Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Akamatsu

Toshihiko Akamatsu 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: 7579391
    Abstract: The invention provides titanium dioxide pigments for plastics resin compositions which are excellent in dispersibility, light resistance, and weather resistance and little cause surface imperfection. In particular, the invention provides a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for general-purpose plastics resin compositions which can attain excellent dispersion and lacing resistance even when blended in a high concentration; a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for engineering plastics resin compositions which can attain dispersion properties, silver streaking resistance, inhibition of reduction in molecular weight, and thermal discoloration resistance at high levels; a process for the production of the pigments; and resin compositions containing the pigments. A titanium dioxide pigment for plastics resin compositions, characterized in that each titanium dioxide particle has a dense hydrous silica coat covering its surface and an organic compound coat formed on the silica coat not through an interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Masaki Shimojoh, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Keisuke Iriyama
  • Patent number: 7371276
    Abstract: The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention contains an anatase type crystal in an amount of 98-100% and has an average particle diameter of 0.2-0.4 ?m and a whiteness of 95-97 in terms of L value of linseed oil. The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention has characteristics peculiar to anatase type, for example, optical characteristics such as bluish color tone and physical characteristics such as low hardness, and furthermore has high opacity which is not possessed by conventional anatase type titanium oxide pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Kazuhiro Tominaga, Taku Katou, Yoshio Nagai, Yoshitaka Muraki, Yukako Ota
  • Publication number: 20070295244
    Abstract: The invention provides titanium dioxide pigments for plastics resin compositions which are excellent in dispersibility, light resistance, and weather resistance and little cause surface imperfection. In particular, the invention provides a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for general-purpose plastics resin compositions which can attain excellent dispersion and lacing resistance even when blended in a high concentration; a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for engineering plastics resin compositions which can attain dispersion properties, silver streaking resistance, inhibition of reduction in molecular weight, and thermal discoloration resistance at high levels; a process for the production of the pigments; and resin compositions containing the pigments. A titanium dioxide pigment for plastics resin compositions, characterized in that each titanium dioxide particle has a dense hydrous silica coat covering its surface and an organic compound coat formed on the silica coat not through an interlayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Himmelreich, Sabine Werner, Claudia Fritz, Hideo Takahashi, Masaki Shimojoh, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Keisuke Iriyama
  • Patent number: 7144838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing titanium dioxide pigment, which comprises a step of coating hydrolysis product of an alkylsilane compound represented by the following formula (1): (where R is an alkyl group having 5 or less carbon atoms, R? is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, m is an integer of 0 to 2, and n+m?3) by dry processing on surfaces of particles of titanium dioxide pigment. The present invention provides titanium dioxide pigment with distinguished hydrophobic property, dispersibility, and heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Yuji Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20050228112
    Abstract: The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention contains an anatase type crystal in an amount of 98-100% and has an average particle diameter of 0.2-0.4 ?m and a whiteness of 95-97 in terms of L value of linseed oil. The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention has characteristics peculiar to anatase type, for example, optical characteristics such as bluish color tone and physical characteristics such as low hardness, and furthermore has high opacity which is not possessed by conventional anatase type titanium oxide pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Kazuhiro Tominaga, Taku Katou, Yoshio Nagai, Yoshitaka Muraki, Yukako Ota
  • Publication number: 20050129602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing titanium dioxide pigment, which comprises a step of coating hydrolysis product of an alkylsilane compound represented by the following formula (1): (where R is an alkyl group having 5 or less carbon atoms, R? is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, m is an integer of 0 to 2, and n+m?3) by dry processing on surfaces of particles of titanium dioxide pigment. The present invention provides titanium dioxide pigment with distinguished hydrophobic property, dispersibility, and heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Yuji Shigeno
  • Patent number: 6616746
    Abstract: The titanium dioxide pigment of this invention has on the titanium dioxide particle surface a coating layer comprising a polyhydric alcohol and a hydrolysis product of an aminosilane compound, has a dispersibility of not more than 20 kg/cm2 as judged in terms of resin pressure increase, and is excellent in hydrophobicity and dispersibility. The pigment is useful as a coloring agent for plastics which requires good lacing resistance and dispersibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Eiji Yamada, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Takeshi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 6576052
    Abstract: The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention comprises titanium dioxide particles, the coating layer containing the aluminum phosphate compound and the coating layer containing the hydrolyzate of the organosilane compound, on the surface of the particles, in which a difference in water content between 100° C. and 300° C., determined by the Karl Fischer method, is not greater than 1500 ppm, and is thus excellent in light fastness, hydrophobicity and dispersibility. In particular, the titanium dioxide pigment of the invention is extremely advantageous as a colorant for plastics, which requires light fastness (resistance to discoloration) lacing resistance and dispersibility, to a high degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Masaki Shimojo, Toshihiko Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20030079655
    Abstract: The titanium dioxide pigment of this invention has on the titanium dioxide particle surface a coating layer comprising a polyhydric alcohol and a hydrolysis product of an aminosilane compound, has a dispersibility of not more than 20 kg/cm2 as judged in terms of resin pressure increase, and is excellent in hydrophobicity and dispersibility. The pigment is useful as a coloring agent for plastics which requires good lacing resistance and dispersibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Eiji Yamada, Toshihiko Akamatsu, Takeshi Fujimura