Patents Issued in June 7, 2016
  • Patent number: 9359521
    Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention includes a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition containing: Component (A) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing urethane (meth)acrylate compound) in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by mass; Component (B) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing tri(meth)acrylate compound free from any urethane bond) in an amount of from 10 to 70 parts by mass; Component (C) including a specific organosilicon compound in an amount of from 5 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takashima, Kyoko Kumagai, Hidetaka Hayashi, Tetsuya Mitsuoka, Naoharu Ueda, Hisashi Muramatsu, Kazumasa Inata, Takeshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Sanai, Eiichi Okazaki, Satoshi Yoneda, Naomasa Furuta
  • Patent number: 9359522
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a pigment; a copolymer containing a phosphoric acid group or phosphonic acid group; a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and satisfies the following relation 1: Y<X<0.8, where X represents a peak intensity at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 5.5° to 6.0° and Y represents a peak intensity at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 26.5° to 27.5° to a CuK? X-ray having a wavelength of 1.541 ?. where R each, independently represents monovalent groups selected from hydrogen atoms, methyl groups, or chlorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Keita Katoh, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Patent number: 9359523
    Abstract: The invention relates to unique applications for the novel high melt flow, low viscosity, selectively hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene (hSBS) or selectively hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene-butadiene/styrene-styrene (hSBSS) block copolymers, wherein the melt flow rate of said block copolymer is at least 100 g/10 min at 230° C. under 2.16 kg mass according to ASTM D1238. These block copolymers are novel and have the highest melt flow rate of any styrenic block copolymer also possessing high strength and elasticity. It has applications that prior to the present invention were not normally possible due to the normal low melt flow rate of styrenic block copolymers. The present invention also encompasses various fields of use such as a fiberglass hSBS or hSBSS reinforced mat, low viscosity hSBS or hSBSS coatings for industrial uses, hot melt adhesives prepared from hSBS or hSBSS blended with polyalpha-olefins, and elastic film, fiber, and nonwoven constructions using hSBS or hSBSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Donn Anthony Dubois, John E. Flood
  • Patent number: 9359524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyester prepared from a mixture of reactants including: a) an aromatic monoacid, where the aromatic monoacid includes from 25 to 60 weight % based on the total weight of reactants; b) a polyacid, where the polyacid includes less than 90 mole % isophthalic acid; and c) a polyol having at least 3 hydroxyl groups. The mixture of reactants is substantially free of a non-aromatic monoacid, and said polyester has a dynamic viscosity of greater than 15,000 centipoise at 40° C. as measured by a Physica MCR 301 rheometer with 25 mm parallel plate and 0.1 mm gap as a function of increasing shear rate (0.1 to 10 s?1), and an acid value of less than 15 mg KOH/g. The polyacid can also be an aliphatic polyacid. Coatings comprising the same and substrates coated at least in part with such coatings are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Breon, Ljiljana Maksimovic, Anthony M. Chasser, Edward R. Millero, John E. Schwendeman, Robert E. Jennings
  • Patent number: 9359525
    Abstract: Water-free composition comprising at least one saturated or unsaturated, epoxy-modified polyester as binder, at least one acrylate polymer or polyurethane polymer as further binder, polymer microparticles, at least one polymer which comprises functional groups consisting of blocked isocyanates and amino resins, as crosslinking agent, at least one pigment, at least one organic solvent, and at least one auxiliary or additive, the solids of the composition being at least 50% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Jorn Lavalaye, Norbert Löw
  • Patent number: 9359526
    Abstract: The use of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion adhesive is described for producing biodisintegratable composite foils where at least two substrates are adhesive-bonded to one another with use of the polyurethane dispersion adhesive, where at least one of the substrates is a biodisintegrable polymer foil. At least 60% by weight of the polyurethane is composed of diisocyanates, polyesterdiols, and at least one bifunctional carboxylic acid selected from dihydroxycarboxylic acids and diaminocarboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelis Petrus Beyers, Heiko Diehl, Stefan Dahmen, Volker Kriegisch, Ulrike Licht, Axel Meyer, Motonori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9359527
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film which exhibits excellent storage stability, in particular, excellent storage stability even under harsh conditions (high temperature and high moisture conditions). The present invention pertains to a gas barrier film which comprises a substrate and a silicon-containing film that has a chemical composition represented by the following Chemical Formula (1) and that satisfies the relationships represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Mathematical Formula 2: [Mathematical Formula 1] 0.001?Y/(X+Y)?0.25??Mathematical Formula 1 3.30?3Y+2X?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Murota
  • Patent number: 9359528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive composition. The present invention may effectively provide a pressure sensitive adhesive where peel forces for both sides are different and an modulus differs along the thickness direction. By applying the pressure sensitive adhesive as above, the present invention may provide, for example, an optical element, such as a polarizing plate, which can effectively inhibit light leakage and shows excellent durability, while being formed to have a thin thickness as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Soo Yoon, No Ma Kim, In Ho Hwang, In Kyu Park, Min Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 9359529
    Abstract: Methods of preparing silicone materials using electron beam curing are described. The materials are hot melt processed and cured in the absence of an effective amount of catalysts and initiators. Both functional and nonfunctionalized silicone materials may be used. Exemplary cured materials include silicone pressure sensitive adhesives, silicone foams, and non-tacky silicon films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Junkang J. Liu, Clayton A. George
  • Patent number: 9359530
    Abstract: A double-sided adhesive tape assembly that includes a double-sided tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on each side thereof and a delaminatable release liner in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on one or both sides of the double-sided tape is disclosed. A roll of the double-sided adhesive tape assembly is also disclosed. Methods of making and using the double-sided adhesive tape assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Panu K. Zoller
  • Patent number: 9359531
    Abstract: Temporarily repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions which are blends of a silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive component, a high Tg polymer component and a crosslinker are presented. The silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive includes a copolymer that is the reaction product of an acidic or basic monomer, a (meth)acrylic or vinyl monomer, and a silicone macromer. The high Tg polymer component contains acid or base functionality such that when mixed, the silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive component and the high Tg polymer component form an acid-base interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Audrey A. Sherman, Wendi J. Winkler
  • Patent number: 9359532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pulverulent adhesive for textile reinforcing plies which is dispersible in water, comprising: a) 85 to 97% by weight of at least one at least partially capped, low-molecular isocyanate, b) 15 to 3% by weight of an alkyl naphthalene sulphonate as wetting agent, and also c) 0 to 10% by weight of additives, binders being excluded, with the proviso that the formulation components a+b+c produce 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventor: Andreas Kaplan
  • Patent number: 9359533
    Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:40, the component (A) being a silane compound copolymer that is represented by a formula (a-1), and has a weight average molecular weight of 800 to 30,000, (CHR1X0-D-SiO3/2)m(R2SiO3/2)n(CHR1X0-D-SiZO2/2)o(R2SiZO2/2)p(CHR1X0-D-SiZ2O1/2)q(R2SiZ2O1/2)r?? (a-1) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc., X0 is a halogen atom, etc., D is a single bond, etc., R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, etc., Z is a hydroxyl group, etc., m and n are independently a positive integer, and o, p, q, and r are independently 0 or a positive integer, and the component (B) being a silane coupling agent that includes a nitrogen atom in its molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Matsui, Mikihiro Kashio
  • Patent number: 9359534
    Abstract: A hot-melt adhesive composition, the use thereof, and a composite body including the hot-melt adhesive composition. The hot-melt adhesive composition includes a polyolefin P, which is solid at 25° C., a soft resin WH with a softening point between ?10° C. and 40° C., and a polar modified polyolefin wax PW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Dirk Urbach, Kai Paschkowski, Martin Linnenbrink
  • Patent number: 9359535
    Abstract: A multi-modal polymer blend for use in an adhesive composition comprising at least two compositionally different propylene-based polymers. The multi-modal polymer blend has a Mw of about 10,000 g/mol to about 150,000 g/mol. When subjected to Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation, the multi-modal polymer blend exhibits a first fraction that is soluble at ?15° C. in a hydrocarbon solvent, such as xylene or ortho-dichlorobenzene, the first fraction having an isotactic (mm) triad tacticity of about 70 mol % to about 90 mol %; and a second fraction that is insoluble or less soluble than the first fraction at ?15° C. in the hydrocarbon solvent, the second fraction having an isotactic (mm) triad tacticity of about 85 mol % to about 98 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Coffey, George Rodriguez, Phillip T. Matsunaga, Mun Fu Tse, Shawn W. Mowry, Jean-Roch H. Schauder, Yann Devorest, Jurgen J. M. Schroeyers, Joseph M. DeLucia
  • Patent number: 9359536
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous adhesive agent composition which has no concern about environmental safety and can be used as an adhesive agent composition for automobile interior materials. The aqueous adhesive agent composition comprises (A) an acid-modified polyolefin resin and (B) a core-shell-type curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takefumi Murai, Yoshimi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9359537
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a block copolymer composition for a viscous adhesive, which will be a viscous adhesive composition excellent in balance of the adhesive properties such as tack strength and tackiness, having a low melt viscosity, and excellent solubility, coating properties, ejection stability, and surface skin quality. The block copolymer composition for a viscous adhesive having: a component (a) in an amount of 50 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less; and a component (b) in an amount of 10 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less; a content of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit being 25 to 50 mass %; a viscosity of the 15 mass % toluene solution being 10 to 40 mPa·s; and a number average molecular weight ratio of the component (b) to the component (a) being 2.0 to 4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation, Japan Elastomer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakajima, Takahiro Hisasue, Kenji Ebara, Yukinori Nakamichi
  • Patent number: 9359538
    Abstract: Provided is a sealant for use in ink jet recording heads, comprising a cationically polymerizable resin; a fluorine-containing compound that is liquid at a temperature in a range of 20° C.±15° C.; and a cationic polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsutsui, Etsuko Sawada, Yohei Hamade
  • Patent number: 9359539
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp 1 using a lamp body 3 formed using a resin composition containing a base resin and plant fiber, in which the lamp body 3 and a front cover 2 have good adhesiveness therebetween and there is no separation in the bonding between the lamp body 3 and the front cover 2 even after some time. The lamp body 3 is formed using a resin composition containing a base resin and plant fiber, and in a bonding part between the lamp body 3 and the front cover 2, the bonding is performed using a moisture curing adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Osada, Fukashi Masuda, Takenao Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9359540
    Abstract: A ternary composition including: from 5 to 50% of difluoromethane; from 2 to 20% of pentafluoroethane; and from 30 to 90% of tetrafluoropropene. The tetrafluoropropene may be 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene or 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. This composition can be used as a heat-transfer fluid in vapor compression circuit. A process for heating or cooling a fluid or a body using a vapor compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid, said process successively including evaporation of the heat transfer fluid, compression of the heat transfer fluid, condensation of the heat fluid and depressurization of the heat transfer fluid, in which the heat transfer fluid is a composition as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9359541
    Abstract: A composition including 2,4,4,4-10-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene, and also the use thereof in particular as a heat transfer fluid. The composition may include: from 1% to 99% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 1% to 99% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 5% to 70% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 30% to 95% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 20% to 65% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 35% to 80% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 25% to 60% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 40% to 75% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 28% to 51% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 49% to 72% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9359542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation method of a polymeric phase-change material, comprising: using 1, 2 or 3 of (meth)acrylate poly(ethylene glycol) n-alkyl ether ester as a raw material, wherein the (meth)acrylate poly(ethylene glycol) n-alkyl ether ester has a structural general formula of CH2?C(CH3)—COO(CH2CH2O)mCnH2n+1 or CH2?CH—COO(CH2CH2O)mCnH2n+1, m=1 to 100, and n=10 to 50; washing the raw material with a solution of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate having a mass percentage of 1% to 10% to remove a polymerization inhibitor, and subjecting reduced-pressure distillation, and then to a polymerization reaction by adopting one of the following process; 1. polymerization reaction initiated by irradiation; 2. polymerization reaction initiated by an initiator; 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Xing Xiang Zhang, Xiao Fen Tang, Jie Yun Meng, Hai Feng Shi, Zhi Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 9359543
    Abstract: Methods of servicing a wellbore and/or a subterranean formation including introducing a wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore and/or the subterranean formation to degrade a degradable polymer therein by contacting the degradable polymer with a liquid neutralized degradation accelerator. The wellbore servicing fluid comprises a particulate salt degradation accelerator and a neutralizer activator. The particulate salt degradation accelerator is formed by reacting a degradation accelerator solution with an acid, the neutralizer activator is capable of dissociating the acid by neutralization from the particulate salt degradation accelerator so as to form the liquid neutralized degradation accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Janette Cortez, Andrea Ontiveros
  • Patent number: 9359544
    Abstract: A composition and method for performing a treatment of a subterranean formation. The composition includes an emulsified acid and a sulfobetaine surfactant. The emulsified acid and the sulfobetaine surfactant may be mixed to form a treatment composition, which may be injected into a subterranean formation as part of an acid fracturing or hydraulic fracturing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur William Milne, Emilio Miquilena, Syed A. Ali
  • Patent number: 9359545
    Abstract: A treatment fluid for use in a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore of a well includes: (i) water; (ii) a strong acid; and (iii) a branched viscoelastic surfactant having a hydrophobic portion with a total of 16 to 20 carbons; wherein the pH of the treatment fluid is less than 0.5; and wherein the viscosity of the treatment fluid is less than 5 cP at 40 sec?1. A method of treating a zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes the steps of; (A) forming the treatment; (B) introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore into the zone; and (C) allowing time for the strong acid in the treatment fluid to spend in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nisha Kaustubh Pandya, Sushant Dattaram Wadekar, Ganesh Surykant Pathre
  • Patent number: 9359546
    Abstract: Use of two different methods, either each by itself or in combination, to enhance the stiffness, strength, maximum possible use temperature, and environmental resistance of thermoset polymer particles is disclosed. One method is the application of post-polymerization process steps (and especially heat treatment) to advance the curing reaction and to thus obtain a more densely crosslinked polymer network. The other method is the incorporation of nanofillers, resulting in a heterogeneous “nanocomposite” morphology. Nanofiller incorporation and post-polymerization heat treatment can also be combined to obtain the benefits of both methods simultaneously. The present invention relates to the development of thermoset nanocomposite particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sun Drilling Products Corporation
    Inventor: Jozef Bicerano
  • Patent number: 9359547
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a coupling agent, a hardenable resin and a hardening agent into the wellbore wherein the coupling agent comprises a multihydroxy phenyl, a dihydroxy phenyl, a trihydroxy phenyl, ascorbic acid, a hydroxymethylnaphthol, an oxidation product thereof, a derivative thereof, or combinations thereof. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a coupling agent, a hardenable resin, a hardening agent and a proppant wherein the coupling agent comprises a multihydroxy phenyl, a dihydroxy phenyl, a trihydroxy phenyl, ascorbic acid, a hydroxymethylphenol, a hydroxymethylnaphthol, an oxidation product thereof, a derivative thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Philip D. Nguyen, Feng Liang
  • Patent number: 9359548
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes; and an organic layer between the pair of electrodes, which includes a light-emitting layer, wherein the organic layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (I); and the light-emitting layer contains a iridium complex phosphorescent material: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and contiguous substituents of R1 to R8 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R9 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a hetero-aryl group, or a silyl group, and each of which group may be substituted with a substituent; and at least one of R1 to R9 represents a deuterium atom or a substituent containing a deuterium atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventor: Akira Takeda
  • Patent number: 9359549
    Abstract: Compounds comprising a metal complex having novel ligands are provided. In particular, the compound is an iridium complex comprising novel aza DBX ligands. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants, providing improved efficiency, low operating voltage, and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Dinesh Rayabarapu, Chuanjun Xia, Raymond C. Kwong, Bin Ma, Walter Yeager, Bert Alleyne
  • Patent number: 9359550
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are yellow-green and yellow-emitting aluminate based phosphors for use in white LEDs, general lighting, and LED and backlighting displays. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cerium-activated, yellow-green to yellow-emitting aluminate phosphor comprises the rare earth lutetium, at least one alkaline earth metal, aluminum, oxygen, at least one halogen, and at least one rare earth element other than lutetium, wherein the phosphor is configured to absorb excitation radiation having a wavelength ranging from about 380 nm to about 480 nm, and to emit light having a peak emission wavelength ranging from about 550 nm to about 600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Qun Li, Jingtao Gu, Zhankun Jia, Shifan Cheng
  • Patent number: 9359551
    Abstract: Provided is a chemically and thermally stable phosphor having different emission characteristics than the conventional phosphor and exhibiting high emission intensity if combined with an LED of 470 nm or less. The phosphor of the present invention is represented by a composition formula: MdAeDfEgXh (d+e+f+g+h=1; M is one or more kinds of elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb; A is one or more kinds of elements selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; D is one or more kinds of elements selected from Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf; E is one or more kinds of elements selected from B, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, and La; and X is one or more kinds of elements selected from O, N, and F) and parameters d, e, f, g, and h satisfy the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Naoto Hirosaki, Takashi Takeda, Shiro Funahashi
  • Patent number: 9359552
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal compound. The compound has a general structural formula as shown by formula I. Such a compound has good thermal and UV stability, large positive dielectric anisotropy ??, and can achieve a low threshold voltage when used in optics, thereby having great significance to the fast response of display devices, and therefore being very suitable for formulating a liquid crystal mixture. A liquid crystal mixture containing such a liquid crystal unit can be applied to various display devices, and is especially suitable for TN-TFT and STN display devices, but can also be used in IPS (in-plane switching) and VA (vertically aligned) display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Shijiazhuang Chengzhi Yonghua Display Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoliang Yun, Gang Wen, Zhian Liang, Ruimao Hua, Kui Wang, Xing Zhang, Zhiguo Xia, Yaohua Han
  • Patent number: 9359553
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition and an AM LCD device containing the liquid crystal composition are described. The liquid crystal composition has a negative dielectric anisotropy, includes a specific compound having a high maximum temperature and a large optical anisotropy as a first component, and may also include at least one of a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a third component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Saito, Yoshimasa Furusato
  • Patent number: 9359554
    Abstract: A coke oven includes an oven chamber, an uptake duct in fluid communication with the oven chamber, the uptake duct being configured to receive exhaust gases from the oven chamber, an uptake damper in fluid communication with the uptake duct, the uptake damper being positioned at any one of multiple positions, the uptake damper configured to control an oven draft, an actuator configured to alter the position of the uptake damper between the positions in response to a position instruction, a sensor configured to detect an operating condition of the coke oven, wherein the sensor includes one of a draft sensor, a temperature sensor configured to detect an uptake duct temperature or a sole flue temperature, and an oxygen sensor, and a controller being configured to provide the position instruction to the actuator in response to the operating condition detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: John F. Quanci, Peter U. Chun, Milos J. Kaplarevic, Vince G. Reiling
  • Patent number: 9359555
    Abstract: A process for decoking of delayed coker feed heater pass is disclosed. A chemical mixture containing a metal hydroxide and a metal carbonate is combined with steam to decoke the delayed coker feed heater pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SBT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Vasant Lotu Bhirud
  • Patent number: 9359556
    Abstract: A biomass torrefaction system is provided which enables a continuous torrefaction process that involves the introduction of biomass particles into a rotating reactor drum having a low oxygen environment. The particles are conveyed through the drum by a heated gas stream and simultaneously torrefied thereby. Gas exiting the drum is recirculated back to a heat source for reheating the gas prior to reentering the drum. A method of biomass torrefaction is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Teal Sales Incorporated
    Inventors: William B. Teal, Richard J. Gobel, Andrew Johnson
  • Patent number: 9359557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for efficient and economical production and recovery of ethanol or other volatile organic compounds, such as acetic acid, from solid biomass material, particularly on a larger scale, such as on the commercialization or industrial scale. According to one aspect of the invention, the method comprises (a) generating at least about 10 tons of prepared biomass material by adding a microbe, optionally an acid, and optionally, an enzyme to a solid biomass; (b) storing the prepared biomass material for at least about 24 hours in a storage facility to allow production of at least one volatile organic compound from at least a portion of the sugar in the solid biomass; and (c) capturing the at least one volatile organic compound by using a solventless recovery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Phillip Guy Hamilton, Corey William Radtke, Keith Michael Kreitman
  • Patent number: 9359558
    Abstract: A method of operating a carbon to liquids system is provided. The method includes receiving a flow of syngas and reacting, in a reactor, the syngas and a catalyst in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce a product including steam, wherein the reactor includes a polymeric material that is configured to permit the permeation of the steam therethrough. The method also includes recycling the permeated steam to a vessel positioned upstream from the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vitali Victor Lissianski, Surinder Prabhjot Singh, Dhaval Ajit Bhandari
  • Patent number: 9359559
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for processing diesel fuel from petroleum-based waste oil on a small scale compared to conventional methods for re-refining waste oil to a valuable product. In an embodiment, the method comprises dehydrating waste oil to remove water from the waste oil, and operating a thermal reactor to induce thermal pyrolysis of the dehydrated waste oil and convert it into a hydrocarbon vapor phase. The hydrocarbon vapor derived from pyrolysis is condensed and distilled using a distillation tower to produce diesel fuel, heavy liquid hydrocarbon, light liquid hydrocarbon and light hydrocarbon vapor. A filtering step cleans the processed diesel fuel to obtain a clean diesel fuel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HD Petroleum Inc.
    Inventors: Orville Middelton, Todd Habicht, John A. Winram, Barney Habicht
  • Patent number: 9359560
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat transfer tube and a cracking furnace using the heat transfer tube. The heat transfer tube comprises a twisted baffle arranged in an inner wall of the tube, said twisted baffle extending spirally along an axial direction of the heat transfer tube. The twisted baffle defines a closed circle viewed from an end of the heat transfer tube. Along the trajectory of the circle a casing is arranged, which is fixedly connected to a radial inner end of the twisted baffle. The twisted baffle is provided with a plurality of holes. The heat transfer tube according to the present disclosure has a good heat transfer effect and small pressure loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guoqing Wang, Lijun Zhang, Xianfeng Zhou, Junjie Liu, Zhiguo Du, Yonggang Zhang, Zhaobin Zhang, Cong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9359561
    Abstract: Process for hydrotreating a heavy hydrocarbon fraction using a system of switchable fixed bed guard zones each containing at least one catalyst bed including at least one step during which the flow of feed supplied to the first guard zone brought into contact with the feed is partly displaced to the next guard zone downstream, preferably progressively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Frederic Bazer-Bachi, Mathieu Digne, Jan Verstraete, Nicolas Marchal, Cecile Plain
  • Patent number: 9359562
    Abstract: A simplified process is provided for creating hybrid crude oils and hybrid crude fractions with characteristics superior to the original. The process uniquely combines gases with crude oil or crude fractions in an effervescent turbulent manner at low temperatures and pressures and without the further aid of catalysts. The process breaks large chain hydrocarbons into smaller chain hydrocarbons, molecularly combines carbon, hydrogen, and/or hydrocarbon molecules from the gases with and into hydrocarbon molecules of the crude or crude fraction, and separates contaminants and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CLEAN GLOBAL ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Delmar Guenther, Rick Lutterbach, Jeff Nichols
  • Patent number: 9359563
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for initializing hydroprocessing. Generally, the process can include providing a hydrocarbon feed to a hydrotreating zone within which the hydrotreating temperature is catalytically limited, passing an effluent from the hydrotreating zone to a hydrocracking zone, and adding a gas to the effluent that has a higher temperature than the effluent. Thus, the temperature of the effluent may be raised, facilitating hydrocracking reactions within the hydrocracking zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lepine Standing
  • Patent number: 9359564
    Abstract: A process and apparatus is provided to produce desulfurized diesel at low pressure with high cetane rating. A hydrotreated stream is stripped and fed to a saturation reactor. The saturated stream is stripped again and fractionated to provide diesel product. Unconverted oil may be hydrocracked and stripped with the saturated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Clayton C. Sadler, Vedula K. Murty
  • Patent number: 9359565
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using field enhanced separations to produce multiple fractions from a petroleum input. A liquid thermal diffusion and/or electric field separation is used to produce the fractions. The fractions can then be used to form multiple outputs that share a first feature while being different with regard to a second feature. For example, a first fraction from the plurality of fractions can have a desired value for a first property such as viscosity index. Two or more additional fractions from the plurality of fractions can then be blended together to make a blended fraction or output. The blended fraction can have a value for the first property that is substantially similar to the value for the first fraction. However, for a second property, the first fraction and the blended fraction can have distinct values. As a result, multiple output fractions can be formed that share a first feature but differ in a second feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Krista Marie Prentice, Jason M. McMullan, Michel Daage, Gregory J. DeMartin, John Stephen Szobota, Ronald M. Gould, Anastasios Ioannis Skoulidas, Ajit Bhaskar Dandekar, Patrick Loring Hanks, Charles Lambert Baker, Jr., Lei Zhang, X B Cox, III
  • Patent number: 9359566
    Abstract: Aromatic extraction and hydrocracking processes are integrated to optimize the hydrocracking units design and/or performance. By processing aromatic-rich and aromatic-lean fractions separately, the hydrocracking operating severity and/or catalyst reactor volume requirement decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Omer Refa Koseoglu
  • Patent number: 9359567
    Abstract: A method for using a downdraft gasifier comprising a housing and a refractory stack contained within the housing. The refractory stack may comprise various sections. Apertures in the sections may be aligned to form multiple columnar cavities. Each columnar cavity may comprise an individual oxidation zone. The method of use may include the steps of placing a feedstock into an upper portion of the refractory stack, measuring the temperature of each columnar cavity, and adjusting the flow of oxygen to a particular columnar cavity to maintain the temperature of the particular columnar cavity within a particular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Stratean, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan M. Neves, Grover R. Brockbank, Morris K. Ebeling, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9359568
    Abstract: The invention relates to butanol compositions for fuel blending and fuel blends comprising such compositions. The compositions and fuel blends of the invention have desirable performance characteristics and can serve as alternatives to ethanol-containing fuel blends. The invention also relates to methods for producing such butanol compositions and fuel blends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: James J. Baustian, Leslie Raymond Wolf
  • Patent number: 9359569
    Abstract: A method for deactivating coal, in which coal is deactivated with a treatment gas containing oxygen, wherein a deactivation step for deactivating the coal in a temperature range 45-70° C. is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakagawa, Setsuo Omoto, Junji Asahara
  • Patent number: 9359570
    Abstract: Polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines, obtainable by (A) reacting at least one diamine of the formula H2N-A-NH2 with a C1- to C12-aldehyde and a C1- to C8-alkanol at 20 to 80° C. with elimination and removal of water, (B) reacting the condensation product from (A) with a phenol which bears a long-chain substituent at 30 to 120° C., and optionally (C) heating the reaction product from (B) to 125 to 280° C. The resulting polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines are suitable as fuel or lubricant additives, especially as detergent additives for diesel fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel, Ivette Garcia Castro