Patents by Inventor Shunji Okubo

Shunji Okubo 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: 6429234
    Abstract: The object is to obtain a foam, an interior material, and a molded article destined for an interior automotive or other vehicular material which can inhibit the formation of crystals in the fogging test. The present invention is a foam, an interior material and a molded article destined for an interior vehicular material, comprising a fogging inhibitor, to keep the amount of the precipitate detected by the fogging test at 0.8 mg or less. The foam and the interior material obtained according to the present invention can be suitably used as a dash board in front of the driver's seat, an interior material at the door and as an interior material of the ceiling in an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kataoka, Shunji Okubo, Toshiharu Nakae, Fusayoshi Akimaru
  • Publication number: 20010041752
    Abstract: The object is to obtain a foam, an interior material, and a molded article destined for an interior automotive or other vehicular material which can inhibit the formation of crystals in the fogging test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: AKIHIRO KATAOKA, SHUNJI OKUBO, TOSHIHARU NAKAE, FUSAYOSHI AKIMARU
  • Patent number: 5075162
    Abstract: A molded laminated article is made from (a) a composite comprising a crosslinked polyolefin resin foam having an average gel proportion of 10 to 75% and an average expansion ratio of 5 to 40, in which the average expansion ratio in a portion having a thickness of 0.5 mm on the side of one surface of the foam is larger than the average expansion ratio in a portion having a thickness of 0.5 mm on the side of the other surface thereof and the difference between said average expansion ratios is from 2 to 20, and a skin material bonded to the surface having the larger average expansion ratio, and (b) a thermoplastic resin as a skeleton material, as follows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunji Okubo, Toshiharu Nakae, Fusayoshi Akimaaru, Kanji Tanaka