Patents Examined by Vickey Nerangis
  • Colored metallic pigment and colored article
    Patent number: 10150846
    Abstract: A colored metallic pigment of the present invention contains a metallic pigment, a coloring pigment, a first compound and a second compound. The coloring pigment adheres to the surface of the metallic pigment in the coexistence of the first compound and the second compound, the first compound is a compound having two or more carboxyl groups, and the second compound is a compound having one or more amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunobu Kubo, Satosi Kobayashi, Takefumi Aoki
  • Superhydrophobic powder coatings
    Patent number: 10150875
    Abstract: A superhydrophobic coating, comprises a superhydrophobic powder with superhydrophobic particles having a three dimensional nanostructured surface topology defining pores, and a resin. The superhydrophobic particles are embedded within the resin and the resin does not fill the pores of the superhydrophobic particles such that the three dimensional surface topology of the superhydrophobic particles is preserved. A precursor powder for a superhydrophobic coating and a method for applying a superhydrophobic coating to a surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventor: John T. Simpson
  • Method for obtaining a foundry body from a granular mixture comprising a modified polycondensed resin and a formaldehyde scavenger
    Patent number: 10137494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a foundry body including the preparation of a granular mixture including a polycondensed resin having modified formaldehyde, optionally incorporating an aromatic or polyaromatic during the synthesis thereof, a hardening agent, a formaldehyde sensor compound, water and optionally at least one resin selected from the group comprising tannins, natural polyphenols, and lignins, placing said granular mixture in contact with the surface of a forming tool, and insufflating a flow of gas at 50° C. to 380° C. into the granular mixture for 1 to 300 seconds, in order to ensure at least partial hardening of said mixture. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a molded foundry piece made of metal or a metal alloy, which includes pouring metal into at least one body (mold and/or core) thus produced; and to a foundry piece thus manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUTTENES ALBERTUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stéphane Sarrazin, Manuel Vargas, Tung-Fai Lo
  • Wet friction materials having friction modifier carrier
    Patent number: 10132375
    Abstract: A friction material for a clutch pad comprising: a plurality of fibers; and, a filler material including at least 0.1% and at most 100% silica rich carrier particles by weight based on total weight of the filler; the silica rich carrier particles having: a median particle size of at least 0.1 ?m and at most 50 ?m; and, a median pore diameter of at least 0.1 and at most 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rashid Farahati, Murat Bakan
  • Titanium dioxide pigment and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10125219
    Abstract: A novel polymer comprising a water soluble polymer backbone, at least one functional group attached to the polymer backbone and having an affinity for titanium dioxide, and at least one hydrophobic functional group attached to the polymer backbone and having an affinity for latex is provided. A titanium dioxide pigment composition including the novel polymer is also provided. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a titanium dioxide pigment composition that includes the novel polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Tronox LLC
    Inventors: Quan Su, Venkata Rama Rao Goparaju
  • Rubber composition, method of making, and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 10106675
    Abstract: A rubber composition includes an elastomer component including a functionalized elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a coupling agent. The functionalized elastomer includes an epoxy functional group, a hydroxy functional group, and a C1-C32 hydrocarbyl-substituted thio functional group. The hydroxy functional group and the C1-C32 hydrocarbyl-substituted thio functional group are vicinal functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Seung C. Han, Hamad Abdullah Behaijan, Susanta Mitra
  • Rubber composition and pneumatic tire comprising tread formed from said rubber composition
    Patent number: 10106667
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerizing a conjugated diene monomer and a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Mori, Toshifumi Haba
  • Molding material, method of producing same, and master batch used in same
    Patent number: 10093802
    Abstract: A molding material includes 5 to 50 parts by mass of reinforcing fibers (A) with a sizing agent (s) deposited thereon, 1 to 20 parts by mass of a component (B) containing a polycarbodiimide compound (B-1) that is liquid at 50° C., and 30 to 94 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (C) containing an element other than carbon in the repeating unit structure of the main chain, based on 100 parts by mass of the total of the components (A) to (C), wherein the molding material is a composite in which a composite fiber bundle (D) with the component (A) impregnated with the component (B) is covered with the component (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Sano, Keisuke Inose, Naokichi Imai, Atsuki Tsuchiya
  • Aqueous polyurethaneurea dispersion containing free acid groups
    Patent number: 10087294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethaneurea dispersion, wherein the polyurethaneurea has specific formation components, and which is characterized in that it has a content of —COOH groups of at least 0.75% by weight, where 0% to 35% of these groups have been neutralized, and in that 5 to 50 mol % of isocyanate groups present have been reacted with a monofunctional component. The invention further relates to the use of this dispersion as coating composition, to a fiber having a cured coating and to a composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Hans G. Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Martin Kreuter, Petra Janßen, Ingo Gipperich
  • Soluble nanoparticles for composite performance enhancement
    Patent number: 10072126
    Abstract: A composition may include a resin and a plurality of polymer nanoparticles in the resin to form a resin mixture. The polymer nanoparticles may be soluble or semi-soluble in the resin. At least partial dissolution of the polymer nanoparticles may result in the alteration of one or more of the properties of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Kozar, Mark S. Wilenski, Samuel J. Meure
  • Surface treatment of white mineral materials for application in plastics
    Patent number: 10066086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising at least one polymeric resin and from 0.1 to 95 wt.-% of at least one surface reactive white mineral material, a process for preparing a surface reactive white mineral material, a surface reactive white mineral material obtainable by the process, a fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread and/or breathable film comprising the polymer composition and/or the surface reactive white mineral material, an article comprising the polymer composition and/or the surface reactive white mineral material and/or the fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread and/or breathable film as well as the use of a phosphoric acid ester blend for decreasing the hydrophilicity and/or moisture pick up susceptibility of the surface reactive white mineral material-containing particle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Samuel Rentsch, Matthias Buri, Patrick Arthur Charles Gane
  • Coating composition, a process of producing a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of forming such articles
    Patent number: 10065778
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a coating composition, a process of making a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of forming such articles. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises a dispersion comprising: (a) a core comprising a base polymer; (b) a shell at least partially surrounding said core, wherein said shell comprising a polar polymeric stabilizing agent; and (c) one or more hydrophobic particulate fillers embedded at least partially in said shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jouko Vyorykka, David L. Malotky, Ronald Wevers
  • Rubber composition, tire, amine compound, and anti-aging agent
    Patent number: 10059829
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that has better weather resistance than conventional rubber compositions and can inhibit surface discoloration of a rubber article. The rubber composition contains at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and diene-based synthetic rubbers and, blended therewith, at least one amine compound represented by formula (I) shown below. In formula (I), R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-10, an aralkyl group, or a phenyl group, and A represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 6-30 that may include an interposed phenylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Saiki, Hidehiro Minashima, Yuzaburo Yano, Noriaki Shiina, Kazuhiro Kodama, Mifuyu Ueno, Takashi Sato, Shinya Nakashima, Masaki Abe
  • Conjugated diene-based polymer rubber composition containing dispersant
    Patent number: 10053552
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition, including a conjugated diene-based polymer and an amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ro-Mi Lee, Youk-Reol Na, No-Ma Kim
  • Method for producing a composition for forming an organic film
    Patent number: 10047244
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a composition for forming an organic film, the composition being used in a process of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, the method including the steps of (1) washing a compound having an aromatic skeleton by an acid, (2) preparing a composition solution containing the washed compound, (3) filtering the prepared composition solution through a filter, and (4) putting the filtered composition solution into a container made of an organic resin. There can be provided a method for producing a composition for forming an organic film that can form an organic film in which defects after dry etching are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Tsutomu Ogihara, Motoaki Iwabuchi
  • Composition and method for controlling the wettability of surfaces
    Patent number: 10047247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising hedge-hog shaped particles, at least one binder, and at least one hydrophobizing agent and/or at least one hydrophilizing agent, a method for controlling the wettability of substrate surfaces using these compositions, as well as a material comprising these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Joachim Schoelkopf, Hans-Joachim Weitzel
  • Thermosetting powder coating material and coated article
    Patent number: 10040949
    Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating material includes powder particles containing a mixture of a vinyl resin A including a block isocyanate group and a carboxyl group and a vinyl resin B including a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, or a vinyl resin C including a block isocyanate group, a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, wherein a content of the isocyanate group is from 0.4 mmol/g to 1.4 mmol/g, and a functional group molar ratio of [NCO/(COOH+OH)], which is obtained by dividing the content of the isocyanate group by a total content of the hydroxyl group and the carboxyl group, is from 0.5 to 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Ishizuka
  • Polystyrene and polylactic acid blends
    Patent number: 10030130
    Abstract: Polymeric blends of polystyrene (PS) and polylactic acid (PLA) are described, in the preparation of which a compatibilizing agent was added, preferably a PS-PLA block copolymer. Such compatibilizing agents act controlling phase separation of the blending compounds, and preventing excessive growth of polystyrene domains scattered in the PLA matrix; and this results in blends with good mechanical and thermal resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Vinicius Galhard Grassi, Augusto Cesar De Carvalho Peres, Marcus Fernando Dal Pizzol, Joao Manoel Da Costa, Andreia Ossig, Cesar Liberato Petzhold
  • Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material with nanofiller mixed therein, and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10017630
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material having excellent rigidity, flexibility and improved heat resistance and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material containing 2 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less of a nanofiller with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of 30 parts by mass or more and 90 parts by mass or less of a polymer material and 70 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of carbon fibers, an average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller being 20 or more. The average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller may also be 50 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Polyester resin composition, manufacturing method therefor, and camera module containing said polyester resin composition
    Patent number: 10011715
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polyester resin with improved mechanical properties, molding performance, and, preferably, fire retardancy. This polyester resin composition contains the following: a polyester resin (A) that has a melting point or glass transition temperature of at least 250° C.; a thermoplastic resin (B) that has an olefin-derived constitutional unit and an aromatic hydrocarbon structure and has an intrinsic viscosity ([?]), as measured in decalin at 135° C., of 0.04 to 1.0 dl/g; and a copolymer (C) that has an olefin-derived constitutional unit, an ?,?-unsaturated-carboxylic-ester-derived constitutional unit, and a cyclic oxy-hydrocarbon structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Isao Washio, Hideto Ogasawara, Hiroki Ebata, Fumio Kageyama, Nobuhiro Takizawa, Akinori Amano