Patents Assigned to L'Garde, Inc.
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Patent number: 10538611Abstract: Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaki, Kiyoshi Ikawa, Taisuke Yukawa
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Patent number: 10508167Abstract: Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaki, Kiyoshi Ikawa, Taisuke Yukawa
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Publication number: 20190322786Abstract: To provide a resin composition for plating and a plated molded article which are excellent in impact resistance and fluidity and which satisfy plating adhesion strength, plating deposition rate and thermal cycle resistance in a well-balanced manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Takayoshi FUJIWARA, Nana MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20190144141Abstract: A solar sail includes a bus and a plurality of separate movable vanes coupled to the bus. Each movable vane includes a reflective surface for generating solar radiation pressure and propel the solar sail in space. Each vane may be movable relative to the bus in a fully deployed configuration such that an amount of thrust generated by solar radiation pressure on each vane is controllable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: L'Garde, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel C. BARNES, Darren D. GARBER
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Patent number: 10118982Abstract: Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaki, Kiyoshi Ikawa, Taisuke Yukawa
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Patent number: 10036878Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein that may be used to form a heliostat. Various reflective surfaces and support structures are described that permit lightweight construction of configurable heliostats.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: L'Garde, Inc.Inventors: Gyula Greschik, Arthur L. Palisoc
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Patent number: 9828772Abstract: A truss is disclosed in which rigid longitudinal members define a frame and flexible connecting members permit the truss to collapse into a stowed configuration or expand into a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: L'Garde, Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Murphey, Juan M. Mejia-Ariza
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Publication number: 20170037175Abstract: Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIGAKI, Kiyoshi IKAWA, Taisuke YUKAWA
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Patent number: 9556302Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, impact resistance, and fluidity and also excellent color developing properties and residence heat stability. A graft copolymer (A) prepared by graft polymerization of a certain amount of a specific monomer (a2)onto a certain amount of composite rubber (a1) composed of a conjugated diene rubber polymer and a cross-linked acrylic ester polymer. The tetrahydrofuran-soluble portion of the composite rubber (a1) has a weight-average molecular weight of 50000 or more in terms of polystyrene and a degree of swelling in toluene of 7.0 or more, or in the composite rubber contained in the graft copolymer, the number of particles having an equivalent-circle diameter of 150 nm or less is 50% or less of the total number of the composite rubber particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Takumi Miyahiro, Masanori Ito, Seiji Tamai, Fumitoshi Takeda, Kazunori Takahashi, Tomoyoshi Akiyama, Hajime Tomita, Haruki Okuno, Shunsaku Kubota, Masaaki Okada, Atsushi Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takada, Nobuyuki Nakashima, Jiichiro Yoshida, Takayoshi Fujiwara, Shouta Kosaka
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Publication number: 20160288453Abstract: A unidirectional elastomeric composite comprises a plurality of fibers generally aligned in a first direction with an elastomer filling the space between fibers. The plurality of fibers may comprise an intermediate modulus carbon fiber. Preferably, the plurality of fibers have an ultimate elongation at failure or tensile failure strain of 1% or greater, a tensile modulus between 200-400 GPa and tensile strength greater than 4 GPa. The resin or matrix may be a passive elastomer that will maintain its mechanical and chemical properties at a specific operational temperature range. Elastomers are polymers with viscoelasticity, generally having low Young's modulus and high failure strain. Methods of manufacturing the unidirectional elastomeric composite include apply the resin to fibers maintained in tension to maintain the fiber alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: L'GARDE INC.Inventor: Juan M. Mejia-Ariza
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Patent number: 9428674Abstract: A copolymer latex for adhesives contains a copolymer latex obtained by copolymerizing an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer with another monomer copolymerizable with this, an alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid, and a divalent metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NIPPON A & L INC.Inventors: Atsumi Tanemura, Kimio Misaki, Koichi Maki
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Publication number: 20160122501Abstract: Provided are: a rubber composition (a silica master batch) that contains silica in a highly dispersed state, which is prepared by mixing a suspension with an emulsion of an emulsion-polymerized conjugated diene polymer and then coagulating the resultant mixture, wherein the suspension is prepared by highly dispersing wet silica, which does not undergo secondary coagulation yet, or silica, which is prepared by mechanically dissociating secondary coagulation masses of silica, in water and the emulsion-polymerized conjugated diene polymer contains a functional group that is reactive with silica or has high affinity for silica; and a method for producing the rubber composition. A clam (a small mass of a rubber) which contains silica in a highly dispersed state is hardly dried.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicants: ETIC Inc., NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Iwakazu Hattori, Hisao Ono, Kimio Misaki, Hiroshi Miwata
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Patent number: 9328186Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for vehicle lamp housings, includes: 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, and (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers, under the presence of an acrylic ester-based rubbery polymer (a-1) having a weight average particle size of 100 to 400 nm; and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a (co)polymer (B) in which at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers is polymerized, in which a content of total volatiles at 260° C. is no more than 0.7% by weight of the composition overall, and a content of oligomer component having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 is no more than 0.3% by weight of the composition overall.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Hajime Tomita, Takayoshi Fujiwara, Shunsaku Kubota, Suguru Koba
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Publication number: 20160040046Abstract: A copolymer latex for adhesives contains a copolymer latex obtained by copolymerizing an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer with another monomer copolymerizable with this, an alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid, and a divalent metal carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: NIPPON A & L INC.Inventors: Atsumi TANEMURA, Kimio MISAKI, Koichi MAKI
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Publication number: 20150274956Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion for aqueous color comprising polymer particles having an average particle size of 20 to 80 nm as measured by the photon correlation method, and including 0.1 to 7 wt % of a structural unit derived from an ethylene-based unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer as the monomer component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventor: Yuto MURAI
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Patent number: 9090728Abstract: A binder for secondary battery electrodes contains a copolymer latex obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition containing 12.0 to 39.5 wt % of an aliphatic conjugated diene-based monomer, 1.5 to 8.5 wt % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester monomer, 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of an ethylene-based unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and 42.0 to 86.4 wt % of a monomer that is copolymerizable therewith, wherein 50 to 100 wt % of the copolymer latex is toluene-insoluble.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: NIPPON A & L INC.Inventors: Takashi Matsuyama, Kimio Misaki
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Publication number: 20150190396Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating Type I or Type II diabetes in a mammal by administering an effective amount of insulin and an effective amount of a phenoxypyrimidinone compound to the mammal in need of such treatment, and formulations for carrying out the methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Melior Pharmaceuticals l, Inc.Inventors: Andrew G. Reaume, Michael S. Saporito, Alexander R. Ochman
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Publication number: 20150159366Abstract: Multi-layered insulation is disclosed for having a collapsed configuration in which one dimension of the insulation is minimized to reduce the volume for storage. The multi-layered insulation has an expanded configuration in which the dimension is maximized to separate outer layers of the insulation. The insulation layer is composed of internal connecting membranes between outer surfaces. The MLI lattice is configured such that, when properly deployed, creates a cellular structure, thus providing the air gap between the outer surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: L'GARDE, INC.Inventors: Paul E. Guerard, Jeffrey Scott Lassegard, Linden D. Bolisay
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Publication number: 20140378568Abstract: A rubber-reinforced styrene type resin composition for resin foams, the resin foams having a specific gravity of 0.3 to 0.7 and a ratio of the thickness of a skin layer to the thickness of the resin foam of 0.3 to 20%; the composition comprising: 10 to 99% by weight of a rubber-reinforced styrene type resin (A) which is obtained by bulk polymerization of a rubber polymer and an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyanide monomer, and if necessary, another monomer that is copolymerizable with these monomers, a weight average particle diameter of the rubber polymer being 0.7 to 3 ?m, and 1 to 90% by weight of a copolymer (B) which is obtained by copolymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyanide monomer, and if necessary, another monomer that is copolymerizable with these monomers (with the total of the rubber-reinforced styrene type resin (A) and the copolymer (B) being 100% by weight).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.Inventors: Jiichiro Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nakashima
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Patent number: D801703Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ELSA L, Inc.Inventor: Judy Robertson