Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Mendori

Hiroaki Mendori 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: 5744231
    Abstract: An integrally molded composite article comprised of (I) a nonfoam layer formed from a thermoplastic elastomer powder composition (A) and (II) a foam layer formed from a foamable composition comprised of (i)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, and (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent or (ii)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent and (D) a liquid coating agent, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer powder (A) is comprised of a composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin or a thermoplastic elastomer powder comprised of a partially cross-linked composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, the thermoplastic elastomer powder having a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at 250.degree. C. and a frequency of 1 radian/sec of not more than 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise and having a Newtonian viscosity index n, calculated by the following formula using the above-mentioned complex dynamic viscosity .eta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Igarashi, Sueharu Shinohara, Masayuki Tatsumi, Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori
  • Patent number: 5585431
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer powder composition for powder molding, comprising 100 parts by weight of the following thermoplastic elastomer powder (A) and 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of a fine powder having an average particle diameter of 30 .mu.m or less:(A) (i) a powder of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a composition composed of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin or (ii) a powder of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a partially crosslinked composition composed of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, the thermoplastic elastomer powder having a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1), as measured at a frequency of 1 radian/sec and at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less and a Newtonian viscosity index n, calculated from the following formula by using the above-mentioned complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) measured at a frequency of 100 radian/sec of 0.67 or less:n=(log.eta.*(1)-log.eta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Igarashi, Sueharu Shinohara, Masayuki Tatsumi, Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori
  • Patent number: 5532055
    Abstract: An integrally molded composite article comprised of (I) a nonfoam layer formed from a thermoplastic elastomer powder composition (A) and (II) a foam layer formed from a foamable composition comprised of (i)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, and (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent or (ii)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent and (D) a liquid coating agent, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer powder (A) is comprised of a composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin or a thermoplastic elastomer powder comprised of a partially cross-linked composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, the thermoplastic elastomer powder having a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at 250.degree. C. and a frequency of 1 radian/sec of not more than 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise and having a Newtonian viscosity index n, calculated by the following formula using the above-mentioned complex dynamic viscosity .eta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Igarashi, Sueharu Shinohara, Masayuki Tatsumi, Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori
  • Patent number: 5516582
    Abstract: A multilayer molded article having a body of a thermoplastic resin and a skin material which is laminated on a surface of said body and made of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer having 100% modulus (M100) at 23.degree. C. of from 20 to 60 kg/cm.sup.2 and a frictional resistance (tan .delta.) against a metal surface of 1.0 or lower which is backed with a foam layer, which has good appearance and also good weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Takahisa Hara, Nobuhiro Usui
  • Patent number: 5427864
    Abstract: A multilayer molded article comprising a body of a thermoplastic resin and a skin material which is laminated on a surface of said body and comprises an olefin thermoplastic elastomer having a complex viscosity (.eta.*) of from 1.0.times.104 to 5.0.times.104 poises at 200.degree. C. and a vibrational angular velocity of 100 rad/sec. and a Newtonean viscosity index (n) of from 0.6 to 0.8 in a vibrational angular velocity range between 50 and 200 rad/sec. both measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, which has good appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Takahisa Hara, Nobuhiro Usui
  • Patent number: 5308699
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder slush molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less:n=[log.eta.*(1)-log.eta.*(100)]/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Tatsuo Hamanaka, Toshio Igarashi, Yuu Shida
  • Patent number: 5308700
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at frequency of 1 radian/sec. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less, and a hardness (shore D) of 45 or less:n={log.eta.*(1)-log.eta.*(100)}/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Tatsuo Hamanaka, Toshio Igarashi, Yuu Shida