Patents by Inventor Seiichi Mabe

Seiichi Mabe 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: 8436097
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Mayumi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20100056711
    Abstract: There is provided a continuous method for producing a conjugated diene polymer, comprising: polymerizing a conjugated diene, a compound of formula (I) below, and optionally other monomer in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent, wherein X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru FUJII, Seiichi MABE, Mayumi OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100048806
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsunari INAGAKI, Seiichi MABE, Mayumi OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 7625981
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Mayumi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20090036567
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a silane compound defined by a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mayumi OSHIMA, Seiichi MABE, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 7339005
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a both end-modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (1) to produce an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with an amine compound, a ketone compound, an acrylamide compound, a heterocyclic compound or a silyl compound represented by specific formulas, respectively: R—(CH2)n—X-M??(1) wherein R is a functional group containing a substituent group-carrying nitrogen atom, X is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group comprising from 0 to 10 conjugated diene monomer units or aromatic vinyl monomer units, n is an integer of from 1 to 10, and M is an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20060004143
    Abstract: A process for producing a modified polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst or a specified alkali metal compound, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a specified isocyanurate compound or a combination thereof with a specified coupling agent in a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Mayumi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20050203251
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, to form an alkali metal end-carrying active polymer, and (2) reacting the alkali metal end-carrying active polymer with a silane compound defined by a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 6818710
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of: (1) reacting one part by mol of an organoalkali metal compound with n±0.7 (n is an integer of 3 or more) parts by mol of a specific diphenyl compound to produce a reaction mixture, (2) polymerizing in the presence of the produced reaction mixture an aromatic vinyl monomer and a conjugated diene monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent, and after completion of the polymerizing, stirring for at least 30 minutes, to produce a polymerization reaction mixture, and (3) repeating such an operation n−2 times that (i) an aromatic vinyl monomer and a conjugated diene monomer are added to the produced polymerization reaction mixture, and polymerized, and (ii) after completion of the polymerizing, stirring is carried out for at least 30 minutes, and thereby producing a modified polymer rubber, whose both ends and n−2 positions in its chain are modified by the compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 6806321
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer, or the conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent to produce an active polymer having an alkali metal at its end(s), and (2) reacting the active polymer with a ketone compound represented by a specific formula to produce a modified polymer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 6800689
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing polymer rubber, which comprises the step of polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination of a conjugated diene monomer with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of (1) an organolithium compound, (2) a solvent, (3) tetrahydrofuran in an amount of 0.0106 to 0.1060% by weight, and (4) ethylene glycol diethyl ether in an amount of 0.02 to 0.30% by weight, wherein the polymer rubber satisfies the conditions of (a) a vinyl group content in the polymer rubber is not less than 60% by weight, and (b) a Q value (Mw/Mn) of the polymer rubber is not more than 1.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe
  • Publication number: 20040152845
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a both end-modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 6765065
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber having modified both ends, which comprises the steps of: (1) reacting a compound represented by the following formula (1) with an organic alkali metal compound to produce a chemical species, (2) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination of a conjugated diene monomer with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of the chemical species to produce an active polymer having an alkali metal at an end thereof, and (3) reacting the active polymer with a functional group-carrying modifying agent in a hydrocarbon solvent to produce the modified polymer rubber having modified both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20040054092
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20030216522
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20030181599
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing polymer rubber, which comprises the step of polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination of a conjugated diene monomer with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of (1) an organolithium compound, (2) a solvent, (3) tetrahydrofuran in an amount of 0.0106 to 0.1060% by weight, and (4) ethylene glycol diethyl ether in an amount of 0.02 to 0.30% by weight, wherein the polymer rubber satisfies the conditions of (a) a vinyl group content in the polymer rubber is not less than 60% by weight, and (b) a Q value (Mw/Mn) of the polymer rubber is not more than 1.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe
  • Publication number: 20030153692
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber having modified both ends, which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 6469106
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified diene polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of: (i) polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, or a combination of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, thereby obtaining an active conjugated diene polymer having an alkali metal at the end thereof, and (ii) reacting the active conjugated diene polymer having an alkali metal at the end thereof with an amine compound represented by the specific formula (1), thereby obtaining the modified diene polymer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Yoshihiro Nakatsuji
  • Publication number: 20020077429
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified diene polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsunari Inagaki, Seiichi Mabe, Yoshihiro Nakatsuji