Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Iwase
Katsuhiro Iwase 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: 20230192949Abstract: A polycarbonate resin comprising a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein weight-average molecular weight Mw measured by size-exclusion chromatography using polymethyl methacrylate as a standard sample is 50,000 or larger and 500,000 or smaller:Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuro Toda, Hisanari Yoneda, Takuto Nakata, Shota Ide, Hiroshi Fukuoka, Katsuhiro Iwase, Masaaki Aramaki, Osamu Haba, Yusuke Tazawa
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Patent number: 11548981Abstract: A polyphenylene ether having a predetermined structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Fukuoka, Shoji Otani, Katsuhiro Iwase, Masaaki Aramaki
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Patent number: 11286237Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a methacrylic resin composition having excellent surface processability and displaying excellent preservability of formed surface processing. A method for manufacturing a methacrylic resin composition, wherein the methacrylic resin composition comprises two or more types of methacrylic resins that each have a structural unit (X) having the same type of cyclic structure-containing main chain, the methacrylic resin composition has a Vicat softening temperature of 120° C. to 160° C., methanol-soluble content is contained in an amount of 5 mass % or less relative to 100 mass %, in total, of the methanol-soluble content and methanol-insoluble content, comprising mixing a low molecular weight component and a high molecular weight component.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Iwase, Harumi Watanabe, Keigo Sasaki
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Publication number: 20210024695Abstract: A polyphenylene ether having a predetermined structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi FUKUOKA, Shoji OTANI, Katsuhiro IWASE, Masaaki ARAMAKI
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Publication number: 20200332108Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a methacrylic resin composition having excellent surface processability and displaying excellent preservability of formed surface processing. A method for manufacturing a methacrylic resin composition, wherein the methacrylic resion composition comprises two or more types of methacrylic resins that each have a structural unit (X) having the same type of cyclic structure-containing main chain, the methacrylic resin composition has a Vicat softening temperature of 120° C. to 160° C., methanol-soluble content is contained in an amount of 5 mass % or less relative to 100 mass %, in total, of the methanol-soluble content and methanol-insoluble content, comprising mixing a low molecular weight component and a high molecular weight component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro IWASE, Harumi WATANABE, Keigo SASAKI
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Publication number: 20190071565Abstract: Provided is an optical component comprising a methacrylic resin composition having excellent surface processability and displaying excellent preservability of formed surface processing. The optical component contain a methacrylic resin including a structural unit (X) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain that is at least one selected from the group consisting of an N-substituted maleimide monomer-derived structural unit, a glutarimide-based structural unit, and a lactone ring structural unit. The methacrylic resin composition has a Vicat softening temperature of 120° C. to 160° C. Among methacrylic acid ester monomer-derived structural units, a ratio (S/H) of the integrated intensity (S) of a syndiotactic fraction (rr) relative to the integrated intensity (H) of a heterotactic fraction (mr), as determined by 1H-NMR measurement, is 1.20 to 1.50. The amount of methanol-soluble content is 5 mass % or less relative to 100 mass %, in total, of methanol-soluble content and methanol-insoluble content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro IWASE, Harumi WATANABE, Keigo SASAKI
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Patent number: 10174145Abstract: Methacrylic resin having high heat resistance, highly controlled birefringence, excellent color tone and transparency, and excellent moldability is provided. A methacrylic resin comprises a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain, the structural unit (B) including at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of an N-substituted maleimide-based structural unit (B-1) and a lactone ring structural unit (B-2), wherein a glass transition temperature is more than 120° C. and 160° C. or less, an amount of a methanol-soluble content is 5 mass % or less relative to 100 mass % of a total amount of the methanol-soluble content and a methanol-insoluble content in the methacrylic resin, and an yellowness index YI measured using a 10 cm optical path length cell for a 20 w/v % chloroform solution of the methanol-insoluble content is 0 to 7.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Yoshida, Harumi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Iwase, Keigo Sasaki, Miyuki Kazunori
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Patent number: 10017627Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition having high heat resistance, excellent birefringence, and excellent heat stability and molding processability is provided. A methacrylic resin composition comprises: a methacrylic resin including a structural unit (X) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain, the structural unit (X) being at least one type selected from the group consisting of an N-substituted maleimide monomer-derived structural unit, a glutarimide-based structural unit, and a lactone ring structural unit; and an organic phosphorous compound, wherein a glass transition temperature is more than 120° C. and 160° C. or less, a content of a phosphorus element is 10 mass ppm to 1000 mass ppm, and a ratio P3/P5 of an integral value P3 of a spectral peak assigned to trivalent phosphorus to an integral value P5 of a spectral peak assigned to pentavalent phosphorus in 31P-NMR measurement is 0.2 to 5.0.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Iwase, Keigo Sasaki, Harumi Watanabe, Toshiharu Seyama, Fumiki Murakami, Miyuki Kazunori
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Publication number: 20180057677Abstract: Provided is a methacrylic resin composition having excellent surface processability and displaying excellent preservability of formed surface processing. The methacrylic resin composition and an optical component contain a methacrylic resin including a structural unit (X) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain that is at least one selected from the group consisting of an N-substituted maleimide monomer-derived structural unit, a glutarimide-based structural unit, and a lactone ring structural unit. The methacrylic resin composition has a Vicat softening temperature of 120° C. to 160° C. Among methacrylic acid ester monomer-derived structural units, a ratio (S/H) of the integrated intensity (S) of a syndiotactic fraction (rr) relative to the integrated intensity (H) of a heterotactic fraction (mr), as determined by 1H-NMR measurement, is 1.20 to 1.50. The amount of methanol-soluble content is 5 mass % or less relative to 100 mass %, in total, of methanol-soluble content and methanol-insoluble content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro IWASE, Harumi WATANABE, Keigo SASAKI
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Patent number: 9556285Abstract: There is provided a catalyst composition for polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer containing a rare earth complex having a specific structure and a specific compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Iwase, Yuji Kosugi
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Publication number: 20140378620Abstract: There is provided a catalyst composition for polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer containing a rare earth complex having a specific structure and a specific compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Iwase, Yuji Kosugi
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Patent number: 6433296Abstract: A seat frame assembly of a motorcycle has upper and lower pipes made of an aluminum alloy and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The upper and lower pipes have front ends constructed as joints, and solid spacers made of an aluminum alloy and having a cross-sectional shape substantially identical to the rectangular cross-sectional shape of the pipes are fitted in the joints. Flat side walls of each of the joints are sandwiched between flat electrodes of a resistance welding machine, and pressed and heated so as to be crimped on the spacer while an electric current is flowing between the flat electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro Hayashi, Katsuhiro Iwase
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Publication number: 20010012469Abstract: A seat frame assembly of a motorcycle has upper and lower pipes made of an aluminum alloy and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The upper and lower pipes have front ends constructed as joints, and solid spacers made of an aluminum alloy and having a cross-sectional shape substantially identical to the rectangular cross-sectional shape of the pipes are fitted in the joints. Flat side walls of each of the joints are sandwiched between flat electrodes of a resistance welding machine, and pressed and heated so as to be crimped on the spacer while an electric current is flowing between the flat electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro Hayashi, Katsuhiro Iwase