Two Or More Solid Polymers Other Than Prepared From A Polycarboxylic Acid Or Derivative And A Polyamine, A Lactam, An Aminocarboxylic Acid Or Derivative, Or From A Polyamine Salt Of A Polycarboxylic Acid Patents (Class 525/179)
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Patent number: 8465684Abstract: The invention is directed to a “Self-Reinforced Composite” (SRC) made of recycled thermoplastic polymers, methods and an apparatus for their manufacture. In one embodiment of the invention, the SRC is a self-reinforced composite comprising (a) a fiber comprising a first recycled thermoplastic polymer and having a Young's modulus at least about 500 MPa and (b) a matrix comprising a second recycled thermoplastic polymer. In one aspect of the invention, the source mixture is recycled immiscible thermoplastic polymers, obtained from the waste stream in the carpet and automotive industries. In another embodiment of the invention, the method for making the self-reinforced composites, comprising the steps of (a) melt-blending recycled immiscible polymers, (b) phase-migration fiber spinning the recycled immiscible polymers to form a fiber having a first recycled thermoplastic polymer substantially surrounded by a second recycled thermoplastic polymer, and (c) drawing the fiber to form a high modulus fiber.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Novana, Inc.Inventor: Fu-Jya Daniel Tsai
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Publication number: 20130146194Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for the inner liner of pneumatic tires, which has low air permeability and a small percent change in air permeability from fatigue. A thermoplastic resin composition obtained by dispersing a modified rubber having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group into a polyamide resin and an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, the thermoplastic resin composition being characterized in that the ratio of the polyamide resin to the ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer is between 47/53 and 61/39. The percent change in air permeability of the thermoplastic resin composition in the present invention when subjected 1 million times to 20% elongation strain at room temperature is 1.30 times or more. Additionally, a pneumatic tire using a film comprising the thermoplastic resin composition in the present invention as an inner liner has a percent change in air leakage of 1.30 times or less at room temperature after going 70,000 km.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Koichi Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20130144010Abstract: Provided is a method for producing thermoplastic resin compositions, the method comprising the step of melt-blending (A) a thermoplastic elastomer composition, obtained by dispersing (ii) an acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber in (i) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, with (B-1) a resin composition comprising at least one resin selected from (i) unmodified polyamide resins and modified polyamide resins or (B-2) a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dispersing (ii) an acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber in (i) at least one resin selected from unmodified polyamide resins and modified polyamide resins. Said thermoplastic elastomer composition has excellent gas barrier properties and the decrease in gas barrier properties associated with fatigue has been reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Kawaguchi, Yuichi Hara
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Patent number: 8410216Abstract: The invention relates to a composition based on an impact-resistant thermoplastic polyamide resin, comprising, as a blend—from 60 to 98 wt % of polyamide resin (A) and—from 2 to 40 wt % of a blend of at least one graft copolymer with polyamide blocks (B) composed of a polyolefin backbone and at least one polyamide graft in which the grafts are attached to the backbone by the residues of an unsaturated monomer (X) having a functional group capable of reacting with an amine-terminated polyamide, the residues of the unsaturated monomer (X) being attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerization via its double bond, and of a non-reactive ethylenic polymer (C) that is miscible with (B) and has a density of below 0.960 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Marius Hert, Alain Bouilloux, Thibaut Montanari, Thomas Fine
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Patent number: 8399563Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the durability at the normal and low temperatures, flight distance, and shot feeling on the shots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in a direction stability on the shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of at least one layer; and a cover covering the core and having a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition that contains as a resin component, (A) a highly elastic polyamide resin (B) a metal-neutralized product of binary copolymer and/or ternary copolymer, and (C) a resin having a polar functional group in a specific amount, and wherein the cover composition has a slab hardness ranging from 65 to 75 in Shore D hardness.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Kazuhiko Isogawa, Tsutomu Hirau, Satoko Okabe
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Patent number: 8399564Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball providing a great distance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center and one or more intermediate layers covering the center; and a cover covering the core, wherein at least one of said intermediate layers is formed from a high fluidity intermediate layer composition that contains (A) a polyamide resin composition having a flexural modulus in a range from 500 MPa to 4,000 MPa and a melt flow rate (240° C., 2.16 kg) of 5.0 g/10 min or more, and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid binary copolymer, a metal-neutralized product of the binary copolymer, an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid-(meth)acrylic acid ester ternary copolymer, and a metal-neutralized product of the ternary copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventor: Satoko Okabe
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Publication number: 20130056107Abstract: A resin composition for a refrigerant-transporting hose, including: a semi-aromatic polyamide resin (A) as a main component; an aliphatic polyamide resin (B); and an elastomer (C), in which the aliphatic polyamide resin (B) is dispersed in a phase formed of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin (A) and the elastomer (C), which is not crosslinked, is incorporated in the form of particles into the dispersed aliphatic polyamide resin (B). Thus, excellent refrigerant permeation resistance and acid resistance, and at the same time, for example, extrusion processability and flexibility, are obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent number: 8378023Abstract: The present invention provides a polyketone composition having about 40˜90 wt % of polyketone, about 5˜40 wt % of polyamide, and about 5˜20 wt % of modified rubber. The composition of the present invention greatly improves the impact resistance of polyketone, which has increased heat resistance, chemical resistance, fuel permeation resistance, abrasion resistance or the like, and thus may be widely applied in various industrial fields, such as automotive parts including wheel covers, wheel caps, fuel filler necks, fuel tanks, fuel tubes, center fascias, door handles, roof rack covers, gear, junction boxes, connectors, seat backs or the like, electric/electronic parts, and household items, thereby providing durability of the parts and price competition.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Desco Co., Ltd., Hyosung CorporationInventors: Choon Soo Lee, Min Hee Lee, Bong Hyun Park, Seong Hoon Lee, Jong Hwal Kim, Sung Kyoun Yoon, Byoung Gook Kang
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Patent number: 8362149Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material composed of an ionomeric resin composition obtained by melt-blending under applied heat one or more compounds selected from among UV/EB-curable materials with, in the presence of a peroxide, a non-ionomeric thermoplastic resin and an ionomeric resin; or of an ionomeric resin composition obtained by using, instead of the ionomeric resin, an acid-containing polymer base of the ionomeric resin and subjecting the acid-containing polymer composition similarly prepared by melt-blending under applied heat to an acid-neutralizing reaction with a metal ionic species. Methods for preparing such a material, and golf balls which include as a component therein a molding made of the golf ball material are also provided. The golf ball material has a good thermal stability, flow and processability, and can thus be used to obtain high-performance golf balls endowed with an excellent abrasion resistance, scuff resistance, durability and flexibility without a loss of rebound.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Egashira, Jun Shindo, Eiji Takehana, Hiroyuki Nagasawa
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Publication number: 20130019451Abstract: A polyamide resin composition for sliding part and a sliding part, each being prevented from shrinking both in the MD direction and in the TD direction (having excellent dimensional stability as well as excellent dimensional stability when water is absorbed into the resin) and having excellent impact resistance, a method for producing the sliding part, and a method for producing an automobile using the sliding part. The polyamide resin composition for sliding part includes a polyamide resin (component A) and a styrene polymer (component B), wherein the component B has a deflection temperature under load of 140 to 280° C., and the weight ratio of the component A to the component B (A/B) is 95/5 to 77/23.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigekazu Okamura, Hiroaki Fujii
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Patent number: 8357450Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide-polyphenylene ether resin composition comprising a polyamide having an alicyclic structure and composed of dicarboxylic acid units comprising from 20 to 100 mol % of cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid units and diamine units comprising aliphatic diamine units with from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a polyphenylene ether, and a compatibilizer for a polyamide and a polyphenylene ether.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Takaaki Miyoshi, Hiroaki Furukawa
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Patent number: 8349953Abstract: The invention provides a method of obtaining a compatible resin blend from at least two incompatible resins which are not conventionally blended with each other. The blend of an incompatible resins is dissolved at a molecular level by being melted and sheared under a high shearing rate by rotating a screw without adding a compatibilizer or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yongjin Li, Toshiyuki Imoto
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Patent number: 8344064Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises a modified rubber having excellent low-temperature durability dispersed in a polyamide resin matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability or repeated fatigue resistance of the polyamide resin and which maintains its flowability and can be formed into a film even at a high content of the modified rubber, and has excellent low-temperature durability. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises a modified polyamide resin (A) obtained by melt blending 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (A1) and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a compound (A2) capable of binding to a terminal amino group of the polyamide resin, at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the polyamide resin (A1), and a modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group, an epoxy group, or a carboxyl group or a derivative thereof. The compound (A2) is preferably a monofunctional epoxy compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoyuki Morooka
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Patent number: 8314172Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the durability at the normal and low temperatures, flight distance, direction stability and shot feeling on the shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center having a diameter of 35 mm or less and a surrounding layer covering the center; at least one intermediate layer covering the core, said intermediate layer having a thickness ranging from 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm and a density of 1.10 g/cm3 or more; and a cover covering the intermediate layer and having a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm, wherein the cover is formed of a cover composition that has a slab hardness ranging from 65 to 75 in Shore D hardness and contains as a resin component; (A) a polyamide resin composition having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 4,000 MPa and a melt flow rate (240° C., 2.16 kg) of 5.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Tsutomu Hirau, Kazuhiko Isogawa, Satoko Okabe
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Patent number: 8293373Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide: an oxygen-absorbing resin composition which needs no transition metal compound, exhibits excellent oxygen absorbability at room temperature, produces little unpleasant odor during the absorption of oxygen, and enables to produce a molded article having excellent transparency; an oxygen-absorbing molded article comprising the oxygen-absorbing resin composition; and a packaging material and a packaging container each comprising the molded article. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Disclosed is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition comprising: a resin composition (A) which comprises an oxygen-absorbing resin (A1) having a cycloene structure in the molecule and a softening agent (A2) and has a glass transition temperature of ?30 to +30° C.; and a resin (B) having an oxygen permeability of 100 to 500 cc 20 ?m/m2 day atm (25° C., 65% RH), wherein the resin composition (A) is dispersed in the resin (B). The softening agent (A2) is preferably liquid paraffin or polybutene.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Zeon CorporationInventors: Shizuo Kitahara, Jun Ishihara
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Patent number: 8268450Abstract: Thermoplastic polyamide resin compositions include the essential components of polyamide resins, polyalcohol and epoxy resin, and, optionally, one or more additives selected from among thermoplastic impact modifiers, reinforcement agents, and polyoxides; such thermoplastic polyamide resin compositions provide superior impact resistance, heat resistance, low degree of deformation, low degree of contraction, and external appearance, but also superior paint adhesion properties without requiring a primer, and function as an adhesion medium that advantageously may be applied to the interior and exterior parts of an automobile requiring painting.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Rhodia Polyamide Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lee-Wook Jang, Yeong-Chool Yu, Jong-Su Lee
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Patent number: 8252868Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer composition capable of exhibiting excellent impact resistance, durability and destaticizing property containing (A) 50 to 95% by mass of an aliphatic polyester-based resin and (B) 5 to 50% by mass of a block copolymer of (B1) a hard segment block with at least one of a polyamide, polyester, polyolefin or polyurethane, and (B2) a soft segment block having an ether bond.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Mawatari, Tatsuya Toneri
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Patent number: 8216967Abstract: Water-absorbing composites comprising at least two particulate water-absorbing polymers having different pH values and at least one fibrous material are produced without premixing the water-absorbing polymers and are used in hygiene articles.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Sylvia Bertha
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Patent number: 8211979Abstract: A multicomponent system is provided, composed of a thermoplastic component and of a rubber component, which comprises at least two different peroxidic crosslinking agents with specific decomposition temperatures, as also is a process for production of rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings using the multicomponent system, and also the resultant rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Achten, Stefanie Nickel, Maik Schulte, Michael Münker, Detlev Joachimi
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Patent number: 8211344Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a microcrystalline polyamide for obtaining an object having all or part of its outer surface formed from this microcrystalline polyamide and having a particular surface finish, in which: the manufacture of the object comprises steps carried out hot between the Tg (glass transition temperature) and the Tm (melting point) of this microcrystalline polyamide; the transparency of the microcrystalline polyamide is such that the light transmission at 560 nm on a polished object 1 mm in thickness is greater than 80%, advantageously greater than 88%, the transparency being measured on the object obtained by standard processing methods, such as injection molding and sheet extrusion/calendering. Advantageously, the microcrystalline polyamide is such that its degree of crystallinity is greater than 10% and less than 30% (1st DSC heating according to ISO 11357 at 40° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Thibaut Montanari, Christelle Recoquille
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Patent number: 8193283Abstract: Disclosed are golf balls having soft, resilient bimodal ionomeric covers with improved softness and scuff resistance and methods for their preparation. The soft, resilient bimodal ionomeric covers comprise at least partially neutralized mixtures of carboxylate functionalized terpolymers (molecular weight between about 80,000 and 500,000) with carboxylate functionalized ethylene low copolymers (molecular weight between about 2,000 and 30,000).Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: John Chu Chen
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Patent number: 8188186Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability and flight distance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center and one or more intermediate layers covering the center; and a cover covering the core, wherein, at least one piece or one layer of said intermediate layers is formed from a highly elastic intermediate layer composition that contains a highly elastic resin (A) having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 5000 MPa and an ionomer resin (B) having a flexural modulus in a range from 150 MPa to 1000 MPa in an amount ratio ((A)/(B)) of the highly elastic resin (A) to the ionomer resin (B) being (20 mass % to 80 mass %)/(80 mass % to 20 mass %) (the total is 100 mass %).Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventor: Satoko Okabe
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Publication number: 20120094134Abstract: [Subject] The present invention provides a poly-4-methyl-1-pentene resin composition having improved film strength and molding properties for various molded articles with maintaining release properties which are inherent in poly-4-methyl-1-pentene, and also provides molded articles formed from the resin composition. [Means for solving the subject] The subject is attained by the poly-4-methyl-1-pentene resin composition comprising 50 to 99 parts by weight of poly-4-methyl-1-pentene (A), 1 to 50 parts by weight of polyamide (B) and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of modified poly-4-methyl-1-pentene (C) obtainable by graft modification with an ethylenic unsaturated bond-containing monomer, provided that the total amount of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS. INC.Inventors: Masahiro ENNA, Kazutoshi Fujihara, Yasuhito Tsugane, Yoshiaki Aso, Ryoichi Seki
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Patent number: 8114522Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition forming an adhesive layer between a polylactic acid resin substrate layer and a polyolefin resin substrate layer. The resin composition includes a modified polyolefin resin (A) and a terpene resin (B), and the mass ratio (A)/(B) between the both resins (A) and (B) is 20/80 to 99/1. Alternatively, the resin composition may be a resin composition including 10 to 90% by mass of a polylactic acid resin (C), 5 to 89% by mass of the modified polyolefin resin (A) and 1 to 80% by mass of a hydrogenated petroleum resin (D), with the total amount of these resins constrained to be 100% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Unitika Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Kitora, Mitsuhiro Kawahara, Kazue Ueda
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Patent number: 8106125Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material composed of an ionomeric resin composition obtained by melt-blending under applied heat one or more compounds selected from among UV/EB-curable materials with, in the presence of a peroxide, a non-ionomeric thermoplastic resin and an ionomeric resin; or of an ionomeric resin composition obtained by using, instead of the ionomeric resin, an acid-containing polymer base of the ionomeric resin and subjecting the acid-containing polymer composition similarly prepared by melt-blending under applied heat to an acid-neutralizing reaction with a metal ionic species. Methods for preparing such a material, and golf balls which include as a component therein a molding made of the golf ball material are also provided. The golf ball material has a good thermal stability, flow and processability, and can thus be used to obtain high-performance golf balls endowed with an excellent abrasion resistance, scuff resistance, durability and flexibility without a loss of rebound.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Egashira, Jun Shindo, Eiji Takehana, Hiroyuki Nagasawa
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Publication number: 20120015202Abstract: Provided are TPV formulations having beneficial properties, such as scratch resistance, improved bondability, e.g., nylon bondability, and improved processability. Preferred TPVs provide lower density, lower cost, and good extrusion capabilities compared to conventional formulations. Sealing systems may be prepared with the TPVs described above. An exemplary automotive sealing system includes a sealant foot and a sealant lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Leander Kenens, Eric P. Jourdain, Norman G. Barber, Tonson Abraham, Felix M. Zacarias, Anthony Poloso
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Publication number: 20110319550Abstract: The thermoplastic molding composition comprises a) as component A, from 3 to 79% by weight of one or more styrene copolymers which have no units derived from maleic anhydride, b) as component B, from 15 to 91% by weight of one or more polyamides having, based on the entire component B, from 0.1 to 0.2% by weight of triacetonediamine (TAD) end groups, c) as component C, from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more impact-modifying rubbers, d) as component D, from 1 to 25% by weight of a styrene copolymer which, based on the entire component D, has from 1.9 to 2.3% by weight of units derived from maleic anhydride, e) as component E, from 0 to 40% by weight of further rubbers, f) as component F, from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more fibrous or particulate fillers, g) as component G, from 0 to 40% by weight of further additives, where the molding composition comprises less than 0.1% by weight of phthalic anhydride and the total amount of components A to D and, if appropriate, E to G is 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Martin Weber, Simone Schillo, Marko Blinzler, Jürgen Deininger
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Patent number: 8084538Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic polymer composition capable of exhibiting excellent impact resistance, durability and destaticizing property. The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising (A) 50 to 95% by mass of an aliphatic polyester-based resin and (B) 5 to 50% by mass of a block copolymer comprising (B1) a hard segment block comprising at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, a polyester, a polyolefin and a polyurethane, and (B2) a soft segment block having an ether bond, with the proviso that a total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Mawatari, Tatsuya Toneri
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Patent number: 8076406Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite having improved impact resistance. According to the invention, this composite is obtained from a composition comprising the following polymers: polylactic acid (PLA) which forms the matrix; at least one polyamide forming a dispersed phase within the PLA matrix; at least one functionalized polyolefin (A) comprising alpha-olefin units and epoxy, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride units; and, optionally, at least one unfunctionnalized polyolefin (B).Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Benoit Brule, Thomas Fine, Jean-Jacques Flat, Maho Yasuda
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Patent number: 8034876Abstract: There are provided an organic fiber-reinforced composite resin composition which is good in fiber dispersion, excellent in appearance, excellent in mechanical properties such as tensile elongation at break or impact strength and easy in thermal recycle; and a molded article obtained therefrom. An organic fiber-reinforced composite resin composition comprising (a) 60 to 95% by weight of a polyolefin resin (provided that an acid-modified polyolefin resin is excluded) and (b) 40 to 5% by weight (provided that (a)+(b)=100% by weight) of organic fiber to which a polar resin (provided that an acid-modified polyolefin resin is excluded) is attached, or an organic fiber-reinforced composite resin composition comprising organic fiber in an amount of 10 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin and having an Izod impact strength at ?40° C. of 10 kJ/m2 or more, and further, an organic fiber-reinforced composite resin molded article obtained therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Teijin Fibers LimitedInventors: Masatoshi Oomori, Takayuki Itou, Takakazu Yoshihara, Taku Kitade
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Patent number: 8029892Abstract: A breathable film includes at least one polymer (a) taken from the group comprising an ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (a1), an optionally neutralized ethylene/ (meth)acrylic acid copolymer (a2), an ethylene/vinyl monomer copolymer (a3), the (a1)/(a2) blend, the (a1)/(a3) blend, the (a2)/(a3) blend and the (a1)/(a2)/(a3) blend, and/or includes at least one functionalized polyethylene (b); and at least one copolymer (c) having copolyamide blocks or polyester blocks and polyether blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: AtofinaInventor: Christophe Lacroix
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Patent number: 8021730Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition possessing superior air impermeability, excellent durability and flexibility. In particular, the composition includes (A) at least one halogenated isobutylene-containing elastomer; and (B) at least one nylon resin having a melting point of about 170° C. to about 260° C.; and (C) a low molecular weight polymeric nylon plasticizer; wherein: (1) the at least one elastomer is present as a dispersed phase of small vulcanized particles in a continuous nylon phase; and (2) the elastomer particles are formed by dynamic vulcanization. Use of a low molecular weight nylon plasticizer provides for improved mixing and rubber dispersion while retaining the high levels of impermeability achievable by the use of nylon resin and halogenated isobutylene-containing elastomer in a dynamically vulcanized composition. Such compositions are particularly useful in applications such as tire innerliners and barrier films or layers as well as hoses.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andy Haishung Tsou, Yoshihiro Soeda, Yuichi Hara, Matthew Brian Measmer
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Patent number: 8021728Abstract: A polyamide resin composition, having an excellent extensibility and flexing fatigue, composed of a polyamide resin (A), as a matrix, and a modifying polymer (C), dispersed therein, having a functional group (B) reactive with the polyamide resin (A), wherein a tensile stress at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 30 to 70% of the tensile stress at break of the polyamide resin (A), and a tensile elongation at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 100 to 500% of the tensile elongation at break of the polyamide resin (A) as well as a pneumatic tire and hose using the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignees: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Soeda, Yuichi Hara, Naoyuki Morooka, Andy Haishung Tsou
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Patent number: 8008408Abstract: Aromatic polyimide composition and articles manufactured therefrom. This invention relates to an aromatic polyimide molding composition, comprising at least one aromatic polyimide (A) chosen from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide-imide, aromatic polyesterimides and aromatic polyimide free of any ester and amide group of specific type and typically from 0.5 to 30% wt of at least one fluoroelastomer (B), with respect to the total weight of (A) and (B), to a method for manufacturing the same, to a molding process of the same, and to the articles manufactured therefrom. Preferably, the component (A) of the composition is at least one aromatic polyamide-imide manufactured by a process including the polycondensation reaction between (i) at least one acid monomer chosen from trimellitic anhydride and trimellitic anhydride monoacid halides and (ii) at least one commoner chosen from the group consisting of 4,4?-diaminodiphenylmethane, 4,4?-diaminodiphenylether, m-phenylenediamine and mixtures therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: SOLVAY (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Gregory Warkoski, Philip Schild, Romano Empaynado, Brian A. Stern
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Publication number: 20110196080Abstract: A polyamide composition comprising: 100 parts by mass of polyamide (A) with a melting point of 270° C. to 340° C., 1 to 100 parts by mass of flame retardant (B), and 1 to 10 parts by mass of anti-dripping agent (C), wherein the anti-dripping agent (C) comprises a fluorine resin (C1) and at least one polymer (C2) selected from the group consisting of an ionomer and a modified aromatic vinyl-based polymer containing less than 15 mass % of halogen atom, in which a mass ratio of the fluorine resin (C1)/the polymer (C2) is 1/4 to 4/1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideharu Matsuoka, Takaharu Shigematsu, Kozo Tamura, Shigeru Kawahara
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Patent number: 7989548Abstract: The invention relates to a new polymer blend comprising: 20 to 70 wt % of a mixture (A) of two or more polyalkylene phthalates; 2 to 60 wt % of a cross-linked acrylate rubber; 0.5 to 20 wt % of an ionomer; and 1 to 30 wt % of a terpolymer of ethylene, butylacrylate (BA) and glycidylmethacrylate (GMA); wherein the weight percentages are based on the sum of the above ingredients. The polymer blend of the invention is particularly suitable for blow-moulding, to make parts for high-temperature, high-oil-exposure uses.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Vincent Descombes, Philippe Leboeuf, Jean-Michel Philippoz, Michel C. Renaud, Serge Cavalli
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Patent number: 7968648Abstract: The invention provides polymer blends containing polyhydroxyamide and one or more flammable polymers. The polymer blends are flame retardant and have improved durability and heat stability compared to the flammable polymer portion of the blends. Articles containing the polymer blends are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Martha K. Williams, Trent M. Smith
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Patent number: 7964666Abstract: The present invention is a thermoplastic resin composition which is obtained by adding a specific modified vinyl copolymer having a specific intrinsic viscosity to a composition comprising a styrene-based resin and a polyamide resin. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent flowability and has a far better surface appearance than conventional ones while satisfactorily retaining rigidity, heat resistance, chemical resistance, and impact resistance at room and low temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takuya Morishita, Akiyoshi Tamai, Akiko Tanaka, Makiko Saito
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Patent number: 7960473Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a reactive functional group-containing resin (B), which has a specific structure in the morphology of the resin composition observed by transmission electron microscopy tomography, and the relaxation time T1C of each carbon nucleus by the solid NMR measurement of the thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin is kept in a specific range. The composition is excellent in the balance between contradictory properties such as impact resistance and heat resistance, remarkably exhibits a peculiar viscoelastic behavior not observed in the conventional polymeric materials, and is remarkably excellent in impact energy absorbing performance and vibration energy absorbing performance at the time of high-speed deformation.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Sadayuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Masaru Akita, Hiroshi Jinnai, Takashi Inoue
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Patent number: 7954528Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition having excellent durability and flexibility while possessing superior air impermeability. In particular, a process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition having high rubber content by multistage addition of at least one vulcanizable rubber component, in which the time required to substantially cure the at least one rubber component preferably is less the mixer residence time. Such compositions are particularly useful in applications such as tire innerliners and barrier films or layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andy Haishung Tsou, Yoshihiro Soeda, Yuichi Hara, Matthew Brian Measmer
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Patent number: 7947360Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions with improved flowabilty based on a thermoplastic polyamide and on a copolymer composed of at least one olefin with at least one methacrylic ester or acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol, the MFI of the copolymer being not less than 50 g/10 min, and to a process for preparation of these molding compositions, and also to the use of the these molding compositions, for production of moldings for the electrical, electronics, telecommunications, motor vehicle, or computer industry, in sports, in medicine, in the household or in the entertainment industry.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Detlev Joachimi, Peter Persigehl, Kurt Jeschke, Marcus Schäfer, Ralph Ulrich, Robert Hubertus Van Mullekom, Jochen Endtner, Jens Peter Joschek, Matthias Bienmüller
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Patent number: 7887726Abstract: The invention is directed to a “Self-Reinforced Composite” (SRC) made of recycled thermoplastic polymers, methods and an apparatus for their manufacture. In one embodiment of the invention, the SRC is a self-reinforced composite comprising (a) a fiber comprising a first recycled thermoplastic polymer and having a Young's modulus at least about 500 MPa and (b) a matrix comprising a second recycled thermoplastic polymer. In one aspect of the invention, the source mixture is recycled immiscible thermoplastic polymers, obtained from the waste stream in the carpet and automotive industries. In another embodiment of the invention, the method for making the self-reinforced composites, comprising the steps of (a) melt-blending recycled immiscible polymers, (b) phase-migration fiber spinning the recycled immiscible polymers to form a fiber having a first recycled thermoplastic polymer substantially surrounded by a second recycled thermoplastic polymer, and (c) drawing the fiber to form a high modulus fiber.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Novana, Inc.Inventor: Fu-Jya Daniel Tsai
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Publication number: 20110021706Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide resin compositions which have excellent tensile strength, impact resistance and appearance without deterioration in properties inherent to general-purpose engineering plastics and propylene resins and to provide uses thereof. The resin compositions of the present invention contain 20 to 80 wt % of a general-purpose engineering plastic (A), 10 to 50 wt % of a polypropylene resin (B) and 1 to 30 wt % of a modified propylene resin (C) , and the modified propylene resin (C) is obtained by modifying a resin composition (C-3) which includes 0 to 40 wt % of a polypropylene (C-1) having a melting point of not less than 120° C., and 60 to 100 wt % of a propylene/C2 or C4-10 ?-olefin copolymer (C-2) having a melting point (Tm) of less than 120° C. or not showing a melting point peak in DSC.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventor: Kan KOMIYA
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Patent number: 7833450Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a microcrystalline polyamide for obtaining an object having all or part of its outer surface formed from this microcrystalline polyamide and having a particular surface finish, in which: the manufacture of the object comprises steps carried out hot between the Tg (glass transition temperature) and the Tm (melting point) of this microcrystalline polyamide; the transparency of the microcrystalline polyamide is such that the light transmission at 560 nm on a polished object 1 mm in thickness is greater than 80%, advantageously greater than 88%, the transparency being measured on the object obtained by standard processing methods, such as injection moulding and sheet extrusion/calendering.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Thibaut Montanari, Christelle Recoquille
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Patent number: 7816451Abstract: Star polymers prepared by reacting a highly branched polymer and either a lactone or lactam are disclosed. These star polymers find particular application as additives for powder coating compositions, to improve various performance properties thereof. Powder coating composition comprising the described star polymers are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: William H. Retsch, Jr., Michael J. Ziegler, Jackie L. Kulfan, Ronald R. Ambrose, Christopher P. Kurtz
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Patent number: 7758781Abstract: The invention relates to a resin polymer blend comprising at least two dry blended, non-melt processible resin polyimide particulates, wherein the non-melt processible resin polyimide articulates are molded by compression molding.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark R. Schmeckpeper, Timothy D. Krizan
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Patent number: 7737223Abstract: The present invention is directed to a substantially pigment-free coating composition with good cure response and improved appearance. In particular, the substantially pigment-free coating composition may comprise (a) at least one functional polymer containing amine groups and groups selected from hydroxyl and carbamate; and (b) a crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Jane N. Valenta, Edward R. Coleridge, Steven J. Valasak, Karen A. Morow, Paul H. Lamers
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Patent number: 7728060Abstract: A rubber component containing at least one of diene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber is dynamically crosslinked. Thereby the rubber component is dispersed in a mixture of a thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic resin. An ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether and an anion-containing salt having fluoro groups and sulfonyl groups are added to the elastomer composition to obtain a conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition. A mixture of the obtained conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition and a micro-capsule composed of a polymer, having acrylic groups, which forms an outer shell thereof is molded to obtain a conductive roller having Shore A hardness specified in JIS K6253 not more than 40 measured at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Minagoshi, Kei Tajima
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Patent number: 7723435Abstract: The single-layered structure of the invention comprises (A) 50 to 97% by weight of a polyolefin, (B) 2 to 45% by weight of a polyamide resin comprising a diamine component and a dicarboxylic acid component and (C) 1 to 45% by weight of a modified polyolefin and/or styrene copolymer. The polyamide resin B is dispersed in layers throughout the single-layered structure. With such a dispersion state of the polyamide resin B, the single-layered structure exhibits excellent fuel barrier properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Kazunobu Maruo, Kazunobu Sato, Masashi Kurokawa
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Patent number: 7709575Abstract: A method for controlling a dispersion size of an elastomer in a thermoplastic elastomer composition having improved durability and impermeability obtained by melt-mixing (A) a halogenated isobutylene elastomer, (B) polyamide and (C) a dispersion aid, and dynamically vulcanizing the resultant blend to form the dynamically vulcanized polymer blend, wherein the halogenated isobutylene elastomer is dispersed in the polyamide matrix at a volume-average dispersion diameter of less than 2.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignees: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Andy Haishung Tsou, Yoshihiro Soeda, Yuichi Hara