Patents by Inventor Katsunori Nitta

Katsunori Nitta 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: 20220185937
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogenated block copolymer that is a hydrogenated product of a copolymer containing a vinyl aromatic compound monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit, and that satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) at least one of specific polymer blocks (b) and (c) is contained; (2) elongation at break measured in accordance with JIS K 6251 is 1000% or more; and (3) the hydrogenated block copolymer has at least one peak of tan ? in a viscoelasticity measurement chart at ?25° C. or more and 80° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Sonoda, Takahiro Tsuji, Katsunori Nitta, Tatsuya Hisatomi
  • Patent number: 11220568
    Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer satisfying the following conditions (1) to (7): (1) the hydrogenated block copolymer comprises (b) at least one hydrogenated copolymer block containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit; (2) a content of the (a) polymer block principally containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 40% by mass or less; (3) Mw is 200,000 or less; (4) a hydrogenation rate is 20% or more; (5) a ratio, in a molecular weight curve of the hydrogenated block copolymer, of an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000 to an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000 is over 50%; (6) a vinyl bond content is 20% by mass or more (7) a content, in the (b) hydrogenated copolymer block, of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 30% by mass or more and 79% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Sonoda, Katsunori Nitta, Takahiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210017318
    Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer satisfying the following conditions (1) to (7): (1) the hydrogenated block copolymer comprises (b) at least one hydrogenated copolymer block containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit; (2) a content of the (a) polymer block principally containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 40% by mass or less; (3) Mw is 200,000 or less; (4) a hydrogenation rate is 20% or more; (5) a ratio, in a molecular weight curve of the hydrogenated block copolymer, of an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000 to an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000 is over 50%; (6) a vinyl bond content is 20% by mass or more (7) a content, in the (b) hydrogenated copolymer block, of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 30% by mass or more and 79% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Sonoda, Katsunori Nitta, Takahiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20180345261
    Abstract: The present invention, with the purpose of providing a catalyst composition for hydrogenation having high hydrogenation activity, provides a catalyst composition for hydrogenation, comprising: a titanocene dichloride; an organometal compound comprising one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al and Ca; an unsaturated compound; and a polar compound, wherein a content ratio of the unsaturated compound to the titanocene dichloride is 0.1 or more and 8.0 or less, and a content ratio of the polar compound to the titanocene dichloride is 0.01 or more and 2.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Katsunori Nitta, Eiji Sasaya, Takahiro Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10144004
    Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst composition for hydrogenation, wherein: (A): a titanocene compound represented by following general formula (1): wherein R5 and R6 represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group and a carbonyl group, and may be the same or different, and R1 and R2 represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and may be the same or different, provided that R1 and R2 represent are not all hydrogens or all hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; (B): a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca; and (C): an unsaturated compound are used, and the method has: a force application step of applying a shearing force at a shearing rate of 1000 (1/s) or more to at least component (A); and a step of mixing components (A
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Eiji Sasaya, Katsunori Nitta
  • Patent number: 10016749
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for hydrogenation including (A) to (D), in which a mass ratio ((C)/(A)) is 0.1 to 4.0 and a mass ratio ((D)/(A)) is 0.01 to 1.00, (A): a titanocene compound represented by formula (1), (wherein R5 and R6 are any group selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, and a carbonyl group. R1 and R2 are any group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are not all hydrogen atoms or all a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms), (B): a reductant formed from a compound containing an element selected from the elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca, (C): an unsaturated compound having a molecular weight of 400 or less, and (D): a polar compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Eiji Sasaya, Katsunori Nitta
  • Patent number: 9522393
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for hydrogenation including (A) to (D), in which a mass ratio (D)/(A) is 0.01 to 2.00. (A): a titanocene compound represented by following formula (1), (wherein R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, and a carbonyl group, and R1 and R2 are selected from hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms) (B): a compound containing an element selected from Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca, (C): an unsaturated polymer having a fraction of an olefinic unsaturated double bond content of side chains based on a total olefinic unsaturated double bond content of 0.25 to 1.0, and (D): a polar compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Eiji Sasaya, Katsunori Nitta
  • Publication number: 20150298112
    Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst composition for hydrogenation, wherein: (A): a titanocene compound represented by following general formula (1): wherein R5 and R6 represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group and a carbonyl group, and may be the same or different, and R1 and R2 represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and may be the same or different, provided that R1 and R2 represent are not all hydrogens or all hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; (B): a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca; and (C): an unsaturated compound are used, and the method has: a force application step of applying a shearing force at a shearing rate of 1000 (1/s) or more to at least component (A); and a step of mixing components (A
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi ARAKI, Eiji SASAYA, Katsunori NITTA
  • Publication number: 20150273458
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for hydrogenation including (A) to (D), in which a mass ratio (D)/(A) is 0.01 to 2.00. (A): a titanocene compound represented by following formula (1), (wherein R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, and a carbonyl group, and R1 and R2 are selected from hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms) (B): a compound containing an element selected from Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca, (C): an unsaturated polymer having a fraction of an olefinic unsaturated double bond content of side chains based on a total olefinic unsaturated double bond content of 0.25 to 1.0, and (D): a polar compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Eiji Sasaya, Katsunori Nitta
  • Publication number: 20150273459
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for hydrogenation including (A) to (D), in which a mass ratio ((C)/(A)) is 0.1 to 4.0 and a mass ratio ((D)/(A)) is 0.01 to 1.00, (A): a titanocene compound represented by formula (1), (wherein R5 and R6 are any group selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, and a carbonyl group. R1 and R2 are any group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are not all hydrogen atoms or all a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms), (B): a reductant formed from a compound containing an element selected from the elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca, (C): an unsaturated compound having a molecular weight of 400 or less, and (D): a polar compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Eiji Sasaya, Katsunori Nitta
  • Patent number: 9139722
    Abstract: There are provided a polypropylene-based resin composition having excellent impact resistance, tensile elongation at break and rigidity, a molded article thereof, and an automobile interior or exterior material using the same. The polypropylene-based resin composition contains 50 to 90% by mass of a polypropylene-based polymer (A), 5 to 50% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber (B), and 0.1 to 5% by mass of a copolymer (C) primarily comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and an alkylene monomer unit, wherein a content of an ?-olefin monomer unit in all alkylene monomers is 45 mol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Katsunori Nitta, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 8138270
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a block copolymer in high productivity, by anionic polymerization by use of a lithium initiator, and also to provide the block copolymer and a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer having a conjugated diene block portion with a high vinyl bond content and a vinyl aromatic block portion with a narrow molecular weight distribution and exhibiting a narrow molecular weight distribution and high strength. A conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl aromatic monomer by use of a lithium initiator, are block copolymerized by making a tertiary amine compound and (2) sodium alkoxide coexist, wherein (2)/(1) (a molar ratio)=from 0.01 or more to less than 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Sasagawa, Katsunori Nitta
  • Publication number: 20120010351
    Abstract: There are provided a polypropylene-based resin composition having excellent impact resistance, tensile elongation at break and rigidity, a molded article thereof, and an automobile interior or exterior material using the same. The polypropylene-based resin composition contains 50 to 90% by mass of a polypropylene-based polymer (A), 5 to 50% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber (B), and 0.1 to 5% by mass of a copolymer (C) primarily comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and an alkylene monomer unit, wherein a content of an ?-olefin monomer unit in all alkylene monomers is 45 mol % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Araki, Katsunori Nitta, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100105837
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a thermoplastic resin composition comprising: (A) 95 to 5 parts by weight of a styrenic resin and/or a polyphenylene ether resin; (B) 5 to 95 weight parts of an olefinic resin; and (C) 1 to 28 parts by weight of a partially hydrogenated block copolymer based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (A) and (B), wherein the component (C) comprises at least one polymer block X containing a vinyl aromatic compound as a main component and at least one polymer block Y containing a conjugated diene compound as a main component, a content of the vinyl aromatic compound in the component (C) is at least 10 wt % and at most 80 wt %, the vinyl bond content before hydrogenation in the component (C) is 3 wt % or more and less than 50 wt %, and 1 mol % or more and less than 40 mol % of double bonds derived from the conjugated diene compound in the block copolymer which constitutes the component (C) are hydrogenated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Sasaki, Katsunori Nitta
  • Publication number: 20100016508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a block copolymer in high productivity, by anionic polymerization by use of a lithium initiator, and also to provide the block copolymer and a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer having a conjugated diene block portion with a high vinyl bond content and a vinyl aromatic block portion with a narrow molecular weight distribution and exhibiting a narrow molecular weight distribution and high strength. A conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl aromatic monomer by use of a lithium initiator, are block copolymerized by making a tertiary amine compound and (2) sodium alkoxide coexist, wherein (2)/(1) (a molar ratio)=from 0.01 or more to less than 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Sasagawa, Katsunori Nitta
  • Publication number: 20090312449
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogenated block copolymer for preparing a foam excellent in tear strength, compression set resistance, low impact resilience, and abrasion resistance. More specifically, provided is a hydrogenated block copolymer comprising a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene, wherein: (a) the vinyl aromatic unit content is greater than 35 wt. % and not greater than 90 wt. %, (b) the vinyl aromatic polymer block content is not greater than 40 wt. %, (c) the weight average molecular weight is from 5×104 to 100×104, and (d) the hydrogenation ratio of double bonds derived from the conjugated diene is less than 70%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Shigeru Sasaki, Katsunori Nitta, Yoshifumi Araki, Jung Sik Yoon, Gi Yong Um, Chong Sun Yoo