With Solid Polymer Derived From Ethylenically Unsaturated Monomers Only Patents (Class 522/106)
  • Patent number: 10815404
    Abstract: Polyester pressure-sensitive adhesives are described. The polyester includes at least two different diacid residues and at least two different diol residues. The polyester includes at least one pendant group containing an alkenyl group. A ratio of a total number of the at least one pendant group to the total number of ester groups in the polyester is in a range of 0.001 to 0.1. The polyester has a glass transition temperature in a range of ?50° C. to ?10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Y. Liu, Jingjing Ma, Zhong Chen, Victor Ho, Nathaniel I. Lehn, Harold T. Munson
  • Patent number: 9293788
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, and the electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a polyester polyol-based monomer represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; C1 to C10 alkyl acrylate; and a phosphate-based compound selected from triallyl phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 10, triacryl phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 11, or a combination thereof: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Mi Eo, Yong-Beom Lee, Kwang-Jo Cheong
  • Patent number: 8313666
    Abstract: There is provided novel curable ink compositions comprising polymer-coated magnetic metal nanoparticles. In particular, there is provided ultraviolet (UV) curable gel inks comprising at least the coated magnetic metal nanoparticles, one curable monomer, a radiation activated initiator that initiates polymerization of curable components of the ink, a gellant. The inks may also include optional colorants and one or more optional additives. These curable gel UV ink compositions can be used for ink jet printing in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Iftime, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Peter G. Odell, Marcel P. Breton
  • Patent number: 8252879
    Abstract: Provided are a photosensitive resin and a photosensitive resin composition comprising the photosensitive resin. The photosensitive resin has the structure of Formula 1, which is described in the specification. The photosensitive resin and the photosensitive resin composition have good sensitivity, improved resistance to heat and chemicals, and excellent storage stability. Further provided are a method for preparing the photosensitive resin and a cured product of the photosensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Soo Kim, Min Young Lim, Sung Hyun Kim, Yoon Hee Heo, Dae Hyun Kim, Ji Heum Yoo, Sun Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 8232353
    Abstract: A polymer film substrate is irradiated with ions to make a large number of nano-sized through-holes and the substrate may be further irradiated with ionizing radiation so that a functional monomer may be grafted or co-grafted onto a surface of the film and within the holes; in addition, sulfonic acid group(s) may be introduced into the graft chains to produce a polymer ion-exchange membrane that may have high oxidation resistance, dimensional stability, electrical conductivity and/or methanol resistance, as well as may have an ion-exchange capacity controlled over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Masaru Yoshida, Tetsuya Yamaki, Masaharu Asano, Yosuke Morita
  • Patent number: 7943680
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for inducing reversible chain cleavage of polymer chains in a crosslinked polymeric material. Reversible cleavage of the polymer backbone is capable of relieving stress in the polymeric material as the bonds reform in a less stressed state. The invention also provides methods for making polymeric materials capable of reversible chain cleavage, materials made by the methods of the invention, and linear monomers containing reversible chain cleavage groups which are useful in the materials and methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Christopher N. Bowman, Timothy F. Scott
  • Patent number: 7935424
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy-ray curable adhesive layer formed on the substrate. The energy-ray curable adhesive layer includes an energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer and a urethane acrylate. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer is formed by copolymerizing at least one of either a dialkyl(meth)acrylamide that has an alkyl group with carbon number of not more than 4, a phenol EO modified (meth)acrylate that has an ethylene glycol chain with a phenyl group bonded to the ethylene glycol chain, a (meth)acryloyl morpholine, or a (meth)acrylate that has an aceto-acetoxyl group, in total of 1 to 30 weight percent of all monomers to form the energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer further includes a side chain with an unsaturated group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Maeda, Masaharu Ito, Keiko Kano, Takashi Akutsu, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7820731
    Abstract: A radiation curable ink includes a curable monomer or oligomer, a curable wax, a colorant, and at least one initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Eniko Toma, Jennifer L. Belelie, Christopher A. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100119962
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a film having high solvent resistance, in addition to high tensile strength and elongation characteristics. A (meth)acrylic film formed of: (A-1) an acidic group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0° C. or higher obtained by copolymerizing a composition containing a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer as a main component and an unsaturated monomer having an acidic group; (B-1) a basic group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0° C. or lower obtained by copolymerizing a composition containing a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer as a main component and an unsaturated monomer having a basic group; and (C) a compound containing a radical generating group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Yorinobu Takamatsu, Hiroshi Sakaguchi, Hidetoshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20100112362
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions on a surface which comprise a) at least a (meth)acrylate prepolymer, b) an adhesion promoting monomer of formula (I) wherein Q, R1, R2, R4, R5, m and n are defined herein. Further the compositions may be used to improve the adhesion to surfaces, especially metallic surfaces and may include additional optional components such as adhesion promoting photoinitiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: CIBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liliana Craciun, Ying Dong, Orest Polishchuk, Christopher Koenigsmann, Belinda W. Ho
  • Patent number: 7579388
    Abstract: Radiation curable ink compositions that include a curable component having a functionality that is greater than two, is present in the ink composition in an amount greater than 30 percent by weight, and has a molecular weight in the range of about 400 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole; a component that has a functionality that is less than or equal to 2; and an initiator component. A solvent component, pigment, a surface tension modifier and other materials also can be included. The radiation curable inks are employed in ink jet printers and are particularly suited for use in printing on large-scale substrates. The printed images described herein have good adhesion to polymeric substrates such as styrene-based, polycarbonates, polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate glycol ester, acrylic and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Laura A. Kiefer
  • Patent number: 7452923
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an anisotropic conductive adhesive comprising an insulating adhesive component and a number of conductive particles dispersed in the insulating adhesive component, wherein the insulating adhesive component contains a crosslinked rubber resin. The anisotropic conductive adhesive of the present invention prevents exfoliation of an adhesive or reduction in adhesive strength of circuit by minimizing its the heat-contraction occurring in the process of a polymerization or a hardening reaction when connecting micro-circuits, whereby a short circuit between adjacent electrodes can be prevented when connecting the circuits, and excellent connection reliability according to a long-term use is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: LG Cable Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Mi Jeon, Yoon Jae Chung, Jong Yoon Jang, Woo Young Ahn, Yong Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20080171195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for applying integrated pretreatment layers having a thickness of 1 to 25 ?m to metallic surfaces, particularly the surfaces of coil metals, by treatment with a composition comprising at least one binder, crosslinker, a finely divided inorganic filler, and a dicarboxylic acid-olefin copolymer. It also relates to shaped metallic articles provided with an integrated pretreatment layer of this kind, and to a formulation for implementing the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Atiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Gothlich, Guido Vandermeulen, Markus Hickl, Michael Dornbusch, Helmut Witteler, Monica Fernandez Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 7399793
    Abstract: A clearcoat curable by ultraviolet radiation including at least one of A) acrylate or methacrylate monomers or mixtures thereof having from one to six free-radically polymerizable groups per molecule or B) compounds containing two or more ethylenically unsaturated, free radically polymerizable groups per molecule and mixtures thereof or mixtures of A) and B). The coating may optionally include photoinitiators, volatile organic solvent(s) and customary additives. The invention further provides a process for applying the clearcoat to a substrate. In a preferred embodiment the process according to the present invention includes low energy curing of a clearcoat applied to a substrate by means of a UV light source utilizing UVA/UVV or UVA only and involves essentially no UVB or UVC radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Braun, Michelle Odajima, Thomas J. Laginess
  • Patent number: 7375144
    Abstract: Disclosed are radiation-curable, abrasion resistant coating compositions for thermoplastic substrates which provides superior abrasion, chemical, and impact resistance properties. The coating composition includes at least one flexible diacrylate component, at least one aromatic diacrylate component, and at least one urethane acrylate. Also disclosed are shaped articles having the coating composition applied to at least one surface and cured by exposure to radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventor: John Walker Gilmer
  • Patent number: 7365105
    Abstract: Radiation curable ink compositions that include a curable component having a functionality that is greater than two, is present in the ink composition in an amount greater than 30 percent by weight, and has a molecular weight in the range of about 400 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole; a component that has a functionality that is less than or equal to 2; and an initiator component. A solvent component, pigment, a surface tension modifier and other materials also can be included. The radiation curable inks are employed in ink jet printers and are particularly suited for use in printing on large-scale substrates. The printed images described herein have good adhesion to polymeric substrates such as styrene-based, polycarbonates, polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate glycol ester, acrylic and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Laura A. Kiefer-Liptak
  • Patent number: 7300984
    Abstract: A process for preparing a graft copolymers is provided comprising exposing a polymeric base material to a dose of ionizing radiation, and then contacting the irradiated base material with a microemulsion comprising at least one fluorostyrenic monomer, water and water-miscible solvent. The graft copolymer may be formed into a membrane, including ion exchange membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Sean M MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 7297400
    Abstract: Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions comprising an acrylate copolymer, a mono-acrylate oligomer, a multi-acrylate oligomer having from 2 to 5 acrylate functional groups per molecule, and a photoinitiator, the adhesive exhibiting pressure sensitive adhesive characteristics and forms at least a semi-interpenetrating polymer network when cured; wherein the semi-IPN has an average molecular weight between crosslinks (Mc) greater than about 3000, and the cured adhesive has a peel strength greater than about 40 N/dm. Embodiments of the adhesive compositions, when cured, are optically clear and resistant to heat and moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Stephen A. Johnson, William L. Kausch, Ying-Yuh Lu, Steven J. McMan
  • Patent number: 7276561
    Abstract: A polymer film substrate is irradiated with ions to make a large number of nano-sized through-holes and the substrate is further irradiated with an ionizing radiation so that a functional monomer is grafted or co-grafted onto a surface of the film and within the holes; in addition, the sulfonic acid group is introduced into the graft chains, thereby producing a polymer ion-exchange membrane that has high oxidation resistance, dimensional stability, electrical conductivity and methanol resistance, as well as an ion-exchange capacity controlled over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Masaru Yoshida, Tetsuya Yamaki, Masaharu Asano, Yosuke Morita
  • Patent number: 7273896
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions and systems for forming biomaterials containing a transient colorant for visualizing tissue or surgical materials coated with such biomaterials, to methods of using such compositions as bioadhesives, for tissue augmentation, in the prevention of surgical adhesions, for coating surfaces of synthetic implants, as drug delivery matrices, for ophthalmic applications, and in other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.
    Inventors: George Y. Daniloff, John R. Daniels
  • Patent number: 7268172
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition curable by radiation having a wavelength of 300 nm or more, a method of producing a coated substrate using such composition and the coated product so-produced. More particularly, the composition of the present invention comprises A) from about 1 to about 99% by weight of an unsaturated polymer or oligomer, B) from about 1 to about 99% by weight of an unsaturated epoxy acrylate, C) one or more photoinitiators, and, optionally, D) one or more solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Hermann Bach, Roy B. Clemens, Larry Galeza, Charles A. Gambino, Scott A. Grace, Michael Dvorchak, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Patent number: 7264873
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a surface protecting film for polycarbonate which is easy to laminate on polycarbonate and remove from the polycarbonate, the peel adhesive strength change to polycarbonate with times is small and there is no adhesive transferring to the backside of the film substrate in the case of storage for a long period or at a high temperature in the roll shape made of the long length tape. There provided a surface protecting film for polycarbonate, wherein a film substrate having Young's modulus of 1 GPa or more and an adhesive layer are comprised, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the adhesive composing of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer being between 40 to 90° C. and the initial 180° peel adhesive strength to polycarbonate being between 10 to 300 mN/25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Katoh, Mamoru Kobayashi, Shin Kubota
  • Patent number: 7238732
    Abstract: A radiation-curable adhesive composition comprising at least one tackifier resin and at least one radiation-curable composition is provided wherein the tackifier resin comprises monomer repeating units from at least one aromatic monomer and at least one acrylate monomer. Processes to produce the radiation-curable adhesive composition as well as articles comprising the radiation-curable adhesive compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Derek William Bamborough, Elisabeth Eduarda Catharina Geertruida Gielens, Clazina Cornelia Adriana Adriaanse, Peter Versluijs, Michel Hendrikus Theelen
  • Patent number: 7235591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-curable coating composition comprising: (A) an ultraviolet curable four or more functional groups-containing polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having four or more (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule and a number average molecular weight of 300 to 2,000, (B) a lactone-modified polymer of polyhydric alcohol mono(meth)acrylate containing 20 to 60 percents by weight of ?-caprolactone ring-opening addition product and having a hydroxyl value derived from the lactone modification of 100 to 180 mgKOH/g, and/or a lactone-modified polyester resin containing 10 to 50 percents by weight of lactone ring-opening addition product and having a hydroxyl value of 50 to 180 mgKOH/g, (C) a non-yellow polyisocyanate compound and/or an amino resin, (D) a light stabilizer and, (E) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a weight ratio of component (A) against to a total weight of component Components (B) and (C) is 10:90 to 50:50, a weight ratio of component (B) against to component
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Coatings Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsunoda, Shinji Mitsumune
  • Patent number: 7034063
    Abstract: A solvent-containing multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure) and comprising (A) at least one component comprising (A1) at least one constituent containing at least 1.8 meq/g of isocyanate-reactive functional groups, (A2) at least one constituent containing at least 1.8 meq/g of isocyanate-reactive functional groups and at least one functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and (B) at least one component comprising at least one polyisocyanate (B1); and its use as a coating material, adhesive or sealing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Patent number: 6903145
    Abstract: A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent (A1) containing per molecule at least two isocyanate-reactive functional groups, and (B) one component containing one polyisocyanate (B1), are mixed with one another, which comprises mixing component (A) and/or component (B), shortly before their mixing, with one further liquid component (C) comprising (C1) one constituent which is curable with actinic radiation and contains per molecule at least two functional groups which contain bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and/or (C2) one constituent which is curable thermally and with actinic radiation and contains per molecule at least one functional group which contains at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and containing per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group or containing at least one isocyanate group, and subsequently mi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Patent number: 6887917
    Abstract: Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions comprising an acrylate copolymer, a mono-acrylate oligomer, a multi-acrylate oligomer having from 2 to 5 acrylate functional groups per molecule, and a photoinitiator, the adhesive exhibiting pressure sensitive adhesive characteristics and forms at least a semi-interpenetrating polymer network when cured; wherein the semi-IPN has an average molecular weight between crosslinks (Mc) greater than about 3000, and the cured adhesive has a peel strength greater than about 40 N/dm. Embodiments of the adhesive compositions, when cured, are optically clear and resistant to heat and moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Stephen A. Johnson, William L. Kausch, Ying-Yuh Lu, Steven J. McMan
  • Patent number: 6828386
    Abstract: A process for preparing a graft copolymers is provided comprising exposing a polymeric base material to a dose of ionizing radiation, and then contacting the irradiated base material with a microemulsion comprising at least one fluorostyrenic monomer, water and water-miscible solvent. The graft copolymer may be formed into a membrane, including ion exchange membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Sean M. MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 6803393
    Abstract: Multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising A) an isocyanate-reactive binder comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester whose molecule contains on average at least one group that can be activated with actinic radiation, of the formulae I, II and/or III wherein n is an integer from 1 to 10; and A2) at least one binder, different than (A1), whose molecule comprises on average at least two isocyanate-reactive functional groups, and/or A3) at least one binder, different than (A1), whose molecule comprises on average at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one reactive functional group having at least one bond that can be activated with actinic radiation, and B) a crosslinker comprising B1) at least one polyisocyanate and/or B2) at least one polyisocyanate whose molecule comprises on average at least one reactive functional group having at least one bond that can be activated with actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Maxime Allard
  • Patent number: 6686008
    Abstract: The invention is a composition made by mixing a multifunctional acrylate with an aminofunctional silane and an ethylenically unsaturated acid to form a reaction product, optionally dissolved in a solvent, characterized in that the multifunctional acrylate has a molecular weight of from about 100 to about 3000. The composition can be coated on a substrate, then optionally exposed to moisture and treated to initiate a free radical reaction. The invention can be applied to a variety of substrates used in packaging applications. The reaction mixture can further be cured by heating in the presence of moisture. The free radical reaction can be initiated by electron beam irradiation, ultraviolet radiation, gamma radiation, and/or heat and chemical free radical initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignees: EG Technology Partners, L.P., Dow Corning Corporation, UBC Films PLC, Star House
    Inventors: Patrick J. Merlin, Daniel Futter, John E. Wyman, Imtiaz Rangwalla, Gary Power, Karen Branch
  • Patent number: 6632481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a binder, preferably for coating materials, which is curable thermally and/or by high-energy radiation and comprises a mixture of substances comprising (a) as one component, monomers or polymers which have a least one vinyl ether, vinyl ester, (meth)acrylic and/or allyl group and (b) as a further component, saturated polymers and/or unsaturated polymers different from component (a), with the proviso that at least one of components (a) and (b) has structural units of the formulae (I) and/or (II) the other component (b) has structural units of the formulae (I) and/or (II) at least when it contains saturated polymers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the binder and to a formulation which comprises the binder of the invention. This formulation is in the form of a pigmented or unpigmented coating material or powder coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Rodriguez Jorge Prieto, Wolfgang Reich
  • Publication number: 20030100624
    Abstract: A radiation curable adhesive composition which includes:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: LOCTITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weitong Shi, JoAnn DeMarco, Shabbir Attarwala
  • Patent number: 6342122
    Abstract: An solvent-based pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) having improved shear adhesion is composed of an acrylic-based PSA resin, an ethylenically unsaturated polyester, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) photosensitizer, and fugative organic solvent for the acrylic-based PSA resin. The PSA is cured by evaporation of the fugative organic solvent coupled with heat and UV irradiation or UV irradiation alone. Such PSA has improved shear adhesion by dint of the addition of the ethylenically-unsaturated polyester and an ultraviolet radiation (UV) photosensitizer. A method for adhering two substrates using the PSA includes applying the PSA to one or both of substrates. The solvent in the PSA is evaporated from the applied PSA. Finally, the polyester component of the applied PSA is cured by exposure of the applied PSA to ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ashland Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Riley, Raymond Scott Harvey, Harvey Joseph Richards, Peter Albert Yurcick
  • Patent number: 6332291
    Abstract: This invention relates to radiation-curable coating compositions which contain A) compounds having one or more free-radically polymerisable double bonds which additionally contain at least one further functional group reactive for the purposes of an addition and/or condensation reaction, B) compounds having one or more free-radically polymerisable double bonds, which additionally contain at least one further functional group reactive for the purposes of an addition and/or condensation reaction, wherein the additional reactive functional group is complementary to or reactive towards the additional reactive functional groups of component A), C) optionally at least one monomeric, oligomeric and/or polymeric compound having at least one functional group reactive towards the functional groups from component A) or component B) D) one or more photoinitiators as well as E) optionally solvents, water, pigments and/or extenders as well as conventional lacquer additives, wherein component A) and component B) diffe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Herberts GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Helmut Löffler, Karin Maag
  • Patent number: 6299975
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet prepared by coating a composition containing a) 100 parts by weight of monomers composed of from 70 to 100% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, said alkyl group having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms, and from 0 to 30% by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizing therewith, b) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a radical chain inhibitor, c) from 0.02 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate as a crosslinking agent, d) from 0.005 to 1 part by weight of a photopolymerization initiator, and e) from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, on a releasing-treated film having a good surface smoothness and photopolymerizing the coated layer to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a haze value of 1% or lower and a total light transmission of at least 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahira, Masahiro Oura, Takao Yoshikawa, Hiroaki Kishioka
  • Patent number: 6207726
    Abstract: A photocurable prepreg composition which is characterized by easy control of a B stage state of a thermosetting resin such as an unsaturated polyester resin or an epoxy acrylate resin, excellent storage stability, and remarkable curability after being shaped; as well as a production method therefor. A photocurable prepreg composition which contains an unsaturated polyester resin and/or an epoxy acrylate resin; at least two photopolymerization initiators with photosensitivity in different wavelength ranges; and an inorganic or an organic fiber-reinforcing material and/or filler, and which composition is treated with light of a specific wavelength such that at least one photopolymerization initiator and radical-polymerizable unsaturated groups remain partially in said resin; a production method therefor; and formed articles produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignees: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha, Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ohtani, Tomio Yamamoto, Hidetake Sendai, Shuichi Sugita, Hirotoshi Kamata, Takeo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6180187
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing an electronic assembly using a reworkable underfill encapsulant in which the encapsulant is cured in situ from a curable composition comprising one or more mono-functional maleimide compounds, or one or more mono-functional vinyl compounds other than maleimide compounds, or a combination of maleimide and vinyl compounds, a curing initiator and optionally, one or more fillers or adhesion promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Bodan Ma, Quinn K. Tong, Chaodong Xiao
  • Patent number: 6136882
    Abstract: This invention provides a UV curable powder coating composition comprising a particulate blend of a non-crystalline unsaturated polyester base resin, a crystalline unsaturated crosslinker resin co-polymerizable with the base resin, and a photoinitiator, that exhibits reduced or eliminated hazing in the cured coating formed therefrom upon being cured at low temperatures demanded by certain heat sensitive substrates. This is accomplished by incorporating in the powder composition a recrystallization or haze inhibitor which is comprised of a crystalline epoxy resin. When this powder blend is melted for curing, the crystalline crosslinker resin visually appears to separate and recrystallize out of the molten powder less completely than it does in the absence of the recrystallization or haze inhibitor. This prevents a visible haze from developing on the surface of the coating upon curing with UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Morton International Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Daly, Jeno Muthiah, Richard P. Haley, Owen H. Decker, Eugene P. Reinheimer, Matthew B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6093754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of articles with a three-dimensional surface structure, in which a substrate is printed, at least one of the printing inks employed for the printing being varnish-repellent, and the printed substrate is then varnished. In accordance with the invention, the printed substrate is varnished with a radiation-curable varnish which contains no amino resin and comprisesA) from 18 to 99.9% by weight of an epoxy acrylate, a polyether acrylate or a polyester acrylate,B) from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of a Bronsted acid or an acid anhydride,C) from 0 [sic] to 12% by weight of a photoinitiator,D) from 0 to 40% by weight of water or at least one organic solvent,E) from 0 [sic] to 10% by weight of a polyol which may be ethoxylated and/or propoxylated and has from 2 to 50 carbon atoms in the molecule, andF) from 0 [sic] to 30% by weight of other auxiliaries and additives,and the varnish coat applied is cured with high-energy radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Lambert, Karlheinz Dickerhof, Wolfgang Kranig
  • Patent number: 6069187
    Abstract: A coating composition which comprises (A) an actinic radiation curable resin, which is the ring-opening addition reaction product of (a) a polyester resin having hydroxyl functionality and (b) a compound having both a cyclic ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group, and preferably (B) at least one compound having at least one radical-polymerizable unsaturated group in a molecule. The composition also preferably comprises (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) photosensitizer. A process for obtaining the composition and the coating of metal substrates are also disclosed, as well as coated metal substrates that are particularly useful as cans for beverages, soft drinks, juices, and other food products. The coating compositions and the resulting cured coatings and coated substrates exhibit improved processability, adhesivity, hardness, mar resistance, appearance and retort resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nubuo Kusumoto, Kenji Seko, Tetsuya Koishihara, Atsushi Shioda, Toru Hayase
  • Patent number: 6017640
    Abstract: Opaquely pigmented or thick filmed powder coatings for heat sensitive substrates, such as wood, wood composites, for example, medium density fiber board, and plastics, that can be fully cured, especially near the substrate, through the incorporation of a dual cure system in the powder comprising a thermal initiator, such as a peroxide, along with a UV initiator. The UV initiator cures the surface, while the thermal initiator cures at the substrate. Surprisingly, virtually no pregelation occurs during the heated melt and flow out step prior to UV curing. Consequently, the hardened film finish formed on the surface exhibits exceptional smoothness which is comparable to that of traditional UV curable powders. The hardened film finish is also fully cured throughout and exhibits exceptional adhesion to the substrate which cannot be achieved with traditional UV curable powders that have been pigmented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Morton International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeno Muthiah, Andrew T. Daly, Richard P. Haley, Joseph J. Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 6017974
    Abstract: An activation energy beam curable coating composition containing (A) a polymer having an organopolysiloxane unit and a quaternary ammonium salt unit and (B) a polyfunctional acrylate having 3 or more acryloyl groups in the molecule is disclosed. A film excellent in abrasion resistance, antistatic properties and transparency can be formed by applying the activation energy beam curable coating composition of the present invention to the surface of a material, and irradiating the coated surface with an activation energy beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Hosokawa, Kazuhide Hayama
  • Patent number: 6011080
    Abstract: This invention provides a UV curable powder coating composition comprising a particulate blend of a non-crystalline unsaturated polyester base resin, a crystalline unsaturated crosslinker resin co-polymerizable with the base resin, and a photoinitiator, that exhibits reduced or eliminated hazing in the cured coating formed therefrom upon being cured at low temperatures demanded by certain heat sensitive substrates. This is accomplished by incorporating in the powder composition a recrystallization inhibitor which is comprised of a crystalline epoxy resin. When this powder blend is melted for curing, all of the crystalline resin species tend to separate and recrystallize out of the molten powder slower and less completely than they do in the absence of the recrystallization inhibitor. This prevents a visible haze from quickly developing on the surface of the molten coating before the coating can be cured with UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Morton International, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Daly, Jeno Muthiah, Richard P. Haley, Owen H. Decker, Eugene P. Reinheimer, Matthew B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 5922473
    Abstract: Opaquely pigmented or thick filmed powder coatings for heat sensitive substrates, such as wood, wood composites, for example, medium density fiber board, and plastics, that can be fully cured, especially near the substrate, through the incorporation of a dual cure system in the powder comprising a thermal initiator, such as a peroxide, along with a UV initiator. The UV initiator cures the surface, while the thermal initiator cures at the substrate. Surprisingly, virtually no pregelation occurs during the heated melt and flow out step prior to UV curing. Consequently, the hardened film finish formed on the surface exhibits exceptional smoothness which is comparable to that of traditional UV curable powders. The hardened film finish is also fully cured throughout and exhibits exceptional adhesion to the substrate which cannot be achieved with traditional UV curable powders that have been pigmented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Morton International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeno Muthiah, Andrew T. Daly, Richard P. Haley, Joseph J. Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 5880170
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising:(I) a photopolymerizable oligomer represented by the following formula (1), ##STR1## and/or by the following formula (2), ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are organic groups, X is oxygen or sulfur, n is a number of not smaller than 1, and m is a number of not smaller than 2,or a combination of the above photopolymerizable oligomer and other ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is copolymerizable therewith; and(II) a catalytic amount of a photo-initiator, as well as a transparent cured product thereof. The product obtained by curing the photopolymerizable composition exhibits excellent properties and, particularly, excellent surface precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Imura, Toshihiro Nishitake
  • Patent number: 5852067
    Abstract: A near infrared rays-curing putty composition containing (A) a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group-containing resin, (B) a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated compound and (C) a near infrared rays polymerization initiator, said near infrared rays polymerization initiator (C) being a near infrared rays-absorbing cationic dye and a resin powder consisting of gelation polymer fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignees: Showa Denko K. K., Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Sukejima, Shinji Tomita, Shuichi Sugita, Kazuhiko Ooga
  • Patent number: 5834157
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## are suitable as photoinitiators in free-radical-polymerizable mixtures and are notable for a reduced tendency to diffusion and sublimation than comparable known compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Scheler, deceased, Klaus-Peter Bergmann, Gerhard Buhr
  • Patent number: 5717032
    Abstract: A filming composition comprises an acryl emulsion having a molecular weight of 1.5.about.2.5 million and a decomposition starting temperature of 200.degree..about.250.degree. C., as a main component. The composition has a tendency to decompose at low temperature and can be completely decomposed and removed during frit sealing, without the need for separate baking or complex equipment. A screen having good characteristics can be obtained through an advantageous method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Display Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-sang Kim, Jong-ho Oh
  • Patent number: 5578417
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing a liquid jet recording head comprising applying an active energy-curing resin composition onto at least a part of a surface of a first member for forming a wall of the liquid path; exposing the applied active energy-ray-curing resin to an active energy ray selected from the group consisting of an ultraviolet-ray having an intensity of 1 mW/cm.sup.2 to 100 mW/cm.sup.2 and an electron beam having an intensity of 0.5M Rad to 20M Rad; and providing a second member on the exposed active energy-ray-curing resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromichi Noguchi, Tadayoshi Inamoto, Megumi Saito
  • Patent number: 5558975
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing a liquid jet recording head comprising applying an active energy-curing resin composition onto at least a part of a surface of a first member for forming a wall of the liquid path; exposing the applied active energy-ray-curing resin to an active energy ray selected from the group consisting of an ultraviolet-ray having an intensity of 1 mW/cm.sup.2 to 100 mW/cm.sup.2 and an electron beam having an intensity of 0.5M Rad to 20M Rad; and providing a second member on the exposed active energy-ray-curing resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromichi Noguchi, Tadayoshi Inamoto, Megumi Saito