Patents by Inventor Kouji Nagahashi

Kouji Nagahashi 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: 20160280819
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi TOHI, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Ryoji MORI, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Shigenobu IKENAGA, Hiromasa MARUBAYASHI, Kouji NAGAHASHI, Shiro OTSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9382356
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Yukita, Takashi Nakagawa, Miyuki Konno, Yuichi Yamamura, Shiegenobu Ikenaga, Mayumi Hiwara, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Kouji Nagahashi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Higuchi, Yasuo Ichiki, Takayuki Kajihara
  • Patent number: 8802779
    Abstract: The propylene-based polymer composition of the present invention includes 41 to 95 parts by weight of a propylene-based polymer (A) having a Tm measured by DSC of not less than 120° C. and not more than 170° C., and 59 to 5 parts by weight (provided that the total of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight) of a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) that contains 84.0 to 60.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from propylene, 15.0 to 30.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from ethylene, and 1.0 to 10.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and has a B-value of not less than 0.9 and not more than 1.5. This polymer composition is excellent in transparency, low-temperature impact resistance, and mechanical properties (flexibility or rigidity, etc.) and also excellent in heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi
  • Patent number: 8017705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer having a syndiotactic pentad fraction (rrrr fraction) of not less than 85%, a melting point (Tm) within the range of 145-170° C. and a limiting viscosity [?] within the range of 0.1-10 dl/g by a solution polymerization method using a group 4 crosslinked metallocene compound, which is not accompanied by precipitation of a polymer (excluding white turbidity). Also disclosed is a production method which enables to continuously perform such a production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Junpei Tanaka, Shiro Otsuzuki, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi, Nobukazu Yamahira, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Sunil Krzysztof Moorthi, Kazunori Kamio
  • Patent number: 7847040
    Abstract: A composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, rubber elasticity, thermal resistance, impact resistance, abrasion resistance and the like, a composition having excellent rigidity and impact resistance as well as excellently balanced in whitening resistance, abrasion resistance and heat sealability, and a composition having excellent rubbery properties, thermal resistance, abrasion resistance and flexibility are provided. A composition comprising a specific propylene•?-olefin copolymer for which, in a signal chart measured by 13C-NMR and predetermined such that the peak present at the highest magnetic field among the signals originating from CH (methine) of the constituent unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms is to be at 34.4 ppm, an absorption intensity A at about 22.0 to 20.9 ppm and an absorption intensity B at about 19.0 to 20.6 ppm satisfy the following relational expressions (i) and (ii) with respect to an absorption intensity C at about 19.0 to 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Masahiko Okamoto, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi
  • Publication number: 20100069588
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer with high polymerization activity and high efficiency by a solution polymerization method without deposition of polymers (excluding a white state), and a production process capable of conducting the above production continuously, provided that these processes could not be attained conventionally. The present invention is: a process for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer having a syndiotactic pentad fraction (rrrr fraction), as measured by 13C-NMR, of at least 85%, a melting point (Tm), as measured by DSC, of from 145° C. to 170° C., and an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.1 to 10 dl/g, which process comprises a step (P1) of solution polymerizing propylene singly or propylene and at least one monomer selected from ethylene and an ?-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms at a polymerization temperature (TR) of from 30° C. to 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Junpei Tanaka, Shiro Otsuzuki, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi, Nobukazu Yamahira, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Sunil Krzysztof Moorthi, Kazunori Kamio
  • Publication number: 20080220193
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Yukita, Takashi Nakagawa, Miyuki Konno, Yuichi Yamamura, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Mayumi Hiwara, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Kouji Nagahashi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Higuchi, Yasuo Ichiki, Takayuki Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20080085977
    Abstract: The propylene-based polymer composition of the present invention includes 41 to 95 parts by weight of a propylene-based polymer (A) having a Tm measured by DSC of not less than 120° C. and not more than 170° C., and 59 to 5 parts by weight (provided that the total of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight) of a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) that contains 84.0 to 60.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from propylene, 15.0 to 30.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from ethylene, and 1.0 to 10.0 mol % of constitutional units derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and has a B-value of not less than 0.9 and not more than 1.5. This polymer composition is excellent in transparency, low-temperature impact resistance, and mechanical properties (flexibility or rigidity, etc.) and also excellent in heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi
  • Publication number: 20070225431
    Abstract: A composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, rubber elasticity, thermal resistance, impact resistance, abrasion resistance and the like, a composition having excellent rigidity and impact resistance as well as excellently balanced in whitening resistance, abrasion resistance and heat sealability, and a composition having excellent rubbery properties, thermal resistance, abrasion resistance and flexibility are provided. A composition comprising a specific propylene•?-olefin copolymer for which, in a signal chart measured by 13C-NMR and predetermined such that the peak present at the highest magnetic field among the signals originating from CH (methine) of the constituent unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms is to be at 34.4 ppm, an absorption intensity A at about 22.0 to 20.9 ppm and an absorption intensity B at about 19.0 to 20.6 ppm satisfy the following relational expressions (i) and (ii) with respect to an absorption intensity C at about 19.0 to 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.,
    Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Takashi Nakagawa, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Masahiko Okamoto, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi