Patents by Inventor Masaaki Onodera

Masaaki Onodera 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: 20200031011
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a molded article and a manufacturing method for a molded article by which it is possible to mitigate deformation of an opening. The present invention provides a molded article comprising a cylindrical base and an opening provided in the base, wherein a rib is provided adjacent to the opening. The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a molded article that includes a molded body formation step for forming a molded body having a cylindrical portion provided at one end thereof with an occlusion by molding a melted resin, and a cut-off step for cutting off the occlusion by cutting the cylindrical portion, wherein in the cut-off step, the cutting is performed in a state where a side wall of the cylindrical portion is warped in-plane by an external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki ONODERA, Naoya KANO, Yoshitaka MATSUBARA, Motoharu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190322009
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki ONODERA, Takehiko SUMI, Teruo TAMADA, Yu IGARASHI, Yoshinori OHNO
  • Patent number: 10434691
    Abstract: Generation of a balloon-shaped air bubble is suppressed. A foam molded article according to a mode of the present disclosure is characterized in that in a situation of being divided into two equal parts in the thickness direction T of the foam molded article, the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the inner surface side A of the foam molded article is 1.2 times ((?1/?1)=1.2) or greater of the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the outer surface side B of the foam molded article and that the surface roughness Sm of the inner surface of the foam molded article is 1000 ?m or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Naoto Tani
  • Patent number: 10369727
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KYORAKY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Takehiko Sumi, Teruo Tamada, Yu Igarashi, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20180243964
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a foam molded article, comprising: an extrusion step of extruding a molten, kneaded resin containing a foaming agent through an annular slit between a die core and a die shell surrounding the die core to form a cylindrical foam parison and extruding the foam parison between a pair of split molds; a lower-pinching step of pinching the foam parison between lower pinchers disposed under the split molds; and a molding step of molding the foam parison by closing the split molds, after the lower-pinching step, wherein H/D is 1.33 to 3.33 and L/D is 0.33 to 2.00 where D represents a diameter of the die core; H represents a distance between a lower surface of the die core and an upper surface of each of the split molds; and L represents a distance between a lower surface of each of the split molds and an upper surface of the corresponding lower pincher, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki ONODERA, Yoshinori ONO, Yu IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20170341285
    Abstract: Provided is a blow-molding method capable of suppressing generation of blister-like bubbles and producing a high quality hollow molded article when forming a thick hollow molded article by blow-molding. A blow-molding method includes setting a die-slit interval in a die head according to a target wall thickness of a hollow molded article to be molded, extruding a molten resin in an accumulator into a cylindrical shape from the die slit to form a parison, and molding the parison in a mold. The die-slit interval is made smaller than a value set according to the target wall thickness at start of extrusion, and then is increased to match the value set according to the target wall thickness. The value set according to the target wall thickness is preferably corrected considering wall thickness reduction due to drawdown. The wall thickness of the hollow molded article is preferably 3.5 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20170080624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to molded foam having no hollow space caused in a plate-shaped portion. The molded foam comprises a tube body and a plate-shaped portion joined to the outer side of the tube body. The expansion ratio of the molded foam is lower than two, and a value of a thickness B/a thickness A as a relationship between the thickness A of the tube body at the periphery of a point joined to the plate-shaped portion and the thickness B of the plate-shaped portion is less than 2.82.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko WATANABE, Masaaki ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20160333159
    Abstract: A molded foam that can be easily taken out of split mold blocks is provided. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a molded foam is obtained by clamping, with split mold blocks, foamed resin obtained by melting and kneading a polyethylene-based resin, wherein the molded foam has a MFR (190° C., g/10 min) of less than 0.8, or the polyethylene-based resin has a MFR (190° C., g/10 min) of not more than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki ONODERA, Takeru SANO
  • Publication number: 20160257040
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki ONODERA, Takehiko SUMI, Teruo TAMADA, Yu IGARASHI, Yoshinori OHNO
  • Patent number: 9399319
    Abstract: Provided are a blow molded article with a surface skin, which allows the formation of a blow molded article having a desired expansion ratio and retains a required expansion ratio from the time of extruding and is free from the generation of a sink mark or a warp in a portion where the surface wall and the back wall thereof has been welded and allows the production of a blow molded article with a lightweight and highly rigid surface skin; and a method for producing the blow molded article. A panel (1) with a surface skin, which is a blow molded article with a surface skin, has a body (5) in the form of a plate having a surface wall (2) and a back wall (3), both comprising a thermoplastic plastic, and a surface skin material (6) which is integrally pasted on the surface wall (2). The body (5) in the form of a plate is in an expanded state and comprises cells having an average particle diameter of 300 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Tamada, Masaaki Onodera
  • Patent number: 9340091
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Takehiko Sumi, Teruo Tamada, Yu Igarashi, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9266259
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a hollow blow-molded foam and also provide such a hollow-molded foam, which are capable of improving a flow-rate efficiency of a fluid that flows through the inside of the hollow blow-molded foam. A foaming resin is sandwiched between molds so that a hollow blow-molded foam having a ventilation path is molded, and a fluid for use in cooling the hollow blow-molded foam is allowed to flow through the ventilation path so that the hollow blow-molded foam is cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kyoraku Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Igarashi, Masaaki Onodera, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9193100
    Abstract: The invention provides a molded foam molding method capable of obtaining a molded foam in which pinholes may not be formed with ease even when a blow ratio is high and which has a high expansion ratio. The invention also provides a molded foam which includes no pinholes, is reduced in weight, and is excellent in heat insulating property. The molding method includes blending a polypropylene-based resin having an equilibrium compliance from 2.0 to 6.0 (10?3×Pa?1) with a foaming agent and kneading the blend in an extruder. The extruded foamed resin is molded so as to be fit along a mold by a pressurized fluid. Moreover, the molded foam is formed by the method described above, and has an expansion ratio from 1.5 to 5.0 times and an impact strength of not less than 30 kg·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Takehiko Sumi, Teruo Tamada, Yu Igarashi, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9186955
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Takehiko Sumi, Teruo Tamada, Yu Igarashi, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9174402
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a climate control duct, which has a protrusion formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof and is formed from a foamed resin, includes a groove provided on at least a part of a surface of the mold for transfer of a shape of the protrusion. The groove of the mold satisfies a relation D<W<4×D, in which W represents a width of the groove and D represents a depth of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Yoshitaka Matsubara, Naoto Tani, Kazuo Waki
  • Publication number: 20150258718
    Abstract: Generation of a balloon-shaped air bubble is suppressed. A foam molded article according to a mode of the present disclosure is characterized in that in a situation of being divided into two equal parts in the thickness direction T of the foam molded article, the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the inner surface side A of the foam molded article is 1.2 times ((?1/?1)=1.2) or greater of the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the outer surface side B of the foam molded article and that the surface roughness Sm of the inner surface of the foam molded article is 1000 ?m or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Naoto Tani
  • Patent number: 9114590
    Abstract: A foam duct to which a heat insulating property and a shock absorbing property can be is provided due to structure of the foam duct is a foam duct including foam resin and includes a high-foam wall portion having a higher expansion ratio than other wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Onodera
  • Patent number: 9079352
    Abstract: The present invention provides a duct molding method by which it is possible to improve the adhesion of a sheet. In the duct molding method of the present invention, a molten thermoplastic resin sheet is positioned between molds. Subsequently, the thermoplastic resin sheet (P) is absorbed onto cavity surfaces of the molds and the molds are closed. Thereby, a duct is molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Sumi, Tadatoshi Tanji, Masaaki Onodera, Tatsuya Fukuda, Sho Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150045468
    Abstract: A foam-molded article has high weldability to a polypropylene-based resin molded article, a high expansion ratio, and a predetermined level of impact resistance despite using inexpensive polyethylene-based resin. The foam-molded article includes a foamed and molded base material resin in which a first polyethylene-based resin, a second polyethylene-based resin, and a polypropylene-based resin are mixed. The first polyethylene-based resin has a long-chain branched structure and a density of 0.920 g/cm3 or more. The second polyethylene-based resin is manufactured by a low pressure slurry method, and has a long-chain branched structure and a density of 0.920 g/cm3 or less. The second polyethylene-based resin has a melt tensile force of 70 mN or more at 160° C. The polypropylene-based resin has a compounding ratio of 20% or more by weight of the base material resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Onodera
  • Publication number: 20140335295
    Abstract: A foam molded product includes a mixture resin including, as base resins, a polypropylene-based resin with a long-chain branching structure and a weight mixing ratio of 60 to 80%, a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer with a styrene content of 15 to 40% and a weight mixing ratio of 15 to 35%, and a polyethylene-based resin with a long-chain branching structure, which has a density of not more than 0.930 g/cm3 and a weight mixing ratio of 5 to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Onodera