Patents by Inventor Takashi Iga

Takashi Iga 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: 12281184
    Abstract: The method for producing hollow resin particles includes: carrying out a suspension treatment of a mixture liquid including a polymerizable monomer including a non-crosslinkable monomer and a crosslinkable monomer, a hydrocarbon solvent and an aqueous medium to prepare a suspension, carrying out a polymerization reaction of the suspension to form precursor particles having a hollow portion and including the hydrocarbon solvent in the hollow portion, and removing the hydrocarbon solvent included in the precursor particles to produce hollow resin particles. A content of the crosslinkable monomer is from 35 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass when the total mass of the polymerizable monomer is regarded as 100 parts by mass; a solubility parameter (SP value) of the polymerizable monomer is from 8.70 to 9.42; and a difference between the SP value of the polymerizable monomer and a SP value of the hydrocarbon solvent is 0.60 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Publication number: 20250034395
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic plastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Publication number: 20250026925
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product having a small variation in specific gravity. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Patent number: 12139594
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product having a small variation in specific gravity. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Patent number: 12139609
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic plastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Patent number: 12061440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a toner for electrostatic-image development comprising: a dispersing step of performing a dispersing treatment in which a cavitation effect is obtained on a color resin particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a release agent in an aqueous dispersion medium so as to obtain a dispersion of the color resin particle; and a heating step of performing a heat treatment on the dispersion of the color resin particle at a temperature of equal to or more than a glass transition temperature of the color resin particle and 95° C. or less for a heating time of 5 minutes or more and 10 hours or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojiro Akazaki, Takeru Chiba, Takashi Iga
  • Patent number: 11926763
    Abstract: Provided is hollow resin particles having higher compressive strength and more excellent heat insulating properties and heat resistance than before. The hollow resin particles each having one or two or more hollow portions, wherein a number average particle diameter is from 0.1 ?m to 9.0 ?m, a void ratio is from 70% to 99%, and an amount of the volatile organic compound contained is 5% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Takeshi Hirata, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Patent number: 11827790
    Abstract: A polymer latex including a polymer and at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of tamarind gum, xanthan gum, cationized xanthan gum, gellan gum, guar gum and cationized guar gum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Hayasaka, Takashi Iga
  • Publication number: 20230357524
    Abstract: The method produces hollow resin particles. The method comprising steps of: preparing a mixture liquid comprising (A) a monomer comprising at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of a monovinyl monomer and a hydrophilic monomer excluding acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile, (B) a crosslinkable monomer, (C) an oil-soluble polymerization initiator, (E) a hydrocarbon solvent, (F) a suspension stabilizer and (G) an aqueous medium; carrying out a suspension treatment of the mixture liquid to prepare a suspension; carrying out a polymerization reaction of the suspension to prepare a precursor composition; carrying out a solid-liquid separation of the precursor composition to obtain the precursor particles; and removing the hydrocarbon solvent (E) included in the precursor particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Takeshi Hirata, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Patent number: 11760857
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a latex comprising hollow resin particles each with a high void ratio and a method for producing hollow resin particles each with a higher void ratio. In the method for producing the latex: a suspension treatment of the mixture liquid which comprises a monomer, a crosslinkable monomer, an oil-soluble polymerization initiator, a fat/fatty oil, a hydrocarbon solvent, a suspension stabilizer and an aqueous medium is carried out to prepare a suspension comprising monomer drops; a polymerization reaction of the suspension is carried out to prepare a precursor composition which comprises precursor particles each having a hollow portion including the hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Takeshi Hirata, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Patent number: 11525046
    Abstract: A foam containing a nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer and a urethane polymer, wherein relative to 100 wt % of the sum of the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer and the urethane polymer, the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer is present in an amount of less than 90 wt % and the urethane polymer is present in an amount of more than 10 wt %, the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer contains ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in an amount of more than 31 wt %, the foam has a density of 0.08 to 0.30 g/cm3, and in observation of an arbitrary cross section of the foam, air bubble cross sections present in the cross section have an average diameter of 350 ?m or less, and the number of air bubble cross sections with a diameter of 0.6 mm or more present in the cross section is 0.062 per mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Taniyama, Takashi Iga
  • Publication number: 20220153881
    Abstract: The method for producing hollow resin particles includes: carrying out a suspension treatment of a mixture liquid including a polymerizable monomer including a non-crosslinkable monomer and a crosslinkable monomer, a hydrocarbon solvent and an aqueous medium to prepare a suspension, carrying out a polymerization reaction of the suspension to form precursor particles having a hollow portion and including the hydrocarbon solvent in the hollow portion, and removing the hydrocarbon solvent included in the precursor particles to produce hollow resin particles. A content of the crosslinkable monomer is from 35 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass when the total mass of the polymerizable monomer is regarded as 100 parts by mass; a solubility parameter (SP value) of the polymerizable monomer is from 8.70 to 9.42; and a difference between the SP value of the polymerizable monomer and a SP value of the hydrocarbon solvent is 0.60 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Publication number: 20220066336
    Abstract: The preset invention provides a method for producing a toner for electrostatic-image development comprising: a dispersing step of performing a dispersing treatment in which a cavitation effect is obtained on a color resin particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a release agent in an aqueous dispersion median so as to obtain a dispersion of the color resin particle; and a heating step of performing a heat treatment on the dispersion of the color resin particle at a temperature of equal to or more than a glass transition temperature of the color resin particle and 95° C. or less for a heating time of 5 minutes or more and 10 hours or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojiro Akazaki, Takeru Chiba, Takashi Iga
  • Publication number: 20220041844
    Abstract: A polymer latex including a polymer and at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of tamarind gum, xanthan gum, cationized xanthan gum, gellan gum, guar gum and cationized guar gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro HAYASAKA, Takashi IGA
  • Publication number: 20220033628
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product having a small variation in specific gravity. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Publication number: 20220033652
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic plastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirata, Takashi Iga
  • Patent number: 11118038
    Abstract: A latex composition containing a conjugated diene polymer latex and a medium-chain fatty acid glyceride, wherein a content proportion of the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is 1 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene polymer. In the present invention, a medium-chain fatty acid forming the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is preferably a fatty acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms. In the present invention, the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is preferably a medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride. The latex composition preferably further contains a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishiba, Takashi Iga, Junji Kodemura
  • Publication number: 20210179801
    Abstract: A foam containing a nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer and a urethane polymer, wherein relative to 100 wt % of the sum of the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer and the urethane polymer, the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer is present in an amount of less than 90 wt % and the urethane polymer is present in an amount of more than 10 wt %, the nitrile group-containing conjugated diene copolymer contains ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in an amount of more than 31 wt %, the foam has a density of 0.08 to 0.30 g/cm3, and in observation of an arbitrary cross section of the foam, air bubble cross sections present in the cross section have an average diameter of 350 ?m or less, and the number of air bubble cross sections with a diameter of 0.6 mm or more present in the cross section is 0.062 per mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya TANIYAMA, Takashi IGA
  • Publication number: 20210087349
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a latex comprising hollow resin particles each with a high void ratio and a method for producing hollow resin particles each with a higher void ratio. In the method for producing the latex: a suspension treatment of the mixture liquid which comprises a monomer, a crosslinkable monomer, an oil-soluble polymerization initiator, a fat/fatty oil, a hydrocarbon solvent, a suspension stabilizer and an aqueous medium is carried out to prepare a suspension comprising monomer drops; a polymerization reaction of the suspension is carried out to prepare a precursor composition which comprises precursor particles each having a hollow portion including the hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Takeshi Hirata, Nozomi Yabuki
  • Publication number: 20210002497
    Abstract: Provided is hollow resin particles having higher compressive strength and more excellent heat insulating properties and heat resistance than before. The hollow resin particles each having one or two or more hollow portions, wherein a number average particle diameter is from 0.1 ?m to 9.0 ?m, a void ratio is from 70% to 99%, and an amount of the volatile organic compound contained is 5% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Takeshi Hirata, Nozomi Yabuki