Patents Examined by Jeffrey S Lenihan
  • Patent number: 11643487
    Abstract: A method of producing a heat-resistant crosslinked fluororubber formed body, including a step (1) of melt-mixing, with respect to 100 mass parts of base rubber containing 40 to 98 mass % of fluororubber and 2 to 40 mass % of ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin, 0.003 to 0.5 mass parts of organic peroxide, 0.5 to 400 mass parts of inorganic filler, 2 to 15 mass parts of a specific silane coupling agent, and silanol condensation catalyst, and including a step (a) of melt-mixing a part of the base rubber, the organic peroxide, the inorganic filler and the silane coupling agent at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of said organic peroxide, and a step (b) of melt-mixing a remainder of the base rubber, and the silanol condensation catalyst, and the fluororubber and the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin are melt-mixed in any of the steps (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Chiba, Masaki Nishiguchi, Arifumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11643533
    Abstract: Provided are a film having an excellent balance between heat seal strength and opening strength, a method of producing the film, and a bag obtained by heat-sealing the film. According to the present invention, there is provided a film containing a resin, wherein a resin density of the film is 860 kg/m3 or more and less than 900 kg/m3, and on at least one surface of the film, an arithmetic mean height Sa satisfies the following Expression [1]: 0.10 ?m?Sa?0.50 ?m??[1], and a minimum autocorrelation length Sal satisfies the following Expression [2]: 0.2 ?m?Sal?10.4 ?m??[2].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Hiroshi Toyoda
  • Patent number: 11643495
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for crosslinking an acrylic emulsion with a (meth)acrylate monomer or a (meth)acrylate oligomer including adding a base acrylic emulsion to a vessel, adding at least one (meth)acrylate crosslinker to the vessel, incorporating the at least one (meth)acrylate crosslinker into the base acrylic emulsion to create a two-phase system including water and a phase including crosslinkers of the at least one (meth)acrylate crosslinker inside acrylic emulsion particles of the base acrylic emulsion, applying the two-phase system to a surface, and curing the two-phase system to create a final system including a continuous film and crosslinked crosslinkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MIWON NORTH AMERICA INCORPORATED
    Inventors: James E. Goodrich, Juan G. Nunez
  • Patent number: 11629248
    Abstract: A rubber composition having improved electrical insulation properties for reducing galvanic corrosion, a method of preparing the composition, and a rubber hose for vehicles using the composition are disclosed. The rubber composition includes a base polymer, a reinforcing agent, an anti-aging agent, an activating agent, a plasticizer, and a crosslinking agent, and has electrical insulation resistance (107 ?·cm) of 50 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jong Min Park
  • Patent number: 11629204
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin, and more particularly, a method for preparing a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin including a neutralization process for neutralizing to pH of 2 to 5 using metal hydroxide as a first neutralizing agent a), and completing neutralization using a carbonate-based compound as a second neutralizing agent b), wherein residual hydrochloric acid in pores of the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin obtained by chlorination of a polyvinyl chloride or a vinyl chloride-based copolymer may be efficiently removed, and thermal stability and extrusion appearance of processed articles may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang Jung Kim, Ki Won Hong, Woo Young Lee, Seon Jeong Jin
  • Patent number: 11629247
    Abstract: A polymer blend includes 35 to 50 wt % of at least one propylene-based elastomer, 25 to 50 wt % of at least one impact copolymer; and 15 to 25 wt % of at least one low density polyethylene component. The propylene-based elastomer has a heat of fusion less than about 80 J/g, greater than 50 wt % propylene and from about 3 wt % to about 25 wt % units derived from one or more C2 or C4-C12 ?-olefins, based on a total weight of the propylene-based elastomer. The low density polyethylene has a density of about 0.90 g/cm3 to about 0.94 g/cm3. The polymer blend is useful for making a roofing membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL CHEMICALS PATENTS INC.
    Inventors: Chen Qian, Dayana M. Cevallos, Felix M. Zacarias
  • Patent number: 11608416
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing an aliphatic polyester block copolymer regulated by carbon monoxide. The method uses an organic cobalt metal complex as a convertible catalyst and includes: first regulating an anionic ring-opening copolymerization reaction between an aliphatic acid anhydride and an epoxy compound; then using carbon monoxide as a conversion agent for conversion to obtain a catalyst having a new catalytic active site; and regulating a vinyl monomer to perform active free radical polymerization to obtain an aliphatic polyester block copolymer having a controllable structure. The described synthesis method uses a convertible catalyst and a conversion agent, combines two controllable polymerization reactions which have different but compatible mechanisms, and obtains a block copolymer by means of a “one-pot” reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xingping Zhou, Yajun Zhao, Yong Wang, Xiaolin Xie
  • Patent number: 11597828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber composition having excellent abrasion resistance and improved tensile properties and viscoelasticity properties by controlling compatibility among rubber components, and a tire manufactured using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Youk Reol Na, Jae Sun Choi, No Ma Kim, Jin Young Kim, Yu Jin Kim, Jae Moon Jun
  • Patent number: 11597825
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a resin component including an ethylene-(meth)acrylate copolymer and at least either an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer or ethylene acrylate rubber. A content of the ethylene-(meth)acrylate copolymer with respect to a total content of the ethylene-(meth)acrylate copolymer and at least either the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer or the ethylene acrylate rubber is 35% by mass or greater and 90% by mass or less. A tensile stress at 19% strain of the resin composition is 2.0 MPa or less, and a tensile stress at break of the resin composition is 10.3 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Taki
  • Patent number: 11591430
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of making fluoropolymer dispersions using certain polymeric derivatives including a plurality of ionisable groups selected from the group consisting of —SO3Xa, —PO3Xa and —COOXa, whereas Xa is H, an ammonium group or a monovalent metal, and to fluoropolymer dispersions therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Merlo, Claudio Oldani
  • Patent number: 11591455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable jacket composition comprising a multimodal olefin copolymer, wherein said olefin copolymer has a density of 0.935-0.960 g/cm3 and MFR2 of 1.5-10.0 g/10 min and comprises a bimodal polymer mixture of a low molecular weight homo- or copolymer and a high molecular weight copolymer wherein the composition has ESCR of at least 2000 hours and wherein the numerical values of cable wear index and composition MFR2 (g/10 min) follow the correlation: Wear index<15.500+0.900*composition MFR2. The invention further relates to the process for preparing said composition and its use as outer jacket layer for a cable, preferably a communication cable, most preferably a fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Anna Hjärtfors, Yi Liu, Victor Sumerin, Joseph Thorman
  • Patent number: 11571931
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a rubber composition for a tire and a method for manufacturing a tire including this manufacturing method for the rubber composition in the present invention, which are characterized by including the steps of: starting to knead a rubber component, a sulfur donor, and a sulfur atom-containing vulcanization accelerator together before kneading the rubber component with a filler; and then adding a filler to an obtained kneaded product and performing kneading at a kneading temperature of 120° C. or higher. According to the manufacturing methods of the present invention, a rubber composition for a tire and a tire which have good fracture property can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Kitago, Ryuichi Tokimune, Soh Ishino
  • Patent number: 11560471
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a person support formed from an elastomeric composition. The elastomeric composition includes a polymer blend with the polymer blend consisting essentially of a first and second SEEPS copolymer. The first and second SEEPS copolymers are present in the polymer blend in an amount of from 75 to 95 percent by weight and 5 to 25 percent by weight, respectively, based on the total weight of the polymer blend. In addition, the sum of the first and second SEEPS copolymers in the polymer blend is 100 percent by weight. The first and second SEEPS copolymers have a weight average molecular weight of weight of at least 200,000 and 125,000 to 175,000, respectively. The disclosure also provides a patient support for supporting a patient with the patient support formed from the elastomeric composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Lafleche, James K. Galer, Matthew Ward
  • Patent number: 11555109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a synthetic rubber blend, wherein the blend comprises a high molecular weight polydiene (A) and a low molecular weight polydiene (B). The present invention further relates to a synthetic rubber blend obtainable according to the method described herein; as well as to rubber compositions comprising the blend; and articles, such as tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TRINSEO EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Evemarie Hamann, Dominique Thielemann, Sven K. H. Thiele
  • Patent number: 11549004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising: (A) a propylene-based polymer which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene copolymer consisting of at least 90 wt % of propylene monomer units and at most 10 wt % of ethylene monomer units and/or an ?-olefin monomer units having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (B) an elastomer of ethylene and an ?-olefin comonomer having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the elastomer has a density of 0.850 to 0.865 g/cm 3 and a melt flow index of 0.1 to 20 dg/min measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 190° C. and (C) a block copolymer comprising a terminal block comprising styrene or alpha-methylstyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Guo Jing, Liu Xiqiang, Jiang Chaodong, Qian Shengying
  • Patent number: 11549005
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that reduces uneven distribution of inorganic substance particles and is suitable for producing a formed article having excellent appearance and mechanical properties even when the thermoplastic resin is highly filled with inorganic substance powder and a formed article using this thermoplastic resin composition. Provided are an inorganic substance powder-containing thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and inorganic substance powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90, in which the inorganic substance powder is calcium carbonate particles, the calcium carbonate particles include at least two groups of particles having different average particle diameters, and any of the average particle diameters of the particle groups is within a range of 0.7 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less; and a formed article using this inorganic substance powder-containing thermoplastic resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TBM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Eiji Mizuno, Taichi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11535731
    Abstract: A process of melt compounding a polyolefin formulation comprising a ethylenic-based (co)polymer, an antioxidant, and from 0.15 to 1.00 weight percent of an organic peroxide having a 1-hour half-life temperature of less than or equal to 155 degrees Celsius (° C.) and/or a 10-hour half-life temperature of less than or equal to 135° C. Also, intermediate compositions having a modified rheology and crosslinked polyolefin products made therefrom; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Bharat I. Chaudhary
  • Patent number: 11518872
    Abstract: An object is to provide a chlorinated polyolefin resin composition being superior in adhesion, solution stability, and chipping resistance. The chlorinated polyolefin resin composition contains a component (A): a polyolefin resin A having a melting point (TmA) obtained with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) in the range of 90 to 160° C., and a component (B): a polyolefin resin B having a melting point (TmB) obtained with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) in the range of 50 to 130° C., at least any one of the component (A) and the component (B), or a copolymer thereof being a chlorinated polyolefin resin (where |TmA?TmB|?5° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Kono, Kensuke Asai, Takao Yoshimoto, Takato Takenaka, Minoru Yada, Naosuke Komoto
  • Patent number: 11518869
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire, which does not require the addition of a compound when synthesizing rubber component and the modification of a rubber component, and a studless tire using the rubber composition are provided. The rubber composition for a tire contains fine particles of rotaxane having a straight chain molecule, a cyclic molecule clathrating the straight chain molecule and blocking groups arranged at both terminals of the straight chain molecule such that the cyclic molecule does not desorb from the straight chain molecule, covered with silica; a rubber component including natural rubber and butadiene rubber; and carbon black, wherein the total content of the fine particles and the carbon black is 30 to 60 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11512194
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition having (A) a thermoplastic polymer comprising (a1) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of a propylene polymer having a melting point of 150° C. or higher, (a2) 10 mass % to less than 60 mass % of an ethylene polymer, (a3) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of, for example, a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, and (a4) 1 mass % to less than 30 mass % of, for example, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified olefin polymer; (B) a softener for nonaromatic rubbers; (C) a metal hydrate; (D) an organic peroxide; (E) an antioxidant; and (F) a coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RIKEN TECHNOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Iwasa, Shinichi Kishimoto