Patents by Inventor Masahiro Uematsu
Masahiro Uematsu 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).
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Patent number: 11655360Abstract: A gas-barrier resin (A) having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 1.0×10?14 (cm3·cm/cm2·s·Pa) or less; and a copolymer (B) containing monomer structural units represented by the formula (1), the formula (2), and the formula (3): where: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an amino group; 1, m, and n represent numerical values representing molar proportions of the respective monomer structural units, and n may represent 0; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 4, wherein a ratio of a mass of the copolymer (B) to a total mass of the gas-barrier resin (A) and the copolymer (B) is from 1 mass % to 40 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: SHOWA DENKO K.K., JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Kuroda, Yoshikuni Okumura, Shinya Hayashi, Masahiro Uematsu, Takaaki Hattori, Yuichiro Yasukawa
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Publication number: 20220251430Abstract: A polymer composition for lamination characterized in that the composition consists of (X1) 100 to 60% by weight of an ionomer characterized in that at least a part of a carboxyl group and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group as essential constitutional units being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and a phase angle ? of the ionomer at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer is a range of 50 degrees to 75 degrees, and (X2) 40 to 0% by weight of an ethylene-based copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro UENO, Makoto YANAGIE, Masahiro UEMATSU
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Publication number: 20220251268Abstract: A resin composition for injection molding or compression molding using an ethylene-based ionomer is excellent in impact strength, heat resistance, long-term durability, etc. The resin composition includes an ionomer in which, in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group(s) and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group(s) as essential constitutional units, at least a part of the carboxyl groups and/or the dicarboxylic anhydride groups in the copolymer (P) being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt(s) containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and has a phase angle S at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer of 50 degrees to 75 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi YOSHIMOTO, Masahiro UEMATSU, Kaoru YASUDA
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Publication number: 20220242981Abstract: This is a resin composition for a film containing an ionomer which comprises, in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group(s) and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group(s) as essential constitutional units, at least a part of the carboxyl groups and/or the dicarboxylic anhydride groups in the copolymer (P) being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt(s) containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and having a phase angle ? at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer of 50 degrees to 75 degrees, and a molded body molded by using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Shin AOKI, Tomomi HIRAMOTO, Kohei TAKAMITSU, Hiroaki KONISHI, Masahiro UEMATSU
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Publication number: 20220135718Abstract: A multi-component ionomer, wherein, in a multi-component copolymer (D) comprising, as essential constitutional units, a structural unit (A) derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene and an ?-olefin containing 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group, and a structural unit (C) derived from a specific acyclic monomer, at least a part of at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group of the structural unit (B) is converted into a specific metal-containing carboxylate, and wherein a phase angle ? at which an absolute value G* of a complex modulus measured with a rotational rheometer is 0.1 MPa (G*=0.1 MPa) is from 50 degrees to 75 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro UEMATSU, Kohei TAKAMITSU, Tomohiko SATOU, Yoshika YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220106471Abstract: Provided is a polar group-containing multi-component olefin copolymer comprising: structural units (A) derived from ethylene or an ?-olefin; structural units (B) having a carboxyl group or a structure which forms a carboxyl group by an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid; and structural units (C) derived from acrylic acid, which do not have a carboxyl group, and which do not cause an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid under the same conditions as those for the elimination reaction due to heat or an acid in which the structural units (B) form a carboxyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko SATOU, Masahiro UEMATSU, Yoshika YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220089791Abstract: The present invention provides: a catalyst which has high activity and enables the production of an olefin polymer that has a polar group; and a method for producing the polymer. A catalyst for olefin polymerization, which contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1); and a method for producing an ethylene (co)polymer, wherein (1) ethylene is polymerized, (2) ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) are copolymerized, or (3) ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer are copolymerized, with use of the above-described catalyst. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description; and at least one of R6 and R7 represents a 9-fluorenyl analogous group represented by general formula (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SHOWA DENKO K.K., JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Kyoko NOZAKI, Junichi KURODA, Shinya HAYASHI, Yoshikuni OKUMURA, Masahiro UEMATSU, Yusuke MITSUSHIGE
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Patent number: 11168166Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-component polar olefin copolymer which has sufficiently improved solvent solubility without impairing mechanical properties and the like. The present invention relates to a multi-component polar olefin copolymer containing: one kind of unit of nonpolar monomer (X1) that is ethylene or an ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (1), Z1); and structural unit(s) of one or two or more kinds of units of nonpolar monomers (X2) that are different from the above X1 and/or one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (2), Z2): H2C?CH—COOQT1??(1) H2C?CH-T2??(2).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kobayashi, Tomohiko Satou, Masahiro Uematsu, Yoshika Yamada
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Patent number: 11084957Abstract: A method of producing a polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by structural formula (I) or (II), the method comprising random copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to obtain a copolymer having a linear molecular structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Uematsu, Kazunari Abe, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tetsuya Morioka
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Publication number: 20210147669Abstract: A gas-barrier resin (A) having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 1.0×10?14 (cm3·cm/cm2·s·Pa) or less; and a copolymer (B) containing monomer structural units represented by the formula (1), the formula (2), and the formula (3): where: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an amino group; 1, m, and n represent numerical values representing molar proportions of the respective monomer structural units, and n may represent 0; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 4, wherein a ratio of a mass of the copolymer (B) to a total mass of the gas-barrier resin (A) and the copolymer (B) is from 1 mass % to 40 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi KURODA, Yoshikuni OKUMURA, Shinya HAYASHI, Masahiro UEMATSU, Takaaki HATTORI, Yuichiro YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20210061980Abstract: Provided is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer balanced between transparency, rigidity and toughness. The multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer comprising: at least one structural unit (A) selected from the group consisting of a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin which contains 3 to 20 carbon atoms, at least one structural unit (B) composed of a polar group-containing olefin monomer, and a structural unit (C) derived from a non-polar cyclic olefin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko SATOU, Minoru KOBAYASHI, Masahiro UEMATSU, Yoshika YAMADA
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Publication number: 20200385502Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-component polar olefin copolymer which has sufficiently improved solvent solubility without impairing mechanical properties and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: Japan Polyethylene Corporation, Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Minoru KOBAYASHI, Tomohiko SATOU, Masahiro UEMATSU, Yoshika YAMADA
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Patent number: 10717855Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of ethylene-based ionomer having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance which exhibits remarkably excellent breaking elongation, breaking stress, and strain hardening, and has a high melting point. The present invention relates to a production method of an ethylene-based ionomer including a heating conversion step of heating a specific ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer and converting the ester group in the copolymer into a metal-containing carboxylate containing a metal ion of Group 1, 2, or 12 of the periodic table.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Hattori, Toshiaki Egashira, Masahiro Uematsu
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Publication number: 20190092985Abstract: A method of producing a polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by structural formula (I) or (II), the method comprising random copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to obtain a copolymer having a linear molecular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro UEMATSU, Kazunari ABE, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20170306134Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of ethylene-based ionomer having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance which exhibits remarkably excellent breaking elongation, breaking stress, and strain hardening, and has a high melting point. The present invention relates to a production method of an ethylene-based ionomer including a heating conversion step of heating a specific ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer and converting the ester group in the copolymer into a metal-containing carboxylate containing a metal ion of Group 1, 2, or 12 of the periodic table.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicants: Japan Polyethylene Corporation, Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Takaaki HATTORI, Toshiaki EGASHIRA, Masahiro UEMATSU
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Publication number: 20160046842Abstract: A polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by the structural formula (I) or structural formula (II), the polar-group-containing olefin copolymer being a random copolymer obtained by copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and having a linear molecular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro UEMATSU, Kazunari ABE, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
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Patent number: 5745083Abstract: A slotted leaky waveguide array antenna comprises a flat, thin bottom plate made of a metallic material; a flat, thin slotted plate made of a metallic material, and disposed parallel with the bottom plate at a predetermined distance from the bottom plate to form a space between the slotted plate and the bottom plate, the slotted plate being formed with a plurality of slots arranged in substantially parallel rows extending in a predetermined guide axial direction; a plurality of flat, thin side walls made of a metallic material and arranged in the space so as to partition the space between the bottom plate and the slotted plate into a plurality of waveguides communicating with each other and including radiation waveguides extending in parallel in the guide axial direction, a lower surface of each of the side walls being fixed to the bottom plate and an upper surface thereof being fixed to the slotted plate; and an electrically conductive adhesive agent layer between the upper surface of each of the side wallsType: GrantFiled: April 29, 1997Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Mikuni CorporationInventors: Masahiro Uematsu, Nobuharu Takahashi, Takashi Ojima, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Yutaka Arai, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Seiji Koyama
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Patent number: 5689276Abstract: An antenna housing functions as a radome for a satellite antenna device for mounting on a moving body. The housing includes a lower portion on which the antenna device, having an antenna body and an automatic tracking mechanism, is fixedly mounted and an upper portion releasably connected to the lower portion in a watertight manner. The upper portion is made of a dielectric material and composed of a single layer of a resin having a relative dielectric constant of no more than 2. The upper portion is spaced from a surface of the antenna body by a distance except for values close to an integral multiple of a half-wave length.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1995Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Masahiro Uematsu, Nobuharu Takahashi, Motonobu Moriya, Takashi Ojima
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Patent number: 5579019Abstract: A slotted leaky waveguide array antenna of a one-axis tracking type wherein a feed section including a feed probe is kept in a stationary state to thereby keep a converter in a stationary state and a desired beam width is set in a tilt direction, includes a plurality of radiation waveguides arranged adjacent and parallel to each other, each of which has a plurality of slots arranged in a waveguide axial direction, and a feed waveguide for distributing to the respective radiation waveguides electromagnetic waves received through a feed section from a converter, and the antenna rotates in a substantially horizontal plane to track an azimuth direction, wherein the feed waveguide has a first section extended along one ends of the radiation waveguides and a second section extended from the feed section provided in the rotary center of the slotted leaky waveguide array antenna to the center of the first section, and wherein the radiation waveguides are formed with crossed slots having an identical offset, and the nType: GrantFiled: December 29, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Naohisa GotoInventors: Masahiro Uematsu, Takashi Ojima, Nobuharu Takahashi, Naohisa Goto, Jiro Hirokawa, Makoto Ando
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Patent number: 5519409Abstract: This plane array antenna for receiving satellite broadcasts is an optimal combination of the plane array antenna main body having a tilt angle, a converter connected with the antenna main body through the power supply portion, and the rotation mechanism for rotating the antenna main body within almost a horizontal plane for tracking the azimuthal angle direction. The plane array antenna main body has the power supply portion formed at the center of the rotation and the converter includes a dielectric substrate having a microstrip channel formed on the substrate and a casing accommodating the substrate. The converter is fixed downwardly of the antenna main body and supports the antenna main body. The power supply portion includes the power supply probe with an insulation covering, and has its front end portion inserted into a space formed with the antenna body, a central portion extending through the casing of the converter, and the lowest end portion combined with the microstrip channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1994Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Masahiro Uematsu, Takashi Ojima, Nobuharu Takahashi, Atsushi Kaise