Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Natsuyama

Nobuhiro Natsuyama 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: 9708433
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition includes: (1) a step of dynamically vulcanizing 50 to 90% by weight of (A) an oil-extended ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymerized rubber and 10 to 50% by weight of (B) a propylene-based resin, where the total amount of the oil-extended ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymerized rubber (A) and the propylene-based resin (B) is taken as 100% by weight, in the presence of a crosslinking agent, thereby obtaining a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the oil-extended ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymerized rubber (A) contains 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4100° C.) of 150 to 350 at 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Patent number: 9518175
    Abstract: A flame-retardant thermoplastic elastomer composition is provided to produce a molded article possessing mechanical properties, flame retardancy and softness inherently possessed by a molted article obtained from a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a mineral oil-based softening agent and a flame retardant and fails to stain a mold after injection molding. A production method includes step (1) obtaining a thermoplastic elastomer composition by dynamically crosslinking a polymer mixture (A) containing an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber (A1) and a propylene-based polymer (A2) in the presence of a mineral oil-based softening agent (C) and a crosslinking agent (D), and step (2) kneading the thermoplastic elastomer composition, a halogen-free flame retardant (E), zinc oxide (F), and a thermoplastic resin with a polar group (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kurokawa, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Patent number: 9399709
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the method comprising subjecting components (A), (B), (C), and (D) to dynamic thermal treatment in a melt-kneading apparatus, wherein the component (A) is an ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber, the component (B) is a polyolefin resin, the component (C) is a liquid in which an alkylphenol resin has been dispersed and/or dissolved in a mineral oil, and the component (D) is a metal halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei Ono, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Patent number: 9102809
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer composition, wherein the method includes (1) a step of preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition by dynamically vulcanizing a thermoplastic elastomer composition precursor containing (A) an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene-based polymer and (C) a mineral oil-based softening agent in the presence of (D) a crosslinking agent, and (2) a step of kneading the thermoplastic elastomer composition, (E) a halogen-free flame retardant, (F) a zinc oxide, and optionally (G) a polyhydric compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kurokawa, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Publication number: 20150183972
    Abstract: A flame-retardant thermoplastic elastomer composition is provided to produce a molded article possessing mechanical properties, flame retardancy and softness inherently possessed by a molted article obtained from a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a mineral oil-based softening agent and a flame retardant and fails to stain a mold after injection molding. A production method includes step (1) obtaining a thermoplastic elastomer composition by dynamically crosslinking a polymer mixture (A) containing an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber (A1) and a propylene-based polymer (A2) in the presence of a mineral oil-based softening agent (C) and a crosslinking agent (D), and step (2) kneading the thermoplastic elastomer composition, a halogen-free flame retardant (E), zinc oxide (F), and a thermoplastic resin with a polar group (G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Ryosuke KUROKAWA, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 8703870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 0.01 to 20 parts of modified ethylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of a mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts, and the amounts of components (C) and (E) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kurokawa, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Publication number: 20140039108
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer composition, wherein the method includes (1) a step of preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition by dynamically vulcanizing a thermoplastic elastomer composition precursor containing (A) an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene-based polymer and (C) a mineral oil-based softening agent in the presence of (D) a crosslinking agent, and (2) a step of kneading the thermoplastic elastomer composition, (E) a halogen-free flame retardant, (F) a zinc oxide, and optionally (G) a polyhydric compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryosuke KUROKAWA, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 8598265
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 1 to 50 parts of modified propylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight, and the amount of component (E) is an amount in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kurokawa, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Patent number: 8399104
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite molded article and a method for producing the same. The composite molded article comprises a molded article of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer (A) and a molded article of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer (B) fused to each other, wherein the olefin thermoplastic elastomer molded article (A) contains an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition (A?) having less than 5% by weight of a cyclohexane-soluble(s) and less than 35% of a compression set (JIS K6262, 70° C., 22 hours), and the olefin thermoplastic elastomer molded article (B) contains an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition (B?) obtained by blending 100 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber (b-1) containing 6 to 15 wt % of a non-conjugated diene unit, with 40 to 150 parts by weight of a mineral oil softener (b-2), 5 to 150 parts by weight of an olefin resin (b-3), and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Natsuyama, Hironobu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20130059978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 1 to 50 parts of modified propylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight, and the amount of component (E) is an amount in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryosuke KUROKAWA, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130059977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 0.01 to 20 parts of modified ethylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of a mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts, and the amounts of components (C) and (E) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryosuke KUROKAWA, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130046049
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the method comprising subjecting components (A), (B), (C), and (D) to dynamic thermal treatment in a melt-kneading apparatus, wherein the component (A) is an ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber, the component (B) is a polyolefin resin, the component (C) is a liquid in which an alkylphenol resin has been dispersed and/or dissolved in a mineral oil, and the component (D) is a metal halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuhei ONO, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130041090
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the method involving subjecting an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber (A) and a polyolefin-based resin (B) in the presence of an alkylphenol resin (C) and a metal halide (D) to dynamic thermal treatment within a melt-kneading apparatus, wherein the metal halide (D) is a powder, and a mixture of a powder of the metal halide (D) and a particle having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 3 mm is continuously fed to the melt-kneading apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei ONO, Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 7989542
    Abstract: A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising the steps of (1) heating dynamically (A) a defined ethylene-?-olefin random copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene homopolymer, or a defined copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or an ?-olefin, (C) a mineral oil softener, and (D) a crosslinking agent, and (2) melt-kneading the resultant product with a defined polypropylene resin (E); and a process for producing a foamed thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising the further step of melt-kneading said thermoplastic elastomer composition with (F) a foaming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Natsuyama, Hironobu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 7718272
    Abstract: A laminated product comprising (i) a layer containing a sulfur-vulcanized rubber composition, and (ii) a layer containing a thermoplastic elastomer composition produced by dynamically heating (A) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene resin, (C) a mineral oil, (D) a cross-linking agent, and (E) an ethylene resin; and a process for producing a laminated product comprising the steps of (1) dynamically heating the above components (A) to (E), and (2) laminating the above layers (i) and (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Natsuyama, Hironobu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20100112366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite molded article and a method for producing the same. The composite molded article comprises a molded article of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer (A) and a molded article of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer (B) fused to each other, wherein the olefin thermoplastic elastomer molded article (A) contains an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition (A?) having less than 5% by weight of a cyclohexane-soluble(s) and less than 35% of a compression set (JIS K6262, 70° C., 22 hours), and the olefin thermoplastic elastomer molded article (B) contains an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition (B?) obtained by blending 100 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber (b-1) containing 6 to 15 wt % of a non-conjugated diene unit, with 40 to 150 parts by weight of a mineral oil softener (b-2), 5 to 150 parts by weight of an olefin resin (b-3), and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Natsuyama, Hironobu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20090137741
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition, a composite molded body and a weather strip. The thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises the following (i) and (ii): (i) a thermoplastic elastomer obtained by dynamically crosslinking (a), (b), (c) and (d) in the presence of a crosslinking agent,(a) 10 to 75% by weight of the ethylene-a-olefin copolymer rubber; (b) 10 to 50% by weight of a propylene resin; (c) 5 to 60% by weight of mineral oil; and (d) an ethylene resin; a total content of (a), (b) and (c) being 100% by weight, and a content of (d) being from 0 to 10 parts by weight, provided that the total content of (a), (b) and (C) is 100 parts by weight; (ii) a high density polyethylene; and a content of (ii) is from 55 to 150 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of (a) the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Nobuhiro NATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20080021145
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition which, through dynamic crosslinking of an olefin resin and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber as polymer components, has excellent appearance of the extrusion molding while also having excellent physical properties such as compression set and tensile strength. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition having the steps of: dynamically heat treating the following components (A) to (D); adding a component (E) to a resulting composition; and kneading the resulting mixture, and a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by the production method, (A): 40 to 95 parts by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber; (B): 5 to 60 parts by weight of a polyolefin-based resin; (C): 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a halogenated alkylphenolic resin-based crosslinking agent; (D): 0.001 to 0.7 part by weight of iron oxide; and (E): 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohichi Iketani, Hironobu Shigematsu, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Publication number: 20080009588
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition which, through dynamic crosslinking of an olefin resin and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber as polymer components, has excellent appearance of the extrusion molding while also having excellent physical properties such as compression set, oil resistance and tensile strength. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition having the steps of: dynamically heat treating the following components (A) to (D); adding a component (E) to a resulting composition; and kneading a resulting mixture, (A): an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber; (B): a polyolefin resin; (C): a halogenated alkylphenolic resin-based crosslinking agent; (D): zinc oxide; and (E): a halogen capturing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohichi Iketani, Hironobu Shigematsu, Nobuhiro Natsuyama
  • Publication number: 20060211812
    Abstract: A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising the steps of (1) heating dynamically (A) a defined ethylene-?-olefin random copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene homopolymer, or a defined copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or an ?-olefin, (C) a mineral oil softener, and (D) a crosslinking agent, and (2) melt-kneading the resultant product with a defined polypropylene resin (E); and a process for producing a foamed thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising the further step of melt-kneading said thermoplastic elastomer composition with (F) a foaming agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Natsuyama, Hironobu Shigematsu