Patents by Inventor Takashi Terajima

Takashi Terajima 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: 8436055
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ion-exchange resin catalyst, as a catalyst for preparing bisphenol from phenol compounds and ketone, which has a higher selectivity to bisphenol and a longer life time, as compared to a conventional ion-exchange resin, and a method for preparing the same. The present invention also provides a method for preparing bisphenol comprising reacting phenol compounds with ketone, wherein the modified acidic ion-exchange resin in which at least one kind of cationic compound selected from the following (a), (b), (c) and (d) ionically binds to an acidic functional group, is used as a catalyst: (a) a quaternary phosphonium ion, (b) a quaternary ammonium ion, (c) a bis(phosphoranylidene) ammonium ion, and (d) an N-substituted nitrogen-containing aromatic cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8426479
    Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Toshihiro Takai, Hideaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8263521
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing bisphenol A by reacting phenol with actone, wherein reaction is performed at higher temperatures while maintaining high selectivity, and thus high productivity is obtained. The invention relates to a cation-exchange resin, wherein a cation-exchange group is introduced into a syndiotactic polystyrene polymer and the amount of acid is 0.8 milliequivalent/g or more, to a catalyst comprising the cation-exchange resin, and to a process for producing bisphenol A using a cation-exchange resin catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Yuko Maruyama, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110224461
    Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi TERAJIMA, Toshihiro Takai, Hideaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110224315
    Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi TERAJIMA, Toshihiro Takai, Hideaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7968612
    Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Toshihiro Takai, Hideaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110092744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing bisphenol A by reacting phenol with actone, wherein reaction is performed at higher temperatures while maintaining high selectivity, and thus high productivity is obtained. The invention relates to a cation-exchange resin, wherein a cation-exchange group is introduced into a syndiotactic polystyrene polymer and the amount of acid is 0.8 milliequivalent/g or more, to a catalyst comprising the cation-exchange resin, and to a process for producing bisphenol A using a cation-exchange resin catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi TERAJIMA, Yuko Maruyama, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100324341
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ion-exchange resin catalyst, as a catalyst for preparing bisphenol from phenol compounds and ketone, which has a higher selectivity to bisphenol and a longer life time, as compared to a conventional ion-exchange resin, and a method for preparing the same. The present invention also provides a method for preparing bisphenol comprising reacting phenol compounds with ketone, wherein the modified acidic ion-exchange resin in which at least one kind of cationic compound selected from the following (a), (b), (c) and (d) ionically binds to an acidic functional group, is used as a catalyst: (a) a quaternary phosphonium ion, (b) a quaternary ammonium ion, (c) a bis(phosphoranylidene) ammonium ion, and (d) an N-substituted nitrogen-containing aromatic cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi TERAJIMA, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20080051480
    Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Toshihiro Takai, Hideaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070073091
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing bisphenol A by reacting phenol with acetone, wherein reaction is performed at higher temperatures while maintaining high selectivity, and thus high productivity is obtained. The invention relates to a cation-exchange resin, wherein a cation-exchange group is introduced into a syndiotactic polystyrene polymer and the amount of acid is 0.8 milliequivalent/g or more, to a catalyst comprising the cation-exchange resin, and to a process for producing bisphenol A using the cation-exchange resin catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Yuko Maruyama, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20050070615
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ion-exchange resin catalyst, as a catalyst for preparing bisphenol from phenol compounds and ketone, which has a higher selectivity to bisphenol and a longer life time, as compared to a conventional ion-exchange resin, and a method for preparing the same. The present invention also provides a method for preparing bisphenol comprising reacting phenol compounds with ketone, wherein the modified acidic ion-exchange resin in which at least one kind of cationic compound selected from the following (a), (b), (c) and (d) ionically binds to an acidic functional group, is used as a catalyst: (a) a quaternary phosphonium ion, (b) a quaternary ammonium ion, (c) a bis(phosphoranylidene) ammonium ion, and (d) an N-substituted nitrogen-containing aromatic cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Terajima, Toshihiro Takai, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5631338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing bisphenol A with a high conversion and selectivity by reacting phenol with acetone in the presence of both a polyorganosiloxane having a mercapto group-containing hydrocarbon group and an acid. It is preferable that the polyorganosiloxane having a mercapto group-containing hydrocarbon group and the acid is a polyorganosiloxane having both a mercapto group-containing hydrocarbon group and a sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Tuneyuki Ohkubo, Takashi Terajima
  • Patent number: 4482850
    Abstract: A control circuit is used during slow or stop-motion playback operation of a video tape device to drive video tape intermittently. In order to avoid errors in the stopping position of the tape, a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal is provided to a motor controller circuit associated with the capstan motor of the video tape device. A frequency signal generator coupled to this motor generates a frequency signal that varies with the capstan motor speed, and this frequency signal is provided to a retrigger monostable multivibrator which generates a PWM signal whose duty ratio changes in proportion to the capstan motor speed. A drive pulse generator and a brake pulse generator provide drive start and brake start signals, respectively, when it is desired to commence and stop movement of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Sonoda, Takashi Terajima, Minoru Ozawa