Patents by Inventor Koya Yoshimoto

Koya Yoshimoto 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: 20240117169
    Abstract: A resin composition and a multilayer body that includes the resin composition layer, the resin composition being characterized by containing a propylene-based polymer (A) in the range of 5 to 70% by weight; a soft propylene-based polymer (B) in the range of 30 to 95% by weight; a propylene-based polymer (C) graft-modified with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in the range of 0.1 to 20% by weight; a polyethylene (D) in the range of 0 to 20% by weight; and an ethylene/?-olefin random copolymer (E) in the range of 1 to 30% by weight, provided that a total amount of (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) is 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio HAYAKAWA, Koya YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240117164
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a resin composition with favorable high-speed formability, low adhesiveness to chill rolls and guide rolls upon film forming, and excellent adhesiveness to a resin having a polar group (polar resin). The present invention relates to a resin composition including 75 to 100 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A), and 0 to 25 parts by mass of a copolymer (B) of ethylene and at least one ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and satisfying prescribed requirements, provided that the sum of the (A) and the (B) is 100 parts by mass, wherein at least a part of the propylene-based polymer (A) is modified with a polar compound, and the resin composition satisfies prescribed requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Takanori SASAKI, Yuhei IZAIKE
  • Patent number: 10896988
    Abstract: A laminated sheet of a two-layer sheet in which an L1 layer including 50 to 99 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (E1) having a density of 0.890 to 970 kg/m3 and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (P1) is in contact with an L2 layer including 50 to 100 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (P2) and 0 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene-based elastomer (E2) having a density of equal to or more than 850 kg/m3 and less than 890 kg/m3, in which the propylene-based polymer (P1) includes a propylene-based elastomer (P1a) including a propylene-derived constitutional unit and an ethylene-derived constitutional unit and/or a constitutional unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and having a melting point (Tm) that is lower than 120° C. or not observable; and a solar cell backsheet formed using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya Yoshimoto, Kiminori Noda, Makoto Egawa, Tatsuya Oku
  • Patent number: 10377845
    Abstract: A graft-modified propylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) is obtained by graft-reacting a polar monomer onto a propylene.?-olefin copolymer (a) including 50 to 90 mol % of propylene-derived structural units (C3) and 10 to 50 mol % of C4-8 ?-olefin-derived structural units (C?) (wherein the total of the structural units C3 and C? is 100 mol %), and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iv) at the same time: (i) the amount of the polar monomer grafted is 0.4 to 1.5 wt %, (ii) the content of the polar monomer is not more than 1000 ppm, (iii) the content of a gel insoluble in xylene at 140° C. is not more than 2.5 wt %, and (iv) the content of a volatile hydrocarbon compound is not more than 10 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya Yoshimoto, Hidetake Nakano, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190027626
    Abstract: A laminated sheet of a two-layer sheet in which an L1 layer including 50 to 99 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (E1) having a density of 0.890 to 970 kg/m3 and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (P1) is in contact with an L2 layer including 50 to 100 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (P2) and 0 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene-based elastomer (E2) having a density of equal to or more than 850 kg/m3 and less than 890 kg/m3, in which the propylene-based polymer (P1) includes a propylene-based elastomer (P1a) including a propylene-derived constitutional unit and an ethylene-derived constitutional unit and/or a constitutional unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and having a melting point (Tm) that is lower than 120° C. or not observable; and a solar cell backsheet formed using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Kiminori NODA, Makoto EGAWA, Tatsuya OKU
  • Patent number: 10093838
    Abstract: An adhesive with improved heat stability is provided. The adhesive includes an ethylene??-olefin copolymer (A) having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography and a density of 860 to 970 kg/m3, wherein in the ethylene??-olefin copolymer (A), the total number of vinyl-type double bond, vinylidene-type double bond, 2-substituted olefin-type double bond and 3-substituted olefin-type double bond is less than 0.5 per 1000 carbon atoms as measured by 1H-NMR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Hidetake Nakano
  • Patent number: 10017591
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Publication number: 20170037161
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo AKAI, Tomohiro ABE, Koya YOSHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shinya TANAKA, Koji MATSUNAGA, Makoto EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160355628
    Abstract: A graft-modified propylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) is obtained by graft-reacting a polar monomer onto a propylene.?-olefin copolymer (a) including 50 to 90 mol % of propylene-derived structural units (C3) and 10 to 50 mol % of C4-8 ?-olefin-derived structural units (C?) (wherein the total of the structural units C3 and C? is 100 mol %), and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iv) at the same time: (i) the amount of the polar monomer grafted is 0.4 to 1.5 wt %, (ii) the content of the polar monomer is not more than 1000 ppm, (iii) the content of a gel insoluble in xylene at 140° C. is not more than 2.5 wt %, and (iv) the content of a volatile hydrocarbon compound is not more than 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Hidetake NAKANO, Tetsuya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9505958
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Publication number: 20160257862
    Abstract: An adhesive with improved heat stability is provided. The adhesive includes an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography and a density of 860 to 970 kg/m3, wherein in the ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A), the total number of vinyl-type double bond, vinylidene-type double bond, 2-substituted olefin-type double bond and 3-substituted olefin-type double bond is less than 0.5 per 1000 carbon atoms as measured by 1H-NMR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hidetake NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150225623
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene ?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene ?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa