Patents Issued in April 7, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160096923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyamide composite materials containing silicon, comprising the copolymerisation of: a) at least one silicon compound (SV) having at least one silicon atom, said silicon atom having at least one lactamyl group of formula (A) bonded by means of the nitrogen atom thereof; b) the method also comprises copolymerisation with at least one comonomer (CM) that is selected from among ammonium salts of dicarboxylic acids, amino acids, amino acid amides and lactams. In formula (A), m represents a whole number between 1 and 11, in particular in between 2 and 9, and specifically 3, and # represents the connection to the silicon atom of the compound (SV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rolf-Egbert GRUETZNER, Arno LANGE, Lysann KASSNER, Andreas SEIFERT, Stefan SPANGE
  • Publication number: 20160096924
    Abstract: A polyamide resin is a polymer of an adipic acid-containing dicarboxylic acid component and an m-xylenediamine-containing diamine component, wherein the polymer includes about 100 ppm or less of phosphorus and about 100 ppm or less of sodium (Na), and has a gel content of about 0.5% or less as measured on a specimen prepared by melting about 10 g of the polymer at about 260° C., maintaining the molten polymer for about 30 minutes, and then cooling the molten polymer to room temperature. The polyamide resin can exhibit excellent heat resistance and can reduce or prevent gel generation upon polymerization or molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jin Kyu KIM, So Young KWON, Young Sub JIN, Joon Sung KIM, Su Yeong SON, Ki Yon LEE, Sang Kyun IM, Suk Min JUN
  • Publication number: 20160096925
    Abstract: A cover member includes a base material having a film shape and containing an amorphous aromatic polyamide. Further, it is preferred that the aromatic polyamide contains a carboxyl group. Furthermore, it is preferred that the aromatic polyamide contains a rigid structure in an amount of 85 mol % or more. Moreover, it is preferred that a tensile elastic modulus of the base material is 4 GPa or more. This makes it possible to provide a cover member having a good flatness keeping property and excellent long-term durability, and an electronic device provided with such a cover member and having excellent reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicants: AKRON POLYMER SYSTEMS INC., SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Limin Sun, Dong Zhang, Frank W. Harris, Jun Okada, Toshihiko Katayama, Ritsuya Kawasaki, Hideo Umeda, Daisuke Isobe
  • Publication number: 20160096926
    Abstract: Dendrimers comprising N-acyl urea terminal moieties are described herein. The dendrimers can be used, for example, in the treatment of arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Z. Avila, Robert J. Miller, Lauren Elizabeth Young, Rajesh Vasant Kamath
  • Publication number: 20160096927
    Abstract: A composition for preparing a polyimide-inorganic particle composite, including a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by Chemical Formula 1, a diamine represented by Chemical Formula 2, and an inorganic particle having an amino group on its surface: wherein the definitions of groups R1 and R2 in Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2 are the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Soo JEE, Young Jae KANG, Hyun Jeong JEON, Byung Hee SOHN
  • Publication number: 20160096928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (co)polymers comprising at least one imide function, making use of at least one diamine chosen from 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)furan and 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)tetrahydrofuran, or diisocyanate equivalents thereof. These (co)polymers can be converted into articles by various methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Stephane JEOL
  • Publication number: 20160096929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating volatile substances, particularly iodine, diiodised aromatic compounds and/or mixtures thereof, from material mixtures containing said compounds. The invention further relates to a device for producing polyarylene sulphides, by means of which volatile substances, particularly iodine and diiodised aromatic compounds, can be separated from the polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Clifford SCHAFERSKUPPER, Thomas HILLE, Theodor JURGENS, Andre SCHUMANN, Lars GIERSZEWSKI, Il Hoon Cha, Sung Gi Kim, Yoon Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20160096930
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing the polysilsesquioxane (PSSQ) within the carbon dioxide solvent through the control of the pressure and temperature within a reactor by the state changes, e.g., a liquid state or supercritical state, of carbon dioxide as a solvent which is environmentally friendly and pollution-free, that is to say, by making use of the fact that the solubility of reactant and product is changed according to the pressure and temperature in manufacturing the polysilsesquioxane (PSSQ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: In PARK, Ha Soo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160096931
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite materials, ionic liquid compositions for preparing the composite materials, and methods for using the composite materials prepared from the ionic liquid compositions. The composite materials typically include structural polysaccharides and preferably include macrocyclic compounds. The composite materials may be prepared from ionic liquid compositions comprising the structural polysaccharides and preferably the macrocyclic compounds dissolved in the ionic liquid, where the ionic liquid is removed from the ionic liquid compositions to obtain the composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Marquette University
    Inventor: Chieu D. Tran
  • Publication number: 20160096932
    Abstract: Specific benzocyclobutenes serve as intramolecular or intermolecular or both intramolecular or intermolecular crosslinkers. The benzocyclobutenes can be incorporated into polymers post polymerization or can be provided as monomers that participate in homopolymerization or copolymerization with other monomer to create the polymers having benzocyclobutenes that are exploited to carry out the crosslinking. At least some of the benzocyclobutenes taught herein can be used to carry out crosslinking a ambient temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Coleen Pugh, Ajay Ramesh Amrutkar
  • Publication number: 20160096933
    Abstract: Provided are methods for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, which enable surfaces with a chemically fixed lubricant to be produced instead of a resin coating which has drawbacks, such as that lubricity is reduced due to separation, peeling or the like of the coating during the movement within a vessel or tract. The present invention relates to a method for surface-modifying an object made of a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, the method including step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on a surface of the object, and step 2 of radically polymerizing a halogen-containing deliquescent monomer, starting from the polymerization initiation points, by irradiation with ultraviolet light having a wavelength within the range of 300 to 400 nm to grow polymer chains on the surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160096934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hollow glass microsphere and polymer composite having enhanced viscoelastic and rheological properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt E. Heikkila, Rodney K. Williams, John S. Kroll
  • Publication number: 20160096935
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to protein films and methods of making the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of making a protein film including placing on a substrate a protein solution, to form a precursor protein film. The protein solution includes one or more proteins. The method includes compressing the precursor protein film to form a protein film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Vincent M. Rotello, Bradley Duncan, Li-Sheng Wang, Eunhee Jeoung, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, Krishnendu Saha
  • Publication number: 20160096936
    Abstract: The invention features a packaging material including a film having a barrier layer formed from an admixture containing a base polymer and a surface-modifying macromolecule. The invention also features containers made from the packaging materials and methods of storing a good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jamie Robert SWENOR, Mark A. STEEDMAN, Sanjoy MULLICK
  • Publication number: 20160096937
    Abstract: A film is obtained by forming a methacrylic resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a methacrylic resin (A) and preferably 1 to 10 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin, the methacrylic resin (A) having a triad syndiotacticity (rr) of not less than 58%, a weight average molecular weight of 50000 to 150000, a content of fraction having a molecular weight of not less than 200000 of 0.1 to 10% by mass and a content of fraction having a molecular weight of less than 15000 of 0.2 to 5% by mass. A polarizer protective film comprising the above film is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI, Atsuhiro NAKAHARA, Hiroshi OZAWA, Toru ABE, Yusaku NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160096938
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer film which includes a base film layer having an absolute weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000 and an adhesive layer, and a method for manufacturing the polymer film. This film for a tire inner liner can endow an excellent gas barrier property even to tires having a relatively thin thickness so that weight of the tire can be reduced and fuel efficiency of automobiles can be improved. Further, the present film facilitates molding in a tire manufacturing process, and exhibits excellent adhesion force to a carcass layer while having excellent mechanical properties such as high durability and fatigue resistance together with excellent moldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Young-Han JEONG, So-Yeon KWON, Hyun NAMGOONG, Seong-Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160096939
    Abstract: The invention provides partially endcapped polyether siloxanes, the use of these polyether siloxanes as foam stabilizers and also rigid polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foams obtained using the polyether siloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Martin GLOS, Carsten SCHILLER, Christian ELIBRACHT
  • Publication number: 20160096940
    Abstract: An article includes an extruded polystyrene foam that is characterized by being a singular polymer foam that is free of halogenated blowing agents, having a milled primary surface, having a width of 750 millimeters or more, and further characterized by having a ?(CST/CSP) value that is 50 kilograms per cubic meter or less and a milled primary surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Fabio O. D'Ottaviano, Lawrence S. Hood, Jean-Francois Koenig, John Gordon- Duffy
  • Publication number: 20160096941
    Abstract: A nanofibrous spongy microsphere includes porous walls that define an exterior of the microsphere and that extend through an interior of the microsphere. The porous walls consist of interconnected nanofibers and spaces formed between the interconnected nanofibers. A plurality of micro-scale pores are formed throughout the interior of the microsphere. Each of the micro-scale pores i) is partially defined by the porous walls, ii) has an interpore opening that opens to an adjacent micro-scale pores, and iii) has a diameter ranging from about 1 ?m to about 100 ?m. A total diameter of the microsphere ranges from about 5 ?m to about 1000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Peter X. Ma, Zhanpeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160096942
    Abstract: A method of making a foam uses the following steps. A mixture is created having a polymerizable condensation polymer and a blowing agent. The polymerizable condensation polymer has hydroxy acid units and unsaturated di-functional units. The unsaturated di-functional units are unsaturated dicarboxylic acid units or unsaturated di-alcohol units. The mixture is expanded to create a froth. The polymerizable condensation polymer in the froth is reacted to create the foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SEALED AIR CORPORATION (US)
    Inventor: Drew V Speer
  • Publication number: 20160096943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to porous inorganic/organic homogenous copolymeric hybrid material materials, including particulates and monoliths, methods for their manufacture, and uses thereof, e.g., as chromatographic separations materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Zhiping Jiang, John E. O'Gara, Raymond P. Fisk, Kevin D. Wyndham, Darryl W. Brousmiche
  • Publication number: 20160096944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-absorbing polymer, comprising the process steps of (i) mixing (?1) 0.1 to 99.999% by weight of polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups, or salts thereof, (?2) 0 to 70% by weight of polymerized, ethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (?1), (?3) 0.001 to 10% by weight of one or more crosslinkers, where the sum of the weights (?1) to (?3) is 100% by weight, (ii) free-radical polymerization with crosslinking to form a water-insoluble, aqueous untreated hydrogel polymer, (iii) drying the hydrogel polymer, (iv) grinding and sieving the water-absorbing polymer to size, wherein the aqueous monomer solution, is admixed with 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one surfactant and optionally 0.01 to 5% by weight of a blowing agent having a particle size of 10 ?m to 900 ?m, based on the water-absorbing polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Laurent Wattebled, Anna Miasnikova, Markus Henn
  • Publication number: 20160096945
    Abstract: A composite powder including particles and each particle including a plurality of reinforcement elements contained within a matrix. The composite powder may be applied in a powder bed to form a multilayered composite component. Each layer being formed by a composite powder bed. As each layer is applied, the reinforcement elements of the powder particles may be moved into alignment with an electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Lionel FARMER, Daniel Mark JOHNS
  • Publication number: 20160096946
    Abstract: A resin powder containing an ultraviolet scattering agent (such as a titanium oxide particle or a zinc oxide particle) is deformed into a plate-like form. The ultraviolet scattering agent may include, for example, a titanium oxide particle or zinc oxide particle having an average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm. A resin contained in the resin powder may particularly be a thermoplastic resin (e.g., a polyamide resin). The plate-like resin powder may be a powder obtainable by deforming resin particles, each containing the ultraviolet scattering agent, into a plate-like form. The resulting resin powder has an excellent ultraviolet scattering function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: DAICEL-EVONIK LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuteru MUTSUDA, Hirofumi IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160096947
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can further improve abrasion resistance without deterioration in energy efficiency, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer composed of at least one of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound having at least one of an ester group and a carboxyl group; at least one of tetraamines; and silica, the polymer mixture having a weight-average molecular weight of 1.0×103 to 1.0×105, and the tetraamines being a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG and RH independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and ALK represents a tetravalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20160096948
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can further improve abrasion resistance without deterioration in energy efficiency, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer composed of at least one of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound having at least one of an ester group and a carboxyl group; at least one of triamines; and silica, the polymer mixture having a weight-average molecular weight of 1.0×103 to 1.0×105, and the triamines being a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of RA, RB, RC, RD and RE independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and each of ALK1 and ALK2 independently represents an alkylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20160096949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Further provided is a method of improving the hydrophobicity, the liquid water uptake, the heat of combustion, or the onset of thermal decomposition temperature of an aerogel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Kathryn Elizabeth deKrafft, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Wenting Dong, David J. Mihalcik, George L. Gould, Irene Melnikova
  • Publication number: 20160096950
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymeric compositions with improved electrical breakdown strength. The polymeric compositions contain a poly-?-olefin and a voltage-stabilizing agent, which comprises an organic carboxylic ester comprising at least one aromatic ring and from 1 to 2 carboxylic alkyl ester substituents. Alternatively, the voltage-stabilizing agent can comprise trioctyl trimellitate. The present polymeric compositions exhibit improved electrical breakdown strength when applied as an insulating and/or shielding layer for power cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Vivek Tomer, Timothy J. Person, Dean M. Welsh, Mark T. Bernius
  • Publication number: 20160096951
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel carbodiimides having terminal urea and/or urethane groups, methods for the preparation thereof and use thereof as stabilizers in ester-based polyols, in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), in polybutylene terephthalate (PET), in polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), in copolyesters, in thermoplastic polyester elastomers (TPE E), in ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), in polylactic acid (PLA) and/or in PLA derivatives, in polybutylene adipate terephthalates (PBAT), in polybutylene succinates (PBS), in polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), in blends, in triglycerides, in thermoplastic polyurethanes, in polyurethane elastomers, in PU adhesives, in PU casting resins, for PU coatings or in PU foams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Wilhelm LAUFER, Benjamin BECHEM, Armin ECKERT
  • Publication number: 20160096952
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyimide resin including a silica filler surface-treated with a fluorine-containing compound, and a polyimide film formed using the polyimide resin. The polyimide resin has improved dispersibility and heat resistance because the surface of a silica filler is fluorinated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hyo Jun PARK, Hak Gee JUNG, Chul Ha JU
  • Publication number: 20160096953
    Abstract: An aromatic vinyl copolymer is a polymer of a reaction mixture including: an aromatic vinyl compound; a vinyl cyanide compound; a first silicone compound having a weight average molecular weight of about 150 g/mol to less than about 6,000 g/mol and including at least two unsaturated reactive groups; and a second silicone compound having a weight average molecular weight of about 6,000 g/mol to about 100,000 g/mol and including at least two unsaturated reactive groups. A thermoplastic resin composition including the aromatic vinyl copolymer can exhibit excellent matting properties, impact resistance, and balance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Joo Hyun JANG, Jae Won HEO, Bo Eun KIM, Kwang Soo PARK, Yu Jin JUNG, Ki Bo CHANG, Young Sub JIN
  • Publication number: 20160096954
    Abstract: An aromatic vinyl copolymer is a polymer of a reaction mixture including: an aromatic vinyl compound; a vinyl cyanide compound; a silicone compound having at least two unsaturated reactive groups; and a C4 to C20 linear or branched alkyl group-containing acrylic compound. A thermoplastic resin composition including the aromatic vinyl copolymer can have excellent matting properties, impact resistance, flowability, and balance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Won HEO, Joo Hyun JANG, Kwang Soo PARK, Bo Eun KIM, Yu Jin JUNG, Ki Bo CHANG, Young Sub JIN
  • Publication number: 20160096955
    Abstract: A polymer powder (P) selected from a group consisting of (i) a polymer powder (P1) and (ii) a polymer powder (P2) is provided. The (i) polymer powder (P1) includes a (meth)acrylate-based polymer (A1) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less, and the polymer powder has an acetone-soluble component of 5 mass % or more. The acetone-soluble component has a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more. The (ii) polymer powder (P2) has an acetone-soluble component of 2 mass % to 35 mass %, the acetone-soluble component has a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more, and has a volume average primary particle size (Dv) of 200 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youko Hatae, Toshihiro Kasai
  • Publication number: 20160096956
    Abstract: A self-healing composite material includes a polymer matrix, microcapsules filled with a ring-opening metathesis-active monomer (e.g., norbornene, norbornene derivatives such as ethylidene norbornene, or cyclooctadiene), and polymeric particles comprised of a polymer that is soluble in the monomer with which the microcapsules are filled and having catalytic endgroups derived from an olefin metathesis catalyst, such as a Grubbs'-type catalyst. In some embodiments, the polymer having catalytic endgroups is synthesized via solution polymerization of a ring-opening metathesis-active monomer (e.g., norbornene, norbornene derivatives, or cyclooctadiene) in the presence of an olefin metathesis catalyst (e.g., Grubbs' 1st generation catalyst). The polymer having catalytic endgroups may then be processed via a grinding operation, for example, to prepare the small polymeric particles. In other embodiments, the polymeric particles are synthesized directly as microparticles (e.g., microspheres, granules, beads, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Timothy C. Mauldin
  • Publication number: 20160096957
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition having superior surface clearness and gloss. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a superior thermoplastic resin composition which has superior surface clearness and superior gloss and may prevent mold deposition during a high speed injection process, by using a reactive emulsifier during emulsion polymerization of rubber latex composed of polybutadiene, preparing resin latex using a hydrophobic initiator during graft copolymerization of rubber latex, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a vinyl cyan monomer, compression dehydrating a moisture content to less than 10% using a compression type dehydrator after agglomerating the resin latex, and performing a wet powder extrusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Keun Hoon Yoo, Bong Keun Ahn, Dae Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20160096958
    Abstract: A low temperature shape memory thermosetting epoxy has a epoxy, a curing agent, a modifying material and a functional material. The curing agent is fatty amine, polyamide and aromatic amino compound. The modifying material is polyester polyol, polyether polyol, aromatic diamine, and silicon compound. The functional material is boron trifleoride, terminal carboxyl group, calcium carbonate, pigment, and mixture thereof. Thus, the present invention provides an epoxy that is deformable and is shape memorable under room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Lo, Chi-An Huang
  • Publication number: 20160096959
    Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone emulsion composition which has comparable curability without using an organotin compound curing catalyst, and for which the post-curing film properties thereof can obtain a comparable hardness, tensile strength, and elongation. A curable silicone emulsion composition characterized by including: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane which includes a hydroxyl group bonded to at least two silicon atoms per molecule; (B) 0.01-5 parts by mass of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane which includes at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) 1-10 parts by mass of the reaction product of an amino group-containing organoalkoxysilane and an acid anhydride; (D) 0.1-10 parts by mass of an epoxy group-containing organoalkoxysilane and/or a partial hydrolysis condensation product thereof; (E) 0.5-50 parts by mass of a colloidal silica; (F) 0.1-10 parts by mass of a bismuth compound; and (G) 50-500 parts by mass of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Motohiko HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20160096960
    Abstract: This invention relates to a storage stabilized recycled and devulcanized tire rubber modified asphalt composition, which comprises: 65.0 to 90.0% by weight of a neat asphalt, 3.0-50.0% by weight of a recycled and devulcanized rubber from used tires and/or other scrap rubbers, 0.01-15.0% by weight of a compatibilizer/stabilizer derived from Natural or Synthetic Rubbers, which composition passes the “cigar tube” softening point test difference of less than 5° C. between the top and bottom layers; and, the process for the said asphalt composition comprises mixing 65.0% to 90.0% by weight of a neat asphalt, 3.0 to 50.0% by weight of a recycled and devulcanized rubber from used tires, 0.01-10.0% by weight of a compatibilizer/stabilizer derived from Natural or Synthetic Rubbers, using high shear mixers at elevated temperatures of between 120° C. and 175° C. for between 15 minutes to 6 hours, to obtain storage stabilized asphalt composition that is stable in hot storage and transportation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Chandrasekaran R. Pillai, Hari Chandra
  • Publication number: 20160096961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of treated mineral filler products. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such treated mineral filler products, and to its preferred use in the field of plastic applications, and in particular polypropylene (PP)- or polyethylene (PE)-based breathable or extrusion coating film applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias Buri, Patrick A.C. Gane, Samuel Rentsch, René Burkhalter
  • Publication number: 20160096962
    Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic circuit board by covering the board with a composition comprising rosin and a carrier and allowing the composition to dry. The coating may be provided by spraying over all or selected parts of an assembled board, or as an underfill by microdispensing under one or more components. The rosin-containing composition may include 20% to 95% rosin and 5% to 80% of a carrier, although 30% to 80% rosin and 20% to 70% carrier, or even 30% to 50% rosin and 50% to 70% carrier, may be more preferred. The carrier may be an alcohol, such as isopropyl alcohol, and should be free of flux activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Terry L. Munson
  • Publication number: 20160096963
    Abstract: An anti-microbial copolymer is disclosed. The anti-microbial copolymer comprises building blocks [BB1] and [BB2]: where Ra, Rb and Rc are independently ethyl and/or methyl groups; each Rj is independently selected from a C1 to C10 group; Rk denotes a chain having between 5 and 50 carbon atoms; X+ is nitrogen; and Y? is a halogen ion selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine and fluorine. A polyurethane, a polyurethane and/or acrylate dispersion, and a coating composition comprising the anti-microbial copolymer are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventor: HOSSEIN MAHMOUD
  • Publication number: 20160096964
    Abstract: There is provided a flaky graphite containing boron, the flaky graphite containing boron having an average thickness of 100 nm or less and an average plate diameter dc of 0.01 to 100 ?m. There is also provided a conductive resin composition comprising a resin component and a carbon component comprising at least the flaky graphite containing boron, wherein the content of the carbon component based on 100 parts by mass of the resin component is 5 to 4000 parts by mass. There are also provided a conductive coating material and a conductive adhesive using the conductive resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki FUKUYO, Hirotoshi KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20160096965
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a phosphate ester dispersion promoting agent and process for the preparation thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a dispersion of a particulate solid comprising the phosphate ester dispersion promoting agent and use of the phosphate ester dispersion promoting agent for dispersing a particulate solid. The phosphate ester has the structure of formula (I): in which R independently represents, at each occurrence, a polyester residue containing in its skeleton optionally at least one ether oxygen atom —O—; and x is 1, or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Gang Duan, Jinsong Wen, Kuai Lin, Yinchao Zhang, Hua Lai, Xiahu Chen
  • Publication number: 20160096966
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display area displaying content and a printing area located outside the display area and covering an area other than the display area. The printing area includes a window and an ink layer that is formed by dissolving potassium carbonate powder in a curable resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Sein CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160096967
    Abstract: Optically transparent films can comprise a coating of nanodiamonds to introduce desirable properties, such as hardness, good thermal conductivity and an increased dielectric constant. In general, transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable property enhancing nanoparticles included in a transparent conductive layer and/or in a coating layer. Property enhancing nanoparticles can be formed from materials having a large hardness parameter, a large thermal conductivity and/or a large dielectric constant. Suitable polymers are incorporated as a binder in the layers with the property enhancing nanoparticles. The coatings with property enhancing nanoparticles can be solution coated and corresponding solutions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ajay Virkar, Faraz Azadi Manzour, Xiqiang Yang, Hua Gu
  • Publication number: 20160096968
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sacrificial coating compositions comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer; at least one hygroscopic agent; at least one surfactant; at least one non-reactive silicone release agent; and water. In certain embodiments, the at least one non-reactive silicone release agent is chosen from polyether modified polysiloxane and nonreactive silicone glycol copolymers. In certain embodiments, the at least one non-reactive silicone release agent may be present in an amount ranging from about 0.001% to about 2%, based on the total weight of the composition, such as from about 0.03% to about 0.06%. Also disclosed herein is a blanket material suitable for transfix printing comprising a sacrificial coating composition, as well as an indirect printing process comprising a step of applying a sacrificial coating composition to a blanket material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, Suxia Yang, Gordon Sisler, Edward G. Zwartz
  • Publication number: 20160096969
    Abstract: Articles having poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing (PVA-containing) and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings are provided. More specifically, articles include a substrate and a multilayer coating attached to the substrate. The multilayer coating includes a first silica layer and a first PVA-containing layer. The first silica layer is a primer layer of the multilayer coating, and the silica layer comprises a plurality of acid-sintered interconnected silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. The PVA-containing and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings can be used on a large variety of substrates and tend to be resistant to wet and dry abrasions, scratches, and impacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Karan Jindal, Justin A. Riddle, Paul B. Armstrong, Samuel J. Carpenter, William R. Dudley, Garry W. Lachmansingh, Jason T. Petrin, Naiyong Jing
  • Publication number: 20160096970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating composition, a method of making a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of making a coated article. The coating composition can include a first dispersion comprising an aqueous acrylic resin component and a second dispersion combined with the first dispersion, wherein the second dispersion comprises an organosilane component and a pigment indicator component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Hartley, Harry Carter Menzel, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20160096971
    Abstract: Polymer particles containing a polyoxymethylene polymer for coating metallic substrates are described. The polymeric particles contain a polyoxymethylene polymer in combination with a thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer can include hard segments and soft segments. The soft segments may contain carbonate groups, ether groups, or caprolactone groups. Also disclosed is a process where the polymeric particles are used to form a fluidized bed for coating metallic substrates. In one embodiment, after being coated with the polymer particles, the coated metal substrate is gas cooled followed by cooling the coated substrate in a bath containing an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Nicolai Papke
  • Publication number: 20160096972
    Abstract: A method for forming a hydrophobic coating on a substrate by a thermal spray deposition process is described. The method may comprise feeding a thermal spray apparatus with a coating precursor consisting of particles having an initial particle morphology, and heating the particles with the thermal spray apparatus to cause the particle to at least partially melt. The method may further comprise accelerating the particles towards the substrate, and forming the hydrophobic coating on the substrate by allowing the particles to impact the substrate in a partially melted state in which a fraction of the initial particle morphology of at least some of the particles is retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory M. Newbloom, William A. Thompson, Marc J. Froning, Arash Ghabchi