Patents Issued in February 16, 2016
  • Patent number: 9260553
    Abstract: A method of making a highly fluorinated polymers and resulting aqueous mixtures. The method comprising polymerizing one or more perfluorinated monomers in an aqueous emulsion polymerization in the presence of a polymerizable fluorinated emulsifier to form a perfluorinated polymer. The polymerizable fluorinated emulsifier has the formula X2C?CX(CF2)m(CH2)n[O—(CX2)p]q—[O—(CX2)r]s—[O—(CX2—CX2)]t—[(O)w—(CX2)u]v—[CH2]z—Y. The method also provides for isolating the highly fluorinated polymer and post-fluorinating the isolated highly fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Helmut Traunspurger, Tilman C. Zipplies
  • Patent number: 9260554
    Abstract: A copolymer of the present invention comprises a repeating unit derived from phenylphenyl (meth)acrylate; a repeating unit derived from a hydroxyphenyl group-containing unsaturated compound; and a repeating unit derived from an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound. The copolymer of the present invention brings together excellent transparency and a high refractive index. A resin film formed from the copolymer of the present invention can be suitably utilized in the formation of a protective film or interlayer insulating film for an electronic part such as a liquid crystal display device, an integrated circuit device, or a solid-state imaging device, the formation of a microlens or a microlens array, the formation of an optical waveguide, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Yumi Tsujimura, Masayuki Kobayashi, Takao Ichikawa, Atsuo Endo
  • Patent number: 9260555
    Abstract: Amphiphilic macromolecules having structural units to adjust molecular weight and molecular weight distribution and charging property effects, high stereo-hindrance structural units, and having amphiphilic structural units. The Amphiphilic macromolecules are suitable for fields such as oil field well drilling, well cementation fracturing, oil gathering and transfer, sewage treatment, sludge treatment and papermaking, etc., and can be used as an oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil production, a heavy oil viscosity reducer, a fracturing fluid, a clay stabilizing agent, a sewage treatment agent, a papermaking retention and drainage aid or a reinforcing agent, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BEIJING JUNLUN RUNZHONG SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jinben Wang, Xuefeng Shi, Xiaohui Xu, Yuchun Han, Yilin Wang, Haike Yan
  • Patent number: 9260556
    Abstract: An encapsulating material for solar cell of the invention contains an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer, an organic peroxide, at least one crosslinking aid selected from a group consisting of divinyl aromatic compounds, cyanurates, diallyl compounds, triallyl compounds, oximes and maleimides, and a (meth)acrylate-based monomer. The content of the (meth)acrylate-based monomer in the encapsulating material for solar cell is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight to 5.0 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/?-olefin copolymer, and the content of the crosslinking aid in the encapsulating material for solar cell is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/?-olefin copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Ikenaga, Fumito Takeuchi, Tomoaki Ito
  • Patent number: 9260557
    Abstract: There is provided a block copolymer that can provide excellent dispersibility, alkali developability, and dry re-solubility when used, for example, as a dispersing agent. The block copolymer has a segment A and a segment B. The amine value of the block copolymer is 20 mg KOH/g to 150 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hikaru Umemoto
  • Patent number: 9260558
    Abstract: A water dilutable UV-curable polyurethane containing alkylene oxide groups, the polyurethane being obtained from components comprising at least: (i) 1 to 25 wt. % of at least one polyisocyanate; (ii) 0 to 80 wt. % of at least one hydroxyl functional compound containing alkylene oxide groups; (iii) 10 to 90 wt. % of at least one hydroxyl functional compound containing at least one polymerizable unsaturated (meth)acryloyl functional group per molecule; and (iv) 0 to 50 wt. % of at least one isocyanate-reactive compound not comprised by (ii) or (iii); wherein the sum of (i) to (iv) is 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Josephus Christian Van Oorschot, Ronald Tennebroek, Roel Johannes Marinus Swaans, Marc Roelands
  • Patent number: 9260559
    Abstract: Methods for preparing hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane branched polymers. In an embodiment, the order of addition of reactants affects the properties of the resultant product urethane. In an embodiment, the time at which one or more reactants are added affects the properties of the resultant product urethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Elementis Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Leon Freeman, Mark Gregory Matyi, Jr., Nancy Pasquarello Buford
  • Patent number: 9260560
    Abstract: An epoxy-functional resin composition including the reaction product of (a) a stoichiometric excess of at least one divinylarene dioxide, and (b) at least one of: a primary (1°) monoamine, a bis-secondary (2°) amine lacking nitrogen atoms, or mixtures thereof; a curable composition including (i) the epoxy-functional resin composition, and (ii) at least one curing agent; and a cured thermoset resin prepared from the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Blue Cube IP LLC
    Inventors: Maurice J. Marks, Gyongyi Gulyas
  • Patent number: 9260561
    Abstract: Disclosed are polyestercarbonate copolymers comprising a carbonate unit of Formula (I), an ITR ester unit of Formula (V), and optionally a different carbonate unit of Formula (VI): wherein Ra, Rb, p, q, A, h, j, k, Rc, r, and R1 are as described herein. The polyestercarbonate copolymers have a combination of scratch resistance, good flow, and good weatherability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Hans de Brouwer, Robert Dirk van Grampel, James F. Hoover, Adrianus Alphonsus Maria Kusters, Jan-Pleun Lens, Andries Jakobus Petrus van Zyl
  • Patent number: 9260562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polycarbonate polyols, characterized in that cyclic carbonates are polymerized in the presence of DMC catalysts and chain-transfer agents consisting of polyether carbonate polyols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Ernst Müller, Christoph Gürtler, Anthony Kermagoret, Yvonne Dienes, Igor Busygin, Burkhard Köhler, Walter Leitner, Ganna Lyashenko
  • Patent number: 9260563
    Abstract: An economical batchwise production method of polyamide with good quality by the polycondensation in which a diamine component including 70 mol % or more of a xylylenediamine which includes 20 mol % or more of p-xylylenediamine is added to a dicarboxylic acid component in a batchwise reaction tank equipped with a partial condenser. The diamine component is added while maintaining the whole reaction system in fluid state under pressure. The pressure is reduced during the time that the molar ratio is within a specific range while continuing the addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Minoru Kikuchi, Katsumi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9260564
    Abstract: A cooperative catalyst system includes a Lewis acid and a Lewis base for the formation of non-isocyanate based polyurethane using a cyclic carbonate and an amine. A method of forming non-isocyanate based polyurethane includes providing a cyclic carbonate, an amine, and a cooperative catalyst system that has a Lewis acid and a Lewis base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Vincent Lombardo, Karl Scheidt, Emily Leitsch, John Torkelson, Elizabeth Dhulst, William H. Heath, Nathan Wilmot
  • Patent number: 9260565
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite with desired physical properties, such as high strength, high impact and high flow while maintaining the OSU heat release compliancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Mohammad Moniruzzaman
  • Patent number: 9260566
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing, for example, a composition for optical materials which contains a polythiol that can be predicted and assessed, in a stage prior to polymerization/curing, as being clouded or not clouded after polymerization/curing, and thus can be determined as being good or defective. According to the present invention, the above-described object is achieved by, for example, a composition for optical materials which comprises a polythiol that exhibits an initial turbidity of 0.5 ppm or less and a turbidity of 0.6 ppm or less after the storage at 50° C. for 7 days, and an episulfide. Namely, an optical material made from a composition for optical materials which contains a polythiol satisfying the above turbidity requirements can be prevented from clouding to exhibit excellent transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kouhei Takemura, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 9260567
    Abstract: Disclosed are multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers that are the reaction products of a sulfur-containing diol, a polyol containing at least three hydroxyl groups per polyol molecule, and an aldehyde, a ketone, or a combination thereof. Sealant compositions comprising the multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Hobbs, Gregory J. McCollum, Juexiao Cai, Marfi Ito, Lawrence G. Anderson, Renhe Lin
  • Patent number: 9260568
    Abstract: A method of preparing a cured thermoplastic material includes curing a thermoplastic polymer having a thermal decomposition temperature greater than or equal to about 200° C., at a temperature of about 200° C. to about 400° C., for a total time of less than or equal to 200 hours. A method of making a shape memory material also includes curing a thermoplastic polymer to prepare a cured thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiaxiang Ren, David Gerrard, James Edward Goodson, Ping Duan, Lillian Guo
  • Patent number: 9260569
    Abstract: Disclosed are block copolymers suitable for preparing hydrophilic porous membranes, wherein the block copolymers are of the formula: A-B-A (I) and A-B (II), wherein block A is (i) a copolymer of glycidol and allyl glycidyl ether, the copolymer having one or more allyl groups; or (ii) a copolymer of glycidol and allyl glycidyl ether, wherein one or more of the allyl groups of the copolymer have been replaced with 1,2-dihydroxypropyl group or a group of the formula: —(CH2)a—S—(CH2)b—X, wherein a, b, and X are as defined herein, and block B is an aromatic hydrophobic polymeric segment, for example, polyethersulfone. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such block copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Hassan Ait-Haddou, Frank Onyemauwa
  • Patent number: 9260570
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of strengthening liquid crystal elastomers. In some embodiments, such methods include a step of placing the liquid crystal elastomer in an environment that applies dynamic stress to the liquid crystal elastomer. In further embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of providing liquid crystal elastomers for placement in an environment that applies dynamic stress. In some embodiments, the liquid crystal elastomer is in a nematic phase before or during the application of dynamic stress. In some embodiments, the application of dynamic stress enhances the stiffness of the liquid crystal elastomer by more than about 10%. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to liquid crystal elastomers that are made by the methods of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rafael Verduzco, Aditya Agrawal, Alin Cristian Chipara
  • Patent number: 9260571
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a polymeric material includes at least one polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer, and at least one polyhedral oligomericsilsequioxane (POSS) molecule. According to another embodiment, a method includes providing at least one polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer, providing at least one polyhedral oligomericsilsequioxane (POSS) molecule, and coupling the at least one PDSM polymer to the at least one POSS molecule to form a hybrid polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: James Lewicki, Marcus A. Worsley
  • Patent number: 9260572
    Abstract: Provided are a CNT-polymer complex and a process for preparing the same. The CNT-polymer complex includes carbon nanotubes (CNT) coated with a block copolymer of a conjugated polymer and a non-conjugated polymer, wherein the non-conjugated polymer comprises at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, butadiene, isoprene, methacryl, acryl, acryl amide, methacryl amide, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl pyridine and vinyl pyrrolidone in which at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, carboxyl group, acryl group and phosphate group is protected with a protective group, and provides at least one dopant selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, carboxyl group, acryl group and phosphate group by external stimuli so that self-doping is allowed; and the complex is soluble to an organic solvent in a neutral state but is insoluble to any solvent after subjecting it to external stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyung Youl Baek, Seung Sang Hwang, Chong Min Koo, Soon Man Hong, Hyeon Yeol Jeon, Kie Yong Cho, Seon-ja Song, Hyun Ji Kim
  • Patent number: 9260573
    Abstract: Polymer nanocomposites exhibit a reversible change in stiffness and strength in response to a stimulus. The polymer nanocomposites include a matrix polymer with a comparably low modulus and strength and nanoparticles that have a comparably high modulus and strength. The particle-particle interactions are switched by the stimulus, to change the overall material's mechanical properties. In a preferred embodiment, a chemical regulator is used to facilitate changes of the mechanical properties. Methods for inducing modulus changes in polymer nanocomposites are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Christoph Weder, Stuart J. Rowan, Jeffrey R. Capadona, Dustin J. Tyler, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Otto van den Berg
  • Patent number: 9260574
    Abstract: Provided herein are various bathers and methods of making and using them. In some embodiments, the barriers include a porous crystalline charge-transfer complex and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Takashi Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 9260575
    Abstract: A film and a method of preparing the same. The film includes cellulose ether and sodium chloride, wherein an amount of the sodium chloride is from about 0.25 wt % to about 0.6 wt % based on a total weight of the film, and the film has a light-transmission reduction ratio of about 15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Ryul Son, Sung Hwan Bang, Jyung Hee Jeon, Sang Youb Lee, Ju Hee Shin
  • Patent number: 9260576
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester laminated film having a double-sided heterogeneous coating layer, and more particularly, a polyester laminated film having an excellent antistatic property and post-processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Doo Hwan Jeong, Sang Hyun Baek
  • Patent number: 9260577
    Abstract: A crosslinked, closed cell polyolefin foam sheet has exceptional softness, haptics, moldability, thermal stability and shear strength as well as a laminate and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Pawel Sieradzki, Jesse J. Baldwin, Jeffrey S. Lippy
  • Patent number: 9260578
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer foaming material is provided. The thermoplastic elastomer foaming material includes a hydrogenated styrenic/conjugated diene copolymer in a range from 5 to 35 weight percent; at least one of an acetate copolymer and an acrylate copolymer in a range from 3 to 30 weight percent; an amorphous polyolefin in a range from 20 to 60 weight percent; and a plasticizer in a range from 10 to 40 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TSRC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jan-Rong Su, Cheng-Te Lee, Ching-En Tsai
  • Patent number: 9260579
    Abstract: Disclosed are foam compositions and processes to form mixed tannin-phenolic foams. The foams comprises a continuous polymeric phase defining a plurality of cells, wherein the continuous polymeric phase comprises a mixed-resin derived from a phenol, a tannin, and a first monomer, and wherein the plurality of cells comprises a plurality of open-cells and a plurality of closed-cells with an open-cell content measured according to ASTM D6226-5, of less than 50%. The foam composition also comprises a discontinuous phase disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of closed-cells, the discontinuous phase comprising one or more blowing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael W Cobb, Mark Andrew Harmer, Vivek Kapur, Ann Y Liauw, Sharlene Renee Williams
  • Patent number: 9260580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing porous materials, which comprises reaction of at least one polyfunctional isocyanate with an amine component comprising at least one polyfunctional substituted aromatic amine and also water in the presence of a solvent. The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Fricke, Mark Elbing
  • Patent number: 9260581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series of new and improved porous polyamide aerogels derived from multifunctional aromatics that combine the high mechanical strength of aramids with the pore structure of aerogels. The polyamide aerogels have a hyperbranched structure, relatively low density, high porosity and may be derived from functionalized monomers having more aromatic groups than functional groups. The present disclosure also provides a new method for producing the porous polyamide aerogels by polymerizing an aromatic multifunctional carboxylic acid or a ferrocene multifunctional carboxylic acid with a polyfunctional aromatic isocyanate at moderate reaction conditions followed by drying with liquid CO2. Also disclosed are various methods of use of these polyamide aerogels in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Malik Adnan Saeed
  • Patent number: 9260582
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing poly(vinyl butyral) laminate from discarded laminated glass. By means of breaking the discarded laminated glass, water-washing and grinding the reduced glass fragments, a reusable poly(vinyl butyral) material substantially free of glass pieces is obtained by physical treatment without using any organic solvent. After drying, granulation and formation steps, a poly(vinyl butyral) laminate is further obtained from the poly(vinyl butyral) material. Accordingly, the method not only reduces resource waste but also produces a water-proof poly(vinyl butyral) laminate, and is more environmentally friendly and more applicable to industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shu-Hue Shao, Li-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 9260583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infrared reflecting blue pigment comprising a composite oxide comprising Co, Al and Mg, wherein a content of Mg in the blue pigment is 11 to 22% in terms of a molar ratio thereof based on whole metal element present in the blue pigment, and the blue pigment has a BET specific surface area of 10 to 100 m2/g; and an infrared reflecting green pigment comprising a composite oxide comprising Co, Al, Mg and Fe, wherein a content of Mg in the green pigment is 11 to 22% in terms of a molar ratio thereof based on whole metal element present in the green pigment, a content of Fe in the green pigment is 0.5 to 20% in terms of a molar ratio thereof based on whole metal element present in the green pigment, and the green pigment has an average particle diameter of 0.02 to 1.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Sanada
  • Patent number: 9260584
    Abstract: A coated wet-chemically oxidized aluminum effect pigment is provided having at least one metal oxide layer having at least one metal oxide which differs from aluminum oxide and an enveloping organic polymer layer, wherein the weight ratio of the metal oxide of the metal oxide layer to aluminum oxide in the wet-chemically produced aluminum oxide layer of uncoated wet-chemically oxidized aluminum effect pigment is in a range of from 1:1 to 1:40. Also, a method for the production of the pigment is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Eckart GmBH
    Inventors: Dirk Schumacher, Michael Gruener, Sebastian Hoefener, Oliver Struck
  • Patent number: 9260585
    Abstract: (Problem to be Solved) There is provided a reinforced polyamide resin pellet that is excellent in plasticization time stabilization properties during molding and molding appearance stability under molding conditions in long-term continuous molding. (Solution) A reinforced polyamide resin pellet comprising: (A) a polyamide resin having a melting point of 200 to 270° C.; and (B) at least one inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of chopped strand glass fibers, carbon fibers, wollastonite, talc, mica, kaolin, barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, apatite, sodium phosphate, fluorite, silicon nitride, potassium titanate, and molybdenum disulfide, and wherein the pellet has a length of 1 to 5 mm and a ratio of a cross-sectional major axis to minor axis (major axis/minor axis) of 1.3 to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Sasaki, Tetsuo Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9260586
    Abstract: A low-density polyethylene nanocomposite comprising 5 weight percent or more of at least one nanoscale filler selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite clay, silica and zinc oxide. Changes in weatherability of the three low-density polyethylene nanocomposites based on the nanoscale fillers are determined. A surface area of the nanoscale filler in the nanocomposites is from 10 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohammad N. Siddiqui, Halim H. Redhwi, Syed Hussain
  • Patent number: 9260587
    Abstract: A process can prepare a compound having the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen and acyl groups, wherein at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a branched chain long acyl group including 2, 4 or 6 branched acyl groups wherein at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from short acyl groups of the formula wherein q is from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
    Inventors: Lars Wiebe, Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9260588
    Abstract: A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler predominantly comprising silica, a crosslinking system, and an amino ether alcohol of formula (I): R1—O(—R2—O)n—R3—NH2 (I), in which R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 independently represent a linear or branched alkylene group comprising from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 0 to 20, it being understood that the amino ether alcohol bears one or more hydroxyl groups on at least one carbon-based chain chosen from R1, R2 and R3. The rubber composition is essentially devoid of guanidine derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Christelle Darnaud, Karine Longchambon
  • Patent number: 9260589
    Abstract: The present invention is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet comprising a pigment and a pigment dispersant. The pigment dispersant is at least any one of a graft copolymer and a block copolymer each comprising a polymer chain A and a polymer chain B, wherein the polymer chain A comprises 20 to 60 mass % of a constituent unit derived from a first cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, 10 to 35 mass % of a constituent unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and 5 to 70 mass % of a constituent unit derived from another (meth)acrylate and the polymer chain B comprises at least any one of a constituent unit derived from a second cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer or (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Shinichiro Aoyagi, Yoshikazu Murakami, Katsuhiko Kanou
  • Patent number: 9260590
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-proofed polymer composition that can be obtained form one or more ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers, having a vinyl acetate content of 40 to 90 wt %, relative to the total weight of the ?-olefin vinyl acetate copolymers, and from a synergistic flame-proofing material combination, comprising, as component A, a phosphinic acid salt of the formula (I), where R1, R2 are C1-C6-alkyl, preferably C1-C4-alkyl, linear or branched; M is calcium, aluminum, zinc ions; m is 2 or 3; and, as component B, a metal hydroxide, preferably aluminum hydroxide (ATH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Bergmann, Manuel La Rosa, Andreas Roos
  • Patent number: 9260591
    Abstract: A Hydroseed substrate for mixing with other ingredients such as water, seeds, fertilizer, wetting agents and dye, to produce Hydroseeding slurry is disclosed. The substrate includes cellulose materials (e.g. cardboard, paper) and an absorbent. The absorbent is a superabsorbent polymer such as linear polyacrylamide (—CH2CHCONH2—) or copolymers of acrylamide (C3H5NO) polymers. The superabsorbent polymer improves moisture retention, improves viscosity, reduces friction, and improves coverage of the hydroseed mixture and germination of the seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Fred Vincelli
  • Patent number: 9260592
    Abstract: To provide a chloroprene rubber composition that provides excellent low temperature characteristics such as low temperature permanent compression set and dynamic characteristics at low temperature and provides good permanent compression set, mechanical strength, and processing characteristics also at high temperature thus to achieve excellent characteristics within a wide temperature region, and a vulcanizate and a molding thereof. To a chloroprene rubber including a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene unit in an amount of 5 to 20% by mass, a natural rubber is added so as to give a ratio (chloroprene rubber/natural rubber) of 60/40 to 95/5 by mass ratio. Then, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber components, ethylene thiourea is added in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0 parts by mass and dipentamethylenethiuram tetrasulfide is added in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0 parts by mass, thereby preparing the chloroprene rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Uichiro Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9260593
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene rubber is disclosed. A method for producing the modified conjugated diene rubber includes providing an alkali metal ion-containing conjugated diene rubber; and reacting the alkali metal ion-containing conjugated diene rubber with an alkoxysilane to generate the modified conjugated diene rubber, the alkoxysilane being of the structural formula: wherein R1, R2, R3 are each independently selected from a group consisting of oxygen-containing C2-C12 group and nitrogen-containing C3-C12 group, the oxygen-containing C2-C12 group has a carbon atom directly connected to oxygen atom of the alkoxysilane, the nitrogen-containing C1-C12 group has a nitrogen atom directly connected to oxygen atom of the alkoxysilane, and R4 is selected from a group consisting of C3-C12 of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and alkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TSRC Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Chen Hsieh, Fu Lin, Chi-Ta Tsai, Hui-Kai Lin, Bo-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 9260594
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparation of a rubber composition containing silica and carbon black reinforcement, the resultant rubber composition and tire with component comprised of such rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Tom Dominique Linster, Léon Jean Mathias Gregorius, Jean-Claude Knepper
  • Patent number: 9260595
    Abstract: A solvent composition and system is disclosed having a composition including n-propyl bromide and a propionate containing liquid and/or a butyrate containing liquid. The solvent system may include approximately 35 to 92.5 weight percent propionate containing liquid and approximately 7.5 to 65 weight percent n-propyl bromide. Alternatively, the solvent system may include approximately 40 to 85 weight percent butyrate containing liquid and 15 to 60 weight percent n-propyl bromide. The solvent system may incorporate a polymer, such as a synthetic rubber polymer. Further the solvent system preferably has high solvency while maintaining desirable evaporation rates and is preferably nonflammable, combustible, or minimally a class IC flammable liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ZYP COATINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Cressie E. Holcombe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9260596
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition which is excellent in an oxygen-absorbing performance, a resin strength and a resin processability. The oxygen-absorbing resin composition is characterized by containing a polyolefin resin, a transition metal catalyst and a polyamide resin obtained by polycondensation of aromatic diamine and dicarboxylic acid, wherein an end amino group concentration of the above polyamide resin is 30 ?eq/g or less, and a total content of the transition metal catalyst and the polyamide resin is 15 to 60% by weight based on a whole amount of the oxygen-absorbing resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashiba, Satoshi Okada, Shinpei Iwamoto, Akihiro Masuda, Kiyonori Michiba
  • Patent number: 9260597
    Abstract: Flexible highly filled polyolefin compositions with improved balance of properties particularly for applications where softness and ductility at low temperature is requested comprising a soft heterophasic polyolefin composition the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of said polyolefin composition having IVgpc lower than 2.5 dl/g. Mw/Mn (GPC) equal to or higher than 4. Mz/Mw (GPC) equal to or higher than 2.5. Said polyolefin composition further comprising an inorganic filler (II) selected from flame-retardant inorganic fillers and inorganic oxides or salts and a further elastomeric polymer or polymer composition component (c) having flexural modulus (ISO 178) lower than 60 MPa, Shore A (ISO 868) lower than 90 and Tg (DMTA) lower than ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Goberti, Giampaolo Pellegatti, Luca Lunghi
  • Patent number: 9260598
    Abstract: Described herein are fluororesin compositions of melt processible fluororesin and wholly aromatic polyamide fibers. The wholly aromatic polyamide fibers have an average fiber diameter of 10-20 ?m and an average fiber length of 100-1,000 ?m. The compositions are melt processible and can be melt molded into sliding members having low wear when used with sliding counterparts made of metals such as aluminum, copper, zinc or nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Osamu Hayakawa, Noriyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9260599
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for producing a foam molding from poly(meth)acrylimide, an adhesion promoter or an adhesion promoter mixture and optional auxiliaries, comprising the following steps: grinding a polymeric molding made of poly(meth)acrylamide, coating the grindings obtained in the preceding step with an adhesion promoter, introducing the coated grindings into a mold, optionally adding the auxiliaries, heating the mold, cooling the mold below the foaming temperature, and demolding the foam molding. The resulting foam molding has outstanding mechanical properties and is suitable for applications including as a component in the production of space, air, water and land vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: EVONIK ROEHM GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Buehler, Arnim Kraatz, Ina Piotrowski, Kay Bernhard
  • Patent number: 9260600
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises from 2 to 50 parts by weight of an aromatic modified terpene resin having a softening point of ?100° C., and two types of silica, a silica X and a silica Y, at a total quantity of 60 to 130 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber containing from 5 to 50 weight % of a modified S-SBR having a vinyl content of not lower than 60 weight %. A functional group in the modified S-SBR reacts with a silanol group, a proportion of silica relative to the total quantity of a reinforcing filler containing the silica and carbon black is not lower than 85 weight %, a nitrogen specific surface area of the silica X is not lower than 140 m2/g, and a nitrogen specific surface area of the silica Y is not lower than 100 m2/g but lower than 140 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Takeda
  • Patent number: 9260601
    Abstract: Dual phase compositions for treating a hydrocarbon stream are disclosed, wherein the dual phase compositions are colloidal micellar solutions with an aqueous phase and an oil phase. Methods are also disclosed for reducing emulsions in a hydrocarbon stream by contacting the hydrocarbon stream with a dual phase composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cato Russell McDaniel, Kurt Jason Ginsel, Karl Douglas Kuklenz
  • Patent number: 9260602
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer, polycarbonate, flame retardant additive, and an anti-static agent. Also disclosed are materials and devices made thereof. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Uchiyama