Patents by Inventor Gia Huynh-Ba

Gia Huynh-Ba 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: 9309433
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coating composition comprising a component A comprising one or more acrylic polymers having one or more chemically crosslinkable functional groups X selected from hydroxyl, thiol, isocyanate, epoxy, acid, thioisocyanate, acetoacetoxy, carboxyl, amine, anhydride, ketimine, aldimine, or urethane group; and a component B comprising one or more monomers or oligomers having one or more functional groups Y that react with the functional groups X to form a crosslink and one or more radiation crosslinkable functional groups D which are radiation crosslinkable ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; wherein said functional groups X and Y are pair-wise selected from hydroxyl and isocyanate groups, thiol and isocyanate groups, epoxy and acid groups, epoxy and isocyanate groups, isocyanate and amine groups, or isocyanate and urethane groups. This disclosure is also directed to a method of using said coating composition to coat a substrate including a vehicle, a vehicle body or parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20130143978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition that when dried and cured, provides a coating composition having excellent scratch and mar resistance. The coating composition is cures upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The coating composition comprises a film forming binder that is a polymer having poly(trimethylene ether) repeat units and in the range of from 1 to 20 ethylenically unsaturated double bonds. The coating composition is especially useful as a clearcoat composition in the automotive industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 8293321
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula where R1 and R2 are individually selected from the group of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1, 3-5 carbon atoms and (2) a hydroxyl terminated reaction product of trimethylol propane and a lactone; (C) an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate or hexamethylene diisocyanate and the composition further contains, a curing catalyst, of a dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, a tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and optionally, a zinc or calcium organic acid salt in an effective amount suc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gia Huynh-Ba, Patrick Henry Corcoran
  • Publication number: 20110111117
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula where R1 and R2 are individually selected from the group of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1, 3-5 carbon atoms and (2) a hydroxyl terminated reaction product of trimethylol propane and a lactone; (C) an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate or hexamethylene diisocyanate and the composition further contains, a curing catalyst, of a dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, a tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and optionally, a zinc or calcium organic acid salt in an effective amount suc
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: GIA HUYNH-BA, Patrick Henry Corcoran
  • Patent number: 7888431
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula where R1 and R2 are individually selected from the group of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1, 3-5 carbon atoms and (2) a hydroxyl terminated reaction product of trimethylol propane and a lactone; (C) an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate or hexamethylene diisocyanate and the composition further contains, a curing catalyst, of a dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, a tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and optionally, a zinc or calcium organic acid salt in an effective amount s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
    Inventors: Gia Huynh-Ba, Patrick Henry Corcoran
  • Publication number: 20100249263
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coating composition comprising a component A comprising one or more acrylic polymers having one or more chemically crosslinkable functional groups X selected from hydroxyl, thiol, isocyanate, epoxy, acid, thioisocyanate, acetoacetoxy, carboxyl, amine, anhydride, ketimine, aldimine, or urethane group; and a component B comprising one or more monomers or oligomers having one or more functional groups Y that react with the functional groups X to form a crosslink and one or more radiation crosslinkable functional groups D which are radiation crosslinkable ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; wherein said functional groups X and Y are pair-wise selected from hydroxyl and isocyanate groups, thiol and isocyanate groups, epoxy and acid groups, epoxy and isocyanate groups, isocyanate and amine groups, or isocyanate and urethane groups. This disclosure is also directed to a method of using said coating composition to coat a substrate including a vehicle, a vehicle body or parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20100168269
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition that can be cured by radiation, chemical crosslink or both radiation and chemical crosslink. The coating composition comprises one or more radiation curable unsaturated double bonds and one or more crosslinkable functional groups, wherein a layer of said coating composition applied over a substrate cures into a dry coating when exposed to actinic radiation and said dry coating has a glass transition temperature between 15° C. to 120° C. The coating composition can be used in either 1K or 2K coating systems. This invention is also directed to a method of using said coating composition to coat a substrate including a vehicle, a vehicle body or parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20070190257
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula where R1 and R2 are individually selected from the group of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1, 3-5 carbon atoms and (2) a hydroxyl terminated reaction product of trimethylol propane and a lactone; (C) an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate or hexamethylene diisocyanate and the composition further contains, a curing catalyst, of a dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, a tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and optionally, a zinc or calcium organic acid salt in an effective amount s
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Gia Huynh-Ba, Patrick Henry Corcoran
  • Patent number: 7169475
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. an acrylic polymer having pendant groups that are reactive with isocyanate moieties and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80° C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000; and c. an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; ?wherein the coating composition contains pigments and cures at ambient temperatures or elevated temperatures and forms a coating that is sandable and when used in combination with a top coat, for example, a colored base coat and clear coat or a pigmented mono-coat forms a chip resistant multi-layer coating useful for refinishing or repairing automotive and truck bodies and parts the coating composition can be used as an exterior clear coating composition primarily for automobiles, trucks and parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, Hari Babu Sunkara, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian, Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 7157536
    Abstract: A composition that can be used as a component in auto clear coat and primer is disclosed. The composition comprises or is an alkoxylated amine having the formula of (A)[N(R1H)2]p including an isomer or mixture of isomers thereof. Also disclosed is a process, which comprises contacting an amine with an epoxide under a condition sufficient to produce an alkoxylated amine. Further disclosed is a composition that can be used as coating composition and primer, which comprises an alkoxylated amine and an organic polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gia Huynh-Ba, Patrick Henry Corcoran, Carl Brent Douglas, Christian Peter Lenges, John Stuart Coates
  • Patent number: 7125932
    Abstract: The present invention provides (i) a novel composition which is the polyol reaction product polyol made by mixing together a polyhydroxyl-tertiary amine, at least two of the hydroxyl groups of said amine being indirectly bonded to a nitrogen atom of said amine through a chain containing at least two carbon atoms, with an organic polyisocyanate, essentially all the isocyanate groups of said polyisocyanate being reacted with hydroxyl groups of said amine, and (ii) a coating composition containing a film forming binder and a volatile organic liquid carrier, said binder containing (I) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and (II) the novel composition (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20050159537
    Abstract: A composition that can be used as a component in auto clear coat and primer is disclosed. The composition comprises or is an alkoxylated amine having the formula of (A)[N(R1H)2]p including an isomer or mixture of isomers thereof. Also disclosed is a process, which comprises contacting an amine with an epoxide under a condition sufficient to produce an alkoxylated amine. Further disclosed is a composition that can be used as coating composition and primer, which comprises an alkoxylated amine and an organic polyisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Gia Huynh-Ba, Patrick Corcoran, Carl Douglas, Christian Lenges, John Coates
  • Publication number: 20040258923
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, Hari Babu Sunkara, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian, Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 6780908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which can be used as the clear coat for automotive finishing or refinishing, the coating composition contining a film-forming binder which contains (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and polyhydroxyl-tertiary amine, (B) organic polyisocyanate, and (C) catalyst, to provide a coating film which is quick to cure at ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 6703452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which can be used as the clear coat for automotive finishing or refinishing, the coating composition containing a film-forming binder which contains (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and polyhydroxyl-tertiary amine, (B) organic polyisocyanate, and (C) catalyst, to provide a coating film which is quick to cure at ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 6680356
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clearcoat/colorcoat finish of a vehicle, which composition is capable of being wet sanded, buffed or polished to a high gloss finish on the same day of application, comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl component comprising a hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and a hydroxyl-terminated polyester oligomer, and an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate, where the composition further contains, as a combined curing catalyst, at least one dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, at least one tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, and at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid, in an effective amount such that the clear coating composition on curing at ambient temperatures is in a water spot free and sufficiently hard state for sanding or buffing within about 4 hours after application or on cool down when baked under normal cond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 6677425
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clearcoat/colorcoat finish of a vehicle, which composition is capable of being wet sanded, buffed or polished to a high gloss finish on the same day of application, comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl component comprising a hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and a hydroxyl-terminated polyester oligomer, and an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate, where the composition further contains, as a combined curing catalyst, at least one dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, at least one tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, and at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid, in an effective amount such that the clear coating composition on curing at ambient temperatures is in a water spot free and sufficiently hard state for sanding or buffing within about 4 hours after application or on cool down when baked under normal cond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20030105229
    Abstract: The present invention provides (i) a novel composition which is the polyol reaction product polyol made by mixing together a polyhydroxyl-tertiary amine, at least two of the hydroxyl groups of said amine being indirectly bonded to a nitrogen atom of said amine through a chain containing at least two carbon atoms, with an organic polyisocyanate, essentially all the isocyanate groups of said polyisocyanate being reacted with hydroxyl groups of said amine, and (ii) a coating composition containing a film forming binder and a volatile organic liquid carrier, said binder containing (I) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and (II) the novel composition (i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20030069382
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clearcoat/colorcoat finish of a vehicle, which composition is capable of being wet sanded, buffed or polished to a high gloss finish on the same day of application, comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl component comprising a hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and a hydroxyl-terminated polyester oligomer, and an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate, where the composition further contains, as a combined curing catalyst, at least one dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, at least one tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, and at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid, in an effective amount such that the clear coating composition on curing at ambient temperatures is in a water spot free and sufficiently hard state for sanding or buffing within about 4 hours after application or on cool down when baked under normal cond
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Publication number: 20030069381
    Abstract: A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clearcoat/colorcoat finish of a vehicle, which composition is capable of being wet sanded, buffed or polished to a high gloss finish on the same day of application, comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl component comprising a hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer and a hydroxyl-terminated polyester oligomer, and an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate, where the composition further contains, as a combined curing catalyst, at least one dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, at least one tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, and at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid, in an effective amount such that the clear coating composition on curing at ambient temperatures is in a water spot free and sufficiently hard state for sanding or buffing within about 4 hours after application or on cool down when baked under normal cond
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Gia Huynh-Ba