Patents by Inventor Ikunori Sakai

Ikunori Sakai 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: 8686088
    Abstract: Polypropylene resin compositions are suited for injection molding and are capable of giving molded articles having excellent mechanical properties, reduced tendency to cause flow marks or weld marks, low gloss, and superior scratch resistance. A polypropylene resin composition includes: an amount of a resin composition (F) including a polypropylene (A), an ethylene-?-olef in copolymer or an ethylene-?-olefin-diene copolymer (B-I) having MFR of less than 0.4 g/10 min, an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B-2) having MFR of 0.5 to less than 20 g/10 min, and an inorganic filler (C); and specific amounts relative to the resin composition (F) of a modified polypropylene (D) and a surface modifier (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Hiroshi Suenari, Ikunori Sakai, Frank E. Jones, Toru Fukada
  • Patent number: 8318863
    Abstract: Foaming polypropylene resin compositions are excellent in balance between melt tension and flowability, can give injection-molded foams having superior mechanical strength such as impact resistance, and are suited for the production of automobile parts or the like. Processes of the invention produce injection-molded foams from the compositions. A foaming polypropylene resin composition according to the present invention includes a polypropylene resin (A) and an ethylene/?-olefin having 3-10 carbon atoms copolymer (B) in a specific ratio; the ethylene/?-olefin having 3-10-carbon atoms copolymer (B) includes a higher molecular weight component (B-H) having MFR190 of 1 to 10 g/10 min and a lower molecular weight component (B-L) having MFR190 of 20 to 50 g/10 min; and the weight ratio between (B-H) and (B-L), (B-H):(B-L), is in the range of 6:4 to 2:8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Kawamura, Yukio Ishii, Ikunori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100311894
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition includes: 14 to 39 wt % of a propylene block copolymer (A-1) having MFR of 1 to 200 g/10 min, the propylene block copolymer comprising 70 to 95 wt % of a room temperature n-decane insoluble part (Dinsol (1)) and 5 to 30 wt % of a room temperature n-decane soluble part (Dsol (1)), the Dinsol (1) having a mmmm fraction of not less than 97%, the Dsol (1) having [?] of 4 to 10 dl/g; 20 to 60 wt % of a propylene block copolymer (A-2) having MFR of 1 to 200 g/10 min, the propylene block copolymer comprising 70 to 95 wt % of a room temperature n-decane insoluble part (Dinsol (2)) and 5 to 30 wt % of a room temperature n-decane soluble part (Dsol (2)), the Dinsol (2) having a mmmm fraction of not less than 97%, the Dsol (2) having [?] of 1.5 to 4 dl/g; 5 to 30 wt % of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer rubber (B); and 10 to 30 wt % of an inorganic filler (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tsukahara, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Satoko Toei, Noriaki Fujiyama
  • Patent number: 7619030
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C) in specified proportions. The polypropylene homopolymer (A1) exhibits an MFR (230° C.) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.05% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kaneyoshi
  • Patent number: 7553887
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition comprising a polypropylene resin composition and an aluminum flake pigment for use as an automotive resin composition, which is excellent in mechanical strength, physical properties and flowability, and enables to produce molded products showing good metallic appearance. A composition comprising a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer, an elastomeric polymer and an inorganic filler is a preferred example of the polypropylene resin composition, and aluminum flakes surface-coated with a polymer containing as constituent units acrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, epoxylated polybutadiene and divinylbenzene are preferred examples of the aluminum flake pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Ikunori Sakai, Yusuke Umetani, Naoki Shoji, Keita Nagano, Takao Mizoshita, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7446147
    Abstract: A propylene resin composition comprising (A) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 89 to 30% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]a as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (B) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]b as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (C) an elastomeric polymer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, which has a melt flow rate (MFR, 230C, load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masamichi Naito, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Kenta Tsubohara
  • Patent number: 7166677
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprises (A) (a-1) a specific crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer or (a-3) a polymer mixture comprising the (a-1) and (a-2) a specific crystalline propylene-homopolymer in specific ratio, in an amount of 5 to 56% by weight, (B) a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.8 to 2.0 dl/g and a melting point of 150 to 168° C., in an amount of 10 to 45% by weight, (C) a copolymer rubber of ethylene and an ?-olefin having a melt flow rate (ASTM D-1238, 230° C., load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Ikunori Sakai, Takayuki Nagai, Takeshi Sekito, Susumu Kanzaki, Mitsuji Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20070010622
    Abstract: A propylene resin composition comprising (A) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 89 to 30% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]a as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (B) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]b as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (C) an elastomeric polymer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, which has a melt flow rate (MFR, 230C, load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Masamichi Naito, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Kenta Tsubohara
  • Publication number: 20060194914
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C) in specified proportions. The polypropylene homopolymer (A1) exhibits an MFR (230° C.) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.05% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kaneyoshi
  • Patent number: 7081493
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C), or comprising a propylene block copolymer (A2) and an inorganic filler (C) optionally together with an elastomer (B), in specified proportions. The propylene homopolymer (A1), or the propylene homopolymer segment of the propylene block copolymer (A2) exhibits an MFR (230-C) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.2% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kaneyoshi
  • Publication number: 20050250892
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition comprising a polypropylene resin composition and an aluminum flake pigment for use as an automotive resin composition, which is excellent in mechanical strength, physical properties and flowability, and enables to produce molded products showing good metallic appearance. A composition comprising a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer, an elastomeric polymer and an inorganic filler is a preferred example of the polypropylene resin composition, and aluminum flakes surface-coated with a polymer containing as constituent units acrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, epoxylated polybutadiene and divinylbenzene are preferred examples of the aluminum flake pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Ikunori Sakai, Yusuke Umetani, Naoki Shoji, Keita Nagano, Takao Mizoshita, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050209387
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprises (A) (a-1) a specific crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer or (a-3) a polymer mixture comprising the (a-1) and (a-2) a specific crystalline propylene-homopolymer in specific ratio, in an amount of 5 to 56% by weight, (B) a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.8 to 2.0 dl/g and a melting point of 150 to 168° C., in an amount of 10 to 45% by weight, (C) a copolymer rubber of ethylene and an ?-olefin having a melt flow rate (ASTM D-1238, 230° C., load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Ikunori Sakai, Takayuki Nagai, Takeshi Sekito, Susumu Kanzaki, Mitsuji Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6759475
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition based on crystalline polypropylene which includes: (a) 3-65% by weight of a component soluble in paraxylene of 23° C., (b) 35-97% by weight of a component soluble in paraxylene of 135° C. and insoluble in paraxylene of 23° C., and (c) 0-30% by weight of a compoent insoluble in paraxylene of 135° C. The component (a) soluble in paraxylene of 23° C. is composed substantially of an elastomeric constituent (a1) having a content of styrene or its derivative in the range of 0-35% by weight and an intrinsic viscosity (n) in the range of 0.1-5 dl/g, the component (b) soluble is paraxylene of 135° C. and insoluble in paraxylene of 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakai, Tohru Takaoka, Satoru Moriya, Mikio Hashimoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 6756430
    Abstract: A flame-retarding thermoplastic resin composition which is composed essentially of (A) a component of thermoplastic resin, (B) a component of nitrogen atom-containing phosphatic compound, (C) a component of hydroxyl group-containing compound or partly esterified product thereof and (D) a component of neutralizer for acids, with optional component (E) of triazine derivative or (F) of metal alkoxide, wherein the proportion of each component is such that the component (A) is in the range from 60 to 90 parts by weight, the sum of the components (B)+(C) is in the range from 10 to 40 parts by weight and the component (D) is in the range from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total sum of (A)+(B)+(C), respectively, wherein the weight ratio of (B)/(C) amounts to at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Matsuda, Mikio Hashimoto, Ikunori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20030187121
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C), or comprising a propylene block copolymer (A2) and an inorganic filler (C) optionally together with an elastomer (B), in specified proportions. The propylene homopolymer (A1), or the propylene homopolymer segment of the propylene block copolymer (A2) exhibits an MFR (230° C.) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.2% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kayenoshi
  • Publication number: 20020058741
    Abstract: Present invention provides a resin composition bases on crystalline polypropylene which does not suffer from occurrence of flow mark and rashes caused from polymer gel upon molding and, thus, can produce molded articles exhibiting superior appearance and having excellent mechanical strength, such as flexural modulus and so on, together with better flowability upon the molding and which can be obtained at a lower cost by choosing starting materials of high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakai, Tohru Takaoka, Satoru Moriya, Mikio Hashimoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 6350828
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition exibiting a high melt tension and superior moldability, which can be molded efficiently by a high-speed molding into scarcely deformable larger molded articles of better appearance with high stiffness and which comprises polypropylene as a main component and has the following characteristic features 1) to 4), namely, 1) that a melt flow rate (MFR, determined at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) is in the range of 0.01 to 5 g/10 min., 2) that a content of a high molecular weight polypropylene exhibiting an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;], determined at 135° C. in decalin, of 8-13 dl/g is in the range of 15 to 50% by weight, 3) that a gel areal density in number is 3,000/450 cm2 or less and 4) that a molecular weight distribution determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 6-20, as expressed by Mw/Mn, and is 3.5 or higher, as expressed by Mz/Mw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Grand Polymer Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tohru Takaoka, Ikunori Sakai, Hideki Nakagawa, Mikio Hashimoto, Satoshi Matsuura, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20020013392
    Abstract: A flame-retarding thermoplastic resin composition which is composed essentially of
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: GRAND POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Matsuda, Mikio Hashimoto, Ikunori Sakai
  • Patent number: 6214934
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition for use in automotive inner and outer trims, comprising 50 to 85% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene (A) having an MFR (230° C.) of 7 to 70 g/10 min, 2 to 16% by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer (B) obtained by hydrogenating at a hydrogenation ratio of at least 90% an aromatic vinyl/conjugated diene block copolymer which contains an aromatic vinyl block polymer unit in an amount of 22% by weight or less and has an MFR (230° C.) of at least 5 g/10 min, and 5 to 25% by weight of an inorganic filler (G) having an average particle size of 0.1 to 3 &mgr;m as essential components. This composition may contain, as optional components, another hydrogenated block copolymer (C), an aromatic hydrocarbon copolymer (D), a crystalline polyethylene (E) and a soft ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (F). This composition is excellent in heat resistance, rigidity and impact resistance and can provide a molding having beautiful appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Grand Polymer Co. Ltd, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Moriya, Akira Todo, Ikunori Sakai, Takao Nomura, Takeyoshi Nishio
  • Patent number: 6121363
    Abstract: A crystalline propyleiie block-copolymer composition exhibiting superior flowability upon molding for use in automobile parts, which composition comprises 41 to 71% by weight of a crystalline propylene block-copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion (Fp) and an ethylene/propylene random copolymer portion (Fc) and having an ethylene content of 1 to 10% by weight and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 20 to 100 g/10 min.; 12 to 22% by weight of a first hydrogenated product of a block-copolymer having a relatively smaller stylene content; 2 to 12% by weight of a second hydrogenated product of a block-copolymer having a relatively greater stylene content; and 15 to 25% by weight of talc, wherein the propylene homopolymer portion (Fp) contains 20 to 50% by weight of a low molecular weight propylene homopolymer having an MFR of 400 to 1,000 g/10 min., the average MFR being 100 to 350 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Grand Polymer Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takayuki Nagai, Takao Nomura, Masatoshi Matsuda, Osamu Kito, Hisayuki Iwai