Patents by Inventor Takayuki Uekusa

Takayuki Uekusa 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: 20240084119
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic filler, which can easily undergo molding processing and has flexibility and a sense of massiveness, and a molded article thereof. A resin composition, including 15 to 50 parts by mass of a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), 10 to 50 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (B), and 5 to 49 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (C) (a total amount of 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), inorganic filler (B), and thermoplastic elastomer (C) is 100 parts by mass), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (C) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer (C1) and a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (C2); and a molded article including the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshisada FUKAGAWA, Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI
  • Publication number: 20230407073
    Abstract: A resin composition containing a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A-1) satisfying (a) to (b), a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A-2) satisfying (c) to (d), and a thermoplastic resin (B) other than these, wherein a total content of (A-1) and (A-2) is 2 to 50% by mass, and a content of (B) is 50 to 98% by mass, based on 100% by mass of a total of (A-1), (A-2), and (B): (a) 65 to 80 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene and 20 to 35 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from ?-olefin; (b) a melting point observed by DSC is lower than 110° C. or not observed; (c) 80 to 90 mol % of the structural unit (i) and 10 to 20 mol % of the structural unit (ii) are contained; and (d) a melting point observed by DSC is 110 to 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI, Yoshisada FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220403072
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition and a molded article each having suppressed surface stickiness while having high stress-relaxing ability and vibration-absorbing ability at room temperature. A resin composition (X) containing 10 to 50 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 50 to 90 parts by mass of an inorganic substance (B), wherein a tan ? peak temperature and tan ? peak value, obtained by performing dynamic viscoelastic measurement at a frequency of 10 rad/s (1.6 Hz) in the temperature range of ?40 to 150° C., are 0° C. or higher and 60° C. or lower, and 0.8 or more and 5.0 or less, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI, Yoshisada FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220073659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
  • Patent number: 11162050
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition particularly excellent in viscosity characteristics at a low temperature. The present invention provides: a lubricating oil composition including a polymer (A) and a base oil (B), wherein the polymer (A) satisfies the following requirement (A-1), and the content ratio of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B) is such that the ratio of a resin (A) is within the range of from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B). (A-1) The polymer (A) is a polymer containing a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 20 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio Hayakawa, Shuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Uekusa, Ikuko Ebisawa, Masahiro Yamashita, Toyoaki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11155063
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable structure that has stretchability together with high stress relaxation properties, and provides fit feeling with less tightening by recovering slowly after stretching. The object is achieved by a stretchable structure having the following characteristics: a tensile permanent set (PS10M) of 1% or more and 50% or less, wherein the tensile permanent set (PS10M) is a value obtained 10 minutes after 150% elongation at a tension rate of 200 mm/minute in accordance with JIS K7127, and a ratio PS1M/PS10M of 1.10 or more, wherein the PS10M is the tensile permanent set obtained 10 minutes after the elongation and the PS1M is the tensile permanent set obtained 1 minute after the elongation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Yoshisada Tamo
  • Publication number: 20200247925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
  • Patent number: 10662270
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
  • Publication number: 20200140776
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition particularly excellent in viscosity characteristics at a low temperature. The present invention provides: a lubricating oil composition including a polymer (A) and a base oil (B), wherein the polymer (A) satisfies the following requirement (A-1), and the content ratio of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B) is such that the ratio of a resin (A) is within the range of from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B). (A-1) The polymer (A) is a polymer containing a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 20 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio HAYAKAWA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Takayuki UEKUSA, Ikuko EBISAWA, Masahiro YAMASHITA, Toyoaki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190054719
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable structure that has stretchability together with high stress relaxation properties, and provides fit feeling with less tightening by recovering slowly after stretching. The object is achieved by a stretchable structure having the following characteristics: a tensile permanent set (PS 10M) of 1% or more and 50% or less, wherein the tensile permanent set (PS10M) is a value obtained 10 minutes after 150% elongation at a tension rate of 200 mm/minute in accordance with JIS K7127, and a ratio PS1M/PS10M of 1.10 or more, wherein the PS10M is the tensile permanent set obtained 10 minutes after the elongation and the PS1M is the tensile permanent set obtained 1 minute after the elongation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Yoshisada TAMO
  • Patent number: 9902847
    Abstract: To provide a 4-methyl-1-pentene/olefin (co)polymer composition which is excellent in transparency and heat resistance and is excellent also in elongation and toughness and to provide a molded product composed of the composition, a film composed of the composition, which is excellent in transparency, heat resistance and dimensional stability and has been uniformly stretched, and a hollow molded product composed of the composition, which is excellent in transparency, heat resistance and toughness and is excellent also in dimensional stability. The 4-methyl-1-pentene (co)polymer composition of the present invention comprises a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene (co)polymer (A) and a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (B) in a specific ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
  • Publication number: 20170298160
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
  • Patent number: 9725540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
  • Publication number: 20140342111
    Abstract: To provide a 4-methyl-1-pentene/olefin (co)polymer composition which is excellent in transparency and heat resistance and is excellent also in elongation and toughness and to provide a molded product composed of the composition, a film composed of the composition, which is excellent in transparency, heat resistance and dimensional stability and has been uniformly stretched, and a hollow molded product composed of the composition, which is excellent in transparency, heat resistance and toughness and is excellent also in dimensional stability. The 4-methyl-1-pentene (co)polymer composition of the present invention comprises a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene (co)polymer (A) and a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (B) in a specific ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
  • Publication number: 20120220728
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo