Patents by Inventor Yasunobu Nakafutami

Yasunobu Nakafutami 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: 6969739
    Abstract: A diene polymer rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber comprising (A-1) a diene rubbery polymer which is a conjugated diene rubber polymer or conjugated diene-styrene rubbery copolymer (1) containing a modified component in an amount exceeding 60 wt. %, which modified component is obtained by reacting an active end of the rubbery polymer with a polyfunctional compound having, in its molecule, at least two epoxy groups, (2) having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.05 to 3.0, and (3) having weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 to 2,000,000; and based on 100 parts of the component (A), (B) 1–100 parts by weight of rubber extension oil, (C) 25–100 parts by weight of reinforcing silica, and (D) 1.0 to 20 parts by weight in total of a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanizing accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Haruo Yamada, Nobuaki Kubo, Hiromi Nakafutami, legal representative, Yasunobu Nakafutami, deceased
  • Patent number: 6906152
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diene rubber composition having excellent processability and being improved in both the balance between low rolling resistance and wet skid resistance, and strength properties. The composition according to the invention is a diene polymer rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber comprising (A-1) a diene rubbery polymer which is a conjugated diene rubbery polymer or a conjugated diene-styrene rubbery copolymer (1) containing a modified component in an amount exceeding 60 wt. %, which modified component is obtained by reacting an active end of the rubbery polymer with a polyfunctional compound having, in its molecule thereof, at least two epoxy groups, (2) having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.05 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Haruo Yamada, Hiromi Nakafutami, Yasunobu Nakafutami
  • Publication number: 20030199669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diene rubber composition having excellent processability and being improved in both the balance between low rolling resistance and wet skid resistance, and strength properties. The composition according to the invention is a diene polymer rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber comprising (A-1) a diene rubbery polymer which is a conjugated diene rubbery polymer or a conjugated diene-styrene rubbery copolymer (1) containing a modified component in an amount exceeding 60 wt. %, which modified component is obtained by reacting an active end of the rubbery polymer with a polyfunctional compound having, in its molecule thereof, at least two epoxy groups, (2) having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.05 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Haruo Yamada, Yasunobu Nakafutami, Hiromi Nakafutami
  • Patent number: 5804644
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprising(A) 100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber which contains not less than 30% by weight of at least one partially hydrogenated rubber of a conjugated diene rubber, wherein 5 to 70% of the unsaturated double bonds of the conjugated diene portion thereof have been hydrogenated;(B) 10 to 150 parts by weight of a silica;(C) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organo-silane coupling agent; and(D) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanizing agent. The rubber composition of the present invention has extremely excellent resilience, low exothermic property, and excellent wet skid resistance, and further improved processability, and therefore, by utilizing the characteristics, can be used to make industrial parts such as tires for various types of automobiles, rubber vibration insulators, belts, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunobu Nakafutami, Akira Saito, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama