Patents by Inventor Nozomi Inagaki

Nozomi Inagaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230399458
    Abstract: A polyethylene terephthalate resin composition with excellent impact resistance, tensile strength and chemical resistance is provided. A resin composition comprising: a (A) polyethylene terephthalate resin; a (B) polyphenylene ether resin; a (C) styrenic thermoplastic elastomer; and a (D) styrenic copolymer having a glycidyl group, wherein, a mass of the (C) component present in a phase of the (A) component, a mass of the (C) component present in a phase of the (B) component, a mass of the (A) component in the resin composition and a mass of the (B) component in the resin composition satisfy a predetermined relationship, and an average particle diameter of the phase of the (B) component dispersed in the phase of the (A) component is 0.1 to 5 ?m. The resin composition can contain the (A) and (B) components as a molten and kneaded mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Shinsuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11539095
    Abstract: An in-vehicle lithium ion battery member produced by molding a resin composition containing (a) a polyphenylene ether resin, the resin composition having a critical strain in a chemical resistance evaluation of 0.5% or more and a Charpy impact strength at 23° C. of 20 kJ/m2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Yokoyama, Nozomi Inagaki, Mihoko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220372283
    Abstract: Provided are a polyamide/polyphenylene ether resin composition that has excellent fluidity, heat resistance, and surface impact strength while also having excellent repeated processability and a shaped product that includes this resin composition. The resin composition contains: (a) a polyamide; (b) a polyphenylene ether; (c) a compatibilizer for the (a) polyamide and the (b) polyphenylene ether; and (d) a polyhydric alcohol including at least two hydroxyl groups and having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 500. The content of the (d) polyhydric alcohol is 0.3 parts by mass to 5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass, in total, of the (a) polyamide and the (b) polyphenylene ether. A ratio of terminal amino group concentration relative to terminal carboxyl group concentration (terminal amino group concentration/terminal carboxyl group concentration) in the (a) polyamide is 0.3 to 0.5. The (a) polyamide forms a continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miki TOKUYAMA, Shinsuke MOCHIZUKI, Nozomi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220251375
    Abstract: A resin composition containing (a) a polyphenylene ether resin, (b) a polypropylene resin, (c) a compatibilizer, (d) an inorganic filler, and (e) a hydrotalcite-like compound, and a molded product obtained by molding the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miki TOKUYAMA, Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11352496
    Abstract: A resin composition of the present disclosure comprises (a) a polyphenylene ether resin; and (b) a graft copolymer wherein 30 to 70% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber latex having a gel content ratio of 30 to 90% by mass and a volume average particle diameter of a rubber dispersion of 0.2 to 1.0 ?m is graft-polymerized with 30 to 70% by mass of an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein the (a) component forms a continuous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Mihoko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210024730
    Abstract: Provided is a relay box housing obtained by molding a resin composition containing (a) a polypropylene resin, (b) a polyphenylene ether resin, and (c) a hydrogenated block copolymer. The resin composition has a deflection temperature under load of 100° C. or higher and a ratio of the storage elastic modulus G?A to G?B, expressed as G?A/G?B, of 0.9 to 1.5. Multipurpose test specimens A and B are obtained from the resin composition with an injection molding method with a first multipurpose test specimen A immersed in water under predetermined conditions and a second multipurpose test specimen B not immersed. Storage elastic modulus measurement is performed on each of the test specimens A and B at 50° C. in a tensile mode to obtain the storage elastic moduli G?A and G?B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Nihir BHUVA
  • Publication number: 20200313131
    Abstract: An in-vehicle lithium ion battery member produced by molding a resin composition containing (a) a polyphenylene ether resin, the resin composition having a critical strain in a chemical resistance evaluation of 0.5% or more and a Charpy impact strength at 23° C. of 20 kJ/m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya YOKOYAMA, Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10738189
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition and shaped product having excellent low-temperature impact resistance, chemical resistance, and tracking resistance, and having rigidity enabling adoption for mechanism components and structures. The resin composition contains (a) a polyphenylene ether resin, and further contains: (b-1) a hydrogenated block copolymer, and/or modified product thereof, having a peak molecular weight of 80,000 to 200,000 and (b-2) a hydrogenated block copolymer, and/or modified product thereof, having a peak molecular weight of at least 10,000 and less than 80,000; and/or (c) an olefinic polymer formed from an olefin other than propylene. The (a) component forms a continuous phase, polymer block B has a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. or lower, the (c) component has a brittleness temperature of ?50° C. or lower, and the composition does not substantially contain (g) polypropylene resin and has a flexural modulus of 1,600 MPa or more as measured in accordance with ISO 178.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Kazuyuki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20200165447
    Abstract: A resin composition of the present disclosure comprises (a) a polyphenylene ether resin; and (b) a graft copolymer wherein 30 to 70% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber latex having a gel content ratio of 30 to 90% by mass and a volume average particle diameter of a rubber dispersion of 0.2 to 1.0 ?m is graft-polymerized with 30 to 70% by mass of an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein the (a) component forms a continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10611912
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition and a shaped product having excellent smoke generation properties and chemical resistance. The resin composition and the shaped product contain: a polyphenylene ether resin (I); a polypropylene resin (II); a hydrogenated block copolymer (III) that is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block A and a polymer block B in which the total amount of vinyl bonding is 30-90%; and a phosphate ester compound (IV). Relative to 100 parts by mass, in total, of components (I) and (II), component (I) is 40-99 parts by mass, component (II) is 1-60 parts by mass, component (III) is 1-20 parts by mass, and component (IV) is 5-45 parts by mass. A partition ratio of component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in chloroform and component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in o-dichlorobenzene is 10 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Mihoko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190338120
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition and a shaped product having excellent smoke generation properties and chemical resistance. The resin composition and the shaped product contain: a polyphenylene ether resin (I); a polypropylene resin (II); a hydrogenated block copolymer (III) that is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block A and a polymer block B in which the total amount of vinyl bonding is 30-90%; and a phosphate ester compound (IV). Relative to 100 parts by mass, in total, of components (I) and (II), component (I) is 40-99 parts by mass, component (II) is 1-60 parts by mass, component (III) is 1-20 parts by mass, and component (IV) is 5-45 parts by mass. A partition ratio of component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in chloroform and component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in o-dichlorobenzene is 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190218382
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a resin composition is provided. The resin composition includes: 100 parts by mass in total of (A) polypropylene-based resin and (B) polyphenylene ether resin; 1 part to 20 parts by mass of (C) an admixture; and 0.01 parts to 0.5 parts by mass of (D) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a higher fatty acid, a higher fatty acid metal salt, and a higher fatty acid ester. A proportion XD(B+C) of the component (D) present in a whole fraction of 100 mass % dissolved in the chloroform is 0.13 mass % to 0.80 mass %. The method includes a step of melt-kneading the whole component (B), the whole component (C), and 15 mass % to 100 mass % of the component (D) to obtain kneaded material, and a step of adding the whole component (A) and the rest of the component (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko YAMAMOTO, Nozomi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20190185665
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition and shaped product having excellent low-temperature impact resistance, chemical resistance, and tracking resistance, and having rigidity enabling adoption for mechanism components and structures. The resin composition contains (a) a polyphenylene ether resin, and further contains: (b-1) a hydrogenated block copolymer, and/or modified product thereof, having a peak molecular weight of 80,000 to 200,000 and (b-2) a hydrogenated block copolymer, and/or modified product thereof, having a peak molecular weight of at least 10,000 and less than 80,000; and/or (c) an olefinic polymer formed from an olefin other than propylene. The (a) component forms a continuous phase, polymer block B has a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. or lower, the (c) component has a brittleness temperature of ?50° C. or lower, and the composition does not substantially contain (g) polypropylene resin and has a flexural modulus of 1,600 MPa or more as measured in accordance with ISO 178.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Kazuyuki OGATA
  • Patent number: 10224127
    Abstract: The resin composition according to the present invention contains a polyacetal resin having a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific carbon black, and an alkaline metal wherein the contents of the carbon black and the alkaline metal are in specific ranges. The molded article according to the present invention contains the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Takaaki Miyoshi, Junichi Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20180223099
    Abstract: Provided is a pellet that contains a polyphenylene ether resin in a high concentration, is highly suitable for use as a modifier for imparting creep resistance, and has excellent post-molding external appearance. The pellet contains 80 mass % to 99 mass % of a polyphenylene ether resin (I) and 1 mass % to 20 mass % of a hydrogenated block copolymer (II) that is an at least partially hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block P of mainly a vinyl aromatic compound and a polymer block Q of mainly a conjugated diene compound in which the total of 1,2-vinyl bond content and 3,4-vinyl bond content is 50% to 95%. No black spot contaminants having a major diameter of greater than 0.7 mm are present on front and rear surfaces of four plates of 90.0 mm×50.0 mm×2.0 mm in size obtained through molding of the pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180127580
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition and a shaped product having excellent smoke generation properties and chemical resistance. The resin composition and the shaped product contain: a polyphenylene ether resin (I); a polypropylene resin (II); a hydrogenated block copolymer (III) that is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block A and a polymer block B in which the total amount of vinyl bonding is 30-90%; and a phosphate ester compound (IV). Relative to 100 parts by mass, in total, of components (I) and (II), component (I) is 40-99 parts by mass, component (II) is 1-60 parts by mass, component (III) is 1-20 parts by mass, and component (IV) is 5-45 parts by mass. A partition ratio of component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in chloroform and component (IV) present in a fraction that dissolves in o-dichlorobenzene is 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi INAGAKI, Mihoko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180105691
    Abstract: This disclosure is to provide a pellet excellent in modification effect of heat-resistant creeping property improvement of thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene and the like, and excellent in appearance as well. The pellet of this disclosure contains: 60 to 99 mass % of a polyphenylene ether resin (I); and 1 to 40 mass % of a block copolymer (II), which contains a polymer block P mainly formed of a vinyl aromatic compound, and a polymer block Q mainly formed of a conjugated diene compound of which a total amount of 1,2-vinyl bonding amount and 3,4-vinyl bonding amount is 5% or more and less than 50%, wherein: black spot foreign matters with a longitudinal diameter of more than 0.7 mm do not exist on front and back surfaces of a flat plate obtained by molding the pellet into four flat plates with a size of 90.0 mm×50.0 mm×2.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nozomi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20180057671
    Abstract: A resin composition that has an excellent balance between thermal creep resistance and toughness and from which a molded product with favorable appearance can be obtained is provided. The resin composition includes: 100 parts by mass in total of (A) polypropylene-based resin and (B) polyphenylene ether resin; 1 parts to 20 parts by mass of (C) an admixture; and 0.01 parts to 0.5 parts by mass of (D) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a higher fatty acid, a higher fatty acid metal salt, and a higher fatty acid ester, wherein when the resin composition is dissolved in chloroform, a proportion XD(B+C) of the component (D) present in a whole fraction of 100 mass % dissolved in the chloroform is 0.13 mass % to 0.80 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko YAMAMOTO, Nozomi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20150294750
    Abstract: The resin composition according to the present invention contains a polyacetal resin having a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific carbon black, and an alkaline metal wherein the contents of the carbon black and the alkaline metal are in specific ranges. The molded article according to the present invention contains the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Takaaki Miyoshi, Junichi Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20150034882
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin (A) and 5 to 30 parts by mass of an electroconductive carbon black (B); and has a volume resistivity of 102 ?·cm or less measured based on JIS K 7194, and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 8 g/10 min or more and 30 g/10 min or less as measured at a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg based on JIS K 7210.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Nozomi Inagaki, Takaaki Miyoshi