Patents by Inventor Keiichi Muratani

Keiichi Muratani 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: 20230407058
    Abstract: A flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber composition comprises the following (A) to (D), the proportion of (B) being 20-150 parts by mass, the proportion of (C) being 0.01-5.0 parts by mass, and the proportion of (D) being 10-80 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of (A), which makes it possible to provide a flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber composition and a flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber member that are excellent in vibration isolation rubber properties such as rubber physical characteristics and dynamic magnification while maintaining flame-retardant property. In the flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber composition, (A) is a diene rubber, (B) is a metal hydroxide, (C) is a dihydrazide compound, and (D) is a carbon black.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Fumitomo ITATSU, Keiichi Muratani, Masashi OKAHISA
  • Publication number: 20230077643
    Abstract: A flame-retardant rubber composition containing the following components (A) to (E) and an outer diaphragm for rail vehicles are provided. The outer diaphragm composed of a cross-linked body of the flame-retardant rubber composition. Accordingly, the present disclosure ensures excellent rubber properties such as tensile strength and elongation at break, and exhibits good flame-retardancy. (A) Excluding (B) below, at least one selected from the group consisting of a diene-based rubber, an olefin-based rubber, a urethane rubber, and a silicone rubber. (B) An acid-modified polyolefin. (C) A metal hydroxide. (D) A phosphinic acid metal salt. (E) A cross-linking agent of component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventor: Keiichi Muratani
  • Publication number: 20220127437
    Abstract: A flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber composition which comprises the following ingredient (A) as a rubber component and contains the following ingredients (B) to (D). This rubber composition enables excellent performances regarding flame retardancy and less smoking properties to be exhibited without impairing vibration isolation properties and physical rubber properties. In the flame-retardant vibration isolation rubber composition, ingredient (A) is a diene-based rubber, ingredient (B) is a halogen-compound flame retardant, ingredient (C) is a metal molybdate compound, and ingredient (D) is a metal hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventor: Keiichi Muratani
  • Patent number: 10752756
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including the following components (A) to (D), in which a ratio of the component (B) to a total content of the components (A) and (B) is from 5 wt. % to 20 wt. %: (A) A natural rubber, or a blended rubber of the natural rubber and a butadiene rubber; (B) A hydrogenated styrene-butadiene block copolymer; (C) A sulfur-based vulcanizing agent; (D) Zinc monomethacrylate. Thus, there can be provided an anti-vibration rubber composition and an anti-vibration rubber each of which is excellent in heat resistance, and has both a high damping property and a low dynamic-to-static modulus ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiji Kasai, Keiichi Muratani, Norihito Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200181381
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition having coating film affinity, including the following component (A) as a main component, and the following components (B) and (C). Also provided is an external diaphragm for railroad cars, including a cross-linked product of the rubber composition having coating film affinity. The rubber composition having coating film affinity can exhibit excellent performance as a material for forming a rubber product (a rubber product, such as an external diaphragm for railroad cars) required to have coating film adhesion as well as rubber physical properties, such as tensile strength and breaking elongation, and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventor: Keiichi Muratani
  • Publication number: 20200005754
    Abstract: Vibration damping and sound absorbing foam formed of foam and fine particles present inside the foam so as to form bell-like structures in the foam is produced by performing the following steps [I] to [III] in the stated order. [I] Producing fine particles each having a surface coated with a coating material capable of being dissolved in at least one liquid selected from water and a solvent. [II] Mixing the coated fine particles into a material for foam, and producing foam from the mixture. [III] Immersing the foam in at least one liquid selected from water and a solvent to remove the coating of each of the fine particles in the foam by dissolution in the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kunio Ito, Motoshige Hibino, Takahiro Kachi, Shinsuke Asai, Keiichi Muratani
  • Publication number: 20190358871
    Abstract: Vibration damping and sound absorbing foam formed of foam and fine particles present inside the foam so as to form bell-like structures having communication paths to a surface of the foam is produced by performing the following steps [I] to [III] in the stated order. [I] Preparing foam having foamed cells inside the foam and having communication paths to the foamed cells on a surface thereof, and fine particles each having a particle diameter smaller than a cell diameter of each of the foamed cells and larger than a diameter of each of the communication paths. [II] Swelling the foam to enlarge the diameter of each of the communication paths, and then sprinkling the surface of the foam with the fine particles, followed by pushing of the fine particles into the foamed cells via the communication paths with a fluid pressure of a liquid. [III] Drying the foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kunio Ito, Motoshige Hibino, Takahiro Kachi, Shinsuke Asai, Keiichi Muratani
  • Patent number: 10479878
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including: the following component (A); and the following components (B) and (C), in which a blending amount of the component (B) falls within a range of from 15 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), and a blending amount of the component (C) falls within a range of from 50 parts by weight to 150 parts by weight with respect thereto. Thus, the anti-vibration rubber composition is excellent in anti-vibration rubber properties, such as rubber physical properties and durability, and is excellent in flame retardancy. (A) A diene-based rubber. (B) A halogen-based flame retardant having a melting point of 150° C. or less. (C) Aluminum hydroxide having an average particle diameter of 0.75 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiichi Muratani, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190040246
    Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant rubber composition including the following components (A) to (D): (A) An olefin-based rubber, (B) An acid-modified polyolefin, (C) A metal hydroxide, and (D) A cross-1 inking agent for the component (A). A content of the component (C) with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total content of the component (A) and the component (B) falls within a range of from 100 parts by weight to 350 parts by weight. Also provided is an external diaphragm for railroad cars including a cross-linked product of the flame-retardant rubber composition. Thus, there can be provided a flame-retardant rubber composition excellent in rubber physical properties, such as tensile strength and breaking elongation, and durability, and also excellent in flame retardancy, and an external diaphragm for railroad cars obtained using the flame-retardant rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Keiichi Muratani, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180312668
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including the following components (A) to (D), in which a ratio of the component (B) to a total content of the components (A) and (B) is from 5 wt. % to 20 wt. %: (A) A natural rubber, or a blended rubber of the natural rubber and a butadiene rubber; (B) A hydrogenated styrene-butadiene block copolymer; (C) A sulfur-based vulcanizing agent; (D) Zinc monomethacrylate. Thus, there can be provided an anti-vibration rubber composition and an anti-vibration rubber each of which is excellent in heat resistance, and has both a high damping property and a low dynamic-to-static modulus ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Seiji Kasai, Keiichi Muratani, Norihito Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170152365
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including: the following component (A); and the following components (B) and (C), in which a blending amount of the component (B) falls within a range of from 15 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), and a blending amount of the component (C) falls within a range of from 50 parts by weight to 150 parts by weight with respect thereto. Thus, the anti-vibration rubber composition is excellent in anti-vibration rubber properties, such as rubber physical properties and durability, and is excellent in flame retardancy. (A) A diene-based rubber. (B) A halogen-based flame retardant having a melting point of 150° C. or less. (C) Aluminum hydroxide having an average particle diameter of 0.75 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Keiichi Muratani, Kenji Yamamoto