Patents Examined by Robert S Jones
  • Footwear and rubber sole containing zinc rosinate
    Patent number: 11478040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a footwear with a rubber sole where such sole is comprised of a rubber composition which contains zinc rosinate. The zinc rosin is provided to include zinc rosinate as a product formed in situ within the rubber composition of zinc oxide and freely added rosin acid. The footwear rubber sole is intended for ground engagement. In one embodiment, the rubber composition for the rubber sole further contains triglyceride vegetable oil. In one embodiment, the rubber composition for the rubber sole additionally contains a traction promoting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Polymer comprising repeating units consisting of a substituted pyrrole ring and products obtained by combining said polymers with carbon allotropes
    Patent number: 11479634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer comprising repeating units consisting of a substituted pyrrole ring. In particular, the repeating units consist of substituted pyrrole containing polar groups capable of interacting with carbon allotropes such as carbon nanotubes, graphene or nanographites, in order to improve the chemical-physical characteristics of the allotropes mainly by increasing their dispersibility and stability in liquid media and in polymer matrices. The invention also relates to products of addition of these polymers with carbon allotropes in order to obtain easily dispersible macromolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
    Inventors: Maurizio Stefano Galimberti, Vincenzina Barbera, Ada Truscello, Roberto Sebastiano, Antonio Marco Valerio
  • High-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11473180
    Abstract: Provided are a high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for manufacturing thereof. The high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a metallographic structure including, in terms of area ratio, in terms of area ratio, 15% or less of ferrite, 20% or more and 50% or less of martensite, and bainite and tempered martensite in a total amount of 30% or more, and a galvanized layer formed on the steel sheet having a coating weight of 20 g/m2 to 120 g/m2 per side, in which a yield strength ratio is 65% or more, a tensile strength is 950 MPa or more, and Mn oxides are contained in the galvanized layer in an amount of 0.015 g/m2 to 0.050 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Seisuke Tsuda, Yasuhiro Nishimura, Masaki Koba
  • Alkylene oxide polymer endcapped with an aryl ether alkoxylate block copolymer
    Patent number: 11472921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound comprising a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) having a hydrophobic fragment represented by Structure I: where Ar1, Ar2; R1, m, and n are defined herein. The compound of the present invention provides viscosity stability upon tinting for paints containing a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) rheology modifier, more particularly a HEUR rheology modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: John J. Rabasco, Daniel A. Saucy, Antony K. Van Dyk
  • Aluminum alloy for casting and method of forming a component
    Patent number: 11466345
    Abstract: An aluminum-iron alloy for casting includes aluminum, iron, silicon, and niobium present in the aluminum-iron alloy in an amount according to formula (I): (Al3Fe2Si)1-x+x Nb, wherein x is from 0.25 parts by weight to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the aluminum-iron alloy. A method of forming a component including forming the aluminum-iron alloy is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zhongyi Liu, Bin Hu, James R. Salvador, Daad B. Haddad
  • F* and W temper aluminum alloy products and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11466351
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aluminum alloy products and methods of making the aluminum alloy products. Specifically, disclosed herein is an aluminum alloy provided in a temper achieved by rapidly quenching the aluminum alloy product after hot rolling. The aluminum alloys provided in the tempers described herein allow an end user to further process the aluminum alloys using less time and requiring less energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Novells Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrille Bezencon, David Leyvraz, Aude Celine Despois, Samuel R. Wagstaff
  • Mold coating agent with adjusted acid value having function as concrete releasing agent
    Patent number: 11459464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a form coating agent, which has an adjusted acid value and a function of releasing forms from concrete. The present invention uses a copolymer containing: A) melamine polymer resin; B) polystyrene resin; C) phenol-formalin resin; D) polymethylmethacrylate; E) polyacrylate-based resin; and F) polyvinyl chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: WOORAM COATING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Yeol Lee
  • Thermoplastic elastomer resin composition
    Patent number: 11453775
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a thermoplastic elastomer resin composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer resin and, as a reactive additive, a compound containing one or more isocyanurate functional groups; a molded product comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMYANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae-Kwan Kwon, Jin Yoo, Cheol-Han Lee, Yong-Chan Lim, Sang-Hyun Park
  • Seamless steel pipe and method for producing same
    Patent number: 11453925
    Abstract: A seamless steel pipe is provided that has a chemical composition which consists of, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.20%, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.2%, P?0.025%, S?0.005%, Cu?0.20%, N?0.007%, Ni: 0.20 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.30% or more and less than 0.50%, Mo: 0.30 to 0.50%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.05%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0020%, Ti: 0.003 to 0.050%, V: 0.01 to 0.20%, a total of any one or more elements among Ca, Mg and REM: 0 to 0.025%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and for which Pcm (=C+(Si/30)+(Mn/20)+(Cu/20)+(Ni/60)+(Cr/20)+(Mo/15)+(V/10)+5B)?0.30. The steel micro-structure includes, in area %, tempered martensite ?90%. The tensile strength is 980 MPa or more, and a Charpy impact value at ?40° C. using a 2 mm V-notch test specimen is 75 J/cm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miki, Yuji Arai, Yusuke Mihara, Yohsuke Uchida, Masahiro Yamazaki, Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Polymers and DNA copolymer coatings
    Patent number: 11447582
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Illumina Cambridge Limited
    Inventors: Andrew A. Brown, Wayne N. George, Alexandre Richez, Anne-Cecile Dingwall, Xavier von Hatten
  • Oxygen scavenging plastic material
    Patent number: 11447627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyether-polyester copolymer comprising: (i) polyether segments wherein at least one polyether segment contains at least one polytetramethylene oxide segment, (ii) polyester segments, (iii) bridging elements of the structure —CO—R2-CO—, wherein R2 represents an optionally substituted bivalent hydrocarbon residue consisting of 1 to 100 carbon atoms; (iv) one or two end-caps R1-O—(C2-C4—O—)e—*, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue and e is an integer of from 0 to 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Clariant Plastics & Coatings Ltd
    Inventors: Mike Sahl, Martijn Gillissen, Maria Victoria Rodriguez
  • Methods of producing bonded magnet and compound for bonded magnets
    Patent number: 11440091
    Abstract: Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 ?m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamanaka, Takayuki Yano
  • Triazine-ring-containing polymer and composition including same
    Patent number: 11440993
    Abstract: A triazine-ring-containing polymer characterized by including a repeating unit structure represented by formula (1). [In the formula, R and R? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and Ar represents at least one selected from the group shown by formulas (2) and (3). [in the formulas, W1 and W2 each independently represent CR1R2 (R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-10 alkyl group optionally substituted by a halogen atom (where these together may form a ring)), C?O, S, SO, or SO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kaseyama, Naoya Nishimura
  • Use of at least one phenolic compound to stabilise ethylene copolymerisation reactions
    Patent number: 11441012
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing radical ethylene copolymerization reactions for approximately 5 to 10 minutes, the method including using a phenolic compound with other comonomers and performing the radical ethylene copolymerization reactions at high pressure. Also, a method of preparing an ethylene copolymer at high pressure in the presence of one or more phenolic compounds, as defined below, and one or more initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SK GLOBAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Laurichesse, Thibaut Severac, Angélique Lelievre, Claire Isabelle Michalowicz, Louis Defoor, Yves Cabon
  • Online zeta-potential measurements for optimization of emulsion breaker dosage in ethylene plants
    Patent number: 11434435
    Abstract: A method for treating an emulsion emanating from a quenching process in production of ethylene that includes online monitoring of zeta potential of the hydrocarbon/water emulsion in a quench water tower and/or a quench water loop. In response to the online monitoring of zeta potential, the method changes the amount of demulsifier being added to the hydrocarbon/water emulsion such that the amount of demulsifier is effective in breaking the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ian Robson, Fabrice Cuoq
  • Biomass-resource-derived polyester and production process thereof
    Patent number: 11434325
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoshima, Yasuaki Miki, Katsuhisa Kumazawa, Satoshi Katou, Tadashi Uyeda, Toyomasa Hoshino, Noboru Shintani, Kenji Yamagishi, Atsushi Isotani
  • Free-cutting copper alloy and method for producing free-cutting copper alloy
    Patent number: 11434548
    Abstract: This free-cutting copper alloy comprises 75.4-78.7% Cu, 3.05-3.65% Si, 0.10-0.28% Sn, 0.05-0.14% P, and at least 0.005% to less than 0.020% Pb, with the remainder comprising Zn and inevitable impurities. The composition satisfies the following relations: 76.5?f1=Cu+0.8×Si?8.5×Sn+P?80.3; 60.7?f2=Cu?4.6×Si?0.7×Sn?P?62.1; and 0.25?f7=P/Sn?1.0. The area percentage (%) of respective constituent phases satisfies the following relations: 28???67; 0???1.0; 0???0.2; 0???1.5; 97.4?f3=?+?; 99.4?f4=?+?+?+?; 0?f5=?+??2.0; and 30?f6=?+6×?1/2+0.5×??70. The long side of the ? phase is at most 40 ?m, the long side of the ? phase is at most 25 ?m, and ? phase is present in ? phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oishi, Kouichi Suzaki, Shinji Tanaka, Takayuki Oka
  • Dispersant for calcium carbonate, calcium carbonate composition, thermoplastic resin composition and molded body
    Patent number: 11427674
    Abstract: Provided are: a dispersant for calcium carbonate that is capable of dispersing calcium carbonate well in a thermoplastic resin; a calcium carbonate composition and a thermoplastic resin composition that each contain the dispersant for calcium carbonate; and a molded body produced by using the thermoplastic resin composition. Specifically, provided are a dispersant for calcium carbonate, including a polyester resin containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue, an aliphatic diol residue, and a monoalcohol residue or a monocarboxylic acid residue and having a melting point of 100 to 250° C.; a calcium carbonate composition that contains the dispersant and calcium carbonate; a thermoplastic resin composition that contains the dispersant, calcium carbonate, and a thermoplastic resin; and a molded body that contains the thermoplastic resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Tajiri, Osamu Suzuki
  • Aliphatic polyester with high elongation
    Patent number: 11427676
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyester is provided. The aliphatic polyester comprises: a first structural unit represented by wherein R1 is absent or a C1 to C40 aliphatic hydrocarbyl; a second structural unit represented by wherein R2 is a C1 to C10 aliphatic hydrocarbyl; and a third structural unit derived from a first cross-linking agent, wherein the first cross-linking agent has three reactive functional groups, wherein at least one reactive functional group is a secondary or tertiary hydroxyl, with the proviso that the first cross-linking agent is not malic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Jui Huang, Ping-Chieh Wang
  • Free-cutting copper alloy and method for producing free-cutting copper alloy
    Patent number: 11421302
    Abstract: This free-cutting copper alloy comprises 76.0-78.7% Cu, 3.1-3.6% Si, 0.40-0.85% Sn, 0.05-0.14% P, and at least 0.005% to less than 0.020% Pb, with the remainder comprising Zn and inevitable impurities. The composition satisfies the following relations: 75.0?f1=Cu+0.8×Si?7.5×Sn+P+0.5×Pb?78.2; 60.0?f2=Cu?4.8×Si?0.8×Sn?P+0.5×Pb?61.5; and 0.09?f3=P/Sn?0.30. The area percentage (%) of respective constituent phases satisfies the following relations: 30???65; 0???2.0; 0???0.3; 0???2.0; 96.5?f4=?+?; 99.4?f5=?+?+?+?; 0?f6=?+??3.0; and 35?f7=1.05×?+6×?1/2+0.5×??70. ? phase is present in ? phase, the long side of the ? phase is at most 50 ?m, and the long side of the ? phase is at most 25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oishi, Kouichi Suzaki, Hiroki Goto, Shinji Tanaka