Patents by Inventor Motonubu Furuta

Motonubu Furuta 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: 5820780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal polyester resin composition, which is manufactured at low cost and has favorable gas barrier properties and improved impact resistance, vibration-damping properties, thin-wall properties (mechanical properties of thin-wall molded articles), and film-forming properties, while maintaining excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties of a liquid crystal polyester. A liquid crystal polyester resin composition of the invention includes 55.0 through 99.9 percent by weight of a liquid crystal polyester as a component (A) and 0.1 through 45.0 percent by weight of an epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymer as a component (B), wherein the component (B) includes: (a) 50 through 96.5 percent by weight of an ethylene unit; (b) 0.5 through 30 percent by weight of an unsaturated glycidyl carboxylate unit or an unsaturated glycidyl ether unit; and (c) 3 through 40 percent by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated ester compound unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motonubu Furuta, Takanari Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5767195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal polyester resin composition, which is manufactured at low cost and has favorable gas barrier properties and improved impact resistance, vibration-damping properties, thin-wall properties (mechanical properties of thin-wall molded articles), and film-forming properties, while maintaining excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties of a liquid crystal polyester. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition of the invention includes 55.0 through 99.9 percent by weight of a liquid crystal polyester as a component (A), and 0.1 through 45.0 percent by weight of an epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymer as a component (B), wherein the component (B) includes: (a) 50 through 96.5 percent by weight of an ethylene unit; (b) 0.5 through 30 percent by weight of an unsaturated glycidyl carboxylate unit or an unsaturated glycidyl ether unit; and (c) 3 through 40 percent by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated ester compound unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motonubu Furuta, Takanari Yamaguchi