Patents Examined by Karen A. Dean
  • Patent number: 5900458
    Abstract: A curable composition is disclosed and comprises the following components.(A) 100 parts by weight of a oxypropylene polymer having a polymer main chain containing a repeating unit represented by the following formula ##STR1## and having at least one group containing a silicon atom bonded to a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group and capable of crosslinking by forming a siloxane bond, wherein Mw/Mn thereof is not more than 1.6 and the number average molecular weight is at least 6,000,(B) from 1 to 200 parts by weight of a filler having a BET specific surface area of not higher than 10 m.sup.2 /g, and(C) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a curing catalyst, said composition containing substantially no plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Fujita, Michihide Honma, Hiroshi Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 5895794
    Abstract: A crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising a siloxane polymer, polymer mixture, or polymer/solvent mixture, capable of crosslinking via condensation, addition or free radical reactions, and having a viscosity of greater than 5000 mPa.s but less than 500,000 mPa.s, if required, 0.1 to 10 weight parts of a crosslinking agent, and, if required, depending on the nature of the catalyst and silicon cure system, 0.000001 to 10 weight parts of a catalyst, 0.5 to 10 weight parts of a surfactant or surfactant mixture, and 0.5 to 25 weight parts water per 100 weight parts siloxane polymer. Optionally, adhesion promoters, pigments, reinforcing or non-reinforcing fillers, silicone resins, stabilizers, freeze/thaw additives, etc. may also be added to the dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Donald Taylor Liles, Leon Andre Marteaux, Nick Evan Shephard, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf, Eric Jude Joffre
  • Patent number: 5883184
    Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition is disclosed, comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two monovalent aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups bonded to the silicon atoms per molecule, (B) an organopolyhydrogensiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms bonded to the silicon atoms per molecule in such an amount that the number of the hydrogen atoms bonded to the silicon atoms falls within a range of from 0.25 to 8 per monovalent aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group in component (A), (C) a catalyst selected from the group consisting of platinum and platinum compounds in an amount of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisayuki Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 5866649
    Abstract: Blends of polymers, such as aromatic condensation polymers including formable polyesters and polycarbonates with an oxygen barrier material such as aromatic or aliphatic nylon, an amorphous nylon or EVOH, which have been oriented and which contain a transition metal catalyst, exhibit the improved barrier properties and oxygen absorption properties of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: American National Can Company
    Inventors: Kuo-Zong Hong, Yong Joo Kim, Stephen W. Cornell
  • Patent number: 5861471
    Abstract: The invention relates to polysulphone/polyether block copolycondensates having the recurring structural unit as in formula (I)--(--O--E--O--Ar.sup.1 --SO.sub.2 --Ar.sup.2 --)--W-- (I)whereinE is a divalent diphenolate radical andW is a polyether, polythioether or polyacetal possessing at least two hydroxyl groups and having an average molecular weight (M.sub.n) of from 400 to 30,000 andwherein the proportion of the radical W in the total polymer amounts to 5 to 99 wt. %,the preparation and use thereof for the production of moulded shapes, for example, membranes or catheter tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer AC
    Inventors: Heinz Pudleiner, Ralf Dujardin, Rolf Wehrmann, Knud Reuter, Helmut-Martin Meier
  • Patent number: 5807639
    Abstract: A thermoplastic and elastomer composite product and methods of manufacturing it, e.g. a section member comprising a strength member of thermoplastic including a modifying agent such as a poly(1,2-vinyl butadiene) or an ethylene-propylene grafted with maleic anhydride, a thin layer of elastomer including a modifying agent such as an organo-silane or an ethylene-propylene grafted with maleic anhydride, and a sealing lip of elastomer that does not include modifying agent. The invention provides total adhesion between the thermoplastic and the elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Frappier, Nicolas Garois
  • Patent number: 5786413
    Abstract: Organopolysiloxane resin powders having a mean particle diameter (median value d.sub.50,3) of from 70 to 300 .mu.m and a proportion of resin particles having a diameter <45 .mu.m of less than 5 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the organopolysiloxane resin powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Weidner, Hermann Blank, Volker Frey, Johann Schuster
  • Patent number: 5777026
    Abstract: An aqueous silicone emulsion which upon the evaporation of the water forms a surface modified elastomeric silicone material providing improved coverage and adhesion of paint and reduced staining and coefficients of friction, each relative to other silicone elastomers from aqueous emulsions. The silicone emulsion comprises (A) water; (B) a plurality of particles dispersed in the water comprising a crosslinked product of a diorganosiloxane polymer; (C) a surfactant; and (D) an amount of an oxygen curing compound or a salt thereof effective for the surface modification. If a surface active salt of an oxygen curing compound is used, it may not be required to add additional surfactant in order to form the silicone emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Leon Grant Anthony Hides, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Arthur James Tselepis, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf
  • Patent number: 5776438
    Abstract: An external preparation containing DL-.alpha.-tocopherol 2- L-ascorbic phosphoric diester and/or a salt thereof, and at least one ultraviolet absorbing agent. The cross-linking of collagen is suppressed and an excellent cutaneous aging resisting effect is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Tokue, Kenzo Ito, Naoki Tominaga
  • Patent number: 5777002
    Abstract: A method for preparing organopolysiloxane bases with high levels of fillers. The present inventors have found that by mixing the components of the base at a temperature below about 60.degree. C. for a period of time sufficient to effect essentially a homogeneous blend, a base composition is formed which can be further blended with a platinum group metal-containing catalyst, an organohydrogensiloxane, and optionally an inhibitor to form a curable liquid silicone rubber (LSR) composition. The curable LSR composition has improved flow characteristics and improved shelf life when compared to similar materials where the base is prepared at temperatures above about 60.degree. C. The improved flow characteristics allows larger quantities of fillers to be incorporated into the curable LSR composition while still maintaining acceptable flow characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Lori Jean Conway, Thomas Edward Gray, Phillip Joseph Griffith, William James Schulz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5773512
    Abstract: This invention relates to libraries of non-peptide compounds each comprised of a core structure and methods for making such libraries. This invention also relates to novel silicon-based polymer resins and silane linkers, methods for their preparation and their use in the synthesis of libraries of compounds to be screened as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corp.
    Inventors: Balan Chenera, John Elliott, Michael Moore, Joseph Weinstock
  • Patent number: 5770640
    Abstract: Finishing agents comprise the combination of an alkoxysilane surface active agent, a silanol condensing catalyst, and a nonaqueous liquid or solid medium, or the combination of an alkoxysilane surface active agent, an acid catalyst and a liquid or solid medium. In the latter embodiment, it is preferred that at least one of the alkoxysilane surface active agent and the acid catalyst be microencapsuled. The finishing agent permits formation of chemically adsorbed protecting films. Such protecting films are used for substrates of such equipments as electronics products, electric domestic products, automobiles, industrial equipment, mirrors, lenses for glasses and the like. The protecting films have a durability and heat, weather and abrasion resistance, and also water and oil repellent properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazufumi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5770633
    Abstract: Filler-containing, cross-linked, vulcanized fluorine rubber waste is regenerated by treatment with at least one of CH.sub.3 SO.sub.3 H, ClSO.sub.3 H, CF.sub.3 SO.sub.3 H and fuming sulfuric acid, followed by dissoluting into a solvent and separating solvent-insoluble filler therefrom, whereby revulcanizable fluorine rubber is recovered from the fluorine rubber waste, almost irrespective of types of cross-linking systems used for formation of cross-linked, vulcanized fluorine rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Naraki, Fumiyo Mizuide, Haruyoshi Tatsu
  • Patent number: 5767206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, as antiadhesive agents and/or water repellents, of grafted functionalized polyorganosiloxanes consisting of grafted copolymer moieties, derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which may be polymerized via a radical route and from a functionalized polyorganosiloxane (I) containing similar or different moieties (I) of formula (I)R.sub.a Y.sub.b X.sub.c Si O.sub.(4-a-b-c)/2 (I)in which formula:R=C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, X=C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkylated epoxyfunctional residue, Y=acrylate, and a, b, c=0, 1, 2 or 3 with a +b+c=0, 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Chimie
    Inventors: Daniel Ariagno, Andre Lievre, Theresa Michael, Joel Richard
  • Patent number: 5767192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organopolysiloxane compound having at least one group having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are selected from a hydrogen atom or a group having the formula --(C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1) where n has a value from 1 to 30, R.sup.4 is selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, d has a value from 0 to 150, and e has a value from 0 to 150, with the proviso that the value of d+e is greater than zero. The organopolysiloxane compounds of this invention reduce the amount of foam in hydrocarbon fuel, especially in diesel fuels and jet fuels. The organopolysiloxane compounds act as foam control agents which display consistent compatibility and miscibility with additives which are frequently present in hydrocarbon fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: David Robert Battice, Kenneth Christopher Fey, Lenin James Petroff, Michael Allen Stanga
  • Patent number: 5767193
    Abstract: Provided are a non-foaming curable silicone elastomer composition and a method of preparing such a composition: with the composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane mixture constituted at least of 90-10 parts by weight of organopolysiloxanes (i) containing, in a molecule, at least two alkenyl groups and substantially no silicon-attached hydroxyl group and having their kinematic viscosity in the range of 100 to 100,000 centistokes (cSt) at 25.degree. C. and 10-90 parts by weight of organopolysiloxanes (ii) containing, in a molecule, at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to a silicon atom and at least one alkenyl group attached directly to a silicon atom and having their kinematic viscosity in the range of 100 to 100,000 cSt at 25.degree. C.; (B) organohydrogenpolysiloxanes having in each molecule at least 3 hydrogen atoms attached directly to silicon atoms in an amount that the organohydrogenpolysiloxanes afford 0.4-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Fujiki, Kouichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5760137
    Abstract: The curable resin composition of this invention provides for a coating film having a high quality appearance, high acid resistance, mar resistance and further an excellent adhesive property and also can be provided with a high-solid feature. The coating composition obtainable with the curable resin composition of this invention can be provided with an excellent NSR-ability and can be advantageously used for automotive parts and exterior building materials, among other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seigo Miyazoe, Etsuyuki Ito, Akira Fushimi, Masanobu Inoue
  • Patent number: 5760133
    Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a thermoplastic molding composition containing a mixture of a TPU and a thermoplastic (co)polymer is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Heidingsfeld, Willi Meister, Bernhard Schulte, Wolfgang Brauer, Friedemann Muller, Hans-Georg Hoppe, Hans-Georg Wussow, Jurgen Winkler
  • Patent number: 5756562
    Abstract: A novel silicone system comprising a methoxy terminated silane or polysiloxane, an adhesion promoter and water, useful as a filler alone or in combination with other fillers is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lucarelli, William John Raleigh
  • Patent number: 5756568
    Abstract: There is disclosed a composite powder composition which has excellent flowability and water repellency and finds utility as a modifier for paints and organic resins, said composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of a cured silicone powder that has an average particle size of 0.1 to 100 micrometers and contains a non-crosslinking silicone oil; and(B) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a microfine inorganic powder, said inorganic powder being coated on the surface of said cured silicone powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Morita, Atsushi Sasaki