Patents Examined by Ana L. Woodward
  • Patent number: 11492489
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat-ageing resistant polyamide molding compound, a molded object made from said polyamide molding compound, and the use of said molded object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Louise-Anne Fillot
  • Patent number: 11492553
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a PVA-based resin having a small distribution in degree of heat treatment in which the degree of heat treatment does not depend on a particle diameter. The polyvinyl alcohol-based resin of the present invention has an absorbance at 280 nm of 0.3 or more when being made to a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution and satisfies the following Formula (1): 0.9?X1/Y1?1.2 (in Formula (1), X1 represents an absorbance at 320 nm of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a particle diameter larger than 1000 ?m and 1680 ?m or less, and Y1 represents an absorbance at 320 nm of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a particle diameter larger than 212 ?m and 500 ?m or less).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Muramatsu, Yoshihito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11466153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide molding compounds which contain the following components (A) to (C) or consist of these components: (A) 50 to 98% by weight of at least one amorphous or microcrystalline specific polyamide; (B) 2 to 40% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline polyamide which is selected from the group consisting of PA 616, PA 516, PA 1016 and mixtures thereof; and (C) 0 to 16% by weight of at least one additive; the constituent amounts of the components (A) to (C) adding up to 100% by weight. The present invention also relates to molded articles made of these polyamide molding compounds and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiedemann, Georg Stöppelmann
  • Patent number: 11453778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds that contain a semi-crystalline copolyamide, at least one filler, and optionally additives. The invention likewise relates to mouldings manufacture from these moulding compounds and to the use of the moulding compounds to manufacture mouldings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: EMS-Patent AG
    Inventors: Philipp Harder, Christian Schubert, Ronny Ebling
  • Patent number: 11447621
    Abstract: Compositions may include a polymer composition prepared from an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer. Compositions may further comprise other components, such as a curing agent and a blowing agent. Articles may include a polymer composition prepared from an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer. Methods may include mixing an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer; and extruding the mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlos Delevati, Cassia Ruoso
  • Patent number: 11441028
    Abstract: Described herein are polymer compositions including (i) a polymer blend containing an amorphous polyester copolymer and a semi-crystalline polyamide polymer (“polyester/polyamide blend”), (ii) 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 5 wt. % of an epoxy functionalized impact modifier and optionally (iii) one or more additives. It was surprisingly found that incorporation of a specific amount of an epoxy functionalized impact modifier into polymer compositions including a polyester/polyamide blend provided for significantly improved impact performance, relative to corresponding polymer compositions incorporating non-epoxy functionalized impact modifiers or corresponding polymer compositions free of impact modifiers. Due at least in part to the significantly improved impact performance and outstanding chemical resistance, the polymer compositions described herein can be incorporated in a wide variety of application settings, including but not limited to mobile electronic application settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: David McIlroy, Keshav S. Gautam, Raleigh L. Davis
  • Patent number: 11434366
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a vinyl group-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a polyolefin and a magnesium and aluminum combination ionic compound, wherein the magnesium and aluminum combination ionic compound has a thermal resistance of greater than or equal to 600° C. The resin composition may be used to make various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following improvements can be achieved, including glass transition temperature, copper foil peeling strength, thermal resistance and dissipation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11421100
    Abstract: A polyethylene blend comprising a uniform dispersion of constituents (A) and (B): (A) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene and (B) a metallocene catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene, a composition comprising the polyethylene blend and at least one additive, methods of making and using same, and manufactured articles and films comprising or made from same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Swapnil B. Chandak, Nitin Borse
  • Patent number: 11407866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, and/or maintain acceptable clarity properties, without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Childers, Richard Goetz, Percy Bromby, II, Akio Nishimi, Mitsunori Asada, David M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11401417
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition including a) at least one co-polyamide including caprolactam monomer or the corresponding amino acid, at least one aromatic diacid co-monomer and at least one cycloaliphatic diamine co-monomer; b) at least one semi-crystalline polyamide; and c) at least one reinforcing filler. The a) at least one co-polyamide has a crystallization temperature (Tc) of 150° C. or less and the difference between the melting temperature (Tm) and Tc of 50° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mok-Keun Lim, Franco Speroni
  • Patent number: 11396600
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one impact modifier having a refractive index IR1 in a polyamide matrix consisting of a mixture of amorphous polyamide and semicrystalline polyamide, said matrix having a refractive index IR2, the difference in absolute value of IR1-IR2 not exceeding 0.006, to produce a transparent composition having a fatigue strength, under the fatigue test referred to as notched “Ross-Flex”, greater than 50 000 at ?10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Mathieu Sabard, Benoit Brule, Benjamin Saillard, Regis Cipriani
  • Patent number: 11384242
    Abstract: A terpolymer composition is described that contains a statistical amount of 50-98 wt % of a first repeating AA-BB comonomer unit; 1-25 wt % of a second repeating AA-BB comonomer unit; and 1-25 wt % of a repeating lactam comonomer unit or 1-25 wt % of a third repeating AA-BB comonomer unit, where the terpolymer composition exhibits a high melting point similar to that of PA66 while also exhibiting a significantly reduced crystallization rate and crystallization temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jacob G. Ray, Douglas Hoffman, Scott E. Powers
  • Patent number: 11384225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a TPO sheet allowing display and touch sensing. More specifically, the present invention relates to a TPO sheet having a color and light-transmitting properties used as surface materials for automobile interior parts. According to the present invention, when the TPO sheet is used as surface materials for automobile interior parts, an interior decorative effect may be obtained due to color properties thereof. In addition, when the TPO sheet is attached to the surface of a display panel, due to light-transmitting properties thereof, light emitted from the display panel may be transmitted through the TPO sheet. Thus, content displayed on the display panel may be visible through the TPO sheet. In addition, a touch sensing operation may be performed on the TPO sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG Hausys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hun Woo, Yong Bae Jung, Yun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11377555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent polyamide-based composition, comprising: from 5.0 to 40.0% by weight of semi-crystalline polyamide, from 20.0 to 80.0% by weight of at least one amorphous, transparent and at least partially cycloaliphatic polyamide, from 0.0 to 5.0% by weight of PEBA, from 0.0 to 5.0% by weight of additives, and from 5.0 to 50.0%, preferably from 10.0 to 40.0% by weight, preferably from 20.0 to 30.0% by weight by weight of glass filler, where the glass filler, expressed as % by weight with respect to the total weight of filler, less than 60 wt. % silica (SiO2) and more than 5 wt. % of boron oxide (B2O3). The invention also relates to the manufacture of said composition, its use for the manufacture of transparent articles, said transparent articles and their process of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Maho Yasuda, Benoît Brule, Benjamin Saillard, Marie Pommier De Santi
  • Patent number: 11377521
    Abstract: A polyimide composition includes 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 70 to 99 weight percent, more preferably 75 to 95 weight percent of a first polyimide; and 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 1 to 30 weight percent, more preferably 2 to 25 weight percent of a second polyimide, wherein the first polyimide and the second polyimide are different, and wherein the polyimide composition has a melt flow rate that is greater than a melt flow rate of the first polyimide and less than a melt flow rate of the second polyimide; an apparent viscosity that is less than an apparent viscosity of the first polyimide and less than an apparent viscosity of the second polyimide; and a notched Izod impact strength that is greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the first polyimide and greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the second polyimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Roy Ray Odle, Peter Johnson, Manojkumar Chellamuthu, Hee Won Kong, Timothy Edward Long
  • Patent number: 11365295
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin composition includes a polyamide resin and a polyolefin resin, and when one resin between the polyamide resin and the polyolefin resin is set as a first resin, and the other resin is set as a second resin, the composition has a sea-island structure including a continuous phase C consisting of the first resin and a dispersed phase c consisting of the second resin dispersed in the continuous phase C, and in a resin phase separation cross-sectional structure, a total of cross-sectional areas of dispersed phases having a cross-sectional area equal to or smaller than an average cross-sectional area of the reinforcing fiber is 20% or less with respect to a total of cross-sectional areas of all dispersed phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirai, Kenzo Fukumori, Tetsuya Oda, Takayuki Nagai
  • Patent number: 11365315
    Abstract: Described herein are polyamide polymer blends including a sulfonated polyamide polymer, an aromatic polyamide polymer and a reinforcing filler. Optionally, the polyamide polymer blend includes an additive. It was surprisingly discovered that blends including a sulfonated polyamide polymer in addition to an aromatic polyamide polymer had increased mechanical performance, relative to corresponding polyamide polymer blends having a non-sulfonated polyamide polymer. Furthermore, it was also surprisingly discovered that, when the sulfonated polyamide polymer included a sodium counter-ion, the mechanical performance of the polyamide polymer blend was further enhanced, relative to corresponding polyamide polymer blends having a sulfonated polyamide polymer including a lithium counter-ion in place of a sodium counter-ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: Raleigh L. Davis, Keshav S. Gautam, Stéphane Jeol
  • Patent number: 11359091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide molding compound which contains the following components (A) to (C) or consist of these components: (A) 50 to 98% by weight of at least one specific amorphous or microcrystalline copolyamide constituted by the specific monomers (a1) to (a4); (B) 2 to 40% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline polyamide which is selected from the group consisting of PA 612, PA 6/12, PA 516, PA 614, PA 616, PA 618, PA 1012, PA 1014, PA 1016, PA 1018 and mixtures thereof; and (C) 0 to 20% by weight of at least one additive; the constituent amounts of the components (A) to (C) adding up to 100% by weight. The invention also relates to molded articles made of said polyamide molding compound and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EMS-Patent AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiedemann, Botho Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11359052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer with a rigid polyamide block and a flexible polyether or polyester block, wherein said polyamide block is semicrystalline and consists of a copolyamide of W/Y.Z type, wherein: (i) W is a lactam or an alpha, omega-aminocarboxylic acid; (ii) Y is a cycloaliphatic diamine; (iii) Z is an aliphatic and/or aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and the W/Y.Z molar ratio is between 10/1 and 27/1 limits excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Inci Turan-Altuntas, Quentin Pineau, Philippe Blondel, Mathieu Sabard
  • Patent number: 11359089
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing a Y-branched hydrophilic polymer carboxylic acid derivative, in particular a method for preparing a Y-branched polyethylene glycol carboxylic acid derivative having a high purity and high molecular weight. The preparation steps are simple, the product of the reaction is easy to be separated, the cost for separation is low, and the purity and yield of the product are high, facilitating the subsequent preparation of other derivatives and medicament conjugates based on the preparation of the carboxylic acid derivative, which is advantageous for industrial scale-up and commercial applications. The prepared Y-branched hydrophilic polymer carboxylic acid derivative (in particular the Y-branched polyethylene glycol carboxylic acid derivative having a high molecular weight) product has a high purity and high commercial application value, in particular in the use of the preparation of medicaments for preventing and/or treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: JENKEM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (BEIJING)
    Inventors: Xiaomeng Chen, Meina Lin, Rujun Zhang, Xuan Zhao