Patents by Inventor Ikuo Akai

Ikuo Akai 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: 11753520
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes a resin component containing an unsaturated polyester and a polymerizable monomer, an aluminum hydroxide, and an expandable graphite. The mixing ratio of the aluminum hydroxide to 100 parts by mass of the resin component is 50 parts by mass or more and 300 parts by mass or less. The mixing ratio of the expandable graphite to 100 parts by mass of the resin component is 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less. The expandable graphite has an average particle size of 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN COMPOSITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Masahiro Hakotani
  • Publication number: 20230227623
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes a resin component containing an unsaturated polyester and a polymerizable monomer, an aluminum hydroxide, and an expandable graphite. The mixing ratio of the aluminum hydroxide to 100 parts by mass of the resin component is 50 parts by mass or more and 300 parts by mass or less. The mixing ratio of the expandable graphite to 100 parts by mass of the resin component is 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less. The expandable graphite has an average particle size of 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Masahiro HAKOTANI
  • Patent number: 11686365
    Abstract: In a cylinder device, a rod of which one end portion is joined to a piston in a cylinder and the other end portion protrudes from an opening portion of the cylinder includes a first member that is a hollow cylindrical member in sliding contact with a sliding contact member, and a second member that does not come into sliding contact with the sliding contact member. An outer diameter of at least a first member side end portion of the second member is smaller than an outer diameter of the first member. An inner peripheral portion of the first member is joined to an outer peripheral portion of the second member by friction weld joining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Omata, Naoya Kubo, Toshifumi Komatsu, Ikuo Akai
  • Publication number: 20220089864
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes an unsaturated polyester, a polymerizable monomer, a low shrinkage agent, aluminum hydroxide, and an electrically conductive filler. The unsaturated polyester is a polymerization product of a polybasic acid including a polybasic acid having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond at a predetermined ratio and a polyhydric alcohol. A polyvinyl acetate as the low shrinkage agent is included at a predetermined ratio with respect to the total amount of the unsaturated polyester, the polymerizable monomer, and the low shrinkage agent. The aluminum hydroxide is included at a predetermined ratio with respect to the total amount of the unsaturated polyester, the polymerizable monomer, and the low shrinkage agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Masahiro HAKOTANI, Takashi TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210380801
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes: a resin component comprising an unsaturated polyester, a polymerizable monomer, and a low profile agent; aluminum hydroxide; and a fire retardant. The unsaturated polyester is a polymerized product of polybasic acid and polyhydric alcohol. The polybasic acid has an ethylenic unsaturated double bond at a predetermined ratio. The polyvinyl acetate is blended as a low profile agent relative to the resin component at a predetermined ratio. Aluminum hydroxide is blended relative to the resin component at a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Masahiro HAKOTANI, Takashi TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210139629
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes an unsaturated polyester, a polymerizable monomer, a low profile agent, and aluminum hydroxide. The unsaturated polyester is a polymerized product of polybasic acid and polyhydric alcohol. The polybasic acid contains unsaturated polybasic acid, and the unsaturated polybasic acid is blended in an amount of 80 mol % or more relative to 100 mol % the polybasic acid. The low profile agent contains polyvinyl acetate, and the polyvinyl acetate is blended in an amount of 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the unsaturated polyester, polymerizable monomer, and low profile agent. The aluminum hydroxide is blended in an amount of 150 parts by mass or more and 300 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the unsaturated polyester, polymerizable monomer, and low profile agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Satoshi TAMURA, Kenji TSUBOI, Masahiro HAKOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210003188
    Abstract: In a cylinder device, a rod of which one end portion is joined to a piston in a cylinder and the other end portion protrudes from an opening portion of the cylinder includes a first member that is a hollow cylindrical member in sliding contact with a sliding contact member, and a second member that does not come into sliding contact with the sliding contact member. An outer diameter of at least a first member side end portion of the second member is smaller than an outer diameter of the first member. An inner peripheral portion of the first member is joined to an outer peripheral portion of the second member by friction weld joining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhisa OMATA, Naoya KUBO, Toshifumi KOMATSU, Ikuo AKAI
  • Patent number: 10017591
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Patent number: 9566770
    Abstract: The polyolefin composite film is excellent in low-temperature heat sealability, heat-sealing strength and transparency, and at least has surface layer [i]//intermediate layer [iii]//core layer[i], wherein the surface layer[i]includes a propylene resin composition including 0-50 wt % of a specific propylene?-olefin random copolymer (A) and/or a specific 1-butene?-olefin copolymer (E), and 50-100 wt % of a propylene polymer (B) having a melting point of 120-170° C. ((A), (E) and (B) in the surface layer totals 100 wt %); the core layer [ii]includes a propylene resin composition including 70-100 wt % of a crystalline polypropylene (C) having a melting point of 150-170° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Takayuki Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20170037161
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Tomohiro ABE, Koya YOSHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shinya TANAKA, Koji MATSUNAGA, Makoto EGAWA
  • Patent number: 9505958
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Publication number: 20150225623
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene ?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene ?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Publication number: 20130202864
    Abstract: The polyolefin composite film is excellent in low-temperature heat sealability, heat-sealing strength and transparency, and at least has surface layer [i]//intermediate layer [iii]//core layer [ii], wherein the surface layer [i] includes a propylene resin composition including 0-50 wt % of a specific propylene/?-olefin random copolymer (A) and/or a specific 1-butene/?-olefin copolymer (E), and 50-100 wt % of a propylene polymer (B) having a melting point of 120-170° C. ((A), (E) and (B) in the surface layer totals 100 wt %); the core layer [ii] includes a propylene resin composition including 70-100 wt % of a crystalline polypropylene (C) having a melting point of 150-170° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Takayuki Kuroki
  • Patent number: 8288479
    Abstract: Propylene-based polymers (A) are provided which, when used as pressure-sensitive adhesives to various adherends, show a desired initial adhesion and will not contaminate the adherends and which have excellent pellet handling properties. Pellets of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). Pressure-sensitive adhesives of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). The propylene-based polymer (A) includes 65 to 80 mol % of a structural unit derived from propylene, 5 to 10 mol % of a structural unit derived from ethylene and 15 to 25 mol % of a structural unit derived from a C4-20 ?-olefin (wherein these percentages are calculated based on 100 mol % of the total of the structural unit derived from propylene, the structural unit derived from ethylene and the structural unit derived from a C4-20 ?-olefin) and has a heat of crystal fusion of 5 to 45 (J/g) as measured by DSC. Compositions of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Hiroshi Hoya, Yoji Hayakawa, Koji Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20100093941
    Abstract: Propylene-based polymers (A) are provided which, when used as pressure-sensitive adhesives to various adherends, show a desired initial adhesion and will not contaminate the adherends and which have excellent pellet handling properties. Pellets of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). Pressure-sensitive adhesives of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). The propylene-based polymer (A) includes 65 to 80 mol % of a structural unit derived from propylene, 5 to 10 mol % of a structural unit derived from ethylene and 15 to 25 mol % of a structural unit derived from a C4-20 ?-olefin (wherein these percentages are calculated based on 100 mol % of the total of the structural unit derived from propylene, the structural unit derived from ethylene and the structural unit derived from a C4-20 ?-olefin) and has a heat of crystal fusion of 5 to 45 (J/g) as measured by DSC. Compositions of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Hiroshi Hoya, Yoji Hayakawa, Koji Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20080020575
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet which can prevent breakage of a semiconductor wafer even when a circuit-formed surface of the semiconductor wafer has a significant unevenness, and a method for protecting the semiconductor wafer by using such protection sheet. The semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet includes at least one resin layer (A) satisfying a relationship of G? (60)/G? (25)<0.1, where G? (25) is a storage elastic modulus at 25° C., and G? (60) is a storage elastic modulus at 60° C. The semiconductor wafer protecting method using such sheet is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Saimoto, Toshiya Urakawa, Akemi Nakajima, Ikuo Akai, Shin Aihara