Patents by Inventor Shigekuni Nakada
Shigekuni Nakada 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).
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Patent number: 10336961Abstract: The present invention provides a viscosity index improver having an excellent viscosity index improving effect, a lubricant composition having excellent low-temperature viscosity in which the viscosity reduction due to long-term use is small, and a method for producing the lubricant composition. A viscosity index improver of the present invention contains a copolymer (A) containing, as monomer units, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms has a molar-average carbon number (Q) of 29 or more, and the alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms is contained as a monomer unit in an amount of 38 to 75% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer (A).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Ayumu Sakaguchi, Satoshi Matsumoto, Kenyuu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180245014Abstract: The present invention provides a viscosity index improver having an excellent viscosity index improving effect, a lubricant composition having excellent low-temperature viscosity in which the viscosity reduction due to long-term use is small, and a method for producing the lubricant composition. A viscosity index improver of the present invention contains a copolymer (A) containing, as monomer units, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms has a molar-average carbon number (Q) of 29 or more, and the alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms is contained as a monomer unit in an amount of 38 to 75% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni NAKADA, Ayumu SAKAGUCHI, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Kenyuu YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9683195Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a viscosity index improver excellent in shear stability and having a low HTHS viscosity and a high viscosity index. The viscosity index improver of the present invention contains a (co)polymer (A) containing a polyolefin-based monomer as an essential monomer unit, and a base oil, wherein the absolute value of difference in solubility parameter between the (co)polymer (A) and the base oil is 0.8 to 2.0 (cal/cm3)1/2.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Ayumu Sakaguchi, Takenori Tatsumi, Hiroki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20170009177Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a viscosity index improver excellent in shear stability and having a low HTHS viscosity and a high viscosity index. The viscosity index improver of the present invention contains a (co)polymer (A) containing a polyolefin-based monomer as an essential monomer unit, and a base oil, wherein the absolute value of difference in solubility parameter between the (co)polymer (A) and the base oil is 0.8 to 2.0 (cal/cm3)1/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni NAKADA, Ayumu SAKAGUCHI, Takenori TATSUMI, Hiroki YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9109078Abstract: A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Tsuji, Shigekuni Nakada, Yukiya Kobayashi, Katsuya Uchida
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Patent number: 9062148Abstract: A method for producing a fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I) is provided, the method including the steps (1) and (n?1): the step (1) of polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b) in a polyol (a), in the presence of fine particles (P1) and a radical polymerization initiator (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B2); and the step (n?1) of polymerizing (b) in a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B(n?1)), in the presence of (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (Bn) or the fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I), where n represents an integer of 3 to 7, wherein (P1) have a volume-average particle diameter (R1) of 0.01 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and a concentration of (b) in the step (1) is 7 wt % to 40 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Takayuki Tsuji, Yukiya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140288238Abstract: A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Takayuki TSUJI, Shigekuni NAKADA, Yukiya KOBAYASHI, Katsuya UCHIDA
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Patent number: 8772405Abstract: A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Tsuji, Shigekuni Nakada, Yukiya Kobayashi, Katsuya Uchida
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Patent number: 8455591Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 ?m determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takayuki Tsuji, Hiroki Mori
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Patent number: 8394899Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 ?m determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takayuki Tsuji, Hiroki Mori
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Publication number: 20110301257Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 ?m determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni NAKADA, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takayuki TSUJI, Hiroki MORI
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Publication number: 20110301256Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 ?m determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni NAKADA, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takayuki TSUJI, Hiroki MORI
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Publication number: 20110086996Abstract: Provided is a polymer polyol which has solved problems, such as clogging in a discharge head and insufficient hardness of a resulting polyurethane foam, occurring in the production of a polyurethane foam by mechanical foaming using a conventional polymer polyol as a raw material. The present invention is a polymer polyol (A) in which polymer fine particles (JR) having an ethylenically unsaturated compound (E) as a constituent unit are contained in a polyol (PL), wherein the (PL) comprises a polyol (a) with which the average number x of moles of ethylene oxide added per active hydrogen atom and the primary hydroxidation ratio y of terminal hydroxyl groups satisfy a specific relationship, and the volume average particle diameter (R) of the (JR) is from 0.1 to 1.5 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Motonao Kaku
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Publication number: 20100222507Abstract: A method for producing a fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I) is provided, the method including the steps (1) and (n?1): the step (1) of polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b) in a polyol (a), in the presence of fine particles (P1) and a radical polymerization initiator (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B2); and the step (n?1) of polymerizing (b) in a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B(n?1)), in the presence of (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (Bn) or the fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I), where n represents an integer of 3 to 7, wherein (P1) have a volume-average particle diameter (R1) of 0.01 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and a concentration of (b) in the step (1) is 7 wt % to 40 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Takayuki Tsuji, Yukiya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100210768Abstract: A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Tsuji, Shigekuni Nakada, Yukiya Kobayashi, Katsuya Uchida
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Publication number: 20100036082Abstract: A polymer polyol (A) that comprises a polyol (PL) and polymer particles (JR) having an ethylenically unsaturated compound (E) as a constituent unit and contained in a polyol (PL) is provided, in which a ratio of acrylonitrile in (E) is 0 mol % to 67 mol %, and relationship between a viscosity of the polymer polyol and a content (PC) of the polymer particles satisfies a formula (1) below, and/or satisfies formulae (2) and (3) below: (N1)<0.9×(PC)?35??(1) (N2)<1.17×(PC)?46??(2) (N3)<1.37×(PC)?55??(3) where N1, N2, and N3 represent viscosities (Pa·s) of the polymer polyol at 25° C. at a shearing speeds of 1.0 (l/s), 0.1 (l/s), and 10.0 (l/s), respectively, measured by a rheometer; and PC represents a content (wt %) of (JR) in the polymer polyol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Tomohisa Hirano, Takayuki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20090018227Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 ?m determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2006Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigekuni Nakada, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takayuki Tsuji, Hiroki Mori