Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230066520
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a polyimide resin (A) having a predetermined repeating unit and a continuous reinforcing fiber (B), the method including the following steps (I) and (II) in this order: step (I): a step of laminating at least one polyimide resin (A) layer and at least one continuous reinforcing fiber (B) layer to obtain a laminated product; and step (II): a step of molding the laminated product by heating and pressurizing under a condition where a working parameter X expressed by the following expression (i) is 35 or more and 87 or less: X=(Tp?Tm)3×P1/2/1000??(i) wherein in the expression (i), Tp represents a temperature (° C.) during the molding, Tm represents a melting point (° C.) of the polyimide resin (A), and P represents a press pressure (MPa) during the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki SATO, Kousuke IKEUCHI, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230057045
    Abstract: A compound (A) of the present invention is represented by the formula (1): wherein each R1 independently represents a group represented by the formula (2) or a hydrogen atom, and each R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, provided that at least one R1 is a group represented by the formula (2); and wherein -* represents a bonding hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KATAGIRI, Takuya SUZUKI, Seiji SHIKA, Yune KUMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230059584
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin, an epoxy resin curing agent containing an amine-based curing agent, and an unsaturated fatty acid amide having from 14 to 24 carbons, a gas barrier laminate and a retort food packaging material using the epoxy resin composition, an odor-proofing or aroma-retaining packaging material, an odor-proofing or aroma-retaining method of sealing an article containing an odorous component or an aromatic component in the packaging material, a heat-shrinkable label, the production method of the heat-shrinkable label, a heat-shrunken label and a bottle having the heat-shrunken label, and a CO2 transmission prevention method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki KOUNO, Ryoma HASHIMOTO, Naoko KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11584705
    Abstract: A production method for a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound, having a step of obtaining a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound or an aqueous ammonia solution of a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound by bringing a phthalic acid compound in an aqueous ammonia solution into contact with hydrogen in the presence of a fixed bed catalyst in a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoi Yamazoe, Yuta Ohmori, Akifumi Iida, Yutaka Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20230040356
    Abstract: A method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, including hydrogenating xylylenediamine in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst, wherein the catalyst with decreased activity due to use is treated in a catalyst regeneration treatment step including the following step (1) and step (2), and then reused in a reaction system: step (1): maintaining an amount of bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane in a liquid before the step (2) at 20% by mass or less, step (2): heating the catalyst to 100 to 500° C. and bringing the catalyst into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Emi NOGUCHI, Yukiya IBI, Tatsuyuki KUMANO
  • Patent number: 11572338
    Abstract: The problem addressed by this invention is to achieve a useful and novel method for producing dicyanocyclohexane and bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane. This problem was solved by providing a method for producing dicyanocyclohexane having a cyanation step in which dicyanocyclohexane is obtained by a cyanation reaction of cyanocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof with an ammonia source, and a method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane using the dicyanocyclohexane thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Emi Nakano, Noriyuki Shiomi, Akifumi Iida
  • Patent number: 11572436
    Abstract: Provided is a curing agent for a water-based epoxy resin, which contains the following component (A) and component (B): (A); at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyamide amine-based curing agent (a1), a reaction product (a2) of a polyamine compound and a polyepoxy compound, and a Mannich reaction product (a3) of a polyamine compound, a phenol compound, and an aldehyde compound; (B): at least one selected from the group consisting of a reaction product (b1) of styrene and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), and a reaction product (b2) of epichlorohydrin and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1); H2N—CH2-A-CH2—NH2??(1) wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Takuma Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 11572430
    Abstract: The present invention employs a compound represented by the following formula (1) and/or a resin comprising the compound as a constituent: wherein R1 is a 2n-valent group of 1 to 60 carbon atoms or a single bond; R2 to R5 are each independently a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a thiol group, a hydroxy group, or a group in which a hydrogen atom of a hydroxy group is replaced with an acid dissociation group, provided that at least one selected from R2 to R5 is a group in which a hydrogen atom of a hydroxy group is replaced with an acid dissociation group; m2 and m3 are each independently an integer of 0 to 8; m4 and m5 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9, provided that m2, m3, m4, and m5 are not 0 at the same time; n is an integer of 1 to 4; and p2 to p5 are each independently an integer of 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takumi Toida, Youko Shimizu, Takashi Makinoshima, Takashi Sato, Masatoshi Echigo
  • Patent number: 11548847
    Abstract: Provided are a novel amine composition and a novel amine compound. Also provided are a method for producing the amine composition and amine compound, and an epoxy resin curing agent, an epoxy resin composition, a cured product, a urethane prepolymer curing agent, a polyurethane urea resin composition, a polyamide varnish, and a polyamide, each obtained using the amine composition and amine compound. The amine composition contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein A is a cyclic alkylene group, and B is a group containing an aryl group or a heteroaryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Yuiga Asai
  • Patent number: 11542222
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may omit a filtration for a catalyst after a cyanation reaction can by carrying out the cyanation reaction in a state in which precipitation of a metal catalyst is suppressed. A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may involve cyanating one or more aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or salt(s) thereof with an ammonia source in the presence of a predetermined compound and a catalyst, wherein, in the cyanation, the amount of the predetermined compound is maintained at a predetermined amount or more with respect to the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shiomi, Emi Nakano, Akifumi Iida
  • Publication number: 20220411622
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition capable of providing a plate-shaped molded article having a high refractive index as well as a high hardness, and a plate-shaped molded article, a multilayered article, and an anti-reflection film formed from the resin composition. The resin composition contains 10 to 99 parts by mass of an acrylic resin (A); and 90 to 1 part by mass of a random copolymer (B) derived from a monomer composition B composed of 5 to 95 mass % of a (meth)acrylate represented by the formula (b1) (b-1), 5 to 95 mass % of an aromatic (meth)acrylate (b-2), and 0 to 20 mass % of an additional monomer (b-3); in the formula (b1), Rb1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Rb2 is an aliphatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke TOMITA, Kaori SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11534508
    Abstract: A method for producing a sterilized oxygen-absorbing multilayer body is provided. The method may include: irradiating with radiation an oxygen-absorbing multilayer body comprising at least an oxygen-absorbing layer containing a transition metal catalyst and a thermoplastic resin (a) having a tetralin ring as a structural unit and a layer containing a thermoplastic resin (b); and heating the oxygen-absorbing multilayer body which has been irradiated with radiation in the sterilizing step at a temperature of the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin (a) minus 20° C. or more and lower than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin (a) for 50 hours or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Ito, Satoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20220403289
    Abstract: A fragrance composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1) as an active ingredient: where in Formula (1), R1 represents a chain hydrocarbon group having from 7 to 20 carbons, and may be linear or branched, and a saturated group or an unsaturated group, and when R1 is an unsaturated group, R1 may have one or more carbon-carbon double bond(s) or carbon-carbon triple bond(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi OKAMOTO, Kyoko HIRAOKA, Umi YOKOBORI
  • Publication number: 20220402857
    Abstract: A fragrance composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1) as an active ingredient: where in Formula (1), R1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon(s); and R2 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi OKAMOTO, Kyoko HIRAOKA, Wataru HAMAJIMA, Umi YOKOBORI
  • Publication number: 20220403169
    Abstract: A resin composition containing a polyimide resin particle (A) and at least one selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin (B) and a thermosetting resin (C), wherein the polyimide resin particle (A) contains a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (2), a content ratio of the repeating structural unit of the formula (1) with respect to the total of the repeating structural unit of the formula (1) and the repeating structural unit of the formula (2) is 20 to 70 mol %, and the polyimide resin particle (A) has a volume average particle size D50 of 5 to 200 ?m. (R1 represents a divalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one alicyclic hydrocarbon structure; R2 represents a divalent chain aliphatic group having from 5 to 16 carbon atoms; and X1 and X2 each independently represent a tetravalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one aromatic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAI, Yuuki SATO, Naoki KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11524490
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayered container including a polyester layer containing a thermoplastic polyester resin (X) and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y), wherein the polyester layer is an innermost layer, and the polyamide layer is an intermediate layer. The polyamide resin (Y) has a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid. At least 70 mol % of the constituent units derived from a diamine are a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine, and at least 70 mol % of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid are a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 20 carbons. When an overall thickness is 100%, the polyamide layer is present from a position of 5 to 35% from an inner surface, and a thickness of the polyamide layer is from 1 to 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Nakamura, Takanori Miyabe, Takafumi Oda
  • Publication number: 20220389144
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition which can be molded by casting to obtain composite materials each composed of a polycarbonate resin and an acrylic resin and having high transparency and high impact strength. More specifically, provided is a curing resin composition comprising an acrylic monomer having a saturated group, a polycarbonate resin having an unsaturated-group-containing terminal structure at a molecular end, and a free-radical polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi OGAWA, Shun ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220389130
    Abstract: The present application provides a film containing: a compound (A) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a maleimide compound and a citraconimide compound; an organic peroxide (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides represented by specific formulae; and an imidazole compound (C) represented by a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi OKANIWA, Kohei HIGASHIGUCHI, Takahito SEKIDO, Kentaro TAKANO, Tsuyoshi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20220389159
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin including structural units (A) represented by general formula (1) and structural units (B) represented by general formula (4). (In general formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, etc., and X represents —O—, etc.) (In general formula (4), Rz and Rx each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group, i represents an integer 3-10 and p represents an integer 5-600.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya TSUJIMURA, Keisuke SHIMOKAWA, Takehiko ISOBE, Hidefumi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220379590
    Abstract: Provided is a resin sheet for molding that has a high-hardness resin layer that includes a high-hardness resin on at least one surface of a base material layer that includes a polycarbonate resin, the high-hardness resin layer having a hardcoat layer or a hardcoat anti-glare layer layered on at least one side thereof. The glass transition points of the polycarbonate resin and the high-hardness resin satisfy the relationship: ?10° C.?(glass transition point of high-hardness resin)?(glass transition point of polycarbonate resin)?40° C. The in-plane retardation of the resin sheet as measured at a wavelength of 543 nm is at least 4,000 nm. A resin film that has an in-plane retardation of no more than 50 nm as measured at a wavelength of 543 nm is stuck to one side of the resin sheet by means of an adhesive layer that includes an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., MGC FILSHEET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro TOKITA, Kenta NONAKA, Masato TAKASAKI