Patents Examined by Rachel Gorr
  • Patent number: 6734272
    Abstract: A polyurethane resin composition for casting is provided which for use as a molding material for optical lenses, resistance to discoloration and durability are excellent and the pot life is long enough take time for casting process. It comprises a polyisocyanate, a polyhydroxy compound and an aromatic polyamine. The aliphatic polyisocyanate is 4,4′-methylene-bis(cyclohexyl isocyanate) or isophorone diisocyanate, the polyhydroxy compound is a polyether diol or polyester diol having an average molecular weight of 700-1200 or their mixture, and the aromatic polyamine is 4,4′-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Talex Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanichi Tamura, Shoichi Mitsuuchi
  • Patent number: 6734217
    Abstract: The invention relates to flame-resistant high resilience cold-cure moulded foams, processes for the production thereof and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Herrmann, Peter Seifert, Franz-Josef Bohne
  • Patent number: 6734273
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polyurethane compositions are prepared from polyols having high secondary hydroxyl content, diisocyanates, chain extenders and catalysts. The resulting polyurethanes have high molecular weight and can be prepared by a one-shot process wherein the reactants and any additional desired components are brought together and reacted simultaneously or substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Noveon IP Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Kemal Onder
  • Patent number: 6730738
    Abstract: A moisture-reactive hot-melt adhesive composition is provided. Particularly, a composition that includes a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a styrene/allyl alcohol copolymer, and a polyisocyanate. More particularly, the components are chosen so that the ratio of NCO/OH groups on an equivalents basis is from 1.8/1 to 3.0/1; the components contain less than 1% by weight of water; the weight ratio of polyether polyol to polyester polyol is at least 0.42; and the free NCO content is at least 5.5% by weight. Also provided are a method for forming the adhesive composition and a method for bonding substrates using the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Larry Frank Brinkman
  • Patent number: 6727341
    Abstract: A stable and high-solids aqueous dispersion of blocked isocyanates, containing auxiliary solvent, is prepared by (1) preparing a solution of a polyisocyanate mixture of from 20-70% by weight of a blocked, hydrophilically modified polyisocyanate (A) and from 30-80% by weight of a blocked, hydrophobic polyisocyanate (B) in an auxiliary solvent (G) and (2) adding water to this solution, with intensive mixing, in an amount which is such as to give a two-phase system comprising a disperse polyisocyanate phase and a continuous, aqueous phase containing auxiliary solvent. In a preferred embodiment of the invention dispersions are prepared which are virtually free from auxiliary solvent, by first adding a portion of water to the solution (1), substantially removing the auxiliary solvent with intensive mixing and then adding a second portion of water with intensive mixing to the mixture comprising the polyisocyanates (A) and (B) and the first portion of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Hartwig Lange, Klaus Janischewski, Dirk Reichel
  • Patent number: 6723817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blocked polyisocyanate containing: A1) 40 to 70 equivalent % of a predominantly linear NCO prepolymer having an NCO content of 5.0 to 10.0 wt. %, A2) 30 to 60 equivalent % of an aliphatic lacquer polyisocyanate, B1) 30 to 60 equivalent % of epsilon-caprolactam and B2) 40 to 70 equivalent % of diisopropylamine or 1,2,4-triazole as blocking agents, wherein the equivalent percents of isocyanate components A1) and A2) add up to 100 %, and the equivalent percents of blocking agents B1) and B2) add up to 100 to 110%, based on the equivalents of component A). The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these blocked polyisocyanates to coating compositions containing these blocked polyisocyanates and to metal substrates coated with these coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard König, Beate Baumbach, Christian Füssel
  • Patent number: 6723820
    Abstract: Solvent based poly(urethane/urea) resins suitable for formulating flexographic and gravure laminating printing ink and coating compositions formed from a poly(urethane) prepolymer solution made from a blend of polymeric diols and diols reacted with diisocyanates and then with diamine in an organic solvent. The resin is prepared by adding the poly(urethane) prepolymer solution at a controlled rate to the diamine in a organic solvent which allows a resin solution to be formed, which may be used in the formulation of laminating printing ink and coating compositions without the need for adjuvants, grinding in polyvinyl butyral or blending with nitrocellulose base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Arcurio, Mark Rocco, David J. Slavinski, Mark Schneider
  • Patent number: 6723819
    Abstract: Polyurethane resins are produced by reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate in the presence of an amine catalyst of one of the formulae:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Masuda, Hiroaki Nakamura, Yutaka Tamano
  • Patent number: 6723787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-free, two component polyurethane coating composition that is suitable for the production of coatings that have long term resistance to temperatures of up to 30° C., have good elongation and withstand cathodic protection, which contains A) a solvent-free polymer mixture containing a component free from OH groups containing at least one of a chlorinated paraffin or dibutoxybenzene, a di-(phenoxy-alkyl) formal, or a polyacrylonitrile, and a component having hydroxyl groups including a component which contains hydroxy groups and ether groups, and optionally a hydroxy-functional polyether polyacrylate and/or another hydroxy-functional compound; and B) a polyisocyanate component containing at least one organic polyisocyanate, where the NCO:OH equivalent ratio is 0.8:1 to 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Schwindt, Malte Homann, Karl-Heinz Kolping
  • Patent number: 6720402
    Abstract: Shape memory polymer compositions, articles of manufacture thereof, and methods of preparation and use thereof are described. The shape memory polymer compositions can hold more than one shape in memory. Suitable compositions include at least one hard segment and at least one soft segment. At least one of the hard or soft segments can contain a crosslinkable group, and the segments can be linked by formation of an interpenetrating network or a semi-interpenetrating network, or by physical interactions of the blocks. Objects can be formed into a given shape at a temperature above the Ttrans of the hard segment, and cooled to a temperature below to Ttrans of the soft segment. If the object is subsequently formed into a second shape, the object can return to its original shape by heating the object above the Ttrans of the soft segment and below the Ttrans of the hard segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: MnemoScience GmbH
    Inventors: Robert S. Langer, Andreas Lendlein
  • Patent number: 6720403
    Abstract: Spandex having good whiteness retention, high heat-set efficiency, and percent set is made from comprises amide soluble polyurethaneurea polymers prepared by reacting polyether which comprises the reaction product of a polymeric glycols with ortho-substituted diisocyanates and bulky diamine chain extenders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co.
    Inventor: Nathan E. Houser
  • Patent number: 6716954
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making a golf ball by mixing a polyisocyanate copolymer and at least one other reactant, such as a polyol, to form a reaction product and reaction injection molding the reaction product to form at least one of a core and cover component. Preferably, the polyisocyanate copolymer includes an aromatic polyisocyanate and an aliphatic polyisocyanate. Most preferably, the polyisocyanate copolymer includes a copolymer of toluene diisocyanate and hexamethylene diisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Viktor Keller, Thomas J. Kennedy, III, William M. Risen, Jr., Michael J. Tzivanis
  • Patent number: 6716958
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wave guide systems or structures or parts thereof, characterized in that they consist of or comprise a resin composed of at least one polycyanate copolymer, obtainable by copolymerization of at least one specific difunctional cyanate with at least one monocyanate of the formula N≡—C—O—R, wherein R is a straight or branched non-aromatic hydrocarbon radical or a non-aromatic hydrocarbon radical comprising a cyclic structure, the radical having the formula C(R′)2—CFR″2 wherein each R′ is, independently from the other, hydrogen or fluorine or an optionally substituted, preferably fluorinated alkyl or alkenyl group, and each of R″ may independently be defined as R′ or may have an arylic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Monika Bauer, Jörg Bauer, Christian Dreyer, Norbert Keil, Crispin Zawadzki
  • Patent number: 6713587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrodepositable coating composition having a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium. The resinous phase includes (a) an ungelled, active hydrogen-containing, ionic salt group-containing resin; and (b) a curing agent reactive with the active hydrogens of the resin (a). The resinous phase has a covalently bonded halogen content based on total weight of resin solids present in the resinous phase such that when the composition is electrodeposited and cured, the cured film passes flame resistance testing in accordance with IPC-TM-650, and has a dielectric constant of less than or equal to 3.50. The invention also is directed to a method for forming a dielectric coating on an electroconductive substrate using the electrodepositable coating composition, as well as to a substrate coated with the electrodepositable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. McCollum, Thomas C. Moriarity, Kevin C. Olson, Michael G. Sandala, Alan E. Wang, Craig A. Wilson, Steven R. Zawacky
  • Patent number: 6713525
    Abstract: A urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer which has a low viscosity and gives a flexible cured article reduced in surface tackiness. It is obtained by reacting a polyol ingredient comprising a polyoxyalkylene polyol which has two to four hydroxyl groups, a hydroxyl value VOH (mg-KOH/g) of from 5 to 115, and a total degree of unsaturation VUS (meq/g) satisfying the relationship VUS≦(0.45/VOH)+0.02, with a polyisocyanate compound and a hydroxylated (meth)acrylate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Josho Kashiwame
  • Patent number: 6706818
    Abstract: This invention provides a curable resin composition for one-pack type water-based paint which is readily cured regardless of coating environment, said resin composition comprising copolymer (I) which is produced by the copolymerization of unsaturated group-containing urethane prepolymer (A) which is obtained from a reaction of diisocyanate compound (a), glycol compound (b), carboxyl group-containing glycol compound (c) and hydroxyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (d), with maleimide group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (e), carbonyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (f) and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer (g), and compound (II) which has, per molecule, two or more same or different functional groups selected from hydrazide group, semicarbazide group and hydrazone group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yushichi Ishihara, Masami Sugishima, Nobushige Numa, Mitsutaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Inukai
  • Patent number: 6703472
    Abstract: A cleaning blade for use in an electrophotographic apparatus, which rubs and eliminates residual toners. The cleaning blade is made up of polyrethane resin sheet controls chipping of a top end of the cleaning blade and reduces an abrasion of a photosensitive drum. The cleaning blade is prepared by mixing and hardening at least a prepolymer, which is obtained from butylene adipate polyester polyol, hexylene adipate polyester polyol and polyisocyanate, and a hardening agent including a low molecular weight polyol and potassium acetate so that a mol ration (&agr; value) of hydroxyl group to isocyanate group becomes not less than 0.7 and not more than 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinari Miura, Takako Okabe, Taku Hatanaka, Shoji Inoue, Naohiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 6703471
    Abstract: Low-odor, storage-stable monomer-containing polyisocyanurate is prepared from isophorone diisocyanate by conducting a partial trimerization for 3 minutes to 3 hours in the presence of 0.05-2% by weight of a catalyst, based on the weight of the diisocyanate, the catalyst having the formula [R—NX3]m⊕mY⊖ wherein Y⊖ is a carboxylic acid anion of 4-8 carbons, R is a &bgr;-hydroxyalkyl group of 2-6 carbons, X is an alkylene group of 2-3 carbons and m is a number from 1.0 to 2.0. The three radicals X form a ring with the quaternary nitrogen by way of a common nitrogen atom, which may be partly &bgr;-hydroxyalkylated, said ring optionally having an OH group positioned &agr;, &bgr; or &ggr; to the nitrogen. The reaction proceeds at a temperature of 0-160° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Stephan Kohlstruk, Manfred Kreczinski, Rainer Lomölder
  • Patent number: 6699957
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyurethane elastomer comprising the reaction product of: A) at least one aliphatic diisocyanate monomer; B) at least one high molecular weight polyol; C) at least one low molecular weight diol comprising an aromatic moiety; and D) at least one saturated diol curing agent. These elastomers are useful as components of golf ball covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Gajewski, Glen C. Proctor
  • Patent number: 6696539
    Abstract: A blocked isocyanate group-containing resin composition and a thermosetting resin composition using the same that comprise a resin (C) obtainable by modifying a resin (A) having two or more blocked isocyanate groups of a specific molecular structure in one molecule with a specific monohydric alcohol (B), and by replacing the substituent of the blocked isocyanate groups with a group having a larger number of carbon atoms, thereby lowering solubility parameter value. The compositions exhbit good storage stability and good compatibility with base resins for paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masami Kobata, Hiromi Harakawa, Hidekazu Ishii