Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Okamoto

Toshihiko Okamoto 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: 20230331982
    Abstract: A resin composition contains polymer particles (A) and a matrix resin (B) such that the polymer particles (A) have a graft part having a glass transition temperature of ?25° C. to 18° C. The resin composition has excellent handleability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Maizuru, Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11781047
    Abstract: A method of adhesion provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of heating a curable resin composition and applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles that have a core-shell structure including a core layer and a shell layer, and blocked urethane having a latent NCO % of 0.1% to 2.9%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230295416
    Abstract: A one-part curable resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin (A), 1 to 100 parts by weight of core-shell-structured polymer particles and/or blocked urethane as a component (B), a compound (C) having one to three phenolic hydroxy groups per molecule, the compound (C) not being a compound having an amino group; and dicyandiamide (D). The ratio of the number of moles of the phenolic hydroxy groups of the compound (C) to the number of moles of CN groups derived from the dicyandiamide (D) is from 0.01 to 0.39 when the compound (C) has one phenolic hydroxy group per molecule and from 0.01 to 1.5 when the compound (C) has two or three phenolic hydroxy groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20220290018
    Abstract: A method of adhesion provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of heating a curable resin composition and applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles that have a core-shell structure including a core layer and a shell layer, and blocked urethane having a latent NCO % of 0.1% to 2.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11384267
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide an adhesion method that provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles whose shell layers have a cyano group in a specific amount, and blocked urethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210214549
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin (A), a toughening agent (B), and a carboxyl group-containing non-cross-linked acrylic resin (C). A ratio between initial lap shear strength (F1) measured in accordance with JIS K 6850 before the curable epoxy resin composition is left to stand in an environment of saturated water vapor at 40° C. and lap shear strength after moisture absorption test (F2) measured in accordance with JIS K 6850 after the curable epoxy resin composition is left to stand for 3 days in the environment of saturated water vapor at 40° C. is 0.5 or more. Also, the present disclosure relates to a laminate in which a plurality of substrates are joined via a cured product of the curable epoxy resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Teragaki, Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210047546
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide an adhesion method that provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles whose shell layers have a cyano group in a specific amount, and blocked urethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10920073
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition for forming a cured product having high tensile strength and high elongation. A polyurethane curable composition of the present invention contains a polyol (A) and a polyisocyanate (B) as an essential component, wherein the composition contains polymer fine particles (C) having a core-shell structure including at least two layers of a core layer and a shell layer, the polymer fine particles (C) are contained in an amount of 1 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyol (A) and the polyisocyanate (B), the core layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10787345
    Abstract: A crane is disclosed, the crane includes detachable hydraulic cylinder including a head side oil chamber and a rod side oil chamber both to be connected to a control valve through a joint, in which a head side hydraulic detecting section and a rod side hydraulic detecting section are each provided to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection state between the hydraulic cylinder and the control valve is determined based on a head side hydraulic pressure and a rod side hydraulic pressure in a period until a predetermined time elapses after supply of electric power to the head side hydraulic detecting section and the rod side hydraulic detecting section is started and an operation tool for hydraulic cylinder switches the control valve to a state of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Yasuhiro Maeda, Naoto Kawabuchi
  • Patent number: 10669419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A) having an average hydroxyl value of 200 to 1500 mg KOH/g, a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), and a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (a2) as an essential component, and the amount of the polyester polyol (a2) is not less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Shohei Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20190106300
    Abstract: A crane is disclosed, the crane includes detachable hydraulic cylinder including a head side oil chamber and a rod side oil chamber both to be connected to a control valve through a joint, in which a head side hydraulic detecting section and a rod side hydraulic detecting section are each provided to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection state between the hydraulic cylinder and the control valve is determined based on a head side hydraulic pressure and a rod side hydraulic pressure in a period until a predetermined time elapses after supply of electric power to the head side hydraulic detecting section and the rod side hydraulic detecting section is started and an operation tool for hydraulic cylinder switches the control valve to a state of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OKAMOTO, Yasuhiro MAEDA, Naoto KAWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190040290
    Abstract: A curable composition includes 100 parts by mass of a flexible epoxy resin (A), 1 to 150 parts by mass of polymer fine particles (B), and 1 to 200 parts by mass of an epoxy curing agent (C). The flexible epoxy resin (A) has an epoxy equivalent of 350 to 4000 g/eq. The polymer fine particles (B) have a core-shell structure and comprise a core layer and a shell layer. The core layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 0° C. as calculated by the formula: 1/Tg=?(Mi/Tgi), where Mi represents a mass fraction of a monomer unit i and Tgi represents a glass transition temperature (K) of a homopolymer composed of the monomer unit i. A cured product obtained by curing the curable composition has a type A durometer hardness of 5 to 95 at 23 CC as measured by the method of JIS K6253-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180371238
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition for forming a cured product having high tensile strength and high elongation. A polyurethane curable composition of the present invention contains a polyol (A) and a polyisocyanate (B) as an essential component, wherein the composition contains polymer fine particles (C) having a core-shell structure including at least two layers of a core layer and a shell layer, the polymer fine particles (C) are contained in an amount of 1 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyol (A) and the polyisocyanate (B), the core layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180371239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A) having an average hydroxyl value of 200 to 1500 mg KOH/g, a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), and a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (a2) as an essential component, and the amount of the polyester polyol (a2) is not less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Shohei Nishimori
  • Patent number: 10100195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A) having an average hydroxyl value of 200 to 1500 mg KOH/g, a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), and a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (a2) as an essential component, and the amount of the polyester polyol (a2) is not less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Shohei Nishimori
  • Patent number: 10017673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of an epoxy resin (A), 1 to 100 parts by mass of polymer fine particles (B), and 1 to 100 parts by mass of a blocked urethane (C), wherein the polymer fine particles have a core-shell structure of a core layer and a shell layer, the core layer contains diene rubber, the shell layer contains at least a hydroxyl group, and the content of the hydroxyl group of the polymer fine particles (B) is 0.01 to 0.8 mmol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Shohei Nishimori
  • Patent number: 9976027
    Abstract: A curable resin composition of the present invention contains 1 to 100 parts by mass of a polymer fine particle (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of an epoxy resin (A), wherein the polymer fine particle has a core-shell structure, the core layer of the polymer fine particle is diene rubber, the content of the epoxy group of the polymer fine particle (B) is 0.01 to 0.2 mmol/g. A curable resin composition (I) of the first embodiment contains 0.5 to 30 parts by mass of fumed silica as an inorganic filler (C). In addition, a curable resin composition (II) of the second embodiment contains bisphenol A epoxy resin and rubber-modified epoxy resin and/or urethane-modified epoxy resin as the epoxy resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180094176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of an epoxy resin (A), 1 to 100 parts by mass of polymer fine particles (B), and 1 to 100 parts by mass of a blocked urethane (C), wherein the polymer fine particles have a core-shell structure of a core layer and a shell layer, the core layer contains diene rubber, the shell layer contains at least a hydroxyl group, and the content of the hydroxyl group of the polymer fine particles (B) is 0.01 to 0.8 mmol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Shohei Nishimori
  • Patent number: 9534158
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition useful as a contact adhesive which has a high rate of initial tack development, high tack strength, and long retention time of the developed tack. The curable composition includes an organic polymer (Q) containing a reactive silyl group, and a linear organic polymer (P) having a number average molecular weight larger than that of the polymer (Q) and having a reactive silyl group containing three hydrolyzable groups at only one terminal. The organic polymer (P) and the organic polymer (Q) are mixed at a mixing ratio (P):(Q), in terms of parts by weight, of 60:40 to 5:95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyohisa Fujimoto, Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: RE46688
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition that can be used as sealing materials, adhesives, and the like, has excellent curing properties, and gives a cured product excellent in elongation properties. The object can be attained by means of a curable composition comprising: a reactive silyl group-containing polyether polymer (A) that contains a reactive silyl group with high activity (e.g., (ClCH2)(CH3O)2Si—, (CH3OCH2)(CH3O)2Si—, or CH3(CH3O)2Si—CH2—NH—C(?O)—); and a reactive silyl group-containing polyether polymer (B) that contains a reactive silyl group (e.g., CH3(CH3O)2Si— or (CH3O)3Si—) different from that mentioned above and/or a (meth)acrylic polymer (C) containing a reactive silyl group that is not particularly limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Miyafuji, Toyohisa Fujimoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto