Patents by Inventor Akio Nodera

Akio Nodera 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: 20230099634
    Abstract: It would be helpful to provide a styrene-based resin molded body that has excellent dielectric constant, dielectric loss tangent, and color tone, and with little degradation in properties due to usage environment. The present disclosure is a styrene-based resin composition containing a styrene-based resin (A1) having styrene-based monomer units as repeating units. The styrene-based resin composition includes 6 ?g or less of a catechol derivative contained in the styrene-based resin (A1) per gram of the styrene-based resin (A1), and the total amount of dimers of the styrene-based monomer units and trimers of the styrene-based monomer units contained in the styrene-based resin (A1) is 5000 ?g or less per gram of the styrene-based resin (A1). The styrene-based resin composition has a dielectric constant of 3 or less and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.02 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: PS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akio NODERA
  • Publication number: 20170313858
    Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition containing: 100 parts by weight of a resin mixture of (A) 1-60% by weight of cellulose nanofibers having an average thickness of 10-200 nm and (B) 99-40% by weight of a polyolefin resin, and (C) 0.2-30 parts by weight of a terpene phenolic compound; the cellulose nanofibers having been obtained by circulating a pulp slurry in a polysaccharide slurry supply path 3 via chamber (2), and on the other hand, circulating an originally polysaccharide-free slurry in a second fluid medium supply path (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicants: CHUETSU PULP & PAPER CO., LTD, LION IDEMITSU COMPOSITES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TANAKA, Hiromi HASHIBA, Akio NODERA
  • Patent number: 8466225
    Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A) containing an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a-1) and/or a silicone-copolymerized polycarbonate (a-2), and 0.01 to 30 parts by mass of a nanoporous carbon (B). A molded body of the resin composition is also provided. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition has improved flame retardancy, moisture resistance and stability at a high temperature molding stage because of the addition of the nanoporous carbon to the polycarbonate resin containing an aromatic polycarbonate and/or a silicone-copolymerized polycarbonate, and is suitably used as, for example, a casing for OA appliances, electric and electronic appliances or communication appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera, Naosuke Mukawa
  • Patent number: 8410214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 mass parts of a polycarbonate resin composition comprising 50 to 95 mass % of (A) a polycarbonate resin and 50 to 5 mass % of (B) a polylactic acid based resin and 5 to 65 mass parts of (C) a vinyl based graft copolymer. The above thermoplastic resin composition comprising the polycarbonate resin and the lactic acid based resin and endowed with a mechanical characteristic of polycarbonate and an excellent fluidity of polylactic acid in combination is improved in a hydrolysis resistance and provides a molded article further improved in an impact resistance and a thin-walled falling weight impact strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 8198366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition containing (A) a resin mixture including (a-1) a polycarbonate resin in an amount of 45 to 97% by mass and (a-2) a fatty acid polyester in an amount of 55 to 3 % by mass, and (B) a rubber-like elastomer in an amount of 0.5 to 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin mixture, wherein component (B) is dispersed in an interface between ingredient (a-1) and ingredient (a-2) or in domains of ingredient (a-2). The composition has high impact characteristics and high fluidity and overcomes appearance defects such as pearl-like gloss and jetting marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Publication number: 20110294928
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition which has: a high degree of biomass (degree of vegetation); is excellent in environmental performance; has high fluidity and high impact resistance; is excellent in flame retardancy and heat resistance; and further provides a molded body excellent in molding appearance, by blending (B) a lignophenol at a specific ratio into (A) a polycarbonate resin or a resin mixture formed of the component (A) and (C) a polylactic acid and/or a copolymer containing a polylactic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: MIE UNIVERSITY, IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Naosuke Mukawa, Masamitsu Funaoka
  • Patent number: 8044127
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a mixture of a thermoplastic resin (A) and carbon nanotubes (B), the mixture comprising the component (A) in an amount of 20 to 99.95 mass % and the component (B) in an amount of 0.05 to 20 mass %; a flame retardant (C) in an amount of 0.05 to 30 parts by mass; and a polyfluoroolefin resin in an amount of 0 to 2 parts by mass. The flame retardant is preferably a phosphorus compound, and the thermoplastic resin preferably contains, as a component, an aromatic polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 8030379
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition having high rigidity, high flowability, high heat resistance, and excellent flame retardancy and molded articles with good appearance using the polycarbonate resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises 4 to 50 parts by mass of a nonmetallic inorganic filler (B) and 0.01 to 1 part by mass of a phosphate compound (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture (A) which is composed of 60 to 97% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a-1) and 40 to 3% by mass of a fatty acid polyester (a-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata, Yutaka Tsubokura, Yoshiaki Miura
  • Patent number: 8003735
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having high impact resistance at low temperature and molded articles with good appearance using the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition contains 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a rubbery elastomer (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture (A) comprising 45 to 97% by mass of a polycarbonate resin (a-1) and 55 to 3% by mass of a fatty acid polyester (a-2), wherein the component (B) is dispersed in the component (a-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 7994239
    Abstract: Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition including a combination composed of 98 to 1 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate (A), 1 to 98 mass % of an aliphatic polyester (B), and 1 to 80 mass % of an organic filler derived from a natural product (C), the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition being obtained by suppressing increase in density of an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition containing an aliphatic polyester, while improving rigidity and fluidity thereof and ameliorating poor external appearance such as pearly luster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naosuke Mukawa, Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera, Hiroshi Yasuda, Keiichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7981959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a resin component containing 80 to 99 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 20 to 1 mass % of a side-chain crystalline polymer (B), and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of carbon nanotube (C). The composition has a stabilized thermoplastic resin/side-chain crystalline polymer phase structure, is free from laminar peeling, and is excellent in conductive (antistatic) property, solvent resistance, flow characteristics, flame retardancy, impact resistance, molding appearance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata, Masanori Sera, Takenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20110065835
    Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A) containing an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a-1) and/or a silicone-copolymerized polycarbonate (a-2), and 0.01 to 30 parts by mass of a nanoporous carbon (B). A molded body of the resin composition is also provided. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition has improved flame retardancy, moisture resistance and stability at a high temperature molding stage because of the addition of the nanoporous carbon to the polycarbonate resin containing an aromatic polycarbonate and/or a silicone-copolymerized polycarbonate, and is suitably used as, for example, a casing for OA appliances, electric and electronic appliances or communication appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera, Naosuke Mukawa
  • Publication number: 20110054107
    Abstract: A flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition and molded articles thereof. The flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition contains 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of carbon nanotubes (B) and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer (C), capable of being made into thin molded articles which are highly flame retardant even at a thickness as thin as 0.5 mm or less and well balanced in the electroconductivity, impact resistance, and their appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 7888409
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition which is excellent in flame retardancy and heat resistance, while being improved in fluidity and reduced in molding shrinkage rate. Specifically, provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A) and 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a cenosphere (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 7851529
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition which does not contain halogen and phosphorus as a flame retardant component and which is excellent in a fluidity while maintaining a flame resistance, a heat resistance and an impact resistance and a molded article thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mitsuhashi, Akio Nodera, Hiroshi Kawato, Toshio Isozaki
  • Patent number: 7829617
    Abstract: There is provided an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition having excellent flame retardancy, mechanical properties and fluidity and affording a thin-walled molded article. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition includes a resin component containing (A) 90 to 99.5% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 10 to 0.5% by mass of a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, and, compounded in 100 parts by mass of the resin component, (C) 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a bisphenol type epoxy compound and (D) 0.05 to 2 parts by mass of polytetrafluoroethylene capable of forming fibrils, wherein the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer in the resin composition has a dispersion average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m. The molded article has a section with a thickness of 1 mm or less and is obtainable by molding the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata
  • Publication number: 20090239983
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition having high rigidity, high flowability, high heat resistance and excellent flame retardancy and molded articles with good appearance using the polycarbonate resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises 4 to 50 parts by mass of a nonmetallic inorganic filler (B) and 0.01 to 1 part by mass of a phosphate compound (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture (A) which is composed of 60 to 97% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a-1) and 40 to 3% by mass of a fatty acid polyester (a-2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata, Yutaka Tsubokura, Yoshiaki Miura
  • Publication number: 20090234075
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having high impact resistance at low temperature and molded articles with good appearance using the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition contains 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a rubbery elastomer (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture (A) comprising 45 to 97% by mass of a polycarbonate resin (a-1) and 55 to 3% by mass of a fatty acid polyester (a-2), wherein the component (B) is dispersed in the component (a-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Publication number: 20090192257
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition which is excellent in flame retardancy and heat resistance, while being improved in fluidity and reduced in molding shrinkage rate. Specifically, provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A) and 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a cenosphere (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera
  • Publication number: 20090186207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of (A) a resin component comprising from 5 to 100% by mass of (A-1) an aromatic polycarbonate resin comprising dihydroxybiphenyl as a part of a divalent phenol as a raw material and from 95 to 0% by mass of (A-2) an aromatic polycarbonate resin other than the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and from 0.5 to 10 parts by mass of (B) a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, the graft copolymer being dispersed to have an average dispersed particle diameter of from 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, and a thin-walled molded article, a film and a sheet thereof, and the polycarbonate resin composition is excellent in balance among high flame retardancy, high rigidity, high impact resistance and flowability to be applicable to a thin-walled molded article, a film and a sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayata, Akio Nodera