Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Morikawa

Yukihiro Morikawa 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: 20040063892
    Abstract: A non-aqueous laminate adhesive comprising a tertiary amino group-containing polyurethane resin (A) or a tertiary amino group- and carboxyl group-containing polyurethane resin (B) and a polyisocyanate curing agent. The resin (A) is obtained from (1) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate; and the resin (B) is obtained from (2) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least (a) one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (b) one or more kinds of carboxyl group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate. The content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (A), the content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (B), and the carboxyl group in the resin (B) are each 0.001 to 1 mmol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: NIPPON POLYURETHANE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Patent number: 6649084
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent comprising an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer and a silane coupling agent represented by formula (2), OCN—(CH2)x—Si(OR′)3  (2) wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and m and n is each an integer of 1 or more; and an adhesive for forming laminates based on the above polyisocyanate curing agent and an active hydrogen-group containing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Patent number: 6596819
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent for laminate adhesive, comprising: (A) an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer having isocyanurate group and urethane group, obtained by reacting an organic polyisocyanate containing at least (a1) an aromatic diisocyanate with an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing at least (a2) a diol compound having a number-average molecular weight of 100 to 2,000, and, as an optional component, (B) an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer having urethane group, and, also as an optional component, (C) a silane coupling agent represented by the following general formula (1): OCN—(CH2)m—Si(OR)3  (1)  (wherein R is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and m is an integer of 1 to 5); and a process for producing the polyisocyanate curing agent. The polyisocyanate curing agent is usable in a laminate adhesive which can be aged in a short time without shortening the pot life, which has good adhesivity, and which can withstand a severe retort treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Publication number: 20030092868
    Abstract: A non-aqueous laminate adhesive comprising a tertiary amino group-containing polyurethane resin (A) or a tertiary amino group- and carboxyl group-containing polyurethane resin (B) and a polyisocyanate curing agent. The resin (A) is obtained from (1) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least a tertiary amino group- and hydroxyl group-containing compound and (3) an organic polyisocyanate; and the resin (B) is obtained from (2) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least a tertiary amino group- and hydroxyl group-containing compound and a carboxyl group- and hydroxyl group-containing compound and (3) an organic polyisocyanate. The content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (A), the content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (B), and the carboxyl group in the resin (B) are each 0.001 to 1 mmol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Publication number: 20030083451
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent for laminate adhesive, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON POLYURETHANE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Publication number: 20030055197
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent comprising an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer and a silane coupling agent represented by the following formula (2); and a laminate adhesive comprising the above polyisocyanate curing agent and an active hydrogen group-containing resin. The isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer can be obtained by reacting an organic polyisocyanate containing at least (c) an aliphatic polyisocyanate and/or an alicyclic polyisocyanate, with (a) a block polyether monool represented by the following formula (1) wherein the oxypropylene group content is larger than the oxyethylene group content and, optionally, (b) an active hydrogen group-containing aliphatic compound other than the compound (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Ichiro Higashikubo, Kouji Yoshida, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Patent number: 6482523
    Abstract: An adhesive for lamination which comprises a resin whose dynamic wettability to a film substrate is at least 0.20 mN alone or in combination with a polyisocyanate curing agent, said adhesive for lamination having a good adhesiveness to a film substrate such as a plastic film, a metal foil, a metallized film or paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Hiroyoshi Yano, Ichiro Higashikubo, Toshiaki Sasahara
  • Patent number: 6309507
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent for a laminate adhesive, which comprises a hydrophilic polar group-containing polyisocyanate; a laminate adhesive excellent in heat-resistance, durability and adhesiveness to polyolefin film which adhesive comprises the above hydrophilic polar group-containing polyisocyanate and an active hydrogen-containing compound; and use of an adhesive comprising the above polyisocyanate curing agent and an active hydrogen-containing compound in film lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Toshiaki Sasahara, Shin Konishi
  • Patent number: 5652300
    Abstract: A self-emulsifiable polyisocyanate mixture which is of a non-yellowing type, is not deteriorated in weather resistance, has a high hardness and is quick-drying and which is obtained from a specific, NCO-terminated modified HDI and has introduced thereinto a specific, NCO-terminated modified IPDI or a specific, NCO-terminated modified TDI, and an aqueous coating or adhesive composition comprising the above self-emulsifiable polyisocyanate mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Shin Konishi, Kouichi Uehara
  • Patent number: 5548057
    Abstract: A one-component-type composition for a polyurethane elastomer, comprising as a main component a polyurethane precursor containing a polyisocyanate component, and a compound having active hydrogen groups. The polyisocyanate component contains a polyisocyanate having at least a urethodione group (particularly urethodione and isocyanurate groups), and the compound (polyol or the like) having active hydrogen groups contains at least two active hydrogen groups in its molecule and has a molecular weight of 18 to 20000. The polyurethane precursor is obtained by reacting the polyisocyanate component and the compound having active hydrogen groups under the condition that the equivalent ratio of the active hydrogen group in the compound having active hydrogen groups to the isocyanate group in the polyisocyanate component exceeds 1.0. The equivalent ratio of the urethodione group to the active hydrogen group in the polyurethane precursor is from 0.25 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignees: Inoac Corporation, Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hirayama, Shin Konishi, Takao Hidai, Shinjiro Hama, Sadako Hashimoto, Yukihiro Morikawa
  • Patent number: 5410011
    Abstract: A one-component type polyurethane adhesive: comprising, as a main component, a polyurethane precursor prepared by reaction of a polyisocyanate component (a) containing one or more polyisocyanate compounds (a-1) mention below and optionally one or more polyisocyanates (a-2) mention below with an active hydrogen compound (b) having a molecular weight of from 18 to 20,000 and having two or more active hydrogen groups in the molecule, at an equivalent ratio of the active hydrogen group of the active hydrogen compound component (b) to the isocyanate group of the polyisocyanate component (a) of more than 1.0; the polyurethane precursor containing a uretdione group and the active hydrogen group at an equivalent ratio of the uretdione group to the active hydrogen groups of from 0.25 to 1.0,(a-1): a polyisocyanate compound having at least a uretdione group in the molecule thereof, and(a-2): a polyisocyanate having two or more isocyanate groups in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignees: Inoac Corp., Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Konishi, Shinji Hirayama, Takao Hidai, Yukihiro Morikawa, Koichi Uehara, Sadako Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5373050
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-emulsifiable isocyanate-terminated prepolymer, having an average NCO functionality of from 2.0 to 3.5, which is prepared from: (a) a polyisocyanate mainly composed of at least one of aliphatic polyisocyanates, alicyclic polyisocyanates, and aromatic polyisocyanates, (b-1) a hydrophilic surfactant having at least one active hydrogen group capable of reacting with an isocyanate group, and (b-2) an aliphatic compound of 8 or more carbons, and/or a fatty acid ester in which the total of the carbons of a starting fatty acid and a starting hydroxyl-group-having compound is 8 or more, the aliphatic compound and the fatty acid ester having at least one active hydrogen group capable of reacting with the isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Polurethan Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Morikawa, Koichi Uehara, Shin Konishi