Patents by Inventor Kaoru Aou

Kaoru Aou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12060506
    Abstract: Recovery times of flexible polyurethane foams are increased by treatment with a pressure sensitive adhesive. An emulsion or dispersion of the adhesive in an aqueous carrier liquid is impregnated into the foam, with subsequent removal of the carrier. This invention is of special interest when the glass transition temperature of the starting foam is 16° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, William A. Koonce, Qinghao Meng, Christopher Thiede, William Griffith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240043644
    Abstract: A coated viscoelastic polyurethane foam includes a viscoelastic polyurethane foam having the coating thereon, the viscoelastic polyurethane foam having a resiliency of less than or equal to 20% as measured according to ASTM D3574, and a coating material on and embedded within the viscoelastic polyurethane foam, the coating material including an aqueous polymer emulsion and an encapsulated phase change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Yibei Gu, Rajat Duggal, Yasmin N. Srivastava, Joseph Jacobs, Qinghao Meng, Gregoire Cardoen, Ralph C. Even, Morgan A. Springs
  • Publication number: 20240034830
    Abstract: Polyurethanes are made by curing a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol that contains residues of a zinc hexacyanocobaltate catalyst complex. The reaction mixture contains certain chelating agents in small quantities. The amount of cobalt that is extractable from the polyurethane is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Adam L. Grzesiak, Jacob W. Strother, Nolan T. McDougal, Richard J. Keaton, David S. Laitar, Mari S. Rosen, Kaoru Aou, Thomas P. Willumstad
  • Publication number: 20230250216
    Abstract: A composition for preparing a foamed polyurethane article is disclosed. The composition comprises (1) an isocyanate-reactive component and (2) an isocyanate component. The (1) isocyanate-reactive component comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane having an average of at least two carbinol functional groups per molecule and (B) a polyol. The (A) organopolysiloxane is present in an amount of from > 10 to < 99 wt.% based on the combined weight of the (A) organopolysiloxane and the (B) polyol. The (2) isocyanate component comprises (C) a polyisocyanate. The composition further comprises (D) a blowing agent, and (E) a catalyst. A foamed polyurethane article comprising the reaction product of the composition is also disclosed, along with use of the foamed polyurethane article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Abhishek SHETE, Kaoru AOU, Dakai REN, William A. KOONCE, Adam L. GRZESIAK, James YOUNG, Jr., Sachit GOYAL
  • Patent number: 11659938
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure includes a flexible open-cell polyurethane foam having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure further includes a flexible heat conductive material covering 30 to 90 percent (cov., expressed in %) of a surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam in a predefined shape to provide one or more gaps exposing the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam between defined edges of the flexible heat conductive material, where each gap of the one or more gaps has a gap width according to Formula I: gap width (mm)??0.196×cov. (%)+20.6 (Formula I) where a total surface area of the one or more gaps provides 70 to 10 percent of the surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Wenbo Xu, Yibei Gu, Douglas A. Brune, Laura J. Dietsche, Marc S. Black
  • Patent number: 11584822
    Abstract: Polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams are prepared using a polyether polyol made from an alkylene oxide mixture that contains a specified proportion of ethylene oxide. The selection of proper polyol equivalent weight and ethylene oxide content leads to the production of foams having a useful combination of properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adebola O. Ogunniyi, Aiping Hu, Kaoru Aou, Robert S. York, Melissa M. Rose, Arne Anderson, David K. Mulkey
  • Publication number: 20230033318
    Abstract: A reaction system for forming a viscoelastic polyurethane foam includes an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component that includes at least a polyol component, an additive component, and a preformed aqueous polymer dispersant. The mixture includes 50.0 wt % to 99.8 wt % of the polyol component, 0.1 wt % to 49.9 wt % of the additive component, and 0.1 wt % to 6.0 wt % of the preformed aqueous polymer dispersant. The aqueous polymer dispersant has a pH from 6.0 to 12.0 and includes from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a polymeric component and from 40 wt % to 95 wt % of a fluid medium. The polymeric component includes at least one base polymer derived from 20 wt % to 100 wt % of at least one hydrophilic acid monomer having at least one carbonyl group, phosphate group, phosphonate group, or sulfonyl group, and optionally derived from at least one hydrophobic terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Thomas H. Kalantar, Qinghao Meng, John Klier, Antony K. Van Dyk, Gary W. Dombrowski, Joseph Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11518842
    Abstract: Recovery times and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are formed into an emulsion that includes a polyether containing oxyethylene groups, a nonionic surfactant and certain fumed silica, carbon black or talc particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Qinghao Meng, Daniel L. Dermody, Hari Katepalli, William J. Harris, An Kaga, Kathleen Barnes, Colin Li Pi Shan
  • Patent number: 11401366
    Abstract: Recovery time and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are characterized in being incompatible with polyol or polyol mixture used to make the foam, having a viscosity of at least 10,000 centipoise at 25° C., having a glass transition temperature of at most 15° C. and being inert to other components of the foam formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qinghao Meng, Christopher Thiede, Kaoru Aou, Van Delk, Jillian Charon, Doug Todd, Scott Snyder
  • Patent number: 11312809
    Abstract: Recovery times and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are characterized in being incompatible with polyol or polyol mixture used to make the foam, having a viscosity of at least 5,000 centipoise at 25 #C and having a glass transition temperature of at most 20 #C. The tackifier is pre-blended with certain monols to form a lower-viscosity blend that is combined with one or more other polyols and a polyisocyanate to form a reaction mixture for producing a polyurethane foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qinghao Meng, Meagan Broadway, Kaoru Aou, William J. Harris, Felipe A. Donate, Daniel L. Dermody, Christopher Thiede, Van M. Delk, Jr., Helge Braun, Yin Tang, Adam L. Grzesiak
  • Publication number: 20210355030
    Abstract: A method of preparing a polymer concrete composition includes preparing one or more adhesion promoter pre-coated aggregates, each having a base substrate and an adhesion promoter coating and the adhesion promoter coating being an outermost layer on the base substrate, providing a base composition including an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component, and mixing the one or more adhesion promoter pre-coated aggregates, the isocyanate component, and the isocyanate-reactive component to form the polymer concrete composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Sachit Goyal, Adam C. Colson, Juan Carlos Medina
  • Publication number: 20210340375
    Abstract: A polymer concrete composition has a base composition including a first isocyanate component and a first isocyanate reactive component, and one or more pre-coated aggregates that each has a base substrate and a two-component reaction product polymeric coating on an outer surface of the base substrate. The polymeric coating is the reaction product of a second isocyanate component and a second isocyanate-reactive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Sachit Goyal, Adam C. Colson, Juan Carlos Medina, Phillip S. Athey, Arjun Raghuraman
  • Publication number: 20210267382
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure includes a flexible open-cell polyurethane foam having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure further includes a flexible heat conductive material covering 30 to 90 percent (cov., expressed in %) of a surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam in a predefined shape to provide one or more gaps exposing the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam between defined edges of the flexible heat conductive material, where each gap of the one or more gaps has a gap width according to Formula I: gap width (mm) ??0.196×cov. (%)+20.6 (Formula I) where a total surface area of the one or more gaps provides 70 to 10 percent of the surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Wenbo Xu, Yibei Gu, Douglas A. Brune, Laura J. Dietsche, Marc S. Black
  • Publication number: 20210206937
    Abstract: A coated viscoelastic polyurethane foam includes a viscoelastic polyurethane foam having the coating thereon, the viscoelastic polyurethane foam having a resiliency of less than or equal to 20% as measured according to ASTM D3574, and a coating material on and embedded within the viscoelastic polyurethane foam, the coating material including an aqueous polymer emulsion and an encapsulated phase change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Yibei Gu, Rajat Duggal, Yasmin N. Srivastava, Joseph Jacobs, Qinghao Meng, Gregoire Cardoen, Ralph C. Even, Morgan A. Springs
  • Publication number: 20210189055
    Abstract: A composite structure including (a) a three-dimensional random loop material comprising a plurality of random loops arranged in a three-dimensional orientation formed from a polyolefin polymer; and (b) a polyurethane foam in contact with substantially all of the surfaces of the three-dimensional random loop material; wherein the polyurethane foam can be the reaction product of (a) an isocyanate component; and (b) an isocyanate-reactive component; and a method of making the above polyurethane foam and three-dimensional random loop composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: George A. Klumb, Kaoru Aou, Viraj K. Shah, Kelly F. Kiszka
  • Publication number: 20210189056
    Abstract: Polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams are prepared using a polyether polyol made from an alkylene oxide mixture that contains a specified proportion of ethylene oxide. The selection of proper polyol equivalent weight and ethylene oxide content leads to the production of foams having a useful combination of properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Adebola O. Ogunniyi, Aiping Hu, Kaoru Aou, Robert S. York, Melissa M. Rose, Arne Anderson, David K. Mulkey
  • Publication number: 20210061941
    Abstract: Recovery times and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are characterized in being incompatible with polyol or polyol mixture used to make the foam, having a viscosity of at least 5,000 centipoise at 25#C and having a glass transition temperature of at most 20#C. The tackifier is pre-blended with certain monols to form a lower-viscosity blend that is combined with one or more other polyols and a polyisocyanate to form a reaction mixture for producing a polyurethane foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qinghao MENG, Meagan BROADWAY, Kaoru AOU, William J. HARRIS, Felipe A. DONATE, Daniel L. DERMODY, Christopher P. DONATE, Van M. DELK, JR., Helge BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20210009747
    Abstract: Recovery times and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are formed into an emulsion that includes a polyether containing oxyethylene groups, a nonionic surfactant and certain fumed silica, carbon black or talc particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, Qinghao Meng, Daniel L. Dermody, Hari Katepalli, William J. Harris, An N. Kaga, Kathleen Barnes, Li Pi Shan
  • Publication number: 20210002411
    Abstract: Recovery time and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are characterized in being incompatible with polyol or polyol mixture used to make the foam, having a viscosity of at least 10,000 centipoise at 25° C., having a glass transition temperature of at most 15° C. and being inert to other components of the foam formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Qinghao Meng, Christopher Thiede, Kaoru Aou, Van Delk, Jillian Charon, Doug Todd, Scott Snyder
  • Publication number: 20200399508
    Abstract: Recovery times of flexible polyurethane foams are increased by treatment with a pressure sensitive adhesive. An emulsion or dispersion of the adhesive in an aqueous carrier liquid is impregnated into the foam, with subsequent removal of the carrier. This invention is of special interest when the glass transition temperature of the starting foam is 16° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kaoru Aou, William A. Koonce, Qinghao Meng, Christopher Thiede, William Griffith, Jr.