Patents by Inventor Eiji HOSODA

Eiji HOSODA 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).

  • Patent number: 8501897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester, which comprises melt-polymerizing monomers in a reactor having a draw outlet to obtain a polymer melt and drawing the polymer melt through the draw outlet, characterized in that the monomers comprise a compound selected from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, a compound selected from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof and a compound selected from an aromatic diol, an aromatic hydroxyamine, an aromatic diamine and derivatives thereof; the amount of units derived from a compound containing a 1,2-phenylene and/or a 1,3-phenylene skeleton(s) in the polyester is from 0 to 10 mol %; the melt polymerization is performed in the presence of a heterocyclic compound containing two or more nitrogen atoms; and the polymer melt has a flow initiation temperature of from 220 to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiji Hosoda, Masanobu Matsubara
  • Patent number: 8492500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester, the method comprising: a step of melt-polymerizing raw monomers in a melt polymerization vessel to obtain a polymer melt; a step of drawing the polymer melt from the melt polymerization vessel and granulating the polymer melt to obtain a granulate; a step of allowing the granulate to undergo solid phase polymerization in a solid phase polymerization vessel to obtain a solid phase polymer; and a step of making an impact on the solid phase polymerization vessel containing the solid phase polymer, and taking out the solid phase polymer from the solid phase polymerization vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiji Hosoda, Masanobu Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20130030141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester, which comprises melt-polymerizing monomers in a reactor having a draw outlet to obtain a polymer melt and drawing the polymer melt through the draw outlet, characterized in that the monomers comprise a compound selected from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, a compound selected from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof and a compound selected from an aromatic diol, an aromatic hydroxyamine, an aromatic diamine and derivatives thereof; the amount of units derived from a compound containing a 1,2-phenylene and/or a 1,3-phenylene skeleton(s) in the polyester is from 0 to 10 mold; the melt polymerization is performed in the presence of a heterocyclic compound containing two or more nitrogen atoms; and the polymer melt has a flow initiation temperature of from 220 to 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiji HOSODA, Masanobu MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20130030142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester, the method comprising: a step of melt-polymerizing raw monomers in a melt polymerization vessel to obtain a polymer melt; a step of drawing the polymer melt from the melt polymerization vessel and granulating the polymer melt to obtain a granulate; a step of allowing the granulate to undergo solid phase polymerization in a solid phase polymerization vessel to obtain a solid phase polymer; and a step of making an impact on the solid phase polymerization vessel containing the solid phase polymer, and taking out the solid phase polymer from the solid phase polymerization vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiji Hosoda, Masanobu Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20120329975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a liquid crystal polyester, which includes the following steps of: (1) melt-polycondensing a compound as a monomer in a polymerization tank to produce a prepolymer; (2) discharging the prepolymer from the polymerization tank in a molten state, and solidifying the prepolymer through cooling to produce a sheet in which a portion having a thickness of 1.6 to 2 mm accounts for 80% by mass or more (of 100% by mass of the entire sheet); (3) crushing the sheet; and (4) subjecting the crushed product to solid-phase polymerization through heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiji HOSODA, Masanobu MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20120330053
    Abstract: A method for producing an acylate by acylating a phenolic hydroxyl group contained in an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and/or an aromatic diol with a fatty acid anhydride in an acylation reaction vessel, the method including refluxing a liquid, which is obtained by cooling an evaporant from the acylation reaction vessel, so as to allow the liquid to flow down an inner wall surface of the acylation reaction vessel in an amount of 10 kg/hour/m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiji HOSODA, Masanobu MATSUBARA