Patents Assigned to SABIC Innovatives Plastics IP B.V.
  • Publication number: 20140234629
    Abstract: Polycarbonate blend compositions are provided. In particular, polycarbonate blend compositions having a combination of a high heat polycarbonate, a polycarbonate polysiloxane copolymer, an anti-drip agent comprising a perfluorinated polyolefin, and a flame retardant additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Sun, Yaming Niu
  • Publication number: 20140230700
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a support arm comprises: a thermoplastic material and a filler. A cross-section of the support arm taken along a line from an inner edge to an outer edge of the support arm comprises a modified I-shaped, a I/U-shaped, or a U-shaped cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Narendra Anand Hardikar, Anil Tiwari, Harindranath K. Sharma, Jamie Tebay
  • Patent number: 8807864
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a road barrier energy absorption unit can comprise: a vehicle crush section configured to absorb impact energy when impacted with greater than or equal to 5 kN force; a post channel configured to receive a road barrier post; and a guardrail attachment. The energy absorption unit can be disposed over the post and a guardrail can attach to the energy absorption unit. In an embodiment, a road barrier energy absorber system comprises: posts; road barrier energy absorption unit; and a guardrail extending between the energy absorber units. Each post is disposed in one of the energy absorber units. The energy absorber units comprise a vehicle crush section configured to absorb impact energy when impacted with greater than or equal to 5 kN force. In an embodiment, a guardrail can comprise: an outer wall and stiffening elements, wherein the guardrail comprises a plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Sandeep Chandrakant Kulkarni, Sudhakar Ramamoorthy Marur
  • Patent number: 8809486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine of formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-25 hydrocarbyl group and R2 is a hydrogen, a C1-25 hydrocarbyl group, or a halogen, and wherein the method comprises dissolving a crude phthalimidine compound in an aqueous base solution; precipitating the dissolved, crude phthalimidine compound from the aqueous base solution by adding an acid in an amount effective to lower the pH of the solution to 9.0 to 12.0, to provide a semicrude phthalimidine compound; and isolating the semicrude phthalimidine compound from the aqueous base solution, to provide the purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine of formula (I), and having a phenolphthalein compound content of less than 2,500 ppm, based on the weight of the purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Venkata Rama Narayanan Ganapathy Bhotla, Balakrishnan Ganesan, Kishan Gurram, Salkod Parameshwar Mallika, Kumar Arun Satyanarayana, Swaminathan Shubashree
  • Publication number: 20140226342
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a reflector comprises a polycarbonate composition, the polycarbonate composition comprises: polycarbonate; 10 wt % to 20 wt % titanium dioxide, based upon a total weight of the polycarbonate composition; an optional flame retardant; and an optional UV stabilizer. A plaque formed from the polycarbonate composition has a reflectance of greater than or equal to 95%, as determined by reflectance measurements using a Gretag Macbeth Coloreye spectrophotometer (D65 light source, 10 degree observer, UV included) made at a wavelength of 680 nm. A molded article of the polycarbonate has transmission level greater than or equal to 90.0% at 2.5 mm thickness as measured by ASTM D1003-00 and a yellow index (YI) less than or equal to 1.5 as measured by ASTM D1925.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Amanda Marie Flores, Vandita Pai-Paranjape
  • Publication number: 20140228526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a melt polymerization reactor system and method of producing polycarbonate using a late-addition catalyst formulation having a melt transesterification catalyst dispersed in a liquid carrier system which preferably includes less than 10 wt % water. The formulation also preferably includes a liquid carrier system having phenol and a cosolvent. The melt transesterification catalyst can be present in the formulation in a range of 50 ppm to 60,000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Garcia Agudo, Ignacio Vic Fernandez, Kazutoyo Uno, Fernando Olmedo Fernandez, Isabel Macian Aviles
  • Publication number: 20140228462
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions exhibiting a UV resistance of ?E ranging from more than 0 to less than or equal to 10 units after exposure to ultraviolet light for 300 hours, per ASTM D-4459 protocol. The compositions can include at least 15 wt % of a polyetherimide; at least 35 wt % of a polycarbonate; a polyetherimide siloxane; and optionally, at least one UV stabilizer. The disclosure also relates to methods of shaping such compositions and articles produced from such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Aditya Narayanan, Feng Cao
  • Publication number: 20140221552
    Abstract: A poly(phenylene ether)-poly(hydroxy ether)-poly(phenylene ether) (PPE-PHE-PPE) triblock copolymer is formed by reaction of a monohydroxy-terminated poly(phenylene ether) with a diepoxy-terminated poly(hydroxy ether) in the presence of a base. The PPE-PHE-PPE triblock copolymer is useful as a compatibilizer in blends of polar polymers and non-polar polymers. The PPE-PHE-PPE triblock copolymer is also useful as a compatibilizer for non-polar polymers and polar fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventor: Edward Norman Peters
  • Patent number: 8795557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame resistant composition comprising a compatibilized blend of a polyphthalamide and a poly(arylene ether); and a phosphinate, wherein the composition is substantially free of linear aliphatic polyamides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventor: Mark Elkovitch
  • Patent number: 8796399
    Abstract: Polyethersulfones having Tg greater than about 225° C. and a notched Izod value greater than about 1 ft-lb/in, as measured by ASTM D256, comprise from about 5 mol % to less than about 40 mol % structural units of formula 1; and from greater than about 60 mol % to about 95 mol % structural units of formula 2 wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently at each occurrence a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a C1-C12 aliphatic radical, C3-C12 cycloaliphatic radical, or a C3-C12 aromatic radical; n, m, q are independently at each occurrence integers from 0 to 4; and Q is a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical, or a C3-C20 aromatic radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Daniel Steiger
  • Patent number: 8796356
    Abstract: Biodegradable compositions containing an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester derived from aromatic polyesters. Methods of making the compositions and articles made from the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Ganesh Kannan, Husnu Alp Alidedeoglu, Robert Russell Gallucci, Kenneth Frederick Miller
  • Publication number: 20140213739
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process that includes blending a polyimide resin and a primary alky amine organic compound to produce an aryl amine functionalized polyimide, having aryl amine functionality in excess of any anhydride functionality. The polyimide resin can have a weight average molecular weight (Mw) from 5,000 to 100,000 daltons. The organic compound can include at least one primary aliphatic amine without a direct linkage of a nitrogen to an aryl group and without a functionality selected from a halogen functionality, a hydroxyl functionality, a sulfonic acid functionality, a sulfonic acid salt functionality, and combinations thereof. The disclosure also relates to alkyl imide functionalized polyimides also with aryl amine functionalized polyimides, having aryl amine functionality in excess of any anhydride functionality and articles produced therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert R. Gallucci, Roy Odle, Daniel F. Lowery, Richard Peters
  • Publication number: 20140212792
    Abstract: Articles for recording a holographic image are described. The articles include a holographic recording medium having a plurality of surfaces, having a transparent polymeric binder and a photochemically active dye, the holographic recording medium having a holographic image recorded therein formed by exposed areas of the photochemically active dye and unexposed areas of the photochemically active dye; and a first light-blocking layer or material over a first surface of the holographic recording medium from which surface the holographic image is viewed, the light blocking layer or material absorbing light in the wavelength range to which the photochemically active dye is sensitive and allowing transmission of light in a different wavelength range for viewing the holographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew A. Burns, Sumeet Jain, Pradeep Jeevaji Nadkarni, Shantaram Narayan Naik, Arunkumar Natarajan, Kiran Arunkumar Puthamane, Michael T. Takemori, Vinodkumar Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 8791181
    Abstract: A reinforced poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer composition includes specific amounts of a poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer reaction product, a flame retardant, and a reinforcing filler. The composition exhibits a desirable balance of flame retardancy, heat resistance, and stiffness relative to a corresponding poly(phenylene ether) composition, and it is useful to fabricate articles including fuser holders for electrophotographic copiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Lietzau, Sho Sato
  • Patent number: 8791189
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition: 51-90 wt % polyester, 10-49 wt % ABS impact modifier; 0-20 wt % of multifunctional epoxy compound; 0-40 wt % filler; 0-2 wt % fibrillated fluoropolymer; and more than 0 to 5 wt % of a stabilizer composition. An article blow molded or injection molded from the composition has a multi-axial impact total energy from 30-100 Joules at ?30° C. and a ductility of more than 90%; a permeability of more than 0 and less than or equal to 1.5 g/m2-day to ASTM D 471-98 Fuel C, measured after exposure to ASTM D 471-98 Fuel C vapor for 20 weeks at 40° C.; an MVR of 1-20 cc/10 min., measured at 265° C.; a flexural modulus of greater than 1300 MPa; and retains at least 75% of its initial tensile elongation at break, after exposure to Fuel E85 for 28 days at 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Parminder Agarwal, Donald Howard Ellington, Robert Russell Gallucci, Josephus Gerardus M. van Gisbergen, Vishvajit Chandrakant Juikar, Ihab Odeh, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Kenneth Frederick Miller, Veeraraghavan Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20140206833
    Abstract: A method for producing polycarbonate by melt polymerization can comprise: (a) adding acetone, diaryl carbonate, and dihydroxy compound to the melt polymerization unit, wherein the acetone is added to the melt polymerization unit as a mixture with the diaryl carbonate and/or the dihydroxy compound; (b) adding a catalyst to the melt polymerization unit, optionally without separating out acetone prior to the addition of the catalyst; and (c) operating the melt polymerization unit under conditions so that the diaryl carbonate(s) and dihydroxy compound(s); dihydroxy compound reacts with the diaryl carbonate to produce polycarbonate with a desired specification, and a phenol by-product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Ignacio Vic Fernandez, Fernan Mateos Salvador, Mykhaylo Lyakhovych, Sergio Ferrer Nadal
  • Publication number: 20140206800
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a thermoplastic compositions and, more particularly, to compositions comprising a polymer matrix and comprising a filler composition. To that end, according to the aspects of the invention, a thermoplastic composition is disclosed that generally comprises a polymer matrix and at least one filler composition. The polymer matrix generally comprises at least one polycarbonate or polyamide. The filler composition generally comprises at least one laser direct structuring additive with a mean particle size of less than 1 ?m and may additionally optionally comprise flame retardants, stabilizers and process aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Tong Wu, Yunan Cheng, Yangang Yan
  • Publication number: 20140206079
    Abstract: A microwell plate comprises a skirt and frame portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a plurality of holes; and a well and deck portion comprising a plurality of wells integrated with a planar deck; wherein the well and deck portion is overmolded or adhered onto the skirt and frame portion such that the plurality of wells extends through the plurality of holes in the top surface of the skirt and frame portion; and wherein the well and deck portion is formed from a thermoplastic composition including a poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate comprising soft block ester units, derived from monomers comprising an alpha, omega C6-20 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, a dihydroxyaromatic compound, and a carbonate source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Jon M. Malinoski, Bret William Baumgarten
  • Publication number: 20140203577
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a rail extension comprises: an energy absorber comprising a polymer body, and vehicle attachment tabs extending from one end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a vehicle rail, and an attachment tab extending from another end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a bumper beam. The energy absorber can comprise cells formed by cell walls extending a length of the energy absorber and forming cavities therethrough; and open channels formed on each side of the energy absorber, wherein the channels are defined by walls of adjacent cells. A vehicle can comprise: a bumper beam; a vehicle rail; and the rail extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Arunachala Parameshwara, Shingo Imai, Matthew D. Marks
  • Patent number: D710724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Sandeep Chandrakant Kulkarni, Sudhakar Ramamoorthy Marur