Patents by Inventor Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa

Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20020137879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst or polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process For producing a polyester using the catalyst. The catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The present invention also provides a method to obtain a polyester having a small increase of the acetaldehyde content during the molding. This method comprises bringing a polyester, which is obtained by the use of a titanium compound catalyst and in which the reaction has been completed, into contact with a phosphoric ester aqueous solution or the like having a concentration of not less than 10 ppm in terms of phosphorus atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akivoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Sayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 6451959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity, a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst and a polyester produced thereby. The catalyst comprises a solid titanium compound obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. In the process, the polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, or an ester-forming derivative thereof, and an aliphatic diol, or ester-forming derivative thereof, in the presence of the catalyst. The resulting polyester has excellent transparency and tint, a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a magnesium to titanium weight ratio of not less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akivoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 6346070
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst. The catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The present invention also provides a method to obtain a polyester having a small increase of the acetaldehyde content during the molding. This method comprises bringing a polyester, which is obtained by the use of a titanium compound catalyst and in which the reaction has been completed, into contact with a phosphoric ester aqueous solution or the like having a concentration of not less than 10 ppm in terms of phosphorus atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Inc
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akiyoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: RE40571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity, a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst and a polyester produced thereby. The catalyst comprises a solid titanium compound obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. In the process, the polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, or an ester-forming derivative thereof, and an aliphatic diol, or ester-forming derivative thereof, in the presence of the catalyst. The resulting polyester has excellent transparency and tint, a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a magnesium to titanium weight ratio of not less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akiyoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe