Patents by Inventor Tomonori Kato

Tomonori Kato 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: 20160303834
    Abstract: A multilayer container having a layer configuration of 3 or more layers including, as layered in that order from an inner layer to an outer layer, an oxygen-permeable layer containing an oxygen-permeable resin as the main component thereof, an oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer containing, as the main components thereof, an oxygen-absorbing resin composition containing a deoxidant composition and a thermoplastic resin and an adhesive resin, and a gas-barrier layer containing a gas-barrier resin as the main component thereof, wherein the gas-barrier resin is a polyamide resin including a diamine unit containing a metaxylylenediamine unit in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit containing 75 to 96 mol % of an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and 25 to 4 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit, the content of the deoxidant composition in the oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer is 5 to 50% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the material constituting the o
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonori KATO, Nobuhide TSUNAKA, Takafumi ODA
  • Publication number: 20160297182
    Abstract: A multilayer container having a layer configuration of 4 or more layers including, as layered in that order from an inner layer to an outer layer, an oxygen-permeable layer containing an oxygen-permeable resin as the main component thereof, an oxygen-absorbing layer formed of an oxygen-absorbing resin composition containing a deoxidant composition and a thermoplastic resin, an adhesive layer containing an adhesive resin as the main component thereof, and a gas-barrier layer containing a gas-barrier resin as the main component thereof, wherein the gas-barrier resin is a polyamide resin containing a diamine unit containing a metaxylylenediamine unit in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit containing 85 to 96 mol % of an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and 15 to 4 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit, the thickness of the oxygen-permeable layer is 15 to 40% of the total thickness of the multilayer container, and the thickness of the oxygen-abso
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Takafumi ODA, Nobuhide TSUNAKA, Tomonori KATO
  • Publication number: 20160214305
    Abstract: The production method for a polyolefin-based structure of the present invention produces a polyolefin-based structure from a mixed source material containing a polyolefin (A), an acid-modified polyolefin (B) and a gas barrier resin (C) using a molding machine 10, under the condition mentioned below. The molding machine 10 is equipped with a single-screw extruder 11, a die head 12, and an adaptor 13 for feeding the mixed source material from the single-screw extruder 11 to the die head 12. Am+10° C.?T1?Cm?10° C. (1), Cm?30° C.?T2?Cm+30° C. (2), Cm?10° C.?T3?Cm+50° C. (3), Cm?30° C.?T4?Cm+30° C. (4). T1 is a cylinder temperature in a section corresponding to a supply zone 21A and a compression zone 21B, T2 is a cylinder temperature in a section corresponding to a metering zone 21C, T3 is a temperature of an adaptor 13, T4 is a temperature of a die head, Am is the melting point of the component (A), and Cm is the melting point of the component (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishii, Tomonori Kato, Jun Mitadera, Kenji Kouno
  • Publication number: 20160207292
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including a polyolefin layer (A) and a polyamide resin composition layer (B), wherein the polyamide resin composition constituting the layer (B) contains a polyamide resin (b-1) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof contains a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof contains a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms and a modified polyolefin (b-2), and the content of the modified polyolefin (b-2) is from 5 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide resin (b-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Tomonori Kato, Jun Mitadera
  • Publication number: 20160193813
    Abstract: The multilayer structure includes a polyamide resin layers (A) and (B), wherein the layer (A) is composed of a polyamide resin (A1) containing at least any constituent unit of a constituent unit derived from a lactam having from 10 to 12 carbon atoms and a constituent unit derived from an aminocarboxylic acid having from 10 to 12 carbon atoms, or a composition (a) containing the resin (A1), the layer (B) is composed of a composition (b) containing a polyamide resin (B1) in which a diamine unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a metaxylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms in an amount of 70 mol % or more, and a polyamide resin (B2) in which a diamine unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an aliphatic dica
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Tomonori Kato, Mayumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160107783
    Abstract: Provided are [1] a packaging body consisting of a resin composition containing a polyester resin (A), a polyamide resin (B), and an oxidation reaction accelerator (C), wherein when a thickness of the packaging body is defined as d (?m), and an average long diameter, an average short diameter, and a volume fraction of dispersed particles of the polyamide resin (B) in the packaging body are defined as L (?m), W (?m), and Vf, respectively, the following expression (1A) is satisfied; an oxygen transmission rate after a lapse of 100 hours after preparing of the packaging body is 0.01 [cc/(package·day·0.21 atm)] or less; and a haze value is 8% or less, and [2] a method for preserving goods by filling in a packaging body containing a polyester resin (A), a polyamide resin (B), and an oxidation reaction accelerator (C), wherein a content of the polyamide resin (B) in the packaging body is 2.0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Kazuya Sato, Tomonori Kato, Takanori Miyabe, Jun Mitadera
  • Publication number: 20160089862
    Abstract: Provided are a multilayer structure including a polyamide layer (A) and a polyether polyamide layer (B) and also a multilayer structure including a polyolefin layer (C) and a polyether polyamide layer (B), wherein the polyamide layer (A) contains a polyamide (a) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine (a-1), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (a-2) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms; and the polyether polyamide layer (B) contains a polyether polyamide (b) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes constituent units derived from a polyether diamine compound (b-1) having a specified structure and a xylylenediamine (b-2), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (b-3) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Tomonori Kato, Mayumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160083564
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyamide resin composition (1) containing a polyamide (A) and a free volume modifier (B), and having a free volume, as measured according to a positron annihilation method, of 0.0545 nm3 or less. The invention also provides a polyamide resin composition (2) prepared by adding from 0.005 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Tomonori Kato, Mayumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160083581
    Abstract: Provided are a polyamide resin composition for inner layer of a delamination container which includes a laminate of at least two layers including an outer layer (1) composed of a thermoplastic resin (A) and an inner layer (2) composed of a polyamide resin composition and capable of being delaminated from the outer layer (1) to perform volume reduction deformation and in which an outside air introduction hole for introducing the outside air into between the outer layer (1) and the inner layer (2) is formed in the outer layer (1), the polyamide resin composition containing specified polyamide resin (a) and polyamide resin (b), having a tensile modulus of elasticity of 2,000 MPa or less at a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 50% RH, and having a content of the polyamide resin (a) in the polyamide resin composition of 20 to 75% by mass; and a delamination container using the same as an inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro ISHII, Tomonori KATO, Takafumi ODA
  • Publication number: 20160046765
    Abstract: A polyamide resin is produced by polycondensing a polyamide oligomer having a relative viscosity of from 1.1 to 1.3 and a water content of 3% by weight or less by melt-kneading using an intermeshed co-rotation twin screw extruder having at least one or more open vents OV1 and OV2 and at least one or more vacuum vents VV1 and VV2. A pressure-decreasing element Y for increasing the resin filling rate is provided at a position nearer to the supply section side than positions at which the vacuum vents VV1 and VV2 are provided, and an area of 30% or less of the total screw length is a vacuum area having a pressure of 300 Torr or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Nobuhide Tsunaka, Jun Mitadera, Tomonori Kato
  • Publication number: 20160046836
    Abstract: The present invention provides a metal coating material containing a polyether polyamide (A) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes constituent units derived from a polyether diamine compound (a-1) having a specified structure and a xylylenediamine (a-2), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (a-3) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, the metal coating material having favorable abrasion resistance and oil resistance and excellent adhesive properties to metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mayumi Kikuchi, Tomonori Kato, Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20160032053
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inner liner for pneumatic tire, the inner liner being prepared by molding a resin composition containing a polyether polyamide (A) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes constituent units derived from a polyether diamine compound (a-1) represented by the general formula (1) and a xylylenediamine (a-2), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (a-3) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonori Kato, Mayumi Kikuchi, Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20160032099
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin (A) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine (a-1), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (a-2) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms; and a polyether polyamide (B) in which a diamine constituent unit thereof includes constituent units derived from a polyether diamine compound (b-1) represented by a specified structural formula and a xylylenediamine (b-2), and a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (b-3) having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Tomonori Kato, Mayumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150344642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (3) are satisfied: 0.03?P<0.32 ??(1) 2.2?M?26.1 ??(2) 5<M/P?200 ??(3) wherein P represents a mole concentration (?mol/g) of a phosphorus atom contained per g of the polyamide resin composition; and M represents a sum (?mol/g) of values obtained by multiplying a mole concentration of an alkali metal atom and a mole concentration of an alkaline earth metal atom each contained per g of the polyamide resin composition by valencies thereof respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAMOTO, Jun MITADERA, Ryoji OTAKI, Tomonori KATO
  • Publication number: 20150315357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (4) are satisfied: 10?([COOH]—[NH2])?80??(1) 0.32?P<6.46??(2) 0.50?M<17.00??(3) 2?M/P?3??(4) wherein [COOH] represents a concentration (?eq/g) of a terminal carboxyl group in the polyamide (X); [NH2] represents a concentration (?eq/g) of a terminal amino group in the polyamide (X); P represents a mole concentration (?mol/g) of a phosphorus atom contained per g of the polyamide resin composition; and M represents a sum (?mol/g) of values obtained by multiplying a mole concentration of an alkali metal atom and a mole concentration of an alkaline earth metal atom each contained per g of the polyamide resin composition by valencies thereof respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAMOTO, Jun MITADERA, Ryoji OTAKI, Tomonori KATO
  • Publication number: 20150226269
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a propeller shaft comprising: a shaft portion of a circular tube shape; and a joint assembly to be joined to a transfer gear box side or a differential gear box side of the shaft portion, the joint assembly comprising a shaft-side joint to be joined to the shaft portion and an other-member-side joint to be coupled to a transfer gear box or to a differential gear box, the method having: a press fitting step of pressing the shaft-side joint of the joint assembly into the shaft portion, in a state in which the shaft-side joint and the other-member-side joint have been assembled into the joint assembly; and a welding step of welding the shaft portion and the joint assembly, after the press fitting step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Katsuragi, Tomonori Kato, Shingo Sugamata, Satoshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20150158335
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rear axle includes: a brake flange press-fitting step of press-fitting a brake flange to an outer peripheral surface of a rear axle housing; a brake flange welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the brake flange; an axle end press-fitting step of press-fitting an axle end to an inner peripheral surface of an end portion of the rear axle housing; and an axle end welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the axle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Katsuragi, Tomonori Kato, Shingo Sugamata, Satoshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20150030793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester-based resin composition containing: a resin component which contains 80 to 98 mass % of polyester resin (A) including aromatic dicarboxylic acid units and diol units, and 20 to 2 mass % of polyamide resin (B) including diamine units and dicarboxylic acid units, the diamine units containing 70 mol % or more m-xylylenediamine units and the dicarboxylic acid units containing 70 mol % or more ?,?-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units; and 0.005 to 0.1 parts by mass of a specific epoxy-functional polymer (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Miyabe, Tomonori Kato, Jun Mitadera
  • Patent number: 8940379
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition contains a resin component containing at least a polyamide, a fatty acid metallic salt having from 10 to 50 carbon atoms, and an additive. The polyamide is obtained through melt polycondensation of a diamine component containing 70% by mol or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70% by mol or more of an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The additive is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a diamide compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diamine having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a diester compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diol having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoji Otaki, Jun Mitadera, Tomonori Kato, Tomomichi Kanda
  • Patent number: 8778470
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer bottle including outermost and innermost layers each made mainly of a polyester (A) and at least one barrier layer interposed between the outermost and innermost layers. The polyester (A) is a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerizing a dicarboxylic acid component containing 80 mol % or more of terephthalic acid with a diol component containing 80 mol % or more of ethylene glycol. The barrier layer is composed of a polyamide (B) and a polyamide (C). The polyamide (B) is obtained by polycondensing a diamine component containing 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine with a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70 mol % or more of an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The polyamide (C) has a higher saturation water content than that of the polyamide (B) as measured at 23° C. and 50% RH under 1 atm, and a content of the polyamide (C) in the barrier layer is 20% by weight or less on the basis of a weight of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Mitadera, Katsuya Maruyama, Kazunobu Maruo, Tomonori Kato