Carbon Atom Dnrm Patents (Class 524/424)
  • Patent number: 11939466
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic polyester resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a non-liquid crystal thermoplastic polyester resin, 45 to 150 parts by weight of (B) a thermoplastic resin that is different from the non-liquid crystal thermoplastic polyester resin and has a dielectric loss tangent of not more than 0.005 when measured at a frequency of 5.8 GHz by the cavity resonance perturbation method, 2 to 20 parts by weight of (C) a compatibilizer having at least one reactive functional group selected from epoxy, acid anhydride, oxazoline, isocyanate, and carbodiimide groups, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of (D) at least one compound selected from tertiary amines, amidine compounds, organic phosphines and salts thereof, imidazoles, and boron compounds, wherein the ratio of the sum of the thermoplastic resin (B) and the compatibilizer (C) is in the range of 50 to 150 parts by weight and the weight ratio (B)/(C) of the thermoplastic resin (B) to the compatibilizer (C) is in the range of 8 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Miyamoto, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Kosuke Shirotani, Yasuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 11912863
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition including a) 20 to 90 wt. % of a thermoplastic resin, b) 0.1 to 80 wt. % of a laser direct structuring additive and c) 10 to 80 wt. % of ceramic filler particles which do not have a laser direct structuring additive function, wherein at least 80 wt. % of c) is TiO2, wherein the composition has a loss tangent measured at 40 GHz of at most 0.014, wherein the total amount of a), b) and c) is 95 to 100 wt. % with respect to the total composition, wherein the composition further includes f) one or more additives, wherein the total amount of the additives is 0.1 to 5 wt. %, 0.3 to 5 wt. % or 0.3 to 3 wt. % relative to the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MEP EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: Bernardus Antonius Gerardus Schrauwen
  • Patent number: 11895770
    Abstract: A copper-clad laminate includes an insulating layer and a copper foil in contact with at least one surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing a modified polyphenylene ether compound of which a terminal is modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, a chromium element amount on an exposed surface on which the insulating layer is exposed by an etching treatment of the copper-clad laminate with a copper chloride solution, measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 7.5 at % or less with respect to a total element amount measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and a surface roughness of the exposed surface is 2.0 ?m or less in terms of ten-point average roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Inoue, Tatsuya Arisawa, Shun Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11859475
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump includes a pump and an electric motor coupled to the pump. An electric submersible pump also includes a seal that is positioned between the pump and the electric motor. The seal has an outer housing and a seal bag internal to the outer housing. The seal bag has an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer is made from a first material to maintain the structure of the seal bag in a swellable state within the wellbore environment. The inner layer is made from a second material that can swell in response to contact with a polar substance and seal a tear in the outer layer of the seal bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Christopher Beck, Walter Dinkins
  • Patent number: 11846833
    Abstract: An optical metasurface which shifts resonant frequency in response to changing temperature. The optical metasurface includes a membrane printed in a pattern from materials with a high coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”). The optical metasurface can include a plurality of high CTE fibers/structures in a first direction and a plurality of low CTE fibers/structures in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Alternatively, the high CTE substrate can include a plurality of high CTE fibers/structures in only a first direction. The high CTE substrate can include a plurality of high CTE fibers and a plurality of low CTE fiber in a pattern which creates desired sensing domains. An array of nanostructures is formed on the high CTE substrate. The array of nanostructures is designed to resonate with light transmitted through or impinging upon the optical metasurface. The resonant frequency of the response can be tuned thermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Sean P. Rodrigues, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 11820553
    Abstract: A method of producing a directly blow-formed container. The method includes subjecting a multilayered parison having an inner surface formed of an olefin resin to direct blow forming, the olefin resin containing (i) an organic bleeding lubricant having a melting point of not higher than 50° C. in an amount of 5 to 10% by mass, and (ii) a high silica zeolite having a silica/alumina mole ratio of not less than 80 in an amount of 0.2 to 3.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Komatsu, Yosuke Akutsu, Keisuke Nyuu, Satomi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11787972
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a particulate product. The particulate product comprises coarse particles of a nonionic synthetic associative thickener (NSAT) rheology modifier. The NSAT rheology modifier is selected from the group consisting of hydrophobically-modified ethoxylated urethane (HEUR), hydrophobically-modified polyacetal-polyether (HMPAPE), and combinations thereof. The particulate product is incorporated into a waterborne paint formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HERCULES LLC
    Inventor: Abraham K. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 11760868
    Abstract: The present application relates to a field of a flame retardant polystyrene, and specifically discloses a preparation method for a flame retardant polystyrene. The preparation method for a flame retardant polystyrene includes the following steps: predissolving a brominated flame retardant containing a first active functional group in a reaction system of a styrene monomer to form a homogeneous solution; then, performing an end capping reaction by an olefin monomer containing a second active functional group to introduce a double bond at an end of the brominated flame retardant, so that it can be bonded to a polystyrene molecular chain by copolymerizing; performing a prepolymerization in a reactor to obtain a prepolymer; performing a post polymerization in the reactor or by extruding, to obtain a special material or a flame retardant masterbatch of the flame retardant polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Useon (Nanjing) Extrusion Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuzhao Li, Zhiqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11760821
    Abstract: A method for producing an acrylic rubber, the method including dividedly adding 80% to 100% by mass of the total mass of a monomer component containing 100 parts by mass of an acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 20 to 160 parts by mass of an acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a crosslinking seat monomer containing a carboxyl group, and performing emulsion polymerization at a polymerization temperature of 20° C. to 60° C. The monomer component may further contain a methacrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakano, Toshiaki Miyauchi, Takashi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11746202
    Abstract: Provided is a method for modifying a polypropylene resin molded body with a side chain crystalline block copolymer having a long alkane chain in a side chain, having a good interaction force with the polypropylene resin molded body, and having a function capable of modifying surface characteristics. Also provided is a modified polypropylene resin molded body. The method for modifying a polypropylene resin molded body includes a step of contacting a copolymer solution including a side chain crystalline block copolymer with a polypropylene resin molded body at a temperature of the copolymer solution of 40 to 120° C. The modified polypropylene resin molded body includes a base material of the polypropylene resin molded body and a site that includes the side chain crystalline block copolymer in at least part of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shigeru Yao, Sho Hirai, Hideaki Obuchi, Ryoko Nakano, Tomohito Uchino
  • Patent number: 11643575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin composition, an EVOH film formed therefrom, and a multilayer structure containing the same. The surface roughness of the EVOH resin composition is the peak material volume (Vmp) between 0.0008 and 10 ?m3/?m2. The EVOH of the invention can reduce the torque output during processing, and can obtain the EVOH film with excellent appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih Chieh Liang, Wen Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11634576
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition capable of minimizing degradation when a molded body thereof comes into contact with an acidic cleaner. The polyacetal resin composition contains with respect to (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal copolymer in which the amount of a hemiformal end group is 0.8 mmol/kg or less, (B) more than 1.0 parts by mass and at most 5.0 parts by mass of a hindered phenol-based antioxidant, and (C) more than 4.0 parts by mass and at most 30 parts by mass of magnesium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Arai, Tomohiro Monma
  • Patent number: 11530282
    Abstract: A thermoplastic wrap film including polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (PIBSA) is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Tukachinsky
  • Patent number: 11492471
    Abstract: A propylene polymer satisfying (a) below, a soft propylene copolymer satisfying (b) below, and a polyolefin containing a structural unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof, wherein (a) a melting point is 100° C. or more, and (b) an MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, at least one of the following requirements (b-1) and (b-2) is satisfied: (b-1) a syndiotactic triad fraction s 60% or more, and (b-2) a structural unit derived from propylene is 55 to 90 mol % and a structural unit derived from at least one olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms (excluding propylene) is contained at 10 to 45 mol % (with provisos), and the relation between an intrinsic viscosity [?] (dL/g) and the MFR satisfies the relation: 1.50×MFR?0.20?[?]?2.65×MFR?0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwashita, Shigeyuki Yasui
  • Patent number: 11492480
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluoroelastomer composition that can be crosslinked at an industrially sufficient rate without the use of a graphene having specific surface properties and can provide a fluoroelastomer molded article having higher tensile strength and better abrasion resistance than conventional fluoroelastomer molded articles even though having a similar tensile modulus to conventional fluoroelastomer molded articles. The fluoroelastomer composition contains a fluoroelastomer that contains a crosslinkable group-containing monomer unit and an elongated sheet-shaped graphene. The graphene exhibits a ratio (L/W) of a maximum length (L) and a width (W) of 2 to 105, and the graphene exhibits a ratio (L/T) of the maximum length (L) and a thickness (T) of 1×101 to 1×107.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shioya, Kenta Kubo, Shinya Maruta, Tsuyoshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11441031
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition contains 10 to 90% by mass of (A) thermoplastic resin; 1 to 20% by mass of (B) laser direct structuring additive; and 0.3 to 7.0% by mass of (D) graphite, a total of the ingredient (A), the ingredient (B) and the ingredient (D) being always kept at 100% by mass or below, and a ratio by mass given by ingredient (B)/ingredient (D) being 1.0 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Yamada, Tatsuya Kikuchi, Yuki Hiwatashi
  • Patent number: 11306173
    Abstract: Semi-crystalline, thermoplastic polyolefin block copolymers comprising: (A) A first polyolefin A block comprising isotactic poly(1-butene) (iPB); (B) A polyolefin B block comprising an ethylene and/or alpha-olefin/1-butene copolymer or terpolymer; and (C) A second polyolefin A block comprising isotactic poly(1-butene) (iPB); the A and B blocks bonded to one another to form a block copolymer in which the first and second polyolefin A blocks are joined to and separated by the polyolefin B block. In one embodiment the polyolefin block copolymer is a BAB block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Endre Szuromi, Justin M. Virgill, Robert F. Wendel, Jeffrey C. Munro, Gary R. Marchand, Edmund M. Carnahan, Kim L. Walton
  • Patent number: 11091603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having a high level of processability, which is a resin composition including a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A), a layered inorganic compound (B), and a carbonic acid salt (C) (provided that the carbonic acid salt (C) excludes the layered inorganic compound (B)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Akira Ono, Fumimasa Maki
  • Patent number: 10868307
    Abstract: High performance electrodes for electrochemical devices having a semi-crystalline binder are disclosed. A method of forming an electrode includes forming an electrode slurry, applying the electrode slurry to a current collector to form an electrode, and curing the electrode to thereby form the semi-crystalline binder. The electrode slurry includes a solvent, a semi-crystalline-binder precursor solution, an electroactive material, and an electrically conductive filler. The semi-crystalline binder includes the electroactive material and the electrically conductive filler dispersed therethrough. The semi-crystalline binder includes a plurality of polymer chains. Each of the plurality of polymer chains includes a plurality of crystalline sites interspersed with a plurality of amorphous sites. The semi-crystalline binder is capable of forming hydrogen bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Xiaosong Huang
  • Patent number: 10829595
    Abstract: Described here are polyphenylene sulfide (“PPS”) polymers having significantly improved processability. It was surprisingly found that PPS polymers, terminated with specific end-capping agents in specific amounts, had significantly improved melt stability. Because of the significantly improved melt stability, the PPS polymers can be advantageously incorporated into melt processing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Peter Mushenheim, Lee Carvell, Erik Nelson, Charles R. Hoppin
  • Patent number: 10633556
    Abstract: A liquid silicone-based composition for forming a coating, the composition comprising a silazane, an organometallic compound, an alkoxysilane, and an aprotic solvent, wherein when applied to a substrate the liquid composition cures to form a quasi-ceramic coating under ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FLORA COATINGS LLC
    Inventors: Atul Tiwari, Anupama Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 10508195
    Abstract: An environment-friendly material includes 50 wt % to 70 wt % of inorganic mineral powder, 20 wt % to 45 wt % of polyolefin, and 5 wt % to 15 wt % of auxiliary agent. The inorganic mineral powder contains calcium carbonate; the polyolefin may be linear low density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, or polypropylene; and the auxiliary agent may be polyolefin elastomer, maleic anhydride grafted polyolefin elastomer, or maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of window covering slat using the environment-friendly material and a window covering slat manufactured by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Chin-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 10400074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of carbon fiber carbon nanotubes reinforced polymer composites for high strength structural applications. It is very difficult to incorporate higher amount of carbon fiber >60 vol % in any of the polymer matrix. Beyond this loading the mechanical properties of these composite starts deteriorate. Therefore, further improvement in the mechanical properties is not possible. Herein, a novel method is developed to fabricate the hybrid carbon fiber epoxy composites reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The flexural strength of the hybrid composites (˜45 vol % CF+CNT) was achieved more than 600 MPa which is more than 35% over pure carbon fiber/epoxy composites (˜50 vol % CF). These high strength hybrid composites can be used in wind mill blades, turbine blades, sport industries, automobile and airframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bhanu Pratap Singh, Satish Teotia, Sanjay Rangnath Dhakate
  • Patent number: 10240003
    Abstract: A poly(aryl ether sulfone) comprises units of formula (I): wherein Ar1 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, Ar2 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, Ar3 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, and n is greater than 1; and a terminal group of formula (II) derived from a monofunctional phenoxide wherein is X is a hydrogen atom or an organic substituent having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein the poly(aryl ether sulfone) has a hydroxyl group content greater than 0 and less than 50 parts per million (ppm), based on the poly(aryl ether sulfone) weight, a glass transition temperature of 180 to 290° C., a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 100,000, a halogen content of greater than 0 and less than 3000 ppm based on the poly(aryl ether sulfone) weight. The poly(aryl ether sulfone) is free of methoxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Lutz, William Hoy Heath, Roy Ray Odle, Thomas Link Guggenheim, Juan Justino Rodriguez Ordonez, Jose Roman Galdamez Pena
  • Patent number: 10167395
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-fouling and anti-corrosion agent for the marine steel structure surface and preparation method thereof. The emulsion is made of raw materials at the following mass ratios: 1100 to 1500 parts of a polyurethane monomer, 1000 parts of polyether glycol, 200 to 400 parts of an alcohol chain extender, 100 to 250 parts of a hydrophilic chain extender, 200 to 400 parts of epoxy resin polyols, 100 to 150 parts of triethylamine, 400 to 1000 parts of an acrylate monomer, 1000 to 1500 parts of a graphene oxide-protamine composite emulsion, and 5 to 20 parts of an initiator. The solvent-free and composite film-forming resin emulsion of the present invention has both anti-fouling and anti-corrosion functions, which applies to a production of a green and environmental marine coating and protects the marine steel structure surface to prevent from organism attachment and sea water corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuting Ding, Dong Lin, Yanbo Wang, Long Lin, Xuxia Zhou
  • Patent number: 10060205
    Abstract: Wellbore strengthening compositions and methods of use may include a base fluid and a plurality of hydrogel particles or a plurality of core-shell particles suspended in the base fluid. A method of treating a formation may include pumping a wellbore fluid into the formation, where the wellbore fluid includes a base fluid; and a plurality of hydrogel particles or a plurality of core-shell particles suspended in the base fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Guido De Stefano, Brandi Katherine Price Hoelscher, Steven Young
  • Patent number: 10053626
    Abstract: The present provides a method of fabricating a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) thin film. The method of fabricating the PDLC of the present application forms the first solution by mixing the liquid crystal and the graphene nanoparticles; prepares the prepolymer by using the citric acid and the 1,8-octanediol, or the citric acid, the 1,8-octanediol and the 1,8-octanediol; forms the second solution by dissolving the prepolymer in the anhydrous ethanol; then obtains the mixture prepolymer of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal and the graphene nanoparticles by mixing and uniformly stirring the first solution and the second solution; and obtains the PDLC thin film after the mixture prepolymer is polymerized for several days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Ma, Yungjui Lee
  • Patent number: 9994771
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin composition usable for molding a connector improved in dimensional stability is provided having a liquid crystal polyester and a platy inorganic filler. The platy inorganic filler has a primary particle having a ratio of particle diameter to thickness of 8 to 200, and the platy inorganic filler is contained in an amount of 50 to 250 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal polyester. A connector molded from the liquid crystal polyester resin composition is also provided. A method for producing a liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes a step of melt-kneading 100 parts by mass of a liquid crystal polyester with 50 to 250 parts by mass of a platy inorganic filler, the platy inorganic filler having a primary particle which has a ratio of particle diameter to thickness of 8 to 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Hegi
  • Patent number: 9951211
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat-curing reactive compositions based on natural and/or synthetic liquid elastomers containing olefinic double bonds and on vulcanizing agents, where these comprise a quantity, relative to the entire composition, of from 1 to 25% by weight, preferably from 1 to 15% by weight, of at least one liquid polyisoprene, preferably at least one cis-1,4 polyisoprene; a quantity, relative to the entire composition, of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Peter Born, Karin Weidenauer
  • Patent number: 9873781
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an acrylic rubber composition capable of giving an acrylic rubber molded product good in low-friction properties and non-sticking properties. The present invention relates to an acrylic rubber composition containing an acrylic rubber (A) and a fluororesin (B), the fluororesin (B) being a perfluororesin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomihiko Yanagiguchi, Yasuhiro Nakano, Haruhisa Masuda, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Patent number: 9822249
    Abstract: Disclosed are an asphalt modifying agent and an asphalt composition containing the same. More specifically, disclosed are an asphalt modifying agent comprising a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer and a low-molecular weight conjugated diene rubber (LCDR), and an asphalt composition containing the same. Advantageously, the present invention provides an asphalt modifying agent for greatly improving low-temperature properties and modification workability of a modified asphalt and an asphalt composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Hwa Lee, Jung Eun Woo, You Seok Seo
  • Patent number: 9783631
    Abstract: Polyimide oligomer terminated with maleimide end groups may be cured by irradiation with UV light. The polyimide oligomer terminated with maleimide end groups may be cured in a polymerization mixture that includes a reactive diluent and optionally a photoinitiator. Due to the ability of the polyimide oligomer terminated with maleimide end groups to be cured with light applications the cured oligomer may be used in applications that require low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Mark D. Soucek, Jinping Wu
  • Patent number: 9758658
    Abstract: Swellable elastomeric compositions including an elastomer, a covalent crosslinking system and an ionic crosslinking system, where the composition have improved rate of swelling in water, brines and aqueous solutions, swellability, and/or physical properties of the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Byong Jun Kim, Keith Charles Spacey, Deborah Lynn Banta, William David Breach
  • Patent number: 9708479
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst by copolymerizing ethylene with a comonomer selected from the group of C4-C10 alpha-olefins in three polymerization stages. The polymers produced in the three stages have different melt flow rates. The polymer composition produced by the process has good mechanical properties and can be used for making pipes. The process has a good productivity and provides a stable and economic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hjertberg, Ravindra Tupe, Udo Wahner, Tanja Piel, Yi Liu, Alexandra Romina Albunia, Floran Prades, Joseph Thorman, Dusan Jeremic
  • Patent number: 9482861
    Abstract: Optical display devices and methods of operating such devices are provided. The optical device includes a display component having a plurality of anisotropic multiphasic particles with at least two optically distinct phases. The plurality of anisotropic multiphasic particles is disposed in one or more regions of the display component that define an optic feature. Further, at least one of the phases of the anisotropic multiphasic particle comprises a material receptive to a force field, such as a magnetic material is receptive to an applied magnetic field. In this manner, the display component can reversibly exhibit a first optical state in the presence of the force field and thus is optionally switchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
    Inventors: Joerg Lahann, Sang-yeul Hwang, Jaewon Yoon, Srijanani Bhaskar, Kyungjin Lee, Tae-Hong Park
  • Patent number: 9381514
    Abstract: TEST TUBE, of the type that are used for chemical and biological analysis, having an approximate shape of a cylinder or a truncated cone, comprising an opening in the upper region thereof for inserting substances, and formed from a single piece of a homogeneous material with a translucent color, composed of a mixture of a polymer from the family of metallocene polyolefins, that homogeneously contains a polypropylene-based Masterbach of a laser-sensitive additive that changes color to a different contrasting color, for example an approximately brown-black color, when exposed to the excitation of a laser marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nirco, S.L.
    Inventor: Jesús Arias y Arias De Sáaveora
  • Patent number: 9383484
    Abstract: Provided is a light-shielding material for use in optical instrument and having a light-shielding sheet with broad low-gloss region while maintaining the physical properties necessary for a light-shielding sheet. The light-shielding material 1 comprises a light-shielding sheet 4 on a substrate 2, and the surface properties of the light-shielding sheet 4 are adjusted so as to fulfill at least one of A1 and A2, and at least one of B1 and B2. A1 is the condition that the arithmetic average roughness Sa in a three-dimensional surface roughness measurement is 0.4 or larger and 2.0 or smaller, A2 is that the ten-point average roughness Sz in a three-dimensional surface roughness measurement is 1 or larger and 20 or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KIMOTO CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yasumaro Toshima
  • Patent number: 9376542
    Abstract: The present invention concerns aqueous slurries with improved rheo logical stability under increased temperature. The slurries comprise a calcium carbonate containing material and at least one comb polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Samuel Rentsch, Matthias Buri, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 9371432
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of nanocarbon (carbon nano tubes and/or carbon nano fibers) in the preparation of reinforced natural rubber. It is an object of the invention to provide a simple way to disperse nanocarbon in rubber so as to obtain good physical and mechanical properties, such as hardness, modulus and/or tensile strength. In order to achieve these objects, the invention provides a natural rubber composition comprising 5 parts per hundred of rubber (pphr) or less of nanocarbon, wherein the nanocarbon has not been subjected to an acid treatment before incorporation into the rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: AMRIL AG
    Inventors: Surina Ismail, Azemi Bin Samsuri
  • Patent number: 9321904
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition includes (A) a semi-aromatic polyamide resin including a dicarboxylic acid unit including about 40 to about 100 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit, and an aliphatic diamine unit; (B) a glass fiber, and optionally (C) a heat stabilizer including copper halide and/or alkali metal halide, where a content of a terminal carboxyl group [COOH] and a content of a terminal amino group [NH2] of a molecular chain in the semi-aromatic polyamide resin (A) satisfy the following conditions: [COOH]>37 ?eq/g; [NH2]>80 ?eq/g; and, [NH2]/[COOH]>1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Youp Chung, Jung-Hun Lee, Do-Hoon Chang, Chang-Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9296853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a hydrogenated block copolymer, including the steps of: (a) forming a block copolymer by allowing a living polymer having a specific structure to react with a tetra- or more functional silane coupling agent; (b) hydrogenating the block copolymer to form a hydrogenated block copolymer; (c) isolating the resultant hydrogenated block copolymer; and (d) deactivating a functional group in the silane coupling agent and/or an unreacted functional group present in a coupling agent residue in the block copolymer or the hydrogenated block copolymer prior to the step (c), in which the number of functional groups derived from the coupling agent in the hydrogenated block copolymer recovered in the step (c) is 1.5 or less per block copolymer molecule; a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by the method; and a composition containing the hydrogenated block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Nishikawa, Yosuke Jogo, Nobuhiro Moriguchi, Mizuho Maeda
  • Patent number: 9175124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elastomer mixture resulting from the modification of a diene elastomer by a coupling agent that introduces, into the elastomer chain, an alkoxysilane group bearing a tertiary or secondary amine functional group. This mixture predominantly comprises the diene elastomer coupled by the alkoxysilane group bearing a tertiary or secondary amine functional group which is bonded to the diene elastomer through the silicon atom. The invention also relates to a reinforced rubber composition, in particular that can be used for the manufacture of tires, which comprises a reinforcing filler and an elastomer matrix comprising at least this elastomer mixture, and to its preparation process. This composition has improved hysteresis and mechanical properties in the vulcanized state, and also improved processing in the uncured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Chaboche, Jean-Michel Favrot, Nicolas Seeboth, Fanny Barbotin, Stéphanie De Landtsheer
  • Patent number: 9130096
    Abstract: A high-concentration photovoltaic solar module is formed by a casing (1) that contains photovoltaic receivers (2) in the base (3) thereof, which are interconnected with one another, and in the upper part thereof has Fresnel concentrator lenses (7) in a plane parallel to that of the photovoltaic receivers (2), which close the casing in a leak-tight manner. Each of the Fresnel concentrator lenses (7) is arranged on one of the photovoltaic receivers (2). Furthermore, the module includes secondary optical elements (8), each arranged on the photovoltaic cell (5) of each photovoltaic receiver (2). The casing (1) is produced by injection-molding of plastic and incorporates cavities (9) in the base (3), each of the cavities housing a photovoltaic receiver (2), and metal laminar elements (10) for interconnecting the photovoltaic receivers (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Celaya Prieto, Antonio De Dios Pardo, Carlos Martín Maroto, Francisco David Peña Consuegra
  • Patent number: 9117568
    Abstract: Compositions comprising carbonaceous filler, polymeric binder, and at least one organic compound having at least one charged functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: Dan Scheffer, Vipin Varma
  • Patent number: 9101885
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a silica-like membrane for separating gas, which is modified from poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) membrane by an atmospheric pressure high temperature plasma torch (APHTPT). Furthermore, the present invention of the separating gas silica-like membrane with an inorganic/organic interface structure which has both the gas flux of the organic membrane and also the gas selectivity of the inorganic membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CHUNG-YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Tsai Chen, Ywu-Jang Fu, Kuo-Lun Tung, Shu-Hsien Huang, Wei-Song Hung, Shingjiang Jessie Lue, Chien-Chieh Hu, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Juin-Yih Lai
  • Patent number: 9085652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer capable of affording a polymer composition useful as a material for tires excellent in fuel economy. Specifically, there is disclosed a method comprising polymerizing monomer components comprising a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound using an alkali metal-based polymerization initiator in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent and an ether compound represented by the following formula (1), wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Koichiro Tajima
  • Patent number: 9084989
    Abstract: Polyhydroxyfullerenes (PHFs) having enhanced electron scavenging capabilities have a ratio of non-hydroxyl functional groups to hydroxyl functional groups that is less than or equal to 0.3. When combined with a semiconductor photocatalyst, such as titanium dioxide nanoparticles, the PHFs provide a photocatalyst for degradation of chemical and biological contaminates with an efficiency of at least twice that of titanium dioxide nanoparticles free of PHFs. The PRFs are included in these catalysts at a weight ratio to titanium dioxide of about 0.001 to about 0.003, whereas significantly lower and higher ratios do not achieve the highly improved photodegradation capability. PHFs outside of the desired structure are shown to be of little value for photodegradation, and can be inhibiting to the photocatalytic activity of TiO2. The enhanced electron scavenging PHFs can be employed as a component of materials for solar cells, field effect transistors, and radical scavengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Vijay Krishna, Brij M. Moudgil, Benjamin L. Koopman
  • Patent number: 9062182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal modifier for conjugated diene polymers. The terminal modifier has both at least two amine groups and at least one alkoxysilane group. A terminally modified conjugated diene polymer which is coupled at the terminus with the terminal modifier, and a polymer composition for use in tires, comprising the terminally modified, conjugated diene polymer are also provided. When applied to tire treads, the polymer composition comprising the terminally modified, conjugated diene polymer significantly increases the disperability and binding to rubber of silica, thereby greatly contributing to an improvement of the tire treads in dynamic properties including wet traction, rolling resistance, Mooney viscosity and processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Kumbo Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanjoung Cho, Young Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20150148459
    Abstract: The deposition of graphene is accomplished by various techniques that result in a change of the graphene's solubility in the liquid medium. The solubility change enables the deposition of the graphene onto the substrate. Once the graphene is deposited onto the substrate, the at least partially coated substrate may be separated from the liquid medium. The substrates may then serve as a carrier to deliver the graphene to a desired application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Adam R. Pawloski, Gregory S. Bennett, Jeffrey Jacob Cernohous, Kent Kaske, Adam E. Szymanski
  • Patent number: 9023920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength inflammable blend resin composition including a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a polyethylene terephthalate resin. More specifically, the resin composition of the present invention includes: a basic blend resin containing 10 to 80 wt. % of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and 20 to 90 wt. % of a polyethylene terephthalate resin; and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a modified polystyrene or a styrene-based elastomer with respect to 100 parts by weight of the basic blend resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Gi Kim, Jae-Bong Lim, Jong-In Lee, Chang-Hyun Lee, Sung-Su Bae, Sang-Mook Lee