Patents by Inventor Mikio Hirai

Mikio Hirai 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: 5811491
    Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin excellent in providing a balance between processability, tapping strength and heat resistance. The composition comprising (A) 10 to 60% by weight of a terpolymer which comprises N-phenylmaleimide, styrene and acrylonitrile, (B) 5 to 20% by weight of a graft polymer which comprises at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene rubber, an ethylene-propylene rubber and an ethylene-butylene rubber comprising ethylene and butylene, to which rubber styrene and acrylonitrile are graft polymerized, (C) 10 to 80% by weight of a copolymer which comprises styrene and acrylonitrile, and (D) 5 to 35% by weight of glass fiber, wherein(a) the terpolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.20 dl/g to 0.70 dl/g, (b) the copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.40 dl/g to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignees: Sumitomo Dow Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Jagawa, Takeyoshi Nishio, Kiyoshi Ogura, Mikio Hirai
  • Patent number: 4880874
    Abstract: A resin composition comprising(A) 10 to 99% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and(B) 90 to 1% by weight of a resin which comprises(b-1) 100 to 10% by weight of a copolymer which is obtainable by polymerizing 1 to 800 parts by weight of an unsaturated epoxy monomer and 0 to 2,000 parts by weight of other copolymerizable monomer in the presence of 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin base rubber, and(b-2) 0 to 90% by weight of a copolymer which is obtainable by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, cyanated vinyl compounds and alkyl unsaturated carboxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Naugatuck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Hirai, Tokuo Tatsuda, Tomio Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4855355
    Abstract: A molding resin composition comprising (A) a saturated polyester resin, (B) a graft copolymer and (C) a rubber-reinforced resin, wherein a weight ratio of the saturated polyester resin (A) to a total weight of the graft copolymer (B) and the rubber-reinforced resin (C) is from 95:5 to 5:95, a weight ratio of the graft copolymer (B) to the rubber-reinforced resin is from 100:0 to 5:95, and the graft copolymer (B) is one prepared by copolymerizing an unsaturated epoxide monomer and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl monomers, cyanated vinyl monomers and alkyl unsaturated carboxylates in the presence of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin base rubber, which can provide a molded article having improved impact strength, weld strength, stiffness and mold shrinkage factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Naugatuck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Hirai, Tokuo Tatsuda, Tomio Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4762886
    Abstract: A weather resistant thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (A) a graft polymer comprising (A-1) chosen from a copolymer of ethylene and propylene, a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and a non-conjugated diene, a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate polymer and a chlorinated polyethylene and (A-2) at least two kinds of monomers chosen from aromatic vinyl compounds, vinyl cyanide compounds and unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl esters grafted thereon and (B) a terpolymer comprising styrene aromatic compounds, vinyl cyanide compounds and unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl esters. The weight proportion of the graft polymer (A) and the terpolymer (B) is preferably from 10:90 to 90:10. In particular the amounts of styrene the vinyl cyanide compounds and the unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl esters in the terpolymer (B) are 3 to 65% by weight, 2 to 35% by weight and 3 to 95% by weight, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Naugatick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Hirai, Yoshiaki Nishikubo, Tomio Yoshida, Tsuneo Ochi
  • Patent number: 4757111
    Abstract: A weather-resistant resin having excellent impact resistance, processability and appearance, which comprises a graft polymer comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer and at least one monomeric component chosen from aromatic vinyl monomers, vinyl cyanides and alkyl unsaturated carboxylates grafted thereon, the graft polymer having a material soluble in tetrahydrofuran and n-hexane in a volume ratio of 1:4 in a content of not more than 40% by weight and having a material insoluble in tetrahydrofuran in a content of not more than 60% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Naugatuck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Hirai, Yoshiaki Nishikubo, Tomio Yoshida, Tsuneo Ochi
  • Patent number: 3991030
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solution of graft copolymer resulting from solution graft copolymerization is greatly reduced, and the handling characteristics are improved, by adding water and a suspending agent to the solution to form a suspension. E.g., to a reaction solution resulting from grafting of styrene and acrylonitrile on EPDM in solution, there is added 20 parts water and 0.1 part polyvinyl alcohol, and the mixture is agitated to produce a low-viscosity suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Morimoto, Yasuhiko Higashio, Mikio Hirai