even without effecting a treatment with trichloroethane as pretreatment step before coating and without a primer as undercoating and which can be baked at a temperature of 130.degree. C. or higher, comprises 15 to 92% by weight crystalline ethylene propylene block copolymer, 5 to 40% by weight ethylene propylene copolymer rubber, 1 to 15% by weight polypropylene oligomer containing hydroxyl group, and 2 to 30% by weight inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Yuji Ikezawa, Susumu Kanzaki, Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5462987
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition containing:(A) 10-95 parts by weight of a crystalline polypropylene,(B) 5-90 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber,(C) 1-30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the mixture of said crystalline polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, of a hydroxyl group-containing propylene oligomer, andoptionally an inorganic filler in an amount of up to 40 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the mixture of said crystalline polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and a suitable amount of an additive or auxiliary, has an improved compatibility with paint-coatings, and the shaped article formed from said composition can easily be paint-coated by simply treating it with water or an organic solvent instead of laying a primer layer onto the article before applying a paint thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5451642
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin composition (C) consisting of a polyamide resin (A) and another thermoplastic resin (B) and at least one modifier (D) is excellent in coatability, mechanical properties, linear expansion coefficient and appearance, can be molded into an article which comprises the polyamide resin (C), wherein the ratio of the percent occupied area of the polyamide resin on the surface of the article to the weight percentage of the polyamide in the polyamide resin composition (C) is not less than 1.2, and/or the ratio of the percent concentration of the polyamide resin on the surface of the article determined on the basis of the nitrogen concentration on the surface of the article to the weight percentage of the polyamide in the polyamide resin composition (C) is not less than 1,2, which article is suited for electric and electronic parts and automobile parts such as a bumper, fender and wheel cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroomi Abe, Takeshi Fujii, Kiyoshi Mitsui, Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe, Satoru Hosoda, Keitaro Kojima
  • Patent number: 5296273
    Abstract: A method for coating a polypropylene resin molding is disclosed, comprising irradiating the surface of a molding of a polypropylene resin selected from a polypropylene and a propylene-ethylene block copolymer with an ultraviolet light having an irradiating wavelength in the region of 300 nm or less, coating the irradiated surface with a primer, and further coating the coated surface with a coating material. A method for coating a polypropylene resin molding is also disclosed, comprising coating the surface of a molding of a polypropylene resin selected from a polypropylene and a propylene-ethylene block copolymer with a primer, irradiating the coated surface with an ultraviolet light having an irradiating wavelength in the region of 300 nm or less, and further coating the irradiated surface with a coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroomi Abe, Hideo Shinonaga, Kyoji Suzuki, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5284681
    Abstract: A surface treatment method of a polyamide resin composition molded article is disclosed, comprising bringing the surface of a polyamide resin composition molded article into contact with water, said polyamide resin composition molded article comprising (C) 100 parts by weight of a resin composition comprising (A) from 10 to 80% by weight of a polyamide resin and (B) from 20 to 90% by weight of other thermoplastic resin; and (D) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of at least one modifier selected from a carboxylic acid having at least 2 carboxyl groups in the molecule or a derivative thereof, an amine containing at least 2 nitrogen atom in the molecular, urea or a derivative thereof, and a low-molecular weight polyamide. A coating method of a polyamide resin composition molded article is also disclosed, comprising, after bringing the surface of a resin composition molded article into contact with water, coating the surface with a coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Shinonaga, Kiyoshi Mitsui, Yasuro Suzuki, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5273789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method which enables the surface of a molded article of a polypropylene resin to be modified to a surface suitable for coating, bonding, printing, etc. A molded article of a polypropylene resin comprising polypropylene, an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and an ethylene-acrylic acid or ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer and optionally a filler is irradiated in the air with a light from a synthetic quartz low pressure mercury lamp having an output of 200 W for 60 sec with the distance between the surface of the molded article and the lamp being kept at about 10 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Shinonaga, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5185188
    Abstract: A method for surface treating a resin composition molded article and a method for coating a resin composition molded article are disclosed, which comprise irradiating a molded article with ultraviolet light having an irradiation wavelength in the region of 300 nm or less and, if desired, coating the thus UV-irradiated surface with a coating, the molded article being obtained from a resin composition comprising (I) 100 parts by weight of a resin composition comprising (A) from 5 to 99.5% by weight of a polypropylene resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, modified polypropylene, and a modified polypropylene/polypropylene composition and (B) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroomi Abe, Hideo Shinonaga, Kiyoshi Mitsui, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5139817
    Abstract: A method for surface treating a thermoplastic resin shaped article is disclosed, which comprises irradiating a surface of the shaped article with an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 300 nm or less, said shaped article being obtained from a resin composition comprising (I) 100 parts by weight of a resin comprising from 5 to 100% by weight of a polyphenylene ether resin, a mixture of a polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene resin; or a graft copolymer of a polyphenylene ether resin and styrene and from 95 to 0% by weight of at least one thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide resin and a saturated polyester resin; (II) from ) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a rubbery substance; (III) from 0 to 50 parts by weight of an inorganic filler and/or glass fibers; and (IV) from 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one compatibilizer for improving the compatibility between said polyphenylene ether resin and said polyamide resin and/or saturated polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroomi Abe, Hideo Shinonaga, Kaoru Kitadono, Yasuro Suzuki, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5132131
    Abstract: A method for treating the surface of a molded article, which comprises a combination of the steps of:providing a molded article made of a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by a thermal treatment of a mixture in the presence of an organic peroxide, which mixture is comprised of (A) an oil-extended olefinic copolymer rubber of an olefinic copolymer rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4 100.degree. C.) of 90-200 and a mineral oil type softening agent, (B) an olefinic plastic, and (C) a bismaleimide compound, the ratio by weight of (A) the oil-extended olefinic copolymer rubber to (B) the olefinic plastic, A/B, being 24/76-80/20, the content of (C) the bismaleimide compound being 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignees: Director-General of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohichiroh Katoh, Hideo Shinonaga, Kyoji Suzuki, Satoru Sogabe
  • Patent number: 5073590
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by blending 100 parts by weight of a resin blend consisting of 10 to 90% by weight of at least one polypropylene type resin (A) selected from the group consisting of modified polypropylenes and compounds composed of modified polypropylenes and polypropylenes, and 90 to 10% by weight of a polyamide resin (B); 2 to 30 parts by weight of an epoxy group containing copolymer (C) and 2 to 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-.alpha..beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl estermaleic anhydride terpolymer (D).The composition can easily be processed into a molded product, a film, a sheet or the like by a conventional processing method such as injection molding and extrusion molding. The resulting product has a very good balance in physical properties such as heat resistance, coating properties, impact strength and flexural modulus. The composition of this invention is useful in the fields of automobiles, electric industry and electronic industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroomi Abe, Taichi Nishio, Kiyoshi Mitsui, Satoru Sogabe, Takashi Sanada