Patents by Inventor Norio Sakata

Norio Sakata 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: 10066104
    Abstract: The object is to provide a polyamide resin composition having superior productivity and mechanical strength. A polyamide resin composition includes: (A) Polyamide 66; (B) glass fibers; and (C) a copper compound and a halide. The percentage of a component of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 30,000 or less as obtained by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) is within a range from 30% by mass to 37% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66, and the percentage of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater is within a range from 8% by mass to 15% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunichiro I, Norio Sakata, Katsushi Watanabe, Tetsuo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170267861
    Abstract: The object is to provide a polyamide resin composition having superior productivity and mechanical strength. A polyamide resin composition includes: (A) Polyamide 66; (B) glass fibers; and (C) a copper compound and a halide. The percentage of a component of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 30,000 or less as obtained by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) is within a range from 30% by mass to 37% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66, and the percentage of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater is within a range from 8% by mass to 15% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunichiro I, Norio SAKATA, Katsushi WATANABE, Tetsuo KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20120178876
    Abstract: To provide a polyamide copolymer that is excellent in terms of rigidity after water absorption (water absorption rigidity) and rigidity under high temperature use (thermal rigidity). A polyamide copolymer comprising a dicarboxylic acid component unit containing an (a) adipic acid unit, a (b) isophthalic acid unit and a (c) 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid unit, and a diamine component unit, wherein a relationship between a content (mol %) of the (b) and a content (mol %) of the (c) in a total of 100 mol % of the dicarboxylic acid component unit containing the (a), the (b) and the (c) satisfies following formula (1): (c)>(b)?0.1??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Sasaki, Norio Sakata, Teruaki Sakuma, Hiroshi Oyamada
  • Patent number: 8048944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A), a melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B) and a surfactant (C), wherein the polyamide resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of the total of 60 to 75% by mass of the polyamide resin (A) comprising at least one or more polyamide resin (A1) having a melting point of 255 to 270° C. and 25 to 40% by mass of the melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B), and 0.1 to 1.0 part by mass of the surfactant (C) comprising at least one or more fatty acid ester of a polyalkylene polyhydric alcohol, and wherein the melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B) dispersed in the polyamide resin composition has an average dispersion particle diameter of 1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Norio Sakata
  • Patent number: 8017034
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a polyamide composition that is more excellent in the heat resistance and tensile elongation of molded products and also more excellent in a balance between these properties than those given by conventional polyamide compositions. The present invention relates to a polyamide composition comprising polyamide, liquid-crystalline polyester, and non-liquid-crystalline polyester, characterized in that Ma part by mass of the polyamide, Mb part by mass of the liquid-crystalline polyester, and Mc part by mass of the non-liquid-crystalline polyester with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the polyamide, the liquid-crystalline polyester, and the non-liquid-crystalline polyester satisfy the following formulas: 60?Ma?90, 2?Mb?38, and 2?Mc?Ma×0.2?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Sakata, Hiroshi Oyamada, Masaaki Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20100179258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A), a melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B) and a surfactant (C), wherein the polyamide resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of the total of 60 to 75% by mass of the polyamide resin (A) comprising at least one or more polyamide resin (A1) having a melting point of 255 to 270° C. and 25 to 40% by mass of the melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B), and 0.1 to 1.0 part by mass of the surfactant (C) comprising at least one or more fatty acid ester of a polyalkylene polyhydric alcohol, and wherein the melamine cyanurate-based flame retardant (B) dispersed in the polyamide resin composition has an average dispersion particle diameter of 1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20090302272
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a polyamide composition that is more excellent in the heat resistance and tensile elongation of molded products and also more excellent in a balance between these properties than those given by conventional polyamide compositions. The present invention relates to a polyamide composition comprising polyamide, liquid-crystalline polyester, and non-liquid-crystalline polyester, characterized in that Ma part by mass of the polyamide, Mb part by mass of the liquid-crystalline polyester, and Mc part by mass of the non-liquid-crystalline polyester with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the polyamide, the liquid-crystalline polyester, and the non-liquid-crystalline polyester satisfy the following formulas: 60?Ma?90, 2?Mb?38, and 2?Mc?Ma×0.2?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Sakata, Hiroshi Oyamada, Masaaki Aramaki
  • Patent number: 7540980
    Abstract: A conductive resin composition produced by melt-kneading a mixture comprising a polyamide (A), a polyphenylene ether (B) (non-terminal-modified polyphenylene ether and/or terminal-modified polyphenylene ether), a rubbery polymer (C), a conductive carbonaceous material (D) (carbon black and/or carbon fibril), and a low molecular weight modifier compound (E) (compatibility agent), wherein the mixture has the following characteristics: (1) the amount of (D) is 0.2 to 3% by weight, based on the total weight of (A) to (E), (2) the amount of (E) is more than 0.01% by weight and less than 0.20% by weight, based on the total weight of (A) to (E), and (3) the amount (a) of a volatile substance contained in (B) satisfies the following formula: 0?a??7.3×E+1.83, wherein E is the % by weight of (E), based on the total weight of (A) to (E), the amount (a) being expressed in terms of a weight decrease (% by weight) of (B) as measured by subjecting (B) to vacuum drying in vacuo at 180 ° C. for 1 hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Noda, Hiroshi Nishino, Norio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20070029530
    Abstract: A conductive resin composition produced by melt-kneading a mixture comprising a polyamide (A), a polyphenylene ether (B) (non-terminal-modified polyphenylene ether and/or terminal-modified polyphenylene ether), a rubbery polymer (C), a conductive carbonaceous material (D) (carbon black and/or carbon fibril), and a low molecular weight modifier compound (E) (compatibility agent), wherein the mixture has the following characteristics: (1) the amount of (D) is 0.2 to 3% by weight, based on the total weight of (A) to (E), (2) the amount of (E) is more than 0.01% by weight and less than 0.20% by weight, based on the total weight of (A) to (E), and (3) the amount (a) of a volatile substance contained in (B) satisfies the following formula: 0?a??7.3×E+1.83, wherein E is the % by weight of (E), based on the total weight of (A) to (E), the amount (a) being expressed in terms of a weight decrease (% by weight) of (B) as measured by subjecting (B) to vacuum drying in vacuo at 180 ° C. for 1 hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Noda, Hiroshi Nishino, Norio Sakata