Patents Examined by Peter A. Szekely
  • Patent number: 9045370
    Abstract: Aqueous wax emulsions are disclosed herein for use in gypsum formulations and other building products which emulsions include water; a paraffinic hydrocarbon; a montan wax component; and a hydrocarbon component. Optional emulsion and strength additives may be included in the emulsion or in a slurry formed from such emulsion for preparing a settable gypsum composition herein. The hydrocarbon component is at least one hydrocarbon compound having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms or at least one hydrocarbon resin which is based on the at least one hydrocarbon compound as a monomer, wherein the resin is at least a dimer comprising the hydrocarbon compound and the resin has a molecular weight (Mw) of no greater than about 3,000, wherein the hydrocarbon compound is saturated or unsaturated, functionalized or nonfunctionalized and is aliphatic, alicyclic, or aromatic, wherein the hydrocarbon component has a softening point of from about 22° C. to about 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Henry Company LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Stuart, Christopher Lyons, Don Indrajith Perera
  • Patent number: 9023925
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a phosphorus containing flame retardant which may be the reaction product of a reaction mixture where the reaction mixture includes at least one active hydrogen-containing compound and at least one phosphorus containing compound. The at least one active hydrogen-containing compound is selected from the group of a first polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of at least 3, a polyamine having an amine functionality of at least 2, and an amino alcohol having a combined amine and hydroxyl functionality of at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yudong Qi, Xiangyang Tai
  • Patent number: 9023922
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising a polycarbonate; a polylactide; and a flame retardant; where the flame retardant is a phenoxyphosphazene, a di- or polyfunctional aromatic phosphorus-containing compound, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing flame retardants. Disclosed herein is a method comprising blending a polycarbonate, a polylactide and a flame retardant to form a flame retardant composition; where the flame retardant is a phenoxyphosphazene, a di- or polyfunctional aromatic phosphorus-containing compound, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing flame retardants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Wei Zhao, Vikram Daga, Amit Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 9023923
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising a polycarbonate composition, glass fibers, and a flame retardant that comprises a phenoxyphosphazene compound. Disclosed herein too are methods for manufacturing a flame retardant composition that comprises blending a polycarbonate composition, glass fibers and a flame retardant that comprises a phenoxyphosphazene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Narong An, Jian Yang, Shamsul Hairi Salleh, Dake Shen, Chunjie Zhang
  • Patent number: 9018296
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) a thermoplastic resin; (B) an inorganic filler; (C) a white pigment; (D) a photostabilizer; and (E) sodium phosphate salt, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition comprises about 0.1 to about 4.7% by weight of the inorganic filler (B) based on 100% by weight of a base resin composition including the thermoplastic resin (A), the inorganic filler (B), and the white pigment (C), wherein the thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent surface gloss, reflectance, anti-yellowing property and moldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hwa Lee, Jong Cheol Lim, In Geol Baek, Yoo Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 9012547
    Abstract: In various embodiments, provided are novel curable silicone compositions; films and adhesives comprising one or more cured products of said compositions, the films and adhesives exhibiting properties of mechanical flexibility and low flammability. Additionally, the films and adhesives may exhibit one or more of high transparency, low haze, and high refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Marilyn P. Shope, Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9000082
    Abstract: Heat and light-stabilized polyamide compositions containing a stabilization system that includes copper oxide and KBr, and have an excellent preservation of color and of the mechanical properties thereof after exposure to heat or to light; these compositions are especially useful for producing shaped articles in the automotive field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventor: Nicolangelo Peduto
  • Patent number: 9000081
    Abstract: There are provided an organic-inorganic composite having a high refractive index and a low Abbe number in which metal oxide particles of at least one type is added to a polymer containing a repeating unit having the general formula (1) described in Claim 1, and a molded product and an optical element made of the organic-inorganic composite. In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, and Q denotes an oxyethylene group, a thioethylene group, or a single bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Kojima, Katsumoto Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8993657
    Abstract: An acid modified asphalt binder is combined with an emulsifier solution to produce an emulsified asphalt binder. The acid modified asphalt binder may be formed by combining an asphalt binder, a phosphorous-based acid, and, optionally, a polymer modifier. The emulsifier solution may be produced by forming an aqueous solution of an amine and a phosphorous-based acid, which forms an aqueous solution comprising an amine phosphate. The emulsified asphalt binder may be combined with an aggregate to form a paving material. In other examples, the emulsified asphalt binder may be used alone, for example in a chip seal application, or in a diluted form, for example in a fog seal application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: A.L.M. Holding Company
    Inventors: Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Gerald H. Reinke
  • Patent number: 8987366
    Abstract: Provided is a seal ring manufactured from a mixture containing a soft resin including at least one of a thermoplastic elastomer and a dynamic crosslinked resin, and a hard resin including a thermoplastic resin. With this seal ring, the adhesion to the inner peripheral surface of a housing can be maintained in a no-load state where a hydraulic pressure is not generated even after use as a one-piece type for an extended period of time and oil leakage can be effectively prevented. The mixture constituting the seal ring preferably has a compression permanent deformation of 95% or lower after immersion in an automatic transmission fluid at 150° C. for 100 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Akihiro Oowada
  • Patent number: 8987359
    Abstract: A flame retardant polyamide resin composition includes (A) about 40 to about 60% by weight of a crystalline polyamide resin, (B) about 10 to about 20% by weight of polyphenylene sulfide resin, (C) about 5 to about 15% by weight of flame retardant containing phosphinic acid metal slat compound, (D) about 20 to about 40% by weight of glass fiber and (E) about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of phosphite antioxidant. The flame retardancy polyamide resin composition can have excellent mechanical properties such as impact strength, flexural modulus, flexural strength and/or tensile strength and can exhibit reduced gas blistering on a surface of a specimen thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoung Taek Kang, Eun Joo Lee, Sang Hyun Hong, Jong Cheol Lim
  • Patent number: 8975322
    Abstract: A calcium carbonate filler for a resin, in which the content rate of particles having a particle diameter of 0.26 ?m or less is 30% or less in a number particle size distribution diameter measured (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) from an electron micrograph, and which satisfies the following expressions (a) to (c) is provided. Dms5/Dmv5?3??(a) 1?Sw?8 (m2/g)??(b) Mo?300 (ppm)??(c) wherein Dms5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a volume particle size distribution by a laser diffraction particle size distribution measuring device (MASTERSIZER2000 manufactured by Malvern); Dmv5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a number particle size distribution in a particle diameter (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) measured with an electron microscope; Sw: A BET specific surface area (Macsorb manufactured by Mountech) (m2/g); Mo: A water amount (ppm) by the Karl Fischer method at 200 to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Maruo Calcium Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Kasahara, Kouhei Sako, Tomonori Kosaka, Homare Kudo, Shigeo Takiyama, Hisakazu Kojo
  • Patent number: 8969442
    Abstract: This invention encompasses rubber modified asphalt cement compositions, as well as systems, apparatuses, methods for preparing, as well as methods for using rubber-modified asphalt cement compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wright Asphalt Products Company
    Inventor: Theodore P. Flanigan
  • Patent number: 8968034
    Abstract: An electrical connector is used to mate with a first plug connector and a second plug connector, the first and second plug connectors have different mating interfaces. The electrical connector includes a housing, defining a mating tongue, a plurality of signal terminals with contacting portion arranged on the mating tongue, and a metallic shell surrounding the mating tongue, thereby defining a mating cavity into which the mating tongue extends. The housing defines a pair of extending posts extending into the mating cavity and located at two opposite sides of the mating tongue and spaced from the mating tongue with a gap. The extending posts are loaded with a pair of power terminals thereon. The mating cavity constructs a first mating port and the extending posts excluding the extending posts and two subsidiary ports into which the pair of extending posts extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8969447
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition includes a poly(carbonate-arylate ester); and an organophosphorus compound in an amount effective to provide 0.1 to 1.0 wt % phosphorus based on the total weight of the composition, wherein an article molded from the composition has a smoke density after four minutes (Ds-4) of less than or equal to 300 determined according to ISO 5659-2 on a 3 mm thick plaque and a maximum average rate of heat release emission (MAHRE) of less than or equal to 90 kW/m2 determined according to ISO 5660-1 on a 3 mm thick plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Adrianus Johannes van der Mee, Robert Dirk van de Grampel, Roland Sebastian Assink, Paul Dean Sybert
  • Patent number: 8969448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to moulding compositions of polycarbonates and graft polymers and optionally further additives and components, which have, in addition to a high resistance to chemicals, a good resistance to heat, in particular a low tendency towards yellowing and a low tendency towards degradation when exposed to heat. In a particular, flameproofed embodiment, the after-burn time in a UL94 classification is furthermore reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Andreas Seidel, Martin Haussler, Burkhard Thuermer
  • Patent number: 8957144
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition having improved chemical resistance and solvent resistance while maintaining the impact resistance, heat resistance, thermal stability, and the like inherent to the polycarbonate resin which comprises 100 parts by weight of polycarbonate resin and 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a specific alkyl ketene dimer, and inhibits problems such as cracking, and the like, even when solvents or various chemicals such as hand creams and detergents adhere to the molded article obtained from the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Styron Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Tadashi Shinomiya, Keiko Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8957146
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition includes (A) polyamide resin, (B) white pigment, and (C) sodium phosphate salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: In Sik Shim, Jong Cheol Lim, Sun Ho Song, Sang Hwa Lee, Pil Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 8957141
    Abstract: A non-halogen flame retardant thermoplastic polyurethane composition containing: a) an organic non-halogenated flame retardant package which contains non-reacted components, i) an organic phosphate compound which is melamine free, ii) a mixture of an organic phosphate in combination with an organic phosphoric acid; and iii) a zinc oxide, b) a stabilizer, c) optionally inorganic flame retardant components, and d) optionally non-flame retardant additives, resulting in a TPU composition with excellent tensile strength and improved high flame performance and low smoke properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Chetan M. Makadia
  • Patent number: 8952084
    Abstract: A composition that includes a polyalkylene glycol silicone phosphate and carbon black, and where there is formed between the carbon black and the silicone phosphate an ionic attachment and processes thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Lin Ma, Lanhui Zhang