Patents Examined by Chelsea M Christensen
  • Patent number: 9624361
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for tire tread containing 100 parts by weight of raw material rubber, 10 parts to 100 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, and 1 part to 20 parts by weight of a silane compound represented by the following formula (1), the raw material rubber containing 40 parts to 90 parts by weight of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 10 parts to 60 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber; and a tire produced using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for tire tread exhibit improved dispersibility, processability, mechanical characteristics, abrasion resistance performance, and rolling resistance characteristics. wherein X represents a vinyl group; Y represents an alkoxy group; Z represents an alkoxy group; a represents an integer from 0 to 6; b and c each independently represent an integer from 0 to 2 and do not necessarily represent 0 at the same time; and x represents an integer from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HANKOOK TIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Han Kang, Il Yong Park
  • Patent number: 9624331
    Abstract: The mixture of the invention contains, for 100 parts by weight: (A) 10 to 90 parts in weight of at least one copolymer grafted to polyamide blocks, said copolymer comprising a polyolefin trunk and at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Marius Hert, Dominique Jousset
  • Patent number: 9578923
    Abstract: An athletic shoe coating for traction enhancement includes a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) and a tackyfying resin and a film former initially in solution within a solvent suitable for application to the surface of a shoe sole in liquid form, such as by spraying, rolling and brushing the solution onto the shoe sole. After the solvent evaporates a film or coating attaches or is bonded to the shoe sole that exhibits the property of dynamically modifying the traction properties of the shoe sole when pressure and shear forces are applied to the coating. Such modification causes the exterior surface of the film or coating to “refresh” the exposed surface upon impact. This imparts continued tackiness over extended use. Impact modifiers may be added for controlled release of a solvent to temporarily dissolve or soften the film or coating to promote such refreshment of the coating outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mission Product Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark French, Lucas James Tucker, Timothy Edward Banach
  • Patent number: 9493602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane-based binder using isocyanates containing uretonimine and/or carbodiimide groups for producing cores and casting molds, to a mold material mixture containing the binder, and to a method using the binder for producing casting molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ASK CHEMICALS GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Cornelissen, Diether Koch, Christian Priebe
  • Patent number: 9410033
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for an undertread, which has improved in processability, fuel economy, and tensile properties in a balanced manner, and also provides a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for an undertread, including: a rubber component containing a modified natural rubber having a phosphorus content of 200 ppm or less; and carbon black and/or a white filler, wherein the modified natural rubber is contained in an amount of 5% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kagawa, Naoya Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9353248
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rubber composition for use in tire treads including a rubber component and, per 100 parts by mass thereof, from 1 to 20 parts by mass of a gel; and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition in a tread. The gel can be produced by dissolving a polyvinyl alcohol powder in an aqueous solution containing water or water and an organic solvent including a group selected from a hydroxy group, an amino group, and an amide group; and crosslinking by adding a crosslinking agent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yayoi Akahori
  • Patent number: 9333802
    Abstract: A diene rubber composition for tires based on at least (i) one diene elastomer, (ii) one reinforcing inorganic filler and (iii) one coupling agent which provides the bonding between the inorganic filler and the elastomer. The inorganic filler comprises at least one silica capable of being obtained by the preparation process of the type comprising the reaction of a silicate with an acidifying agent, whereby a silica suspension is obtained, followed by the separation and the drying of this suspension. The reaction of the silicate with the acidifying agent is carried out according to the following successive stages: (i) an aqueous suspension of precipitated silica, exhibiting a pH of between 2.5 and 5.3, is brought into contact (mixing) with acidifying agent and silicate, in such a way that the pH of the reaction medium is maintained between 2.5 and 5.3, (ii) silicate is added to the reaction medium obtained, so as to increase the pH of the reaction medium up to a value of between 4.7 and 6.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Damien Thomasson, Emmanuelle Allain, Julien Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9309387
    Abstract: A rubber composition for tires contains a diene rubber, silica, a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent and a triethoxysilane containing an alkyl group having a prescribed number of carbon atoms, wherein 50 mass % or more of the aforementioned diene rubber is a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, the aforementioned sulfur-containing silane coupling agent has a mercapto group, the content of the aforementioned silica is from 5 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the aforementioned diene rubber, the content of the aforementioned sulfur-containing silane coupling agent is from 3 to 15 mass % relative to the content of the aforementioned silica, and the content of the aforementioned alkyltriethoxysilane is from 0.1 to 20 mass % relative to the content of the aforementioned silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kushida, Satoshi Mihara
  • Patent number: 9279045
    Abstract: A tire prepared by using a rubber composition compounded with a modified conjugated diene base polymer obtained by reacting an active site of a conjugated diene base polymer with a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound which may have a functional group to introduce a functional group having high affinity with precipitated silica and precipitated silica in which a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-adsorbing specific surface area (CTAB) (m2/g) and the mode Aac in diameters (nm) of primary aggregates determined by acoustic measurement of particle size distribution satisfy equation (A) shown below: Aac??0.76×(CTAB)+274??(A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta Hoshino, Noriko Mori, Ken Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9254614
    Abstract: A tire puncture sealant including a rubber latex and/or a resin emulsion, and an acetylene alcohol and/or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Takahara
  • Patent number: 9238264
    Abstract: A description is provided of a mixture which is preparable by allowing the reaction of a premixture of (av), methanesulfonic acid (bv), one or more esters of one or more phosphorous-oxygen acids and (cv) one or more silanes. The invention also concerns the use of said mixtures as additives for the polyisocyanate component of a two-component binding agent system for preparation of a polyurethane resin. The invention further concerns a solution containing polyisocyanate for use as a component of a molding material binding agent system, and the use of a solution containing polyisocyanate as the polyisocyanate component of a two-component binding agent system for preparation of a polyurethane resin and corresponding two-component binding agent systems for preparation of a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HUTTENES-ALBERTUS CHEMISCHE WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Gérard Ladégourdie, Markus Dörschel, Ursula Wichmann, Amine Serghini Anbari, David Strunk
  • Patent number: 9220663
    Abstract: There is provided a dental composition comprising at least one kind of filler and resin matrix, wherein the at least one kind of filler comprises a population of particles, wherein the population of particles has an average particle size from 110 to 500 ?m, the maximum particle size of the population of particles is less than 1.4 times the average particle size, and the D30 of particle size distribution of the population of particles is no less than 0.9 times the average particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Masako Shigezawa, Keiji Takahashi