Patents by Inventor Masami Yonemura

Masami Yonemura 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: 20230151202
    Abstract: It could be helpful to provide a thermoplastic elastomer excellent in transparency, etc., while having mechanical properties such as high heat resistance, strength, and flexibility. The thermoplastic elastomer of this disclosure primarily comprises a copolymer including a block structural unit derived from a polymer (A) that contains a polyphenylene ether and has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or more, and a block structural unit derived from a polymer (B) that primarily contains a diene rubber and has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun SUZUKI, Hitoshi MIZOMOTO, Masami YONEMURA
  • Patent number: 10597524
    Abstract: Provided are a methacrylic resin composition and a film containing a methacrylic resin that includes: 50 mass % to 97 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit (A); 3 mass % to 30 mass % of a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain; and 0 mass % to 20 mass % of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylic acid ester monomer. The methacrylic resin satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) the methacrylic resin has a weight average molecular weight of 65,000 to 300,000 as measured by GPC; and (2) the total content of specific components is 0.01 mass % to 0.40 mass % as determined by GC/MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumiki Murakami, Yutaka Tada, Yumika Kurihara, Nobuhiro Kobayashi, Masami Yonemura
  • Patent number: 10409067
    Abstract: Provided is a component for head mounted display comprising a thermoplastic resin composition having a glass-transition temperature (Tg) of 120° C. or higher, having an absolute value of in-plane phase difference of 30 nm or less in terms of 3 mm thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masami Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20180312682
    Abstract: An acrylic thermoplastic resin composition includes a first acrylic resin having a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a second acrylic resin having the first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a third structural unit represented by the following formula (3), in which a total content of the first unit is 50 to 95 mass % and a total content of the second structural unit and the third structural unit is 5 to 50 mass % based on a total amount of the first acrylic resin and the second acrylic resin:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180305538
    Abstract: Provided are a methacrylic resin composition and a film containing a methacrylic resin that includes: 50 mass % to 97 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit (A); 3 mass % to 30 mass % of a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain; and 0 mass % to 20 mass % of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylic acid ester monomer. The methacrylic resin satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) the methacrylic resin has a weight average molecular weight of 65,000 to 300,000 as measured by GPC; and (2) the total content of specific components is 0.01 mass % to 0.40 mass % as determined by GC/MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumiki MURAKAMI, Yutaka TADA, Yumika KURIHARA, Nobuhiro KOBAYASHI, Masami YONEMURA
  • Publication number: 20180267315
    Abstract: Provided is a component for head mounted display comprising a thermoplastic resin composition having a glass-transition temperature (Tg) of 120° C. or higher, having an absolute value of in-plane phase difference of 30 nm or less in terms of 3 mm thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masami YONEMURA
  • Patent number: 10030134
    Abstract: An acrylic thermoplastic resin composition includes a first acrylic resin having a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a second acrylic resin having the first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a third structural unit represented by the following formula (3), in which a total content of the first unit is 50 to 95 mass % and a total content of the second structural unit and the third structural unit is 5 to 50 mass % based on a total amount of the first acrylic resin and the second acrylic resin:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170037236
    Abstract: An acrylic thermoplastic resin composition includes a first acrylic resin having a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a second acrylic resin having the first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a third structural unit represented by the following formula (3), in which a total content of the first unit is 50 to 95 mass % and a total content of the second structural unit and the third structural unit is 5 to 50 mass % based on a total amount of the first acrylic resin and the second acrylic resin:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Patent number: 8895682
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin of a copolymer comprising 10 to 70% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular methacrylate monomer, 5 to 40% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular vinyl aromatic monomer, and 20 to 50% by weight of a repeating unit of the particular cyclic acid anhydride, characterized in that a molar ratio (B/A) is within the range of more than 1 to not more than 10, wherein (A) is a content of the repeating unit of the vinyl aromatic monomer and (B) is a content of the repeating unit of the cyclic acid anhydride, and the total amount of remaining monomers to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is not more than 0.5 part by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Patent number: 8822614
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic thermoplastic resin containing 50 to 95% by mass of a repeating unit (X) derived from a methacrylate monomer represented by the following formula (1), 0.1 to 20% by mass of a repeating unit (Y1) derived from an N-substituted maleimide monomer (a) represented by the following formula (2), and 0.1 to 49.9% by mass of a repeating unit (Y2) derived from an N-substituted maleimide monomer (b) represented by the following formula (3), regarding the total amount of the repeating unit (X), the repeating unit (Y1), and the repeating unit (Y2) as 100% by mass: The absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient (C) of the acrylic thermoplastic resin is not greater than 3.0×10?12 Pa?1. The halogen atom content is less than 0.47% by mass with reference to the mass of the acrylic thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Patent number: 8779076
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin comprising (i) a repeating unit derived from a methacrylate monomer, (ii) a repeating unit derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer, (iii) a repeating unit derived from an aromatic group-containing methacrylate monomer, and (iv) a cyclic acid anhydride repeating unit, and a molding for optical material comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura, Michio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140128547
    Abstract: An acrylic thermoplastic resin composition includes a first acrylic resin having a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a second acrylic resin having the first structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a third structural unit represented by the following formula (3), in which a total content of the first unit is 50 to 95 mass % and a total content of the second structural unit and the third structural unit is 5 to 50 mass % based on a total amount of the first acrylic resin and the second acrylic resin:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20130072651
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic thermoplastic resin containing 50 to 95% by mass of a repeating unit (X) derived from a methacrylate monomer represented by the following formula (1), 0.1 to 20% by mass of a repeating unit (Y1) derived from an N-substituted maleimide monomer (a) represented by the following formula (2), and 0.1 to 49.9% by mass of a repeating unit (Y2) derived from an N-substituted maleimide monomer (b) represented by the following formula (3), regarding the total amount of the repeating unit (X), the repeating unit (Y1), and the repeating unit (Y2) as 100% by mass: The absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient (C) of the acrylic thermoplastic resin is not greater than 3.0×10?12 Pa?1. The halogen atom content is less than 0.47% by mass with reference to the mass of the acrylic thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110130535
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin of a copolymer comprising 10 to 70% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular methacrylate monomer, 5 to 40% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular vinyl aromatic monomer, and 20 to 50% by weight of a repeating unit of the particular cyclic acid anhydride, characterized in that a molar ratio (B/A) is within the range of more than 1 to not more than 10, wherein (A) is a content of the repeating unit of the vinyl aromatic monomer and (B) is a content of the repeating unit of the cyclic acid anhydride, and the total amount of remaining monomers to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is not more than 0.5 part by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110009585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin comprising (i) a repeating unit derived from a methacrylate monomer, (ii) a repeating unit derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer, (iii) a repeating unit derived from an aromatic group-containing methacrylate monomer, and (iv) a cyclic acid anhydride repeating unit, and a molding for optical material comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Masami Yonemura, Mayuko Kimura, Michio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20080167438
    Abstract: An aliphatic ketone polymer comprising a unit represented by the following formula (1), the unit represented by the following formula (2), and a unit represented by the following formula (3) or (4). (In the formulae, R1 to R10 may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen, an optionally halogenated C1-20 hydrocarbon group, halogeno, hydroxy, ester, alkoxy, cyano, imide, silyl, or a group selected from the group consisting of C1-20 hydrocarbon groups substituted by a functional group selected among hydroxy, ester, alkoxy, cyano, imide, and silyl, provided that R2 and R8 may be bonded to R3 and R9, respectively, to form a monocycle or polycycle; and n1, n2, and N3 satisfy 1?n1?20, 1?n2?35,000, and 1?n3?40,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicants: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation, Asahi Fibers Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonari Watanabe, Takashi Komatsu, Jinichiro Kato, Masami Yonemura, Kenji Ebara