Patents by Inventor Kotaro Ichino
Kotaro Ichino 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).
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Patent number: 11964447Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate of an olefin-type rubber, which is non-polar or has a small polarity and which is difficult to bond with a different material, and a rubber comprising Group 15 elements, which is a different kind of rubber. The laminate according to the present invention includes a structure including, in order, an olefin-type rubber layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, a silane-modified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof, and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof; and a layer (C) containing a rubber containing Group 15 elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Kotaro Ichino
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Patent number: 11905348Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer containing a certain non-conjugated polyene such as VNB as a copolymerization component, having a low long-chain branching content, excellent in cure characteristics in the case of crosslinking by using peroxide, and having good processability. The ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer according to the present invention has constitutional units derived from ethylene (A), an ?-olefin (B) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (C) having a total of two or more partial structures selected from the group consisting of the following general formulas (I) and (II) in a molecule, and satisfies certain requirements.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kotaro Ichino, Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Keisuke Shishido, Junpei Tanaka, Mitsunao Arino
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Publication number: 20230365733Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modifier suitable for obtaining a lubricating oil, a coating material, an adhesive, and the like with better smoothness and few bumps and to provide a rubber composition for a tire, which is suitable for preparing a tire with both excellent braking performance and excellent fuel efficiency. The present invention relates to an organosilicon compound graft copolymer (X) including a main chain derived from an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer (A) and a graft part derived from an organosilicon compound (B) having one or more unsaturated groups; and a rubber composition for a tire, including 1 to 30 parts by mass of the organosilicon compound graft copolymer (X) based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber including an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymerized rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Chihiro KOMATSU, Tatsuya ICHIKAWA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Yuji ISHII, Kazuki HIGUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Patent number: 11760819Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4) 125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
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Patent number: 11613595Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
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Patent number: 11613594Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinked molded article having a lower compression set; and a method for producing a crosslinked molded article by injection molding, the method enabling shortening of one cycle in injection molding, the method being suitable for obtaining a crosslinked molded article having a lower compression set. The present invention relates to a method for producing a crosslinked molded article, comprising melt-kneading a polymer composition containing a polymer having a terminal double bond, a hydrosilyl group-containing compound (Y) having at least two hydrosilyl groups per molecule, a platinum-based catalyst (Z) for hydrosilicon crosslinking, and a reaction inhibitor (D), subjecting the polymer composition to injection molding in a mold, performing primary crosslinking in the mold, removing the primary-crosslinked molded article from the mold, and then performing secondary crosslinking in a heat medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tatsuya Sakai, Ryohei Saeki, Kiyohide Inomata, Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Kotaro Ichino
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Publication number: 20220266568Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate of an olefin-type rubber, which is non-polar or has a small polarity and which is difficult to bond with a different material, and a rubber including Group 16 elements and/or Group 17 elements, which is a different kind of rubber. The laminate according to the present invention includes a structure including, in order, an olefin-type rubber layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, a silane-modified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof, and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof; and a rubber layer (C) containing Group 16 elements and/or Group 17 elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Patent number: 11312114Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer composition excellent in the adhesive strength with a layer of a saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer; and the present invention relates to a laminate comprising a layer of a copolymer composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer (A) and one or more additives selected from the following (1) to (3), and a layer of the saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (B). (1) 1.7 to 20 parts by mass of dicumyl peroxide and 2 to 20 parts by mass of a metal oxide; (2) 20 to 120 parts by mass of a hydrophilic fumed silica; and (3) 5 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (B).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Kotaro Ichino
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Publication number: 20220001657Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a laminate which is composed of a layer containing a melt shapable fluororesin and a layer of an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition, and is excellent in adhesiveness, and the present invention relates to a laminate including: a layer including an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition, and a layer comprising a melt shapable fluororesin; wherein the ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition includes 100 parts by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), 1.0 to 6.0 parts by mass of at least one compound (C) selected from the group consisting of 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undecene-7 salts, 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)nonene-5 salts, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undecene-7 and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)nonene-5, and 3 to 20 parts by mass of magnesium oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO, Kozue OSAWA, Yuki KUWAJIMA
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Patent number: 11078352Abstract: [Problem] The purpose of the invention is to provide: a thermoplastic elastomer composition capable of providing molded articles that are lightweight, have better oil resistance than those provided by conventional cross-linked thermoplastic elastomers, and have hardness and mechanical properties such as tensile strength and tensile elongation that are equal to or superior to those provided by conventional cross-linked thermoplastic elastomers; and an ethylene/?-olefin/unconjugated polyene copolymer having little compression set at low temperature as well as flexibility and an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperature and tensile strength at normal temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kotaro Ichino, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yukio Aita, Yuji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20210179752Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinked molded article having a lower compression set; and a method for producing a crosslinked molded article by injection molding, the method enabling shortening of one cycle in injection molding, the method being suitable for obtaining a crosslinked molded article having a lower compression set. The present invention relates to a method for producing a crosslinked molded article, comprising melt-kneading a polymer composition containing a polymer having a terminal double bond, a hydrosilyl group-containing compound (Y) having at least two hydrosilyl groups per molecule, a platinum-based catalyst (Z) for hydrosilicon crosslinking, and a reaction inhibitor (D), subjecting the polymer composition to injection molding in a mold, performing primary crosslinking in the mold, removing the primary-crosslinked molded article from the mold, and then performing secondary crosslinking in a heat medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tatsuya SAKAI, Ryohei SAEKI, Kiyohide INOMATA, Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Publication number: 20210122860Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Koji ENDO, Mayumi HIWARA, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuichi YAMAMURA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Yuji ISHII, Tatsuya SAKAI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Kotaro ICHINO, Kiyohide INOMATA, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Kenta IDE
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Publication number: 20210122861Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4) 125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Koji ENDO, Mayumi HIWARA, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuichi YAMAMURA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Yuji ISHII, Tatsuya SAKAI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Kotaro ICHINO, Kiyohide INOMATA, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Kenta IDE
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Patent number: 10975223Abstract: [Means for solving problem] The resin composition of the present invention comprises 100 parts by mass of a specific ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer (A) and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a peroxide (B), and the copolymer (A) comprises structural units derived from ethylene (a1), an ?-olefin (a2) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (a3) including intramolecularly two or more partial structures in total selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formulae (I) and (II), [Effect] The resin composition of the present invention is excellent in crosslinking properties and the resin composition and its crosslinked shaped article of the present invention can be used, without any limitation, in various applications known as applications of rubber composition, and can be suitably used, for example, for interior and exterior parts for automobiles and applications requiring heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kotaro Ichino, Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Mitsunao Arino, Mikio Hosoya, Keisuke Shishido
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Publication number: 20210079199Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop an NBR composition excellent in an adhesive strength with a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer, and a laminate excellent in an adhesive strength of an NBR layer with a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer; and the present invention relates to an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber composition comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and a silane-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer of 0 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and a laminate comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber layer comprising the composition and the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer through an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Patent number: 10919997Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene.?-olefin.non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene.?-olefin.non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
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Publication number: 20210008853Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer composition excellent in the adhesive strength with a layer of a saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer; and the present invention relates to a laminate comprising a layer of a copolymer composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer (A) and one or more additives selected from the following (1) to (3), and a layer of the saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (B). (1) 1.7 to 20 parts by mass of dicumyl peroxide and 2 to 20 parts by mass of a metal oxide; (2) 20 to 120 parts by mass of a hydrophilic fumed silica; and (3) 5 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Publication number: 20210009730Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer containing a certain non-conjugated polyene such as VNB as a copolymerization component, having a low long-chain branching content, excellent in cure characteristics in the case of crosslinking by using peroxide, and having good processability. The ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer according to the present invention has constitutional units derived from ethylene (A), an ?-olefin (B) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (C) having a total of two or more partial structures selected from the group consisting of the following general formulas (I) and (II) in a molecule, and satisfies certain requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kotaro ICHINO, Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Junpei TANAKA, Mitsunao ARINO
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Publication number: 20210008852Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a laminate with good adhesive strength between a nonpolar polymer such as an EPDM, an acrylic rubber (ACM), an epichlorohydrin rubber (ECO), and the like and a polymer having excellent oil resistance such as a fluorine-based rubber, and the present invention relates to a laminate including a layer (A) and a layer (B). Layer (A): a layer including one or more polymers selected from the following polymers: an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer, an ethylene/carboxylic acid copolymer, an acrylic rubber, and an epichlorohydrin rubber. Layer (B): a layer including one or more polymers selected from the following polymers: an acrylic rubber and a halogen-containing polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
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Publication number: 20200230910Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate of an olefin-type rubber, which is non-polar or has a small polarity and which is difficult to bond with a different material, and a rubber comprising Group 15 elements, which is a different kind of rubber. The laminate according to the present invention includes a structure including, in order, an olefin-type rubber layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, a silane-modified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof, and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof; and a layer (C) containing a rubber containing Group 15 elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO