Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas W. Roy
  • Patent number: 6281322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions containing 40 to 100% by weight, based on resin solids, of an alkoxysilyl-functional polyisocyanate polyurea which is reaction product of A) a polyisocyanate component having an average functionality of 2.5 to 5.5, an NCO content of 11.0 to 20.0% by weight and a monomeric diisocyanate content of less than 10% by weight, and containing at least 50% by weight of a polyisocyanate prepared from 4,4′-diisocyanatodicyclohexyl-methane with B) at least 0.7 equivalents, based on the equivalents of isocyanate groups, of an aminosilane corresponding to formula (I) (RO)nY(3−n)Si—CH2CH2CH2—NHZ  (I),  wherein R represents methyl or ethyl, Y represents methyl, Z represents H, a C1-C12 alkyl or CH2CH2CH2—Si(OR)nY3−n, and n is 1, 2 or 3, and C) optionally other isocyanate-reactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Groth, Reinhard Halpaap, Markus Mechtel, Lutz Schmalstieg, Philip E. Yeske
  • Patent number: 6271292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures containing organic polymers, inorganic particles and inorganic-organic binders to organic-inorganic hybrid materials which can be produced from these mixtures and to the use of these hybrid materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mager, Harald Kraus, Lothar Puppe
  • Patent number: 6251988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions of polyurethanes in organic solvents, wherein the polyurethanes are the reaction products of a) one or more at least difunctional polyols having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 16,000, b) one or more at least difunctional polyisocyanates having a molecular weight of 140 to 1500, c) optionally one or more low molecular weight at least difunctional alcohols and/or amines having a molecular weight of 32 to 500 and d) one or more monoamino-functional heterocyclic compounds. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyurethane solutions and to their use in lacquers, coatings, sealants and/or adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Blum, Detlef-Ingo Schütze
  • Patent number: 6251985
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition including a combination of hydroxyl group-containing polyols and blocked polyisocyanate cross-linking agents, which dries preferably in pulverulent manner on the surface to be coated and, after stoving, affords coatings having a high resistance to water, chemicals and solvents, in particular on metallic substrates, and a process for the production of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Wamprecht, Lothar Kahl, Bernd Klinksiek, Nusret Yuva
  • Patent number: 6248415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions prepared from a polyisocyanate component and one or more isocyanate-reactive compounds wherein at least 5% by weight of polyisocyanate component is a diisocyanate corresponding to formula (I) wherein R is a difunctional, C4 to C18, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon residue obtained by removing the NCO groups from an organic diisocyanate and R′ is a monofunctional, C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radical, which may contain ether oxygen atoms. The present invention also relates to the use of these PUR dispersions for coating any substrates, preferably wood substrates, such as parquet flooring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Pedain, Eberhard Arning, Dieter Mager, Lutz Schmalstieg, Ronald-Karl Jerg
  • Patent number: 6242641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds selected from formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1, to C6-alkyl, C5 to C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl and halogen, m and n are the same or different and represent the 2, 3, 4 or 5, X, A and B represent carbon and Y1, Y2, Z1 and Z2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, hydroxyl (OH), amino (NH2), isocyanato (NCO) or 4-hydroxyphenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Jautelat, Carl Casser, Hanns-Peter Müller, Manfred Hajek
  • Patent number: 6242530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanates which have a content of blocked and unblocked isocyanate groups (calculated a NCO) of 5 to 25 wt. %, in which at least 95% of the isocyanate groups are present in a form blocked with blocking agents, and which also contain 0.1 to 5.0 wt. % of amines having a structural unit corresponding to formula (I) The present invention also relates to the use of the blocked polyisocyanates according to the invention as crosslinking agents for organic polyhydroxyl compounds in 1C-PUR stoving lacquers, especially for automotive clearcoats and coil coating lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard König, Karl-Ludwig Noble, Theodor Engbert
  • Patent number: 6239201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion containing a pigment and/or a filler and, as dispersing agent, A) 50 to 90 wt. % of a non-ionic alkylene oxide adduct having a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 100,000, B) 0 to 40 wt. % of a salt of a polycarboxyl compound, C) 5 to 40 wt. % of a salt of an acidic (poly)phosphate ester and D) 0 to 60 wt. % of a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane oligomer, wherein the sum of the components A)+B)+C)+D) equals 100 wt. %, based on the weight of A), B), C) and D), and the amount of at least one of components B) or D) is not 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Edelmann, Günter Link, Jan Mazanek
  • Patent number: 6232360
    Abstract: UV-curable coating compositions containing urethane acrylates prepared from hydroxyalkyl acrylates and low-viscosity polyisocyanates having isocyanurate groups, low-viscosity acrylic ester components as reactive diluents, initiators, and optionally solvents and/or other known additives, and their use for coating molded articles of thermoplastic polycarbonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Meixner, Wolfgang Fischer, Josef Pedain
  • Patent number: 6224946
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel suspensions containing (a) 30 to 95 wt. % of water, (b) 70 to 5 wt. % of at least one silane or siloxane having at least two groups corresponding to formula (I) —(CH2)mSiRnX3-n  (I)  wherein R denotes C1-C18 alkyl and/or C6-C20 aryl, X denotes OH, C1-C4 alkoxy, C6-C20 aryloxy, C1-C6 acyloxy and/or hydrogen, m is 1 to 6, and n is 0 to 2, (c) 0.1 to 30 wt. % of at least one emulsifier, and (d) 0 to 20 wt. % of one or more additives and/or auxiliary substances, with the proviso that the sum of components (a) to (d) totals 100 wt. %. The present invention further relates to the preparation and use of such suspensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Kirchmeyer, Markus Mechtel, Michael Mager
  • Patent number: 6224659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing oxidatively drying binders and, as anti-skinning additives, tin(II) and tin(IV) compounds corresponding to formulas (I) and (II) R1—COO—Sn—OOC—R2  (I), and (R1—COO)(R2—COO)n—Sn(R3)(R4)m  (II), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent linear or branched C1-C18 alkyl, C5-C7 cycloalkyl or phenyl, n and m are the same or different and have a value of 0, 1 or 2 and n+m=2, wherein the additives are present on the surface of the compositions as opposed to being mixed throughout the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Borchers GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Link, Dirk Edelmann
  • Patent number: 6204323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition containing A) 30 to 99 wt. % of an aqueous hydroxy- and/or amino-functional resin dispersion and B) 1 to 70 wt. % of a water dispersible polyisocyanate mixture prepared from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic and/or aromatic diisocyanates and having a) an average isocyanate functionality of at least 2.0, b) a content of 5.0 to 25.0 wt. %, based on resin solids, of isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO; molecular weight=42) and c) a content of 2 to 50 wt. %, based on resin solids, of ethylene oxide units calculated as C2H4O; molecular weight 44) incorporated within polyether chains containing an average of 5 to 35 ethylene oxide units, wherein at least 60 mole % of the polyether chains are connected via allophanate groups to two polyisocyanate molecules which are each prepared from at least two diisocyanate molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Wamprecht, Hans-Josef Laas
  • Patent number: 6201051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of conducting organic polymers and reaction products of polyfunctional organosilanes, conducting organic-inorganic hybrid materials obtained therefrom, and their use for coating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mager, Friedrich Jonas, Aloys Eiling, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 6197874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions comprising A) 20 to 99% by weight, based on resin solids, of a polyurethane wherein i) the polyurethane is rendered hydrophilic by ionic and/or nonionic hydrophilic groups and ii) the polyisocyanate component used to prepare the polyurethane contains an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate containing allophanate groups, and B) 1 to 80% by weight, based on resin solids) of a polyacrylate polymer, wherein the sum of components A and B is 100%, based on the total weight of A) and B). The present invention also relates to the use of these hybrid dispersions for coating substrates, in particular wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Irle, Harald Blum, Martin Brahm, Wolfgang Kremer, Rolf Roschu, Erhard Lühmann, Josef Pedain, Christian Wamprecht
  • Patent number: 6191181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to urethane acrylates, which may be cured with high-energy radiation, in which the urethane acrylates are the reaction product of a) a polyisocyanate component containing 20 to 100 mole %, based on the moles of the polyisocyanate component a), of iminooxadiazine dione group-containing polyisocyanate trimers corresponding to formula A  wherein R1, R2and R3 are the same or different and represent linear or branched, C4-C20 (cyclo)alkyl groups and X is the same or different and represents isocyanate groups or isocyanate group-containing radicals that also contain iminooxadiazine dione, isocyanurate, uretdione, urethane, allophanate, biuret or oxadiazine trione groups, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are attached to a nitrogen atom, with b) an alcohol component containing at least one monobasic, hydroxy-functional, linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Frank Richter, Christian Zwiener
  • Patent number: 6187860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous or water dilutable blocked polyisocyanates containing a) a polyisocyanate component and, based on the equivalents of isocyanate groups, b) 60 to 85 equivalent % of a pyrazole blocking agent, c) 15 to 40 equivalent % of a monohydroxycarboxylic acid to impart hydrophilic properties and d) 0 to 15 equivalent % of a difunctional chain extender containing OH and/or NH2 groups, wherein the amounts of a) to d) are selected so that the equivalent ratio of NCO groups of component a) to isocyanate-reactive groups of components b), c) and d) is 1:0.8 to 1:1.2. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyisocyanate crosslinking agents and to their use in combination with polyhydroxyl compounds which are soluble and/or dispersible in water as binders for aqueous stoving lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard König, Heino Müller, Harald Blum, Joachim Petzoldt
  • Patent number: 6183870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions containing a) 15 to 35% by weight, based on the weight of components a) and b), of aspartate-terminated urea/urethane prepolymers that are based on the reaction products of i) NCO prepolymers having a functionality of 1.8 to 2.2 and based on linear or branched aliphatic diisocyanates and ii) diaspartates prepared from linear or branched aliphatic diamines, b) 65 to 85% by weight, based on the weight of components a) and b), of diaspartate ii) and c) a polyisocyanate adduct prepared from aliphatic diisocyanates and having an average functionality of 2.8 to 3.1, wherein components a), b) and c) are present in amounts sufficient to provide an equivalent ratio of aspartate groups to isocyanate groups of 1.2:1 to 1.0:1.3. The present invention also relates to coatings prepared from these coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: P. Richard Hergenrother, Lyubov K. Gindin, Richard R. Roesler, Edward P. Squiller
  • Patent number: 6180745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to moisture-curable compositions which have a) a content of (cyclo)aliphatically-bound isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO, MW 42) of 0.2 to 22% by weight and b) a content of succinyl urea groups (calculated as —NH—CO—N—, MW 57) of 0.1 to 14% by weight, and c) an equivalent ratio of (cyclo)aliphatically-bound isocyanate groups to succinyl urea groups of 4:1 to 1:1, wherein the preceding percentages are based on resin solids content of the moisture-curable compositions. The present invention also relates to coating, adhesive or sealing compositions containing these moisture-curable compounds as the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventor: Richard R. Roesler
  • Patent number: 6177509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions containing anionic salt groups neutralized with 0.05 to 5 wt. % of N,N-diisopropyl-N-ethylamine and 0 to 1.5 wt. % of other tertiary amines, wherein the preceding percentages are based on the weight of the aqueous polymer dispersions. The present invention also relates to one- and two-component coating compositions containing these aqueous polymer dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Christoph Irle
  • Patent number: 6172126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating composition, which is suitable for preparing light fast coatings and contains a cosolvent-free, aqueous, anionic dispersion of polyurethane-ureas, the solids content of which contains the reaction product, present at least partially in salt form, of a) an NCO prepolymer prepared from i) an aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, ii) a macrodiol having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 iii) a 2,2-bis-(hydroxymethyl)alkane monocarboxylic acid and iv) a diol having a molecular weight of 62 to 400, with b) optionally a diamine, c) a monofunctional chain terminating agent, d) water and e) a neutralizing agent, provided that the NCO content of the prepolymer is up to 25% lower than the theoretical value, the entire polyurethane-urea synthesis reaction is performed in the homogeneous phase and no cosolvent having a boiling range of greater than 100° C. is used during the preparation of the dispersion of polyurethane-ureas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hanns-Peter M{umlaut over (u)}ller, Horst Gruttmann, Holger Casselmann, Heino M{umlaut over (u)}ller, Joachim Petzoldt, Manfred Bock