Patents by Inventor Kimihide Nishimura

Kimihide Nishimura 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: 10253175
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an acrylic resin film that is less likely to whiten on bending when laminated on a plastic molded body or the like, has well-balanced physical properties such as high surface hardness, excellent transparency, and excellent cracking resistance, and is therefore suitable for use in decorative molding. The acrylic resin film is obtained by forming, into a film, a methacrylic resin composition (D) containing a specific methacrylate-based resin (A), a rubber-containing four-stage graft copolymer (B) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.2 to 0.4 ?m, and a rubber-containing two-layer graft copolymer (C) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.02 to 0.15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihide Nishimura, Nobuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8940831
    Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic resin composition comprising a carboxylic acid group produced by heating a (meth)acrylic-based resin (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic-based resin (C) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (A) containing 80 to 99 wt % of a linear alkyl (meth)acrylate and 1 to 20 wt % of tertiary-butyl (meth)acrylate, in the presence of an acrylic acid ester-based crosslinked elastic particle (B) that is obtained by mixing and polymerizing 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per molecule, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 50 to 100 wt % of an alkyl acrylate monomer and 0 to 50 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer. This composition can be used to produce a film having excellent chemical resistance (in particular, sun-screening agent resistance).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inari, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Kimihide Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20140308501
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an acrylic resin film that is less likely to whiten on bending when laminated on a plastic molded body or the like, has well-balanced physical properties such as high surface hardness, excellent transparency, and excellent cracking resistance, and is therefore suitable for use in decorative molding. The acrylic resin film is obtained by forming, into a film, a methacrylic resin composition (D) containing a specific methacrylate-based resin (A), a rubber-containing four-stage graft copolymer (B) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.2 to 0.4 ?m, and a rubber-containing two-layer graft copolymer (C) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.02 to 0.15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihide Nishimura, Nobuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140199556
    Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic resin composition comprising a carboxylic acid group produced by heating a (meth)acrylic-based resin (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic-based resin (C) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (A) containing 80 to 99 wt % of a linear alkyl (meth)acrylate and 1 to 20 wt % of tertiary-butyl (meth)acrylate, in the presence of an acrylic acid ester-based crosslinked elastic particle (B) that is obtained by mixing and polymerizing 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per molecule, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 50 to 100 wt % of an alkyl acrylate monomer and 0 to 50 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer. This composition can be used to produce a film having excellent chemical resistance (in particular, sun-screening agent resistance).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi INARI, Katsuyuki TANAKA, Kimihide NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8710134
    Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic resin composition comprising a carboxylic acid group produced by heating a (meth)acrylic-based resin (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic-based resin (C) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (A) containing 80 to 99 wt % of a linear alkyl (meth)acrylate and 1 to 20 wt % of tertiary-butyl (meth)acrylate, in the presence of an acrylic acid ester-based crosslinked elastic particle (B) that is obtained by mixing and polymerizing 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per molecule, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 50 to 100 wt % of an alkyl acrylate monomer and 0 to 50 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer. This composition can be used to produce a film having excellent chemical resistance (in particular, sun-screening agent resistance).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inari, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Kimihide Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130295396
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a (meth)acrylic resin film excellent in adhesiveness to vapor-deposited metal and external appearance. The (meth)acrylic resin film includes acrylic rubber particles (A) having an acid value of 0.2 mmol/g or more, wherein an acid value of an entire resin constituting the film is 0.15 mmol/g or more but 1.5 mmol/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fujio Ishimaru, Yukihiro Shimamoto, Taizo Aoyama, Kimihide Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7999032
    Abstract: An acrylic resin composition suitable for use as films excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, impact resistance, flex cracking resistance, and formability. The resin composition comprises an acrylic graft copolymer (A) including a rubbery acrylic ester polymer (A-a) and a methacrylic polymer (B) comprising 80 wt. % or more methyl methacrylate units, the acrylic resin composition having a specific value of reduced viscosity (0.2-0.8 dl/g), specific values of content (5-45 wt. %) and average particle diameter (50-200 nm) of the rubbery polymer (A-a), a specific relationship between the particle diameter and the crosslinking agent amount (0.02d?w?0.05d; d, average particle diameter (nm); w, amount of crosslinking agent (wt. %)), and a specific value of the degree of grafting (50-250%). The resin composition contains an ultraviolet absorber incorporated therein through copolymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Wada, Kimihide Nishimura, Norito Doi
  • Patent number: 7722946
    Abstract: A resin composition suitable for forming a film excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, shock resistance, bending-fracturing resistance, and moldability; and a film excellent in weatherability even when laminated on a molded body comprising a PVC resin composition containing a plasticizer is provided. The film having the above characteristics can be obtained by making a methacrylic resin composition into a film, the methacrylic resin composition comprising a methacrylic resin composition (C) obtained by polymerizing a methacrylate polymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture mainly composed of alkyl methacrylate in the presence of acrylic crosslinked elastic particles (B) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture mainly composed of alkyl acrylate and a polyfunctional monomer with two or more non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule; and being copolymerized with 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of an ultraviolet absorber represented by the general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Wada, Norito Doi, Kimihide Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100092792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic resin composition comprising a carboxylic acid group produced by heating a (meth)acrylic-based resin (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic-based resin (C) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (A) containing 80 to 99 wt % of a linear alkyl (meth)acrylate and 1 to 20 wt % of tertiary-butyl(meth)acrylate, in the presence of an acrylic acid ester-based crosslinked elastic particle (B) that is obtained by mixing and polymerizing 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per molecule, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 50 to 100 wt % of an alkyl acrylate monomer and 0 to 50 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer. This composition can be used to produce a film having excellent chemical resistance (in particular, sun-screening agent resistance).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inari, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Kimihide Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20090012215
    Abstract: An acrylic resin composition suitable for use as films excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, impact resistance, flex cracking resistance, and formability. The resin composition comprises an acrylic graft copolymer (A) including a rubbery acrylic ester polymer (A-a) and a methacrylic polymer (B) comprising 80 wt. % or more methyl methacrylate units, the acrylic resin composition having a specific value of reduced viscosity (0.2-0.8 dl/g), specific values of content (5-45 wt. %) and average particle diameter (50-200 nm) of the rubbery polymer (A-a), a specific relationship between the particle diameter and the crosslinking agent amount (0.02d?w?0.05d; d, average particle diameter (nm); w, amount of crosslinking agent (wt. %)), and a specific value of the degree of grafting (50-250%). The resin composition contains an ultraviolet absorber incorporated therein through copolymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Wada, Kimihide Nishimura, Norito Doi
  • Publication number: 20080318072
    Abstract: To realize an imide resin which is favorable in optical use. The imide resin according to the present invention includes: a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1); a repeating unit represented by General Formula (2); and a repeating unit represented by General Formula (3), wherein an orientation birefringence of the imide resin ranges from ?0.1×10?3 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hirosuke Kawabata, Tomoki Hiiro, Yasuhiro Sekiguchi, Kazuhito Wada, Kimihide Nishimura, Norito Doi
  • Publication number: 20070212561
    Abstract: A resin composition suitable for forming a film excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, shock resistance, bending-fracturing resistance, and moldability; and a film excellent in weatherability even when laminated on a molded body comprising a PVC resin composition containing a plasticizer is provided. The film having the above characteristics can be obtained by making a methacrylic resin composition into a film, the methacrylic resin composition comprising a methacrylic resin composition (C) obtained by polymerizing a methacrylate polymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture mainly composed of alkyl methacrylate in the presence of acrylic crosslinked elastic particles (B) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture mainly composed of alkyl acrylate and a polyfunctional monomer with two or more non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule; and being copolymerized with 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of an ultraviolet absorber represented by the general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Wada, Norito Doi, Kimihide Nishimura