Patents by Inventor Akira Todo
Akira Todo 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: 8329824Abstract: The present invention provides a propylene polymer composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, heat resistance, scratch resistance and rubber elasticity with a good balance. The propylene polymer composition comprises 1 to 40 parts by weight of isotactic polypropylene (i) and 60 to 99 parts by weight of a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (ii) which contains 45 to 89% by mol of a propylene component, 10 to 25% by mol of an ethylene component, and optionally, 0 to 30% by mol of constituent units (a) derived from an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Akira Todo
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Patent number: 7388051Abstract: The invention provides a propylene polymer composition well balanced and excellent in transparency, flexibility, heat resistance, scratch resistance and rubber elasticity, and a medical tube made from the propylene polymer composition. The propylene polymer composition satisfies all the following properties (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) the composition shows a loss tangent (tan ?) peak at a temperature in the range of ?20 to 25° C. according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement (10 rad/s) in a torsion mode, and the peak is 0.5 or above; (B) the storage elastic modulus G? at 20° C. from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in the range of 1.0×107 to 4.9×108 dyn/cm2; (C) the penetration temperature (° C.) determined in accordance with JIS K 7196 is in the range of 60 to 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Mamoru Kagami, Akira Todo
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Patent number: 7253234Abstract: A syndiotactic propylene-based polymer composition which retains the inherent features of the conventional non-crosslinked or partially crosslinked olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer, and also has excellent abrasion resistance and flexibility. The syndiotactic propylene-based polymer composition comprises 1 to 40 parts by weight of the syndiotactic polypropylene (B), and 5 to 60 parts by weight of the syndiotactic structured propylene-?-olefin copolymer (C) comprising 95 to 65 mol % of a syndiotactic structured propylene component and 5 to 35 mol % of an ?-olefin (except propylene) component having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, based on 100 parts by weight of the non-crosslinked or partially crosslinked olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer (A).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Akira Todo
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Publication number: 20060247381Abstract: The present invention provides a propylene polymer composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, heat resistance, scratch resistance and rubber elasticity with a good balance. The propylene polymer composition comprises 1 to 40 parts by weight of isotactic polypropylene (i) and 60 to 99 parts by weight of a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (ii) which contains 45 to 89% by mol of a propylene component, 10 to 25% by mol of an ethylene component, and optionally, 0 to 30% by mol of constituent units (a) derived from an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Akira Todo
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Patent number: 7115312Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronicmicroscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
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Publication number: 20060057321Abstract: The invention provides a propylene polymer composition well balanced and excellent in transparency, flexibility, heat resistance, scratch resistance and rubber elasticity, and a medical tube made from the propylene polymer composition. The propylene polymer composition satisfies all the following properties (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) the composition shows a loss tangent (tan ?) peak at a temperature in the range of ?20 to 25° C. according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement (10 rad/s) in a torsion mode, and the peak is 0.5 or above; (B) the storage elastic modulus G? at 20° C. from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in the range of 1.0×107 to 4.9×108 dyn/cm2; (C) the penetration temperature (° C.) determined in accordance with JIS K 7196 is in the range of 60 to 160° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2004Publication date: March 16, 2006Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Mamoru Kagami, Akira Todo
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Publication number: 20060052543Abstract: A syndiotactic propylene-based polymer composition which retains the inherent features of the conventional non-crosslinked or partially crosslinked olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer, and also has excellent abrasion resistance and flexibility. The syndiotactic propylene-based polymer composition comprises 1 to 40 parts by weight of the syndiotactic polypropylene (B), and 5 to 60 parts by weight of the syndiotactic structured propylene-?-olefin copolymer (C) comprising 95 to 65 mol % of a syndiotactic structured propylene component and 5 to 35 mol % of an ?-olefin (except propylene) component having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, based on 100 parts by weight of the non-crosslinked or partially crosslinked olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2004Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Akira Todo
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Publication number: 20050181158Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronicmicroscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
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Patent number: 6900272Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronicmicroscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
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Patent number: 6894120Abstract: An ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer, A-4, of ethylene with an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 65-98% by weight, whose melt tension, MT, at 190° C. and MFR satisfy the relation MT>2.2×MFR?0.84, and at least one crystalline polyolefin, B-2, in an amount of 1-40% by weight selected from the group consisting of, B-I, an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, prepared using a non-metallocene type catalyst, B-II, a propylene hompolymer or a copolymer of propylene with at least one olefin selected from ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and, B-III, a homopolymer of an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms or a copolymer of ?-olefins of 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and articles made from the composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiichi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Shinya Matsunaga, Norio Kaneshige
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Patent number: 6830792Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronic microscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
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Publication number: 20040210004Abstract: An ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer, A-4, of ethylene with an &agr;-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 65-98% by weight, whose melt tension, MT, at 190° C. and MFR satisfy the relation MT>2.2×MFR−0.84, and at least one crystalline polyolefin, B-2, in an amount of 1-40% by weight selected from the group consisting of, B-I, an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with an &agr;-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, prepared using a non-metallocene type catalyst, B-II, a propylene hompolymer or a copolymer of propylene with at least one olefin selected from ethylene and an &agr;-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and, B-III, a homopolymer of an &agr;-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms or a copolymer of &agr;-olefins of 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and articles made from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiichi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Shinya Matsunaga, Norio Kaneshige
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Patent number: 6774190Abstract: An ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (A-1), which has a density, a melt flow rate (MFR), an amount of a n-decane-soluble portion in the specific ranges and whose melt tension (MT) at 190° C. and MFR satisfy the relation MT>2.2×MFR−0.84, and one (co)polymer selected from the group consisting of (B-1) a low-density polyethylene obtained by high-pressure radical polymerization, (B-2) a crystalline polyolefin and (B-3) an olefin type elastomer. Also disclosed is an ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer composition and the low-density polyethylene (B-1) obtained by high-pressure radical polymerization, said ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (A-2) and (A-3) both having physical properties similar to those of the above ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (A-1) and having intrinsic viscosities different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiichi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Shinya Matsunaga, Norio Kaneshige
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Publication number: 20040138377Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronic microscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc. a corporation of JapanInventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
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Publication number: 20030092845Abstract: An ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer [A-1] which has a density, a melt flow rate (MFR), an amount of a n-decane-soluble portion in the specific ranges and whose melt tension (MT) at 190 ° C. and MFR satisfy the relation MT>2.2×MFR−0.84, and one (co)polymer selected from the group consisting of [B-1] a low-density polyethylene obtained by high-pressure radical polymerization, [B-2] a crystalline polyolefin and [B-3] an olefin type elastomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiichi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Shinya Matsunaga, Norio Kaneshige
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Publication number: 20020165322Abstract: An ethylene copolymer composition comprising an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer [A-1] which has a density, a melt flow rate (MFR), an amount of a n-decane-soluble portion in the specific ranges and whose melt tension (MT) at 190° C. and MFR satisfy the relation MT>2.2×MFR−0.84, and one (co)polymer selected from the group consisting of [B-1] a low-density polyethylene obtained by high-pressure radical polymerization, [B-2] a crystalline polyolefin and [B-3] an olefin type elastomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiichi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Shinya Matsunaga, Norio Kaneshige
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Publication number: 20020016416Abstract: Ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer with olefin type elastomer, each having particular properties, including density and melt flow rate, with a density ratio of elastomer to copolymer of less than 1, provide compositions which have excellent moldability and form films having high mechanical strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Seiichi Ikeyama, Akira Todo, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Seiji Ohta, Hajime Inagaki
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Patent number: 6333387Abstract: Ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer with olefin type elastomer, each having particular properties, including density and melt flow rate, with a density ratio of elastomer to copolymer of less than 1, provide compostions which have excellent moldability and form films having high mechanical strength.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Seiichi Ikeyama, Akira Todo, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Seiji Ohta, Hajime Inagaki
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Patent number: 6303713Abstract: A graft modified ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer obtained by graft polymerizing an ethylene/&agr;-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms copolymerizing with a polar monomer in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising an organoaluminum oxy-compound (a) and at least two kinds of transition metal compounds (b). This ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer has high melt tension and high flowability. An ethylene copolymer composition comprising the above-mentioned graft modified ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer and polyolefin. The graft modified ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer of the invention is excellent in heat stability and moldability. From this copolymer, a film having a high transparency and good adhesion to highly polar materials can be produced. The ethylene copolymer composition of the invention is excellent in heat stability and moldability. From this composition, a film having high transparency and good adhesion to highly polar materials can be produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals INCInventors: Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Ken Yoshitsugu, Mamoru Takahashi, Akira Todo, Seiji Ohta, Hajime Inagaki
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Patent number: 6236867Abstract: In a portable telephone device, a desired telephone number selected by an user from all or a part of telephone directory list is converted into audio data by an audio data converting circuit to transmit it to a communication partner, so that the telephone number corresponding to the audio data can be uttered as a voice at the partner side who receives the audio data. Thereby, a portable telephone device with improved user ability can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1998Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akira Todo, Hiroya Usui