Patents by Inventor Tohru Kubota

Tohru Kubota 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: 9126838
    Abstract: The method comprises at least three steps of a hydrogenation step (101) and/or a chlorination step (102), an impurity conversion step (103), and a purification step (104). In the impurity conversion step (103), an aldehyde compound represented by the general formula Ar—R—CHO (Ar; denotes a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R; denotes an organic group having two or more carbon atoms) is added to convert donor impurities and acceptor impurities contained in a chlorosilane distillate to a high-boiling substance. The chlorosilane distillate after the donor impurities and acceptor impurities have been converted to a high-boiling substance is sent to the purification step (104). In the purification step (104), high purity chlorosilanes from which the donor impurities and acceptor impurities have been thoroughly removed are obtained by using a distillation column or the like, where the high purity chlorosilanes are recovered outside the system from the top of the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hasegawa, Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota, Takeshi Aoyama, Shuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9090502
    Abstract: A nanoimprint-mold release agent including an alkoxysilane compound represented by general formula (1) is provided wherein Rf and Rf? are each independently a fluoroalkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R1 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are each independently methyl group or ethyl group; X and Y are each independently an ether linkage or an ester linkage; a and b are each 0 or 1; m, n, and p are each an integer of 0 to 6; q is an integer of 1 to 6 and r is an integer of 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Daijitsu Harada, Masaki Takeuchi, Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150135996
    Abstract: A composition consisting essentially of 90-99 parts by weight of a nitrogen-containing organoxysilane compound and 1-10 parts by weight of an isomer affords an appropriate cure behavior and is useful as paint additive, adhesive, silane coupling agent, textile treating agent, and surface treating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota, Masato Kawakami, Naoki Yamauchi, Takayuki Honma
  • Patent number: 9024051
    Abstract: A silane compound having a secondary amino group protected with a specific silyl group is useful as silane coupling agent, resin additive, textile treating agent, surface treating agent, paint additive, and adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota
  • Patent number: 8927754
    Abstract: Disclosed are silazane compounds having two fluoroalkyl groups, represented by the following general formula (1): wherein Rf and Rf? are each a fluoroalkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atoms or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 are each an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, a and b are each 0 or 1, m, n and p are each an integer of 0 to 6, q is an integer of 1 to 6, and r is 1 or 2. By treating an inorganic material with the silazane compound having two fluoroalkyl groups, high water and oil repellency and high sliding properties can be imparted to the inorganic material in good balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota, Daijitsu Harada, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20140357862
    Abstract: Silyl-protected nitrogen-containing cyclic compounds having formula (1) are provided wherein R1, R2 and R3 each are a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R4 and R5 each are a divalent hydrocarbon group, R6, R7 and R8 each are H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group. A is —C(O)OR9 or —C?N, R9 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and a is 0 or 1. The compounds are added to polyurethane, polyester or polycarbonate resins to form one part type curable compositions for imparting stiffness, mechanical strength and transparency thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi TONOMURA, Tohru KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20140121398
    Abstract: A [3-(2-norbornyl)-2-norbornyl]silane compound having formula (1) is novel, wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, X is halogen or an organoxy OR2, R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, n is 1 or 2 when X is halogen, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when X is organoxy. It is a useful reactant for forming surface coatings on electronic parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi KUBOTA, Tohru KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20130296593
    Abstract: A silane compound having a secondary amino group protected with a specific silyl group is useful as silane coupling agent, resin additive, textile treating agent, surface treating agent, paint additive, and adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi TONOMURA, Tohru KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 8541631
    Abstract: A solid material is subjected to surface treatment by chemically bonding onto a surface of the solid material a stabilized monofunctional silanol represented by R1R2R3SiOH. R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different, and each represent a substituent group independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent heterocyclic group having from 1 to 100 carbon atoms. The monofunctional silanol has a dehydrative self-condensation rate lower than triethylsilanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Kiyomori, Yusuke Itoh, Tohru Kubota
  • Patent number: 8536359
    Abstract: Disclosed are alkoxysilane compounds having two fluoroalkyl groups and represented by the following general formula (1): wherein Rf and Rf? are each a fluoroalkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each methyl group or ethyl group, X and Y are each an ether linkage or an ester linkage, a and b are each 0 or 1, m, n and p are each an integer of 0 to 6, q is an integer of 1 to 6, and r is an integer of 0 to 2. By treating an inorganic material with the alkoxysilane compound having ether linkage and two fluoroalkyl groups, high water and oil repellency and high sliding properties can be imparted to the inorganic material. The alkoxysilane compounds can be easily purified, owing to enhancement of volatility by the branched structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota, Daijitsu Harada, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130177492
    Abstract: The method comprises at least three steps of a hydrogenation step (101) and/or a chlorination step (102), an impurity conversion step (103), and a purification step (104). In the impurity conversion step (103), an aldehyde compound represented by the general formula Ar—R—CHO (Ar; denotes a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R; denotes an organic group having two or more carbon atoms) is added to convert donor impurities and acceptor impurities contained in a chlorosilane distillate to a high-boiling substance. The chlorosilane distillate after the donor impurities and acceptor impurities have been converted to a high-boiling substance is sent to the purification step (104). In the purification step (104), high purity chlorosilanes from which the donor impurities and acceptor impurities have been thoroughly removed are obtained by using a distillation column or the like, where the high purity chlorosilanes are recovered outside the system from the top of the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hasegawa, Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota, Takeshi Aoyama, Shuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8436166
    Abstract: Vinylsilane compounds having a specific amino group, typically diethylaminopropyldimethylvinylsilane, N-methylpiperazinylpropyldimethylvinylsilane, and bistrimethylsilylaminopropyldimethylvinylsilane are novel and useful as a modifier for polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120263816
    Abstract: A nanoimprint-mold release agent including an alkoxysilane compound represented by general formula (1) is provided wherein Rf and Rf? are each independently a fluoroalkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R1 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are each independently methyl group or ethyl group; X and Y are each independently an ether linkage or an ester linkage; a and b are each 0 or 1; m, n, and p are each an integer of 0 to 6; q is an integer of 1 to 6 and r is an integer of 0 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Daijitsu Harada, Masaki Takeuchi, Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120264964
    Abstract: Alkoxysilane compounds having two fluoroalkyl groups and represented by the formula (1): wherein Rf and Rf? are each a fluoroalkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each methyl group or ethyl group, X and Y are each an ether linkage or an ester linkage, a and b are each 0 or 1, m, n and p are each an integer of 0 to 6, q is an integer of 1 to 6, and r is an integer of 0 to 2. By treating an inorganic material with the alkoxysilane compound having ether linkage and two fluoroalkyl groups, high water and oil repellency and high sliding properties are imparted to the inorganic material. The alkoxysilane compounds are easily purified, owing to enhanced volatility by the branched structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota, Daijitsu Harada, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20120264962
    Abstract: Disclosed are silazane compounds having two fluoroalkyl groups, represented by the following general formula (1): wherein Rf and Rf? are each a fluoroalkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atoms or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 are each an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, a and b are each 0 or 1, m, n and p are each an integer of 0 to 6, q is an integer of 1 to 6, and r is 1 or 2. By treating an inorganic material with the silazane compound having two fluoroalkyl groups, high water and oil repellency and high sliding properties can be imparted to the inorganic material in good balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Ayumu Kiyomori, Tohru Kubota, Daijitsu Harada, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20120209020
    Abstract: Novel amino acid-modified silane compounds having a weakly acidic amino group and a weakly basic carboxyl group are useful as a surface treating agent or textile treating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota, Takayuki Honma
  • Publication number: 20120121493
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining high purity chlorosilanes from chlorosilanes containing boron impurities and phosphorus impurities. On the basis of the finding that solid by-product formation in the purification of chlorosilanes by adding an aromatic aldehyde results from a catalytic reaction by iron ions or rust-like iron, a Lewis base having a masking effect is added to chlorosilanes. Examples of the Lewis base include a divalent sulfur-containing compound and an alkoxysilane. The divalent sulfur-containing compound is preferably a compound represented by the formula: R—S—R? (wherein R is a hydrocarbon group or a carbonyl group; and the sum of the carbon atoms in R and R? is 7 or more), and the alkoxysilane is preferably a compound represented by the formula: RxSi(OR?)4-x (wherein R and R? are each an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Nagai, Takaaki Shimizu, Katsuhiro Uehara, Tohru Kubota
  • Patent number: 8178710
    Abstract: A silyl (meth)acrylate compound containing a siloxy group having a bulky substituent is provided. The compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently a C3-10 monovalent branched hydrocarbon group having a hydrocarbon group at ? or ? position or a monovalent C3-10 cyclic hydrocarbon group; R3, R4, and R5 are independently an unsubstituted or substituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group or a siloxy group represented by the following general formula (2): —OSiR7R8R9??(2) wherein R7, R8, and R9 are independently an unsubstituted or substituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group; and R6 is hydrogen atom or methyl group. This compound is hydrolyzed at a reduced speed, and use of a polymer obtained by copolymerization with an alkyl methacrylate is capable of suppressing attachment of marine organisms to the ship with no or reduced biocide, and this polymer is useful for a hydrolytic self-polishing paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120006229
    Abstract: An aqueous solution contains a piperazinyl-containing silanol compound having formula (1) wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group and n is 0, 1 or 2 and a dehydrated condensate thereof, with a volatile alcohol content being less than 10 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Tohru Kubota, Ayumu Kiyomori
  • Patent number: 8049027
    Abstract: An organosilicon compound having an amino group is provided. This compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 respectively represent an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms with the proviso that the R1 and R2 may together form a ring with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, and that R1 and R2 may contain a heteroatom; R3 and R4 independently represent an unsubstituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 0 to 2. Use of this compound enables production of a polymer product having excellent mechanical properties, high heat resistance, and high transparency. The solution of this compound is stable, and can be stored for a long time, and when used for a polymer modifying agent, it facilitates introduction of amino group and hydroxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Honma, Tohru Kubota, Ayumu Kiyomori