Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Masutani

Tetsuya Masutani 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: 9988759
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent, which can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, soil resistance and feeling to the substrate, is obtained from a fluorine-containing polymer which contains: (A) a monomer which comprises; (A1) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—Z—Rf wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group, or a halogen atom, Y is —O— or —NH—, Z is a direct bond or a divalent organic group, and Rf is a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (A2) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic hydrocarbon group, and (B) at least one functional organopolysiloxane selected from the group consisting of a mercapto-functional organopolysiloxane, a vinyl-functional organopolysiloxane, a (meth)acrylamide-functional organopolysiloxane and a (meth)acrylate-functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Dow Silicones Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Minami, Takashi Enomoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Masahiro Miyahara, Mitsuhiro Usugaya, Rumi Takeuchi, Ikuo Yamamoto, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Patent number: 9523004
    Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprising (i) an organosilicon compound having an alkoxysilane functional group at the end of a fluorocontaining polyether chain and (ii) fluorocontaining polyether compound s, wherein a content of the fluorocontaining polyether compounds in the surface treatment composition is less than 25 mol % based on the surface treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL, DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Gregory Hervieu, Pierre-Jean Calba, Don Lee Kleyer, Masayuki Hayashi, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Tomohiro Yoshida, Yasuo Itami, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 9382363
    Abstract: A fluoropolymer for masonry treatment produced from (A) a fluoromonomer which has been substituted in the ?-position by a X group and is represented by the formula (I): and (B) a monomer having a functional group reactive with active hydrogen. It imparts excellent water- and oil-repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling to masonries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Masahiko Maeda, Teruyuki Fukuda, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 9328455
    Abstract: A surface-treating agent comprises a fluoropolymer comprising (A) repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: (B) repeating units derived from a monomer free from a fluorine atom. The surface treating agent is excellent in water repellency, oil repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling even when the side chains are C4 or lower fluoroalkyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 9175177
    Abstract: There is provided a polyester coating composition having excellent action of preventing deposition of outdoor stain and stain caused by rainfall, being capable of extending a period of time (pot life) from the mixing to the coating, and comprising (A) a polyester resin, (B) one or more of fluorine-containing organosilicon compounds having a fluorine content of 5 to 30% by mass, (C) one or more of aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds having hydroxyl group and 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which a part of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atom may be substituted by fluorine atoms and/or one or more of alkoxy compounds having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, in which a part of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atom may be substituted by fluorine atoms, and (D) an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Nagato, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani, Satoshi Onodera, Eiji Kitaura, Motoshi Sasaki, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Patent number: 9045647
    Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprises a polyfluoropolyether silane. The polyfluoropolyether silane and the surface treatment composition are produced by reacting a perfluoropolyether-containing compound and a hydrosilane in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an isomer reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Yasushi Sugiura, Mamoru Tachikawa, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Peter Hupfield, Yasuo Itami, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani, Tomohiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8927667
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a vinyl functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a vinyl functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Shinichi Minami, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor, Samantha Reed
  • Patent number: 8674031
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer having repeating units derived from a monomer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer and (B) a silane compound. The water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising the fluorine-containing acrylate polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to the porous substrate and is free from an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Yasuo Itami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Janet Smith, Jean-Paul Lecomte
  • Patent number: 8664421
    Abstract: A surface modifier comprising an organosilicone compound represented by General Formula (A) and/or General Formula (B): F—(CF2)q—(OC3F4)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pXX?Si(X?)3-a(R1)a (A) and F—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pXX?(X?)2-a(R1)aSiO(F—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o—(CH2)pXX?(X?)1-a(R1)aSiO)zF—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pXX?(X?)2-a(R1)aSi(B) wherein q is an integer from 1 to 3; m, n, and o are independently integers from 0 to 200; p is 0, 1 or 2; X is oxygen or a bivalent organic spacer group: X? is a bivalent organosilicone spacer group; X? is hydrolysable group; and z is an integer from 0 to 10 when a is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Itami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Don Lee Kleyer
  • Patent number: 8552106
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto or vinyl functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto or vinyl functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Coming Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Masahiro Miyahara, Takashi Enomoto, Shinichi Minami, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Samantha Reed, Avril E. Surgenor
  • Publication number: 20130228100
    Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprises a polyfluoropolyether silane. The polyfluoropolyether silane and the surface treatment composition are produced by reacting a perfluoropolyether-containing compound and a hydrosilane in the pres-ence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an isomer reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Yasushi Sugiura, Mamoru Tachikawa, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Peter Hupfield, Yasuo Itami, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani, Tomohiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8497340
    Abstract: Disclosed in a mold release composition comprising a fluorosilicone compound of the formula (I): (I) wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 each is, the same or different, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R3 and R10 each is; the same or different, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or Rf—X—, or Z—Y— in which X and Y each is; the same or different, a divalent organic group, Rf is a C1-6 fluoroalkyl group, Z is a silyl group containing a hydrolyzable site, m is 1-100, n is 1-50, and o is 0-200. The mold release composition can give excellent mold releasability and durability of mold releasability (repeated mold releasability).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Itami, Hisashi Mitsuhashi, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Don Lee Kleyer
  • Patent number: 8461254
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Shinichi Minami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor
  • Publication number: 20130004780
    Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprising (i) an organosilicon compound having an alkoxysilane functional group at the end of a fluorocontaining polyether chain and (ii) fluorocontaining polyether compound s, wherein a content of the fluorocontaining polyether compounds in the surface treatment composition is less than 25 mol % based on the surface treatment composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory Hervieu, Pierre-Jean Calba, Don Lee Kleyer, Masayuki Hayashi, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Tomohiro Yoshida, Yasuo Itami, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 8293840
    Abstract: There is provided a coating composition which comprises (A) a synthetic resin having functional group, (B) a stain-proofing component which is a liquid polydialkylsiloxane having functional group or a liquid fluoropolyether having functional group and (C) a curing agent, and the composition is excellent in a stain-proofing property, particularly removability of oily stain, thereby enabling scribbling to be easily wiped off, and is suitable for outdoor coating being excellent in weather resistance and adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Masutani, Katsuhiko Imoto, Masaru Nagato, Susumu Wada, Haruhiko Mohri
  • Patent number: 8211544
    Abstract: A surface modifier comprising an organosilicone compound represented by General Formula (A) and/or General Formula (B): F—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pX(CH2)rSi(X?)3-a(R1)a (A) and F—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pX(CH2)r(X?)2-a(R1)aSiO(F—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pX(CH2)r(X?)1-a(R1)aSiO)zF—(CF2)q—(OC3F6)m—(OC2F4)n—(OCF2)o(CH2)pX(CH2)r(X?)2-a(R1)aSi (B) wherein q is an integer from 1 to 3; m, n, and o are independently integers from 0 to 200; p is 1 or 2; X is O or a bivalent organic group; r is an integer from 2 to 20; R1 is a C1-22 linear or branched hydrocarbon group; a is an integer from 0 to 2; X? is hydrolysable group; and z is an integer from 0 to 10 when a is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Itami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Don Lee Kleyer
  • Publication number: 20110306713
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer having repeating units derived from a monomer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer and (B) a silane compound. The water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising the fluorine-containing acrylate polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to the porous substrate and is free from an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Yasuo Itami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Janet Smith, Jean-Paul Lecomte
  • Publication number: 20110287678
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent, which can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, soil resistance and feeling to the substrate, is obtained from a fluorine-containing polymer which contains: (A) a monomer which comprises; (A1) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—Z—Rf wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group, or a halogen atom, Y is —O— or —NH—, Z is a direct bond or a divalent organic group, and Rf is a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (A2) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic hydrocarbon group, and (B) at least one functional organopolysiloxane selected from the group consisting of a mercapto-functional organopolysiloxane, a vinyl-functional organopolysiloxane, a (meth)acrylamide-functional organopolysiloxane and a (meth)acrylate-functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Minami, Takashi Enomoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Masahiro Miyahara, Mitsuhiro Usugaya, Rumi Takeuchi, Ikuo Yamamoto, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Patent number: 8022156
    Abstract: A greaseproof paper is provided for use in food processing and/or packaging of foods in which paper has been rendered oleophobic by treatment with a fluorine-containing polymer. The fluorine-containing polymer may be prepared by polymerizing a fluorine-containing monomer in the presence of a mercapto group-containing organopolysiloxane. The fluorine-containing polymer may be applied to paper by coating onto pre-formed paper, or by applying the polymer as a size during a papermaking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Tetsuya Masutani, Shinichi Minami, Ikuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110220833
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Shinichi Minami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor