Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Kimura

Tsuneo Kimura 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: 20250136783
    Abstract: Provided is a thermally conductive composition that includes (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane that is represented by formula (1) and is a liquid at 23° C. (R3SiO1/2)a(R2SiO2/2)b(RSiO3/2)c(SiO4/2)d(O1/2X)e??(1) (in the formula, R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group, X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, a, b, c, and d are numbers that satisfy 0?a?0.8, 0?b?0.8, 0.2?c?1, 0?d?0.8, and a+b+c+d=1, and e is a number that satisfies 0?e?0.1) and (B) 2,000-7,000 parts by mass of a thermally conductive filler. The viscosity of the thermally conductive composition at 25° C. is no more than 1,000 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TSUCHIDA, Akihiro ENDO, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12180369
    Abstract: A rubber composition which contains (A) an organosilicon compound represented by formula (1) and gives a cured object satisfying desired fuel (or power)-saving tire properties. (R1 represents an alkyl or aryl group, R2 represents an alkyl or aryl group, e, f, and g each indicate a number larger than 0 and satisfy g/(e+f+g)<0.05, and m is an integer of 1-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenao Hirokami, Tsuneo Kimura, Masahiko Minemura, Tsutomu Nakamura, Masaki Tanaka, Satoru Uno, Masashi Yano
  • Patent number: 12173155
    Abstract: An addition reaction-curable silicone emulsion composition containing a water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) and an organopolysiloxane (II) having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule thereof, where the water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) has at least one group selected from among a succinic anhydride group, a quaternary ammonium group, and a ureido group, and 1 part by mass or more of the water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) is contained relative to 100 parts by mass of the organopolysiloxane (II). This provides: a silicone emulsion composition that gives a cured film adhering well to plastic film substrates regardless of the type, while having suitable release properties regarding adhesives; and a delamination film made by forming a cured film of the silicone emulsion composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsumi Inoue, Tetsuro Yamada, Kenji Yamamoto, Tsuneo Kimura, Munenao Hirokami
  • Publication number: 20240301169
    Abstract: When a composition including (A) an organosilicon compound represented by formula 1 and (B) when an organosilicon compound having at least one group selected from a polysulfide group, a thioester group, and a mercapto group and having an alkoxysilyl group is added to a rubber composition, a rubber composition is imparted that can achieve low fuel consumption and wear resistance while the workability of the composition and the hardness and tensile properties of cured products thereof are maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenao HIROKAMI, Tsuneo KIMURA, Masahiko MINEMURA, Tsutomu NAKAMURA, Yoichi TONOMURA, Shun ICHII, Masashi YANO
  • Publication number: 20240294716
    Abstract: A liquid composition for a silicone rubber spherical particle including (A) a polysiloxane represented by the general formula (1) and having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane represented by the general formula (2) and having at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom per molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst. (R1 is an alkenyl group. R2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group. R3 is an alkyl group or an alkenyl group. X is an ester group. “n” satisfies 1?n?1000.) (R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or an alkoxy group. R5 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group. “p”, “q”, and “r” satisfy 0?p?200, 1?q?200, and 0?r?200, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito OKI, Yoshinori INOKUCHI, Shunji AOKI, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12065568
    Abstract: The present invention provides: porous spherical silicone rubber particles which have high light scattering performance; porous silicone composite particles; and a method for producing these particles. The porous spherical silicone rubber particles have pores inside the particles or in the surfaces of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Oki, Yoshinori Inokuchi, Shunji Aoki, Tsuneo Kimura
  • Patent number: 12024614
    Abstract: A rubber compounding ingredient containing (A) a compound having a blocked isocyanate group and a hydrolyzable silyl group, such as an organosilicon compound having the following formula (1): wherein R1 is each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, L is a divalent linking group, X is —O— or —NR2—, Z is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a group capable of bonding to Z to form a ring structure, and m is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenao Hirokami, Tsuneo Kimura, Masahiko Minemura, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11987688
    Abstract: A photocurable composition including the following components (A) to (D), (A) a monomer having one (meth)acryloyl structure, (B) a crosslinking agent having two or more (meth)acryloyl structures, (C) an inorganic ultraviolet-blocking agent having a 50% volume cumulative particle size of 1 to 50 nm, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of 0.05 to 1 part by weight, relative to total 100 parts by weight of components (A) and (B), wherein a part or all of component (A) is a hydrophilic monomer, and a content of the hydrophilic monomer is 70% by weight or more, relative to the total weight of components (A) and (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Yoshii, Kohei Masuda, Mamoru Hagiwara, Tsuneo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230380464
    Abstract: This bile acid adsorbing agent composed of silica particles, to which an organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) is bonded, has the advantage that water-absorption swelling does not occur. (In formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, or a benzyl group, and R4 represents a group represented by general formula (2), provided that R1 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a benzene ring.) (In formula (2), A represents a linear or branched divalent linking group which may contain a heteroatom, a urethane bond, a urea bond, a thiourethane bond, and/or a thiourea bond, R5,s each independently represent a C1-C10 alkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group, R6,s each independently represent a C1-C10 alkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group, and n represents an integer of 1-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shigeki YASUDA, Tsuneo KIMURA, Munenao HIROKAMI, Masaki TANAKA, Naoki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230348720
    Abstract: A polyether-polysiloxane crosslinked rubber spherical particle including an addition-reaction product of a composition containing: (A) a polyether having at least two aliphatic unsaturated groups per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by the following formula (1), where 0<1?1000, 2?m?1000, 0?n?1000, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or is substituted with a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group, and R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; and (C) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst. This can provide rubber spherical particles and composite particles that exhibit excellent dispersibility in an aqueous composition and exhibit degradation characteristics in response to external stimuli; and methods for manufacturing the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito OKI, Yoshinori INOKUCHI, Shunji AOKI, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230295426
    Abstract: Provided are polysiloxane structure-containing rubber particles and composite particles having a high dispersibility and degradability; and production methods thereof. The rubber particles are comprised of a copolymer having a polyester structure and an organopolysiloxane structure, wherein the copolymer is a hydrosilylation crosslinked product of (A) a polyester having at least two aliphatic unsaturated groups per molecule; and (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule. The composite particles are those with the surfaces of these rubber particles being coated with polyorganosilsesquioxane or silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji OKABE, Takahito OKI, Yoshinori INOKUCHI, Shunji AOKI, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • 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: 20230149270
    Abstract: Provided is a water-in-oil emulsion composition useful for cosmetics and skin preparations, which is excellent in storage stability without any surfactant and is also excellent in safety. The water-in-oil emulsion composition includes (a) an oily substance in an amount of 100 parts by mass,(b) water, or water and a water-soluble substance in an amount of 11 to 800 parts by mass, and (c) hydrophobic, spherical sol-gel silica fine particles having a volumetric median diameter (D50) of 5 to 1500 nm in an amount of 0.5 to 40 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito OKI, Kazuyuki MATSUMURA, 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
  • Publication number: 20230096343
    Abstract: A rubber compounding ingredient containing (A) a compound having a blocked isocyanate group and a hydrolyzable silyl group, such as an organosilicon compound having the following formula (1): wherein R1 is each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, L is a divalent linking group, X is —O— or —NR2—, Z is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a group capable of bonding to Z to form a ring structure, and m is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munenao HIROKAMI, Tsuneo KIMURA, Masahiko MINEMURA, Tsutomu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11389389
    Abstract: A cosmetic including at least one cyclic silicone represented by formula (1), and having a boiling point of 205 to 255° C. and a viscosity of less than 5 mm2/s (25° C.). This cosmetic has a light touch, a good spread, and excellent water repellency, forms a uniform cosmetic film, can achieve a feeling of use without a strong oily feeling, and has stability over time and cosmetic persistence when a variety of oil such as a silicone, hydrocarbon oil, and ester, an organic ultraviolet absorber, or an oily component being solid at 25° C. is mixed. (Wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, “a” is a positive number satisfying 0<a<4, and “b” and “c” are each independently a number of 0 to 3, provided that (a+b+c)?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanao Kamei, Tomoya Kanai, Takuya Abe, Ryuichi Inaba, Tsuneo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220169836
    Abstract: A rubber composition which contains (A) an organosilicon compound represented by formula (1) and gives a cured object satisfying desired fuel (or power)-saving tire properties. (R1 represents an alkyl or aryl group, R2 represents an alkyl or aryl group, e, f, and g each indicate a number larger than 0 and satisfy g/(e+f+g)<0.05, and m is an integer of 1-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenao HIROKAMI, Tsuneo KIMURA, Masahiko MINEMURA, Tsutomu NAKAMURA, Masaki TANAKA, Satoru UNO, Masashi YANO
  • Publication number: 20210355324
    Abstract: An addition reaction-curable silicone emulsion composition containing a water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) and an organopolysiloxane (II) having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule thereof, where the water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) has at least one group selected from among a succinic anhydride group, a quaternary ammonium group, and a ureido group, and 1 part by mass or more of the water-soluble silane coupling agent (I) is contained relative to 100 parts by mass of the organopolysiloxane (II). This provides: a silicone emulsion composition that gives a cured film adhering well to plastic film substrates regardless of the type, while having suitable release properties regarding adhesives; and a delamination film made by forming a cured film of the silicone emulsion composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsumi INOUE, Tetsuro YAMADA, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Tsuneo KIMURA, Munenao HIROKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210238422
    Abstract: The present invention provides: porous spherical silicone rubber particles which have high light scattering performance; porous silicone composite particles; and a method for producing these particles. The porous spherical silicone rubber particles have pores inside the particles or in the surfaces of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito OKI, Yoshinori INOKUCHI, Shunji AOKI, Tsuneo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210024719
    Abstract: A photocurable composition including the following components (A) to (D), (A) a monomer having one (meth)acryloyl structure, (B) a crosslinking agent having two or more (meth)acryloyl structures, (C) an inorganic ultraviolet-blocking agent having a 50% volume cumulative particle size of 1 to 50 nm, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of 0.05 to 1 part by weight, relative to total 100 parts by weight of components (A) and (B), wherein a part or all of component (A) is a hydrophilic monomer, and a content of the hydrophilic monomer is 70% by weight or more, relative to the total weight of components (A) and (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke YOSHII, Kohei MASUDA, Mamoru HAGIWARA, Tsuneo KIMURA