Patents by Inventor Masaaki Izuchi

Masaaki Izuchi 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: 9616712
    Abstract: Provided are a process for efficiently producing a rubber wet master batch in which a dispersibility of carbon black in the rubber is improved, in which a reinforcing property and an abrasion resistance of the rubber can be enhanced by using carbon black having a high surface activity, in which a yield of the carbon black in the wet master batch obtained is not reduced and in which a handling property of the carbon black is good as compared with master batches prepared by using a granulated and dried substance of carbon black prepared by a conventional wet method and non-granulated carbon black, a carbon black-containing rubber wet master batch obtained by the above process and a rubber composition and a tire prepared by using the master batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Masaaki Izuchi, Fumiteru Nishiura, Takeshi Kasai, Kenji Hara, Takashi Yagi
  • Patent number: 9333803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber comprising (A) a rubber component containing a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and (B) a thermoplastic resin, wherein a resin slurry liquid prepared by dispersing the component (B) described above in water is mixed with a latex of the rubber component (A) described above, and then the mixture is coagulated and subjected to drying treatment, a rubber composition containing the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the above rubber composition for a member for a tread, and provided are a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber in which a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and a resin are used and in which the above resin is highly dispersed, a rubber composition which contains the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and which can secure a fracture characteristic and the like and a pneumatic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Izuchi
  • Publication number: 20120108732
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a white turbid dispersion liquid of a chemical for rubber, containing the chemical for rubber at a concentration of 1% by mass or more; a method for producing the white turbid dispersion liquid of a chemical for rubber, containing mixing a solution containing a chemical for rubber dissolved in a good solvent for the chemical for rubber, with a poor solvent for the chemical for rubber; and a wet master batch containing a chemical for rubber, containing a liquid mixture containing the white turbid dispersion liquid of a chemical for rubber, and a rubber latex, or a rubber latex and a filler slurry, the liquid mixture being coagulated, and thus provides: the dispersion liquid of a chemical for rubber that is for making various chemicals for rubber be contained in a rubber wet master batch with good dispersibility; the method for producing the same; and the rubber master batch that provides a rubber composition enhanced in thermal aging resistance, reinforcing property, elastic mod
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Takeshi Kasai, Masaaki Izuchi, Fumiteru Nishiura
  • Publication number: 20120053264
    Abstract: Provided are a process for efficiently producing a rubber wet master batch in which a dispersibility of carbon black in the rubber is improved, in which a reinforcing property and an abrasion resistance of the rubber can be enhanced by using carbon black having a high surface activity, in which a yield of the carbon black in the wet master batch obtained is not reduced and in which a handling property of the carbon black is good as compared with master batches prepared by using a granulated and dried substance of carbon black prepared by a conventional wet method and non-granulated carbon black, a carbon black-containing rubber wet master batch obtained by the above process and a rubber composition and a tire prepared by using the master batch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: ASAHI CARBON, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Masaaki Izuchi, Fumiteru Nishiura, Takeshi Kasai, Kenji Hara, Takashi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20120031537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber comprising (A) a rubber component containing a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and (B) a thermoplastic resin, wherein a resin slurry liquid prepared by dispersing the component (B) described above in water is mixed with a latex of the rubber component (A) described above, and then the mixture is coagulated and subjected to drying treatment, a rubber composition containing the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the above rubber composition for a member for a tread, and provided are a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber in which a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and a resin are used and in which the above resin is highly dispersed, a rubber composition which contains the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and which can secure a fracture characteristic and the like and a pneumatic
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Izuchi
  • Patent number: 5717043
    Abstract: In a polymerization process of at least one of monomers selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene compounds such as butadiene and vinylaromatic compounds such as styrene, an organolithium compound such as butyllithium is added to the polymerization system first in the presence of the monomer, and thereafter a secondary amine compound such as saturated cyclic imine is added thereto to produce a soluble initiator by bringing the both compound into contact with each other. Polymerization is carried out with the soluble initiator formed. The obtained high molecular weight polymer is modified with a coupling agent such as tin tetrachloride. The polymer obtained has a high molecular weight, a narrow molecular weight distribution, and controlled molecular weight, and exhibits remarkable coupling property, low hysteresis loss. The process provides a polymer having a consistent characteristic, regardless of production scale and procedures of adding materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Atushi Nakayama, Koichi Morita, Masaaki Izuchi