Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Ihara

Toshiaki Ihara 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: 20240117123
    Abstract: Provided is an addition-reaction-curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-atom-binding alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-atom-binding hydrogen atoms (Si—H groups) per molecule, (C) an organopolysiloxane having at least one (meth)acryl group per molecule, (D) a linear olefin having a melting point of 20° C. or lower and a flash point of 40° C. or higher, and (E) a platinum-group metal-based catalyst, in which the amount of a metal other than a platinum-group metal is 100 ppm or less, the addition-reaction-curable organopolysiloxane composition can be cured satisfactorily and exhibits satisfactory adhesiveness even when the amount of the platinum-group metal-based catalyst is small, and an acryl-group-containing silicone cannot be precipitated and separated over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki IHARA
  • Patent number: 11884778
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a silicone composition which provides a release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular a plastic film substrate, such as a polyester film. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a release sheet having a cured coating of the silicon composition. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a silicone composition which has improved storage stability and does not cause separation of the functional compound during long-term storage or transportation. The present invention provides a silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule, having a viscosity at 25 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ataru Kobayashi, Ken Nakayama, Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20230250236
    Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide an addition-curable organopolysiloxane composition which cures sufficiently with a minor amount of platinum group metal catalyst to exert satisfactory adhesion and provides a cured film having a release force comparable to the prior art cured film, and to provide an addition-curable organopolysiloxane composition which allows the sufficient progress of addition cure even on a substrate comprising a catalyst poison component so as to be suitable for providing a release coating for silicone rubber and release paper or release film. That is, the present invention provides an addition-curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising components (A) to (C): (A) an organopolysiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom per molecule and having 0.01 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ihara, Tsuneo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230144102
    Abstract: This organopolysiloxane composition for use in release paper or release film, said organopolysiloxane composition containing (A) an organopolysiloxane having two or more silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups in each molecule, (B) an organohydrogen polysiloxane having two or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms (Si—H groups) on average in each molecule, (C) an organic peroxide and (D) a specific amount of a platinum group metal-based catalyst, is capable of undergoing an addition reaction with a smaller amount of the platinum group metal-based catalyst in comparison to the prior art, thereby being capable of forming a cured coating film which has a release strength equivalent to that of the prior art even in cases where a component that inhibits the catalytic activity of the platinum group metal-based catalyst is contained in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IHARA, Ataru KOBAYASHI, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11459459
    Abstract: Provided is a silicone composition having components (A) to (E):100 parts by mass of (A) a linear, branched, or network organopolysiloxane having a vinyl value of 0.01 mol/100 g or more and 0.04 mol/100 g or less and a viscosity of 100 mm2/sec or more and 500 mm2/sec or less at 25° C., wherein each of terminals of the organopolysiloxane has one or more alkenyl groups; 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of (B) a linear, branched, or network organopolysiloxane having a vinyl value of 0.2 mol/100 g or more and 1.2 mol/100 g or less and a viscosity of 2 mm2/sec or more and 60 mm2/sec or less at 25° C., wherein each of terminals of the organopolysiloxane has one or more alkenyl groups; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having an amount of 1 mol/100 g or more and 2 mol/100 g or less of an SiH group, wherein a ratio of the number of the SiH group in component (C) to a total number of the alkenyl groups in components (A) and (B) is 1 to 5; 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ataru Kobayashi, Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20220267530
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a platinum-group metal catalyst having high storage stability and being able to promote an addition reaction even when the amount of the platinum-group metal catalyst is small; a curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising the catalyst; and a release sheet comprising a cured product of the composition. That is, the present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising i) a platinum-group metal catalyst and ii) an organopolysiloxane having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, wherein an amount of the platinum-group metal atom is 0.01 to 5.0 mass %, based on a total mass of the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Ataru Kobayashi, Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20220056323
    Abstract: In the present invention, compounding an addition-reaction-curable organopolysiloxane composition with a specific amount of an organopolysiloxane compound that has three or more (meth)acryl groups in the molecule and a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or greater yields an organopolysiloxane composition for use in a release paper or release film in which addition reactions can occur using a small amount of platinum family metal catalyst, cured films can be formed having a peeling strength approximating levels encountered in the past, and addition-reaction-prompted curing will proceed even on a base material containing a catalyst-poisoning component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IHARA, Kenji TANAKA, Ataru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210277186
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a silicone composition which provides a release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular a plastic film substrate, such as a polyester film. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a release sheet having a cured coating of the silicon composition. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a silicone composition which has improved storage stability and does not cause separation of the functional compound during long-term storage or transportation. The present invention provides a silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule, having a viscosity at 25 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ataru Kobayashi, Ken Nakayama, Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20210222008
    Abstract: Provided is an organo-polysiloxane composition for use in release paper or release film, capable of forming a hardened coat having a low release force. The invention is an organo-polysiloxane composition for use in release paper or release film, containing the components (A) to (D). (A) An organo-polysiloxane having two or more silicon atom-bound alkenyl groups within one molecule: 100 parts by mass. (B) An organo-hydrogen polysiloxane having at least an average of two or more silicon atom-bound hydrogen atoms (Si—H groups) within one molecule: an amount such that the number of moles of the Si—H groups is equal to 1 to 5 times that of the number of moles of the alkenyl groups within the (A) component. (C) A compound having one or more (meth)acrylic groups within one molecule, and whereof the molecular weight is 72 to 1,000: 0.01 to 3 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IHARA, Ataru KOBAYASHI, Takeharu TOYOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11066585
    Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composition obtained by dissolving in a solvent an organopolysiloxane crosslinked product obtained by repeating one or more times a process of again introducing an organopolysiloxane and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane to a product, obtained by conducting an addition reaction of an organopolysiloxane of a specific structure and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of a specific structure using a platinum group metal-based compound in 10-50 times the total mass of these polysiloxanes, and conducting an addition reaction using a platinum group metal-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20210171771
    Abstract: Provided is a silicone composition having components (A) to (E):100 parts by mass of (A) a linear, branched, or network organopolysiloxane having a vinyl value of 0.01 mol/100 g or more and 0.04 mol/100 g or less and a viscosity of 100 mm2/sec or more and 500 mm2/sec or less at 25° C., wherein each of terminals of the organopolysiloxane has one or more alkenyl groups; 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of (B) a linear, branched, or network organopolysiloxane having a vinyl value of 0.2 mol/100 g or more and 1.2 mol/100 g or less and a viscosity of 2 mm2/sec or more and 60 mm2/sec or less at 25° C., wherein each of terminals of the organopolysiloxane has one or more alkenyl groups; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having an amount of 1 mol/100 g or more and 2 mol/100 g or less of an SiH group, wherein a ratio of the number of the SiH group in component (C) to a total number of the alkenyl groups in components (A) and (B) is 1 to 5; 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ataru KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20210054245
    Abstract: A release sheet having excellent curability and adhesion to substrates and a very low release force at high speeds as well as at low speeds can be obtained by coating a sheet-like substrate with a solvent-free curable silicone releasing agent composition that comprises components (A) to (E), and thermally curing the same. (A) An alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane that has a vinyl value of 0.016 to 0.05 mol/100 g and a kinematic viscosity of 80 to 450 mm2/s, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a SiH amount using formulas (1) and (2) at a mass ratio of 100:5 to 100:200 of 0.016 to 0.5 mol/100 g, M?MH?DH?T?Q???(1), M?MH?DH?D?T?Q???(2), (? and ? are 0 or an integer, 2??+?, 10???100, 0???10, 0???10, 5???60, 10???50, 0???10, and 0???10), (C) an organopolysiloxane of formula (3), M12D???(3), (? is 300 to 3,000), (D) an addition reaction controlling agent, and (E) a catalyst for addition reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IHARA, Ataru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200347188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solvent-free silicone release composition containing (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a vinyl value of 0.016-0.7 mol/100 g and a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 80-500 mm2/s, (B) an organo hydrogen polysiloxane having a kinematic viscosity of 2-500 mm2/s, (C) a platinum group metal-based catalyst, and (E) an organopolysiloxane having a crosslinked structure and fluidity. According to the present invention, surface roughness caused by high speed rotation of a roll or surface protrusions and recesses caused by the generation of mist can be eliminated during high-speed coating on a sheet-like substrate, and a release sheet can be obtained in which a cured silicone-coated surface has excellent smoothness and an adhesive-coated substrate has a low high-speed peel strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IHARA, Ataru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10711107
    Abstract: Provided are a siloxane composition, said siloxane composition showing physical properties between a dimethyl polysiloxane oil and a gelatinous crosslinked siloxane and being fluid or becoming fluid when dissolved in a solvent, and a method for producing the same. The siloxane composition, which is obtained by subjecting specific starting organopolysiloxane materials to an addition reaction in a large excess (i.e., 8 times by mass or greater as much as the starting materials) of a solvent, comprises a crosslinked organopolysiloxane, said crosslinked organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000-300,000,000 and containing 0.1-50 mol of silethylene bond per 1,000 mol of siloxane unit, dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ihara
  • Patent number: 10676642
    Abstract: Provided are: a crosslinked organopolysiloxane which has properties intermediate between a dimethylpolysiloxane oil and a gel-like crosslinked siloxane; and a method for producing the crosslinked organopolysiloxane. An oil-like organopolysiloxane which is produced by: adding a compound having a siloxane unit represented by formula (3) to a gel-like silicone, wherein the gel-like silicone is produced by a hydrosilylation reaction of an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group with an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom in the presence of a platinum-group metal catalyst; and then equilibrating the resultant product with an acid or alkali catalyst. R12SiO2/2??(3) (R1 represents a group selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group having no aliphatic unsaturated bond and an alkenyl group represented by the formula: —(CH2)a—CH?CH2 (wherein a represents a numerical value of 0 to 6), and the average polymerization degree of formula (3) is 3 to 2,000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20200032120
    Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composition obtained by dissolving in a solvent an organopolysiloxane crosslinked product obtained by repeating one or more times a process of again introducing an organopolysiloxane and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane to a product, obtained by conducting an addition reaction of an organopolysiloxane of a specific structure and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of a specific structure using a platinum group metal-based compound in 10-50 times the total mass of these polysiloxanes, and conducting an addition reaction using a platinum group metal-based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20190388934
    Abstract: Provided is a light release additive for release sheets, the additive being capable of achieving a desired light release force with a small addition thereof to an organopolysiloxane composition for release sheets and of providing an excellent release coating such that the released adhesive sheet has a high subsequent adhesion. This light release additive for release sheets comprises an acryl-silicone-based graft copolymer with a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 obtained by radical polymerization of (A) an organopolysiloxane compound having an acrylic group and/or a methacrylic group and (B) a radical polymerizable monomer having one radical polymerizable group per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken NAKAYAMA, Toshiaki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20190112431
    Abstract: Provided are a siloxane composition, said siloxane composition showing physical properties between a dimethyl polysiloxane oil and a gelatinous crosslinked siloxane and being fluid or becoming fluid when dissolved in a solvent, and a method for producing the same. The siloxane composition, which is obtained by subjecting specific starting organopolysiloxane materials to an addition reaction in a large excess (i.e., 8 times by mass or greater as much as the starting materials) of a solvent, comprises a crosslinked organopolysiloxane, said crosslinked organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000-300,000,000 and containing 0.1-50 mol of silethylene bond per 1,000 mol of siloxane unit, dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki IHARA
  • Patent number: 10189993
    Abstract: Provided are a siloxane composition, said siloxane composition showing physical properties between a dimethyl polysiloxane oil and a gelatinous crosslinked siloxane and being fluid or becoming fluid when dissolved in a solvent, and a method for producing the same. The siloxane composition, which is obtained by subjecting specific starting organopolysiloxane materials to an addition reaction in a large excess (i.e., 8 times by mass or greater as much as the starting materials) of a solvent, comprises a crosslinked organopolysiloxane, said crosslinked organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000-300,000,000 and containing 0.1-50 mol of silethylene bond per 1,000 mol of siloxane unit, dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ihara
  • Patent number: 10113036
    Abstract: Provided are: a crosslinked organopolysiloxane which has properties intermediate between a dimethylpolysiloxane oil and a gel-like crosslinked siloxane; and a method for producing the crosslinked organopolysiloxane. An oil-like organopolysiloxane which is produced by: adding a compound having a siloxane unit represented by formula (3) to a gel-like silicone, wherein the gel-like silicone is produced by a hydrosilylation reaction of an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group with an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom in the presence of a platinum-group metal catalyst; and then equilibrating the resultant product with an acid or alkali catalyst. R12SiO2/2??(3) (R1 represents a group selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group having no aliphatic unsaturated bond and an alkenyl group represented by the formula: —(CH2)a—CH?CH2 (wherein a represents a numerical value of 0 to 6), and the average polymerization degree of formula (3) is 3 to 2,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ihara