Patents by Inventor Hideki Wakamori

Hideki Wakamori 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: 5344904
    Abstract: This invention provides PVDF having such crystallization properties as to produce small spherulite sizes without sacrifices to properties, processability, purity, etc., and a suspension polymerization method to obtain the same.The PVDF obtained by this invention comprises the monomer unit content of 99.5-96 wt. % of vinylidene fluoride, and the monomer unit content of 0.5-4 wt. % of comonomers selected from hexafluoropropylene and/or tetrafluoroethylene, and has a logarithmic viscosity of 0.9-1.3 dl/g, and a molecular-weight distribution, as expressed in the ratio (Mw/Mn) of weight-average molecular weight and number-average molecular weight, of 2.2-2.8.In order to manufacture the PVDF of this invention, a mixture of vinylidene fluoride monomers containing 1-5 wt. % of monomers selected from hexafluoropropylene and/or tetrafluoroethylene is suspension-polymerized in an aqueous medium, using an oil-soluble initiator so that the logarithmic viscosity [.eta..sub.1 ] is kept at 1.3-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Wakamori, Fujio Suzuki, Katsuo Horie
  • Patent number: 5283302
    Abstract: Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) having such crystallization properties as to produce small spheralite sizes without sacrificing properties, processability, purity, etc. comprises 99.5-96 wt. % of vinylidene fluoride and 0.5-4 wt. % of a comonomer selected from the group consisting of hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene and mixtures thereof, has a logarithmic viscosity of 0.9-1.3 dl/g and a molecular weight distribution, as expressed by the ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight, of 2.2-2.8. The PVDF is formed by suspension polymerizing vinylidene fluoride and 1-5 wt. % of the desired comonomer, in an aqueous medium in the presence of an oil-soluble initiator, so that a logarithmic viscosity [.eta..sub.1 ] of 1.3-1.9 dl/g is obtained at a vinylidene fluoride conversion of 10-50%; then adding a chain transfer agent to the medium and continuing polymerization so that the logarithmic viscosity [.eta..sub.2 ] of the final polymer is 0.3-0.7 dl/g lower than [.eta..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Wakamori, Fujio Suzuki, Katsuo Horie
  • Patent number: 4501870
    Abstract: Fine particles of polyvinyl chloride produced by bulk polymerization which comprise substantially discrete spherical particles with particle sizes of 0.2 to 2 microns, a plastisol prepared by adding 80 parts by weight of dioctylphthalate to 100 parts by weight of said particles having a viscosity of 50,000 centipoise or less (measured by a B-type viscometer, No. 4 rotor, 12 rpm, 25.degree. C.) and a process for producing the same which comprises subjecting vinyl chloride to bulk polymerization in the presence of a dispersing stabilizer under gentle stirring without causing sedimentation or agglomeration of the polymer particles formed, wherein polymerization is terminated at a polymerization yield of 5 to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunizoh Kidoh, Hideki Wakamori, Fujio Suzuki, Takao Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 4380614
    Abstract: A suspension polymerization of a haloethylene compound or a mixture of a haloethylene compound and a comonomer thereof is carried out in an aqueous medium containing a suspending agent and an oil soluble catalyst, by coating or incorporating at least one of a water soluble or organic solvent soluble lignin derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunizoh Kidoh, Hideki Wakamori
  • Patent number: 4251405
    Abstract: A plasticized vinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymer is produced by copolymerizing 65 to 95 wt. % of vinylidene chloride and 35 to 5 wt. % of vinyl chloride or a mixture of vinyl chloride as a main component and a comonomer wherein 0.5 to 10.0 wt. parts of a plasticizer being soluble in said monomer mixture is added to 100 wt. parts of said monomer mixture and said monomer mixture is copolymerized by a suspension polymerization in the presence of an oil soluble radical initiator and a macromolecular suspending agent in water whereby a blending step can be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunizoh Kidoh, Hideki Wakamori, Hidetora Kashio
  • Patent number: 4069291
    Abstract: A suspension of a particulate porous fluorinated resin in an aqueous medium containing a powder of an inorganic suspension stabilizer is heated approximately at a melting temperature of the resin whereby the resin is densified, the degree of densification of the resin depending on the heating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunizoh Kidoh, Hideki Wakamori, Genzo Asai, Kazuo Kusida
  • Patent number: 4032497
    Abstract: From a synthesized high polymer latex, the unreacted monomer remaining therein can be removed efficiently by causing a hollow cylinder inclined by a gradient of 1/100 to 1/10 with reference to the horizontal plane to be rotated around its axis, then introducing the synthesized high polymer latex and a gas containing moisture into the interior of the hollow cylinder which is maintained in continuous rotation and allowing the latex and the gas to come into mutual contact within the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunizoh Kidoh, Hideki Wakamori, Kamizo Iimura