Patents Issued in June 13, 2017
  • Patent number: 9676940
    Abstract: Polyamide molding composition: (A) 29-89 wt % of at least one partly crystalline thermoplastic homo- or copolyamide selected from: aliphatic polyamide, cycloaliphatic polyamide, partly aromatic polyamide, or a mixture thereof, having a melting temperature (Tm) of at least 270° C. and a melting enthalpy in the range of 30-70 J/g, in particular in the range of 40-65 J/g, each measured to ISO standard 11357-3 on the granulate at a heating rate of 20° C./min; (B) 1-15 wt % of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; (C) 10-70 wt % of filling and reinforcing materials selected from the following group: fibrous reinforcing materials, particulate fillers and mixtures thereof; (D) 0-20 wt % of impact modifier other than (B) and/or polymers other than (A); (E) 0-20 wt % of flame retardant; and (F) 0-5 wt % of additives, wherein the sum total of components (A)-(F) is 100 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Nikolai Lamberts, Andreas Bayer, Botho Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9676941
    Abstract: A crosslinked rubber composition, process for preparing same, and a flexible component based on at least one room-temperature vulcanizing “RTV” silicone elastomer and including at least one phase change material (PCM) is provided. The flexible element includes at least one elastomer layer capable of storing thermal energy and of releasing it which includes the crosslinked rubber composition. Also provided is a thermal control or regulating system incorporating the flexible element. The composition is such that the silicone elastomer has a viscosity measured at 23° C. according to the ISO 3219 standard which is less than or equal to 5000 mPa·s. The silicone elastomer includes two components A and B and is crosslinked by polyaddition or polycondensation, and the composition includes the PCM, which is not encapsulated and is in the micronized state, in an amount of greater than 50 phr (phr: parts by weight per hundred parts per elastomer(s)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Arthur Van Eibergen, Benjamin Swoboda, Benoit Le Rossignol, Christophe Dominiak
  • Patent number: 9676942
    Abstract: A process of formulating a curable thermoset resin formulation is provided that includes reacting a natural cellulosic filler with at least one of: a silsesquioxane, a isocyanate, a base, or an organic acid to form a reduced hydrophilicity filler. By intermixing the resulting reduced hydrophilicity filler with a thermoset cross linkable polymeric resin, a curable thermoset resin formulation is formed that has superior properties to conventional formulations in terms of density and environmental impact. The formulation properties in terms of strength of the cured article are improved relative to untreated natural fillers. The treatment is advantageous relative to plasma treatment. An article is also provided produced upon cure of the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Probir Kumar Guha, Michael J. Siwajek, Michael Joseph Hiltunen, Scott Eldor Pflughoeft, Swati Neogi
  • Patent number: 9676943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing hybrid carbon black particles (12), which comprises the steps: a) production of first carbon black starting particles (16); b) production of second carbon black starting particles (22); c) milling of the second carbon black starting particles (22); d) mixing of the second carbon black starting particles (22) into a particle stream (48) of the first carbon black starting particles (16); and d) pelletization of the first and second carbon black starting particles (16, 22) to form hybrid carbon black particles (12). The invention further relates to an apparatus (10) for producing hybrid carbon black particles (12) and to hybrid carbon black particles (12) produced by means of the process or the apparatus (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Prolyx AG
    Inventors: Fikret Dülger, Niels Raeder, Holger Merz
  • Patent number: 9676944
    Abstract: Methods of increasing the solubility of a base in supercritical carbon dioxide include forming a complex of a Lewis acid and the base, and dissolving the complex in supercritical carbon dioxide. The Lewis acid is soluble in supercritical carbon dioxide, and the base is substantially insoluble in supercritical carbon dioxide. Methods for increasing the solubility of water in supercritical carbon dioxide include dissolving an acid or a base in supercritical carbon dioxide to form a solution and dissolving water in the solution. The acid or the base is formulated to interact with water to solubilize the water in the supercritical carbon dioxide. Some compositions include supercritical carbon dioxide, a hydrolysable metallic compound, and at least one of an acid and a base. Some compositions include an alkoxide and at least one of an acid and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Micron Technology, Inc., Idaho Research Foundation
    Inventors: Chien M. Wai, Hiroyuki Ohde, Stephen J. Kramer
  • Patent number: 9676945
    Abstract: Provided is a primer for metal surfaces and the preparation method thereof. The primer comprises 50-80 wt % of organic solvent (A), 2-15 wt % of phenolic resin (B), 1-10 wt % of rubber elastomer (C), 1-10 wt % of silane coupling agent (D), 5-25 wt % of metal oxide powder (E), and 1-10 wt % of inorganic filler (F); wherein the organic solvent (A) is an organic solvent capable of dissolving the phenolic resin (B) and the rubber elastomer (C), and the inorganic filler (F) is different from the metal oxide powder (E). The primer can facilitate the bonding of metal and rubber, and has high adhesion strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SHANGHAI GORO CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingling Zhang, Jingen Zhou
  • Patent number: 9676946
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a coating composition, which can reduce a load to the environment and form a cured layer having corrosion resistance, antifouling property and high transparency. [Means for Solution] A coating composition comprising (A) a polysilazane having alkoxy-modified silane group in a side chain, (B) non-reactive polydialkylsiloxane and (C) reactive polydialkylsiloxane, and a obtained cured layer therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Andre Margaillan, Christine Bressy, Francois-Xavier Perrin
  • Patent number: 9676947
    Abstract: Provided is a heat curable conductive paste used to form a conductive coating. The heat curable conductive paste comprises a conductive powder, a heat curable epoxy resin and a curing agent. In the conductive powder, an aliphatic polyvalent carboxylic acid is adhered on a surface of a powdered metal core. The epoxy resin comprises a bifunctional or higher polyfunctional epoxy resin and a monofunctional epoxy resin, and the polyfunctional epoxy resin and the monofunctional epoxy resin have a mass ratio of 90:10 to 20:80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: NORITAKE CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuhei Fukaya, Shigeru Sakamoto, Tatsuya Baba
  • Patent number: 9676948
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a detectable and stable composition comprising an organofunctional silane and/or hydrolyzate and/or partial or complete condensate thereof, a colloidal metal oxide, a water soluble organic dye having a positive charge and a counterion derived from a carboxylic acid of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and water. The invention is also directed to a method for determining the uniformity and film thickness of a detectable composition applied to a substrate comprising applying to the surface of the substrate the detectable composition and measuring an optical property of the applied coating, the resulting measurement being related to the uniformity of the applied composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Lesley Hwang
  • Patent number: 9676949
    Abstract: An ink composition including at least one aqueous carrier, at least one color dye, and at least one polymeric dispersant selected such that the ink composition minimizes debris in a printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ajay K. Suthar, Steve Olson, Sam Norasak
  • Patent number: 9676950
    Abstract: Articles are prepared with a substrate and an ink jetted and UV-curable image some of which also include metal nanoparticles or reducible metal ions. The in jetted and UV-curable image can be obtained from an ink jettable and UV-curable composition comprising: a reactive polymer comprising: (a1) or (a2) recurring units comprising pendant metal complexing water-solubilizing groups, (b) at least 5 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition, and optionally (c) at least 1 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group, or a pendant precursor moiety for the pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group. Such articles can be used to provide electrically-conductive articles and devices after electrolessly plating a complex of the metal nanoparticles and the UV-cured reactive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas B. Brust, Anne Troxell Wyand
  • Patent number: 9676951
    Abstract: An ink-jet ink set includes a black ink containing carbon black; a cyan ink containing a first cyan dye; a magenta ink containing a first magenta dye; a yellow ink containing a first yellow dye; and a gray ink containing a second cyan dye, a second magenta dye, and a second yellow dye. The cyan ink, the magenta ink, the yellow ink, and the gray ink have a ROD of 65% or more, the ROD being defined by Equation (A). The gray ink has an OD value of 1.40 to less than 2.30, the OD value being defined by Equation (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuho Miyake
  • Patent number: 9676952
    Abstract: A color three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes (1) a solid build ink for each of a plurality of colors, each solid build ink includes (a) a solid acrylate in an amount from about 40 to about 70 percent by weight, (b) a non-curable wax in an amount from about 10 to about 45 percent by weight, (c) a curable wax in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, (d) a photoinitiator, and (e) a colorant; each solid build ink has a curing speed adjusted by a ratio of the non-curable wax to curable wax such that the initial curing speed and final hardness of each solid build ink is approximately the same for each of the plurality of colors, and (2) a support material includes the non-curable wax used in each build ink, the support material providing a scaffold for deposition of each build ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcel P. Breton, Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian
  • Patent number: 9676953
    Abstract: Reversible thermochromic and photochromic ink compositions and markers, pens or writing instruments that use them are herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Chromatic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrill Scott Clayton, Timothy J. Owen
  • Patent number: 9676954
    Abstract: Formaldehyde-free binder compositions are described that include an aldehyde or ketone, a reaction product between a polyamine and an organic anhydride, and an acidic compound. The acidic compound may be an organic acid, an acidic catalyst, or both. The acidic compound is supplied in quantities that lower the pH of the binder composition to about 5 or less. The binder compositions may be used in methods of binding fiberglass and the resulting fiberglass products have an improved tensile strength due to the addition of the acidic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Uranchimeg Lester, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 9676955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating liquid, a laminated porous film and a method for producing a laminated porous film. The coating liquid comprises a binder resin, a filler and a medium, wherein the filler is a mixture comprising (a) a filler having a specific surface area of not less than 7 m2/g and not more than 80 m2/g and (b) a filler having a specific surface area of not less than 3 m2/g and not more than 6 m2/g in a filler (a) to filler (b) weight ratio of from 5:95 to 40:60. The laminated porous film is a laminated porous film in which a heat-resistant layer is laminated on one or both of the surfaces of a porous film substrate, wherein the heat-resistant layer is a heat-resistant layer formed by removing the medium from the coating liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shinoda, Hirohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9676956
    Abstract: There is provided a (meth)acrylic resin composition, containing a (meth)acrylic resin; a compound denoted by General Formula (1) described below; and a specific compound: wherein R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, in a case where m and n represent an integer of greater than or equal to 2, a plurality of R11's and R12's may be identical to each other or different from each other, at least two R11's, at least two R12's, or R11 and R12 may form a ring by being linked to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Nozoe, Shusuke Arita, Hajime Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9676957
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition and its use in aqueous based paints and coatings and other applications. The binder composition comprises: (a) a copolymer formed from one or more esters or amides of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, or their mixtures, together with a monomer unit of formula I, wherein R, R1 R2, R3, R4, and X are as defined above; and (b) water, wherein the binder composition is an aqueous emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick E. Brutto, George D. Green, Zhenwen Fu, Eric C. Greyson, Andrew Hejl, Jia Tang
  • Patent number: 9676958
    Abstract: A copolymer dispersion is described comprising a copolymer derived from a monomer mixture comprising: (a) 88.5 to 94% by weight of at least one vinyl ester of a saturated carboxylic acid; (b) 5 to 10.5% by weight of ethylene; (c) 0.5 to 5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid and/or an anhydride thereof and/or a salt thereof; and (d) 0.5 to 5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one crosslinkable functional unit. The weight ratio of vinylester units to ethylene units in the copolymer is between 89:11 and 94:6 and the dispersion is stabilized with at least 1% by weight of an emulsifier, wherein the amounts of monomers and emulsifier refer to the total amount of monomers in the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CELANESE SALES GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Nogai, Alistair McLennan
  • Patent number: 9676959
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition solution that has good storage stability and allows a polymerizable compound in the polymerizable composition to be aligned well with no defects after application to a base and removal of a solvent by a drying process and also an optically anisotropic body that includes the solution and has good alignment without any defects. A solution containing a polymerizable composition and an organic solvent, wherein the polymerizable composition contains 90 mass % or more of a polymerizable compound intramolecularly having a 2-methyl-1,4-phenylene group as represented by general formula (1) and an optically anisotropic body including the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kuwana, Hidetoshi Nakata, Koichi Endou, Mika Yamamoto, Kunihiko Kotani, Hiroshi Hasebe, Yoshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 9676960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for forming a hard coating layer, which may form a hard coating layer having significantly improved hardness as well as excellent flexibility such that curling is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Yeob Kim, Chul-Soon Moon, Hye-Jin Kim, Ho-Chul Yoon, Jae-Eun Lee, Jong-Nam Ahn, Youngjune Park
  • Patent number: 9676961
    Abstract: A surfacing film is formed from a curable resin composition containing an epoxy novolac resin, a tri-functional or tetra-functional epoxy resin, ceramic microspheres, an amine-based curing agent, particulate inorganic fillers; and a toughening component. The surfacing film exhibits high Tg and high cross-linked density after curing, as well as high resistance to paint stripper solutions. The surfacing film is suitable for co-curing with fiber-reinforced resin composite materials. The surfacing film may optionally contain electrically conductive additives to provide sufficient conductivity for lightning strike protection (LSP) or electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Junjie Jeffrey Sang, Dalip Kumar Kohli
  • Patent number: 9676962
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide anti-wetting, low adhesion coatings for use with aqueous ink jet printheads. Exemplary embodiments directed to aqueous ink jet printheads with the anti-wetting, low adhesion coating on the front face thereof and methods for reducing drooling, wetting or adhesion on a front face of an ink jet printhead configured for ejecting aqueous ink are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Varun Sambhy, Kyle B. Tallman, Santokh S. Badesha, Michael S. Roetker, Jonathan H. Herko, Scott J. Griffin
  • Patent number: 9676963
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) concurrently with or subsequent to the irradiating step, solidifying and/or curing the second solidifiable compone
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Kai Chen, Justin Poelma, James Goodrich, Robert Pinschmidt, Joseph M. DeSimone, Lloyd M. Robeson
  • Patent number: 9676964
    Abstract: A coating composition which includes a photocatalyst to generate singlet oxygen when exposed to ambient oxygen and light, an emulsifier comprising a polyethylene oxide repeat unit, an organosilane binder, and a calcium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: John L. Lombardi
  • Patent number: 9676965
    Abstract: A composite article includes a substrate and a protective coating on at least a portion of the substrate. The protective coating includes reinforcement particles dispersed within an elastomeric matrix that is modified with a silicon-containing modifier selected from polysilsesquioxane, polyhedral oligomeric silicate, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), and combinations thereof. The reinforcement particles are selected from carbon, nickel metal, and combinations thereof. The protective coating is multi-layered and includes a distinct first layer and a distinct second layer that is contiguous with the distinct first layer such that each of the distinct first layer and the distinct second layer have an exposed outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wayde R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9676966
    Abstract: To provide a polishing slurry composition which effectively reduces the occurrence of scratches, and a method of polishing which reduces the occurrence of scratches while realizing an economical polishing step. The aforementioned object is attained by using a polishing slurry composition for polishing a semiconductor substrate containing a metal oxide particle, at least one water-soluble organic polymer and water, said slurry composition characterized in that, when a test substrate having a metal film, a shallow trench isolation film or dielectric film is polished by varying a rate of a polishing pad equipped in a polishing apparatus under a constant polishing pressure to achieve a maximum polishing rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruki Nojo, Akitoshi Yoshida, Hirofumi Kashihara, Pascal Berar
  • Patent number: 9676967
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve an impairment to the adherence of an adhesive tape to a substrate caused by the inclusion of air bubbles between the adhesive tape and the substrate. According to the invention, said aim is achieved by means of an adhesive tape which comprises at least one adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer has at least one groove and none of the grooves extends as far as one of the lateral edges of the adhesive layer. The invention further relates to a release liner having a surface which has at least one ridge, wherein none of the ridges extends as far as one of the lateral edges of the release liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Steffen Ebenau, Nils Thebud
  • Patent number: 9676968
    Abstract: A heat resistant adhesive sheet is provided that does not easily develop deformation of an adhesive sheet due to heating. Such an adhesive sheet made by laminating an adhesive layer to a substrate is provided, characterized in that the substrate is heat shrinkable and the adhesive layer contains a (meth)acrylate copolymer, a photopolymerizable compound, a polyfunctional isocyanate curing agent, and a photopolymerization initiator and does not substantially contain a tackifying resin. This adhesive sheet is not deformed even when heated. Since the adhesive does not substantially contain a tackifying resin, softening of the adhesive layer does not occur even when the sheet is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gosuke Nakajima, Masanobu Kutsumi
  • Patent number: 9676969
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition set comprising: a conductor layer-forming composition comprising a dispersing medium and inorganic particles comprising a metallic oxide; and a conductive adhesive composition comprising a binder and conductive particles having a number average particle size of from 1 nm to 3000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Nakako, Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasushi Kumashiro, Shunya Yokosawa, Takaaki Noudou, Maki Inada, Kyoko Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9676970
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, comprising: (A) a (meth)acryl-based polymer; and (B) an ionic compound comprising an anion component and a cation component, wherein the anion component is at least one of an anion component represented by the general formula (1): (CnF2n+1SO2)2N?,??(1) wherein n is an integer of 3 to 10, and an anion component represented by the general formula (2): CF2(CmF2mSO2)2N?,??(2) wherein m is an integer of 2 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasui, Yuusuke Toyama, Tomoyuki Kimura, Masayuki Satake
  • Patent number: 9676971
    Abstract: A tie layer adhesive composition for multilayer structures, wherein the tie layer is composed of a graft polyolefin and a hybrid polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventors: Maged G Botros, Jeffery C Haley
  • Patent number: 9676972
    Abstract: A frame sealant composition and a method of preparing the same, a liquid crystal panel containing the frame sealant composition. The frame sealant composition comprises a resin, a catalyst, a solvent, a hydrophobic silica filler, and silicon spheres; wherein, the hydrophobic silica filler has a shape of irregular polyhedron. The optimum of hydrophobic silica particles increases the whole surface area of the silica particles and correspondingly enhances the hydrophobicity of the frame sealant composition. The frame sealant composition further comprises a dispersant, the addition of which makes the silica fillers more evenly distributed in the frame sealant composition and avoids void caused by the uneven distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiuqiang Zhao, Ang Xiao, Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9676974
    Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer pellet having: 100 parts by mass of a pellet molded product of hydrogenated block copolymer A and 0.01 to 1.5 parts by mass of an antiblocking agent of polyethylene-based powder B, wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer A has a polymeric block a mainly having at least one vinyl aromatic monomer unit and polymeric block b mainly having at least one conjugated diene monomer unit, in which a total content of the 1,2-bond content and the 3,4-bond content in the hydrogenated block copolymer A before hydrogenation is less than 40 mol %, based on the total binding amount of the conjugated diene monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshikazu Hoshina, Yasuhiro Kusanose
  • Patent number: 9676975
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition excellent in adhesive strength. The adhesive composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by weight of polyalkylene oxide having a hydrolyzable silyl group, 1 to 20 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of an epoxysilane coupling agent, 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a ketimine compound, and 1 to 100 parts by weight of fatty acid-treated calcium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SEKISUI FULLER COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kusuda, Yukihiko Murayama
  • Patent number: 9676976
    Abstract: An oxygen-barrier film and an adhesive used therefor. Provided are an adhesive, which can be used for packaging foodstuffs and contains mainly a polyester having excellent oxygen-barrier properties, and an oxygen-barrier film that uses the adhesive. The oxygen-barrier film is prepared using an adhesive that includes: an amorphous polyester polyol, which is obtained by polycondensation of a polyvalent carboxylic acid component including at least one type of ortho-oriented aromatic dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, and a polyhydric alcohol including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, neopentyl glycol and cyclohexanedimethanol, and a curing agent capable of reacting with the amorphous polyester polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takeda, Keiichi Ozono, Michiya Nakashima, Yoshinori Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 9676977
    Abstract: A reactive hot melt adhesive comprising a blend of a (meth)acrylate polymer, a polyurethane polymer containing (meth)acrylate groups and a polyurethane prepolymer containing NCO-groups wherein the content of low molecular weight (meth)acrylate urethanes is less than 1 wt % of the adhesive. The adhesive provides a fast and improved green strength during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Yang Cao, Uwe Franken, Hongxia Zhao
  • Patent number: 9676978
    Abstract: A sealing resin composition simultaneously having good transparency, resistance to moisture permeability, and adhesiveness resistant to heat and humidity, and a sealing resin composition sheet obtained therefrom. Using a resin composition containing (A) a styrene-isobutylene modified resin and (B) a tackifier resin as a sealing resin composition, a resin composition layer composed of the resin composition may be formed on a support to give a sealing resin composition sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 9676979
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid coagulant which can be injected into the inside of a tire without the need of removing the tire from a rim and which can prevent the scattering of a residue of a tire puncture sealing material when the tire is removed from the rim. The liquid coagulant can coagulate an emulsion that contains natural rubber latex and/or a synthetic resin emulsion. The liquid coagulant contains a foaming agent capable of foaming the emulsion. Also disclosed is a tire puncture sealant set including the coagulant and a method of coagulating a tire puncture sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Okamatsu, Kazushi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9676980
    Abstract: A method of forming an abrasive article includes depositing a mixture into an opening of a substrate, contacting an exposed surface of the mixture in the opening to a texturing form to form a textured preform, and removing the mixture from the opening and forming an abrasive particle having a textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Kavanaugh, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski
  • Patent number: 9676981
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle including forming a precursor shaped abrasive particle having a body including at least one predetermined stress concentration point and at least one predetermined stress concentration vector and processing the precursor shaped abrasive particle and fracturing the precursor shaped abrasive particle substantially along the predetermined stress concentration vector to form a fractured shaped abrasive particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: David Louapre, James A. Salvatore, Alexandra Marazano
  • Patent number: 9676982
    Abstract: A particulate material having a body including a first phase having at least about 70 wt % alumina for a total weight of the first phase, and a second phase comprising phosphorus, wherein the body includes at least about 0.1 wt % of the second phase for the total weight of the body, and wherein the second phase has an average grain size of not greater than about 1 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tracy H. Panzarella, Doruk O. Yener, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Alan J. Brandes
  • Patent number: 9676983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester and (B) a polyol ester, wherein (A) is obtainable by synthesis from a specific polyhydric alcohol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein (B) is obtainable by synthesis from a specific polyhydric alcohol and a monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and wherein a mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 5/95 to 95/5; and difluoromethane used as a refrigerant, and the working fluid composition having a refrigerant dissolved viscosity of 5.5 mm2/s or more, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 2.1 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Souichirou Konno, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 9676984
    Abstract: The use of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane for increasing the miscibility of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with a lubricating oil, and in particular with a polyalkylene glycol oil. Further included are heat-transfer compositions and also equipment and processes using these compositions. Also, a kit including a heat-transfer fluid including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and a lubricant oil including a polyalkylene glycol, for use in a heat-transfer installation including a vapor compression circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Sophie Guerin, Laurent Abbas, Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9676985
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to heat transfer and refrigerant compositions and methods that include HFC-32; HFO-1234ze and HFC-125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Yana Motta, Mark W. Spatz, Elizabet Del Carmen Vera Becerra, Ankit Sethi, Thomas Morris
  • Patent number: 9676986
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition for a heat dissipating adhesive tape, the adhesive composition comprising a (meth)acrylic acid ester based photocurable resin, a thermal conductive filler, and a benzotriazole-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kim, Byung-Ho Ra, Jang-Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 9676987
    Abstract: Methods of drilling a wellbore into a subterranean formation or of treating a treatment zone along a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation or of treating a pipeline, the methods comprising steps of: (A) forming a fluid, the fluid comprising: (i) water; and (ii) a water-soluble linear polyphosphazene; and (B) introducing the fluid into the well or into the pipeline. In addition, a well system and methods are provided including such a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth William Pober
  • Patent number: 9676988
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a solid phase barite containing material for use in a wellbore. The method includes the steps of providing the barite containing material having relatively small particles with a particle size distribution of at least 50 vol % particles having a diameter in the range of 1 ?m to 10 ?m and at least 90 vol % particles having a diameter in the range of 4 ?m to 20 ?m; and contacting the barite containing material with a liquid in order to form relatively large particles having a particle size distribution with at least 90 vol % of the particles having a diameter of at least 30 ?m. There is also described a method of treating a wellbore with a fluid including the barite containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: M-I DRILLING FLUIDS UK LTD, M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jarrod Massam, Richard Bingham, Mazin Philip
  • Patent number: 9676989
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided that relate to sealant compositions comprising cement kiln dust, tire-rubber particles, and water. An embodiment discloses a method comprising: providing a sealant composition comprising cement kiln dust, tire-rubber particles, and water; and allowing the sealant composition to set to form a hardened mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Chad Brenneis, Craig W. Roddy, Rickey L. Morgan, Ronnie G. Morgan
  • Patent number: 9676990
    Abstract: Dual-function nano-sized particles or nanoparticles may be effective at fixating or reducing fines migration and they may facilitate identification of a particular zone in a well having more than one zone. In some embodiments the dual-function nanoparticles are tagged with a detectable material that is distinguishable from the composition of the primary nanoparticle component. In these embodiments, the taggant material rather than the primary component of the nanoparticles may be used to enable identification of a particular zone. The nanoparticles (with or without taggant) may be added to a treatment fluid containing carrier particles such as proppant. The treatment fluid is pumped downhole to one of the zones; each zone receiving its own unique or uniquely-tagged nanoparticles. Should one of the zones fail, the composition of the nanoparticles (or its taggant) produced on the carrier particles may be correlated to the zone from which it was received, and hence produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: James B. Crews, Tianping Huang, Othon Monteiro