Mixed With -n=c=x Reactant Or Polymer Derived Therefrom (x Is Chalcogen) Patents (Class 525/424)
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Publication number: 20010007885Abstract: An ultraviolet light absorbing material that resists blooming and migration is made up of a polyurethane or polyurea polymer and an amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound, wherein the polymer and the amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound are hydrogen bonded to one another. Polymeric films that contain a polymeric matrix and the ultraviolet light absorbing material are useful as the top layer in multilayer constructions such as retroreflective sheetings and conformable marking sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 1997Publication date: July 12, 2001Inventors: JAMES E. LASCH, DAVID B. OLSON, DAVID M. BURNS
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Patent number: 6255398Abstract: The invention provides thermosetting coating compositions in which acrylic copolymers are used as carriers for fluorocarbon resins. The compositions have a combination of high fluorocarbon content, high solids content, and a low viscosity suitable for coil coating. Thus, the solids are borne in organic solvent systems which permit minimization of the viscosity and a moderate evaporation rate. The solvent system has a &dgr;H of from 1.7 to 2.6 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and a &dgr;V of from 8 to 9.5 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and is exemplified by a mixture of 4 or more of the following solvents: aliphatic ketones having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, alkyl esters having a total of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, aromatic acid esters having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, lactones, and aromatic solvents.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Joseph J. Zupancic, Jack C. Allman, James V. Lang
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Patent number: 6254937Abstract: Soft feel lacquers comprising water dilutable binders A which possess functional groups, selected from hydroxyl, amino and carboxyl groups, and of curing agents B which have functional groups capable of reacting with the functional groups of the components A, and forming chemical bonds as cross-linking sites, wherein at least one of the components A and B contains a sufficient quantity of aromatic constituent units to ensure that the mass fraction of the aromatic constituent units in relation to the solid matter in the combination of binder and curing agent is not less than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Vianova Resins AGInventors: Markus A. Schafheutle, Birgit Anner, Anton Arzt, Julius Burkl, Gerlinde Petritsch, Joerg Wango
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Patent number: 6235830Abstract: A composition suitable for slush molding comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (A) having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000 and a heat softening initiation temperature of 120 to 200° C., a plasticizer (B), a compound (C) containing a radical polymerizable unsaturated group, and optionally an additive. The composition provides a molded article excellent in durability such as thermal/light aging resistance, soft touch at low temperature, and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignees: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Ohmori, Yoshitsugu Takai, Junzo Ukai, Hideo Nishimura, Kazuo Kobayashi, Mahito Nomura
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Patent number: 6211293Abstract: A polyfunctional polycarbodiimide compound contains at least four molecular chains bonded independently to a backbone. Each of the molecular chains contains a carbodiimido (—N═C═N—) group. The polyfunctional carbodiimide compound can be produced by reacting (a) an isocyanate compound having at least one carbodiimido group and at least one isocyanate group with (b) a polyol, polyamine and/or aminoalcohol having at least four hydroxyl, primary amino and/or secondary amino groups in a molecule. Also disclosed are a resin composition containing the polyfunctional polycarbodiimide compound as a crosslinking agent; and a treatment method of an article, which makes use of the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignees: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Ukima Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michiei Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Yoshitaka Wakebe, Tatsuo Kawamura, Eiichi Sugawara, Ken Okura, Masayuki Takahashi, Nobuo Takezawa
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Patent number: 6211249Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bioabsorbable polymeric compositions based upon AB polyester polyether or related diblocks and triblocks. Compositions according to the present invention may be used in medical applications, for example, for reducing or preventing adhesion formation subsequent to medical procedures such as surgery, for producing surgical articles including stents and grafts, as coatings, sealants, lubricants, as transient barriers in the body, for materials which control the release of bioactive agents in the body, for wound and bum dressings and producing biodegradable articles, among numerous others.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Life Medical Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Cohn, Theodor Stern, Avraham Levi
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Patent number: 6207768Abstract: The combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method comprising mixing two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A powder coating composition comprising two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A coating method comprising the steps of (a) applying to a substrate two or more powder coatings, of which each color is different; (b) heating to fuse with each other each of the two or more powder coatings applied in step (a); and (c) curing the resulting fused product in step (b), to give a coating film having a homogeneous hue.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yukiya Sato, Hisakazu Tajima, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takehiko Tohjo, Yasunori Inagaki, Masayuki Maruta, Shingo Tanaka
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Patent number: 6172167Abstract: The invention provide biodegradable copolymers of the copoly(ester-amide) or copoly(ester-urethane) type, which copolymers consist of building blocks with the general structure (I): [CB-VB] wherein CB and VB of different building blocks may be the same or different, and CB represents a block with a constant length and VB represents a block with a variable length.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Universiteit TwenteInventors: Hendrik Roelof Stapert, Pieter Jan Dijkstra, Jan Feijen
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Patent number: 6160039Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of masterbatches which contain short fibres or pulps and which may be used for the production of polymer compositions or rubber compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1999Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbHInventors: Harald Kleinknecht, Andreas Schuch, Iris Degen
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Patent number: 6114489Abstract: Novel powder coating compositions containing reactive hyperbranched polymers are disclosed and claimed. Preferred embodiments include powder coating compositions formed from hyperbranched polyesters having terminal hydroxy, carboxy, epoxy, and isocyanate groups. Preferred hyperbranched polyesters are formed from .alpha.,.alpha.-bis-(hydroxymethyl)-propionic acid, which act either as crosslinkers, adhesion promotors, or flow and leveling agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1997Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Herberts GmbHInventors: Richard Vicari, Olan Stanley Fruchey, Kathleen Nelson Juneau, Shelby Freland Thames, James Wayne Rawlins
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Patent number: 6107394Abstract: Latexes are thicknened by a blend of a urethane compound effective as an associative thickener and a non-urethane compound of the formula: R.sup.1 --(O--A).sub.a --B.sup.1 --R.sup.2 --(B.sup.2 --R.sup.3).sub.d --(B.sup.3 --(A'--O).sub.b-f --(A'--B.sup.4).sub.f --R.sup.4 --(B.sup.5 --R.sup.5).sub.e).sub.n --B.sup.6 --(A"O).sub.c --R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent; R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl; B.sup.1, B.sup.2, B.sup.3, B.sup.4, B.sup.5 and B.sup.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1999Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventors: Ronald W. Broadbent, Kenneth Breindel
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Patent number: 6077500Abstract: Higher generation radially layered copolymeric dendrimers having a hydrophilic poly(amidoamine) or a hydrophilic poly(propyleneimine) interior and a hydrophobic organosilicon exterior are prepared by first reacting a hydrophilic dendrimer having --NH.sub.2 surface groups with an organosilicon compound, and then hydrosilating the resulting copolymeric dendrimer with another organosilicon compound in the presence of a noble metal catalyst. In an alternate embodiment, the radially layered copolymeric dendrimers are prepared by reacting a hydrophilic dendrimer having --NH.sub.2 surface groups directly with an organosilicon dendron or organosilicon hyperbranched polymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Dendritech, IncorporatedInventors: Petar R. Dvornic, Agnes M. deLeuze-Jallouli, Michael James Owen, Susan Victoria Perz
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Patent number: 6037421Abstract: The present invention provides a condensation polymer, selected from the group consisting of polyamides and polyesters, that comprises between about 0.5% and about 4.0%, based on the theoretical moles of monomeric repeat units, of a trifunctional repeat unit. One of the functional groups of the trifunctional repeat unit comprises a moiety that imparts a desired property to the polymer, such as stain resistance or UV stabilization. One particular embodiment of the invention is a nylon 66 polymer that comprises between about 0.5% and 4.0%, based on the theoretical moles of nylon 66 repeat units, of a trifunctional repeat unit having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is the functional group that imparts a desired property to the polymer; a, b, and c are separately integers from 0-5. Preferably a+b=5 and c is 3.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventor: Jawed Asrar
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Patent number: 6015856Abstract: A composite resin material exhibiting excellent physical properties, which is formed by adding semi-rigid or rigid polyurethane resin waste to a thermoplastic reactive resin, a nonreactive resin, a polymer alloy or the like. A first kind of the composite resin material is composed of a crosslinking polyurethane resin and a reactive resin, a nonreactive resin or a polymer alloy, which is formed by kneading the crosslinking polyurethane resin and the reactive resin, the nonreactive resin or the polymer alloy at a predetermined temperature or more. A second kind of the composite resin material is composed of a hydrolysis product of crosslinking polyurethane resin and a solid filler, which are mixed with a nonreactive resin and a polymer alloy by kneading.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsumasa Matsushita, Takumi Taniguchi, Takashi Ohta, Norio Sato, Yuji Hoshino, Kanemitsu Kondo, Naruaki Abe, Toshiyuki Suzuki
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Golf ball forming compositions comprising polyamide blended with sulfonated or phosphonated polymers
Patent number: 6001930Abstract: The present invention relates to a golf ball, comprising a cover, a core and optional intermediate layers, wherein the various ball components are formed from compositions comprising a polyamide, in the form of a homopolymer, a copolymer or mixtures thereof. The compositions include a blend of about 1 wt. % to about 99 wt. % of at least one sulfonated and/or phosphonated polymer and about 99 wt. % to about 1 wt. % of at least one polyamide polymer. The polyamides of the present invention comprise polyamides and polyamide copolymers, such as polyamide block copolymers. The sulfonated and/or phosphonated polymer preferably comprises sulfonated thermoplastic elastomers, sulfonated thermoplastic polymers, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1997Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Murali Rajagopalan -
Patent number: 5977267Abstract: The end groups of an aliphatic polyamide may be changed by reacting a polyurea with a molten aliphatic polyamide at temperatures of about 260.degree. C. or more. Carboxyl end groups are controllably converted to amine end groups. This is especially useful for controlling the dyeability of fibers spun from such aliphatic polyamides.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Mark F. Teasley
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Patent number: 5972514Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition for PVC sections, based on a polymeric vehicle, a crosslinking agent, and a thermoplastic resin powder. The coating composition is particularly useful for coating PVC sections for windows, shutters, and doors. PVC joinery coated with the composition of the invention has exceptional impact strength and resistance to abrasion, friction, and inclement weather.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1996Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.Inventors: Bruno D'Herbecourt, Thierry Moulin
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Patent number: 5973013Abstract: Disclosed is a process for melt blending a mixture of a thermoplastic polyamide and segmented thermoplastic copolymers of polyurethane and the product thereof. The process of the invention is useful for recycling textile goods, such as pantyhose, into a form useful for fabricating into shaped articles such as moldings, sheets, and fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Godwin Joseph Igwe
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Patent number: 5961965Abstract: A description is given of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyaspartic acid derivatives, their preparation and their use in cosmetology, especially in hair cosmetology.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Son Nguyen Kim, Axel Sanner, Peter Hossel, Matthias Kroner
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Patent number: 5948864Abstract: Novel golf ball compositions which contain liquid crystalline polymers and liquid crystalline polymer blends. These compositions can be foamed or unfoamed. Golf balls that employ at least one layer of these blends in any of the golf ball cover, core, or a mantle situated between the cover and the core provide ball properties and performance similar to and in some cases better than the state of the art ionomer based golf balls.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1998Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Murali Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 5929188Abstract: A polyfunctional polycarbodiimide compound contains at least four molecular chains bonded independently to a backbone. Each of the molecular chains contains a carbodiimido (--N.dbd.C.dbd.N--) group. The polyfunctional carbodiimide compound can be produced by reacting (a) an isocyanate compound having at least one carbodiimido group and at least one isocyanate group with (b) a polyol, polyamine and/or aminoalcohol having at least four hydroxyl, primary amino and/or secondary amino groups in a molecule. Also disclosed are a resin composition containing the polyfunctional polycarbodiimide compound as a crosslinking agent; and a treatment method of an article, which makes use of the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignees: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Ukima Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michiei Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Yoshitaka Wakebe, Tatsuo Kawamura, Eiichi Sugawara, Ken Okura, Masayuki Takahashi, Nobuo Takezawa
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Patent number: 5912306Abstract: This invention generally provides a class of novel cationic resin comprised of a cross-linked polyamine having pendant tertiary and/or quaternary amine groups linked to amine groups in said polyamine by a hydrocarbon chain including a hydroxyl group in the .beta.-position with respect to the polyamine chain. In general, these resins can comprise the reaction product of a polyamine having secondary amine groups, a crosslinking agent, and a cationizing agent having an epoxide group and a tertiary or quaternary amine (quaternary ammonium) group. These cationic resins have been found to be useful for a variety of operations in the manufacture of paper and paperboard, especially as drainage aids and stabilizers for dispersed rosin sizing agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1996Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Hercules IncorporatedInventors: Ian A. Pudney, Brian M. Stubbs, Malcolm J. Welch
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Patent number: 5880220Abstract: Biodegradable polyetheresteramides P1 which are obtained by reacting(a1) a mixture containing20-95 mol % of adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof and5-80 mol % of terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, and(a2) a mixture of dihydroxy compounds(a21) from 15 to 99.3 mol % of a dihydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkanediols and C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkanediols,(a22) from 0.2 to 85 mol % of a dihydroxy compound containing ether functionalities of the formula IHO--((CH.sub.2).sub.n --O).sub.m --H Iwhere n is 2, 3 or 4 and m is an integer from 2 to 250, or mixtures thereof and(a23) from 0.5 to 80 mol % of an amino-C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkanol or amino-C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkanol,where the molar ratio of (a1) to (a2) is from 0.4:1 to 1.5:1, with the proviso, inter alia, that the polyetheresteramides P1 have a molecular weight (M.sub.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Volker Warzelhan, Gunnar Schornick, Frank Braun, Ursula Seeliger, Motonori Yamamoto, Peter Bauer
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Patent number: 5859146Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containA) from 10 to 99.5% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of the polyoxymethylenes, polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates, polystyrene, ABS, ASA, SAN, polyamides or poly(meth)acrylates or mixtures thereof,B) from 0.5 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane having a melting point of <200.degree. C.,C) from 0 to 50% by weight of a fibrous or particulate filler or a mixture thereof andD) from 0 to 30% by weight of conventional additives and processing assistants,the percentages by weight of the components A) to D) summing to 100%.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1996Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Sabine Kielhorn-Bayer, Herbert Stutz, Dietrich Sanger, Friedhelm Lehrich, Peter Rieger
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Patent number: 5858549Abstract: (Hydroxyalkyl)urea crosslinking agents and compositions which utilize such crosslinking agents are disclosed. The crosslinking agents contain a single urea group, at least two hydroxyl groups, and have at least two carbon atoms disposed between the urea group and each of the hydroxyl groups. The compositions contain a poly-functional molecule which contains at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, anhydride and amine.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Kielbania, Jr., Pravin Kukkala, Sharon Lee, John C. Leighton
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Patent number: 5807932Abstract: The invention relates to a process for increasing the molecular weight of polycondensates, which comprises heating a polycondensate in the temperature range below the melting point and above the glass transition temperature in the solid phase of the polymer with additionof at least one sterically hindered hydroxyphenylalkylphosphonic ester or monoester.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1997Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Rudolf Pfaendner, Kurt Hoffmann, Heinz Herbst
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Carboxylic acid functional polyurethane polymers and blends thereof used in magnetic recording media
Patent number: 5759666Abstract: The invention provides novel macromonomer and carboxyl functional polyurethanes having a high carboxyl content. The invention further provides dispersions, coatings and magnetic recording media comprising these polyurethanes, or blends or copolymers of these polyurethanes with quaternary ammonium compounds. The invention further provides novel dispersions, coatings and magnetic recording media comprising combinations of carboxyl functional polyurethanes having a high carboxyl content with quaternary ammonium polymers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1995Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: James G. Carlson, Nelson T. Rotto, Jeffrey T. Anderson, Carol-Lynn Spawn, Albena V. Blagev -
Patent number: 5756571Abstract: An intumescent fire retardant graft polyamide polymer aving resistance to dripping on exposure to fire, and the method of making such graft polyamide polymers, comprising from about 10-40 percent by weight of a melamine compound, 40-95 percent of a thermoplastic polyamide polymer, and 1-10 percent of an oligomer containing 1-4 monomer units of, or reactive with, the polyamide polymer. The graft polymer is formed at about the melting temperature of the polyamide. Caprolactam, and adipic acid-hexamethylene diamine oligomers perform well in forming the graft polyamides with melamine compounds. Effective melamine compounds are melamine, melamine cyanurate, melamine phosphate, melamine borate, methylol melamine, and trimelamine isocyanurate. Extraneous materials such as fiber, glass, and antioxidants may be added to affect the physical properties of the product.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1997Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Agrinutrients Company, Inc.Inventor: William Percy Moore
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Patent number: 5750257Abstract: An insulated electrical wire coated with a polyamide-imide insulating material which is a copolymer of anhydrotrimellitic acid, aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and a diisocyanate, with a molar ratio of the acids to the diisocyanate of from about 0.9:1.0 to about 1.1:1.0 and optionally further containing from about 1 part wt. to about 30 parts wt. of an epoxy resin per each 100 parts of the copolymer. Optionally the aforementioned insulation can be an interior, first coating, coated by a second coating of a polyamide, polyamide-imide, and when the first coat does not contain an epoxy, then a polyimide.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignees: Optec Dai-Itchi Denko Co., Ltd., Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Doshita, Masahiro Koyano, Akihiro Goto, Kazuhisa Ishimoto, Makoto Tai
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Patent number: 5747588Abstract: Thermoplastic urethane elastomeric alloys are obtained by melt compounding at least one first component that is a polyurethane elastomer having at least one plasticizer reacted therein, this first component being formed by heating a reaction mixture comprising at least one isocyanate having a functionality of less than about 2.2, at least one long chain polyol, at least one chain extender and at least one plasticizer in specified amounts at a temperature of at least about 330.degree. F. (165.6.degree. C.), with at least one second component that is another thermoplastic elastomer not within the definition of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1996Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Assignee: REFAC International, Ltd.Inventor: William H. Mann
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Patent number: 5726278Abstract: A process for manufacturing polyamide molded articles having improved resistance to discoloration while also having good heat stability involving preparing masterbatch pellets of at least a polyamide and a heat stabilizer, diluting the polyamide masterbatch pellets with a dilution polyamide resin to form a polyamide mixture, and molding the polyamide mixture into a molded article.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Tsunao Kenmochi
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Patent number: 5726285Abstract: Condensation and addition polymers which comprise as structural repeating unit N,N'-bridged bistetramethylpiperidyloxy groups of the formula I ##STR1## in which m is 2 or 3 are suitable as light stabilizers and other stabilizers for organic materialType: GrantFiled: August 2, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Alexander Aumuller, Hubert Trauth
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Patent number: 5710233Abstract: Polyurethane elastomers with reduced gas permeability are prepared by reaction of:a) diisocyanates,b) compounds with a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 having at least two hydrogen atoms that are reactive towards isocyanates,c) compounds with a molecular weight of 61 to 499 having at least two hydrogen atoms that are reactive towards isocyanates, and optionallyd) further auxiliaries and additives,characterized in thati) the ratio of the isocyanate groups in a) to the sum of the isocyanate-reactive groups in b) and c) is between 1:0.80 and 1:1.05 (isocyanate:isocyanate-reactive), andii) the compound b) contains 3 to 15% by wt.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1997Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbHInventors: Walter Meckel, Klaus Konig, Hans-Dieter Thomas
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Patent number: 5696212Abstract: In a method for curing a resin by utilizing an intramolecular crosslinking reaction, the improvement wherein the crosslinking reaction is a ring opening addition reaction between a lactone structure and an active hydrogen-containing functional group.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Isozaki
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Patent number: 5668222Abstract: An adhesive composition which is a mixture of: (A) between about 30 and about 99 wt% of a first urethane adhesive component which is formed from a polyether polyol having a weight average molecular weight of between about 400 and about 10,000, the polyether polyol being end-capped with an isocyanate and having an isocyanate functionality between about 2.0 and about 3.0; (B) between about 1 and about 70 wt% of a second urethane adhesive component formed from a polyester diol or polyester diol mixture having hydroxyl functionalities of at least about 2, the polyester diol or polyester diol mixture being end-capped with an isocyanate and has a isocyanate functionality of between about 2 and about 2.3; and (C) between about 1 and about 70 wt% of unreacted isocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of between about 2 and about 3.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1996Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: Morton International, Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. McKinley, Pankaj Shah
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Patent number: 5645850Abstract: The present invention describes an aliphatic polyoxaamide polymer and blends thereof that may be used to produce surgical devices such as sutures, sutures with attached needles, molded devices, and the like. The aliphatic polyoxaamide of the present invention have a first divalent repeating unit of formula I:[X--C(O)--C(R.sub.1) (R.sub.2)--O--(R.sub.3)--O--C(R.sub.1) (R.sub.2)--C(O)--] Iand a second repeating unit selected from the group of formulas consisting of:[--Y--R.sub.17 --].sub.T, I[--O--R.sub.5 --C(O)--].sub.B, and III([--O--R.sub.9 --C(O)].sub.P --O--) XIand combinations thereof, wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of --O-- and --N(R)--, provided both X and Y are not both --O-- and may be blended with a second polymer that is preferably biocompatable.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1996Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Rao S. Bezwada, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski
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Patent number: 5610224Abstract: The present invention relates to ionic and nonionic polyamide modified polyurethane polymers for use in coating compositions, a method for forming the polymer and coating compositions containing these polymers. The polyamide modified polyurethane polymers of the present invention include polyamide formed from aromatic, aliphatic, or cycloaliphatic anhydrides or diacid halides and an amine containing compound such as amino alcohol, amino thiol, diamine or mixtures thereof, wherein the reactive terminii of the polyamide ere substituted by hydroxyl or thiol functional groups, together with a chain extending alcohol and diisocyanate functional monomer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1996Date of Patent: March 11, 1997Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. DePue, Gregory G. Menovcik
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Patent number: 5585152Abstract: A polyamide composition comprising a polyamide resin (A) and a thermoplastic polyurethane resin (B) is provided. In the composition, the polyamide resin (A) constitutes a continuous phase, the thermoplastic polyurethane resin (B) constitutes a dispersed phase, and the tensile modulus of the composition is 7,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1994Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsutomu Tamura, Manabu Takeuchi
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Patent number: 5578677Abstract: A thermosetting composition which comprises:(D) a self-crosslinking compound having in the molecule (a) one or more functional groups of the formula (2): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, R.sup.8 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, Y.sup.2 is oxygen or sulfur, or R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are bonded with each other to form a heterocyclic structure which comprises Y.sup.2 as the heteroatom component; and (b) one or more reactive functional groups which can form a chemical bond with carboxyl functional groups which are regenerated from (a) by heating; (C) optionally, a thermal latent acid catalyst which is activated during curing of the composition by heating; (A) optionally, a compound having in the molecule two or more functional groups of the formula (1): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, R.sup.4 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, Y.sup.1 is oxygen or sulfur, or R.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Nippon Oil and Fats Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ishidoya, Kishio Shibato, Keiji Komoto, Kenji Shibamoto, Mitsuyuki Mashita, Osamu Ohe
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Patent number: 5574104Abstract: The present invention relates to electrostatic dissipative polymeric compositions comprising a polyether polyurethane which can be blended with one or more base polymers. In some applications, the polyurethane is useful without further blending. Further, the polyurethane blends can be blended with glass beads or glass fibers which have a synergist effect when combined with the electrostatic dissipative agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1995Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich CompanyInventors: Edmond G. Kolycheck, Elaine A. Mertzel, Francis R. Sullivan, Gary F. Wilson, Timothy E. Fahey
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Patent number: 5549932Abstract: Thermosetting composition comprises a compound having in the molecule two or more carboxyl groups blocked by a vinyl ether compound, a vinyl thioether compound or a hetero compound having a vinyl type double bond and oxygen or sulfur as the hetero atom, a compound having two or more reactive functional groups which can form a chemical bond with the blocked carboxyl compound by heating, a specific vinyl ether or vinyl thioether and a thermal latent acid catalyst. The blocked carboxy group of the first compound and the reactive functional group of the second compound may be comprised in the same molecule. The thermosetting composition gives cured products having excellent chemical properties, physical properties, weathering resistant and storage stability and is advantageously utilized for coating compositions, ink, adhesive and molded plastics.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1995Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: Nippon Oil and Fats Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ishidoya, Kishio Shibato, Keiji Komoto, Kenji Shibamoto, Mitsuyuki Mashita, Osamu Ohe
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Patent number: 5541267Abstract: A polyamide composition comprising an aliphatic polyamide such as nylon 6 and an oligomeric aromatic polyamide, such as oligomers of poly(tolylene diisophthalamide), which exhibit improved retention flexural modulus and flexural strength at ambient humidity, i.e. about 50% to about 65%.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1994Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.Inventors: Murali K. Akkapeddi, Jeffrey H. Glans, Gerald J. Dege, Sengshiu J. Chung
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Patent number: 5538717Abstract: Colored or colorless aqueous nail polish containing particles of polyester-polyurethane which are anionic in dispersion, and in which the particle size is between 2 and 40 nm, and the hardness (as measured using a Persoz' clock) of the film produced after drying for 24 hours at 30.degree. C. and 50% relative humidity from a 300 .mu.m-thick layer of an aqueous dispersion of said particles containing 28% dry matter is between 50 and 300 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1994Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Val erie de La Poterie
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Patent number: 5536781Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of plastics containing thermoplastic polyurethanes and optionally other components comprising (a) melting and homogenizing a thermoplastic polyurethane in an extruder, and (b) adding an isocyanate to said extruder containing the melted and homogenized thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Herbert Heidingsfeld, Willi Meister, Jurgen Winkler
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Patent number: 5534601Abstract: Polyisocyanate-modified dicarboxylic (poly)anhydrides which are solid below 40.degree. C., liquid above 120.degree. C. and based on the reaction product of organic polyisocyanates with more than equivalent quantities, based on the NCO/COOH reaction, of dicarboxylic (poly)anhydrides containing free carboxyl groups and optional subsequent modification of the reaction product with less than equivalent quantities, based on the anhydride groups, of anhydride-reactive amino and/or hydroxyl groups; and powder coating compositions containing as binder these polyisocyanate-modified dicarboxylic (poly)anhydrides as curing agents for polyepoxides.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1995Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Knud Reuter, Walter Schafer, Hanns P. Muller, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Lothar Kahl, Manfred Bock
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Patent number: 5532334Abstract: A process for preparing polyamideimide resins having high molecular weights as described wherein major problems of prior art processes such as low heat resistance and low melt flowability are improved. Polyamideimide resins having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.4 to 1.50 dl/g as measured on a solution of dimethylacetamide as a solvent at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl at 30.degree. C., are prepared by reacting an aromatic tricarboxylic acid anhydride with an aromatic diamine in N-methyl pyrrolidone solvent in the presence of a first catalyst selected from a group consisting of thionyl chloride, p-toluenesulphonly chloride, sulfuryl chloride, cyanuric chloride and phosphorus trichloride at a temperature of 50.degree. C. to 130.degree. C. over a period of 1 to 5 hours and further reacting the resultant reaction mixture in the presence of a second catalyst which is a compound of the formula (RO).sub.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyInventors: Kil-Yeong Choi, Dong-Hack Suh, Mi-Hie Yi, Young-Taik Hong, Jong-Chan Won
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Patent number: 5516857Abstract: Thermoplastic urethane elastomeric alloys are obtained by melt compounding at least one first component that is a polyurethane elastomer having at least one plasticizer reacted therein, this first component being formed by heating a reaction mixture comprising at least one isocyanate having a functionality of less than about 2.2, at least one long chain polyol, at least one chain extender and at least one plasticizer in specified amounts at a temperature of at least about 330.degree. F. (165.6.degree. C.), with at least one second component that is another thermoplastic elastomer not within the definition of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: REFAC International, Ltd.Inventor: William H. Mann
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Patent number: 5516839Abstract: A thermal latent compound which is prepared by a reaction of a polycarboxyl compound having two or more carboxyl groups in the molecule, having an acid equivalent of not more than 1000 g/mole and a number average molecular weight of not more than 4000, with a monovinyl ether compound, wherein at least two carboxyl groups are transformed into a functional group of the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen atom or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, Y.sup.1 is an oxygen atom or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are bonded together to form a heterocyclic with Y.sup.1 as a heteroatom.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1994Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Nippon Oil and Fats Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ishidoya, Kishio Shibato, Keiji Komoto, Kenji Shibamoto, Mitsuyuki Mashita, Osamu Ohe
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Patent number: 5510425Abstract: A polymide comprises structural units represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a group consisting of 10-90 mole % of a first specific structural sub-unit and 90-10 mole % of a second particular structural sub-unit. A process for the production of the polyimide and a thermosetting resin composition comprising the polyimide and a particular polymaleimide are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Matsuura, Yoshihide Iwasaki, Kaori Ikeda, Takayuki Suzuki, Masashi Tanaka, Yasuo Miyadera
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Patent number: RE35759Abstract: A thermosetting powder paint coating containing a polymeric binder comprising a polyester graft acrylic copolymer and a low molecular weight crystalline polyester. The coatings can be pigmented or non-pigmented. The polyester-graft-acrylic copolymer can be self-crosslinking by the inclusion of beta-hydroxy ester groups or crosslinked by an external crosslinker.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1996Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Henry J. DeGraaf, Susan M. Sobek