Patents Assigned to Mitsui
  • Aromatic amidecarboxylic acid and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 9458091
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an aromatic amide carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following Formula (2), including a step of reacting an aromatic amide halide derivative represented by the following Formula (1) with carbon monoxide. In the following Formulae (1) and (2), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X1 represents a fluorine atom or a cyano group; X2 represents a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kitajima, Kenji Kodaka, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Kunio Okumura
  • CATALYST FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE-BASED COPOLYMER, PROPYLENE POLYMER, PROPYLENE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITION, AND USE OF THOSE
    Publication number: 20160280819
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi TOHI, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Ryoji MORI, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Shigenobu IKENAGA, Hiromasa MARUBAYASHI, Kouji NAGAHASHI, Shiro OTSUZUKI
  • ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20160285030
    Abstract: There is provided a high gloss electrodeposited copper foil which can be manufactured in a short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUURA, Toshimi NAKAMURA, Masaharu MYOI, Hajime WATANABE
  • LAMINATED IRON CORE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LAMINATED IRON CORE
    Publication number: 20160285325
    Abstract: A laminated iron core includes a plurality of blanked iron core pieces laminated together, a continuity of side parts of the iron core pieces configuring a side surface of the laminated iron core. The side part of each iron core piece includes a specific light reflection area having a prescribed width along a circumferential direction, where the specific light reflection area has different light reflection characteristics from the other area of the side part of the iron core piece, and a striped pattern, configured by the specific light reflection areas, exists on the side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Takashi MARUYAMA, Kenichi TAKASAKI
  • POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160284977
    Abstract: There is provided a polymeric piezoelectric material including a helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and an optical purity of more than 97.0% ee but less than 99.8% ee as calculated by the following formula, in which a piezoelectric constant d14 measured at 25° C. by a stress-charge method is 1 pC/N or more: optical purity(% ee)=100×|L-form amount?D-form amount|/(L-form amount+D-form amount), ??Formula: [in which an amount of L-form (% by mass) and an amount of D-form of an optically active polymer (% by mass) are values obtained by a method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • MODIFIED PROPYLENE-(a-OLEFIN) COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, COATING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR MOLDING USE, AND HOT-MELT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20160280828
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polar-group-containing propylene-type wax having excellent properties including a low melting point. A modified propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A) according to the present invention is produced by grafting at least one compound selected from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a derivative of the unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated sulfonic acid salt onto a propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A1) and has an acid value of 1 to 100 KOHmg/g, wherein the propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A1) comprises 60 to 95 mol % of a propylene-derived constituent unit (a) and 5 to 40 mol % of a constituent unit (b) derived from an ?-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms, and satisfies the specific requirements (i) to (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kuniaki KAWABE, Hirotaka KANAYA, Masakazu TANAKA, Toshiyuki ITO, Masako YOSHIDA
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL AND OPTICAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160282515
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polymerizable composition for an optical material containing polyisocyanate (a) which is obtained from a plant-derived raw material and includes a modified product of aliphatic polyisocyanate, and polyol (d) which is a plant-derived compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetaka TSUKADA, Kenichi GOTO, Atsushi MIYATA, Toshihiko NAKAGAWA, Satoshi YAMASAKI, Hirokazu MORITA
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, OPTICAL MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160280840
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes: (A) a compound having a carbon-carbon triple bond and at least one group selected from an isocyanate group and an isothiocyanate group in a molecule; and (B) a polythiol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Masakazu MURAKAMI
  • Container terminal and control method thereof
    Patent number: 9452900
    Abstract: Provided are a container terminal and a control method thereof that enhance a cargo handling efficiency by reducing a movement of a yard crane to a minimum possible extent. A first transfer area 44 is provided outside one end portion of a storage lane 20, and a transfer stand 50 is provided to the first transfer area 44. The transfer stand 50 transfers a container k between a circulating transport vehicle 31 and a shuttle vehicle 32. The shuttle vehicle 32 transports the container k between the transfer stand 50 and a yard crane 13 or 14 provided to the storage lane 20 by moving back and forth in a field adjacent to the storage lane 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kasai
  • Method of manufacturing laminated core
    Patent number: 9455612
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes inserting permanent magnets 14 into magnet insertion holes 12, 12a of a core body 13; injecting a resin 18 into the holes 12, 12a from resin reservoir pots 17 in the die 15 (16) to fix the magnets 14; placing a dummy plate 19 between the die 15 having the pots 17 and the body 13, the plate 19 having gate holes 35, 35a guiding the resin 18 from the pots 17 into the holes 12, 12a, the hole 35 (35a) overlapping with both of a part of the hole 12 (12a) and a surface of the body 13; poring the resin 18 via the holes 35, 35a and curing the resin 18 in the holes 12, 12a; and separating the plate 19 from the body 13 to remove the resin 18 overflowed from the holes 12, 12a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Kento Aono, Naoki Isomura
  • Paddy rice seed treated by herbicidal composition and method for controlling weed
    Patent number: 9451774
    Abstract: Disclosed are a paddy rice seed treated by a herbicidal composition and a method for controlling weed which comprises sowing the above-mentioned paddy rice seed on a surface of a soil of a paddy field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamaru, Sadafumi Koda, Kenshiro Hamamura, Koji Handa, Hidetoshi Abe
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, OPTICAL MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160272784
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention contains (A) at least one kind of isocyanate having two or more isocyanato groups, which contains aromatic isocyanate, (B) at least one kind of alcohol having two or more hydroxyl groups, (C) an acidic phosphoric acid ester represented by the following Formula (1), and (D) a benzotriazole-based compound, in which a ratio of secondary hydroxyl groups to the total molar number of primary and secondary hydroxyl groups contained in the alcohol (B) is equal to or greater than 50%, and the benzotriazole-based compound (D) is contained in an amount of 1 part by weight to 11 parts by weight with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight of the isocyanate (A) and the alcohol (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinsuke ITO, Nobuo KAWATO, Kouji SUESUGI, Shigetoshi KUMA, Tatsuya OGAWA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Mamoru TANAKA
  • Modified polypropylene composition and laminate using the same
    Patent number: 9447267
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a modified polypropylene composition for forming laminates, which enables prevention of lowering of interlaminar bond strength even in the case where it is subjected to high-speed molding or subjected to stretch molding, and a laminate using the composition and having excellent interlaminar bond properties. The present invention relates to a modified polypropylene composition comprising a propylene-based polymer (A-1), 0 to 45% by weight of a propylene-based polymer (A-2), an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) having a melt flow rate (MFR; ASTM D1238, 230° C., load of 2.16 kg) of 0.01 to 40 g/10 min and a density (ASTM D1505) of not more than 0.900 g/cm3, and a specific amount of modified polypropylene (C) a part or all of which has been graft-modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Matsumoto, Hirotaka Uosaki, Koji Kitahara, Yuji Sawada
  • Aqueous Dispersion and Additives for Fracturing Work
    Publication number: 20160264851
    Abstract: The aqueous dispersion of the present invention is an aqueous dispersion in which a biodegradable resin composition (C) in the form of a fine solid is dispersed in an aqueous medium, and the biodegradable resin composition (C) comprises a copolymer (A) comprising a constituent unit (a-1) derived from a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a constituent unit (a-2) derived from a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a biodegradable resin (B), and wherein the mass composition ratio [(A)/(B)] of the copolymer (A) to the biodegradable resin (B) is 1/99 to 100/0 provided that the total amount of the copolymer (A) and the biodegradable resin (B) is 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shintaro Maekawa, Chojiro Higuchi, Ryohei Ogawa, Akifumi Kagayama
  • FILM CONTAINING A RESIN HAVING A THIOURETHANE BOND AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160264743
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film composed of a resin having a thiourethane bond, wherein the molar ratio (S/N) of sulfur to nitrogen contained in the resin is equal to or more than 0.8 and less than 3. A method for manufacturing a film is also disclosed. The disclosed film is excellent in a balance among high refractive index, low birefringence and light transmittance, and further excellent in a balance of mechanical characteristics such as toughness, hardness and dimensional stability, so that effects of deformation and the like during processing are very small, and the film is further excellent in solvent resistance as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisako ISHIKAWA, Toshinori MATSUDA, Yosuke ONO, Kazuo YAGI, Akifumi KAGAYAMA
  • Electronic eyeglasses and methods of manufacturing
    Patent number: 9442305
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for the design and manufacturing of electronic eyeglasses and associated components thereof. Electronic eyeglasses consist of electro-active lenses, receiving electrical signals that turn them on and off from an electronic control module. The electronic control module is embedded within a temple of the eyeglass frame, and is powered by a removable power source pack residing at a temple tip through a flexible cable. Various methods describe the interconnection schemes between the components of the electronic eyeglasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Sophie Adams, David Boyd, Richard Clompus, Mark Graham, Joshua Haddock, Robert Hall, Venki Iyer, William Kokonaski, Charles Willey, Yongping Wang, Claudio Dalla Longa
  • HEAT-TREATMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT-TREATMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20160258034
    Abstract: A heat-treatment apparatus includes a casing, a loader which loads a workpiece to an inner part of the casing in order to apply a heat-treatment to the workpiece, and a canopy surface provided in the casing to cover the workpiece. The canopy surface includes a slope way with a sectional configuration where the canopy surface is cut on a plane vertical to a conveying direction of the workpiece inside the casing. The slope way includes a highest point and a downward inclined surface extending from the highest point to an outside of a zone between a perpendicular line extending from a left end of the workpiece and a perpendicular line extending from a right end of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC , INC., KOYO THERMO SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeaki KOZONO, Yusuke HASUO, Showa TACHISATO, Shin MATSUDA
  • Enzyme Preparation Containing Thermostable DNA Polymerase, Method for Producing Same, and Method for Detecting Subject Organism to be Detected
    Publication number: 20160257999
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermostable DNA polymerase preparation which can illimitably reduce the risk of false positivity in the detection of a subject microorganism utilizing a gene amplification reaction and therefore enables the selective amplification of DNA for detecting the subject microorganism even when the amount of the subject microorganism is small and therefore the amount of DNA collected therefrom is extremely small, and can be produced at a reduced cost. Also disclosed is a method for quantifying or quantifying/identifying a subject organism to be detected rapidly, conveniently and with high sensitivity using the preparation of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: Hokkaido Mitsui Chemicals Inc., National University Corporation University of Toyama
    Inventors: Homare Tabata, Hiroshi Minami, Hideki Niimi, Isao Kitajima, Tomohiro Ueno, Shiroh Hayashi, Masashi Mori
  • ADHESIVE INCLUDING ETHYLENE ·?-OLEFIN COPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20160257862
    Abstract: An adhesive with improved heat stability is provided. The adhesive includes an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography and a density of 860 to 970 kg/m3, wherein in the ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A), the total number of vinyl-type double bond, vinylidene-type double bond, 2-substituted olefin-type double bond and 3-substituted olefin-type double bond is less than 0.5 per 1000 carbon atoms as measured by 1H-NMR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hidetake NAKANO
  • METHOD FOR FORMING BLANKED PIECE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LAMINATED BODY AND LAMINATED IRON CORE USING BLANKED PIECE FORMED BY METHOD FOR FORMING BLANKED PIECE
    Publication number: 20160256912
    Abstract: A method for forming a blanked piece from a material, where the blanked piece includes a production area having a through hole and at least one caulking and connection area protruding inside the through hole. The method includes forming a blanking hole in the material in a prescribed outline, placing a guide member in the through hole, where the guide member has an abutting part contacting a protrusion of the material formed along the outline of the blanking hole. The method further includes cutting and separating the material to blank or stamp out downward the caulking and connection area, pushing back the caulking and connection area, and temporarily connecting the caulking and connection area to the material; and blanking or stamping an outer configuration of the product area from the material to which the caulking and connection area is temporarily connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC , INC.
    Inventors: Shinichiro ONO, Masahiro IZUMI, Shigetoshi YAMATO