Patents by Inventor Shiro Otsuzuki

Shiro Otsuzuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20160280819
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi TOHI, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Ryoji MORI, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Shigenobu IKENAGA, Hiromasa MARUBAYASHI, Kouji NAGAHASHI, Shiro OTSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9382356
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Yukita, Takashi Nakagawa, Miyuki Konno, Yuichi Yamamura, Shiegenobu Ikenaga, Mayumi Hiwara, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Kouji Nagahashi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Higuchi, Yasuo Ichiki, Takayuki Kajihara
  • Patent number: 8129489
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ethylene polymer that has excellent fluidity and moldability as well as gives a molded product having excellent mechanical strength. The ethylene polymer of the present invention contains 0.02 to 1.50 mol % of a constitutional unit derived from ?-olefin having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and has the density of 945 to 975 kg/m3, which satisfies both of the following requirements [1] and [2] simultaneously: [1] in CFC, all the components having a molecular weight of 100,000 or more are eluted at a temperature of 85° C. or higher; and [2] the components eluted at a temperature of 80° C. or lower account for up to 5% of all the components eluted in CFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Okamoto, Tetsuji Kasai, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Shiro Otsuzuki, Takahiro Akashi, Kenji Iwamasa, Yoshiyuki Hirase, Keiko Fukushi, Shinichi Nagano
  • Patent number: 8017705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer having a syndiotactic pentad fraction (rrrr fraction) of not less than 85%, a melting point (Tm) within the range of 145-170° C. and a limiting viscosity [?] within the range of 0.1-10 dl/g by a solution polymerization method using a group 4 crosslinked metallocene compound, which is not accompanied by precipitation of a polymer (excluding white turbidity). Also disclosed is a production method which enables to continuously perform such a production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Junpei Tanaka, Shiro Otsuzuki, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi, Nobukazu Yamahira, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Sunil Krzysztof Moorthi, Kazunori Kamio
  • Patent number: 7700708
    Abstract: An ethylene polymer containing 0.01 to 1.20 mol % of a constitutional unit derived from ?-olefin having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein with respect to cross fractionation chromatography (CFC), either (1) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the components eluted at 73 to 76° C. does not exceed 4,000, or (2) the ethylene polymer satisfies the following relationship (Eq-1), provides a molded product having excellent moldability and therefore excellent mechanical strength and appearance: Sx/Stotal?0.1??(Eq-1) wherein Sx is the sum of the total peak areas related to the components eluted at 70 to 85° C., and Stotal is the sum of the total peak areas related to the components eluted at 0 to 145° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Masahiko Okamoto, Tetsuji Kasai, Yasushi Tohi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Shinichi Nagano, Yasuo Funabara, Takahiro Akashi
  • Patent number: 7687579
    Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20100069588
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer with high polymerization activity and high efficiency by a solution polymerization method without deposition of polymers (excluding a white state), and a production process capable of conducting the above production continuously, provided that these processes could not be attained conventionally. The present invention is: a process for producing a syndiotactic propylene polymer having a syndiotactic pentad fraction (rrrr fraction), as measured by 13C-NMR, of at least 85%, a melting point (Tm), as measured by DSC, of from 145° C. to 170° C., and an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.1 to 10 dl/g, which process comprises a step (P1) of solution polymerizing propylene singly or propylene and at least one monomer selected from ethylene and an ?-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms at a polymerization temperature (TR) of from 30° C. to 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Junpei Tanaka, Shiro Otsuzuki, Yasushi Tohi, Kouji Nagahashi, Nobukazu Yamahira, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Sunil Krzysztof Moorthi, Kazunori Kamio
  • Patent number: 7563849
    Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20080220193
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Yukita, Takashi Nakagawa, Miyuki Konno, Yuichi Yamamura, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Mayumi Hiwara, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Kouji Nagahashi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Higuchi, Yasuo Ichiki, Takayuki Kajihara
  • Patent number: 7335716
    Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR?1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20070244286
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ethylene polymer that has excellent fluidity and moldability as well as gives a molded product having excellent mechanical strength. The ethylene polymer of the present invention contains 0.02 to 1.50 mol % of a constitutional unit derived from ?-olefin having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and has the density of 945 to 975 kg/m3, which satisfies both of the following requirements [1] and [2] simultaneously: [1] in CFC, all the components having a molecular weight of 100,000 or more are eluted at a temperature of 85° C. or higher; and [2] the components eluted at a temperature of 80° C. or lower account for up to 5% of all the components eluted in CFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Masahiko Okamoto, Tetsuji Kasai, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Endo, Shiro Otsuzuki, Takahiro Akashi, Kenji Iwamasa, Yoshiyuki Hirase, Keiko Fukushi, Shinichi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20060189775
    Abstract: An ethylene polymer containing 0.01 to 1.20 mol % of a constitutional unit derived from ?-olefin having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein with respect to cross fractionation chromatography (CFC), either (1) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the components eluted at 73 to 76° C. does not exceed 4,000, or (2) the ethylene polymer satisfies the following relationship (Eq-1), provides a molded product having excellent moldability and therefore excellent mechanical strength and appearance: Sx/Stotal?0.1??(Eq-1) wherein Sx is the sum of the total peak areas related to the components eluted at 70 to 85° C., and Stotal is the sum of the total peak areas related to the components eluted at 0 to 145° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Masahiko Okamoto, Tetsuji Kasai, Yasushi Tohi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Shinichi Nagano, Yasuo Funabara, Takahiro Akashi
  • Publication number: 20060047096
    Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20060047079
    Abstract: An ethylene (co)polymer of the present invention is a (co)polymer with excellent moldability and mechanical properties and either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The (co)polymer has methyl branches measured by 13C-NMR less than 0.1 in number per 1,000 carbon atoms and Mw/Mn measured by GPC not lower than 1.8 and lower than 4.5. The (co)polymer is either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The melt tension (MT) and the swell ratio (SR) satisfy the relation; log(MT)>12.9?7.15×SR; and the intrinsic viscosity ([?]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.192 in the case of MFR<1 and the relation; [?]>1.85×MFR?0.213 in the case of MFR?1. Such an ethylene (co)polymer can be usable for various molding applications and especially suitable for pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Mamoru Takahashi, Tetsuji Kasai, Junji Saito, Naoto Matsukawa, Kazutaka Tsuru, Makoto Mitani, Terunori Fujita, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 6391965
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the continuous production of an ABS resin. The polymerization step comprises at least two substeps, one being a first-stage substep of forming particles of the rubbery polymer and the other a second-stage substep of adjusting the particle sizes of the particles. The first-stage substep is conducted in a polymerization system making use of a plug flow reactor or a batch polymerization reactor, and conducts polymerization at least until the particles are formed in the polymerization mixture. The second-stage substep increases a converted amount of the monomer component into the polymer compared with that in the particle forming substep and makes the particles smaller. A polycarbonate-ABS resin composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Koura, Mune Iwamoto, Ryuichi Sugimoto, Takayasu Ikeda, Koji Kawano, Shiro Otsuzuki
  • Patent number: 6124426
    Abstract: A method for removing volatile materials, comprises adding a blowing aid to a polymer composition containing volatile materials, mixing them in a static mixing apparatus, and extruding the resultant mixture by an extruding apparatus into a devolatilizing tank, thereby the mixture is made to be blown, to cause removal of the volatile materials. First, the blowing aid (6) is discharged with an addition nozzle apparatus (2), in a direction opposite to the direction of the flow of the polymer composition (1), to be added, and the polymer composition is introduced into the static mixing apparatus (3), at a pressure at which the blowing does not take place, thereby mixing them. Then, using the extruding apparatus (11), the resultant mixture is extruded into the devolatilizing tank (4), so that the polymer is made into a blown product at such a temperature and a pressure that the blowing coefficient B is 1.4 or more, thereby causing the removal of volatile materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimoto, Koji Kawano, Hiroya Honda, Mune Iwamoto, Shiro Otsuzuki, Kenichiro Matsuba, Tetsuo Maeda, Yozo Maeda
  • Patent number: 5891962
    Abstract: A transparent, rubber-modified styrene resin comprises 70 to 96 parts by weight of a copolymer formed of 20 to 70 wt. % of styrene monomer units and 30 to 80 wt. % of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer units and 4 to 30 parts by weight of a rubbery polymer. The rubbery polymer is dispersed in the copolymer as particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to 2.0 .mu.m. At least 70 wt. % of the rubbery polymer is a styrene-butadiene block copolymer which is formed of 5 to 50 wt. % of styrene units and 50 to 95 wt. % of butadiene units, has a viscosity in a range of 3 to 60 cps when measured as a 5 wt. % styrene solution at 25.degree. C. and possesses a ratio (Mw/Mn) of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) in a range of 1.0 to 1.8. The copolymer and the rubbery polymer have substantially the same refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Otsuzuki, Mune Iwamoto, Akihiko Nakajima, Masato Takaku, Hisao Morita, Koji Kawano
  • Patent number: 5506304
    Abstract: A process for continuously preparing rubber modified styrene resins from styrene monomers and acrylonitryle monomers in the presence of a rubbery polymer in accordance with a continuous mass and/or solution polymerization method by the use of serial polymerization device comprising two or more reactors; said process comprising(1) a first step of feeding a polymeric materials to the first reactor to carry out the polymerization of monomers in a condition where the rubbery polymer is not inverted to the dispersed phase, and a second step of adding a polymeric materials to second reactors to carry out the polymerization of the monomers and to thus invert the rubbery polymer to the dispersed phase,(2) a ratio of the added materials to the materials used in the first step being in the range of from 10 to 220% by weight,whereby impact resistance and surface gloss can be remarkably improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Otsuzuki, Mune Iwamoto, Akihiko Nakajima, Masato Takaku, Hisao Morita, Takao Kobayashi, Toshihiko Ando