Patents by Inventor Shuichi Okutsu

Shuichi Okutsu 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: 9068053
    Abstract: A fluoro rubber composition which is able to make both a high tensile strength and a high elongation at break after vulcanization compatible with each other and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire fabrication, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluoro rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluoro rubber and carbon black, wherein in a dynamic viscoelasticity test of an unvulcanized rubber by a rubber process analyzer (RPA) (measurement temperature: 100° C., measurement frequency: 1 Hz), a difference ?GA? (G?(1%)?G?(100%)) between a shear modulus G? (1%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 1% and a shear modulus G? (100%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 100% is 120 kPa or more and not more than 3,000 kPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Daisuke Ota, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Patent number: 9068064
    Abstract: A fluorine rubber composition that provides high tensile strength and high elongation after vulcanization mutually compatible and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire production, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluorine rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluorine rubber and carbon black, wherein the carbon black has a specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption (N2SA) of 25 m2/g or more and not more than 180 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate (DBP) absorption amount of 60 mL/100 g or more and not more than 180 mL/100 g; and in a kneading step (A) of compounding the carbon black in the rubber component, an average shear rate of a rotor surface of a kneading machine is 100 (1/sec) or more, and a kneading maximum temperature Tm is 120° C. or higher and not higher than 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, DAIKEN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Daisuke Ota, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20130225758
    Abstract: A fluoro rubber composition which is able to make both a high tensile strength and a high elongation at break after vulcanization compatible with each other and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire fabrication, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluoro rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluoro rubber and carbon black, wherein in a dynamic viscoelasticity test of an unvulcanized rubber by a rubber process analyzer (RPA) (measurement temperature: 100° C., measurement frequency: 1 Hz), a difference ?GA? (G?(1%)?G?(100%)) between a shear modulus G? (1%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 1% and a shear modulus G? (100%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 100% is 120 kPa or more and not more than 3,000 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Daisuke Ota, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20130217816
    Abstract: A fluorine rubber composition that provides high tensile strength and high elongation after vulcanization mutually compatible and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire production, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluorine rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluorine rubber and carbon black, wherein the carbon black has a specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption (N2SA) of 25 m2/g or more and not more than 180 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate (DBP) absorption amount of 60 mL/100 g or more and not more than 180 mill 00 g; and in a kneading step (A) of compounding the carbon black in the rubber component, an average shear rate of a rotor surface of a kneading machine is 100 (1/sec) or more, and a kneading maximum temperature Tm is 120° C. or higher and not higher than 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Daisuke Ota, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20120259054
    Abstract: A cured fluoroelastomer sensor bushing comprises A) fluoroelastomer having at least 53 wt. % fluorine, and B) 10 to 50 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer, of carbon black a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70-150 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 90-180 ml/100 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: SHUICHI OKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20120202938
    Abstract: A cured fluoroelastomer part for use in oil and gas exploration and production comprises A) fluoroelastomer having at least 53 wt. % fluorine, and B) more than 20 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer, of carbon black a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70-150 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 90-180 ml/100 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kawai, Makio Mori, Shuichi Okutsu, Kenji Terauchi
  • Publication number: 20120202939
    Abstract: A cured fluoroelastomer rotary shaft lip seal comprises A) fluoroelastomer having at least 53 wt. % fluorine, and B) 10 to 50 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer, of carbon black a nitrogen adsorption specific area of 70-150 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 90-180 ml/100 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kawai, Makio Mori, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20120196067
    Abstract: A cured fluoroelastomer hot air hose comprises A) fluoroelastomer having at least 53 wt. % fluorine, and B) 10 to 30 parts by weight, per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer, of carbon black a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70-150 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 90-180 ml/100 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kawai, Makio Mori, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Patent number: 7964001
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel management system having at least one fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein said fluororubber article comprises i) a polyhydroxy cured fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and at least one other fluoromonomer, and ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid per hundred parts fluoroelastomer. Also disclosed is a method for reducing volume swell of a polyhydroxy cured fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid is incorporated into said article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shuichi Okutsu, Bunichi Rai
  • Publication number: 20100261849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel management system having at least one fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein said fluororubber article comprises i) a polyhydroxy cured fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and at least one other fluoromonomer, and ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid per hundred parts fluoroelastomer. Also disclosed is a method for reducing volume swell of a polyhydroxy cured fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid is incorporated into said article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Shuichi Okutsu, Bunichi Rai