Patents by Inventor Katsuyu Wakabayashi

Katsuyu Wakabayashi 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: 7550547
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition which has a high recovery ratio, a high creep resistance, a practical curability and storage stability. The present invention relates to a curable composition comprising a reactive silicon group containing organic polymer (A) and a carboxylic acid (B), wherein the composition comprises (I), as the carboxylic acid (B), a carboxylic acid (C) in which the carbon adjacent to the carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon atoms and/or the composition comprises (II) a metal carboxylate (D) formed between a carboxylic acid in which the carbon atoms adjacent to the carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon atoms and a metal atom of 208 or less in atomic weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Hiroshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20090069505
    Abstract: An object is to provide a curable composition having a good curability by use of an organotin-free catalyst, and the object is solved by a curable composition, comprising: (A) a polymer having a silicon group which can be crosslinked through formation of a siloxane bond, (B) fluorosilanes represented by general formula (1): R14-aSiFa (1) (wherein R1's, the number of which is 4?a, are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or at least one selected from the group consisting of siloxy groups represented by R23SiO— (wherein R2's are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorine atom), and a is any of 1, 2 or 3), and (C) an amine based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20080319152
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a curable composition having good curability and adhesion by use of a non-organotin catalyst. [Means to Solve] A curable composition comprising (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) one or more kinds selected from a titanium catalyst, an aluminum catalyst and a zirconium catalyst and (C) a low molecular weight compound containing a hydrolyzable silicon group and having a molecular weight of from 100 to 1,000, characterized in that a ratio (a/b) of the total mole (a) of titanium atoms, aluminum atoms and zirconium atoms of the component (B) in the composition to the total mole (b) of silicon atoms of the component (C) in the composition is more than 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20080287636
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] There is provided a curable composition having good curability and adhesiveness. [MEANS FOR SOLVING] A curable composition by comprising (A) an reactive silicon group-containing organic polymer, (B) a titanium chelate represented by the general formula (1) or (2), (C) a high molecular weight plasticizer having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 15000: General Formula (1): wherein each of n R1's is independently a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, each of (4-n) R2's is independently hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, each of (4-n) A1's and (4-n) A2's is independently —R3 or —OR3 where R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, n is 1, 2, or 3. General Formula wherein R2, A1 and A2 are the same as defined above, R4 is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group havimg 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Patent number: 7446158
    Abstract: There is provided a curable composition being free from coloration and having excellent curability, adhesion and weather resistance by use of a non-organotin catalyst. A curable composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer and/or a (meth)acrylate polymer containing a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) a titanium chelate coordinated with ?-ketoester, and (C) a photostabilizer, wherein a main component of the photostabilizer (C) is a photostabilizer (C-1) having no benzotriazole ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20080269405
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a one package curable composition which has good adhesion while containing an organotin-free catalyst. The present invention provides a one package curable composition which comprises (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond, (B) a carboxylic acid metal salt (b1) and/or a carboxylic acid (b2), (C) a filler, and (D) an amino group-containing silane coupling agent: and has the total amount of carbonyl group composing an acid group in the component (B) per 100 g of the component (A) of 12 mmol or lower; contains substantially no organotin compound; and has the water content of 2,000 ppm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20080194773
    Abstract: [Problems] There is provided a curable composition having good adhesion by using a non-organotin catalyst. [Means to Solve Problems] The curable composition comprises (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds and (B) one or more kinds selected from a titanium catalyst, an aluminum catalyst and a zirconium catalyst, and is characterized in that a stress at 50% tension is within a range from 0.01 MPa to 0.20 MPa, when determined by adding and mixing 1.5 parts of tin octylate, 0.25 part by weight of laurylamine and 0.6 part by weight of pure water to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), subjecting the mixture to centrifugal defoaming, pouring the mixture carefully into a polyethylene frame not to mix air bubbles thereto, aging the mixture at 23° C. for one hour, and further at 70° C. for 20 hours, punching the obtained 3 mm thick cured sheet according to JIS K6251 to obtain No.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Wakioka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Patent number: 7351782
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-part curable composition, comprising (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of cross-linking by forming siloxane bonds; (B) a metal carboxylate; and (C) a carboxylic acid smaller in molar quantity than the (B) component metal carboxylate, the one-part curable composition being simultaneously practical in recovery ratio, durability, creep resistance, storage stability and adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Hiroshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20080076878
    Abstract: [Problems] There is provided a curable composition having good curability and adhesion by using a non-organotin catalyst. [Means to Solve Problems] The curable composition comprising (A) an organic polymer having a reactive silicon group as a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) one or more kinds selected from a titanium catalyst, an aluminum catalyst and a zirconium catalyst, and (C) a low molecular weight compound containing a hydrolyzable silicon group and having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,000, characterized in that a ratio (a/b) of the total mole (a) of titanium atoms, aluminum atoms and zirconium atoms of the component (B) to the total mole (b) of silicon atoms of the component (c) is larger than 0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Wakioka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20080051547
    Abstract: [Problem] Provision of a curable composition having good curability and adhesiveness by the use of a non-organotin catalyst. [Solving means] A curable composition containing an organic polymer (A) having a silicon-containing group crosslinkable by forming a siloxane bond, metal carboxylate (B), a silane coupling agent (C) free of an amino group, and an amino group-containing compound (D) in an amount corresponding to a weight ratio relative to (B) of 0-0.05, which contains, as the silicon-containing group of component (A), a silicon-containing group, wherein three hydrolyzable groups or hydroxyl groups are bonded to a silicon atom, as an essential component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20080021140
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a curable composition having good curability and capable of keeping a curability and mechanical strength even after storage by using a substantially metal-free curing catalyst. The present invention provides a curable composition which comprises (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond, (B) a carboxylic acid of which the carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon, and (C) a polymer plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20070299214
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a curable composition which gives good curability, adhesiveness and storage stability by use of a catalyst other than organic tin catalysts. The above problem is solved by a curable composition, comprising: (A) one or more organic polymers having a reactive-silicon-containing group, and (B) a silanol condensation catalyst consisting of one or more compound(s) selected from organic tin compounds, carboxylic acids, and amine compounds, wherein at least one part of the reactive-silicon-containing group(s) of the organic polymer(s) (A) is represented by the following general formula (1): —(CR22)2—(SiR12-aXaO)m—SiX3 (1), and the silanol condensation catalyst (B) consists of amine compound(s) (B1) or consists of amine compound(s) (B1) and a carboxylic acid (B2), and when the mol number of the amine compound(s) is regarded as 1, the ratio by mol of the total amount of the carboxylic acid(s) to the amount of the amine compound(s) is 0.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Noriko Matsushita, Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070287780
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a curable composition having satisfactory curability and adhesion by use of a non-tin curing catalyst, and minimizing lowering of mechanical properties of a cured article obtained after storing. [Means to Solve] A one-component type curable composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer (a1) having a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds and/or a (meth)acrylate polymer (a2) having a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) a chelate type methyl titanate (b1) and/or a chelate type ethyl titanate (b2), and (C) a compound having, in its molecule, a hydrolyzable silicon group and a nitrogen-substituted group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20070265409
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a curable composition which gives good curability by use of a catalyst other than organic tin catalysts. The above problem is solved by a curable composition, comprising: (A) one or more polymers having a silicon-containing group which is crosslinkable by forming siloxane bonds, (B) an amine compound, and (C) a silicon compound having, as substituents on its silicon, at least one electron withdrawing group, and at least one group selected from the group consisting of alkoxy groups, alkenyloxy groups, acyloxy groups, and a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Kaneka corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Iwakiri, Masahiro Murakami
  • Publication number: 20070219299
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a curable composition being free from coloration and having excellent curability, adhesion and weather resistance by use of a non-organotin catalyst. [Means to Solve] A curable composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer and/or a (meth)acrylate polymer containing a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) a titanium chelate coordinated with ?-ketoester, and (C) a photostabilizer, wherein a main component of the photostabilizer (C) is a photostabilizer (C-1) having no benzotriazole ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20070208108
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a one package curable composition which contains an organotin-free catalyst and therefore has good curability and adhesiveness. The present invention provides a one package curable composition which comprises (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond, (B)(b1) a carboxylic acid of which the carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon, and/or (b2) a metal carboxylate of which the carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon, and (C) a surface-treated ground calcium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20070203297
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a curable composition which has good curability and adhesiveness while containing an organotin-free catalyst. The present invention provides a one package curable composition which comprises (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond, (B) a (meth)acrylic ester polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond and compatible with the component (A), and (C) (c1) a carboxylic acid of which the carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon, and/or (c2) a metal carboxylate of which the carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is a quaternary carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20060264545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-part curable composition, comprising (A) an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group capable of cross-linking by forming siloxane bonds; (B) a metal carboxylate; and (C) a carboxylic acid smaller in molar quantity than the (B) component metal carboxylate, the one-part curable composition being simultaneously practical in recovery ratio, durability, creep resistance, storage stability and adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Hiroshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20060252903
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curing composition which is practically curable and highly adhesive even though a non-organotin compound is included as a curing catalyst. Problems involved are solved by a curing composition characterized by including (A) an organic polymer having one or more silicon-containing groups capable of cross linking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) a metal carboxylate and/or carboxylic acid, and (C) a silicon compound having a hetero atom on the carbon atom in the ? or ? position with respect to the silicon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Hiroshi Ando
  • Patent number: 7115695
    Abstract: A curable composition is characterized by comprising an organic polymer having at least one silicon-containing group which has a hydroxy or hydrolyzable group bonded to the silicon atom and which is crosslinkable by forming siloxane bonds, and a specific metal salt of a carboxylic acid. The composition ensures practical curability and recovery properties and has mechanical properties including high strength and high elongation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Masashi Sakaguchi, Sadao Yukimoto, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Junji Takase, Hiroshi Ando