Patents by Inventor Naomi Okamoto

Naomi Okamoto 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: 11869797
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes a base plate that is made of a metal; a ceramic plate that is fixed to the base plate and configured to adsorb an object by electrostatic force; and a bonding layer that is provided between the base plate and the ceramic plate to bond the base plate and the ceramic plate to each other. The bonding layer is formed of a composite material including the metal forming the base plate and a ceramic forming the ceramic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Ryuji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220367227
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes a base plate that is made of a metal; a ceramic plate that is fixed to the base plate and configured to adsorb an object by electrostatic force; and a bonding layer that is provided between the base plate and the ceramic plate to bond the base plate and the ceramic plate to each other. The bonding layer is formed of a composite material including the metal forming the base plate and a ceramic forming the ceramic plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Ryuji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10633470
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer, and a modified conjugated diene polymer. The catalyst for conjugated diene polymerization in the method includes: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10508163
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190256628
    Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer, and a modified conjugated diene polymer. The catalyst for conjugated diene polymerization in the method includes: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10053526
    Abstract: A catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including a metal compound (A) containing terbium, lanthanum, dysprosium, praseodymium, holmium, erbium, thulium, or gadolinium, an ionic compound (B) consisting of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table; a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same; a conjugated diene polymer; and a modified conjugated diene polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Yuta Yamada, Suguru Fukazawa, Naomi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180079844
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170158786
    Abstract: A catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including a metal compound (A) containing terbium, lanthanum, dysprosium, praseodymium, holmium, erbium, thulium, or gadolinium, an ionic compound (B) consisting of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table; a process for producing a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same; a conjugated diene polymer; and a modified conjugated diene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Koji SHIBA, Yuta YAMADA, Suguru FUKAZAWA, Naomi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160009834
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene polymer and a method for producing the same. A rubber composition using the same. A modified conjugated diene polymer obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene compound using a catalyst including from (A) an yttrium compound having a bulky ligand represented by general formula (1), (B) an ionic compound formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, and (C) an organic metal compound of an element selected from the group consisting of group 2, group 12 and group 13 of the periodic table and modifying the conjugated diene polymer with a carbonyl compound, a method for producing the same, and a rubber composition using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Yuuki Takahashi, Masato Murakami, Masanobu Kimura, Naomi Okamoto, Yuuto Kanou
  • Publication number: 20160009835
    Abstract: Provided are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization capable of producing a conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, production methods thereof, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, production methods thereof, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Koji Shiba, Masato Murakami, Michinori Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8586680
    Abstract: The object is to provide a rubber composition for a high-strength golf ball which has a high hardness, high resiliency, excellent processability and improved filler dispersibility, by adjusting each of the Mooney viscosity, the molecular weight distribution and the n value (the rate-dependent index for Mooney viscosity) of a high-cis-polybutadiene rubber using a cobalt catalyst to a value falling within a specific range. The rubber composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a high-cis-polybutadiene synthesized using a cobalt catalyst and 10 to 50 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, wherein the high-cis-polybutadiene satisfies the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) the Mooney viscosity (ML) is 40 to 55; (b) the molecular weight distribution [a weight average molecular weight MW)/a number average molecular weight (Mn)] is 3.0 to 4.2; and (c) the rate-dependent index of Mooney viscosity (n value) is 2.3 to 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Takashi Wada
  • Patent number: 8084565
    Abstract: A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene is provided, which facilitates manufacture of a conjugated diene polymer with a high 1,4-cis structure content, leaves less aluminum residue on polymerization, and has high activity. A method of manufacturing conjugated diene polymers using the catalyst is also provided. A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7939977
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electrical device to be arranged to face to a stator, comprises a rotor iron core extending axially and including a plurality of slots arranged with a predetermined circumferential interval, a rotor coil contained by the slots, a coil support member of electrically insulating property arranged between parts of the rotor coil at an axial end of the rotor coil, and a retaining ring covering the coil support member and the axial end of the rotor coil, the coil support member has two fitted portions and a connecting portion connecting the fitted portions to each other to form H-shape of cross section and to form a space between the rotor coil and each of opposite sides of the connecting portion, and the coil support member further has a communicating path communicating to the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Takashi Shibata, Manabu Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7884154
    Abstract: The rubber composition of the invention includes a rubber composition which is a silica compounded rubber composition for tire containing 100 parts by weight of a rubber component made of (a) from 20 to 80% by weight of a vinyl-cis-polybutadiene rubber containing 1,2-polybutadiene having a melting point of 170° C. or higher and a high-molecular substance having at least one unsaturated double bond per a repeating unit and comprising at least one member selected from polyisoprene, crystalline polybutadiene having a melting point of not higher than 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe
  • Patent number: 7884155
    Abstract: A process for producing a vinyl-cis-polybutadiene rubber, including mixing (A) vinyl-cis-polybutadiene obtained by (1) a step of adding a cis-1,4-polymerization catalyst obtainable from an organoaluminum compound and a soluble cobalt compound to a mixture containing 1,3-butadiene and a hydrocarbon-based organic solvent as the major components and having an adjusted water content, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4-polymerization and subsequently, (2) a step of making a catalyst obtainable from a soluble cobalt compound, an organoaluminum compound represented by the general formula, AlR3 (wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a cycloalkyl group), and carbon disulfide present in the resulting polymerization reaction mixture, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to 1,2-polymerization; and (B) cis-polybutadiene obtained by a step of adding the foregoing cis-1,4-polymerization catalyst, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4-polymerization and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Jyun Yamashita, Tetsuji Nakajima, Takashi Kitamura, Osamu Kimura, Takashi Wada
  • Patent number: 7872066
    Abstract: The invention provides a rubber composition for belt use suitable for industrial rubber belts with less energy loss and excellent durability such resistance to flex crack growth. The rubber composition for belt use comprises (A) 90-5 mass % of a vinyl-cis-polybutadiene rubber including (b) 1-30 mass % of specific syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene crystal fibers having an average fiber length of crystal fibers equal to 200 nm or below, an average aspect ratio of 10 or lower, the number of crystal fibers having a fiber length of 200 nm or below equal to 90 or more per 25 ?m2, and a melting point of 170° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Takashi Wada
  • Patent number: 7851537
    Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a rubber composition for tire with improved processability and abrasion resistance. The invention relates to a rubber composition for tire, comprising: (a) 5-90 weight parts of a high cis polybutadiene having a cis structure in a proportion of 95 wt % or higher in a microstructure analysis; (b) 90-5 weight parts of a diene-based rubber other than (a); and (c) 1-100 weight parts of a reinforcing agent blended in 100 weight parts of a rubber component including (a)+(b). The high cis polybutadiene is synthesized using a cobalt-based catalyst and satisfies the requirements of: (i) a Mooney viscosity (ML) of 40-49; (ii) a molecular weight distribution [Weight average molecular weight (Mw)/Number average molecular weight (Mn)] of 3.0-3.9; and (iii) a velocity dependence index (n-value) of the Mooney viscosity of 2.3-3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Anbe, Naomi Okamoto, Takashi Wada
  • Patent number: 7820763
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a rubber component. The rubber component contains (A) 1-70 weight parts of polybutadiene rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML) of 35-50 and composed of (a) 1-9 weight % of a boiled n-hexane insoluble fraction having a melting point of 180° C. or higher and (b) 99-91 weight % of a boiled n-hexane soluble fraction. The rubber component also contains (B) 99-30 weight parts of diene-based rubber other than (A). A crosslinking coagent (C) is mixed in the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7799725
    Abstract: A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Eikyuu, Kouji Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100151965
    Abstract: The object is to provide a rubber composition for a high-strength golf ball which has a high hardness, high resiliency, excellent processability and improved filler dispersibility, by adjusting each of the Mooney viscosity, the molecular weight distribution and the n value (the rate-dependent index for Mooney viscosity) of a high-cis-polybutadiene rubber using a cobalt catalyst to a value falling within a specific range. The rubber composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a high-cis-polybutadiene synthesized using a cobalt catalyst and 10 to 50 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, wherein the high-cis-polybutadiene satisfies the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) the Mooney viscosity (ML) is 40 to 55; (b) the molecular weight distribution [a weight average molecular weight MW)/a number average molecular weight (Mn)] is 3.0 to 4.2; and (c) the rate-dependent index of Mooney viscosity (n value) is 2.3 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Naomi Okamoto, Mitsuharu Anbe, Takashi Wada