Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Kawaguchi

Kuniaki Kawaguchi 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: 20100093901
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition having excellent processability and stability, significantly suppressing the amount of formaldehyde generated from the molded article thereof, and preventing the bleeding of blending components. Specifically, to 100 parts by weight of (A) a polyacetal copolymer in which the amount of hemiformal terminal group is 1.0 mmol/kg or less, the amount of formyl terminal group is 0.5 mmol/kg or less, and the amount of unstable terminal group is 0.5% by weight or less, there are added: 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of (B) a hindered phenol-based antioxidant; 0.01 to 1 part by weight of (C) a hydrazide compound; and 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a compound selected from (D) an isocyanate compound, an isothiocyanate compound, and a modified compound thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Hase, Hayato Kurita, Hiraku Iketani
  • Patent number: 7030207
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a polymer, having a high affinity to water, is liquid in spite of being a polymer, simultaneously possesses also a thermal stability and is suitably used as a heating medium or a lubricant. It is the polyacetal (co)polymer, being liquid at room temperature, prepared by copolymerizing (A) 75 to 100 mol % of 1,3-dioxolane and (B) 25 to 0 mol % of trioxane and having the total amount of terminal groups of 15 to 300 mmol/kg and an amount of a hemiformal terminal group of 80 mmol/kg or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tajima, Hiroaki Nakao, Kuniaki Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060058457
    Abstract: It is a purpose of the present invention to provide a polyacetal resin composition that contains a glass inorganic filler, improves adhesiveness between the glass inorganic filler and the polyacetal resin, and attains excellent mechanical strength. A polyacetal resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin component (A) and 3-200 parts by weight of a glass in organic filler (B), wherein said polyacetal resin component (A) consists of 99.9-80 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A1) having hydroxyl groups at 0-20 mmol/kg in the molecule and 0.1-20 parts by weight of a modified polyacetal resin (A2) having hydroxyl groups at 50-2,000 mmol/kg in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050182200
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition having high rigidity and also excellent in dimensional stability and creep characteristics is provided. A polyacetal resin composition prepared by blending (A) 99.9 to 90 parts by weight of a linear polyacetal resin having a melt index of 1 to 50 g/min obtained by copolymerizing (a) 99.5 to 97.5% by weight of trioxane and (b) 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of a compound selected from a mono-functional cyclic ether compound and a mono-functional cyclic formal compound, with (B) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a branched or crosslinked polyacetal resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 10 g/min obtained by copolymerizing (a) 99.49 to 95.0% by weight of trioxane, (b) 0.5 to 4.0% by weight of a compound selected from a mono-functional cyclic ether compound and mono-functional cyclic formal compound and (c) 0.01 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Okawa, Yoshihisa Tajima
  • Publication number: 20040138407
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a polymer, having a high affinity to water, is liquid in spite of being a polymer, simultaneously possesses also a thermal stability and is suitably used as a heating medium or a lubricant. It is the polyacetal (co)polymer, being liquid at room temperature, prepared by copolymerizing (A) 75 to 100 mol % of 1,3-dioxolane and (B) 25 to 0 mol % of trioxane and having the total amount of terminal groups of 15 to 300 mmol/kg and an amount of a hemiformal terminal group of 80 mmol/kg or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tajima, Hiroaki Nakao, Kuniaki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6753368
    Abstract: To provide a resin material in which various properties such as excellent appearance and rigidity inherent to a polyacetal resin are maintained and to which the antistatic property is given. That is, a branched polyacetal resin composition, comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a branching unit represented by the following formula (I), and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a compound (B) having a polyalkylene ether unit as the main constituting component and/or 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an ester (C) of fatty acid with polyhydroxyl alcohol having a hydroxyl group: wherein m and n each is an integer of 0 to 5; the sum of m+n is 1 to 5; and R is a monovalent organic group having a molecular weight of 40 to 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Okawa, Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Yoshihisa Tajima
  • Patent number: 6737475
    Abstract: To provide a polyacetal resin material in which an excellent sliding property is given and the appearance, dimensional precision, mechanical properties, etc. of the molded article thereof are improved as well. That is, a branched polyacetal resin composition, comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a specific branching unit, and 0.5 to 40 parts by weight of at least one polymer (B) selected from the group consisting of the following polymer (B-1) and (B-2), i.e. polymer (B-1): a graft or block copolymer prepared from an olefin polymer (b-1) and at least one vinyl polymer (b-2); and polymer (B-2): a modified olefin polymer in which an olefin polymer (b-3) is modified with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and derivatives thereof and/or 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a lubricant (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tajima, Hidetoshi Okawa, Kuniaki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6642321
    Abstract: To provide a polyacetal resin composition which is highly rigid and has excellent surface hardness, sliding characteristics, etc. That is, a polyacetal resin composition, produced by blending 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A) with 0.01-100 part(s) by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (B) which is obtained by copolymerization of 100 parts by weight of trioxane (a), 0.01-10 part(s) by weight of a monofunctional glycidyl compound (b) and 0-20 part(s) by weight of a cyclic ether compound (c) which is copolymerizable with trioxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Okawa, Yoshihisa Tajima, Kuniaki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6583203
    Abstract: To offer a resin material in which various properties such as excellent appearance and rigidity inherent to a polyacetal resin are maintained and a weather (light) resistance is improved. That is, a branched polyacetal resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a branching unit represented by the following formula (I), 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a weather (light) resistant stabilizer (B) and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered amine substance (C): wherein m and n each is an integer of 0 to 5; the sum of m+n is 1 to 5; and R is a monovalent organic group having a molecular weight of 40 to 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Okawa, Yoshihisa Tajima
  • Publication number: 20020193480
    Abstract: To provide a resin material in which various properties such as excellent appearance and rigidity inherent to a polyacetal resin are maintained and to which the antistatic property is given. That is, a branched polyacetal resin composition, comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a branching unit represented by the following formula (I), and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a compound (B) having a polyalkylene ether unit as the main constituting component and/or 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Okawa, Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Yoshihisa Tajima
  • Publication number: 20020193469
    Abstract: To offer a resin material in which various properties such as excellent appearance and rigidity inherent to a polyacetal resin are maintained and a weather (light) resistance is improved. That is, a branched polyacetal resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a branching unit represented by the following formula (I), 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a weather (light) resistant stabilizer (B) and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Okawa, Yoshihisa Tajima
  • Patent number: 6037439
    Abstract: To provide a process for stable and continuous production of a polyacetal resin, mainly comprising a copolymer of 1,3-dioxolane and trioxane under the presence of a catalyst, in a high yield on an industrial scale for a long period of time. In the continuous production of a polyacetal resin by mixing 1,3-dioxolane with boron trifluoride and/or a coordination compound of boron trifluoride and then, mixing the obtained mixture with trioxane to conduct bulk polymerization in a polymerization machine, 1,3-dioxolane is brought into contact with boron trifluoride and/or a coordination compound of boron trifluoride while feeding both at the same direction and they are mixed together for 0.1 to 30 seconds under the condition of at least 0.1 m/sec of the linear velocity of the mixture and subsequently mixed with trioxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Serizawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Yuichi Fukui, Tsugio Tenda
  • Patent number: 5929195
    Abstract: A branched or crosslinked polyacetal resin is excellent in blow moldability, has impact resistances such as plane impact resistance, and the smoothness of the inner surfaces of moldings produced therefrom, and is suitable for molding, particularly blow molding. It can be produced by the bulk polymerization of (A) trioxane with (B) a cyclic ether and/or cyclic formal and (C) a polyfunctional glycidyl ether compound in the presence of (D) a cationic polymerization catalyst, a mixture prepared by mixing the cyclic ether and/or cyclic formal (B) with the polyfunctional glycidyl ether compound (C) and the cationic polymerization catalyst (D) is added to trioxane (A) to conduct the polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Kaoru Yamamoto, Hajime Serizawa
  • Patent number: 5302690
    Abstract: Polyester resins are prepared by reacting a lower alkyl ester of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with an aliphatic diol to form an aromatic polyester, and which includes (i) subjecting to transesterification reaction conditions in the presence of a titanium compound catalyst a transesterification reaction system having the lower alkyl ester of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid, the aliphatic and between 0.02 to 5.0 mole percent, based on the amount of the lower alkyl ester of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid, of an aromatic sulfonic acid compound represented by the following general formula (I):OH--R--O--Ar--SO.sub.3 M (I)wherein Ar is a p-substituted benzene group or a 2,6-substituted naphthalene group, R is a divalent group selected from among --CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)--, --CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)-- and --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, and M is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Kenji Hijikata, Toshio Nakane
  • Patent number: 5300332
    Abstract: A modified polyester resin is the reaction product of:(A) an acid component mainly comprised of terephthalic acid, 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or a lower alcohol ester thereof,(B) a diol component mainly comprising an alkylene glycol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and(C) an aromatic sulfonic acid compound of the following general formula (1):HO(RO).sub.n --Ar--SO.sub.3 M (1)where Ar represents a benzene or naphthale ring, n represents an integer from 1 to 10, R represents a group selected from among alkylenes having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and when n is 2 or more, R may be the same as or different from one another, and M represents an alkali metal selected from lithium, sodium and potassium. The modified polyester resin also satisfies the following formulas (2) and (3):0.25.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.100 (meq/kg) (2)2.ltoreq.(x/CEG).times.100.ltoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Toshio Nakane, Kenji Hijikata
  • Patent number: 5300572
    Abstract: Moldable polyester resin compositions and molded articles therefrom include, based on the total weight of all resin components:(A) between 2 to 98% by weight of a compatibilizing metal sulfonate group-containing aromatic polyester copolymer which is the polycondensation reaction product of (a) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester-forming derivative, (b) a diol compound or its ester-forming derivative, and (c) an ester-forming compound containing a metal sulfonate group;(B) between 2 to 98% by weight of an additive resin which is one of (B-I) an olefin copolymer which is the copolymerization reaction product between an olefin with at least one of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivative and a vinyl alcohol or its ester, and (B-II) a polyamide resin; and, optionally(C) between 0 to 96% by weight of a non-compatibilizing aromatic polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tajima, Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Toshio Nakane
  • Patent number: 5213754
    Abstract: A transparent polyester container is produced by melt-molding a copolyester resin containing 75 to 98 molar % of repeating units of an ester of terephthalic acid with 1,4-butanediol with the balance mainly containing repeating units of an ester of terephthalic acid with an alkylene oxide adduct of a bisphenol compound, rapidly cooling the molding to prepare a sheet having a low crystallinity, maturing the sheet at a temperature selected so as to meet a requirement represented by the following formula (1) to prepare a sheet satisfying a requirement represented by the following formula (2) and subjecting the sheet to thermoforming through the use of a cavity mold at a temperature falling within a range represented by the following formula (3):______________________________________ Ta .ltoreq. Tcc (.degree.C.) (1) (.DELTA.Hcc).sub.a .gtoreq. 5 (J/g) (2) Tcc + 2 .ltoreq. Tb .ltoreq. Tm - 2 (.degree.C.) (3) ______________________________________whereinTa is the maturing temperature (.degree.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawaguchi, Toshio Nakane, Hiroaki Konuma, Yukihiko Kageyama, Kenji Hijikata
  • Patent number: 5132068
    Abstract: A process for producing a transparent film includes forming a melt from a copolyester having structural units represented by the following formulas I and II, respectively: ##STR1## wherein R groups may be the same or different from each other are each selected from the group consisting of--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH--CH.sub.2 --, ##STR2## and the molar fraction ratio of the structural units of formula II to the total structural units of formulas I and II is between 0.02 to 0.020, which a melt of the copolyester is formed into a film, rapidly quenched to solidify the copolyester and impart low crystallinity thereto. The solidified film is aged at a temperature of 60 degree centigrade or below, and then heat-treated at a temperature between the glass transition point (Tg) of the copolyester and no greater than 2.degree. C. below the melting point of the copolyester minus 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakane, Yukihiko Kageyama, Hiroaki Konuma, Kenji Hijikata, Kenji Hijikata, Kuniaki Kawaguchi