Patents by Inventor Masanori Sera

Masanori Sera 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: 7981959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a resin component containing 80 to 99 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 20 to 1 mass % of a side-chain crystalline polymer (B), and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of carbon nanotube (C). The composition has a stabilized thermoplastic resin/side-chain crystalline polymer phase structure, is free from laminar peeling, and is excellent in conductive (antistatic) property, solvent resistance, flow characteristics, flame retardancy, impact resistance, molding appearance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata, Masanori Sera, Takenori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 7763677
    Abstract: A water dispersible resin composition capable of forming a flat and smooth coating film with a solidified surface upon application to a base material and excellent in storage stability is provided. It is a water dispersible resin composition comprising 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of a surfactant (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a combination of 5 to 70% by mass of a side-chain crystalline resin (A) with 95 to 30% by mass of water (B) as well as a water dispersible polyolefin-based resin composition comprising a combination of 5 to 80% by mass of a modified side-chain crystalline polyolefin-based resin with 95 to 20% by mass of water, in which for example, a side-chain crystalline olefin-based polymer (G) obtained by polymerization of one kind or more of higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms is modified with a radical initiator and an organic acid, organic acid anhydride or organic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kanamaru, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Patent number: 7714081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat storage material composition comprising 20 to 100% by weight of a heat storage material, 80 to 0% by weight of crystalline polyolefin (B) and 50 to 0% by weight of an elastomer (C), and the heat storage material described above contains a side chain-crystalline polymer (A), wherein the heat storage material described above comprises preferably a higher ?-olefin polymer (a) containing 50 mole % or more of higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms and a petroleum wax (b) in which a melting point (Tm) is higher by 10° C. or more than that of the polymer (a). Provided is a heat storage material composition which has less bleeding and stickiness and is excellent in stability at high temperature and which can meet a change in temperature such as a difference in room temperature when applied to a material for floor heating and can avoid a heating state deviated to high temperature or low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 7645837
    Abstract: A chlorinated propylene-based polymer of the present invention having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 5,000 to 100,000 and a chlorine content of 0.1 to 70% by mass has the following properties: (1) it has a high solubility in a non-aromatic solvent having a low environmental burden even when it has a low degree of chlorination, and (2) it can be inhibited from suffering a decrease in the properties inherent to polypropylenes, such as durability, mechanical properties, appearance and hydrophobicity, by regulating its degree of chlorination at a low value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Aburatani, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Patent number: 7569642
    Abstract: A higher olefin polymer having a polar group which is produced by subjecting to an incorporation reaction of a polar compound or halogen compound into a higher ?-olefin polymer satisfying the requirements of the following (1) and (2), which is obtained by polymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or copolymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms with one or more other olefins and a method for producing a higher olefin polymer having a polar group which is obtained by polymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or copolymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms with one or more other olefins to form a higher ?-olefins polymer satisfying the requirements of the following (1) and (2) and subsequently subjecting to an incorporation reaction of a polar compound or halogen compound into the higher ?-olefin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Aburatani, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Publication number: 20090076195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a resin component containing to 99 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 20 to 1 mass % of a side-chain crystalline polymer (B), and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of carbon nanotube (C). The composition has a stabilized thermoplastic resin/side-chain crystalline polymer phase structure, is free from laminar peeling, and is excellent in conductive (antistatic) property, solvent resistance, flow characteristics, flame retardancy, impact resistance, molding appearance, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Yusuke Hayata, Masanori Sera, Takenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20090023857
    Abstract: A water dispersible resin composition capable of forming a flat and smooth coating film with a solidified surface upon application to a base material and excellent in storage stability is provided. It is a water dispersible resin composition comprising 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of a surfactant (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a combination of 5 to 70% by mass of a side-chain crystalline resin (A) with 95 to 30% by mass of water (B) as well as a water dispersible polyolefin-based resin composition comprising a combination of 5 to 80% by mass of a modified side-chain crystalline polyolefin-based resin with 95 to 20% by mass of water, in which for example, a side-chain crystalline olefin-based polymer (G) obtained by polymerization of one kind or more of higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms is modified with a radical initiator and an organic acid, organic acid anhydride or organic acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kanamaru, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Publication number: 20090018288
    Abstract: Crosslinked olefin polymers which are reduced in stickiness and improved in rigidity, heat resistance, light resistance, and water resistance while retaining the molding properties such as injection moldability, spinnability, film-forming properties and the physical properties such as toughness (including elongation and break strength) and tackiness; and a process for the production thereof. Crosslinked olefin polymers which are obtained by reacting an ?-olefin polymer produced by polymerization of at least one ?-olefin having 6 or more carbon atoms or polymerization of at least one ?-olefin having 6 or more carbon atoms with at least one other ?-olefin with a crosslinking agent and which satisfy the following requirements: (1) the content of units of ?-olefins having 6 or more carbon atoms is 50 mol % or more, (2) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Aburatani, Yutaka Obata, Tomoaki Takebe, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Patent number: 7214755
    Abstract: A crystalline higher ?-olefin polymer which is obtained from a C10 or more ?-olefin and satisfies either (1) the melting point (Tm) as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 20 to 100° C. or (2) in an examination of spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) by solid NMR analysis, a single T1 is observed at the temperatures not lower than the melting point; and a process for producing the ?-olefin polymer with a specific metallocene catalyst. The crystalline higher ?-olefin polymer is excellent in low-temperature characteristics, rigidity, heat resistance, compatibility with lubricating oils, mixability with inorganic fillers, and secondary processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Masami Kanamaru, Masanori Sera, Tatsuya Egawa, Takenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20070088124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, which contains 0.1 to 99.9% by mass of a thermoplastic resin (1) and 0.1 to 99.9% by mass of a higher ?-olefin polymer (3) containing 50 mol % or more of an ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms, or contains 0.1 to 99.9% by mass of a thermoplastic resin (1), more than 0% to not more than 99.8% by mass of an elastomer (2), and 0.1 to 99.9% by mass of a higher ?-olefin polymer (3) containing 50 mol % or more of an ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms, and a molded article, a sheet, and a film produced from the composition. The composition has excellent mechanical properties including high elastic modulus and impact resistant strength, without impairing heat resistance and mold workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami, Masami Kanamaru
  • Publication number: 20070079825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat storage material composition comprising 20 to 100% by weight of a heat storage material, 80 to 0% by weight of crystalline polyolefin (B) and 50 to 0% by weight of an elastomer (C), and the heat storage material described above contains a side chain-crystalline polymer (A), wherein the heat storage material described above comprises preferably a higher ?-olefin polymer (a) containing 50 mole % or more of higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms and a petroleum wax (b) in which a melting point (Tm) is higher by 10° C. or more than that of the polymer (a). Provided is a heat storage material composition which has less bleeding and stickiness and is excellent in stability at high temperature and which can meet a change in temperature such as a difference in room temperature when applied to a material for floor heating and can avoid a heating state deviated to high temperature or low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20070073021
    Abstract: A higher olefin polymer having a polar group which is produced by subjecting to an incorporation reaction of a polar compound or halogen compound into a higher ?-olefin polymer satisfying the requirements of the following (1) and (2), which is obtained by polymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or copolymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms with one or more other olefins and a method for producing a higher olefin polymer having a polar group which is obtained by polymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or copolymerizing one or more higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms with one or more other olefins to form a higher ?-olefins polymer satisfying the requirements of the following (1) and (2) and subsequently subjecting to an incorporation reaction of a polar compound or halogen compound into the higher ?-olefin polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Ryo Aburatani, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Publication number: 20070010630
    Abstract: A chlorinated propylene-based polymer of the present invention having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 5,000 to 100,000 and a chlorine content of 0.1 to 70% by mass has the following properties: (1) it has a high solubility in a non-aromatic solvent having a low environmental burden even when it has a low degree of chlorination, and (2) it can be inhibited from suffering a decrease in the properties inherent to polypropylenes, such as durability, mechanical properties, appearance and hydrophobicity, by regulating its degree of chlorination at a low value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Aburatani, Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami
  • Patent number: 7109283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystalline higher ?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing at least two higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or at least one higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms with at least one other olefin, wherein it satisfies certain conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura, Masanori Sera, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20060111526
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide crystalline high ?-olefin copolymers which have excellent compatibility with thermoplastic resins, especially polyolefins, and compatibility with lubricant oils, fuel oils or waxes, excellent miscibility with inorganic fillers and secondary processability, and which have narrow temperature ranges for melting and crystallization, and to provide a process for preparation thereof. The present invention provides a crystalline higher ?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing at least two higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or at least one higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms with at least one other olefin, wherein it satisfies the following (1) to (3): (1): the content of higher ?-olefin units is 50 mol % or greater, (2): the melting point (Tm) which is measured, by using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), from the melting endothermic curve obtained by maintaining the copolymer at 190° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura, Masanori Sera, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Patent number: 7019091
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystalline higher ?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing at least two higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or at least one higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms with at least one other olefin, wherein it satisfies certain conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura, Masanori Sera, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20050119374
    Abstract: A crystalline higher (x-olefin polymer which is obtained from a C10 or more ?-olefin and satisfies either (1) the melting point (Tm) as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 20 to 100° C. or (2) in an examination of spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) by solid NMR analysis, a single T1 is observed at the temperatures not lower than the melting point; and a process for producing the ?-olefin polymer with a specific metallocene catalyst. The crystalline higher ?-olefin polymer is excellent in low-temperature characteristics, rigidity, heat resistance, compatibility with lubricating oils, mixability with inorganic fillers, and secondary processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. LTD
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Masami Kanamaru, Masanori Sera, Tatsuya Egawa, Takenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20050049373
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide crystalline high ?-olefin copolymers which have excellent compatibility with thermoplastic resins, especially polyolefins, and compatibility with lubricant oils, fuel oils or waxes, excellent miscibility with inorganic fillers and secondary processability, and which have narrow temperature ranges for melting and crystallization, and to provide a process for preparation thereof. The present invention provides a crystalline higher ?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing at least two higher ?-olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or at least one higher ?-olefin having 10 or more carbon atoms with at least one other olefin, wherein it satisfies the following (1) to (3): (1): the content of higher ?-olefin units is 50 mol % or greater, (2): the melting point (Tm) which is measured, by using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), from the melting endothermic curve obtained by maintaining the copolymer at 190° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Minami, Takenori Fujimura, Masanori Sera, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20050031883
    Abstract: The wrap film and the shrink film of the present invention are formed from a resin composition comprising a specific 1-butene base polymer satisfying the following items (1) to (4) and an olefin base polymer, and they are excellent in a safety and satisfy characteristics for a wrap film or a shrink film: (1) a crystalline resin in which a melting point (Tm-D) defined as a peak top of a peak observed at a highest temperature side in a melting endothermic curve obtained by holding a sample at ?10° C. for 5 minutes under nitrogen atmosphere by means of a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and then elevating the temperature at 10° C./minute is 0 to 100° C.; (2) a stereospecific index {(mmmm)/(mmrr+rmmr)} is 20 or less; (3) a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) measured by a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) method is 4.0 or less; and (4) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) measured by the GPC method is 10,000 to 1,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Masanori Sera, Yutaka Minami, Masami Kanamaru
  • Publication number: 20030091886
    Abstract: There are disclosed a polyelectrolyte comprising at least a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration and exhibiting an ion exchange capability, a polyelectrolyte membrane produced by forming the polyelectrolyte into a film, and a fuel cell using the polyelectrolyte membrane. The polyelectrolyte of the present invention is inexpensive and exhibits a good long-term stability, and is suitably used for fuel cells, production of common salt from sea water and recovery of acids from waste water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiko Tanioka, Masanori Sera, Norio Tomotsu