Patents by Inventor Masanori Kitaichi

Masanori Kitaichi 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: 11898661
    Abstract: Provided is a fluororubber composition capable of providing a crosslinked fluororubber article that exhibits not only heat resistance, but also excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. The fluororubber composition includes a fluororubber (A), a carbon black (B), and an aromatic petroleum resin (E), and the fluororubber composition has a difference ?G? (G? (1%)?G? (100%)) of not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G? (1%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 1%, G? (100%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 100%, and G? (1%) and G? (100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test carried out on an unvulcanised rubber with a rubber process analyzer (RPA) in a condition that the measurement frequency is 1 Hz and the measurement temperature is 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Michiko Doi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11054066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hose excellent in mechanical properties at high temperatures. The hose of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The cross-linked fluororubber layer has a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test (measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, frequency: 10 Hz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Tatsuya Morikawa, Satoshi Kawai, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20190055382
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition including a fluororubber, a silicone rubber, and perfluoropolyether. The fluororubber composition contains the silicone rubber in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber and the perfluoropolyether in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori KITAICHI, Michiko KITAGAWA, Yasuhiro SAKAMOTO, Hidekazu UEHATA, Yasushi NAKAMAE, Kazuyoshi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10000619
    Abstract: A diaphragm including a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtained by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber layer having a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, static tension under a constant static load condition for measuring strain distribution: 157 cN, and frequency: 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9976016
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition including a fluororubber having an iodine content of 10 to 90 mol % for the total mole of the polymer end groups and a carbon black (B), wherein a difference (?G?), represented by G?(1%)-G?(100%), is not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G?(1%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 1% under an uncrosslinked state and G?(100%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 100% under an uncrosslinked state, and G?(1%) and G?(100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test with a rubber process analyzer (RPA) in a condition that the measurement frequency is 1 Hz and the measurement temperature is 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Shigeru Morita, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Masanori Kitaichi, Michiko Doi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Shoji Fukuoka, Mayuko Taeda
  • Patent number: 9499678
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition which includes a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The fluororubber (A) is a vinylidene fluoride-based fluororubber including a structural unit (VdF unit) derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of hexafluoropropylene (HFP), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro propylene, and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) (PAVE). The molar ratio of the VdF unit to the structural unit derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of HFP, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro propylene, and PAVE is 50/50 to 78/22. The fluororubber composition has a difference ?G? (G? (1%)-G? (100%)) of not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G? (1%) denotes a modulus of shearing elasticity at a dynamic strain of 1%, G? (100%) denotes a modulus of shearing elasticity at a dynamic strain of 100%, and G? (1%) and G? (100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Michiko Doi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9403954
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluororubber composition able to produce a crosslinked fluororubber article that exhibits not only heat resistance, but also excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures, and a method for producing same. The fluororubber composition contains: a fluororubber (A); and carbon black (B), wherein when the aforementioned fluororubber composition is immersed for 160 hours in an extraction solvent of acetone and hexane at an acetone:hexane mass ratio of 42.29:57.71 at 40° C. and an extraction residue that is not extracted and remains as a solid is separated from the aforementioned extraction solvent and dried and then the dry weight of the extraction residue is measured, the quantity of a solvent-insoluble polymer is not lower than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Michiko Doi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9273172
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoroelastomer using an emulsifier which is inexpensive and hardly remains in product polymers. The present invention is related to a method for producing a fluoroelastomer, wherein vinylidene fluoride and at least one fluoroolefin monomer other than vinylidene fluoride are copolymerized in the manner of an emulsion polymerization in the presence of an emulsifier represented by C5F11COOM, wherein M represents H, NH4 or an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kishine, Masanori Kitaichi, Shigeru Morita, Yoshiki Tanaka, Daisuke Ota
  • Publication number: 20150330537
    Abstract: Provided is a fluororubber composition capable of providing a crosslinked fluororubber article that exhibits not only heat resistance, but also excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. The fluororubber composition includes a fluororubber (A), a carbon black (B), and an aromatic petroleum resin (E), and the fluororubber composition has a difference ?G? (G? (1%)?G? (100%)) of not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G? (1%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 1%, G? (100%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 100%, and G? (1%) and G? (100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test carried out on an unvulcanised rubber with a rubber process analyzer (RPA) in a condition that the measurement frequency is 1 Hz and the measurement temperature is 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke OTA, Akinori UEDA, Yuu KADOWAKI, Mayuko TAEDA, Masanori KITAICHI, Kazuhiro YAMAMURA, Michiko DOI, Shoji FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 9068653
    Abstract: To provide a sealing material which is excellent in sealability under high-temperature conditions as well as crack resistance at high temperatures and high compression. A sealing material comprising a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber layer having a loss modulus E? of 600 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, and frequency: 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Tatsuya Morikawa, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9045614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluororubber composition that has excellent heat resistance and excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. The fluororubber composition comprises a peroxide cross-linkable fluororubber (A); a carbon black (B); a peroxide cross-linking agent (C); and a low-self-polymerizing cross-linking accelerator (D), wherein to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber (A), the amount of the carbon black (B) is 5 to 50 parts by mass, the amount of the cross-linking agent (C) is 0.01 to 10 parts by mass, and the amount of the cross-linking accelerator (D) is 2.5 parts by mass or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Yutaka Ueta, Masanori Kitaichi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20150031822
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition which includes a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The fluororubber (A) is a vinylidene fluoride-based fluororubber including a structural unit (VdF unit) derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of hexafluoropropylene (HFP), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro propylene, and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) (PAVE). The molar ratio of the VdF unit to the structural unit derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of HFP, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro propylene, and PAVE is 50/50 to 78/22. The fluororubber composition has a difference ?G? (G? (1%)-G? (100%)) of not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G? (1%) denotes a modulus of shearing elasticity at a dynamic strain of 1%, G? (100%) denotes a modulus of shearing elasticity at a dynamic strain of 100%, and G? (1%) and G? (100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Michiko Doi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20150017364
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition including a fluororubber having an iodine content of 10 to 90 mol % for the total mole of the polymer end groups and a carbon black (B), wherein a difference (?G?), represented by G?(1%)-G?(100%), is not lower than 120 kPa and not higher than 3,000 kPa, where G?(1%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 1% under an uncrosslinked state and G?(100%) denotes a shear modulus at a dynamic strain of 100% under an uncrosslinked state, and G?(1%) and G?(100%) are determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test with a rubber process analyzer (RPA) in a condition that the measurement frequency is 1 Hz and the measurement temperature is 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Shigeru Morita, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Masanori Kitaichi, Michiko Doi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Shoji Fukuoka, Mayuko Taeda
  • Publication number: 20140288226
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a fluororubber composition that is able to give a crosslinked article that exhibits not only heat resistance, but also excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. A method for producing a fluororubber composition includes: a step (1-1) of mixing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B) by means of an internal mixer until the maximum temperature reaches 80 to 220° C. so as to obtain an intermediate composition; a step (1-2) of cooling the intermediate composition to a temperature of less than 50° C.; and a step (2-1) of mixing the cooled intermediate composition until the maximum temperature reaches not lower than 10° C. but lower than 80° C. so as to obtain a fluororubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Michiko Doi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20140228482
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluororubber composition able to produce a crosslinked fluororubber article that exhibits not only heat resistance, but also excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures, and a method for producing same. The fluororubber composition contains: a fluororubber (A); and carbon black (B), wherein when the aforementioned fluororubber composition is immersed for 160 hours in an extraction solvent of acetone and hexane at an acetone:hexane mass ratio of 42.29:57.71 at 40° C. and an extraction residue that is not extracted and remains as a solid is separated from the aforementioned extraction solvent and dried and then the dry weight of the extraction residue is measured, the quantity of a solvent-insoluble polymer is not lower than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ota, Akinori Ueda, Yuu Kadowaki, Mayuko Taeda, Masanori Kitaichi, Michiko Doi, Kazuhiro Yamamura, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8785581
    Abstract: A noncrystalline fluoroelastomer which is a copolymer consisting essentially of vinylidene fluoride and a fluoromonomer represented by the general formula (1): CH2?CFRf??(1) wherein Rf is a straight or branched fluoroalkyl group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and has a vinylidene fluoride units/fluoromonomer units mol ratio of 78/22 to 22/78 and a glass transition temperature of not higher than 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Masanori Kitaichi, Shouji Fukuoka, Daisuke Ota
  • Patent number: 8754161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a complex-shaped fluororubber formed product having excellent demoldability in molding. The complex-shaped fluororubber formed product of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The cross-linked fluororubber layer has a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test (measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, frequency: 10 Hz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Tatsuya Morikawa, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20140163158
    Abstract: A diaphragm including a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtained by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber layer having a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, static tension under a constant static load condition for measuring strain distribution: 157 cN, and frequency: 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8609774
    Abstract: The present invention provides a belt excellent in mechanical properties at high temperatures. The belt of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The cross-linked fluororubber layer has a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test (measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, frequency: 10 Hz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei Terada, Daisuke Ota, Masanori Kitaichi, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Tatsuya Morikawa, Shoji Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8598290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoroelastomer excellent in dispersion stability at low cost, at a high rate of polymerization and in high yields. The present invention is a method of producing a fluoroelastomer comprising an emulsion polymerization of a fluorinated monomer in the presence of a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, wherein the emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of a compound (1) containing a functional group reactive in radical polymerization and a hydrophilic group and a fluorinated compound (2) containing a fluorocarbon group comprising 1 to 6 continuously united carbon atom with fluorine atom directly bound to each of them as well as a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kishine, Masanori Kitaichi, Yousuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shintarou Ogata, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita