Patents by Inventor Masahisa Okawa

Masahisa Okawa 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: 5026889
    Abstract: A catalyst system comprising(A) a halogen compound of trivalent titanium,(B) an organo-aluminum compound of the formula,R.sub.3-(m+n) AlY.sub.m X.sub.nwhereinY is a group having at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus atoms linked to the aluminum atom, R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl having 7 to 18 carbon atoms,X is a halogen atom, and m and n are numbers satisfying the equations, 0<m<1, 0.ltoreq.n<2, 0<m+n.ltoreq.2, and(C) an electron-donor, and a method for producing an olefin polymer which comprises polymerizing olefins using said catalyst system. According to this method, highly crystalline olefin polymers having a broad melecular weight distribution can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa, Hideaki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4748210
    Abstract: Vinyl chloride-grafted ethylene copolymer superior in adhesiveness both to metals, glasses or polar high molecular materials such as polyamides and to non-rigid vinyl chloride resins is provided in which backbone polymer is copolymer of ethylene, ester of monohydric alcohol of 1-8 carbon atoms with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and maleic anhydride and pendant or grafting polymer is vinyl chloride polymer. This copolymer is produced by graft-polymerization of vinyl chloride onto the ethylene-acrylic or methacrylic ester-maleic anhydride copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahisa Okawa, Tomoyuki Emura, Yoshitaka Owatari, Kentaro Mashita, Toshio Kawakita
  • Patent number: 4485035
    Abstract: A process for producing .alpha.-olefin polymers of a high stereoregularity which comprises homopolymerizing an .alpha.-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or copolymerizing said .alpha.-olefin with other olefins of the same group or with ethylene using a catalyst system comprising three components (A), (B) and (C):(A) a solid catalyst produced by reaction among a solid product described below, a compound group (III) comprising at least one compound having an O--C.dbd.O linkage and at least one compound having at least one member selected from C--O--H, C--O--C, C--N, C.tbd.N, N--O--C, P--O--C, P--N--C, C--S--H, C--S--C, S--O--C and P--S--C linkages, and a titanium compound having at least one titanium-halogen linkage, said solid product being prduced by reacting an organo-magnesium compound with at least one of the following halogen-containing compounds (I) and (II),(I) a halogeno-silicon compound of the formula, R.sub.n SiX.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa, Hideaki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4364851
    Abstract: A process for producing an olefin polymer by polymerizing an olefin with a catalyst system comprising an organoaluminum compound and a supported catalyst component prepared by using as the carrier a solid product obtained by the reaction of an organomagnesium compound with an aluminum halide compound and/or a silicon halide compound, by heating a liquid ether complex of titanium trichloride in the presence of said carrier, and further reacting the resulting titanium trichloride-containing solid product with titanium tetrachloride. By this process, the olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution suitable for flow molding or extrusion molding is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa, Hideaki Matsu-Ura, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Patent number: 4304892
    Abstract: A process for producing a solid titanium trichloride catalyst which comprisesat a temperature of -40.degree. C. to 40.degree. C. mixing titanium tetrachloride with an organo-aluminum compound of the formula (I):AlR.sub.n X.sub.3-n (I)wherein R has up to 10 carbon atoms and is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may be straight chain, branched chain or cyclic, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group; X is a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; and n is a number satisfying the relation, 1.5.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.3;in the presence of an ether compound of the formula (II):R.sup.2 OR.sup.3 (II)wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each is an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an alkenyl group, each having up to 10 carbon atoms, to reduce the titanium tetrachloride; maintaining the mixed solution at a temperature of 10.degree. C. to 50.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa
  • Patent number: 4279776
    Abstract: A catalyst system prepared by mixing components (A), (B) and (C):(A) a solid titanium component prepared from an organo-magnesium compound, a silicon halide compound and/or an aluminum halide compound, an electron donor and TiCl.sub.4,(B) an organoaluminum activator, and(C) an electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Katsumi Hanji, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa, Hideaki Matsuura, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Patent number: 4246135
    Abstract: A process for producing a solid titanium trichloride catalyst which comprisesat a temperature of -40.degree. C. to 40.degree. C. mixing titanium tetrachloride with an organo-aluminum compound of the formula (I):AlR.sub.n X.sub.3-n (I)wherein R has up to 10 carbon atoms and is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may be straight chain, branched chain or cyclic, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group; X is a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; and n is a number satisfying the relation, 1.5.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.3; in the presence of an ether compound of the formula (II):R.sup.2 OR.sup.3 (II)wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each is an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an alkenyl group, each having up to 10 carbon atoms, to reduce the titanium tetrachloride; maintaining the mixed solution at a temperature of 10.degree. C. to 50.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa
  • Patent number: 4243786
    Abstract: A solid catalyst for polymerization of olefins prepared by treatment of a titanium trichloride composition with a mixture of (1) a halogen, an interhalogen compound or a halogenated hydrocarbon compound, and (2) an ether which, in combination with organoaluminum compounds as activators, can be used to polymerize olefins for the efficient production of highly crystalline olefin polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa
  • Patent number: 4235984
    Abstract: .alpha.-Olefin polymers of high stereoregularity are prepared by polymerizing the .alpha.-olefin with a catalyst prepared by mixing components (A), (B) and (C):(A) a solid titanium component prepared from an organo-magnesium compound, a silicon halide compound and/or an aluminum halide compound, an electron donor and TiCl.sub.4,(B) an organoaluminum activator, and(C) an electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Katsumi Hanji, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa, Hideaki Matsuura, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Patent number: 4183824
    Abstract: A method for preparing a solid catalyst comprising reacting a titanium trichloride composition with a mixture of(1) an ether compound and carbon atom and represented by the general formula (IV): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which may be the same or different, each has up to 18 carbon atoms and represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, which may be straight chain, branched chain or cyclic, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, with at least one of R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 being an aromatic hydrocarbon group, with at least one of R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 being an aromatic hydrocarbon group, the amount of the hydrocarbon compound being about 0.01 to about 10 moles per mole of titanium trichloride in the titanium trichloride composition; and/or(2) (b) an organic sulfur compound represented by the general formulas (VI) and (VIII):R.sup.9 --S--S--R.sup.10 (V)HS--(CH.sub.2).sub.d --SH (VI)wherein each of R.sup.9 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa
  • Patent number: 4165298
    Abstract: A solid catalyst for polymerization of olefins prepared by treatment of a titanium trichloride composition with a mixture of (1) a halogen, an interhalogen compound or a halogenated hydrocarbon compound, and (2) an ether which, in combination with organoaluminum compounds as activators, can be used to polymerize olefins for the efficient production of highly crystalline olefin polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akinobu Shiga, Yoshiharu Fukui, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Toshio Sasaki, Masahisa Okawa