Patents by Inventor Moriyasu Shimojo

Moriyasu Shimojo 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: 7351760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition including specific amounts of (A) a polypropylene resin, (B) an elastomer, (C) inorganic filler, (D) a resin having a melt tension of 0.1 N or more and a swelling ratio of 1.8 or more and being characterized by that the time required for the resin until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of a relaxation modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to a relaxation modulus G(0.02) at a time of 0.02 sec reaches 0.01 is 10 sec or more, and (E) a resin characterized by that, with respect to a swelling ratio measured at 220° C. at an L/D of an orifice of 40, the ratio of a swelling ratio (SR103) at a shear rate of 2.4×103 sec?1 to a swelling ratio (SR102) at a shear rate of 1.2×102 sec?1, SR103/SR102, is from 1.0 to 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo
  • Patent number: 7268185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition that contains specific amounts of polypropylene resin (A), elastomer (B), inorganic filler (C) and resin (D) which is composed of 60 to 80% by weight of a first segment which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene random copolymer and has an intrinsic viscosity, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 5 dl/g or more and 20 to 40% by weight of a second segment which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene random copolymer and has an intrinsic viscosity, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 0.8 to 1.2 dl/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Moriyasu Shimojo, Ryoji Matunaga, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20050101738
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition that contains specific amounts of polypropylene resin (A), elastomer (B), inorganic filler (C) and resin (D) which is composed of 60 to 80% by weight of a first segment which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene random copolymer and has an intrinsic viscosity, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 5 dl/g or more and 20 to 40% by weight of a second segment which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene random copolymer and has an intrinsic viscosity, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 0.8 to 1.2 dl/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Moriyasu Shimojo, Ryoji Matunaga, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6800681
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition comprising (A) from 40 to 98% by weight of polypropylene resin, (B) from 1 to 30% by weight of basic magnesium sulfate fiber having a surface treated with montan wax wherein fibers contained in primary fibers have an average fiber length of from 7 to 10 &mgr;m and the percentage of primary fibers containing fibers having a fiber length of 20 &mgr;m or more is 10% by weight or less and (C) from 1 to 30% by weight of talc, provided that the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C) is adjusted to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo, Isao Takashima
  • Publication number: 20040132889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising specific amounts of (A) a polypropylene resin, (B) an elastomer, (C) inorganic filler, (D) a resin having a melt tension of 0.1 N or more and a swelling ratio of 1.8 or more and being characterized by that the time required for the resin until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of a relaxation modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to a relaxation modulus G(0.02) at a time of 0.02 sec reaches 0.01 is 10 sec or more, and (E) a resin characterized by that, with respect to a swelling ratio measured at 220° C. at an L/D of an orifice of 40, the ratio of a swelling ratio (SR103) at a shear rate of 2.4×103 sec−1 to a swelling ratio. (SR102) at a shear rate of 1.2×102 sec−1, SR103/SR102, is from 1.0 to 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo
  • Patent number: 6759465
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which is obtained by melt-kneading (1) 55 to 75 wt. % crystalline polypropylene resin together with (2) 10 to 30 wt. % elastomer comprising either a rubber containing a vinyl aromatic compound or a mixture thereof with an ethylene/&agr;-olefin random copolymer rubber and (3) 15 to 25 wt. % talc having an average particle diameter of 3 &mgr;m or smaller. The composition satisfies specific requirements with respect to: the long period obtained by X-ray small-angle scattering attributable to the vinyl aromatic-containing rubber in a blend obtained by melt-kneading the ingredients (1) and (2); the shape and diameter of the elastomer particles present near the polypropylene/elastomer interface in the blend; and the difference between the glass transition point of the ingredient (1) and that of the composition attributable to the crystalline polypropylene homopolymer parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Moriyasu Shimojo, Kenichi Ohkawa, Susumu Kanzaki, Takayuki Nagai, Takao Nomura, Masatoshi Matsuda, Hisayuki Iwai
  • Patent number: 6639002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 35 to 85% by weight of a polypropylene resin, (B) 10 to 35% by weight of an elastomer, (C) 2 to 30% by weight of an inorganic filler and (D) 5 to 15% by weight of a resin, wherein the resin (D) has a melt tension (MT), measured at a winding speed of 15.7 m/min, of not less than 0.03 N and less than 0.1 N and a swelling ratio (SR), measured at 220° C., an L/D of an orifice of 40 and a shear rate of 1.2×103 sec−1, of 1.8 or more, and the time required for the resin (D) until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of the relaxation elastic modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to the relaxation elastic modulus G(0.02) in a time of 0.02 second reaches 0.01 is not less than 5 seconds and less than 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Okawa, Moriyasu Shimojo
  • Patent number: 6593409
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: (A) polypropylene-based resin selected from the group consisting of a propylene homopolymer, an ethylene-propylene block copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion and ethylene-propylene random copolymer portion having an intrinsic viscosity measured in tetralin at 135° C. of 1.0 or more and less than 8.0 dl/g and a mixture thereof, of 35 to 85 wt %; (B) elastomer of 10 to 35 wt %; (C) inorganic filler of 2 to 30 wt %; and (D) resin of 0.1 wt % or more and less than 5 wt %, wherein (1) the melt tension of (D) at 190° C. and a winding rate of 15.7 m/min. is 0.1 N or more, (2) the swelling ratio of (D) at 220° C., an L/D ratio of an orifice of 40 and a shear rate of 1.2×103 sec−1 is 1.8 or more, and (3) the time required until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of the relaxation modulus G(t) at 210° C. to that G(0.02) in a time of 0.02 sec. reaches 0.01, of (D) is 10 sec. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo, Shin-ichi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20030100664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 35 to 85% by weight of a polypropylene resin, (B) 10 to 35% by weight of an elastomer, (C) 2 to 30% by weight of an inorganic filler and (D) 5 to 15% by weight of a resin, wherein the resin (D) has a melt tension (MT), measured at a winding speed of 15.7 m/min, of not less than 0.03 N and less than 0.1 N and a swelling ratio (SR), measured at 220° C., an L/D of an orifice of 40 and a shear rate of 1.2×103 sec−1, of 1.8 or more, and the time required for the resin (D) until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of the relaxation elastic modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to the relaxation elastic modulus G(0.02) in a time of 0.02 second reaches 0.01 is not less than 5 seconds and less than 10 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Okawa, Moriyasu Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20030060553
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition comprising (A) from 40 to 98% by weight of polypropylene resin, (B) from 1 to 30% by weight of basic magnesium sulfate fiber having a surface treated with montan wax wherein fibers contained in primary fibers have an average fiber length of from 7 to 10 &mgr;m and the percentage of primary fibers containing fibers having a fiber length of 20 &mgr;m or more is 10% by weight or less and (C) from 1 to 30% by weight of talc, provided that the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C) is adjusted to 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo, Isao Takashima
  • Patent number: 6518363
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising: 95 to 80% by weight of a polypropylene resin (A) consisting of a propylene-ethylene block copolymer (i) composed of a propylene homopolymer portion having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]AP of not more than 1.3 dl/g, and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer portion having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]AEP of not more than 3.0 dl/g, or a mixture (ii) of the propylene-ethylene block copolymer (i) and a propylene homopolymer; and 5 to 20% by weight of a propylene-ethylene block copolymer (B) having a propylene-ethylene random copolymer portion having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]BEP of from 8.0 to 15 dl/g, wherein the polypropylene resin composition has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 5.0 to 150 g/10 min. and the sum of the (A) and (B) is 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Susumu Kanzaki, Moriyasu Shimojo, Mitsuji Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20020035209
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Susumu Kanzaki, Moriyasu Shimojo, Mitsuji Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20020004546
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Moriyasu Shimojo, Shin-Ichi Kondo
  • Patent number: 6306972
    Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition comprising: (1) 95 to 50% by weight of a polypropylene-based resin (A) of a mixture of the following (i) and (ii); (i) a crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer comprising a propylene homopolymer portion as a first segment and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer as a second segment, said propylene-ethylene block copolymer having a melt flow rate at 230° C. measured according to JIS-K-6758 of not less than 25 g/10 min., and (ii) a crystalline propylene homopolymer having a melt flow rate at 230° C. measured according to JIS-K-6758 of not less than 70 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkawa, Shin-ichi Kondo, Moriyasu Shimojo
  • Patent number: 6011102
    Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition comprising:(1) 55 to 75% by weight of a polypropylene-based resin (A) selected from the following (i) and (ii);(i) a crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion as a first segment and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer as a second segment, and (ii) a mixture of the crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer (i) and a crystalline propylene homopolymer;(2) 10 to 15% by weight of an ethylene-octene copolymer rubber (B) having a melt flow rate (measured according to JIS-K-6758, 190.degree. C.) of 0.5 to 10 g/min., an octene content of 20 to 25% by weight and a density of 0.860 to 0.875; and(3) 15 to 30% by weight of talc (C) having an average particle diameter of not more than 3 .mu.m, the total amount of (A), (B) and (C) being 100% by weight, wherein said polypropylene-based resin composition satisfies the following expression:0.25.ltoreq.(A)'/[(A)'+(B')].ltoreq.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyasu Shimojo, Shin-ichi Kondo