Patents by Inventor Mamoru Kadokura

Mamoru Kadokura 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: 7396876
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin component has improved transparency and impact resistance, the thermoplastic resin composed of 5 to 40 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) and 95 to 60 parts by weight a copolymer (B), the graft copolymer (A) being prepared by polymerizing at least one selected from the group consisting of alkyl methacrylate, aromatic vinyl, and vinylcyanide with an agglomerated rubber, the copolymer (B) being prepared by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer, an alkyl methacrylate monomer, and a vinylcyanide monomer. The agglomerated rubber is prepared by agglomerating a styrene-diene rubber latex with an acid-group-containing copolymer latex containing unsaturated acid, aromatic vinyl, and alkyl acrylate as the essential components and having a controlled refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Hayashi, Akio Sato, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20070197728
    Abstract: Generation of air marks and flow marks is prevented when a vinyl chloride resin is molded into a sheet or the like. To a vinyl chloride resin is added a processing aid for a vinyl chloride resin comprising a copolymer composition containing, (A) 70 to 99 parts by weight of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising 50 to 99% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 1 to 50% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and 0 to 30% by weight of another monomer copolymerizable with these components, said copolymer having a specific viscosity at 30° C. of 0.3 to 1.8 when 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Sato, Takenobu Sunagawa, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20060122324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substantially amorphous polyester resin composition, which comprises: 1 to 40 parts by weight of a core-shell modifier for impact resistance, which comprises, as a core, a bilayer aromatic vinyl-butadiene based copolymer comprising an innermost layer having a higher content in weight of a cross-linking monomer, and has a refractive index between 1.55 and 1.60; and 60 to 99 parts by weight of at least one aromatic polyester or co-polyester, wherein the amorphous polyester resin composition exhibits high transparency, high impact resistance, and is improved in whitening properties at a low stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Hisashi Onuma, Michio Shimizu, Katsumi Yamaguchi, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20060116496
    Abstract: 0.1 to 50 parts of a viscosity modifier for thermoplastic polyester resin comprising (a) 15 to 95% by weight alkyl (meth)acrylate containing an epoxy group, (b) 5 to 85% by weight of another alkyl (meth)acrylate and (c) 0 to 80% by weight of another vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith and having weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 400,000 is compounded, based on 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin. As a result, melt viscosity of thermoplastic polyester resin can be efficiently improved, stable processability is exhibited in extrusion molding, blow molding and calender molding, particularly profile extrusion and extrusion molding of boards and pipes which are extremely difficult, and a molded article having favorable surface properties is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Hiroshi Tone, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Yasushi Nakanishi, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20060041056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyester resin composition, which exhibits stable processability in extrusion molding, blow molding and calender molding, particularly in profile extrusion and extrusion molding of boards and pipes, by efficiently enhancing melt viscosity of thermoplastic polyester resin, and gives a molded article having favorable surface properties and excellent impact strength. By compounding (B) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Hiroshi Tone, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Hiroki Nakajima, Yasushi Nakanishi, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6995197
    Abstract: An aromatic vinyl resin composition comprising (A) 5 to 40% by weight of a graft copolymer obtained by polymerizing 15 to 60 parts by weight of (a4) a vinyl monomer in the presence of 85 to 40 parts by weight of rubber particles (total of vinyl monomer and rubber being 100 parts by weight) having an average particle size of 3,500 to 20,000 angstroms obtained by adding, to a latex of a rubber having an average particle size of 500 to 3,000 angstroms and comprising (a1) 50 to 100% by weight of a diene monomer, (a2) 50 to 0% by weight of a vinyl monomer and (a3) 0 to 3% by weight of a crosslinking monomer, 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of an acid group-containing copolymer per 100 parts by weight of the rubber to agglomerate the rubber particles to enhance the particle size thereof, and (B) 95 to 60% by weight of an aromatic vinyl resin comprising (b1) 40 to 100% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer, (b2) 60 to 0% by weight of a methacrylic ester and (b3) 0 to 20% by weight of other vinyl monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Nagata, Yakushu Chin, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20050234192
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin component has improved transparency and impact resistance, the thermoplastic resin composed of 5 to 40 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) and 95 to 60 parts by weight a copolymer (B), the graft copolymer (A) being prepared by polymerizing at least one selected from the group consisting of alkyl methacrylate, aromatic vinyl, and vinylcyanide with an agglomerated rubber, the copolymer (B) being prepared by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer, an alkyl methacrylate monomer, and a vinylcyanide monomer. The agglomerated rubber is prepared by agglomerating a styrene-diene rubber latex with an acid-group-containing copolymer latex containing unsaturated acid, aromatic vinyl, and alkyl acrylate as the essential components and having a controlled refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Hayashi, Akio Sato, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20050154127
    Abstract: An aromatic vinyl resin composition which is transparent and has impact resistance. It is an impact-resistant thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 5 to 50 parts by weight of a graft copolymer and (B) 95 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin comprising an aromatic vinyl polymer having a syndiotactic structure, wherein the graft copolymer (A) is one obtained by polymerizing 60 to 15 wt % monomer mixture (d) comprising 20 to 100 wt. % aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of 40 to 85 wt. % latex-form rubber particles (c) having an average particle diameter of 3,000 to 20,000 ? obtained by aggregating and enlarging latex-form rubber particles (a) having an average particle diameter of 3,000 ? or smaller by adding thereto 0.1 to 15 parts by weight (on solid basis) of an acid-group-containing copolymer latex (b) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising 5 to 25 wt % unsaturated carboxylic acid and 95 to 75 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamaguchi, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6812264
    Abstract: A foamable polyester resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyester resin, (B) from 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester polymer or a polymer mixture obtained by polymerizing from 0 to 50 parts by weight of a monomer mixture (b) in the presence of a polymer latex which is obtained by emulsion-polymerizing from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture (a) wherein, when 0.1 g of the polymer is dissolved in 100 mL of chloroform, the resulting solution has a specific viscosity of from 0.7 to 1.9 as measured at 30° C. (wherein the sum of the monomer mixtures (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight), wherein, when 0.1 g of the (meth)acrylic ester polymer or the polymer mixture is dissolved in 100 mL of chloroform, the resulting solution has a specific viscosity of from 0.65 to 1.7 as measured at 30° C., (C) from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a filler, (D) a blowing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6812284
    Abstract: Obtention of the amorphous polyester resin compositions having improved impact resistance, by using the core-shell impact resistance improving agents which comprises: (A) from 40 to 90 parts by weight of a core made of a butadiene-based copolymer; (B) from 5 to 40 parts by weight of an inner layer shell obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing a (meth) acrylate monomer having hydroxyl or alkoxy group; and (C) from 5 to 20 parts by weight of an outer layer shell obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing an aromatic vinyl monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Onuma, Hideki Kawai, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20040171741
    Abstract: Generation of air marks and flow marks is prevented when a vinyl chloride resin is molded into a sheet or the like. To a vinyl chloride resin is added a processing aid for a vinyl chloride resin comprising a copolymer composition containing, (A) 70 to 99 parts by weight of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising 50 to 99% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 1 to 50% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and 0 to 30% by weight of another monomer copolymerizable with these components, said copolymer having a specific viscosity at 30° C. of 0.3 to 1.8 when 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Sato, Takenobu Sunagawa, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20040152821
    Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition which provides, with a small load on the molding machine, a product excellent in impact resistance, gelation properties and heat stability, and in addition, having superior appearance and dimensional stability is provided. In particular, a core-shell polymer composition for modifying vinyl chloride resin, which provides the vinyl chloride resin composition, is provided. The core-shell polymer composition for vinyl chloride resin composition comprises (A) 85 to 99.5 % by weight of a core-shell polymer containing a rubbery polymer and (B) 15 to 0.5 % by weight an acid or anionic surfactant, and the core-shell polymer composition has a specific viscosity (&eegr;sp) of at least 0.1 when measured at 30° C. by using a 0.2 g/100 ml acetone solution of a portion soluble in methyl ethyl ketone and insoluble in methanol of said core-shell polymer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Kazunori Saegusa, Toru Terada, Koji Yui, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6765060
    Abstract: A graft copolymer composition obtained by mixing a graft copolymer (A) containing a rubbery polymer having a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0° C. as a trunk polymer and containing a alkyl ester of methacrylic acid-base polymer as a graft component, and having a mean particle size of at least 0.15 &mgr;m, and a graft copolymer (B) having a means particle size of from 0.03 to 0.13 &mgr;m; and a vinyl chloride-base resin composition containing the above described graft copolymer composition as an impact modifier, with excellent impact strength and suitable for use in the productions of pipes, window frames, joints, fences, doors, switch boxes. etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Saegusa, Hirokazu Iguchi, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6723762
    Abstract: There is provided a foamable poly(vinyl chloride) resin composition which can remarkably improve an expansion ratio. There is used a foamable poly(vinyl chloride) resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a poly(vinyl chloride) resin, 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of (B) a processing aid, and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Noriko Sakashita, Mitsutaka Sato, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20040039082
    Abstract: Obtention of the amorphous polyester resin compositions having improved impact resistance, by using the core-shell impact resistance improving agents which comprises: (A) from 40 to 90 parts by weight of a core made of a butadiene-based copolymer; (B) from 5 to 40 parts by weight of an inner layer shell obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing a (meth) acrylate monomer having hydroxyl or alkoxy group; and (C) from 5 to 20 parts by weight of an outer layer shell obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing an aromatic vinyl monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Hisashi Onuma, Hideki Kawai, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6686411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl chloride-based resin composition which is highly excellent in weatherability, impact resistance and gloss is provided, which comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride-based resin; (B) from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a graft copolymer which is obtained by graft-polymerizing; (C) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate-based two stages polymer which is obtained by, in the presence of a polymer while a solution of 0.1 g of said polymer in 100 ml of chloroform showing a specific viscosity (&eegr;sp) of 0.7 or more at 30° C., comprising from 0 to 50% by weight of a repeating unit derived from methyl methacrylate, while a solution of 0.1 g of said two stages polymer in 100 ml of chloroform showing a specific viscosity of 0.5 or more at 30° C.; and (D) from 1 to 20 parts by weight of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Iguchi, Nobumasa Nakajima, Koji Yui, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6683134
    Abstract: Amorphous polyolefin resin compositions having an impact resistance remarkably improved without impairing the transparency by an impact modifier which can be prepared from easily available raw materials by a general polymerization method, the compositions containing as the impact modifier a core-shell elastomer obtained by graft polymerization of a monomer mixture of an alkyl (meth)acrylate with an alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkyl (meth)acrylate with an alkyl group having 2 or less carbon atom or a vinyl cyanide compound, and an aromatic vinyl monomer in a specific ratio in the presence of a conjugated diene copolymer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Miyamoto, Hideki Kawai, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20040014885
    Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition having excellent weatherability and impact resistance is provided. The vinyl chloride resin composition comprises (A) 2 to 30 parts by weight of a graft copolymer and (B) 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, wherein the graft copolymer (A) is obtained by polymerizing, in the presence of 70 to 95 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic rubber polymer (a-1) comprising 81 to 95% by weight of butyl acrylate, 4 to 18% by weight of an alkyl acrylate having a C8-12 alkyl group and 0.2 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Nobumasa Nakajima, Koji Yui, Shinya Hongo, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Patent number: 6635687
    Abstract: An expandable vinyl chloride resin composition which can provide foamed articles having a greatly enhanced expansion ratio without remarkably lowering the surface property and strength by the use of thermally decomposable blowing agents without the use of organic solvent blowing agents, and which comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of, as a processing aid, a two stage (meth)acrylic ester polymer having a specific viscosity of at least 0.5 (0.1 % chloroform solution, 30° C.) prepared by polymerizing a monomer component containing as a main component a monomer selected from acrylic esters and methacrylic esters excepting methyl methacrylate in the presence of a latex of a methyl methacrylate polymer having a specific viscosity of at least 0.7, 0.3 to 25 parts by weight of a thermally decomposable inorganic blowing agent, 0.01 to 15 parts by weight of a thermally decomposable organic blowing agent and 0 to 20 parts by weight of a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Mitsutaka Sato, Mamoru Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20030187127
    Abstract: A foamable polyester resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyester resin, (B) from 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester polymer or a polymer mixture obtained by polymerizing from 0 to 50 parts by weight of a monomer mixture (b) in the presence of a polymer latex which is obtained by emulsion-polymerizing from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture (a) wherein, when 0.1 g of the polymer is dissolved in 100 mL of chloroform, the resulting solution has a specific viscosity of from 0.7 to 1.9 as measured at 30° C. (wherein the sum of the monomer mixtures (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight), wherein, when 0.1 g of the (meth)acrylic ester polymer or the polymer mixture is dissolved in 100 mL of chloroform, the resulting solution has a specific viscosity of from 0.65 to 1.7 as measured at 30° C., (C) from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a filler, (D) a blowing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Takenobu Sunagawa, Mamoru Kadokura