Patents Assigned to Shin-Etsu Silicones of America
  • Silicone contact lens and method for manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 9010933
    Abstract: A contact lens and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The contact lens has a silicone contact lens base material and an amorphous carbon film formed in the silicone contact lens base material. The amorphous carbon film of the contact lens is formed by subjecting the silicone contact lens base material to a plasma polymerization under an atmosphere of a mixed gas comprising a hydrocarbon gas and an oxygen-containing gas. The contact lens has excellent oxygen permeability and a high refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Matsuzawa
  • Process for the production of room temperature curable organopolysiloxane compositions
    Patent number: 5969075
    Abstract: A room temperature curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups, (B) finely divided silica, (C) an amino-bearing silane, (D) an organic silicon compound, and (E) a curing catalyst is prepared by mixing components (A) and (B) with component (C) and thereafter, mixing components (D) and (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Inoue