Patents by Inventor Mana FUJII

Mana FUJII 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: 11873364
    Abstract: A method for producing conjugated diene rubber is provided, including: a first step of obtaining a conjugated diene polymer chain having an active end by polymerizing a monomer comprising a conjugated diene compound and a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica using a polymerization initiator in an inert solvent; a second step of reacting a siloxane compound with the active end of the conjugated diene polymer chain having the active end; and a third step of reacting a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound with the conjugated diene polymer chain with which the siloxane compound has been reacted that is obtained in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Sakurai, Takashi Iizuka, Mana Fujii, Hisakatsu Hama
  • Patent number: 11566094
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene rubber having a modifying structure derived from a siloxane compound at at least one terminal of a polymer chain containing conjugated diene monomer unit and a monomer unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Sakurai, Takashi Iizuka, Mana Fujii, Hisakatsu Hama
  • Patent number: 11530287
    Abstract: A conjugated diene-based rubber including a polymer block (A) containing isoprene monomer unit as the main component and a polymer block (B) containing 1,3-butadiene monomer unit as the main component, wherein at least one of the polymer block (A) and the polymer block (B) contains a unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica, the polymer block (A) has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 1,000 to 30,000, and the entire conjugated diene-based rubber has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 50,000 to 5,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Sakurai, Takashi Iizuka, Mana Fujii, Hisakatsu Hama
  • Publication number: 20210017321
    Abstract: A method for producing conjugated diene rubber is provided, including: a first step of obtaining a conjugated diene polymer chain having an active end by polymerizing a monomer comprising a conjugated diene compound and a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica using a polymerization initiator in an inert solvent; a second step of reacting a siloxane compound with the active end of the conjugated diene polymer chain having the active end; and a third step of reacting a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound with the conjugated diene polymer chain with which the siloxane compound has been reacted that is obtained in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro SAKURAI, Takashi IIZUKA, Mana FUJII, Hisakatsu HAMA
  • Publication number: 20200283556
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene rubber having a modifying structure derived from a siloxane compound at at least one terminal of a polymer chain containing conjugated diene monomer unit and a monomer unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro SAKURAI, Takashi IIZUKA, Mana FUJII, Hisakatsu HAMA
  • Publication number: 20200262961
    Abstract: A conjugated diene-based rubber including a polymer block (A) containing isoprene monomer unit as the main component and a polymer block (B) containing 1,3-butadiene monomer unit as the main component, wherein at least one of the polymer block (A) and the polymer block (B) contains a unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica, the polymer block (A) has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 1,000 to 30,000, and the entire conjugated diene-based rubber has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 50,000 to 5,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, ZS ELASTOMERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro SAKURAI, Takashi IIZUKA, Mana FUJII, Hisakatsu HAMA
  • Patent number: 9163105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from at least one conjugated diene selected from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene and a monomer unit derived from a compound having two conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more non-conjugated carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Patent number: 9156969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from at least one conjugated diene selected from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene and a monomer unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (1): wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 5; R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Patent number: 8946347
    Abstract: The present invention related to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from a noncyclic conjugated diene and a monomer unit derived from an alicyclic hydrocarbon compound having a non-conjugated carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Patent number: 8933165
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, the method comprising a step of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer with an organometallic compound, and a step of reacting the resulting product and a compound containing a nitrogen atom and a carbonyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150011698
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer is described. The conjugated diene-based polymer is produced by polymerizing monomers including a conjugated diene compound, a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2) using an organoalkali metal compound and a secondary amine compound, and then reacting a compound containing a nitrogen atom and/or a silicon atom to an active end of the polymer formed via the polymerization, E1-A1??(1) E1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and A1 represents a substituted amino group or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, E2-A2??(2) E2 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and A2 represents a substituted silyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150005440
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided, in which compounds of formulas (2) and (3) and a conjugated diene compound are polymerized using a compound of formula (1), and then a compound containing a nitrogen atom and/or a silicon atom is reacted with an active end of the polymer formed via the polymerization, R11 represents a hydrocarbylene group, R12 and R13 each represent an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group or a trihydrocarbylsilyl group, or R12 is bonded to R3 and the group in which R12 is bonded to R13 represents a hydrocarbylene group optionally having a nitrogen and/or oxygen atom, —Si(R14)2—(CH2)x—Si(R14)2—, or —Si(R15)2—(CH2)y?, and M represents an alkali metal atom, E2-A2??(2) E3-A3??(3) E2 and E3 each represent a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, A2 represents a substituted amino group or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, and A3 represents a substituted silyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140303319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from at least one conjugated diene selected from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene and a monomer unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (1): wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 5; R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Mana FUJII
  • Publication number: 20140275402
    Abstract: The present invention related to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from a noncyclic conjugated diene and a monomer unit derived from an alicyclic hydrocarbon compound having a non-conjugated carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Mana FUJII
  • Publication number: 20140275404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conjugated diene based polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from at least one conjugated diene selected from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene and a monomer unit derived from a compound having two conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more non-conjugated carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana FUJII
  • Patent number: 8835564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, the method comprising a step of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer with an organometallic compound, and a step of reacting the resulting product and an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mana Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140088242
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, the method comprising a step of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer with an organometallic compound, and a step of reacting the resulting product and a compound containing a nitrogen atom and a carbonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Mana FUJII
  • Publication number: 20140088256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, the method comprising a step of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer with an organometallic compound, and a step of reacting the resulting product and an epoxy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Mana FUJII