Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Kakutani

Tsutomu Kakutani 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: 4482677
    Abstract: A process for producing a high impact polystyrene characterized by polymerizing a conjugated diene (preferably, 1,3-butadiene) by the use of an organolithium-based catalyst containing a polyfunctional organolithium compound (preferably, said organolithium-based cataylst is a mixture of a polyfunctional organolithium compound and a monofunctional organolithium compound at such a mixing ratio that the amount of lithium atom in the polyfunctional organolithium compound is 5% by weight or more based on the total sum of the lithium atoms in the respective compounds), coupling the resulting polymer molecules with a polyfunctional treating agent having at least two (preferably, 2-4 on the average) reactive sites capable of reacting with the active lithium terminal of the polymer, dissolving in styrene the conjugated diene polymer thus obtained, which has substantially a network structure and is substantially soluble in styrene, preferably in a proportion of 2-30% by weight, and then radical-polymerizing the resultin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Japan Elastomer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Teranaka, Tsutomu Kakutani, Haruro Tabata, Tutomu Teraoka
  • Patent number: 4041002
    Abstract: Thermoplastic resin compositions of improved lubricity and wear resistance are prepared without sacrificing the excellent moldability which is inherent in thermoplastic resins which compositions comprise a base resin, a lubricant and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro Aboshi, Tsutomu Kakutani, Katsumi Yoshitake, Toshinori Koseki