Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Yuasa
Tsutomu Yuasa 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).
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Patent number: 6388038Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a cement dispersant having high percentage in water reduction rate and appropriate air-entraining property. This method for producing a polycarboxylic acid for a cement dispersant is characterized in that alkylene oxide is added at a specific temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Katsuhisa Shiote, Koichiro Nagare, Syogo Iwai
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Patent number: 6376581Abstract: A cement dispersant having excellent ability to prevent slump loss and high water-reducing property which comprises a polycarboxylic acid type polymer having a specific molecular weight distribution, a method for the production thereof, and a cement composition using the dispersant are provided. The cement dispersant comprises as a main component thereof a polycarboxylic acid type polymer (A), having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 10,000 to 500,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol determined by gel permeation chromatography, and having a value determined by subtracting the peak top molecular weight from the weight average molecular weight in the range of 0 to 8,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: MBT Holding AGInventors: Yoshio Tanaka, Akira Ohta, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Toru Uno, Tsutomu Yuasa, Hideyuki Tahara
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Patent number: 6362364Abstract: A method for the production of an esterified product which can prevent the occurrence of a gel-like substance during the separation and removal of the water formed by the reaction in the esterification reaction or during the expulsion of a dehydrating solvent by distillation after the esterification reaction by causing an antigelling agent to act on the distillate and consequently permits efficient production of the esterified product of high quality, and an apparatus therefor are to be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1999Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Hiromichi Tanaka, Tsutomu Yuasa
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Patent number: 6294015Abstract: The present invention provides a cement admixture and a cement composition, both of which displays little dependence of the water-reducibility upon temperature in that these cement admixture and cement composition involve little slump loss at high temperature and little increase in the amount of addition at low temperature. The cement admixture comprises either or both of the following components: copolymer (A) which includes constitutional unit (I) of general formula (1) below and constitutional unit (II) of general formula (2) below as essential constitutional units and may further include constitutional unit (III) of general formula (3) below, wherein the content of constitutional unit (III) is 45 weight % or less of copolymer (A); and copolymer salt (B) which is obtained by further neutralizing copolymer (A) with an alkaline substance.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 1999Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Hirokazu Niwa
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Patent number: 6265495Abstract: A method for the production of an esterified product is provided which affords an esterified product with high quality by repressing, during the esterification reaction of an alcohol with (meth)acrylic acid, the occurrence of impurities, particularly gel, to be formed owing to the polymerization of the alcohol and the (meth)acrylic acid as raw materials, the esterified product consequently formed, or the mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa
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Patent number: 6258162Abstract: The present invention provides a cement additive which can achieve excellent fluid retainability and has excellent mortar kneadability. The cement additive comprises copolymer (A) having polyalkylene glycol ester unit (I) and carboxylic unit (II) as repeating units, wherein polyalkylene glycol ester unit (I) has an oxyalkylene group with 3 to 7 carbon atoms on an ester bonding moiety.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawakami, Hirokazu Niwa, Hiromichi Tanaka, Tsutomu Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Hirata
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Patent number: 6187841Abstract: A cement dispersant having excellent ability to prevent slump loss and high water-reducing property which comprises a polycarboxylic acid type polymer having a specific molecular weight distribution, a method for the production thereof, and a cement composition using the dispersant are provided. The cement dispersant comprises as a main component thereof a polycarboxylic acid type polymer (A), having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 10,000 to 500,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol determined by gel permeation chromatography, and having a value determined by subtracting the peak top molecular weight from the weight average molecular weight in the range of 0 to 8,000.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: MBT Holding AGInventors: Yoshio Tanaka, Akira Ohta, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Toru Uno, Tsutomu Yuasa, Hideyuki Tahara
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Patent number: 6174980Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a cement dispersant having high percentage in water reduction-rate and appropriate air-entraining property. This method for producing a polycarboxylic acid for a cement dispersant is characterized in that alkylene oxide is added at a specific temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1997Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Katsuhisa Shiote, Koichiro Nagare, Syogo Iwai
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Patent number: 6165262Abstract: A novel cement admixture is provided which fulfills the function as a thickener basically, possesses an ability to inhibit segregation of materials, excels in workability as well, and permits a decrease in the amount of addition while keeping these functions intact. The cement admixture is characterized by comprising a cement additive formed of a polymer resulting from polymerizing a monomer mixture having methyl acrylate as a main component thereof and a cement water reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Kono, Tsutomu Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Hirata
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Patent number: 6166112Abstract: The invention provides: a cement admixture which has excellent cement dispersibility and can afford high slump retainability; and a cement composition which has excellent cement dispersibility and high slump retainability. The cement admixture comprises a polycarboxylic acid as an effective component, wherein the polycarboxylic acid is obtained by a process including the steps of: charging "a" parts by weight of a polyalkylene glycol (A) and "b" parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid monomer (B) into a reactor in the range of {(a/n.sup.1/2)/b}.times.100.ltoreq.200, wherein n is an average molar number of the added oxyalkylene groups in the polyalkylene glycol (A) and is a number of 1 to 300; carrying out an esterification reaction of the resultant mixture in the reactor, thus obtaining a polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (C); and copolymerizing the resultant polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (C) and the (meth)acrylic acid monomer (B), thus obtaining the polycarboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Koichiro Nagare
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Patent number: 6087418Abstract: The present invention provides a cement admixture and a cement composition, both of which displays little dependence of the water-reducibility upon temperature in that these cement admixture and cement composition involve little slump loss at high temperature and little increase in the amount of addition at low temperature. The cement admixture comprises the following essential components: either or both of polymer (A) and polymer salt (AA), wherein polymer (A) includes constitutional unit (I) of general formula (1) below as an essential constitutional unit, and polymer salt (AA) is obtained by further neutralizing polymer (A) with an alkaline substance; and either or both of polymer (B) and polymer salt (BB), wherein polymer (B) includes constitutional unit (II) of general formula (2) below as an essential constitutional unit, and polymer salt (BB) is obtained by further neutralizing polymer (B) with an alkaline substance.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Hirokazu Niwa
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Patent number: 6048916Abstract: A method for the dispersion of cement, which comprises incorporating in a cement composition consisting at least of cement and water a cement dispersing agent formed of a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer component containing an alkoxy polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic ester monomer produced by the interesterification of an alkoxy polyalkylene glycol and a (meth)acrylic ester. A cement composition comprising the cement dispersing agent, cement and water.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1997Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Katsuhisa Shiote, Shogo Iwai, Koichiro Nagare, Hideyuki Tahara
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Patent number: 5925184Abstract: A cement composition excelling in the slump retaining property which comprises at least cement admixture comprising as a main ingredient thereof (I) a copolymer (A) of short-chain polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (a), a long-chain polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (b), a carboxylic acid monomer (c), and a monomer copolymerizable with the monomers mentioned above or a salt of the copolymer (B), (II) a copolymer (A.sub.1) of the monomers (a), (c), and (d) mentioned above or a salt thereof, (III) a mixture of a copolymer (A.sub.1) of the monomers (a), (c), and (d) mentioned above or a salt (B.sub.1) of thereof with a known cement admixture, or (IV) a polycarboxylic acid based polymer (A.sub.3) manifesting to a calcium sulfoaluminate based expansive additive an adsorption ratio of not less than 90% in 5 minutes at room temperature when added in an amount of 0.1% by weight as solids or a salt (B.sub.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Toru Uno, Koichiro Nagare, Hideyuki Tahara, Shogo Iwai
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Patent number: 5912284Abstract: The present invention provides a cement additive its production process and cement composition achieving excellent slump loss prevention capability. As a cement additive, there can be a copolymer (A-1) comprising an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer (I), maleic acid-based monomer (II) and other monomer (III) copolymerizable with these monomers, the monomer (I)/monomer (II)/monomer (III) weight ratio being 50-99/50-1/0-49 and the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer (A) being 10,000 to 100,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol measured by gel permeation chromatography, or a copolymer (A) with an antifoaming agent (B), wherein the copolymer (A) comprises polyalkylene glycol ether-based units and dicarboxylic acid-based units as repeating units.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirata, Tsutomu Yuasa, Katsuhisa Shiote, Syogo Iwai, Koichiro Nagare