Patents by Inventor Shingo Niinobe

Shingo Niinobe 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: 12377029
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide an alcohol composition in which hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or methylcellulose is contained in such a way that its thickening ability is exhibited so that the alcohol composition can have a viscosity that is easy to apply and difficult to spill down, and can be prevented from dripping out and/or can have high transparency, and further can have a good application feeling. The objective can be achieved by an alcohol composition comprising 60.0 parts by mass to 93.0 parts by mass of at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethanol and isopropanol, 3.0 parts by mass to 39.9 parts by mass of water, and 0.1 parts by mass to 4.0 parts by mass of at least one water-soluble cellulose ether selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and methylcellulose, wherein the alcohol composition has a loss tangent (tan ?) of 0.10 to 1.00 when measured at 20° C. under the condition of being a frequency of 1 Hz and a strain of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takane Sudo, Shingo Niinobe
  • Patent number: 12114683
    Abstract: Provided is a gelling composition capable of keeping a gel state in a food even when the food heated at 75° C. is cooled to around 45° C. at which the food can be eaten in a warm state. Specifically provided is a gelling composition comprising methyl cellulose, a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a storage modulus G? (75° C.) at 75° C. of 3,000 to 5,500 Pa, the 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a return temperature storage modulus G? (75 to 45° C.) of 2,000 to 3,600 Pa when the temperature of the aqueous solution is returned from 75° C. to 45° C., and a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 3,000 to 10,000 mPa·s; a low temperature gelling agent; and a solvent. A food comprising the gelling composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shingo Niinobe, Akira Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10688024
    Abstract: A cleaning composition having good foamability and being capable of producing fine and stable foams with resilient texture, more specifically, a cleaning composition including a surfactant, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shingo Niinobe, Akira Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20170258077
    Abstract: Provided is a volatile composition having a small difference in volatilization amounts of a volatile substance within a wide temperature range from the normal temperature and enabling the control of the volatilization amount even at a high temperature by suppressing the volatilization amount of the volatile substance and by increasing the gel strength of the volatile composition. Specifically provided is a volatile composition having an alkyl cellulose having such a viscosity that a viscosity at 20° C. of a 1% by weight aqueous solution of the alkyl cellulose is 4,000 to 11,000 mPa·s as determined by a Brookfield viscometer and having such a storage elastic modulus that a storage elastic modulus G?(65° C.) at 65° C. of a 1.5% by weight aqueous solution of the alkyl cellulose is 3,000 to 4,500 Pa; a volatile substance; and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Akira Kitamura, Shingo Niinobe
  • Patent number: 9611379
    Abstract: Cellulose ether powder is prepared in a safe and easy way by first adding a surfactant solution to surfaces of water-soluble cellulose ether particles, and then adding a tannin solution thereto. The powder thus prepared is free of bitterness and readily dissolvable in cold water without forming clumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe, Hironao Saito
  • Patent number: 9222063
    Abstract: A composition comprising 10-80% by weight of a cellulose ether and a solvent selected from a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol, polyhydric alcohol ether, polyhydric alcohol ester, and ethanolamine is effective for purging extrusion and injection molding machines. The purging composition exerts a satisfactory purging or cleaning effect, but little abrasion effect, thus avoiding any abrasion of machine internal components by purging. Even if part of the purging composition is left within the machine after the composition is discharged out, the residue can be readily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Fumie Kusaki
  • Patent number: 8821624
    Abstract: A non-crosslinked, nonionic, water-soluble cellulose ether having a syneresis value of at least 25% by weight in which the hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group is substituted by a C6-C26 alkyl halide, monoepoxide or monoisocyanate is useful as a binder in ceramic extrusion molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 8728224
    Abstract: A water-soluble binder comprising a water-soluble hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose having a methoxyl substitution of 28-30 wt % and a hydroxypropyl substitution of 5-7 wt % has a syneresis value of at least 30 wt % and a clay heat gel strength of at least 0.5 kgf. A ceramic molding composition comprising a ceramic material and the water-soluble binder has improved shape retention upon drying and is effectively molded into a ceramic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Niinobe
  • Publication number: 20140109798
    Abstract: Cellulose ether powder is prepared in a safe and easy way by first adding a surfactant solution to surfaces of water-soluble cellulose ether particles, and then adding a tannin solution thereto. The powder thus prepared is free of bitterness and readily dissolvable in cold water without forming clumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe, Hironao Saito
  • Publication number: 20120165518
    Abstract: A non-crosslinked, nonionic, water-soluble cellulose ether having a syneresis value of at least 25% by weight in which the hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group is substituted by a C6-C26 alkyl halide, monoepoxide or monoisocyanate is useful as a binder in ceramic extrusion molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 8097546
    Abstract: A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20110172079
    Abstract: A water-soluble binder comprising a water-soluble hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose having a methoxyl substitution of 28-30 wt % and a hydroxypropyl substitution of 5-7 wt % has a syneresis value of at least 30 wt % and a clay heat gel strength of at least 0.5 kgf. A ceramic molding composition comprising a ceramic material and the water-soluble binder has improved shape retention upon drying and is effectively molded into a ceramic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Niinobe
  • Publication number: 20100251770
    Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
  • Patent number: 7790078
    Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
  • Publication number: 20100025897
    Abstract: A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20080176995
    Abstract: Provided is a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization that contains a hydroxypropylmethylcellulose with a degree of methoxy group substitution of 27 to 30% by mass and a degree of hydroxypropoxy group substitution of 5 to 12% by mass, in which the viscosity at 20° C. of a 2% by mass aqueous solution of the hydroxypropylmethylcellulose is within a range from 5 to 1,600 mPa·s, and in 2 ml of a 0.2% by mass solution of the hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, the number of undissolved fibers with a particle size within a range from 8 to 200 ?m, as measured by a Coulter counter method, is not more than 1,000, and the number of undissolved fibers with a particle size of 50 ?m or greater measured using the same method is not more than 20. By employing a method of producing a vinyl chloride-based polymer that uses this dispersion stabilizer, a vinyl chloride-based polymer with extremely low levels of fish eyes and defects derived from foreign objects can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto OOURA, Tadashi Amano, Minoru Shigemitsu, Shingo Niinobe
  • Publication number: 20080164631
    Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
  • Publication number: 20070293387
    Abstract: In an extrusion or injection molding composition comprising water-insoluble particles, a water-soluble binder, and water, true spherical particles having an average particle size of 0.2-20 ?m are used as the water-insoluble particles. The addition of a small amount of a binder to water-insoluble particles as the substrate facilitates molding operation and enables to produce a molded part featuring a shape stability after molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
  • Patent number: 6960660
    Abstract: A water-soluble cellulose ether is selected by judging whether the number of undissolved fibers having a size of 16–200 ?m is up to 350 fibers/2 ml in a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the cellulose ether at 25° C. This water-soluble cellulose ether forms an aqueous solution which can be filtered without clogging and can form a very thin film without defectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20030236398
    Abstract: A water-soluble cellulose ether is selected by judging whether the number of undissolved fibers having a size of 16-200 &mgr;m is up to 350 fibers/2 ml in a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the cellulose ether at 25° C. This water-soluble cellulose ether forms an aqueous solution which can be filtered without clogging and can form a very thin film without defectives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa