Patents Assigned to Japan Polyethylene Corporation
  • Patent number: 10301401
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Konishi, Yasuo Maruyama, Naomasa Sato, Akio Tanna
  • Publication number: 20190136021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyethylene, which has an excellent balance between rigidity and durability and is excellent in moldability and impact resistance, and a material useful as a material for hollow plastic products such as containers, bottles, tanks, especially fuel tanks for automobiles. The polyethylene of the invention is composed of one or two or more ethylene polymers selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of ethylene and a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 12 carbon atoms and satisfies specific requirements at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI, Kenji HADANO
  • Patent number: 10259891
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Konishi, Yasuo Maruyama, Naomasa Sato, Akio Tanna
  • Publication number: 20190092985
    Abstract: A method of producing a polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by structural formula (I) or (II), the method comprising random copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to obtain a copolymer having a linear molecular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro UEMATSU, Kazunari ABE, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190092887
    Abstract: The metallocene compound represented by the following general formula (1): (the numerals and signs in the general formula (1) are as described in the description).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu SAKURAGI, Yoshiyuki ISHIHAMA
  • Publication number: 20190062473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A?) which is produced through polymerization using a transition metal catalyst, which has a weight-average molecular weight falling within a specific range and which contains a polar group-containing monomer within a specific range; a multinary polar olefin copolymer (A?) indispensably containing a polar monomer component that has a norbornene skeleton and a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group and having three or more types of monomer units; and a resin composition (C) containing a specific amount of a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A) and a specific amount of an olefin resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Abe, Minoru Kobayashi, Hideshi Uchino, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tetsuya Morioka, Naoshi Iwama
  • Publication number: 20190062514
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyethylene-based resin composition for a foamable laminate which contains a polyethylene-based resin (A) satisfying the following properties (a-1) to (a-3): (a-1) MFR is 6 g/10 minutes or more and less than 20 g/10 minutes; (a-2) the density is from 0.920 to 0.930 g/cm3; and (a-3) the ratio of eluates at an elution temperature of 70° C. or higher is from 47 to 83% by weight in the elution curve obtained by a temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) with o-dichlorobenzene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi SASAKI, Shinji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190010265
    Abstract: The metallocene compound represented by the following general formula (I): (the numerals and signs in the general formula (1) are as described in the description).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu SAKURAGI, Yoshiyuki ISHIHAMA
  • Patent number: 10131781
    Abstract: The invention is a polyacetal resin composition containing a polyacetal resin (A) and a polyethylene resin (B), in which the blending proportion of the polyacetal resin (A) occupying in the total mass of the polyacetal resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) is 10 to 90 mass %, the melt flow rate of the polyacetal resin (A) measured at a condition of 190° C. and 2.16 kg load is 30 g/10 minutes or less, and the polyethylene resin (B) consists of a modified polyethylene resin and the modification rate is 0.01 mass % or more based on 100 mass % of the total mass of the polyethylene resin and the melt flow rate of the polyethylene resin (B) measured at a condition of 190° C. and 2.16 kg load is 2.5 g/10 minutes or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Yamada, Masayuki Nagai, Satoshi Nagai, Kunihiko Fujimoto, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10066036
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer that is highly effective in improving the molding properties of polyolefin resins, improving the balance between impact strength and stiffness, and improving transparency. [Solution] Provided is an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a specific MFR, a specific density, and a specific molecular weight distribution, containing a suitable amount of a long-chain branching structure characterized by a branching index, and having a specific composition distribution structure characterized by solvent fractionation behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryotaro Harada, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Iiba, Kazushi Kodama, Hiroto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10066037
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer that is highly effective in improving the molding properties of polyolefin resins and at the same time highly effective improving the balance between impact strength and stiffness. [Solution] Provided is an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a specific MFR, a specific density, and a specific molecular weight distribution, containing a suitable amount of a long-chain branching structure characterized by a branching index, and having a specific composition distribution structure characterized by solvent fractionation behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryotaro Harada, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Iiba, Kazushi Kodama, Hiroto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180237565
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyethylene-based resin composition excellent in the moldability and at the same time, excellent in the balance between impact strength and stiffness as well as in the transparency, and a molded product and a film, which are obtained by the molding of the polyethylene-based resin composition. The polyethylene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises from 41 to 99 wt % of (A) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions and from 1 to 59 wt % of (B) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions, wherein MFR of the composition as a whole is from 0.05 to 50 g/10 min and the density is from 0.910 to 0.960 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki ISHIHAMA, Ryousuke ASAKAWA, Tsutomu SAKURAGI, Tetsurou FUKUDA, Kazuya SAKATA, Masaru AOKI, Kenji KAWAGISHI, Keiichi YOSHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10030085
    Abstract: A resin composition for a solar cell encapsulant containing an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer and an organic peroxide or a silane coupling agent or the like, and having superior heat resistance, transparency, flexibility and adhesion property to a glass substrate, as well as good balance between rigidity and cross-linking efficiency, the solar cell encapsulant and a solar cell module using the same. It is provided by a resin composition for the solar cell encapsulant characterized by containing the ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) having the characteristics of the following (a1) to (a5), and the organic peroxide (B) and/or the silane coupling agent (C). (a1) a density of 0.860 to 0.920 g/cm3 (a2) a ratio, (Mz/Mn), of Z average molecular weight (Mz) and number average molecular weight (Mn) determined by a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), of 8.0 or less (a3) a melt viscosity (?*1) measured at 100° C. under a shear rate of 2.43×10 s?1 of 1.2×105 poise or more (a4) a melt viscosity (?*2) measured at 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Amamiya, Tamami Onaka
  • Publication number: 20180201704
    Abstract: Provided is a process of effectively producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer having excellent mechanical and thermal properties. A process for producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer comprises: producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer from ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid ester using a late-transition-metal complex catalyst; and heating the ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer at a temperature capable of converting the ester group into a carboxylic acid group, thereby converting into the ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomasa SATO, Fumihiko SHIMIZU, Akio TANNA, Toshiaki EGASHIRA
  • Patent number: 10005864
    Abstract: The invention provides a specific metallocene compound and an olefin polymerization catalyst for use for a catalyst for producing an olefin polymer having a sufficiently high molecular weight while maintaining excellent copolymerizability at a polymerization temperature and under polymerization conditions industrially advantageous in polymerization of an olefin such as ethylene or the like, and provides a method for producing an olefin polymer using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Itagaki, Tsutomu Sakuragi, Takayoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9975972
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyethylene-based resin composition excellent in the moldability and at the same time, excellent in the balance between impact strength and stiffness as well as in the transparency, and a molded product and a film, which are obtained by the molding of the polyethylene-based resin composition. The polyethylene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises from 41 to 99 wt % of (A) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions and from 1 to 59 wt % (B) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions, wherein MFR of the composition as a whole is from 0.05 to 50 g/10 min and the density is from 0.910 to 0.960 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryousuke Asakawa, Tsutomu Sakuragi, Tetsurou Fukuda, Kazuya Sakata, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Kawagishi, Keiichi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 9963525
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having high mechanical strength and good molding properties. [Solution] Provided is an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a specific MFR, a specific density, and a specific molecular weight distribution, containing a suitable amount of a long-chain branching structure characterized by a branching index, and having a specific composition distribution structure characterized by solvent fractionation behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryotaro Harada, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Iiba, Kazushi Kodama, Hiroto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180112070
    Abstract: A polyethylene for a pipe and a joint of the present invention satisfies the following characteristics (1) to (5): Characteristic (1): a melt flow rate at a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 21.6 kg (HLMFR) is 5 to 20 g/10 minutes, Characteristic (2): a density (D) is 0.954 to 0.960 g/cm3, Characteristic (3): a ratio of weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and number-average molecular weight (Mn) (Mw/Mn) measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 15 to 27, Characteristic (4): a rupture time at 80° C. and 5 MPa by a full notch creep test (FNCT) is 150 hours or more, and Characteristic (5): a Charpy impact strength (CIS) measured at ?20° C. is 8.5 kJ/m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi HIRAMOTO, Tetsurou FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 9922748
    Abstract: An electroconductive polyethylene resin composition comprises: a resin component comprising a polar-group-containing polyethylene resin (A) and a polyethylene resin (B); and an electroconductive filler (E) incorporated into the resin component, wherein each of the proportions of the polar-group-containing polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) in the resin component is the polar-group-containing polyethylene resin (A): 0.5 wt %-80 wt % and the polyethylene resin (B): 99.5 wt %-20 wt %, and the electroconductive polyethylene resin composition satisfies the following requirement (1): (1) surface resistivity: 10?/?-1010?/?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Abe, Haruo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20180051164
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyethylene for injection molding, which has an excellent balance between moldability and durability, and a molded article such as an injection-molded plastic fuel tank that has an excellent balance among injection moldability, durability, and impact resistance. The invention relates to a polyethylene for injection molding, the polyethylene comprising at least two types of specific polyethylenes, wherein the density, the high load melt flow rate, and the relationship between the weight ratio and the density of the polyethylene satisfy specific characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi OGAWA, Kenji HADANO, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI