Patents by Inventor Kentaro Ishihara

Kentaro Ishihara 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: 20210363295
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210355058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices: where A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals, X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7, Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]0, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively, m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Murata, Kensuke Oshima, Florian Stolz
  • Publication number: 20210340317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. In Formula (I), A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals; X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7; Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]o, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively; m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Philipp KOSCHKER, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11132205
    Abstract: An electronic control device is configured to execute processing unit execution operation while executing processing part activation operation. In the processing part activation operation, the activation main processing is performed separately on each of a plurality of processing parts included in a control program, and a start address of a processing unit that is included in a processing part for which the activation main processing has been completed is switched from invalid to valid, in ascending order of the lengths of activation time demanded of the processing parts to be ready for execution. In the processing unit execution operation, a processing unit that is associated with a start address switched to valid is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11072573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binaphthyl compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing polycarbonate resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical lenses: Formula (I) where X is C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl-C(O)—, where C(O) is bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group and where C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl, respectively, are unsubstituted or carry a phenyl ring; R and R? are identical or different and selected from mono or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 36 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these atoms are selected from nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or carry 1 or 2 radicals Ra, which are selected from the group consisting of CN, CH3, OCH3, O-phenyl, O-naphthyl, S-phenyl, S-naphthyl, CI or F; and, if
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Reuter Chemische Apparatebau E.K.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Shinya Ikeda, Shoko Suzuki, Koji Hirose, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11002883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin comprising a constituting unit (A) derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein the resin composition comprises an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 2,000 ppm to 40,000 ppm:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10962793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), and at least one of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C), wherein the total weight of the compound represented by the formula (A), the compound represented by the formula (B), and the compound represented by the formula (C) is 1,500 ppm or more, based on the weight (100 parts by weight) of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10955680
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), and at least one of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C), wherein the total weight of the compound represented by the formula (A), the compound represented by the formula (B), and the compound represented by the formula (C) is 1,500 ppm or more, based on the weight (100 parts by weight) of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10934206
    Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to devise a top plate for a cooking appliance that can suppress proliferation of bacteria or mold. In order to achieve the technical object, the top plate for a cooking appliance of the present invention includes: a crystallized glass substrate having a cooking surface on which a cooking device is placed; and a decorative layer formed on the cooking surface, in which the decorative layer includes 30 vol % to 100 vol % of ZnO—B2O3-based glass and 0 vol % to 70 vol % of refractory filler powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210054143
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate having an appropriate refractive index and an appropriate Abbe number, and comprehensively excelling in heat resistance, total light transmittance, and hue, and a molded article thereof. The polycarbonate includes a constituent unit represented by Formula [I] and a constituent unit having a hydrocarbon group containing a cyclic structure. In Formula [I], R1 and R2 each independently denote a hydrocarbon group, and each R3 independently denotes a hydrogen atom, a heteroatom-containing group, a halogen atom-containing group, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a group including an aryl group and having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA, Masahiro KANDA
  • Publication number: 20210053030
    Abstract: A supported catalyst for decomposing an organic substance that includes a support and a catalyst particle supported on the support. The catalyst particle contains a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by AxByMzOw, where the A contains at least one selected from Ba and Sr, the B contains Zr, the M is at least one selected from Mn, Co, Ni and Fe, y+z=1, x?0.995, z?0.4, and w is a positive value satisfying electrical neutrality. A film thickness of a catalyst-supporting film supported on the support and containing the catalyst particle is 5 ?m or more, or a supported amount as determined by normalizing a mass of the catalyst particle supported on the support by a volume of the support is 45 g/L or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuretake, Kentaro Ishihara, Nario Sugahara
  • Publication number: 20210016259
    Abstract: A supported catalyst for decomposing an organic substance that includes a carrier and catalyst particles supported on the carrier. The catalyst particles contain a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by AxByMzOw, where A contains at least one of Ba and Sr, B contains Zr, M is at least one of Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, y+z=1, x>1, z<0.4, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality. An organic substance decomposition rate after the supported catalyst is subjected to a heat treatment at 950° C. for 48 hours is greater than 0.97 when the organic substance decomposition rate before the heat treatment is regarded as 1, and an amount of the catalyst particles peeled off when the supported catalyst is ultrasonicated in water at 28 kHz and 220 W for 15 minutes is less than 1 wt % of the catalyst particles before untrasonication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuretake, Nario Sugahara, Kentaro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200406236
    Abstract: A catalyst for decomposing an organic substance, the catalyst having a body which has a plurality of pores and the body contains a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by AxByMzOw, where the A contains at least one selected from Ba and Sr, the B contains Zr, the M is at least one selected from Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, 1.001?x?1.1, 0.05?z?0.2, y+z=1, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality. The average pore diameter of the plurality of pores is 49 nm to 260 nm and the pore volume of each of the plurality of pores is 0.08 cm3/g to 0.37 cm3/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishihara, Nario Sugahara, Satoshi Kuretake, Naoya Mori, Hideto Sato
  • Publication number: 20200406245
    Abstract: A honeycomb-structured catalyst for decomposing an organic substance, which includes a catalyst particle. The catalyst particle contains a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by AxByMzOw, where the A contains at least of Ba and Sr, the B contains Zr, the M is at least one of Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, y+z=1, 1.001?x?1.05, 0.05?z?0.2, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality. The toluene decomposition rate is greater than 90% when toluene is decomposed using the honeycomb-structured catalyst subjected to a heat treatment at 1200° C. for 48 hours and a gas that contains 50 ppm toluene, 80% nitrogen, and 20% oxygen as a volume concentration as a target at a space velocity of 30,000/h and a catalyst temperature of 400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Naoya Mori, Satoshi Kuretake, Nario Sugahara, Kentaro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200354299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binaphthyl compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing polycarbonate resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical lenses: Formula (I) where X is C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl-C(O)—, where C(O) is bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group and where C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl, respectively, are unsubstituted or carry a phenyl ring; R and R? are identical or different and selected from mono or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 36 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these atoms are selected from nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or carry 1 or 2 radicals Ra, which are selected from the group consisting of CN, CH3, OCH3, O-phenyl, O-naphthyl, S-phenyl, S-naphthyl, CI or F; and, if
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Shinya IKEDA, Shoko SUZUKI, Koji HIROSE, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200354516
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance that includes structural units represented by general formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA, Shoko SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10767007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance. The above problem, according to one embodiment, can be solved by a polycarbonate resin including structural units represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10756879
    Abstract: A master control device connected to a plurality of slave control devices via a network is configured to include an own local time counted by a counter unit, in a message and transmit the message to the slave control devices by the timing synchronization unit, calculate a difference between a reception time of a message transmitted from the slave control device, which has received the message, at a timing corrected in accordance with the local time and a pre-calculated message reception predicted time by a timing synchronization determination unit, calculate a correction amount for timing of the slave control devices using the difference by a timing synchronization correction unit, add the correction amount to the local time, include the local time in a message, and transmit the message to the slave control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiya Yoshida, Kentaro Ishihara, Toshinori Matsui
  • Patent number: 10711100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10689486
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a polyester resin is provided, which includes a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (1), a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (2), and a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Hirohito Ishizuka, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara