Patents by Inventor Katsunari Inagaki

Katsunari Inagaki 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: 8110635
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-containing monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thus giving a polymer having a catalyst-derived alkali metal at one terminus of a polymer chain comprising a conjugated diene-based monomer unit, and a step of reacting the polymer obtained in the step of polymerizing and a trialkoxysilane compound represented by the formula below. (In the formula, Y and Z independently denote an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1, R2, and R3 independently denote an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m denotes an integer of 1 to 5, and n denotes an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoaki Maeda, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8071682
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-containing monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thus giving a polymer having a catalyst-derived alkali metal at one terminus of a polymer chain comprising a conjugated diene-based monomer unit, and a step of reacting the polymer obtained in the step of polymerizing and a trialkoxysilane compound represented by the formula below. (In the formula, M denotes an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1, R2, and R3 independently denote an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m denotes an integer of 1 to 5, and n denotes an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoaki Maeda, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20110275756
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer obtained by reacting one end of a conjugated diene polymer having a monomer unit based on a conjugated diene and a monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) with a compound represented by Formula (2): wherein R11 to R14, R21 to R25, m and n are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mana ITO, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110275755
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer obtained by reacting one end of a conjugated diene polymer having a monomer unit based on a conjugated diene and a monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) with a compound represented by Formula (2) wherein the content of the monomer unit based on the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.01 to 20% by weight relative to 100% by weight of the total amount of the monomer unit in the conjugated diene polymer: wherein R11, R12, R21-R25, A, m and n are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mayumi OSHIMA, Mana ITO, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110245408
    Abstract: Conjugated diene polymer is provided that comprises a constitutional unit based on a conjugated diene and a constitutional unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below: R1Si(—R2-A)mR33-m??(1) wherein m represents an integer of 1 to 3; R1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R2 represents a hydrocarbylene group, and, when there are plural R2s, R2s each may be the same or different; A represents a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural A's, A's each may be the same or different; R3 represents a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group or a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural R3s, R3s each may be the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20110245407
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer comprising a constitutional unit based on a conjugated diene and a constitutional unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below, R1Si(OR2)mR3nR4(3?m?n)??(1) wherein m represents 1 or 2; n represents 1 or 2; m+n=2 or 3; R1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R2 represents a hydrocarbyl group, and, when there are plural R2 s, R2 s each may be the same or different; R3 represents an aryl group that may have an oxygen-containing substituent, and, when there are plural R3 s, R3 s each may be the same or different; and R4 represents an alkyl group or a substituted amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mana ITO, I, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110237737
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer rubber is provided that includes component (A) and component (B) below, component (A) having a content, with the total amount of component (A) and component (B) as 100% by weight, of from 5% to 90% by weight, and component (B) having a content of from 95% to 10% by weight, Component (A): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a carbonyl group- and substituted amino group-containing compound Component (B): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a compound represented by formula (IIa) below (R21O)mSi(R22A)nR234-m-n??(IIa) wherein m denotes a number from 1 to 3, n denotes a number from 1 to 3, m+n is from 2 to 4, R21 and R23 denote a hydrocarbyl group, R22 denotes a hydrocarbylene group, A denotes a substituted amino group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy group, when there are a plurality of R21s the plurality of R21s may be identical to or different from each other, when there are a plurality of R22s the plurality of R22s may be i
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru FUJII, Takuya SUDO, Mayumi OSHIMA, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110224390
    Abstract: There are provided (I) a process for producing a copolymer of ethylene, an ?-olefin having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally a polyene, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor by feeding the following components (A), (B), (C1) and (D) to the polymerization reactor: (A) a transition metal complex, (B) an organic aluminum compound, (C1) a halogen-containing compound, and (D) a Lewis base, wherein those components are fed to the polymerization reactor without a preliminary contact of (1) the component (A) with the component (B), (2) the component (A) with the component (C1), (3) the component (B) with the component (C1), and (4) the component (B) with the component (D); and (II) a process for producing said copolymer, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor (i) by feeding to the polymerization reactor the components (A), (B), (D), (C2) a halogen-containing compound, which is a derivative of an aryl group-contai
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun KAWASHIMA, Katsunari INAGAKI, Tatsuo SASSA
  • Publication number: 20110207879
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based monomer unit and a monomer unit based on a monomer represented by Formula (1) below, the polymer having at least one terminus modified by a compound represented by Formula (2) below wherein r is 0 or 1, R1 denotes a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a group containing at least one atom selected from the atomic group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom, and R2 denotes a group containing at least one atom selected from the atomic group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom wherein n denotes an integer of 1 to 10, R3, R4, and R5 independently denote a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, at least one of R3, R4, and R5 is a hydrocarbyloxy group, and R6 denotes a group containing at least one atom selected from the atomic group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mana ITO, Mayumi OSHIMA, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110207874
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based monomer unit and a monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below, the monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below being between a conjugated diene-based monomer unit-containing partial chain and a conjugated diene-based monomer unit-containing partial chain (said partial chain not comprising a monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below), and the polymer having at least one terminus modified by a compound represented by Formula (2) below, wherein r is 0 or 1, R1 denotes a hydrocarbyl group or a group containing at least one atom selected from the atomic group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom, and R2 denotes a group containing at least one atom selected from the atomic group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom, wherein X denotes an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R3 denotes a nitrogen atom- and/or oxygen
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mana Ito, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20100048806
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsunari INAGAKI, Seiichi MABE, Mayumi OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 7625981
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Mayumi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20090036567
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a silane compound defined by a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mayumi OSHIMA, Seiichi MABE, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20090005515
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a step A of polymerizing a conjugated diene-containing monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thus giving a polymer having a catalyst-derived alkali metal at one terminus of a polymer chain comprising a conjugated diene-based monomer unit, and a step B of reacting the polymer obtained in step A with a compound represented by the formula below. (In the formula, M denotes an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1, R2, and R3 independently denote an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m denotes an integer of 1 to 5, and n denotes an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoaki MAEDA, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20090005496
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-containing monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thus giving a polymer having a catalyst-derived alkali metal at one terminus of a polymer chain comprising a conjugated diene-based monomer unit, and a step of reacting the polymer obtained in the step of polymerizing and a trialkoxysilane compound represented by the formula below. (In the formula, M denotes an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1, R2, and R3 independently denote an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m denotes an integer of 1 to 5, and n denotes an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoaki MAEDA, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20090005497
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-containing monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thus giving a polymer having a catalyst-derived alkali metal at one terminus of a polymer chain comprising a conjugated diene-based monomer unit, and a step of reacting the polymer obtained in the step of polymerizing and a trialkoxysilane compound represented by the formula below. (In the formula, Y and Z independently denote an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1, R2, and R3 independently denote an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m denotes an integer of 1 to 5, and n denotes an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoaki MAEDA, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7339005
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a both end-modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (1) to produce an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with an amine compound, a ketone compound, an acrylamide compound, a heterocyclic compound or a silyl compound represented by specific formulas, respectively: R—(CH2)n—X-M??(1) wherein R is a functional group containing a substituent group-carrying nitrogen atom, X is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group comprising from 0 to 10 conjugated diene monomer units or aromatic vinyl monomer units, n is an integer of from 1 to 10, and M is an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7262258
    Abstract: There are provided (I) a process for producing a copolymer of ethylene, an ?-olefin having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally a polyene, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor by feeding the following components (A), (B), (C1) and (D) to the polymerization reactor: (A) a transition metal complex, (B) an organic aluminum compound, (C1) a halogen-containing compound, and (D) a Lewis base, wherein those components are fed to the polymerization reactor without a preliminary contact of (1) the component (A) with the component (B), (2) the component (A) with the component (C1), (3) the component (B) with the component (C1), and (4) the component (B) with the component (D); and (II) a process for producing said copolymer, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor (i) by feeding to the polymerization reactor the components (A), (B), (D), (C2) a halogen-containing compound, which is a derivative of an aryl group-contai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Jun Kawashima, Katsunari Inagaki, Tatsuo Sassa
  • Publication number: 20070088139
    Abstract: There are provided (I) a process for producing a copolymer of ethylene, an ?-olefin having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally a polyene, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor by feeding the following components (A), (B), (C1) and (D) to the polymerization reactor: (A) a transition metal complex, (B) an organic aluminum compound, (C1) a halogen-containing compound, and (D) a Lewis base, wherein those components are fed to the polymerization reactor without a preliminary contact of (1) the component (A) with the component (B), (2) the component (A) with the component (C1), (3) the component (B) with the component (C1), and (4) the component (B) with the component (D); and (II) a process for producing said copolymer, which comprises the step of copolymerizing those monomers in a polymerization reactor (i) by feeding to the polymerization reactor the components (A), (B), (D), (C2) a halogen-containing compound, which is a derivative of an aryl group-containing
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Jun KAWASHIMA, Katsunari Inagaki, Tatsuo Sassa
  • Publication number: 20060004143
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Mayumi Oshima