Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Ando

Katsuhiro Ando 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).

  • Publication number: 20160060481
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a liquid-applied moisture-permeable waterproofing material that can protect a building from rainwater or humidity in the air, can drain moisture, which has been gathered on a substrate of a building, and can be applied easily. The present invention is a curable composition comprising: (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a silicon-containing group crosslinkable by forming a siloxane bond; (B) a polyoxyalkylene plasticizer whose main chain contains 5 wt % or more of an oxypropylene-derived repeating unit and has one or more groups, at an end thereof, selected from the group consisting of an —OH group, a group represented by the formula: —OR9 (wherein R9 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group), and a group represented by the formula: —NR102 (wherein R10 is each independently a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, KANEKA NORTH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Ando
  • Patent number: 9217060
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a liquid-applied moisture-permeable waterproofing material that can protect a building from rainwater or humidity in the air, can drain moisture, which has been gathered on a substrate of a building, and can be applied easily. The present invention is a curable composition comprising: (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a silicon-containing group crosslinkable by forming a siloxane bond; (B) a polyoxyalkylene plasticizer whose main chain contains 5 wt % or more of an oxypropylene-derived repeating unit and has one or more groups, at an end thereof, selected from the group consisting of an —OH group, a group represented by the formula: —OR9 (wherein R9 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group), and a group represented by the formula: —NR102 (wherein R10 is each independently a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, KANEKA NORTH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20150125684
    Abstract: Provided are a waterproof coating material and a roof having a coating film formed therefrom which have low VOC content, good film curability under low-temperature/high-humidity conditions, high stain resistance, and low water absorbency. The coating material comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyoxyalkylene polymer (a1) and/or a vinylic polymer (a2), the polymers each containing a reactive silyl group of formula (1): —SiR13-aXa (1) wherein each R1 independently represents a C1-C20 alkyl, C6-C20 aryl, or C7-C20 aralkyl group, or a triorganosiloxy group of (R?)3SiO— where R's each independently represent a C1-C20 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group; each X independently represents a hydroxy or hydrolyzable group; and a represents 1, 2 or 3; and (B) 0.1-20 parts by weight of at least one compound including a compound (b3) obtained by partial condensation of silyl groups of an aminosilane alone or of a combination of an aminosilane and another alkoxysilane compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, KANEKA NORTH AMERICA LLC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8883936
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition having excellent water vapor permeability, which enables to protect a building from rainwater or moisture in the air and release the water accumulated on the side of the base of the building, to the outside. Also provided is a curable composition which has easy workability and is less likely to allow migration or exudation of a plasticizer to the surface of the cured product. Also provided is a liquid waterproof coating material having moisture permeability which contains the curable composition. The curable composition includes an organic polymer (I) that has less than one hydrolyzable silyl group per molecule on average and contains 5 to 80 wt % of oxyethylene units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Kaneka Corporation, Kaneka North America LLC
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20130274409
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition having excellent water vapor permeability, which enables to protect a building from rainwater or moisture in the air and release the water accumulated on the side of the base of the building, to the outside. Also provided is a curable composition which has easy workability and is less likely to allow migration or exudation of a plasticizer to the surface of the cured product. Also provided is a liquid waterproof coating material having moisture permeability which contains the curable composition. The curable composition includes an organic polymer (I) that has less than one hydrolyzable silyl group per molecule on average and contains 5 to 80 wt % of oxyethylene units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: KANEKA NORTH AMERICA, LLC, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20120207998
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a liquid-applied moisture-permeable waterproofing material that can protect a building from rainwater or humidity in the air, can drain moisture, which has been gathered on a substrate of a building, and can be applied easily. The present invention is a curable composition comprising: (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a silicon-containing group crosslinkable by forming a siloxane bond; (B) a polyoxyalkylene plasticizer whose main chain contains 5 wt % or more of an oxypropylene-derived repeating unit and has one or more groups, at an end thereof, selected from the group consisting of an —OH group, a group represented by the formula: —OR9 (wherein R9 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group), and a group represented by the formula: —NR102 (wherein R10 is each independently a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: KANEKA TEXAS CORPORATION, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Ando
  • Patent number: 8067520
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a two-component curable composition whose component A is easy to be handled, and which shows excellent internal curability and good storage stability. This problem is solved using a two-component curable composition, comprising component A comprising 100 parts by weight of an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group, (B) 0.1-300 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound, and (C) 0.1-20 parts by weight of water, and component B comprising (D) 0.1-20 parts by weight of a curing catalyst, and (E) 0.1-200 parts by weight of an amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Ando
  • Patent number: 7718749
    Abstract: The invention aims to improve surface tackiness of a curable composition comprising a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxypropylene polymer without decreasing coating workability, strength, adhesion and appearance. As one embodiment of a means for resolution, a curable composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxypropylene polymer, (B) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, (C) from 0.1 to 80 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound, (D) from 0.1 to 60 parts by weight of a tertiary amine, and (E) from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a primary or secondary amine having a melting point of 20° C. or more is mentioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Shintaro Komitsu
  • Patent number: 7452930
    Abstract: It is the subject of the present invention to provide a solvent-free ambient-temperature curable composition, excellent in water-resistant adhesion, storage stability and curability, and generates neither smoke nor odor when working therewith. The relevant problem is solved by a curable composition including (A) a natural asphalt and/or petroleum asphalt, (B) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having one or more reactive silicon groups capable of cross-linking by forming siloxane bonds through silanol condensation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawakami, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20080200607
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a two-component curable composition whose component A is easy to be handled, and which shows excellent internal curability and good storage stability. This problem is solved using a two-component curable composition, comprising component A comprising 100 parts by weight of an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group, (B) 0.1-300 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound, and (C) 0.1-20 parts by weight of water, and component B comprising (D) 0.1-20 parts by weight of a curing catalyst, and (E) 0.1-200 parts by weight of an amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20070184290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of bonding an adherend to a substrate which comprises applying a curable composition comprising at least one polymer or resin selected from the group consisting of (A) a reactive silyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer, (B) a reactive silyl group-containing saturated hydrocarbon polymer, (C) a copolymer of which molecular chain is substantially made of one or more alkyl acrylate monomer unit(s) and/or alkyl methacrylate monomer unit(s) and (D) an epoxy resin and having a viscosity before curing of not lower than 10,000 Pa·s as determined on a B8U type viscometer under the following condition; rotor No. 7; number of revolutions 0.5 rpm; in an atmosphere at 23° C., according to JIS K 7117 to the adherend and/or substrate and then joining the adherend and the substrate together without temporary tacking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Junji Takase, Fumio Kawakubo
  • Publication number: 20070112145
    Abstract: The invention aims to improve surface tackiness of a curable composition comprising a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxypropylene polymer without decreasing coating workability, strength, adhesion and appearance. As one embodiment of a means for resolution, a curable composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxypropylene polymer, (B) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, (C) from 0.1 to 80 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound, (D) from 0.1 to 60 parts by weight of a tertiary amine, and (E) from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a primary or secondary amine having a melting point of 20° C or more is mentioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Shintaro Komitsu
  • Patent number: 7182833
    Abstract: By using a high viscosity moisture-curable adhesive composition comprising at least one polymer or resin selected from the group consisting of (A) a reactive silyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer, (B) a reactive silyl group-containing saturated hydrocarbon polymer, (C) a copolymer of which molecular chain is substantially made of one or more alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit(s) and (D) an epoxy resin, it becomes possible to bond an adherend to a substrate without open time and without temporary tacking after application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Junji Takase, Fumio Kawakubo
  • Publication number: 20060219270
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and transporting rubber stoppers includes the steps of ejecting pressurized water, fed from a water storage division, from a jet nozzle to form a jet stream flowing into a negative pressure-creating pipe for suction to create a negative pressure inside the negative pressure-creating pipe; transporting rubber stoppers placed in a storage section to the negative pressure-creating pipe through a cleaning inlet port placed under the storage section using the negative pressure; cleaning the rubber stoppers with the jet stream while the rubber stoppers are being transported through the negative pressure-creating pipe and then a transportation pipe directly connected to the negative pressure-creating pipe; transporting the rubber stoppers to a water separation section to remove water from the rubber stoppers; and transporting the rubber stoppers to a stocker for storing the cleaned rubber stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Kyoichi Saeki, Takuo Mochizuki, Masami Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060173141
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a one-component type room temperature-curable composition having good storage stability, which comprises an epoxy resin and an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group. The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a polyepoxide having two or more oxirane rings in a molecule or a polyepoxide formed optionally by mixing, into the above-mentioned polyepoxide, monoepoxide having one oxirane ring per a molecule, a certain ketimine, and an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Yasuo Chiba, Hiroya Morimoto, Masahiro Yokomakura
  • Publication number: 20060089432
    Abstract: It is the subject of the present invention to provide a solvent-free ambient-temperature curable composition, excellent in water-resistant adhesion, storage stability and curability, and generates neither smoke nor odor when working therewith. The relevant problem is solved by a curable composition including (A) a natural asphalt and/or petroleum asphalt, (B) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having one or more reactive silicon groups capable of cross-linking by forming siloxane bonds through silanol condensation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawakami, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20060089431
    Abstract: A solventless cold-setting curable composition includes a bituminous substance (A) and a vinyl polymer (B) which has a reactive silicon group capable of being crosslinked by forming a siloxane bond by a silanol condensation reaction and whose main chain is produced by living radical polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawakami, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20060089430
    Abstract: A curable composition contains a bituminous substance (A) and a saturated hydrocarbon polymer (B) having a reactive silicon group represented by general formula (1): —Si(R13-a)Xa??(1) (wherein R1 is a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C6-C20 aryl group, a C7-C20 aralkyl group, or a triorganosiloxy group represented by (R?O)3Si—; when two R1s are present, they may be the same or different; the three R's each represent a C1-C20 monovalent hydrocarbon group and may be the same or different; X is a hydroxyl group or hydrolyzable group; when two or more Xs are present, they may be the same or different; and a is 1, 2, or 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawakami, Katsuhiro Ando
  • Patent number: 6737482
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a curable resin composition comprising (I) a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer wherein a introduction rate of a reactive silicon group into molecular chain terminus is not less than 85% as analyzed by 1H-NMR spectrometry and (II) an epoxy resin. The curable resin obtained from this composition reflects improvements in tensile strength and tensile shear bond strength and in adhesion to various substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Toru Inaya, Masato Kusakabe, Hiroshi Iwakiri
  • Publication number: 20040074598
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of bonding an adherend to a substrate
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Junji Takase, Fumio Kawakubo