Patents Examined by Thao T. Tran
  • Patent number: 9670304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composite for preventing ice adhesion. A superhydrophobic or superhydrophilic surface with a hydrophobic, low freezing point liquid adsorbed onto surface asperities results in a durable, renewable anti-icing surface. The preparation method for novel icing and rain protecting surface is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventors: Liang Wang, Viktoria Ren Wang
  • Patent number: 9670382
    Abstract: The base film of the invention is a base film of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for laminating onto a semiconductor wafer composed of: (A) a layer of a cured product in which a composition including a polyether polyol urethan(meth)acrylate oligomer and an energy ray curable monomer is cured by energy ray irradiation, and (B) a thermoplastic resin layer. The present invention, by using a surface protection sheet, protects a circuit side of a wafer with bumps, prevents collapse of bumps on the circuit side when grinding the back surface, and prevents generation of dimples or cracks on the grinding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: LINTEC Corporation, Arakawa Chemical Industries, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tamura, Takashi Akutsu, Yuki Eto, Tomohide Hukuzaki
  • Patent number: 9670391
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition having excellent waterproof properties, drop impact resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides a moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition containing a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer being produced through a reaction of a polyol (A) with a polyisocyanate (B), wherein the polyol (A) contains a polyether polyol (A-1), a crystalline polyester polyol (A-2), an amorphous polyester polyol (A-3), and an acrylic polyol (A-4). The present invention also provides an adhesive containing such a composition and an article in which such a composition is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kanagawa, Toyokuni Fujiwara, Ryou Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9669610
    Abstract: The use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is described for the lamination of moldings, where the polyurethane comprises units derived from at least one amorphous polyester polyol and comprises units derived from at least one polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Oliver Hartz
  • Patent number: 9665028
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member having a high conductivity and having high adhesiveness to other layer, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus using the electrophotographic member as a developer carrying member are provided. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electro-conductive mandrel and an electro-conductive layer, wherein the electro-conductive layer has a resin having a structure represented by the following structural formula (1), and an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Masaki Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Satoru Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9666330
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyurethane resin composition for electrical insulation that has excellent compatibility between an isocyanate component and a polyol component, and that exhibits excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance, and insulation properties. The polyurethane resin composition for electrical insulation comprises (1) Part A comprising a polyisocyanate component obtained from at least one member selected from the group consisting of aliphatic diisocyanates and alicyclic diisocyanates, and containing one or more isocyanurate groups and one or more allophanate groups; and (2) Part B comprising a polyol component, wherein the polyisocyanate component has a molar ratio, (a)/(b), of isocyanurate groups (a) to allophanate groups (b) of 85/15 to 15/85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sanyu Rec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Takei, Akira Morisaki, Takashi Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 9663681
    Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Ichimura, Takashi Irie, Yoshikazu Kasahara, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Masahiko Ishii, Eisaku Okada
  • Patent number: 9662865
    Abstract: Provided is a stretched laminate for manufacturing a thin polarizer while increasing the degree of orientation of a polyvinyl alcohol-iodine complex without problems such as breakage. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer having superior optical characteristics by using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufactured by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Nam, Jong-Hyun Jung, Kyun-Ii Rah, Hye-Min Yu, Se-Woo Yang, Yoon-Tae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9657206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesive formulations based on uretdione-group-comprising polyaddition compounds that are free of isocyanate groups and monomeric polyisocyanates, and to the use thereof for the production of adhesive bonds between substrates, in particular for the production of flexible film composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dorota Greszta-Franz, Berta Vega Sanchez, Beate Baumbach, Hans-Josef Laas, Mathias Matner
  • Patent number: 9659832
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making an electronic assembly with a reactive hot-melt adhesive composition that include an atmospheric curing prepolymer and optionally a thermoplastic component with a softening point of at least about 120° C., and the electronic assembly made therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Albert M. Giorgini, Andrew Hilley
  • Patent number: 9657195
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition includes an aqueous polyurethane resin including a polyurethane resin having an acid group and a polyamine compound, a water-soluble polymer, and an inorganic layered mineral. The aqueous polyurethane resin is included at a solid content of 50-80 mass %, the water-soluble polymer is included at a solid content of 5-20 mass %, and the inorganic layered mineral is included at a solid content of 10-30 mass %, relative to a total solid content of the aqueous coating composition. The aqueous coating composition has a total solid concentration of not less than 5 mass % and a viscosity of not larger than 50 mPa-second at 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kaminaga, Harumi Matsumoto, Sayaka Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9657194
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stable organosiloxane coating compositions comprising a blocked isocyanate silane and at least one polyol that provide abrasion resistant coatings for transparent polymer substrates. The cured coatings also have excellent adhesion to the polymer substrates. In accordance with certain embodiments, the disclosed coating compositions, which when cured on the substrate, provide formable, weatherable, anti-fog, or combinations of formable, weatherable, or anti-fog organosiloxane coatings. Also disclosed herein are articles comprising coatings cured from such coating compositions, and processes for making the coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SDC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangxu Chen, Ren-Zhi Jin, Masanori Iwazumi, Kiranmayi Deshpande
  • Patent number: 9649826
    Abstract: An adhesive system for preparing lignocellulosic composites comprising a) an aqueous primer composition and, b) a polyurethane adhesive composition, wherein said aqueous primer composition comprises: from 0 to 25 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of polyol selected from the group consisting of water soluble polyols, water dispersible polyols, water emulsifiable polyols and mixtures thereof, wherein said polyols have a molecular weight less than 5000 daltons; and, up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of surfactant selected from the group consisting of water soluble surfactants, water emulsifiable surfactants and mixtures thereof, with the proviso that the aqueous primer composition must comprise at least one of said polyol or a surfactant having hydroxyl functionality and a molecular weight of less than 5000 daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Swiezkowski, Peter Dolan, Carlos Amen-Chen, Joseph Gabriel
  • Patent number: 9643840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a dielectric polyurethane film, in which at least the following steps are performed continuously: I) a mixture comprising: a) a compound containing isocyanate groups and having a content of isocyanate groups of >10% by weight and ?50% by weight, b) a compound containing isocyanate-reactive groups and having an OH number of ?20 and ?150, at least one solvent having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of >0.1 mbar and <200 mbar, at least one wetting additive, is produced, where the sum of the number-average functionalities of isocyanate groups and of isocyanate-reactive groups in the compounds a) and b) is ?2.6 and ?6, II) immediately after production thereof, the mixture is applied to a carrier in the form of a wet film, III) the wet film is cured to form the polyurethane film and IV) the polyurethane film is separated from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Joachim Wagner, Jens Krause, Dennis Hönel
  • Patent number: 9636703
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method making it possible to obtain, with excellent curability at low temperatures and in a short period of time, a multilayer coating film exhibiting an excellent finished appearance. The present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, wherein a substrate is sequentially coated with at least one layer of one or more base coating compositions, and with one or more clear coating compositions, the method being characterized by utilizing a clear coating composition containing a hydroxy-containing acrylic resin (A) having a hydroxy value in a specific range; a polyisocyanate compound (B) having a viscosity in a specific range; and an organometallic catalyst (C) containing a metallic compound (C1) in which the metal is a member selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, zirconium, bismuth, lead, cobalt, manganese, titanium, aluminum, and molybdenum, and an amidine compound (C2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Iwata, Fumio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9631117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of highly reactive, low-viscosity and water-dilutable polyisocyanate reaction products which contain activated groups which react, by polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds under the action of actinic radiation. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of such products and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Sommer, Michael Ludewig, Wolfgang Fischer, Nusret Yuva
  • Patent number: 9625854
    Abstract: Provided are a developer carrying member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus using the developer carrying member, the developer carrying member including a substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer covering a surface of the elastic layer in which the surface layer contains a modified acrylic resin, and the modified acrylic resin has a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (1). (R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; U represents a urethane resin having, between two adjacent urethane bonds, a structure represented by the following structural formula (2), and at least one of structure selected from a structure represented by the following structural formula (3) and a structure represented by the following structural formula (4); and L represents a divalent linking group containing an ester bond (—O—C(?O)—)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Minoru Nakamura, Seiji Tsuru, Kazuaki Nagaoka, Yuto Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 9604436
    Abstract: A composition includes an isocyanate, a polyether diol, a branched short chain diol having a backbone including carbon atoms in a range of 1 to 9 and at least one branching group, and a cross-linker having a hydroxyl functionality in a range of 2.2 to 4. A films includes the composition and an interlayer includes the film. Transparencies including the interlayer and methods of making the same are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Razmik Boghossian, Khushroo H. Lakdawala
  • Patent number: 9605187
    Abstract: An adhesive composition that includes: one or more polyester polyether copolymers of formula I: wherein Nu is a predominately cyclic nucleus and RI is randomly selected from either a C2-6 alkylene or an amorphous, long-chain polyether subunit including a polyoxyalkylene group; one or more polyisocyanate prepolymers that includes the reaction product of: one or more polyols; and a polyfunctional isocyanate having a functionality of more than about 2; polymeric MDI; and a first aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic polymer tackifying resin having a softening point of equal to or greater than about 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Marietta B. Helmeke, Jeffery G. Schmierer, Theresa Unze-Schmierer
  • Patent number: 9598604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions comprising the steps of: A) reacting primary and/or secondary monoamines or diamines A1) with cyclic carbonate containing one hydroxy group A2) such that the molar ratio of total primary and/or secondary amine groups to cyclic carbonate groups is in the range of 0.8 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: STAHL INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventor: Juergen Muenter