Patents Issued in November 15, 2016
  • Patent number: 9493615
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a polyolefin and a polyorganosiloxane in which at least 50 mole % of the siloxane units are D units as herein defined and which contains at least one unsaturated group, characterized in that the unsaturated group is group of the formula —X—CH?CH—R? (I) or —X—C?C—R? (II), in which X represents a divalent organic linkage having an electron withdrawing effect with respect to the —CH?CH— or —C?C— bond and/or containing an aromatic ring or a further olefinic double bond or acetylenic unsaturation, the aromatic ring or the further olefinic double bond or acetylenic unsaturation being conjugated with the olefinic unsaturation of —X—CH?CH—R? or with the acetylenic unsaturation of —X—C?C—R? and R? represents hydrogen or a group having an electron withdrawing effect or any other activation effect with respect to the —CH?CH— or —C?C— bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Backer, Francois De Buyl, Damien Deheunynck, Valerie Smits
  • Patent number: 9493616
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods for preparing polyethylene glycol (“PEG”) conjugated hemoglobin (“Hb”) using reduced reactant ratios. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for preparing PEG conjugated Hb (“PEG-Hb”) with enhanced yield and purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sangart, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Malavalli, Kim D. Vandegriff
  • Patent number: 9493617
    Abstract: One-part thermosetting binder compositions are described that may include soy protein, a first crosslinking compound, and a second crosslinking compound different from the first crosslinking compound. Upon curing, the first and second crosslinking compounds covalently bond to each other and to the soy protein to form a thermoset binder. Also describe are fiber-containing products that include a plurality of fibers and a formaldehyde-free binder. The formaldehyde-free binder is formed from a one-part, thermosetting binder composition that includes soy protein, a first crosslinking compound, and a second crosslinking compound different from the first crosslinking compound. Upon curing, the first and second crosslinking compounds covalently bond to each other and to the soy protein to form a thermoset binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Philip Francis Miele, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 9493618
    Abstract: A dispersion of polymer microparticles in organic liquid obtainable by a process comprising the steps of i) providing a mixture comprising a first polymer having functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups of a second, polypropylene polymer ii) causing the polymers to melt at a chosen temperature under conditions of high shear, preferably in an extruder, to form an intimate mixture iii) causing the carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups of the polypropylene polymer to react with at least some of the functional groups of the first polymer, under conditions of high shear, preferably in an extruder iv) diluting the resulting mixture of step iii) with an organic liquid at a temperature such that a substantially homogeneous solution is formed v) cooling the solution to a temperature whereby the polymer microparticles of the dispersion are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Riaz Ahmad Choudhery, David George James
  • Patent number: 9493619
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having good chemical resistance, good heat resistance, a high porosity, and good dimensional stability. The method for producing a porous polytetrafluoroethylene film includes a stretching step of stretching a sheet-like molded body composed of a fluororesin containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component in a longitudinal direction and/or a lateral direction at a temperature lower than a melting point of the fluororesin to make a porous fluororesin film, and, after the stretching step, an annealing step of holding the porous fluororesin film in a shape-fixed state, and maintaining the porous fluororesin film at a temperature lower than the melting point of the fluororesin but not lower than a temperature 30° C. lower than the melting point for 1 to 20 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Tsujiwaki, Aya Murata, Atsushi Uno
  • Patent number: 9493620
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical film that has excellent adhesion and surface hardness between the film substrate and a hard coat layer or other functional layer, has improved brittleness, is transparent, and has low moisture absorption and high heat resistance. Additionally disclosed are an antireflective film, a polarizing plate, and a display device using the same. The optical film has at least a hard coat layer or a back coat layer as a functional layer containing a resin on a film substrate, and is characterized in that said film substrate contains a thermoplastic acrylic resin (A) and a cellulose ester resin (B), with the content ratio by mass of said thermoplastic acrylic resin (A) and said cellulose ester resin (B) being in a range thermoplastic acrylic resin (A):cellulose ester resin (B)=95:5 to 50:50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okano, Nobuo Kubo, Daisuke Doi
  • Patent number: 9493621
    Abstract: A rigid polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam includes 1 to 50 weight percent of a particulate poly(phenylene ether) having a mean particle size of 1 to 40 micrometers. The particulate poly(phenylene ether) imparts reduced flammability and reduced water absorption to the foam. The foam is useful as a thermally insulating material in articles including domestic appliances, building materials, tanks, pipelines, heating pipes, cooling pipes, cold stores, and refrigerated vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Edward Norman Peters
  • Patent number: 9493622
    Abstract: Polypropylene resin foamed particles containing a polypropylene random copolymer having a ratio of a Z-average molecular weight Mz to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mz/Mn, of 20 or more and 300 or less, a melt-flow rate of 5 g/10 minutes or more and 20 g/10 minutes or less, a melt strength of 2.5 cN or less, and a flexural modulus of 600 MPa or more and 1600 MPa or less, and preferably having at least two heat quantity areas of fusion can provide an in-mold foam molded article such as a returnable box having a short molding cycle at in-mold foam molding and beautiful surface properties; and are excellent in moldability even if an inner pressure more than the atmospheric pressure is not provided to the particles or the particles are filled in a mold without compressing them with a gas during the in-mold foam molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9493623
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinked foam having an excellent balance of various physical properties in terms of lightness, flexibility, permanent compression set, tear strength, impact resilience, and molding stability; a shoe midsole; and a crosslinkable and foamable composition that provides the crosslinked foam and shoe midsole. A crosslinkable and foamable composition comprising (A) an ethylene-based copolymer; (B) a copolymer comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and an unsaturated bond-containing a conjugated diene monomer unit; (C) an organic peroxide; and (D) a foaming agent; a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), being from 97/3 to 50/50; and the component (B) comprising 5 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit, and 5 mass % or more and 55 mass % or less of the conjugated diene monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimizu, Yoshifumi Araki, Katsumi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kusanose, Mika Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9493624
    Abstract: Prepare extruded polymer foam comprising at least 50 weight-percent alkenyl aromatic polymer, a brominated flame retardant providing 0.8 to 1.4 weight percent bromide, 0.05 to 0.5 weight-percent hydrobromic acid scavenger, at least 1.5 weight-percent graphite and less than 0.1 weight-percent C—C and O—O labile organic compounds using a blowing agent composition comprising at least 0.3 weight-parts per 100 weight parts polymer and that consists of blowing agents having an ozone depletion potential of zero and a global warming potential that is less than 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John Gordon-Duffy, David R. Arrowsmith, Simon P. Lee, Ralph Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9493625
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally expandable microcapsule that has a high expansion ratio and durability at high temperatures, and is not likely to cause discoloration and odor when used for foam molding. The thermally expandable microcapsule of the present invention includes: a shell formed from a polymer; and a volatile expansion agent as a core agent encapsulated by the shell, the shell obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition that contains a nitrile monomer and a compound having a glycidyl group in a molecule, the shell exhibiting a value y of 50% or higher and a ratio y/x of 1.1 or higher, in which x represents a gel fraction at ordinary temperature, and y represents a gel fraction upon heating at 180° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOKUYAMA SEKISUI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Morita, Satoshi Haneda, Yasuko Wada
  • Patent number: 9493626
    Abstract: This present invention relates to the carbon nanotubes as composites with materials such as elastomers, thermosets and thermoplastics or aqueous dispersions of open-ended carbon nanotubes with additives. A further feature of this invention relates to the development of a concentrate of carbon nanotubes with an elastomer wherein the concentrate can be further diluted with an elastomer and other polymers and fillers using conventional melt mixing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Molecular Rebar Design, LLC
    Inventors: Clive P. Bosnyak, Kurt W. Swogger
  • Patent number: 9493627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to moldable sand compositions, methods for making the moldable sand compositions, and methods for using the moldable sand compositions. In a particular embodiment, the moldable sand composition comprises between about 70% to about 95% sand, between about 5% to about 30% water, a polar polymeric resin, a crosslinking agent, and a humectant. In an exemplary embodiment, the composition contains no oils, waxes, glycols, or rubbers. The composition is capable of becoming hardened over time in order to maintain the achieved shape, and can be re-wetted and molded again after becoming hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Crayola LLC
    Inventors: Michael Moskal, Jie Li, Leena Vadaketh, Michael Spera
  • Patent number: 9493628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber material containing an EPDM rubber composition containing an EPDM rubber, a carbon black, a softening agent, a vulcanizing agent and a sulfur compound, in which a blending amount of whole components from which the vulcanizing agent and the sulfur compound are excluded is from 300 to 400 parts by weight, and a total sulfur blending amount is from 1.0 to 2.8 parts by weight, in which a blending ratio of carbon black/softening agent is from 1.8 to 2.5, and in which the EPDM rubber composition has a Mooney viscosity of from 70 to 100 at 100° C., and a vulcanized composition thereof has a rate of rigidity change satisfying the following equation (1): {(30% Modulus at 100° C./30% modulus at 23° C.)?1}×100%??10%??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kurimoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Naomi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9493629
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve, in the raw material rubber compound particularly using a silica-based filler, which is used for tire tread, the balance between the rolling resistance and the skid resistance on a wet road surface and at the same time, improve the wear resistance is enhanced. The present invention provides an oil-extended polymer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a polymer having a number average molecular weight Mn of 500,000 to 700,000 and a content of a functional group-containing polymer component to be adsorbed to silica of 50 wt % or more, and from 20 to 60 parts by weight of (B) an extender oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Yamada, Takaaki Matsuda, Yuichi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9493630
    Abstract: A cured product obtainable by curing an epoxy resin composition that is suitable for producing optical sheets. The epoxy resin composition includes a polyvalent carboxylic acid (A) represented by formula (I): wherein, R1's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a carboxyl group; q represents the number of substituent R1's, and represents an integer from 1 to 4; and P represents the following X: wherein there may be a plural number of R2's per ring, and R2's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and * represents a bonding site linked to the oxygen atom; and an epoxy resin (B) having an aliphatic cyclic structure in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriko Kiyoyanagi, Masataka Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Kawata, Junko Ichikawa, Toru Kurihashi
  • Patent number: 9493631
    Abstract: A cured product obtainable by impregnating a glass cloth with an epoxy resin composition that is suitable for producing optical sheets. The epoxy resin composition includes a polyvalent carboxylic acid (A) represented by formula (I): wherein, R1's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a carboxyl group; q represents the number of substituent R1's, and represents an integer from 1 to 4; and P represents the following X: wherein there may be a plural number of R2's per ring, and R2's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and * represents a bonding site linked to the oxygen atom; and an epoxy resin (B) having an aliphatic cyclic structure in the molecule. The cured product has a refractive index at 25° C. of 1.51 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriko Kiyoyanagi, Masataka Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Kawata, Junko Ichikawa, Toru Kurihashi
  • Patent number: 9493632
    Abstract: An ester mixture of dianhydrohexitol, a composition comprising the ester mixture and a polymer composition comprising the ester mixture or the composition, the use thereof, and a process by which the ester mixture can be prepared, where the proportion of C8 based on the sum of C8 and C10 in the overall ester mixture is 45 mol % to 85 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Grass, Andreas Gevers, Benjamin Woldt, Michael Woelk-Faehrmann
  • Patent number: 9493633
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the discovery that a blend of linear and branched amide wax additives can be used to enhance the performance of asphalt binders and asphalt emulsion residues. In particular, high temperature properties of asphalt pavement can be improved while maintaining or improving low temperature properties. The additives also improve workability and lower processing temperatures for asphalt paving (e.g. warm mix) or for roofing. These amide wax additives can reduce the tracking of tack coats, by decreasing binder penetration and forming a non-tacky surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: John M. Rowland, Ralph Franklin, Stephanie Hogendoorn
  • Patent number: 9493634
    Abstract: An additive for a silicone encapsulant has the structure: (I) R1Ce(OSi—R2) I I a R3 wherein a is 3 or 4, wherein R1 and R2 are each —O—Si(R4)(R5)(R6) and each of R4, R5, and R6 is independently chosen from C1-C10 hydrocarbyl groups, C1-C10 alkyl groups, C2-C10 alkenyl groups, and C6-C10 aryl groups, and wherein R3 is independently chosen from C1-C10 hydrocarbyl groups, C1-C10 alkyl groups, C2-C10 alkenyl groups, and C6-C10 aryl groups. More specifically, the cerium is cerium (III) or (IV). The additive is formed using a method that includes the step of reacting cerium metal or a cerium (III) or (IV) compound with a hydroxyl functional organosiloxane. An encapsulant includes the additive and a polyorganosiloxane. The encapsulant can be utilized to form a device that includes an optoelectronic component and the encapsulant disposed on the optoelectronic component. The device is formed using a method that includes the step of disposing the encapsulant on the optoelectronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Don L Kleyer, Fumito Nishida, Randall G Schmidt, Adam C Tomasik
  • Patent number: 9493635
    Abstract: Stable dispersions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in polymeric matrices include CNTs dispersed in a host polymer or copolymer whose monomers have delocalized electron orbitals, so that a dispersion interaction results between the host polymer or copolymer and the CNTs dispersed therein. Nanocomposite products, which are presented in bulk, or when fabricated as a film, fiber, foam, coating, adhesive, paste, or molding, are prepared by standard means from the present stable dispersions of CNTs in polymeric matrices, employing dispersion interactions, as presented hereinabove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Kristopher Eric Wise, Cheol Park, Jin Ho Kang, Emilie J. Siochi, Joycelyn S. Harrison
  • Patent number: 9493636
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a water insoluble gel composition comprising: mixing a water soluble polysaccharide, an epoxy cross-linking agent, an alkaline compound and a solvent; and drying the thus obtained mixture at 1 to 30° C. under vacuum to remove the solvent, and a water insoluble gel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Chang Ah, Sung Yeon Cho, In Seok Hwang, Sun Young Park, Hyun Ju Ko, Hyuk Kim, Min Jung Kwon, Won Seok Park
  • Patent number: 9493637
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tire rubber composition capable of producing a studless tire that has excellent performance on ice and wear resistance, and to provide a studless tire using the composition. The tire rubber composition of the present invention is composed of 100 parts by mass of a diene type rubber (A), from 30 to 100 parts by mass of a carbon black and/or a white filler (B), from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass of a cross-linkable oligomer or polymer (C) that is not phase-soluble with the diene type rubber (A); and from 0.1 to 12 parts by mass of three dimensionally crosslinked fine particles (D) of 1 to 200 ?m average particle diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Kazushi Kimura, Satoshi Mihara, Yayoi Akahori, Katsunori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9493638
    Abstract: The present technology provides a rubber composition for a tire which improves the low rolling resistance, dry performance, wet performance, and workability so as to surpass conventional levels. In the rubber composition for a tire according to the present technology, silica is blended into the composition in an amount of 90 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber containing at least 25 mass % of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber having a siloxane structure in at least some of the terminal-modifying groups. A silane coupling agent is blended into the composition in an amount of 3 to 20 mass % relative to the amount of silica, and an alkyltriethoxysilane having an alkyl group with 7 to 20 carbons is blended in an amount of 0.1 to 20 mass % relative to the amount of silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiura, Makoto Ashiura, Masaki Sato
  • Patent number: 9493639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber mixtures comprising respectively at least one rubber, one sulfur-containing alkoxysilane, one silicon-based filler, and one ?-mercaptocarboxylic ester of polyhydric alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Feldhues, Heinz Unterberg, Hermann-Josef Weidenhaupt, Melanie Wiedemeier-Jarad
  • Patent number: 9493640
    Abstract: Described herein are a wood plastic composite including an oleaginous microbial biomass, a thermoplastic composite including a heterotrophically cultivated microalgal biomass, and related articles and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TerraVia Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Cernohous, Adam R. Pawloski, John Piechocki, Adrienne McKee
  • Patent number: 9493641
    Abstract: This invention pertains to polyethylene extrusion compositions. In particular, the invention pertains to ethylene polymer extrusion compositions having high drawdown and substantially reduced neck-in. The compositions comprise from 40 to 90% by weight of the composition of a first polyethylene composition, said first polyethylene composition comprising a linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.90 to 0.96 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) of from 5 to 15 g/10 min; and from 1 to 10% by weight of the composition of a second polyethylene composition, said second polyethylene composition comprising a high pressure low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.930 g/cm3, and a melt index of from 0.1 to 3 g/10 min; and from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a third polyethylene composition, said third polyethylene composition comprising a high pressure low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Mehmet Demirors
  • Patent number: 9493642
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition contains a polyamide resin that is dispersed therein, is characterized in that the thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading a polyolefin resin and a mixed resin obtained by melting and kneading a polyamide resin and a compatibilizer; and the compatibilizer is a modified elastomer that is obtained by providing an elastomer (such as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer or a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer) with a reactive group that is reactive with the polyamide resin. Also, a thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading from 1% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive) of a plant-derived polyamide resin such as polyamide 11, from 5% by mass to 75% by mass (inclusive) of a polyolefin resin and from 1% by mass to 30% by mass (inclusive) of a compatibilizer that is an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer that is modified with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Masayuki Kito, Toshiyuki Ario, Jumpei Kawada, Makoto Mouri, Osamu Watanabe, Makoto Kato, Hirotaka Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9493643
    Abstract: A composition comprising thermoset shape memory polymer and a composition for molecular scale healing is disclosed; the composition has the ability to resolve structural defects by a close-then-heal mechanism. In use the shape memory polymer serves to bring opposing surfaces in a structural defect into proximity, whereafter heating the molecular scale healing composition to a level at or above its melting point allows for molecular scale healing. The composition has the ability to close macroscopic defects, and to do so repeatedly even if another wound occurs in a previously healed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Guoqiang Li
  • Patent number: 9493644
    Abstract: Provided are a resin blend, which includes a first resin, and a second resin having hydrogen-binding donor and acceptor, and having a difference in surface energy from the first resin at 25° C. of 0.1 to 35 mN/m, and is formed in a layer-separated structure, a pellet, a method of manufacturing the same, and a resin molded article having a specific layer-separated structure. Because of the resin blend, a molded article may have enhanced mechanical properties and surface hardness, and additional surface coating may be omitted, thereby reducing a processing time, increasing productivity, and reducing production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Houng Sik Yoo, Han Na Lee, Jin Young Ryu, Hyeon Choi, Woo Sung Kim, Eun Joo Choi
  • Patent number: 9493645
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tube for transporting a fluid comprising a composition containing 100 parts by mass of (A) a thermoplastic elastomer and 1 to 500 parts by mass of (B) a carbon base filler, and it has a low vapor permeability and is excellent in an air permeation resistance and a flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sano
  • Patent number: 9493646
    Abstract: Components formed of blow molded thermoplastic compositions are described. The blow molded thermoplastic compositions exhibit high strength and flexibility. Methods for forming the thermoplastic compositions are also described. Formation methods include dynamic vulcanization of a composition that includes an impact modifier dispersed throughout a polyarylene sulfide. A crosslinking agent is combined with the other components of the composition following dispersal of the impact modifier. The crosslinking agent reacts with the impact modifier to form crosslinks within and among the polymer chains of the impact modifier. The compositions can exhibit excellent physical characteristics at extreme temperatures and can be used to form, e.g., tubular member such as pipes and hoses and fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Rong Luo, Xinyu Zhao, Joseph Grenci
  • Patent number: 9493647
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a thermoplastic composition, method of producing the same, and articles made therefrom. The thermoplastic composition according to present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (A) from 55 to 95 percent by weight of a thermoplastic matrix comprising one or more thermoplastic polymers; and (B) from 5 to 45 percent by weight of a dispersed phase which comprises a crosslinked (meth)acrylate copolymer, wherein the (meth)acrylate copolymer comprises at least 95 percent by weight derived from methyl methacrylate units and from greater than zero to less than 0.5 percent by weight derived from one or more multifunctional cross-linking monomers and/or graft-linking agents; wherein the difference in refractive index between components (A) and (B) is greater than 0.08.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Yannick Saint-Gerard, Veera Nelliappan, Yannick Chiquet, Eric G. Lundquist
  • Patent number: 9493648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition including: (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) an acrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (ASA) graft copolymer; (C) a random copolymer of an alkyl(meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; and (D) a copolymer of an aromatic methacrylate and a monofunctional unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Chol Kim, Chang-Min Hong, Ja-Yoon Kim, Ji-Eun Park
  • Patent number: 9493649
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition including 35 to 49% by weight of a polycarbonate resin; 41 to 55% by weight of a glass fiber having a rectangular or oval cross-sectional shape in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, in which its aspect ratio is 50 to 200; 1 to 10% by weight of an impact modifier having a core-shell structure; 1 to 10% by weight of an ethylene-(meth)acrylate-based copolymer; and 1 to 10% by weight of a rheology modifier containing a thermoplastic polyester-based polymer or a phosphate ester-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryul Lee, Su Kyoung Lee, Min Ji Kim, Jong Kuk Choi, Sung Tae Ahn
  • Patent number: 9493650
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great flight distance on driver shots and a golf ball resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Inoue, Toshiyuki Tarao, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Kazumi Kodama, Keiichi Hattori, Kotaro Ryuo
  • Patent number: 9493651
    Abstract: Halogen-free resin composition, prepreg, and laminate for printed circuits using same. Based on 100 parts by weight of organic solid matter, the resin composition comprises: (A) bisphenol-type epoxy resin: 30˜60 parts by weight; (B) benzoxazine resin: 5˜45 parts by weight; (C) alkyl phenol novolac hardener: 10˜30 parts by weight; (D) phosphorus-containing flame retardant. The bisphenol-type epoxy resin, with numerous alkyl branched chains and benzene rings in its structure, makes the composition possess high glass transition temperature, low water absorption, good thermal resistance, and excellent dielectric properties. Taking the alkyl phenol novolac as the hardener can sufficiently exert the advantages of excellent dielectric properties and low water absorption resulted from containing numerous alkyls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiang You
  • Patent number: 9493652
    Abstract: A polymeric film composition and a non-enzymatic glucose sensor including the functional polymeric film are provided. The polymeric film composition includes polyurethane and perfluorosulfonic acid polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COOPERATION, PNU
    Inventors: Chulho Cho, Yoon-Bo Shim, Jaehong Kim, Suntae Jung, Seongje Cho, Jaegeol Cho
  • Patent number: 9493653
    Abstract: The invention provides a polymer modified binder using an asphalt plant mix modifier comprising a mixture of thermoplastic polymers, comprising both elastomers and plastomers, blended with oils and dispersed in a powder medium to facilitate flow. The use of polymers in dry form has provides for a means of incorporating additives into asphalt that can be successfully performed within the normal range of temperatures used for the mixing and compaction of hot mix asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Chase Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Rowe, Douglas Zuberer, Jeffrey A. Sargeant, Frederick F. Fischer, Jr., Steve M. Grendzinski, Richard W. Specht
  • Patent number: 9493654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an industrial asphalt comprising sparging an oxygen containing gas through an asphalt flux in the presence of 0.25 weight percent to about 12 weight percent of a highly saturated rubbery polymer at a temperature within the range of about 400° F. to about 550° F. for a period of time which is sufficient to increase the softening point of the asphalt flux to a value which is within the range of 185° F. to 250° F. and a penetration value of at least 15 dmm to produce the industrial asphalt. The highly saturated rubbery polymer can be a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer rubber or a highly saturated styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene block copolymer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Edward Stephens, Nicholas R. Soto, Denis Muki Tibah
  • Patent number: 9493655
    Abstract: A composition comprises a quantity in the range of about 2.5% by weight to about 22% by weight of at least one elastomer selected from a group consisting of styrene-butadiene copolymers, styrene-butadiene-styrene (block) copolymers, styrene-isoprene (block) copolymers and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene (block) copolymers, synthetic and/or natural rubbers; a quantity in the range of about 12% by weight to about 35% by weight of at least one pulverulent mineral filler; a quantity in the range of about 0.5% by weight to about 5% by weight of at least one fibrous anti-flow additive to adjust strength, selected from the group consisting of cellulose, glass fibers and/or synthetic fibers; and a quantity in the range of about 0.1% by weight to about 8% by weight of at least one polymer produced from an olefin and from an ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or ?,?-unsaturated carboxyclic anhydride, where each of the percentages by weight is based on the entire quantity of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Denso-Holding GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Markus Kaiser
  • Patent number: 9493656
    Abstract: Fluorescent phenyl xanthene dyes are described that comprise any fluorescein, rhodamine or rhodol comprising a particular C9 phenyl ring. One or both of the ortho groups on the lower C9 phenyl ring is ortho substituted with a group selected from alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkoxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino, mercapto, alkylthio, cyano, isocyano, cyanato, mercaptocyanato, nitroso, nitro, azido, sulfeno, sulfinyl, and sulfino. In one embodiment, halo and/or hydroxy groups are used. Optimal dyes contain a lower C9 phenyl ring in which both ortho groups are the same and the lower ring exhibits some form a symmetry relative to an imaginary axis running from the phenyl rings point of attachment to the remainder of the xanthene dye through a point para to the point of attachment. The phenyl xanthene dyes may be activated. Furthermore, the phenyl xanthene dyes may be conjugated to one or more substances including other dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven M. Menchen, Ruiming Zou, Scott C. Benson
  • Patent number: 9493657
    Abstract: This invention relates to disperse azo dye mixtures, which have Navy or Black color and are AOX-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DyStar Colours Distribution GmbH
    Inventors: Fanny Vermandel, Adrian Murgatroyd, Clemens Grund, Manfred Hoppe, Ulrich Weingarten
  • Patent number: 9493658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing calcium carbonate coated calcium hydroxide particles by combining calcium hydroxide and dry ice in an acquiescent manner. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method and to the use of the calcium carbonate coated calcium hydroxide particles of the method as filler for use with thermoplastics polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Biosenta Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus E. Martin, Edward K. Pardiak
  • Patent number: 9493659
    Abstract: The invention relates to carbon black having a C-14 content greater than 0.05 Bq/g and a ratio ?D50/Dmode of the aggregate size distribution of less than 0.7. The carbon black is produced by thermal oxidative pyrolysis or thermal cleavage of the carbon black raw material in that the carbon black raw material contains renewable carbon black raw materials and an oxygen deficiency is present in the pyrolysis/cleavage reaction. The carbon blacks can be used in rubber and rubber mixtures, plastic, printing inks, inks, inkjet inks, toners, lacquers, paints, paper, adhesives, batteries, pastes, bitumens, concrete, and other building materials and as reducing agents in metallurgy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: EVONIK CARBON BLACK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Stanyschöfsky, Gernot Meinerzhagen, Paul Messer, Joachim Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 9493660
    Abstract: Cathodically depositable electrocoat materials comprising basic bismuth nitrate, further comprising at least one binder having reactive functional groups and at least one crosslinker containing the complementary reactive functional groups which are able to enter into thermal crosslinking reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Grosse Brinkhaus, Margret Neumann, Oliver Johannpoetter, Peter Lux
  • Patent number: 9493661
    Abstract: Described are glycerol diesters of the general formula (I) wherein one of the two radicals R1 or R2 is hydrogen, and the radical of the two radicals R1 and R2 that is not hydrogen is a radical: and the radicals R3, R4, R5, and R6 independently of one another are a saturated, aliphatic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the radicals R3 and R4 together contain at least 5 carbon atoms and the radicals R5 and R6 together contain at least 5 carbon atoms. Also described is a process for preparing the glycerol diesters, use thereof as reactive diluents, coating materials comprising the glycerol diesters, multicoat paint systems and their production, comprising the use of the coating materials, and also to substrates coated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hoffmann, Sebastien Porcher, Melanie Goudard
  • Patent number: 9493662
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink containing at least photopolymerizable compounds. The photopolymerizable compounds include: at least one monofunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher, a monofunctional monomer having a ring structure, and a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher and that has a ring structure; and urethane (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuka Kohzuki, Mie Yoshino, Takao Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9493663
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable inkjet ink including: a photopolymerizable monomer having a Stimulation Index (SI value) of less than 3, where the Stimulation Index indicates the extent of sensitization as measured by a skin sensitization test based on Local Lymph Node Assay; and a phenol aromatic compound having two hydroxyl groups in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9493664
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method including recording a secondary color image on a recording medium using a first ink and a second ink, wherein the first ink contains a first self-dispersible pigment having a functional group that contains a phosphonic acid group and is bonded to a particle surface of the pigment, the second ink contains a second self-dispersible pigment having a functional group that contains at least one acidic group of a sulfonic acid group and a carboxylic acid group and is bonded to a particle surface of the pigment. The method includes a step of overlappingly applying the first ink and the second ink in this order to the recording medium. The time difference between applications of the first ink and the second ink to the recording medium is 30 milliseconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Tsuji, Yuki Nishino