Patents by Inventor Daisuke Sunaga

Daisuke Sunaga 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: 20250368818
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition that contains a core-shell elastomer and has excellent flexibility, high weld elongation, and excellent impact resistance, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. A resin composition comprising a polyacetal resin (A) and a core-shell elastomer (B), wherein the core-shell elastomer (B) has a crosslinking index in a range of 0.24 to 0.30, the core-shell elastomer (B) has an average secondary particle size of 10 to 250 nm in the polyacetal resin (A), and an amount of element potassium in the core-shell elastomer (B) is more than 0% by mass and not more than 0.05% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: GLOBAL POLYACETAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta YAMAMOTO, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20250346734
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition; a metal resin composition; and a method for producing a polyacetal resin composition are provided. The polyacetal resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A) and 0.1 to 0.9 part by weight of a fatty acid metal salt (B) having a weight loss rate of 20% by weight of more, the weight loss rate being the ratio of weight loss after the fatty acid metal salt is heated from room temperature to 200° C. at a rate of 200° C./minute in the air at atmospheric pressure and is subsequently held at 200°° C. for 60 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyonori MICHIBA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20240327608
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition includes: 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A), 0.2 to 10.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid metal salt (B), and 0.2 to 10.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid ester compound (C), wherein the fatty acid metal salt (B) is fatty acid zinc, fatty acid magnesium, or a combination thereof, and the fatty acid ester compound (C) is a compound having 3 or more ester bonds in a single molecule thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyonori MICHIBA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Patent number: 12037486
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition, which comprises a polyacetal resin, and which further comprises the following (A), (B) and (C), with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyacetal resin: (A) 0.05 to 5.5 parts by weight of a low-density polyethylene having a melt flow rate of 1.0 to 50 g/10 minutes (190° C., 2.16 kg), (B) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid compound (excluding calcium stearate), and (C) 0.001 to 1.0 part by weight of a layered double hydroxide represented by the following general formula (1): [(M2+)x(M3+)y(OH)2(x+y)](An?)x/n?(H2O) (1) (wherein, in the general formula (1), M2+ represents a divalent metal ion, M3+ represents a trivalent metal ion, An? represents an n-valent anion, wherein one or more of the anions are contained in the layered double hydroxide, x represents a number in the range of 0<x? 6.0, n represents 1, 2, or 3, and y and z each represent a number of 0 or greater).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Sunaga
  • Publication number: 20240218153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition that is used by being kneaded with metal powders, said polyacetal resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A) and 0.15 to 10.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid metal salt (B), wherein the fatty acid metal salt (B) is fatty acid zinc, fatty acid magnesium, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyonori MICHIBA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11965058
    Abstract: An oxymethylene-copolymer manufacturing method includes: polymerizing a polymerization raw material containing trioxane and a comonomer in the presence of an acid catalyst in a quantity that is 1.0×10?8 moles to 5.0×10?6 moles with respect to 1 mole of trioxane; adding a hydroxylamine compound represented by general formula (1) (in the formula, R1 and R2 are, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms) to a reaction product obtained during the polymerizing of the polymerization raw material at 50-5000 times the quantity of the acid catalyst, in terms of the molar quantity, and mixing the hydroxylamine compound with the reaction product; and subjecting the mixture of the reaction product and the hydroxylamine compound, which is obtained during the adding of the hydroxylamine compound, to an additional melt-kneading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuta Yamamoto, Daisuke Sunaga, Takuya Okada
  • Patent number: 11898033
    Abstract: An oxymethylene copolymer resin composition, which includes (i) an oxymethylene copolymer, (ii) a derivative of an aryl boron fluoride compound, and (iii) a layered double hydroxide; and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Okada, Daisuke Sunaga
  • Patent number: 11820857
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer resin composition, comprising: adding to an oxymethylene copolymer (A), an Mn micromole of an amine-substituted triazine compound (B) per gram of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), an Mc micromole of a choline hydroxide (C) per gram of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), and 0.05 to 1.1 parts by weight of an antioxidant (D) with respect to 100 parts by weight of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), and melt kneading a mixture of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), amine-substituted triazine compound (B), the choline hydroxide (C), and the antioxidant (D), wherein Mn (?mol/g-POM) and Mc (?mol/g-POM) satisfy: 6.5<(Mn+Mc×8)<25, 0.5<Mn<7.0, and 0.0<Mc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mika Nakashima, Daisuke Sunaga
  • Patent number: 11761121
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyacetal fiber that presents an improved whiteness unevenness is provided. According to one embodiment, there is provided a polyacetal fiber production method that yields a polyacetal fiber using an oxymethylene copolymer having a melt index, at 190° C. under a load of 2.16 kg, of 5-60 g/10 min, wherein the production method includes taking off the polyacetal fiber from the discharge nozzle of a spinning apparatus, and drawing the taken-off polyacetal fiber. The tensile elongation E1 of the polyacetal fiber after the taking off is 20%-500%; the tensile elongation E2 of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 10%-100%; E1?E2; and the single fiber thickness of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 0.7-5.0 denier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Daisuke Sunaga, Sunao Mikami
  • Publication number: 20230250211
    Abstract: A method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer starting material containing a trioxane and a comonomer is subjected to a polymerization reaction in the presence of a polymerization initiator that contains an acidic compound (A), and where: the copolymer starting material contains a basic compound (B); an acidic compound (C) that is different from the acidic compound (A) is added into the copolymer starting material before performing the polymerization reaction, thereby causing a reaction between the basic compound (B) and the acidic compound (C) in advance; and the polymerization reaction is carried out by means of melt polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI, Daigo NAKAYA, Kensuke OSHIMA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11667745
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, which is capable of producing an oxymethylene copolymer having a high molecular weight with high yield and high economic efficiency. This problem is able to be solved by a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer starting material containing a trioxane and a comonomer is subjected to a polymerization reaction in the presence of a polymerization initiator that contains an acidic compound (A), and wherein: the copolymer starting material contains a basic compound (B); an acidic compound (C) that is different from the acidic compound (A) is added into the copolymer starting material before performing the polymerization reaction, thereby causing a reaction between the basic compound (B) and the acidic compound (C) in advance; and the polymerization reaction is carried out by means of melt polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Daigo Nakaya, Kensuke Oshima, Daisuke Sunaga
  • Publication number: 20230151203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition, which comprises a polyacetal resin, and which further comprises the following (A), (B) and (C), with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyacetal resin: (A) 0.05 to 5.5 parts by weight of a low-density polyethylene having a melt flow rate of 1.0 to 50 g/10 minutes (190° C., 2.16 kg), (B) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid compound (excluding calcium stearate), and (C) 0.001 to 1.0 part by weight of a layered double hydroxide represented by the following general formula (1): [(M2+)x(M3+)y(OH)2(x+y)](An·)x/u·z(H2O) (1) (wherein, in the general formula (1), M2+ represents a divalent metal ion, M3+ represents a trivalent metal ion, An- represents an n-valent anion, wherein one or more of the anions are contained in the layered double hydroxide, x represents a number in the range of 0 < x ? 6.0, n represents 1, 2, or 3. and y and z each represent a number of 0 or greater).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230120116
    Abstract: An oxymethylene copolymer resin composition, which includes (i) an oxymethylene copolymer, (ii) a derivative of an aryl boron fluoride compound, and (iii) a layered double hydroxide; and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya OKADA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220356290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer resin composition, comprising: adding to an oxymethylene copolymer (A), an Mn micromole of an amine-substituted triazine compound (B) per gram of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), an Mc micromole of a choline hydroxide (C) per gram of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), and 0.05 to 1.1 parts by weight of an antioxidant (D) with respect to 100 parts by weight of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), and melt kneading a mixture of the oxymethylene copolymer (A), amine-substituted triazine compound (B), the choline hydroxide (C), and the antioxidant (D), wherein Mn (?mol/g-POM) and Mc (?mol/g-POM) satisfy: 6.5<(Mn+Mc×8)<25, 0.5<Mn<7.0, and 0.0<Mc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mika NAKASHIMA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11441242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polyacetal fiber in which whiteness irregularity is improved. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polyacetal fiber, wherein the method includes a discharge step, a takeup step, a stretching step, and a winding step, the steps being continuously performed, an oxymethylene copolymer being used as the raw material of the polyacetal fiber, the oxymethylene copolymer having an oxymethylene unit and an oxyethylene unit, the content of the oxyethylene unit being 0.5-7.0 moles to 100 moles of the oxymethylene unit, the roller temperature of a stretching unit used in the stretching step being 130-155° C., and operation parameters of the method being set so as to satisfy a prescribed numerical formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Daisuke Sunaga, Sunao Mikami
  • Patent number: 11390740
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a polyacetal resin composition which is excellent in terms of impact resistance, thermal stability, and releasability; and a process for producing the polyacetal resin composition. The polyacetal resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin (A) in which the molecular chain has neither a crosslink nor a branch therein, 0.01-10.0 parts by mass of an antioxidant (B), 0.01-5.0 parts by mass of a nitrogenous compound (C), and 0.05-1.0 parts by mass of a fatty acid amide (D), and has a melt index, as measured in accordance with ISO 1133, of 0.5-1.5 g/10 min. A process for producing the polyacetal resin compositions is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Sunaga
  • Patent number: 11326051
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Okada, Daisuke Sunaga
  • Patent number: 11299618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition comprising (A) a polyacetal resin and (B) zinc oxide, wherein the content of oxyalkylene constituent units other than an oxymethylene group in the polyacetal resin (A) is 0.1% by mass or more, and wherein the total surface area of the zinc oxide (B) in the polyacetal resin composition is 0.1 to 40 m2 per 100 g of the polyacetal resin (A); as well as an article molded therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., THAI POLYACETAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumi Okui, Daisuke Kobayashi, Akira Ito, Daisuke Sunaga, Yupin Pattamamongkolchai, Sanit Palaharn
  • Publication number: 20220056259
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya OKADA, Daisuke SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210388534
    Abstract: Polyacetal fibers having excellent spinning stability and uniform appearance and production methods thereof have been awaited. According to the invention, a polyacetal fiber, comprising 0.05 to 1.3 parts by mass of an inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin, in which the inorganic filler has a primary average particle size of more than 0.5 ?m and 10 ?m or less, and the polyacetal fiber has a melt flow index of 15 to 45 g/10 min, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke SUNAGA, Sunao MIKAMI