Patents by Inventor Tsunao Matsuura

Tsunao Matsuura 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: 9234080
    Abstract: There is disclosed a conductive resin composition, comprising: (a) a resin component, and (b) a fine carbon fiber dispersed in the resin component, wherein a graphite-net plane consisting solely of carbon atoms forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit comprising closed head-top part and body-part with open lower-end, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a common central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected in head-to-tail style with a distance to form the fiber. The resin composition has high conductivity while maintaining the original physical properties of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Yoshitake, Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda, Ken Nakamura, Keiichirou Koyashiki, Masaki Yoshio, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9103052
    Abstract: A novel fine carbon fiber produced by vapor growth, in which a graphite-net plane consisting of carbon atoms alone forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit including a closed head-top part and a body-part with an open lower-end, in which an angle ? formed by a generatrix of the body-part and a fiber axis is less than 15°, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected head-to-tail with a distance to form a fiber. Fine short carbon fibers with excellent dispersibility can be obtained by shortening the fine carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140329093
    Abstract: A novel fine carbon fiber produced by vapor growth, in which a graphite-net plane consisting of carbon atoms alone forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit including a closed head-top part and a body-part with an open lower-end, in which an angle ? formed by a generatrix of the body-part and a fiber axis is less than 15°, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected head-to-tail with a distance to form a fiber. Fine short carbon fibers with excellent dispersibility can be obtained by shortening the fine carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8834828
    Abstract: A novel fine carbon fiber is produced by vapor growth, in which a graphite-net plane consisting of carbon atoms alone forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit comprising closed head-top part and body-part with open lower-end, where an angle ? formed by a generatrix of the body-part and a fiber axis is less than 15°, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected in head-to-tail style with a distance, thereby forming a fiber. Furthermore, a fine short carbon fibers with excellent dispersibility can be obtained by shortening the fine carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20110003151
    Abstract: A novel fine carbon fiber is produced by vapor growth, in which a graphite-net plane consisting of carbon atoms alone forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit comprising closed head-top part and body-part with open lower-end, where an angle ? formed by a generatrix of the body-part and a fiber axis is less than 15°, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected in head-to-tail style with a distance, thereby forming a fiber. Furthermore, a fine short carbon fibers with excellent dispersibility can be obtained by shortening the fine carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6861563
    Abstract: In the process for producing a cyclododecanone by isomerizing an epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material in the presence of an isomerization reaction catalyst containing lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, in order to perform the reaction with high efficiency (high reaction rate) and high selectivity and stably produce a high-purity cyclododecanone in industry while maintaining a high-level reaction rate, the epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material is produced by contacting an epoxycyclododecadiene with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogen-reduction catalyst and has a content of the hydroxyl group-containing cyclododecane compounds contained in the epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material controlled to 5 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignees: Ube Industries, Ltd., EMS-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20040181096
    Abstract: In the process for producing a cyclododecanone by isomerizing an epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material in the presence of an isomerization reaction catalyst containing lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, in order to perform the reaction with high efficiency (high reaction rate) and high selectivity and stably produce a high-purity cyclododecanone in industry while maintaining a high-level reaction rate, the epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material is produced by contacting an epoxycyclododecadiene with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogen-reduction catalyst and has a content of the hydroxyl group-containing cyclododecane compounds contained in the epoxycyclododecane-containing starting material controlled to 5 mol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6518461
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is continuously produced by an isomerization reaction of a corresponding epoxycyclododecane compound in the presence of a catalyst including lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, the isomerization reaction being carried out by passing a reaction mixture containing the epoxycyclododecane compound and the catalyst through a continuous reaction apparatus including at least one tubular reactor preferably at a temperature of 100 to 350° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20020099242
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is continuously produced by feeding a liquid feed containing a corresponding epoxycyclododecane compound and LiBr and/or LiI into a frontmost reaction region of a plurality of reaction regions connected to each other in series; successively passing the liquid feed through the series of reaction regions to catalytically isomerize the epoxycyclododecane compound into a corresponding cyclododecanone compound; and collecting the resultant reaction mixture containing the target cyclododecanone compound from a rearmost reaction region of the series of reaction regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6417404
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is continuously produced by feeding a liquid feed containing a corresponding epoxycyclododecane compound and LiBr and/or LiI into a frontmost reaction region of a plurality of reaction regions connected to each other in series; successively passing the liquid feed through the series of reaction regions to catalytically isomerize the epoxycyclododecane compound into a corresponding cyclododecanone compound; and collecting the resultant reaction mixture containing the target cyclododecanone compound from a rearmost reaction region of the series of reaction regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Ube Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20020077509
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is continuously produced by an isomerization reaction of a corresponding epoxycyclododecane compound in the presence of a catalyst including lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, the isomerization reaction being carried out by passing a reaction mixture containing the epoxycyclododecane compound and the catalyst through a continuous reaction apparatus including at least one tubular reactor preferably at a temperature of 100 to 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6388140
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is produced in a high reaction rate, with a high conversion of the starting compound, and with a high selectivity to and a high yield of the target compound by isomerizing an epoxycyclododecane compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, without using a solvent or in a non-polar solvent, in an inert gas atmosphere, while substantially no polymeric compounds having a high boiling temperature is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Kohichi Kashiwagi, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20010023071
    Abstract: A cyclododecanone compound is produced in a high reaction rate, with a high conversion of the starting compound, and with a high selectivity to and a high yield of the target compound by isomerizing an epoxycyclododecane compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising lithium bromide and/or lithium iodide, without using a solvent or in a non-polar solvent, in an inert gas atmosphere, while substantially no polymeric compounds having a high boiling temperature is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sugise, Shuji Tanaka, Kohichi Kashiwagi, Takashi Doi, Masayuki Nishio, Sadao Niida, Tsunao Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6143917
    Abstract: A process for producing an aryl carbamate of a high purity at a high yield by reacting a diaryl carbonate with an amine compound having one or more hydrogen atoms bonded to the N position in the presence of carboxylic acid(s) of the following general formulae (I): R.sup.1 --COOH and/or (II): R.sup.2 --COOH (wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl or cycloalkyl group having an .alpha.-positioned carbon atom bonded to only one hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having an .alpha.-positioned carbon atom bonded to no hydrogen atom, or an aryl or heterocyclic group, and R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having an .alpha.-positioned carbon atom bonded to two or more hydrogen atoms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Harada, Ryoji Sugise, Kohichi Kashiwagi, Tsunao Matsuura