Patents Examined by Peter Szekely
  • Patent number: 8546475
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive infrared reflecting black pigment which comprises Fe and Mn but comprises no harmful elements, and exhibits an excellent infrared reflecting property. The infrared reflecting black pigment according to the present invention comprises a compound comprising Fe, Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ca, Si, Sr and Ba, and has a blackness (L* value) of not more than 30 and a solar radiation reflectance of not less than 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Toda Kogyo Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Maruyama, Kazushi Nishimoto, Hiroshi Akai, Kazutoshi Sanada, Yasuhiko Fujii
  • Patent number: 8546516
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer composition comprises a combination of: 40 to 60 pbw, of a polyetherimides, polyetherimide sulfones, or combination thereof having a weight average molecular weight from 5,000 to 80,000 Daltons; 40 to 60 pbw of a polyethylene terephthalate, the polyethylene terephthalate having a diethylene glycol content from 0.1 to 4 wt %, based on the weight of the polyethylene terephthalate, an intrinsic viscosity that is more than 0 and less than 0.83 dl/g, and carboxylic acid end groups in an amount from 10 to 150 meq/Kg; from 0 pbw to 1 pbw, based on 100 pbw of the polymer composition of a stabilizer selected from phenol-containing stabilizers, phosphorus-containing stabilizers, or a combination thereof; and, based on the weight of the polyethylene terephthalate, 10 to 300 antimony; 0 to 300 ppm of cobalt; and 0 to 300 ppm of titanium; wherein the polymer composition is bisphenol A free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert R. Gallucci, Mark A. Sanner
  • Patent number: 8541490
    Abstract: A process for producing an aliphatic polyester resin composition, wherein an aliphatic polyester resin is melt-kneaded with a phosphoric acid ester having a reduced moisture content of 1.5 wt. % or less. As a result, an aliphatic polyester resin composition having an improved moisture resistance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Fumio Akutsu, Naoki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Masumi Shibata, Akiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8536248
    Abstract: The reinforced thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes: 50 to 90% by weight of a polycarbonate resin (A); 10 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer mixture (B) (provided that a total amount of the component (A) and the component (B) accounts for 100% by weight) which is obtained by graft-polymerizing an aromatic alkenyl compound monomer unit (a) and a vinyl cyanide compound monomer unit (b) onto a rubber polymer (B1); and 6 to 22 parts by weight of an inorganic filler (D) which has been surface-treated with a water-soluble polyamide, relative to the total of 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin (A) and the graft copolymer mixture (B). There is provided a reinforced thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting excellent moldability, generates a minimal amount of gas during molding, and also being capable of improving the rigidity of the resulting molded article and the impact resistance when dropping the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: UMG ABS, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Nakamoto, Koichi Tezuka
  • Patent number: 8536297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition. More particularly the present invention relates to a coating composition comprising an amine curative composition comprising a bis-aromatic secondary diamine, a bis-aromatic primary diamine and optionally a mono-aromatic primary diamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Schreiber, Samuel L. Lane, Paul L. Wiggins
  • Patent number: 8536255
    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: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: A.L.M. Holding Company
    Inventors: Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Gerald H. Reinke
  • Patent number: 8530566
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides an electrically insulating and thermally conductive composition including 5-80 parts by weight of a resin, 20-95 parts by weight of an electrically insulating and thermally conductive powder, and 0.0001-2 parts by weight of a graphene. Another embodiment of the invention also provides an electronic device including the electrically insulating and thermally conductive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Lung Lin, Meng-Ju Wu, Kuo-Chan Chiou
  • Patent number: 8530551
    Abstract: Battery box comprising compositions containing A) 70.0 to 90.0 parts by weight of linear and/or branched aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate, B) 6.0 to 15.0 parts by weight of at least one graft polymer, C) 2.0 to 15.0 parts by weight of one or more phosphorus compounds, D) 0 to 3.0 parts by weight of antidripping agents, E) 0 to 3.0 parts by weight of thermoplastic vinyl (co)polymer (E.1) and/or polyalkylene terephthalate (E.2), and F) 0 to 20.0 parts by weight of further additives, wherein the compositions are optionally free from rubber-free polyalkyl(alkyl)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Ulrich Grosser, Claus RĂ¼diger, Achim Feldermann, Dieter Wittmann
  • Patent number: 8530561
    Abstract: The invention relates to nonmetal material modified thermoplastic resin composite, comprising the following materials by weight percentages: 50-70% of filling, 25-40% of polypropylene, 3-6% of maleic anhydride modified polypropylene, 1-3% of titanium dioxide and 1-2% antioxidant. Said filling has been modified by stearic acid. The invention also provides a method for producing products like sanitary wares, hardware of sanitary wares, outdoor products, decorative pipes of external walls and decorations of public scenes using the nonmetal material modified thermoplastic resin composite. The raw materials are widely available and the preparation does not require long-time burning with high energy consumption, thus possessing the advantages such as low energy consumption, high mechanical automation degree, low labor intensity, and high yield, which is applicable to industrial mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Shanghai Huda Investment & Development Co., Ltd., Qinghai Xiwang Hi-Tech & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liqun Chi
  • Patent number: 8518473
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for preparing a nanoparticle filled nanocomposite material, the method including the steps of providing a plurality of nanoparticles. attaching a first layer of organic ligand to the nanoparticle via a phosphate or phosphonate linkage, covalently attaching a second layer of matrix compatible polymer to said first layer of organic ligand to produce modified nanoparticles, providing a polymer matrix and dispersing the modified nanoparticles in the polymer matrix, wherein the dispersement of the modified nanoparticles into the polymer matrix results in a nanocomposite material, and wherein the modified nanoparticles are modified such that the first layer is proximal to the nanoparticle and the second layer is distal to the nanoparticle. Also within the scope of the invention are modified nanoparticles, alternative nanocomposite materials and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Peng Tao, Yu Li, Brian Benicewicz, Richard W. Siegel, Linda S. Schadler, Anand Viswanath
  • Patent number: 8513339
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfur-containing polymers containing copolymerizable adhesion promoters and compositions including sealant compositions useful in aerospace applications comprising sulfur-containing polymers containing copolymerizable adhesion promoters. In particular, polythioethers and polysulfides incorporating copolymerizable adhesion promoters are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Raquel Keledjian, Renhe Lin, Bruce Vimelson
  • Patent number: 8513338
    Abstract: A binder composition and a mixture of the binder composition and aggregate that are suitably used to prepare pavements are disclosed. The binder composition comprises a resin of vegetable origin, an oil of vegetable and a polymer, and the polymer is functionalised with silane groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Catherine Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 8513337
    Abstract: A novel hot melt adhesive that includes a blend of hot melt polyurethane and petroleum liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Garland Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Smith
  • Patent number: 8512508
    Abstract: A bitumen based adhesive that includes asphalt and/or coal tar and at least one silylated polymer and/or silyl-terminated polymer. The bitumen based adhesive can also include a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Garland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred A. Fensel, Jason D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8507586
    Abstract: The reinforced thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes: 50 to 90% by weight of a polycarbonate resin (A); 10 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer mixture (B) (provided that a total amount of the component (A) and the component (B) accounts for 100% by weight) which is obtained by graft-polymerizing an aromatic alkenyl compound monomer unit (a) and a vinyl cyanide compound monomer unit (b) onto a rubber polymer (B1); and 6 to 22 parts by weight of an inorganic filler (D) which has been surface-treated with a water-soluble polyamide, relative to the total of 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin (A) and the graft copolymer mixture (B). There is provided a reinforced thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting excellent moldability, generates a minimal amount of gas during molding, and also being capable of improving the rigidity of the resulting molded article and the impact resistance when dropping the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: UMG ABS, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Nakamoto, Koichi Tezuka
  • Patent number: 8487035
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition in which a surface resistivity and a volume resistivity actually measured in an antistatic region and an electrostatic diffusion region are equivalent to each other, and a remolded product produced by reutilizing a molded product which can hold the above properties. Specifically, disclosed is a resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of (a) a thermoplastic resin; 20 to 80 parts by weight of (b) a nonconductive fibrous inorganic filler having an average fiber diameter of not more than 15 ?m; and 10 to 70 parts by weight of the total of (c1) a graphite and (c2) a graphite in which (c) graphite having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m to 50 ?m wherein each kind thereof has a different particle diameter; and at least one of differences in average particle diameter between two kinds thereof is not less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Akiyama, Minoru Sakata, Yukihiro Ban
  • Patent number: 8481632
    Abstract: A method for improving the flowability of a mixture that contains wax and other hydrocarbons, which method comprises adding to the mixture an amount of a dendrimeric hyperbranched polyester amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Petrus Franciscus Van Bergen, Menno Anton Van Dijk, Albert Jan Zeeman
  • Patent number: 8474070
    Abstract: The invention discloses a resin-based composite sanitary ware, which is characterized in that: the sanitary ware is made by mixing up and injecting the raw materials and then solidifying the mold; and the ingredients of the raw materials and their weight ratios are as follows: unsaturated polyester resin composition 14%-30%; unsaturated polyester anti-shrinking medium 6%-14%; reinforcing fiber 11%-37%; scale stone 10%-20%; calcium carbonate 25%-40%; initiator 0.8%-2.4%. And this invention also discloses the preparation method of the sanitary ware. Compared with the current technology, the invention has the advantages of strong strength, high tenacity, perfect self-cleaning capacity and low energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Shanghai Huda Investment & Development Co., Ltd., Qinghai Xiwang Hi-Tech & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liqun Chi
  • Patent number: 8476355
    Abstract: A long glass reinforced resin composite of the present invention may comprise two kinds of thermoplastic matrix resin (a1, a2) which have different viscosities and a long glass fiber (B). The method of preparing the long glass reinforced resin composite comprises preparing a LFT (Long fiber thermoplastic) master-batch composition by impregnating the long glass fiber (B) of continuous phase into the low viscosity thermoplastic resin (a2), and compounding the LFT (Long fiber thermoplastic) master-hatch composition with high viscosity thermoplastic resin. The long glass fiber reinforced resin composite of the present invention has excellent mechanical properties such as impact strength, tensile strength, and flexural modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kyun Ha Ban, Chang Min Hong, Sung Hyo Lee
  • Patent number: 8476347
    Abstract: A resin compound includes a reaction product of (A) polymer which is at least selected from aliphatic polyester and aliphatic polyamide and (B) an aromatic compound with a compositional ratio from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) and represented by the following Formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each of R4, R5, R6, and R7 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each dm and n independently represents an integer from 0 to 3; and each of p and q represents an integer from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yao