Patents Examined by Robert Dawson
  • Patent number: 6670445
    Abstract: Disclosed are a curable resin composition, which is liquid and therefore has good workability before curing and which can be softened or liquefied at a temperature lower than the thermal decomposition temperature in a short time after curing and a curable compound used in the composition as well as a method of easily disassembling a cured material. The curable compound has at least one thermally dissociable group (a) that does not participate in crosslinking reaction and at least two groups (b) participating in crosslinking reaction selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate group, a blocked isocyanate group, an alkoxysilyl group, an epoxy group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, a latent amino group, a mercapto group and a carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Okuhira
  • Patent number: 6669949
    Abstract: This invention relates to asymmetrical, substituted polysiloxanes which show good compatibility in a variety of oils and improve the spreading behavior of oil-based formulations, to a process for preparing these asymmetrical polysiloxanes and to oil formulations containing said asymmetrical polysiloxanes. The asymmetrical polysiloxanes of this invention are used in herbicidal and pesticidal compositions, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations as well as in industrial applications. The assymmetrical substituted polysiloxanes have the following formula wherein R1, R2, Z a and b are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Goldschmidt AG
    Inventors: Wayne Kennedy, Arno Knebelkamp, Peter Lersch, Jörg Simpelkamp, Stephen Wilkowski
  • Patent number: 6670042
    Abstract: Provided is an industrially advantageous insulating film obtainable from a resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene oxide having a structural unit of the following formula (1): and (B) 0.1 to 60 parts by weight of a copolymer having a functional group reactive with the above-mentioned polyphenylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motonobu Furuta, Takanari Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6667103
    Abstract: There is provided a wet friction material excellent in heat resistance and durability, high in friction coefficient, small in initial fluctuation of the friction coefficient, excellent in heat spot resistance and superior in physical strength to a wet friction material using a phenol resin as a binder. In the wet friction material composed of a fiber base material, a filler, a friction adjustor, and a binder, the binder is a hardened substance of a hydrolyzed solution of a silane coupling agent represented by the following formula (1) (R1)(R2)nSi(OR3)3−n  (1) in which R1 represents an alkylamino group containing primary amine at a terminal, each of R2 and R3 represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Mori, Hirokazu Yagi
  • Patent number: 6667104
    Abstract: A phenol resin composition for wet friction material comprising a curable resin composition obtained by mixing a resol-type phenol resin and a hydrolysis solution of an alkoxysilane or a condensate thereof, wherein the ratio by weight of the nonvolatile components of the resol-type phenol resin (R) and the nonvolatile components of the hydrolysis solution of the alkoxysilane or the condensate thereof (S), obtained after heat-treatment at 135° C. for one hour, is in the range of 64/36 to 10/90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignees: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited, NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aiba, Masahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 6667107
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition comprising (1) a copolymer resin comprising (a) a monomer unit and (b) a monomer unit respectively represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): wherein R1 represents hydrogen, a halogen, or a C1-C5 hydrocarbon group; R2 represents a halogen or a C1-C5 hydrocarbon group; x is 0 to 3; and each of m and n is a natural number, and (2) a cyanate resin having at least two cyanate groups per molecule. To provide a printed wiring board material and a printed wiring board for electronic appliance, having a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric dissipation factor as well as improved heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuchikawa, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Mizuno, Daisuke Fujimoto, Nozomu Takano
  • Patent number: 6663969
    Abstract: A heat conductive adhesive film, wherein a magnetic field is applied to a film composition comprising boron nitride powder for orientating and solidifying the boron nitride powder in the composition in a given direction, an manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic component, characterized by that a heat radiating element and a heat conductive member are adhered by a heat conductive adhesive film wherein boron nitride powder is orientated in a given direction, presenting a high heat conductivity, an excellent heat radiation, and a good electric insulation and a high peeling-off strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Polymatech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tobita Masayuki, Shinya Tateda, Tsuneh isa Kimura, Masahumi Yamato
  • Patent number: 6663968
    Abstract: Corrosion- and chip-resistant coatings for high tensile steel components, such as automotive coil springs, are formed from a coating powder composition of “toughened” epoxy resin. In a single coat embodiment, the entire coating is loaded with at least 75 phr zinc powder. In a dual coat embodiment, an inner coat is loaded with at least 75 phr zinc and an outer, zinc-free coating is reinforced by the addition of fibers and/or by a foaming agent which renders it porous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Tina L. Grubb, Catherine A. Kleckner, William E. Wertz, Michael C. Siminski, Andrew T. Daly, Jeno Muthiah
  • Patent number: 6663957
    Abstract: To provide a transparent resin which is suitable in the process of producing a coating for electronic materials, a glass having both of the scattering-preventing function and the antireflective function, an adhesive agent, a shock-absorbing material, an ultraviolet-cutting sheet for televisions, a filter for VDTs and a high refractive index primer composition as well as the process for the production of primer-coated lenses using the primer composition, is excellent in a coatability, adhesive property, storage stability, durability, shock resistance and the like, and is particularly excellent in a transparency and adhesive property after curing of the same. A transparent resin having an adhesive property characterized by comprising a cured product of the polymerizing composition which comprises at least one of diallyl phthalate, diallyl isophthalate and diallyl terephthalate, and pentaerydiritol tetra(3-mercaptopropionate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Pentax Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Takushima, Riichiro Takeshita
  • Patent number: 6663967
    Abstract: Organopolysiloxane compositions that cure by the addition reaction of silicon-bonded lower alkenyl radicals with silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and which exhibit select adhesion to a variety of substrates. The compositions comprise an adhesion promoting mixture comprising an epoxy-functional compound, soluble polydiorganosiloxanes and polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) thus giving release characteristics to metal substrates while maintaining adhesion to the thermoplastic substrate. Additionally, an additive may be used to produce surface lubricity after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Bryant Rubber Corporation
    Inventor: Rick A. Ziebell
  • Patent number: 6664307
    Abstract: Low-shrinkage positioning formulations include, in addition to the resin-forming composition, a filler comprised of fibrous and spherical elements, usually of glass, present in a defined ratio and amount. The resin formulation may desirably comprise epoxy resin and a copolymerizable monomer having amide, acrylamide, or hydroxyl functionality, and may advantageously be devoid of any cationic catalyst ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dymax Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Arnold, Nicole M. Langer
  • Patent number: 6662854
    Abstract: This invention relates to foundry binder systems, which will cure in the presence of sulfur dioxide and a free radical initiator, comprising (a) an aliphatic epoxy resin; (b) a multifunctional acrylate; and (c) an effective amount of a free radical initiator. The foundry binder systems are used for making foundry mixes. The foundry mixes are used to make foundry shapes (such as cores and molds) which are used to make metal castings, particularly aluminum castings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne D. Woodson, H. Randall Shriver
  • Patent number: 6663970
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an epoxy/alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin alloy comprising an epoxy resin, an alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin, and a curative. The alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin is characterized as a product formed by an alkylation reaction between a cyclic diolefin and aromatic solvent. A particularly effective alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin in this invention is the alkylation resin formed by the reaction of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) with alkylnaphthalene solvent. The alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin can be readily dissolved into various epoxy resins and easily processed into resin impregnated glass cloth prepreg for ultimate conversion into electronic laminate products. These epoxy/alkylation-type hydrocarbon resin alloys retain high Tg values with minimal increase in thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Resins Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel W. Klosiewicz
  • Patent number: 6664323
    Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising an oxyalkylene base copolymer having at least one silicone atom containing group to the silicone atom of which a hydroxyl group and/or hydrolyzable group is attached and which is cross-linked through formation of a siloxane bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gary M. Lucas
  • Patent number: 6660395
    Abstract: Fiber reinforced silicone matrix resin based composites are made more resistant to delamination by incorporating a suitably tough, lower modulus silicone resin, different from said matrix resin, between each fiber layer of the composite. Preferably, woven mats of glass or carbon fibers impregnated with a desired silicone matrix resin are coated with a precursor of the tougher interleaf silicone resin. The resulting laminate of alternating matrix resin-fiber layers and interleaved layers of the tougher silicone resin provides a tougher silicone based composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick J. McGarry, Bizhong Zhu, Dimitris E. Katsoulis
  • Patent number: 6660387
    Abstract: A display device substrate which meets requirements for weight reduction, thickness reduction, high reliability, good heat resistance, and good impact resistance all at once. The display device substrate is composed of a pair of glass sheets facing each other and a layer of plastics material interposed between said paired glass sheets in such a way that said glass sheets have an internal compressive strain ascribed to the plastic sheet. Thus, the very thin glass sheets are hardly liable to breakage. This makes light weight and reduced thickness compatible with reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oaku, Yasuo Hanawa, Shigeo Amagi, Tomoji Oishi, Katsumi Kondou
  • Patent number: 6660384
    Abstract: Compound tile with natural stone visible side, preferably marble, of the type comprising a plate of natural stone having a reduced thickness and firmly fixed by adhesive means to a rigidification supporting sheet, said support having a particular composition which is adapted to the physical characteristics of the natural stone plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Uralita de Productos Y Servicios, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan J. Pastor Segura, Kepa Ceara Apraiz, Jose Maria Martinez Tejera
  • Patent number: 6660230
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a new class of chemoselective polymer materials. In particular, the invention relates to linear polycarbosilane compounds for use in various analytical applications involving sorbent polymer materials, including chromatoghraphy, chemical trapping, analyte collection, and chemical sensor applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert Andrew McGill, Eric J. Houser
  • Patent number: 6660396
    Abstract: A system for permanently associating identifying indicia with a previously manufactured product. Silicone sheet material having imbedded therein a quantity of thermally activatable crosslinking catalyst is secured to the product. An indici-containing element is placed on the silicone sheet material and is then covered by another piece of the same type of silicone sheet material. Heat is then applied to the assembly to cause the pieces of silicone sheet material to crosslink together and encapsulate the indicia-containing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Truseal USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Warburton-Pitt
  • Patent number: 6660386
    Abstract: A primer for flame sprayed polyolefin comprises an epoxy resin, preferably of low molecular weight and/or low viscosity; and an amine hardener, part of which becomes highly reactive on exposure to open flame, providing near instant cure of the composition under flame spray conditions. The invention is unique that it provides strong adhesion to steel, even where the surface preparation is less than ideal, as well as to concrete and other substrates. The primer eliminates the need to preheat the substrate. The primer has strong adhesion to the topcoat polyolefinic material, especially to a functionalized topcoat. The composition withstands open flame and does not char under polyolefin flame spray conditions, nor does it run or sag, and it is not prone to failure as it cools after the application of the polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Polymer Ventures, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Shah A. Haque