Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Umehara

Hiroaki Umehara 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: 11945910
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition containing (A) a thermosetting compound having a styrene structure or a (meth)acrylate structure, and (B) a maleimide compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula, p represents an integer of 1 to 10, in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=50:50 to 90:10 in mass ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umehara, Rihoko Watanabe, Hiroharu Inoue, Yiqun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240084133
    Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a polyphenylene ether resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) that is terminally modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, and a crosslinking-type curing agent (B) having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds in each molecule, the modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-1) having a specific structure, and a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-2) having a specific structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Fumito SUZUKI, Jun YASUMOTO, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Patent number: 11866580
    Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a polyphenylene ether resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) that is terminally modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, and a crosslinking-type curing agent (B) having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds in each molecule, the modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-1) having a specific structure, and a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-2) having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umehara, Fumito Suzuki, Jun Yasumoto, Hiroharu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230399511
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a polyphenylene ether compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at the terminal, a maleimide compound (A) having an arylene structure bonded in the meta-orientation in the molecule, and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hirosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230331944
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a maleimide compound (A) that has a maleimide equivalent of 500 g/eq. or less, is solid at 25° C., and dissolves at one or more concentration in a range of 40% by mass or more and less than 100% by mass as a concentration of the maleimide compound in a mixture of at least one selected from the group consisting of toluene and methyl ethyl ketone and the maleimide compound at 25° C.; and a polymerizable compound (B) having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond in a molecule and a proportion of a total mass of heteroatoms to a total mass of all constituent elements of 15% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirosuke SAITO, Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hiroharu INOUE, Rihoko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230331957
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a maleimide compound (A) having an indane structure in the molecule, and a styrenic polymer being solid at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rihoko WATANABE, Hirosuke SAITO, Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230323104
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a maleimide compound (A) having an arylene structure bonded in the meta-orientation in the molecule, and a styrenic polymer being solid at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rihoko WATANABE, Hirosuke SAITO, Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230323000
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a polyphenylene ether compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at the terminal, a maleimide compound (A) having an indane structure in the molecule, and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hirosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220356349
    Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular end, a maleimide compound having two or more N-substituted maleimide groups in one molecule, and a liquid styrene-butadiene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10000 and having a 1,2-vinyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Ryuji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220243013
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a modified poly(phenylene ether) compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular end, a maleimide compound having two or more N-substituted maleimide groups in the molecule, and a styrene-based polymer having a weight-average molecular weight less than 10,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Yiqun WANG, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Patent number: 11365274
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided and includes (A) a modified polyphenylene ether compound terminal-modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, (B) a maleimide compound containing no phenylmaleimide group and having a hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, and (C) at least one selected from a maleimide compound containing a phenylmaleimide group and a maleimide compound having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 9 or less carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=20:80 to 90:10 in mass ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umehara, Yiqun Wang, Hiroharu Inoue
  • Patent number: 11066548
    Abstract: A polyphenylene ether resin composition includes a modified polyphenylene ether copolymer, a high-molecular-weight compound, and a crosslinking agent for the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The modified polyphenylene ether copolymer includes a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular chain end of the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The high-molecular-weight compound has a glass transition temperature (Tg) measured by differential scanning calorimetry of 20° C. or lower and has a number-average molecular weight Mn ranging from 1000 to 10000, inclusive. The crosslinking agent includes at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds per molecule, and includes at least one of dicyclopentadiene acrylate and dicyclopentadiene methacrylate. In a cured state of the polyphenylene ether resin composition, the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer is phase separated from the high-molecular-weight compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umehara, Hiroharu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210061996
    Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a polyphenylene ether resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) that is terminally modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, and a crosslinking-type curing agent (B) having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds in each molecule, the modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-1) having a specific structure, and a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-2) having a specific structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Fumito SUZUKI, Jun YASUMOTO, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210054197
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition containing (A) a thermosetting compound having a styrene structure or a (meth)acrylate structure, and (B) at least one of maleimide compounds represented by the formulas (1) to (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Rihoko WATANABE, Hiroharu INOUE, Yiqun WANG
  • Publication number: 20210032424
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided and contains (A) a thermosetting compound having a styrene structure or a (meth)acrylate structure, and (B) a maleimide compound represented by the following formula (1) (in the formula, p represents an integer of 1 to 10), in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=20:80 to 90:10 in mass ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Rihoko WATANABE, Hiroharu INOUE, Yiqun WANG
  • Publication number: 20210017317
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided and includes (A) a modified polyphenylene ether compound terminal-modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, (B) a maleimide compound containing no phenylmaleimide group and having a hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, and (C) at least one selected from a maleimide compound containing a phenylmaleimide group and a maleimide compound having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 9 or less carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=20:80 to 90:10 in mass ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Yiqun WANG, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200283615
    Abstract: A polyphenylene ether resin composition includes a modified polyphenylene ether copolymer, a high-molecular-weight compound, and a crosslinking agent for the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The modified polyphenylene ether copolymer includes a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular chain end of the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The high-molecular-weight compound has a glass transition temperature (Tg) measured by differential scanning calorimetry of 20° C. or lower and has a number-average molecular weight Mn ranging from 1000 to 10000, inclusive. The crosslinking agent includes at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds per molecule, and includes at least one of dicyclopentadiene acrylate and dicyclopentadiene methacrylate. In a cured state of the polyphenylene ether resin composition, the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer is phase separated from the high-molecular-weight compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki UMEHARA, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200181403
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polyphenylene ether resin composition containing (A) a modified polyphenylene ether compound having a terminal modified with a substituent having an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond, (B) a crosslinking curing agent having an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule, and (C) a flame retardant. The flame retardant (C) contains at least a modified cyclic phenoxy phosphazene compound represented by formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumito SUZUKI, Hiroaki UMEHARA, Jun YASUMOTO, Hiroharu INOUE
  • Patent number: 10543661
    Abstract: A metal foil with resin is a metal foil with resin including a metal foil and a resin layer disposed on the metal foil, resin layer being obtained by half-curing a resin composition. The resin composition contains a first component that is a polymer, a second component that is a polyarylene ether copolymer, and a third component that is an epoxy resin. The first component has structures represented by formulae (1) and (2) below, with no unsaturated bond between carbon atoms. The third component has two or more epoxy groups per molecule. The second component is compatible with the first component, and the third component is incompatible with the first component. In the formulae (1) and (2), a ratio between x and y is x:y=0:1 to 0.35:0.65, R1 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Esaki, Takayoshi Ozeki, Hiroaki Umehara, Hiroharu Inoue, Yoshihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180312683
    Abstract: A polyphenylene ether resin composition contains a modified polyphenylene ether copolymer and a high-molecular-weight compound. The modified polyphenylene ether copolymer is obtained by modifying a polyphenylene ether copolymer at a phenolic hydroxy group of a molecular chain end with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond. The high-molecular-weight compound has a glass transition temperature (Tg) measured by differential scanning calorimetry of 20° C. or lower and has a number-average molecular weight Mn ranging from 1000 to 10000, inclusive. In a cured state of the polyphenylene ether resin composition, the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer is phase separated from the high-molecular-weight compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: HIROAKI UMEHARA, HIROHARU INOUE