Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Tsunori

Ryoichi Tsunori 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: 9771448
    Abstract: An olefin resin having requirements (I) to (VI) is provided: (I) a grafted olefin polymer containing a main chain with an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer and a side chain with a propylene polymer; (II) the ratio P wt % of propylene polymer is from 5 to 60 wt %; (III) when the ratio of the amount of a component(s) having a peak temperature of a differential elution curve as measured by CFC using o-dichlorobenzene of less that 65° C., to the amount of (?) taken as E wt %, the value a represented by an equation (Eq-1), is 1.4 or more; (IV) the melting point (Tm) is 120 to 165° C. and the glass transition temperature (Tg) is ?80 to ?30° C., as measured by DSC; (V) the hot xylene-insoluble content is less than 3 wt %; and, (VI) the limiting viscosity as measured in decalin at 135° C. is 0.5 to 5.0 dl/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Yanagimoto, Tomoaki Matsugi, Akihiko Iwashita, Tatsuya Nakamura, Keita Itakura, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 9670346
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a propylene-based resin composition capable of providing a molded article having an excellent balance between rigidity and impact resistance. The object can be achieved by a propylene-based resin composition including an olefin-based resin characterized by including a grafted ethylene-based copolymer having an ethylene polymer as a side chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keita Itakura, Akiko Odawara, Satoru Kinouchi, Tateo Takashima, Ryoichi Tsunori, Tomoaki Matsugi, Yasushi Yanagimoto, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170096514
    Abstract: The present invention provides an olefin resin (?) satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VI), and a propylene resin composition including the same. (I) (?) includes a grafted olefin polymer [R1] containing a main chain composed of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer and a side chain composed of a propylene polymer. (II) The ratio P wt % of the amount of the propylene polymer contained in (?) is from 5 to 60 wt %. (III) When the ratio of the amount of a component(s) having a peak temperature of a differential elution curve as measured by cross-fractionation chromatography (CFC) using o-dichlorobenzene as a solvent of less than 65° C., to the amount of (?) is taken as E wt %, the value a represented by the following equation (Eq-1), in relation to the ratio E and the ratio P, is 1.4 or more. (IV) The melting point (Tm) and the glass transition temperature (Tg), as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), are from 120 to 165° C. and from ?80 to ?30° C., respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi YANAGIMOTO, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Akihiko IWASHITA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Keita ITAKURA, Ryoichi TSUNORI
  • Publication number: 20170081509
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a propylene-based resin composition capable of providing a molded article having an excellent balance between rigidity and impact resistance. The object can be achieved by a propylene-based resin composition including an olefin-based resin characterized by including a grafted ethylene-based copolymer having an ethylene polymer as a side chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keita ITAKURA, Akiko ODAWARA, Satoru KINOUCHI, Tateo TAKASHIMA, Ryoichi TSUNORI, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Yasushi YANAGIMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8916644
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and strength. [Solution] A polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane according to the present invention comprises as an essential component an ultra-high-molecular-weight propylene homopolymer (A) that satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) the intrinsic viscosity [?] is 7 dl/g or more and less than 25 dl/g; (2) the mesopentad fraction ranges from 90.0% to 99.5%; (3) the melting point ranges from 153° C. to 167° C.; and (4) in an elution temperature-elution volume curve measured by temperature-rising elution fractionation (TREF), the maximum peak has a peak top temperature in the range of 116° C. to 125° C. and a half-width of 7.0° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tamura, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 8901240
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and low thermal shrinkage ratio. [Solution] A polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane according to the present invention comprises as an essential component a propylene homopolymer (A) that satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4) and (7): (1) the intrinsic viscosity [?] is 1 dl/g or more and less than 7 dl/g; (2) the mesopentad fraction ranges from 94.0% to 99.5%; (3) the integral elution volume during heating to 100° C. is 10% or less; (4) the melting point ranges from 153° C. to 167° C.; and (7) in an elution temperature-elution volume curve, the maximum peak has a peak top temperature in the range of 105° C. to 130° C. and a half-width of 7.0° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals Inc., Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tamura, Keita Itakura, Ryoichi Tsunori, Satoshi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20120214886
    Abstract: Extruded propylene-based resin foam according to the present invention is formed by extrusion-foaming a propylene-based resin, and the extruded propylene-based resin foam has a closed cell content of less than 40% and an expansion ratio of 10 or more. Since the extruded propylene-based resin foam has an open-cell structure in which a cell-broken state is formed at a desired level and has a high expansion ratio, each cell in the foam has a sound absorption performance, such that the extruded foam is excellent in sound absorption performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SUGAWARA, Yasuhiko OTSUKI, Ryoichi TSUNORI
  • Publication number: 20110294016
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and low thermal shrinkage ratio. [Solution] A polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane according to the present invention comprises as an essential component a propylene homopolymer (A) that satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4) and (7): (1) the intrinsic viscosity [?] is 1 dl/g or more and less than 7 dl/g; (2) the mesopentad fraction ranges from 94.0% to 99.5%; (3) the integral elution volume during heating to 100° C. is 10% or less; (4) the melting point ranges from 153° C. to 167° C.; and (7) in an elution temperature-elution volume curve, the maximum peak has a peak top temperature in the range of 105° C. to 130° C. and a half-width of 7.0° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tamura, Keita Itakura, Ryoichi Tsunori, Satoshi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20110269900
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and strength. [Solution] A polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane according to the present invention comprises as an essential component an ultra-high-molecular-weight propylene homopolymer (A) that satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) the intrinsic viscosity [?] is 7 dl/g or more and less than 25 dl/g; (2) the mesopentad fraction ranges from 90.0% to 99.5%; (3) the melting point ranges from 153° C. to 167° C.; and (4) in an elution temperature-elution volume curve measured by temperature-rising elution fractionation (TREF), the maximum peak has a peak top temperature in the range of 116° C. to 125° C. and a half-width of 7.0° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Toray Tonen Specialty Separator Kaisha, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tamura, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 7968180
    Abstract: The extruded propylene-based resin composite foam (1) according to the present invention is provided by extrusion-foaming a molding material containing a propylene-based resin. The propylene-based resin forming the extruded foam has an olefin-based polymer whose loss tangent (tan ?) is 0.04 to 100 at a temperature of 298 K and a frequency of 10 Hz. The molding material includes a fibrous filler in an amount of more than 0 mass % and 60 mass % or less of the entirety of the molding material. The extruded composite foam (1) includes: first extruded foam (2) whose closed cell content is 40 percent or more and whose expansion ratio is 10 or more; and second extruded foam (3) whose closed cell content is less than 40 percent and whose expansion ratio is 10 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Motoki Yamada, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 7855239
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an extruded propylene-based resin foam in which a average diameter of cells therein can be reduced while a high expansion ratio remains high, thereby providing an excellent insulation efficiency. The extruded propylene-based resin foam according to the present invention is extruded propylene-based resin foam that is formed by extrusion-foaming a propylene-based resin, and the extruded propylene-based resin foam has the expansion ratio of 10 or more and the average cell diameter of less than 400 ?m. With this configuration, the extruded foam can have a plurality of air bubble walls therein. Thus, the extruded propylene-based resin foam can efficiently block external radiant heat, thereby realizing excellent insulation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 7732532
    Abstract: A multistage propylene-based polymer including the following components (A) and (B): (A) 5 to 20 wt % of a propylene homopolymer component or a copolymer component of propylene and an ?-olefin with 2 to 8 carbon atoms having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of more than 10 dL/g in tetralin at 135° C.; and (B) 80 to 95 wt % of a propylene homopolymer component or a copolymer component of propylene and an ?-olefin with 2 to 8 carbon atoms having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.5 to 3.0 dL/g in tetralin at 135° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tsunori, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Tsutomu Onodera, Shohei Ikeda, Masayuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20090155567
    Abstract: The extruded propylene-based resin foam according to the present invention is extruded propylene-based resin foam that is formed by extrusion-foaming a propylene-based resin, and the extruded propylene-based resin foam has the expansion ratio of 10 or more and the average cell diameter of less than 400 ?m. In addition, the extruded foam contains a 60 or less wt % fibrous filler in relation to the whole molding material. With this configuration, the extruded foam can have a plurality of foam cell walls therein. Thus, the extruded foam can efficiently block external radiant heat, thereby realizing excellent insulation efficiency. Furthermore, because the fibrous filler is oriented along the thickness direction, even when the extruded foam is slightly strained in the thickness direction, a high stress arises, thereby improving energy-absorbing capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Publication number: 20090076179
    Abstract: The extruded propylene-based resin composite foam (1) according to the present invention is provided by extrusion-foaming a molding material containing a propylene-based resin. The propylene-based resin forming the extruded foam has an olefin-based polymer whose loss tangent (tan ?) is 0.04 to 100 at a temperature of 298 K and a frequency of 10 Hz. The molding material includes a fibrous filler in an amount of more than 0 mass % and 60 mass % or less of the entirety of the molding material. The extruded composite foam (1) includes: first extruded foam (2) whose closed cell content is 40 percent or more and whose expansion ratio is 10 or more; and second extruded foam (3) whose closed cell content is less than 40 percent and whose expansion ratio is 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Motoki Yamada, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Publication number: 20090011218
    Abstract: Extruded propylene-based resin foam according to the present invention is formed by extrusion-foaming a propylene-based resin, and the extruded propylene-based resin foam has a closed cell content of less than 40% and an expansion ratio of 10 or more. Since the extruded propylene-based resin foam has an open-cell structure in which a cell-broken state is formed at a desired level and has a high expansion ratio, each cell in the foam has a sound absorption performance, such that the extruded foam is excellent in sound absorption performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Publication number: 20080176971
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an extruded propylene-based resin foam in which a average diameter of cells therein can be reduced while a high expansion ratio remains high, thereby providing an excellent insulation efficiency. The extruded propylene-based resin foam according to the present invention is extruded propylene-based resin foam that is formed by extrusion-foaming a propylene-based resin, and the extruded propylene-based resin foam has the expansion ratio of 10 or more and the average cell diameter of less than 400 ?m. With this configuration, the extruded foam can have a plurality of air bubble walls therein. Thus, the extruded propylene-based resin foam can efficiently block external radiant heat, thereby realizing excellent insulation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Minoru Sugawara, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Publication number: 20070208138
    Abstract: A multistage propylene-based polymer including the following components (A) and (B): (A) 5 to 20 wt % of a propylene homopolymer component or a copolymer component of propylene and an ?-olefin with 2 to 8 carbon atoms having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of more than 10 dL/g in tetralin at 135° C.; and (B) 80 to 95 wt % of a propylene homopolymer component or a copolymer component of propylene and an ?-olefin with 2 to 8 carbon atoms having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.5 to 3.0 dL/g in tetralin at 135° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tsunori, Yasuhiko Otsuki, Tsutomu Onodera, Shohei Ikeda, Masayuki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 6737171
    Abstract: Provided are a propylenic random copolymer of propylene and ethylene satisfying the following (1) to (5), a composition comprising the copolymer, a film and a stretched film of the copolymer or its composition, and a laminate film and a stretched laminate film comprising at least one layer of the copolymer or its composition. (1) The ethylene unit content (x, wt. %) of the copolymer is from 0.2 to 10 wt. %. (2) The copolymer has a melt index (MI, g/10 min) of from 0.1 to 4 g/10 min. (3) The relation between the boiling diethyl ether extraction (E, wt. %) of the copolymer and x satisfies the following (I) or (II); E≦0.253x+1.1 (0.2≦x<6)  (I) E≦2.6 (6≦x≦10)  (II) (4) The relation between the melting point (Tm, ° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Seta, Satoshi Nakatsuka, Michihiro Sawada, Ryoichi Tsunori
  • Patent number: 6649725
    Abstract: Disclosed are a binary random copolymer of propylene and ethylene, and a film to be formed by sheeting the copolymer. The film has good heat-sealability, high stiffness, good anti-blocking and slipping properties, and high transparency. As having excellent heat-sealability at low-temperature, the copolymer and its film are favorably used as sealant layers of laminate films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Seta, Satoshi Nakatsuka, Michihiro Sawada, Ryoichi Tsunori, Tokutaro Kimura, Yutaka Minami
  • Publication number: 20030120014
    Abstract: Provided are a propylenic random copolymer of propylene and ethylene satisfying the following (1) to (5), a composition comprising the copolymer, a film and a stretched film of the copolymer or its composition, and a laminate film and a stretched laminate film comprising at least one layer of the copolymer or its composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Seta, Satoshi Nakatsuka, Michihiro Sawada, Ryoichi Tsunori