Patents by Inventor Masato Kaneko

Masato Kaneko 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: 20180216024
    Abstract: The refrigerator oil according to the present invention includes a base oil including an oxygen-containing organic compound and a phosphorus-based compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the formula (1), n represents an integer of 1 to 10; R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya MATSUMOTO, Masato KANEKO, Takashi KONDO
  • Patent number: 10000722
    Abstract: The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is for a refrigerator in which a refrigerant containing as a major component at least one of a fluorine-containing organic compound selected from a compound represented by the following molecular formula (A) is used: CpFrRs (A), wherein R represents Cl, Br, I, or H; p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 12; and s represents an integer of from 0 to 11, provided that the molecule has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and the composition contains a polyol ester compound and a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil in a mass ratio of from 10/90 to 98/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9976106
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition, which is to be used for a refrigerant including a mixture of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound and CO2, contains a base oil which includes at least one selected from a polyoxyalkylene glycol, a polyvinyl ether, a copolymer of a poly(oxy)alkylene glycol or a monoether thereof and a polyvinyl ether, and a polyol ester and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2 mm2/s or more and 50 mm2/s or less and a hydroxyl value of 5 mgKOH/g or less, is able to be used for a refrigerating machine system using a refrigerant having a low global warming potential and usable especially for a car air conditioner or the like and including a mixture of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound and CO2, and exhibits not only excellent compatibility with the refrigerant but also excellent stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Masataka Muto, Masami Sanuki, Takahiro Hoshida
  • Patent number: 9969951
    Abstract: The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is for a refrigerator in which a refrigerant containing as a major component at least one of a fluorine-containing organic compound selected from a compound represented by the following molecular formula (A) is used: CpFrRs (A), wherein R represents Cl, Br, I, or H; p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 12; and s represents an integer of from 0 to 11, provided that the molecule has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and the composition contains a polyol ester compound and a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil in a mass ratio of from 10/90 to 98/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20180094206
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mixed composition for a refrigerator, which contains: a refrigerant containing at least one unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound selected from compounds represented by the following molecular formula (1): CpFrHs, and a refrigerator lubricating oil containing, as a major component, a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound represented by the following general formula (2), and containing an amine compound in an amount of 1.0% by mass or more based on the total amount of the refrigerator lubricating oil: R1—[(OR2)m—OR3]n (2). According to the present disclosure, a mixed composition for a refrigerator can be provided that has a less possibility of autoignition under a high temperature environment even in an unexpected leakage thereof in a refrigerator using a refrigerant containing a slightly flammable refrigerant, and a refrigerator lubricating oil can be provided that is capable of being applied to the mixed composition for a refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20180079982
    Abstract: The mixed composition for a refrigerator of the present invention contains: a refrigerant containing at least one unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound selected from compounds represented by the following molecular formula (1): CpFrHs??(1) wherein p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 11; and a represents an integer of from 1 to 11, provided that the compound has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond in a molecule, and a refrigerator lubricating oil containing, as a major component, a polyol ester (A) of a fatty acid (a1) that is a fatty acid having a number of carbon atoms of from 9 to 16 and has a content of a fatty acid having a number of carbon atoms of 9 of 50% by mol or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid (a1), and a polyol (a2) that is pentaerythritol and/or dipentaerythritol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato KANEKO, Tadashi KISEN, Takahiro HOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180057766
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mixed composition for a refrigerator, the mixed composition containing: a refrigerant containing at least one unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound selected from compounds represented by the following molecular formula (1): CpFrHs (1), provided that the compound has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond in a molecule: and a refrigerator lubricating oil containing, as a major component, a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound represented by the following general formula (2), and containing a phenothiazine compound in an amount of 1.0% by mass or more based on the total amount of the refrigerator lubricating oil: R1—[(OR2)m—OR3]n (2). A mixed composition for a refrigerator is provided having a lower possibility of autoignition in a high temperature environment even during unexpected leakage in a refrigerator using a refrigerant containing a slightly flammable refrigerant. A refrigerator lubricating oil is provided that is capable of being applied to the mixed composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20180044608
    Abstract: The refrigerator lubricating oil of the present invention contains: a base oil containing, as a major component, a polyol ester (A) of a fatty acid (a1) that is a fatty acid having a number of carbon atoms of from 3 to 18 and a polyol (a2) that is selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, trimethylolbutane, pentaerythritol, and dipentaerythritol; and a disulfide and/or trisulfide compound (B), and the disulfide and/or trisulfide compound (B) is blended in an amount of from 30 to 10,000 ppm by mass in terms of sulfur equivalent based on the total amount of the refrigerator lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato KANEKO, Takahiro HOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180016518
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition according to one embodiment of the present invention contains an oxygen-containing synthetic base oil having an oxygen content (A) of from 15 to 40 mass % and a kinetic viscosity at 100° C. of from 0.5 to 50 mm2/s, and a viscosity index improver that is an oxygen-containing compound having an oxygen content (B) of from 15 to 40 mass % and a kinetic viscosity at 100° C. of 11,000 mm2/s or more, a mass ratio of the oxygen-containing synthetic base oil and the viscosity index improver being from 99.5:0.5 to 75:25, and a ratio (A/B) of the oxygen content (A) of the oxygen-containing synthetic base oil to the oxygen content (B) of the viscosity index improver being in a range of from 0.5 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20170335232
    Abstract: The lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator according to the present invention is a lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator containing a base oil containing a low-viscosity base oil component having added thereto a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound having a kinetic viscosity at 100° C. that is higher than the low-viscosity base oil component, and the base oil has a kinetic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.4 to 25 mm2/s and a ratio (Mw/Mn) of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) and a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 1.3 to 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Patent number: 9493694
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricant composition for a refrigerator having the following characteristics: the composition being used for a refrigerator using a refrigerant having a specific structure such as an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound serving as a refrigerant having a low global warming potential and usable particularly in current air-conditioning system for cars; the composition having excellent stability as well as excellent compatibility with the refrigerant; the composition including a base oil containing a polyoxyalkylene glycol derivative as a main component and 1 to 20% by mass of a monoepoxy compound based on the total amount of the composition; and the refrigerator using a refrigerant containing at least one kind of fluorine-containing organic compound selected from compounds represented by the molecular formula (A) CpOqFrRs or including a combination of the fluorine-containing organic compound and a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Harutomo Ikeda, Tokue Sato
  • Publication number: 20160215235
    Abstract: The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is for a refrigerator in which a refrigerant containing as a major component at least one of a fluorine-containing organic compound selected from a compound represented by the following molecular formula (A) is used: CpFrRs (A), wherein R represents Cl, Br, I, or H; p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 12; and s represents an integer of from 0 to 11, provided that the molecule has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and the composition contains a polyol ester compound and a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil in a mass ratio of from 10/90 to 98/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Patent number: 9334463
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a refrigerating machine according to the present invention includes: a base oil including as a main component at least one kind of oxygen-containing compound selected from polyoxyalkylene glycols, polyvinyl ethers, copolymers of poly(oxy)alkylene glycols or monoethers thereof and polyvinyl ethers, polyol esters, and polycarbonates; a sulfonic acid metal salt having a hydrocarbyl group; and a phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Takeo Tokiai
  • Patent number: 9315707
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator which uses a base oil including as the main component at least one kind of oxygen-containing compounds selected from polyoxyalkylene glycols, polyvinyl ethers, copolymers of poly(oxy)alkylene glycols or monoethers thereof and polyvinyl ethers, polyol esters, and polycarbonates. The lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator is used for a refrigerator that uses, as a refrigerant, a fluorine-containing organic compound, which is a refrigerant applicable to current car air conditioner systems or the like and has a specific polar structure, and has favorable sealing property, a low coefficient of friction factor in a sliding part, and excellent stability as well as excellent compatibility with the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20160083672
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator which uses a base oil including as the main component at least one kind of oxygen-containing compounds selected from polyoxyalkylene glycols, polyvinyl ethers, copolymers of poly(oxy)alkylene glycols or monoethers thereof and polyvinyl ethers, polyol esters, and polycarbonates. The lubricating oil composition for a refrigerator is used for a refrigerator that uses, as a refrigerant, a fluorine-containing organic compound, which is a refrigerant applicable to current car air conditioner systems or the like and has a specific polar structure, and has favorable sealing property, a low coefficient of friction factor in a sliding part, and excellent stability as well as excellent compatibility with the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Masato KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20160040094
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition, which is to be used for a refrigerant including a mixture of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound and CO2, contains a base oil which includes at least one selected from a polyoxyalkylene glycol, a polyvinyl ether, a copolymer of a poly(oxy)alkylene glycol or a monoether thereof and a polyvinyl ether, and a polyol ester and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2 mm2/s or more and 50 mm2/s or less and a hydroxyl value of 5 mgKOH/g or less, is able to be used for a refrigerating machine system using a refrigerant having a low global warming potential and usable especially for a car air conditioner or the like and including a mixture of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound and CO2, and exhibits not only excellent compatibility with the refrigerant but also excellent stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masato KANEKO, Masataka MUTO, Masami SANUKI, Takahiro HOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9243205
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator oil composition for use with carbon dioxide refrigerant, characterized in that the composition dissolves in an amount of at least 0.1% by mass in a supercritical carbon dioxide at a temperature of 100° C. under a pressure of 15 Mpa. The invention provides a refrigerator oil composition for carbon dioxide refrigerant which composition is employed in a refrigerating system operated in a supercritical state of carbon dioxide refrigerant and, particularly, such a composition which can enhance heat-exchange efficiency during passage of supercritical carbon dioxide through a heat exchanger as well as which has excellent durability and lubrication performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8999899
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for sizing which is excellent in machinability and degreasing efficiency and which is excellent in compatibility with an impregnating oil and a sintered metal of oil impregnated bearings. A lubricating oil composition for sizing, including (A) a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 0.5 to 100 mm2/s at 40° C. and compounded therein (B) an extreme-pressure agent in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by mass, and (C) a metal deactivator in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by mass, each based on a total amount of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20150048271
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a refrigerating machine according to the present invention includes: a base oil including as a main component at least one kind of oxygen-containing compound selected from polyoxyalkylene glycols, polyvinyl ethers, copolymers of poly(oxy)alkylene glycols or monoethers thereof and polyvinyl ethers, polyol esters, and polycarbonates; a sulfonic acid metal salt having a hydrocarbyl group; and a phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Takeo Tokiai
  • Patent number: 8926857
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil for a compression type refrigerator including a polyvinyl ether-based compound which containing an alkylene glycol or polyoxyalkylene glycol unit and a vinyl ether unit in a molecule and having a molecular weight in a range of 300 to 3,000 and one or more kinds of phosphorous compound selected from a phosphate having 25 or more carbon atoms, a phosphite having 10 to 60 carbon atoms, an amine salt of phosphate having 10 to 60 carbon atoms, and a metal salt of phosphate having to 60 carbon atoms. The lubricating oil for a compression type refrigerator of the present invention has high compatibility and high viscosity index, and is excellent in anti-seizure property and also in stability under carbon dioxide atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Harutomo Ikeda