Patents by Inventor Sadahiko Matsuura

Sadahiko Matsuura 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: 7452946
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer which is a copolymer obtained from ethylene and a C3 to C10?-olefin and satisfies the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) simultaneously provides a blow-molded product and an extrusion-molded product excellent in moldability, mechanical strength and outward appearance. (i) melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] under a loading of 2.16 kg at 190° C. is in the range of 0.01 to 10, (ii) melt tension [MT (g)] and the above melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] satisfy the following relationship: MT?3.2×MFR2?0.55, (iii) an activation energy [Ea] of fluidization is less than 30 (KJ/mol), and (iv) swell ratio is 1.36 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Kenji Iwamasa, Keiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070260026
    Abstract: [Task] To provide a catalyst for olefin polymerization having an excellent olefin polymerization performance and capable of producing a polyolefin with excellent properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kenji Michiue, Mitsuhiko Onda, Shigekazu Matsui, Sadahiko Matsuura, Koji Endo, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita
  • Patent number: 7109284
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel olefin polymerization catalyst having excellent olefin polymerization activity and, in polymerization with the catalyst comprising a transition metal compound, a polymerization process for preparing a polymer having a low molecular weight with high polymerization activity. The process comprises polymerizing olefin in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising (A) a transition metal compound represented by the following [M: a Group 4 or 5 transition metal atom in the Periodic Table, m: 1–4, R1: H, a C1–C5 linear hydrocarbon group, 3- to 5-membered alicyclic hydrocarbon group, bicycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group wherein two alicyclic rings share one or more carbon atoms, R2 to R6: H, a halogen atom, hydrocarbon group etc, X: H, a halogen atom etc, and n is a valence of M], and (B) at least one compound selected from (B-1) an organometallic compound, (B-2) an organoaluminum oxy compound and (B-3) an ionizing ionic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichi Ishii, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Terunori Fujita
  • Publication number: 20060199925
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer which is a copolymer obtained from ethylene and a C3 to C10?-olefin and satisfies the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) simultaneously provides a blow-molded product and an extrusion-molded product excellent in moldability, mechanical strength and outward appearance. (i) melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] under a loading of 2.16 kg at 190° C. is in the range of 0.01 to 10, (ii) melt tension [MT (g)] and the above melt flow rate [MFR2 (g/10 min)] satisfy the following relationship: MT?3.2×MFR2?0.55, (iii) an activation energy [Ea] of fluidization is less than 30 (KJ/mol), and (iv) swell ratio is 1.36 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Terunori Fujita, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Kenji Iwamasa, Keiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7067587
    Abstract: A novel graft polymer useful in various uses that has a polyolefin backbone having polyolefin segments excellent in moldability can be obtained by homopolymerizing a novel polyolefin macromonomer or polymerizing the novel polyolefin macromonomer in the coexistence of other olefins depending on need, wherein the macromonomer has at the terminal of its polyolefin chain a vinyl group whose ?-position may be substituted, and the macromonomer can be efficiently obtained by a method, for example, successively carrying out i) a step of producing a polyolefin having a hydroxyl group at the terminal of the polyolefin chain and ii) a step of converting the terminal hydroxyl group of the polyolefin in chain into an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group or a styryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kaneko, Shin-ichi Kojoh, Nobuo Kawahara, Shingo Matsuo, Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Kazuhisa Miyazaki, Norio Kashiwa
  • Publication number: 20050176890
    Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a process for producing an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer with good polymerization activity and high conversion of non-conjugated polyene. The invention achieves the object by providing a process for producing an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer that comprises copolymerizing ethylene, an ?-olefin and a non-conjugated polyene in a hydrocarbon solvent with use of a transition metal compound catalyst, and removing the unreacted monomers and the hydrocarbon solvent from the copolymer solution without removing the catalyst residue, wherein the copolymerization is carried out at a polymerization temperature of 100° C. or above and a polymerization pressure of 2.7 MPa or above in a manner such that the non-conjugated polyene concentration in the polymerization solution is less than the maximum non-conjugated polyene concentration Cmax (mol/L) indicated below: Cmax=0.050 (mol/L) when the copolymer has an iodine value (IV) of 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Sadahiko Matsuura, Hidetatsu Murakami, Yasuhiro Hasada, Junji Saito, Terunori Fujita, Shigekazu Matsui
  • Publication number: 20040242791
    Abstract: A novel graft polymer useful in various uses that has a polyolefin backbone having polyolefin segments excellent in moldability can be obtained by homopolymerizing a novel polyolefin macromonomer or polymerizing the novel polyolefin macromonomer in the coexistence of other olefins depending on need, wherein the macromonomer has at the terminal of its polyolefin chain a vinyl group whose &agr;-position may be substituted, and the macromonomer can be efficiently obtained by a method, for example, successively carrying out i) a step of producing a polyolefin having a hydroxyl group at the terminal of the polyolefin chain and ii) a step of converting the terminal hydroxyl group of the polyolefin in chain into an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group or a styryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kaneko, Shin-ichi Kojoh, Nobuo Kawahara, Shingo Matsuo, Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Kazuhisa Miyazaki, Norio Kashiwa
  • Publication number: 20030027955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel olefin polymerization catalyst having excellent olefin polymerization activity and, in polymerization with the catalyst comprising a transition metal compound, a polymerization process for preparing a polymer having a low molecular weight with high polymerization activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Seiichi Ishii, Makoto Mitani, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Terunori Fujita
  • Patent number: 6323150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a solid titanium catalyst component, comprising the steps of (I) contacting a liquid magnesium compound with a liquid titanium compound to precipitate a solid in the contact liquid (&bgr;), and adding an electron donor (d-i) selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic ester and a polyether compound to the contact liquid (&bgr;) during the time from beginning to end of the solid precipitation, to form a solid product (&agr;); and (II) contacting the solid product (&agr;) obtained after completion of the solid precipitation with an electron donor (d-ii) selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic ester and a polyether compound, to prepare a solid titanium catalyst component. According to the process, a solid titanium catalyst component capable of polymerizing an olefin with high activity and capable of preparing an olefin polymer of high stereoregularity can be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kojoh, Tsuneo Yashiki, Kazumitsu Kawakita, Masao Nakano, Sadahiko Matsuura