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).
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Publication number: 20240391151Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mandrel having flexibility while maintaining heat resistance, releasability, and recyclability that can withstand a thermal history of repeated use, which are characteristics of 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer, and the present invention relates to a mandrel formed of a resin composition (X) including 50 to 90 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer (A) satisfying specified requirements, 5 to 40 parts by mass of a propylene polymer (B), and 5 to 30 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene·?-olefin copolymer (C) satisfying specified requirements, provided that a total of the (A), the (B), and the (C) is 100 parts by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Motoyasu YASUI, Takayuki UEKUSA, Yoshisada FUKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240384197Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition that is particularly excellent in viscosity characteristics at a low temperature of ?35° C., i.e., the lubricating oil composition inhibiting an increase in low temperature viscosity while securing a viscosity necessary at an elevated temperature, and being excellent in storage stability in a low temperature environment. The present invention relates to a lubricating oil composition including a copolymer (A) and a base oil (B), in which the copolymer (A) satisfies the following requirement (a-1), and the content ratio between the copolymer (A) and the base oil (B) is such that the copolymer (A) is in a range of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass in total of the copolymer (A) and the base oil (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Kiyohide INOMATA, Akihiro UDAGAWA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240084119Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshisada FUKAGAWA, Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI
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Publication number: 20230407073Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI, Yoshisada FUKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20220403072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Motoyasu YASUI, Yoshisada FUKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20220073659Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
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Patent number: 11162050Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akio Hayakawa, Shuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Uekusa, Ikuko Ebisawa, Masahiro Yamashita, Toyoaki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11155063Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Yoshisada Tamo
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Publication number: 20200247925Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
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Patent number: 10662270Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
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Publication number: 20200140776Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akio HAYAKAWA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Takayuki UEKUSA, Ikuko EBISAWA, Masahiro YAMASHITA, Toyoaki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20190054719Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Yoshisada TAMO
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Patent number: 9902847Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
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Publication number: 20170298160Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki UEKUSA, Masahiko OKAMOTO, Yoshisada TAMO
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Patent number: 9725540Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
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Publication number: 20140342111Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo
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Publication number: 20120220728Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Masahiko Okamoto, Yoshisada Tamo