Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kanbara
Hiroshi Kanbara 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).
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Publication number: 20240158585Abstract: A compounding material for rubber kneading including: a sealing pouch (A) having an outer layer with a thickness of 30 to 100 ?m that is made of a polymer (a) with a melting point of 60 to 140° C., and a liquid diene-based rubber (B) sealed inside the sealing pouch (A). Also a sealed package including: a sealing container with low water vapor permeability, and the compounding material for rubber kneading sealed inside the sealing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Satomi OHTA
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Patent number: 11970561Abstract: The invention provides a modified liquid diene polymer that allows a rubber composition to give a crosslinked product which contains a filler in a dispersed state ideal for attaining enhanced properties and which also exhibits excellent properties such as wet grip and abrasion resistance. The invention also provides a rubber composition including the modified liquid diene polymer, a crosslinked product thereof, and a tire which includes a portion including the composition or the crosslinked product. The modified liquid diene polymer is a product of modification, with a specific silane compound, of a liquid diene block copolymer including a polymer block (b?1) or (b?1) containing butadiene units and a polymer block (b?2) or (b?2). The modified liquid diene polymer has a functional group derived from the silane compound, and satisfies specific conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Satomi Ohta, Hiroshi Kanbara, Daisuke Koda
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Patent number: 11590799Abstract: The invention provides a heavy-duty tire rubber composition excellent in wet grip performance and steering stability, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a heavy-duty tire which each partially include the composition. The heavy-duty tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and not more than 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is not less than 30 mol % and less than 70 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Koda, Hiroshi Kanbara
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Publication number: 20220289872Abstract: To provide a conjugated diene graft polymer having high transparency, heat resistance and weather resistance, and a method for producing the conjugated diene graft polymer. A method for producing a conjugated diene graft polymer in which a side chain (b) including a polymer including at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene unit and an aromatic vinyl compound unit is bonded to a main chain (a) including a polymer including a conjugated diene unit, via a hetero atom Z serving as a branching point and having a valence of not less than 3, the method including a step of reacting a specific active end polymer and a specific functional group-modified conjugated diene polymer having a functional group in a side chain to thereby produce a conjugated diene graft polymer; and a step of recovering the conjugated diene graft polymer obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu UENO, Hiroshi KANBARA, Atsushi INATOMI, Junya TAKAI, Zhaoming MA
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Patent number: 11124631Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound represented by the formula (1), and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying (i) to (iii): (i) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and less than 15,000; (ii) a vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %; and (iii) an average number of functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Maeda, Daisuke Koda, Hiroshi Kanbara, Satomi Ohta
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Publication number: 20210246299Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition having superior moldability, wear resistance, and grip performance, and tires therewith. The present invention relates to a rubber composition comprising: a copolymer (B) constituted of a vinyl alcohol polymer (B-1) region and a diene polymer (B-2) region; and a rubber component (C), wherein the rubber composition comprises 1 to 20 parts by mass of the copolymer (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: KURARAYCO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke AMANO, Eiichi ISHIDA, Kazuhiko MAEKAWA, Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA
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Patent number: 11034821Abstract: A rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound represented by the formula (1), and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying (i) to (iii) below: (i) The weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 15,000 to 120,000. (ii) The vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %. (iii) The average number of functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 30.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Maeda, Daisuke Koda, Hiroshi Kanbara, Satomi Ohta
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Publication number: 20210017320Abstract: The invention provides a modified liquid diene polymer that allows a rubber composition to give a crosslinked product which contains a filler in a dispersed state ideal for attaining enhanced properties and which also exhibits excellent properties such as wet grip and abrasion resistance. The invention also provides a rubber composition including the modified liquid diene polymer, a crosslinked product thereof, and a tire which includes a portion including the composition or the crosslinked product. The modified liquid diene polymer is a product of modification, with a specific silane compound, of a liquid diene block copolymer including a polymer block (b?1) or (b?1) containing butadiene units and a polymer block (b?2) or (b?2). The modified liquid diene polymer has a functional group derived from the silane compound, and satisfies specific conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Satomi OHTA, Hiroshi KANBARA, Daisuke KODA
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Publication number: 20200392313Abstract: The invention provides a high-grip tire rubber composition satisfying wet grip performance, dry grip performance and steering stability in a high and well-balanced manner, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a pneumatic tire which each partially include the composition. The high-grip tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), the solid rubber (A) including not less than 60 mass % of a styrene butadiene rubber with 20 mass % or more styrene content, 0.1 to 90 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) to (iii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and less than 15,000, (ii) the vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %, and (iii) the average number of the functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Daisuke KODA, Yosuke UEHARA
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Publication number: 20200332090Abstract: The invention provides a heavy-duty tire rubber composition capable of giving heavy-duty tires which exhibit low heat generation properties and have good abrasion resistance, and also provides a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a heavy-duty tire which each partially include the composition. The heavy-duty tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and not more than 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is less than 30 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA
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Publication number: 20200332089Abstract: The tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of not more than ?10° C., 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) to (iv): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 15,000 to 120,000, (ii) the vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %, (iii) the average number of the functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 30, and (iv) the glass transition temperature (Tg) is not more than 0° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Daisuke KODA
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Publication number: 20200254816Abstract: The invention provides a heavy-duty tire rubber composition excellent in wet grip performance and steering stability, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a heavy-duty tire which each partially include the composition. The heavy-duty tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and not more than 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is not less than 30 mol % and less than 70 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA
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Publication number: 20200207957Abstract: The invention provides a high-grip tire rubber composition excellent in steering stability, rolling resistance performance and abrasion resistance, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a pneumatic tire which each partially include the composition. The high-grip tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), the solid rubber (A) including not less than 60 mass % of a styrene butadiene rubber with 20 mass % or more styrene content, 0.1 to 90 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 15,000 to 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Daisuke KODA, Yosuke UEHARA
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Publication number: 20200207956Abstract: The invention provides a tire rubber composition capable of giving crosslinked products having excellent properties including mechanical strength such as abrasion resistance, a crosslinked product of the composition, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a pneumatic tire which each partially include the composition or the crosslinked product and which each exhibit satisfactory dry grip performance plus excellent wet grip performance and ice grip performance and can attain enhanced steering stability. The tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of not more than ?10° C., 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Daisuke KODA
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Publication number: 20190218376Abstract: A rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound represented by the formula (1), and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying (i) to (iii) below: (i) The weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 15,000 to 120,000. (ii) The vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %. (iii) The average number of functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi MAEDA, Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA, Satomi OHTA
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Publication number: 20190194429Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound represented by the formula (1), and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying (i) to (iii): (i) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and less than 15,000; (ii) a vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %; and (iii) an average number of functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi MAEDA, Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA, Satomi OHTA
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Patent number: 10227481Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition having a good processability, and simultaneously having a rolling resistance performance and hardness after vulcanization at high levels, with which the contamination of the mold for processing due to the bleeding-out of the plasticizer can be suppressed, and in which the migration of the plasticizer and so on is suppressed to a low level; a vulcanized rubber obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition; and to a tire including the rubber composition as at least a part thereof. The rubber composition contains 100 parts by mass of rubber component (A) composed of at least one of a synthetic rubber and a natural rubber, 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a diene polymer (B), 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C), 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a vulcanizing agent (D), 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of a vulcanization accelerator (E) and 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of vulcanization aid (F).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Koda, Kei Hirata, Hiroshi Kanbara
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Publication number: 20170327681Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing material composition including 100 parts by mass of a polymer of farnesene (A) and from 1 to 4,000 parts by mass of a filler (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicants: KURARAY CO., LTD., AMYRIS, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi KANBARA, Kei HIRATA
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Patent number: 9650538Abstract: A micro-structure is manufactured by patterning a sacrificial film, forming an inorganic material film on the pattern, providing the inorganic material film with an aperture, and etching away the sacrificial film pattern through the aperture to define a space having the contour of the pattern. The patterning stage includes the steps of (A) forming a sacrificial film using a composition comprising a cresol novolac resin and a crosslinker, (B) exposing patternwise the film to first high-energy radiation, (C) developing, and (D) exposing the sacrificial film pattern to second high-energy radiation and heat treating for thereby forming crosslinks within the cresol novolac resin.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideto Kato, Hiroshi Kanbara, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Yoshinori Hirano
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Publication number: 20160053097Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition having a good processability, and simultaneously having a rolling resistance performance and hardness after vulcanization at high levels, with which the contamination of the mold for processing due to the bleeding-out of the plasticizer can be suppressed, and in which the migration of the plasticizer and so on is suppressed to a low level; a vulcanized rubber obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition; and to a tire including the rubber composition as at least a part thereof. The rubber composition contains 100 parts by mass of rubber component (A) composed of at least one of a synthetic rubber and a natural rubber, 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a diene polymer (B), 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C), 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a vulcanizing agent (D), 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of a vulcanization accelerator (E) and 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of vulcanization aid (F).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke KODA, Kei HIRATA, Hiroshi KANBARA