Patents by Inventor Makoto Kashima

Makoto Kashima 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: 9644043
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hydrogenated petroleum resin of the invention includes: a thermal polymerization step of thermally polymerizing a cyclopentadiene compound and a vinyl aromatic compound; a hydrogenation reaction step; and a volatile-component removal step, in which the volatile-component removal step is performed using a volatile-component removal device including: a pressuring device configured to pressurize a reaction mixture; a heater configured to heat the reaction mixture pressurized by the pressuring device under pressure; a decompression unit including a decompression space, a pressure of which is reduced and into which the pressurized and heated reaction mixture is flowed; and a path member including a flow path through which the reaction mixture passes and provided in the decompression space so that the reaction mixture flowed in the decompression space of the decompression unit passes through the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Miyamoto, Hideki Tanimura, Yuichi Ohkawa, Makoto Kashima
  • Publication number: 20160319047
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hydrogenated petroleum resin of the invention includes: a thermal polymerization step of thermally polymerizing a cyclopentadiene compound and a vinyl aromatic compound; a hydrogenation reaction step; and a volatile-component removal step, in which the volatile-component removal step is performed using a volatile-component removal device including: a pressuring device configured to pressurize a reaction mixture; a heater configured to heat the reaction mixture pressurized by the pressuring device under pressure; a decompression unit including a decompression space, a pressure of which is reduced and into which the pressurized and heated reaction mixture is flowed; and a path member including a flow path through which the reaction mixture passes and provided in the decompression space so that the reaction mixture flowed in the decompression space of the decompression unit passes through the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji MIYAMOTO, Hideki TANIMURA, Yuichi OHKAWA, Makoto KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9120615
    Abstract: A groove inclined path for diagonally downwardly delivering hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets loaded through a loading port is provided in a storage hopper for storing the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The groove inclined path is defined by a plurality of groove-inclined-path members each having an inclined plate and side plates to define a groove structure, the groove-inclined-path members being vertically disposed so that flow directions of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets become opposite. The vertically adjacent ones of the groove-inclined-path members are disposed so that the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets dropped from upper one of the groove-inclined-path members are brought into contact with the plate member of immediately lower one of the groove-inclined-path members to reverse a flow direction thereof, thereby reducing a flow speed of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kashima, Hajime Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20150225332
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for effectively producing an amide compound suitable for use as a solvent or a detergent on a large scale and at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori TASHIRO, Yasushi Shiraki, Makoto Kashima
  • Patent number: 9034976
    Abstract: After a cyclopentadiene compound and a vinyl aromatic compound are thermally polymerized, the obtained copolymer is subjected to a hydrogenation reaction to form a hydrogenated product. After most of the hydrogenation solvent is separated by a solvent evaporation tank from the hydrogenated product, an additive separately prepared by dissolving an antioxidant is added to the hydrogenated product to form a mixture. While the hydrogenation solvent is a naphthenic solvent, the additive is prepared by dissolving the antioxidant in an aromatic additive solvent having the same carbon atoms as those of the hydrogenation solvent. Then, the low-molecular-weight component as well as the remaining hydrogenation solution and the additive solvent are separated by a thin-film evaporator from the mixture. The obtained molten resin is pelletized to produce hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The time for uniformly blending the antioxidant can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Kashima
  • Patent number: 9023944
    Abstract: A method including measuring a near-infrared absorption spectrum of a hydrogenated compound in the form of a molten resin from which a hydrogenation solvent is separated to calculate an aromatic content ratio and a softening point as physical property values of the hydrogenated compound based on analytical curve data. At least one of a temperature, pressure, reaction time and hydrogen content in a hydrogenating portion is controlled such that a difference between the aromatic content ratio and the bromine number measured in the near-infrared spectrometry and an aromatic content ratio and bromine number of a target hydrogenated petroleum resin pellet becomes small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hayashi, Hajime Takasugi, Makoto Kashima
  • Publication number: 20140235894
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for effectively producing an amide compound suitable for use as a solvent or a detergent on a large scale and at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hinonori TASHIRO, Yasushi SHIRAKI, Makoto KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8748659
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for effectively producing an amide compound suitable for use as a solvent or a detergent on a large scale and at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Tashiro, Yasushi Shiraki, Makoto Kashima
  • Publication number: 20140148550
    Abstract: A near-infrared absorption spectrum of a hydrogenated compound (hydrogenated petroleum resin) in a form of a molten resin from which a hydrogenation solvent is separated in a hydrogenation solvent removing step is measured to calculate an aromatic content ratio and a softening point as physical property values of the hydrogenated compound based on analytical curve data. At least one of a temperature, pressure, reaction time and hydrogen content in a hydrogenating portion is controlled such that a difference between the aromatic content ratio and the bromine number measured in the near-infrared spectrometry and an aromatic content ratio and bromine number of a target hydrogenated petroleum resin pellet becomes small. At least one of a temperature and pressure in a thin-film evaporator is controlled such that a difference between a softening point measured in the near-infrared spectrometry and a softening point of the target hydrogenated petroleum resin pellet becomes small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Hayashi, Hajime Takasugi, Makoto Kashima
  • Publication number: 20140093340
    Abstract: A groove inclined path for diagonally downwardly delivering hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets loaded through a loading port is provided in a storage hopper for storing the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The groove inclined path is defined by a plurality of groove-inclined-path members each having an inclined plate and side plates to define a groove structure, the groove-inclined-path members being vertically disposed so that flow directions of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets become opposite. The vertically adjacent ones of the groove-inclined-path members are disposed so that the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets dropped from upper one of the groove-inclined-path members are brought into contact with the plate member of immediately lower one of the groove-inclined-path members to reverse a flow direction thereof, thereby reducing a flow speed of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kashima, Hajime Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20140058033
    Abstract: After a cyclopentadiene compound and a vinyl aromatic compound are thermally polymerized, the obtained copolymer is subjected to a hydrogenation reaction to form a hydrogenated product. After most of the hydrogenation solvent is separated by a solvent evaporation tank from the hydrogenated product, an additive separately prepared by dissolving an antioxidant is added to the hydrogenated product to form a mixture. While the hydrogenation solvent is a naphthenic solvent, the additive is prepared by dissolving the antioxidant in an aromatic additive solvent having the same carbon atoms as those of the hydrogenation solvent. Then, the low-molecular-weight component as well as the remaining hydrogenation solution and the additive solvent are separated by a thin-film evaporator from the mixture. The obtained molten resin is pelletized to produce hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The time for uniformly blending the antioxidant can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMTSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Makoto Kashima
  • Publication number: 20120088931
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for effectively producing an amide compound suitable for use as a solvent or a detergent on a large scale and at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Tashiro, Yasushi Shiraki, Makoto Kashima