Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mary K. Cameron
  • Patent number: 6649081
    Abstract: A deoxidizing liquid composition for aluminum contains in addition to water: fluoroborate anions, preferably from added fluoroboric acid; an acid, preferably nitric acid, that is a substantially stronger acid than either fluoroboric acid or boric acid; an additional oxidizing agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide; and an organic azole compound. Preferably the composition also contains propylene glycol, which is a stabilizer for hydrogen peroxide and also improves deoxidizing results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Philip M. Johnson, Lawrence R. Carlson, Donna A. Garrigues
  • Patent number: 6645633
    Abstract: Autodeposition compositions for polymeric coatings of reduced gloss, good corrosion resistance, and uniform appearance are prepared using a combination of acrylic and epoxy resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Weller, Elizabeth J. Siebert, Zhiqi Yang, Rajat K. Agarwal, William E. Fristad, Brian D. Bammel
  • Patent number: 6638370
    Abstract: By including nitric acid and hydroxylamine in a manganese phosphating composition and controlling the ratio of nitric to phosphoric acids and the ratio of Total Acid to Free Acid within a specified range, satisfactory manganese phosphate conversion coatings can be obtained within a reasonable time at temperatures much lower than has previously been thought necessary for operating a manganese phosphating composition with no other metal cations (except possibly for iron).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventor: Mervet S. Boulos
  • Patent number: 6620263
    Abstract: The phosphate concentration, and therefore the pollution potential, of conventional high quality phosphating compositions containing zinc, manganese, and, optionally, nickel or copper cations, can be reduced without loss of corrosion protective value of the phosphate coatings formed by maintaining concentrations of active ingredients within prescribed ranges. Under the most preferred conditions, the corrosion resistance of phosphated and then painted cold rolled steel and the paint adhesion to phosphated and then painted electrogalvanized steel are improved over values obtained with the now most commonly used commercial high quality low zinc phosphating processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventor: Michael L. Sienkowski
  • Patent number: 6613387
    Abstract: The anticorrosive properties of a coating autodeposited on a metal substrate are improved by contacting the autodeposited coating with an aqueous solution containing Group IIA or Group IIB metal cations (e.g., calcium or zinc cations) and phosphate anions prior to curing. The rinse solution is preferably acidic and can be prepared, for example, from calcium nitrate and an oxy acid of phosphorus or zinc dihydrogen phosphate. Optionally, the rinse solution also includes an accelerator such as hydroxylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajat K. Agarwal, Douglas Brown, William E. Fristad, Graham Butcher, Zafar Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6596674
    Abstract: The invention is a liquid composition of matter useful as a metal working lubricant. The composition comprises a primary lubricity component, such as a polyether or polyether ester, and dissolved salts of carboxylic acids. The composition preferably contains not more than 0.2 percent of any element except carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, alkaline earth metals, alkali metals, inorganically bonded halogens, inorganically bonded nitrogen, inorganically bonded sulfur, and inorganically bonded phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: Frank K. Botz
  • Patent number: 6563007
    Abstract: Polyetherols based on solid initiator substances and liquid, hydroxyl-containing coinitiators are prepared by a catalyzed addition reaction of alkylene oxides by a process in which the initiator combination contains diols carrying ethoxy structures, the ratio of the average number of hydroxyl groups per mole of initiator combination to the number of ethoxy structures in the polyetherol being from 1:0.2 to 1:1.8 and the ratio of the amounts by weight of the diols carrying ethoxy structures to the average molecular weight of the polyetherol being from 1:2 to 1:15. The polyetherols prepared by this process are used for the preparation of PUR, in particular, rigid PUR foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Atiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Dinsch, Jürgen Winkler, Gottfried Knorr, Michael Reichelt, Gerd Höppner, Peter von Malotki
  • Patent number: 6558480
    Abstract: A conversion coating that does not substantially diminish the luster of a metal surface on which it is coated nor impair adhesion to the surface of lacquers and printing inks commonly used on beverage containers may be provided by contacting the metal surface with an aqueous liquid composition comprising water and at least the following components: (A) a component of one or more dissolved transition metal compounds that contain zirconium and may also include titanium, provided that zirconium constitutes more than 30% of the moles of the total moles or zirconium and titanium; (B) a component of at least one dissolved compound that contains inorganically bonded fluorine and is not part of component (A); and (C) a component of dissolved organic polymer molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Rochfort, Timm L. Kelly, Richard D. Banaszak
  • Patent number: 6548468
    Abstract: An aqueous based cleaner containing at least inorganic alkalinizing agents and surfactants is capable of removing long dried paint and thick carbonaceous deposits from used aircraft engines, sometimes without using organic solvents at all and always without using more than a few % of such solvent, thereby greatly reducing pollution potential from this difficult cleaning operation. A preferred cleaner also includes a hydrotroping agent, and the cleaner may also contain corrosion inhibitor, sequestering agent for hard water cations, and other materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Mervet S. Boulos, Craig S. Caldwell
  • Patent number: 6530999
    Abstract: Phosphate conversion coatings having very fine crystal size are obtained using liquid compositions containing phosphate, zinc cations and relatively low concentrations of Co, Ni and Mn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin K. Meagher, Brian B. Cuyler
  • Patent number: 6506811
    Abstract: Carbamate solutions are obtainable by reacting at least one alkanolamine with carbon dioxide in, as solvent, at least one organic compound having a molecular weight of from 60 to 600 and containing at least one hydroxyl group, wherein the carbamate contains at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Woo, Anke Schulze, Edmund Stadler, Dieter Tintelnot, Udo Hadick, Ralf Hinrichs, Horst Hürkamp, Klaus Sobolewski
  • Patent number: 6495611
    Abstract: The polyisocyanate polyaddition products comprise hydrophobic compounds plus at least one further compound selected from the group consisting of: (i) organic, cyclic compounds having a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000 g/mol, (ii) salts of metals of transition groups I, II and/or VIII, (iii) organic and/or inorganic acid anhydrides, (iv) cyclic sulfonic esters and/or sulfones, (v) lactones, lactams and/or cyclic esters and/or (vi) &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids, &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives, &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketones and/or &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated aldehydes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Arlt, Sarbananda Chakrabarti, Martin Kreyenschmidt, Dieter Rodewald
  • Patent number: 6433124
    Abstract: In a compound of the formula I (reactive polymer), L is a, polymer, XY is a reactive radical which is inert toward NCO groups and splits off one or more protective groups Y under acidic, neutral or basic conditions and the radical X bears, after Y has been split off, at least two groups which are reactive toward isocyanates. Also provided are processes for preparing such a polymer and for preparing V a polymer polyol which is obtainable by reacting a polymer of the formula I with an acid or base. A polymer polyol as is obtainable by treatment of a reactive polymer according to the present invention in the neutral, acidic or basic range can be used to produce a polyaddition product or polycondensation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Hans Renz, Heinz-Dieter Lutter
  • Patent number: 6433219
    Abstract: A process for preparing methylenedianiline by reacting aniline with formaldehyde in the presence of acid catalysts comprising, in a semicontinuous process, introducing aniline with or without acid catalyst, feeding formaldehyde with or without acid catalyst through a mixing element into a circuit in which aniline with or without acid catalyst and with or without previously added formaldehyde is circulated and, after feeding in at least 50% of the total amount of formaldehyde to be fed in, heating the reaction mixture to a temperature above 75° C. In addition, the invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates by phosgenation of amines obtainable in this manner and to the polyisocyanates obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eckhard Ströfer, Jan Jacobs, Wilfried Seyfert, Hans Volkmar Schwarz, Olaf Schweers, Volker Scharr, Ulrich Penzel
  • Patent number: 6413628
    Abstract: A process for forming a titanium carbonitride cemented carbide cutting insert, said cemented carbide is comprised of more than 70 percent by weight tungsten carbide and has a matrix binder comprising cobalt with a cobalt enriched stratified surface. The process comprises chemically vapor depositing a layer of titanium carbonitride on said cemented carbide substrate by heating gaseous reactants comprising titanium chloride, methane, hydrogen, and nitrogen with an optimum methane/nitrogen ratio, under suitable conditions to form a titanium carbonitride coated insert having an eta phase in the cemented carbide substrate adjacent said titanium carbonitride coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Valenite Inc.
    Inventor: Krishnan Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 6409435
    Abstract: An indexable insert is located on a toolholder with reference to bearing surfaces on the insert and the toolholder which are proximate to the active cutting edge. These bearing surfaces are internal to the peripheral (side) flanks of the insert. Location of the insert in the toolholder is substantially independent of the relation between the toolholder pocket sidewalls and the peripheral flanks of the insert, thereby eliminating sources of error from insert manufacture and pocket manufacture. The insert and toolholder have locating units disposed thereon adapted to matingly engage each other when the insert is placed in the toolholder. At least one of the locator elements has a bearing surface or surfaces that extends through 360° and resulting in less movement of the insert during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Valenite Inc.
    Inventors: Yevgeny Kocherovsky, Lee Reiterman, Foye Powell, Edward Santimaw
  • Patent number: 6391950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a PVC pipe cement composition that comprises a polymeric material of a methyl methacrylate homopolymer or copolymer, a styrene-acrylonitrile polymer, and a rubber grafted with at least a methacrylic acid ester of a C1 to C8 alkanol; and at least about 10% by weight solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Waldrop
  • Patent number: 6380367
    Abstract: A continuous process for the formation of sucrose based polyols is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of continuously forming an aqueous sucrose solution which is continuously combined with a catalyst and an alkylene oxide and flowed through a first spiral reaction tube. The alkylene oxide substantially completely reacting with the aqueous sucrose solution occurs to form a pre-polymer reaction product in the first spiral reaction tube. The pre-polymer reaction product is continuously flowed from the first reaction tube and unreacted water from the pre-polymer reaction product is removed. The water stripped pre-polymer reaction product is continuously flowed through a second spiral reaction tube and additional alkylene oxide is continuously added to the second spiral reaction tube. The alkylene oxide reacts with the pre-polymer reaction product in the second spiral reaction tube to form a polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Hinz, Edward Michael Dexheimer
  • Patent number: 6372164
    Abstract: A visual effect, such as a granite-look, is produced in a thermoplastic product by directly applying a sufficient amount of at least one color-containing thermoplastic resin system to the surface of an extruded sheet of a thermoplastic resin. The color-containing thermoplastic resin system is applied onto the extruded sheet after it emerges from the die and prior to it entering the rollstack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Bennett, Steve Wasson, Gary Kogowski
  • Patent number: 6350911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of amines by hydrogenation of nitro compounds, which comprises carrying out the hydrogenation in a vertical reactor whose length is greater than its diameter, having a downward-facing jet nozzle arranged in the upper region of the reactor through which the starting materials and the reaction mixture are fed in, and having an outlet at any desired point of the reactor, through which the reaction mixture is fed back to the jet nozzle in an external circuit by means of a conveying means, and having flow reversal in the lower region of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Sander, Ulrich Penzel, Hans Volkmar Schwarz, Eckhard Ströfer, Dieter Stützer, Jörn Müller, Markus Maurer, Peter Zehner, Ekkehard Schwab, Ralf Böhling, Dominic Vanoppen