Patents by Inventor Shinichi Yonehama

Shinichi Yonehama 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: 8128782
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amine based epoxy resin curing agent and an epoxy resin composition containing the curing agent. The epoxy resin composition has a high gas barrier performance, a long pot life, and utility as a coating material or an adhesive for laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yonehama, Shigeyuki Hirose, Shinichi Ayuba, Eiichi Honda, Masayoshi Takahashi, Kana Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20100160494
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amine based epoxy resin curing agent containing an epoxy resin and an amine compound capable of imparting a high gas barrier performance and a long pot life, in addition to excellent performances which an epoxy resin conventionally possesses, and an epoxy resin composition with a high gas barrier performance and a long pot life, which contains the subject curing agent. Also, the present invention provides an adhesive for laminate with excellent adhesiveness to various polymers, papers, metals, etc., which contains, as a main component, an epoxy resin composition containing an amine based resin curing agent with a high gas barrier performance and a long pot life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yonehama, Shigeyuki Hirose, Shinichi Ayuba, Eiichi Honda, Masayoshi Takahashi, Kana Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20090239069
    Abstract: A laminated film including at least a substrate, a primer layer, an adhesive layer and a sealant layer which are laminated in this order. The adhesive layer is formed by curing an adhesive containing an epoxy composition composed of an epoxy resin and an epoxy resin-curing agent as a main component. The cure product contains the skeletal structure represented by the following formula 1: in an amount of 40% by weight or higher. The primer layer contains at least one primer resin selected from the group consisting of polyester-based resins, polyurethane-based resins, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer-based resins, rosin-based resins, polyamide-based resins and chlorinated olefin-based resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Shinichi Yonehama, Shigeyuki Hirose, Eiichi Honda, Masayoshi Takahashi, Takashi Kashiba, Toshiya Naito
  • Patent number: 6562934
    Abstract: An amino compound obtained by addition reaction of diamine represented by the following formula (1) and an alkenyl compound and a process for producing the same. H2N—H2C—A—CH2—NH2  (1) wherein A is a phenylene group or a cyclohexylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yonehama, Tetsushi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20020055605
    Abstract: An amino compound obtained by addition reaction of diamine represented by the following formula (1) and an alkenyl compound and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yonehama, Tetsushi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5936011
    Abstract: Provided are a modified polyamine which comprises a reaction product between a polyamine and a chlorohydrin synthesized by the reaction of a polyoxyalkylene polyether with an epichlorohydrine and having a total chlorine content of 1,000 ppm or below, and an aqueous epoxy resin curing agent using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuta Kihara, Shinichi Yonehama, Kichiro Seki
  • Patent number: 5670612
    Abstract: An aqueous self-emulsifiable epoxy resin curing agent which is produced by reacting, with each other, an (A) polyamine (meta-xylylenediamine, etc), a (B) epoxy group-containing alkoxypolyethylene polyether compound (methoxypolyethyleneglycol glycidyl ether, etc.) having 500 to 5000 average molecular weight, at least one (C) hydrophobic epoxy compound having at least one epoxy group in the molecule (butyl glycidyl ether, epoxy resin of type bisphenol A or F, etc.) and optionally, a (D) unsaturated compound capable of addition reaction (acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, etc.), in a molar quantity of the epoxy group in (B) of 0.001 to 0.1 mol and in a molar quantity of the sum of the epoxy group in (C) and the unsaturated group in (D) of 0.2 to 0.5 mol, each based on 1 mol of a hydrogen atom bonded to a nitrogen atom in (A) which is capable of reacting with an epoxy group or a unsaturated group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuta Kihara, Shinichi Yonehama, Kiichiro Seki