Patents by Inventor Masanobu Sogame

Masanobu Sogame 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: 11161979
    Abstract: A resin composition including an inorganic filler (B) having an aluminosilicate (A) having a silicon atom content of from 9 to 23% by mass, an aluminum atom content of from 21 to 43% by mass, and an average particle diameter (D50) of from 0.5 to 10 ?m; and any one or more thermosetting compounds selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin (C), a cyanate compound (D), a maleimide compound (E), a phenolic resin (F), an acrylic resin (G), a polyamide resin (H), a polyamideimide resin (I), and a thermosetting polyimide resin (J), wherein a content of the inorganic filler (B) is from 250 to 800 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of resin solid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nomizu, Mitsuru Ohta, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 10155835
    Abstract: To provide a novel cyanate ester compound that can realize a cured product having low dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent, and excellent flame retardancy and heat resistance, and moreover has relatively low viscosity, excellent solvent solubility, and also excellent handling properties, and a method for producing the cyanate ester compound, and a curable resin composition and the like using the cyanate ester compound. A phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin is cyanated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Sugano, Masayuki Katagiri, Seiji Kita, Daisuke Ohno, Masanobu Sogame
  • Patent number: 10034371
    Abstract: A resin composition for a printed wiring board including: a cyanate compound represented by the following general formula (1); and an epoxy resin,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Arii, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Sotaro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10017660
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition that exhibits excellent heat resistance, heat conductivity, and water absorption. The resin composition comprises a cyanate ester resin (A) represented by formula (I), an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler (C), the content of the inorganic filler (C) being 301 to 700 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight in total of the cyanate ester resin (A) and the epoxy resin (B) wherein Rs each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n is an integer of 1 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masanobu Sogame, Daisuke Ueyama, Hajime Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 9949369
    Abstract: The present invention is a cyanate ester compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Ar represents an aromatic ring; R1 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3; m+n is the same as the total number of hydrogen atoms in a monovalent aromatic group containing the aromatic ring and the hydrogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom (excluding a case where Ar represents a benzene ring; n each represents 1; R1 represents a hydrogen atom; m each represents 4, and a cyanate group is bonded to the benzene ring in the 4-position relative to an adamantyl group), or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Katagiri, Keita Tokuzumi, Makoto Tsubuku, Tomoo Tsujimoto, Kenji Arii, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Sotaro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 9944787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which can simply provide, with good reproducibility, a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have excellent heat dissipation properties but have good moldability, good mechanical drillability and excellent appearance, and a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. A resin composition having a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), a second inorganic filler (D), and a molybdenum compound (E), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in a range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9914662
    Abstract: A prepreg having low water absorption, and having remarkably suppressed deterioration in insulation resistance over time, and further having excellent heat resistance, a metal foil-clad laminate using the prepreg, and a printed wiring board using the metal foil-clad laminate are provided. A prepreg of the present invention is obtained by impregnating or coating a base material (D) with a resin composition comprising: a naphthol-modified dimethylnaphthalene formaldehyde resin (A); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 200 to 400 g/eq.; and an inorganic filler (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenj Arii, Kentaro Nomizu, Masanobu Sogame
  • Patent number: 9832870
    Abstract: A resin composition capable of achieving a printed wiring board or the like excellent in heat dissipation properties, water absorption properties, copper foil peel strength, and heat resistance after moisture absorption is provided. A prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil clad laminate, a printed wiring board and the like, which use the resin composition are also provided. The resin composition of the present invention having at least an epoxy resin, a cyanate ester compound, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes at least a surface-treated silicon carbide of a silicon carbide powder having at least a part of the surface treated with an inorganic oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Kentaro Nomizu, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9775238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition with which a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have high thermal conductivity but have good moldability with the occurrence of cracks and voids suppressed can be implemented simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition comprising at least a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), and a second filler (D), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in the range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Chisato Saito, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9706651
    Abstract: To provide a prepreg resin composition which has good solubility in a solvent and with which moreover a cured product having excellent flame resistance and a low water absorption rate can be made simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg and a laminate and a printed wiring board and the like using the same. The prepreg resin composition of the present invention including at least a cyanate compound (A) obtained by cyanation of a phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20170145213
    Abstract: A resin composition including an inorganic filler (B) having an aluminosilicate (A) having a silicon atom content of from 9 to 23% by mass, an aluminum atom content of from 21 to 43% by mass, and an average particle diameter (D50) of from 0.5 to 10 ?m; and any one or more thermosetting compounds selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin (C), a cyanate compound (D), a maleimide compound (E), a phenolic resin (F), an acrylic resin (G), a polyamide resin (H), a polyamideimide resin (I), and a thermosetting polyimide resin (J), wherein a content of the inorganic filler (B) is from 250 to 800 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of resin solid content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro NOMIZU, Mitsuru OHTA, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI
  • Patent number: 9629239
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided which can be suitably used in a printed wiring board having high glass transition temperature, high copper foil peel strength, heat resistance in moisture absorption, flame resistance, resistance to soldering heat, low water absorption and high heat dissipation characteristics, and a prepreg using the resin composition, and a laminate as well as a metal foil-clad laminate using the prepreg. There is used a resin composition including an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B), a first filler (C), a second filler (D) and a wetting dispersant (E), wherein the first filler (C) is borate particles coated with hexagonal boron nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hajime Ohtsuka, Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame
  • Patent number: 9527979
    Abstract: A resin composition of the present invention contains a mixture (A) of at least two of cyanate ester compounds selected from the group consisting of cyanate ester compounds (A1) to (A3) having a specific structural unit, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler (C). A prepreg of the present invention is obtained by impregnating a base material with the resin composition or applying the resin composition to a base material. Furthermore, a metal foil-clad laminate of the present invention is the laminate comprising the prepreg. Furthermore, a printed wiring board of the present invention contains an insulating layer and a conductor layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer contains the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20160345433
    Abstract: A resin composition for a printed wiring board including: a cyanate compound represented by the following general formula (1); and an epoxy resin,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji ARII, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI, Sotaro HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9475761
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing a cyanogen halide with suppressed side effects, and a method for producing a high-purity cyanate ester compound at a high yield includes contacting a halogen molecule with an aqueous solution containing hydrogen cyanide and/or a metal cyanide, so that the hydrogen cyanide and/or the metal cyanide is allowed to react with the halogen molecule in the reaction solution to obtain the cyanogen halide, wherein more than 1 mole of the hydrogen cyanide or the metal cyanide is used based on 1 mole of the halogen molecule, and when an amount of substance of an unreacted hydrogen cyanide or an unreacted metal cyanide is defined as mole (A) and an amount of substance of the generated cyanogen halide is defined as mole (B), the reaction is terminated in a state in which (A):(A)+(B) is between 0.00009:1 and 0.2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Katagiri, Yuuichi Sugano, Taketo Ikeno, Makoto Tsubuku, Keita Tokuzumi, Kenj Arii, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20160297106
    Abstract: In the manufacture of prepreg using various types of resin varnish having different properties, prepreg having good appearance and desired properties is manufactured without decreasing productivity. A prepreg manufacturing apparatus is able to perform, in a base material feeding path, immersing a base material in resin varnish in a tray, scraping off the excess resin varnish on the base material with scraping rollers which are provided above the tray, and thereafter drying the base material with a drying device. The prepreg manufacturing apparatus is configured such that, on the base material feeding path, the distance from the liquid surface of the resin varnish in the tray to the scraping rollers and the distance from the scraping rollers to the drying device are adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., MGC ELECTROTECHNO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masanobu SOGAME, Takeshi NOBUKUNI, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Fumihiko YASHIMA, Mitsunori KUBOKI
  • Publication number: 20160262263
    Abstract: The present invention is a cyanate ester compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Ar represents an aromatic ring; R1 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3; m+n is the same as the total number of hydrogen atoms in a monovalent aromatic group containing the aromatic ring and the hydrogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom (excluding a case where Ar represents a benzene ring; n each represents 1; R1 represents a hydrogen atom; m each represents 4, and a cyanate group is bonded to the benzene ring in the 4-position relative to an adamantyl group), or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAGIRI, Keita TOKUZUMI, Makoto TSUBUKU, Tomoo TSUJIMOTO, Kenji ARII, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI, Sotaro HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160237246
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition which can realize a printed wired board having not only low water-absorbing property but also excellent heat resistance after moisture absorption, flame retardancy, and solvent solubility. It is another object of the present invention to provide a prepreg and a monolayer or laminate which use the resin composition, and a metal foil clad laminate and a printed wired board which use the prepreg. A resin composition of the present invention contains one or two or more cyanate ester compounds (A) represented by the following formula (1) and an epoxy resin (B): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and may be the same or different from each other; and n represents an integer of 1 to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji ARII, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI, Hiroyuki MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160125972
    Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention comprises a cyanate ester compound (A) obtained by cyanating a modified naphthalene formaldehyde resin, and an epoxy resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji ARII, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI, Hiroyuki MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150299110
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing a cyanogen halide with suppressed side effects, and a method for producing a high-purity cyanate ester compound at a high yield includes contacting a halogen molecule with an aqueous solution containing hydrogen cyanide and/or a metal cyanide, so that the hydrogen cyanide and/or the metal cyanide is allowed to react with the halogen molecule in the reaction solution to obtain the cyanogen halide, wherein more than 1 mole of the hydrogen cyanide or the metal cyanide is used based on 1 mole of the halogen molecule, and when an amount of substance of an unreacted hydrogen cyanide or an unreacted metal cyanide is defined as mole (A) and an amount of substance of the generated cyanogen halide is defined as mole (B), the reaction is terminated in a state in which (A):(A)+(B) is between 0.00009:1 and 0.2:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAGIRI, Yuuichi SUGANO, Taketo IKENO, Makoto TSUBUKU, Keita TOKUZUMI, Kenj ARII, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Masanobu SOGAME, Yoshinori MABUCHI, Yoshihiro KATO