Patents by Inventor Yoichi Konno

Yoichi Konno 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: 7465772
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for continuous polymerization of olefin(s), and a method for transferring a polymer powder from one reactor to another in the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of serially disposed gas-phase polymerization reactors including a combination of an upstream and downstream reactors and a gas exchange vessel disposed between both reactors. The gas exchange vessel is connected to the upstream and downstream reactors by a first and second transfer conduits, respectively. The gas exchange vessel has a gas distributor plate therein which partitions the gas exchange vessel into an upper section having a gas exchange chamber and a lower section. In the gas exchange chamber, the gas transferred from the upstream reactor together with a polymer powder is exchange at least partly with fresh gas introduced through the gas distributor plate via the lower section. The polymer powder is then transferred to the downstream reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takemura, Yoichi Konno, Kazuki Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 7423099
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyolefin comprising a combination of liquid phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more liquid phase polymerization reactors and gas phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more gas phase polymerization reactors after the liquid phase polymerization in a material flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kimoto, Ryouji Kanita, Yoichi Konno
  • Publication number: 20070106037
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyolefin comprising a combination of liquid phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more liquid phase polymerization reactors and gas phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more gas phase polymerization reactors after the liquid phase polymerization in a material flow, the process comprising: step A of polymerizing liquid ?-olefin in the presence of a catalyst in a first reactor for liquid phase polymerization to produce a slurry comprising unreacted liquid ?-olefin and a polymer powder containing the catalyst, step B of causing gas comprising ?-olefin to flow in a second reactor for gas phase polymerization while keeping the second reactor unfilled with a seed powder, step C of transferring the slurry produced in the first reactor into the second reactor unfilled with a seed powder in which the gas comprising ?-olefin is caused to flow, step D of vaporizing the liquid ?-olefin included in the slurry transferred from the first reactor, polymerizing the va
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kimoto, Ryouji Kanita, Yoichi Konno
  • Publication number: 20060014914
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for continuous polymerization of olefin(s), and a method for transferring a polymer powder from one reactor to another in the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of serially disposed gas-phase polymerization reactors including a combination of an upstream and downstream reactors and a gas exchange vessel disposed between both reactors. The gas exchange vessel is connected to the upstream and downstream reactors by a first and second transfer conduits, respectively. The gas exchange vessel has a gas distributor plate therein which partitions the gas exchange vessel into an upper section having a gas exchange chamber and a lower section. In the gas exchange chamber, the gas transferred from the upstream reactor together with a polymer powder is exchange at least partly with fresh gas introduced through the gas distributor plate via the lower section. The polymer powder is then transferred to the downstream reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takemura, Yoichi Konno, Kazuki Wakamatsu