Patents Issued in August 3, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170218126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polyarylene sulfide resin comprising: reacting a sulfoxide represented by the following formula (1) with a particular aromatic compound to obtain a poly(arylenesulfonium salt) having a particular constitutional unit; and dealkylating or dearylating the poly(arylenesulfonium salt) to obtain a polyarylene sulfide resin having a particular constitutional unit, wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, etc.; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an arylene group optionally having a substituent; and Z represents a direct bond, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hajime Watanabe, Takashi Furusawa, Satoshi Ogawa, Toshikazu Takata
  • Publication number: 20170218127
    Abstract: Condensation of fluoro-substituted and silyl-substituted monomers provides polymers suitable for use, e.g., as engineering polymers. A monomer composition is condensed in the presence of a basic catalyst. The monomer composition contains a compound of formula F—X—F and a compound of formula (R1)3Si—Z—Si(R1)3, and forms an alternating X—Z polymer chain and a silyl fluoride byproduct. X has the formula -A(—R2-A)n-; each A is SO2, C(?O), or Het; R2 is an organic moiety; n is 0 or 1; Het is an aromatic nitrogen heterocycle; Z has the formula -L-R3-L; each L is O, S, or N(R4); and each R3 is an organic moiety, and R4 comprises H or an organic moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jiajia Dong, Valery Fokin, Larisa Krasnova, Luke R. Kwisnek, James S. Oakdale, K. Barry Sharpless
  • Publication number: 20170218128
    Abstract: A curable silicone resin composition according to the present invention includes at least the following components: (A) a silicone resin having a hydrogen atom bonded to silicon atom (as SiH group); (B) a silicone resin having a vinyl group bonded to silicon atom (as Si—CH?CH2 group); and (C) a platinum catalyst, wherein the total amount of silanol (Si—OH) group in the components (A) and (B) is 0.5 to 5.0 mmol/g; and wherein the amount of platinum in the component (C) relative to the total mass of the components (A), (B) and (C) is 0.003 to 3.0 ppm in mass units. A cured product obtained by heating the composition is suitably usable as an encapsulant of an optical semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Wataru KAWAI, Katsuhiro AKIYAMA, Yu MATSUNO, Junya NAKATSUJI, Makoto SEINO
  • Publication number: 20170218129
    Abstract: A production method for a liquid high purity sugar derivative-modified silicone or a composition thereof is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: 1) capturing hydrophilic impurities in solid particles by causing an impurity containing composition containing liquid sugar derivative-modified silicone and the hydrophilic impurities derived from a sugar derivative to contact the solid particles, the sugar derivative being a hydrophilic modifier of the sugar derivative-modified silicone, and the solid particles being able to capture the hydrophilic impurities; and 2) separating the sugar derivative-modified silicone and the solid particles. The method is useful for production of the liquid high purity sugar derivative-modified silicone and the composition thereof on a commercial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hideko MAESHI-MA, Sayuri SAWAYAMA, Tatsuo SOUDA, Seiki TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170218130
    Abstract: A production method of a liquid high-purity polyhydric alcohol derivative-modified silicone or a composition thereof is disclosed. The method comprises: a capturing step 1) of bringing into an impurity-containing composition containing a liquid polyhydric alcohol derivative-modified silicone and hydrophilic impurities originating from a polyhydric alcohol derivative, the polyhydric alcohol derivative being a hydrophilic modifier of the polyhydric alcohol derivative-modified silicone, into contact with solid particles capable of capturing the hydrophilic impurities, and then capturing the hydrophilic impurities with the solid particles; and a separating step 2) of separating the polyhydric alcohol derivative-modified silicone and the solid particles. The method is useful for production of the liquid high-purity polyhydric alcohol derivative-modified silicone and the composition thereof on a commercial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hideko MAESHI-MA, Seiki TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170218131
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of manufacturing a curable petroleum resin and a curable petroleum resin obtained therefrom. The method includes (a) a process of thermally polymerizing a composition for polymerization which includes silanes and monomers, including cyclic olefins having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from among C5 fractions, C9 fractions, and dicyclopentadiene of naphtha cracking, thereby enabling petroleum resins, which are thermoplastic resins, to be applied as reactive adhesives, and ultimately being capable of providing eco-friendly reactive adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jung Soon SON, Myung Jong KIM, Won Seok GONG, Jun Hyo PARK
  • Publication number: 20170218132
    Abstract: A method of making a plastic article is disclosed. According to this method, a plastic article is formed from a thermoplastic composition that includes a first polymer component that is (i) a poly(siloxane-carbonate) copolymer, (ii) a poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate having soft block ester units, derived from monomers including an alpha, omega C6-20 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, a dihydroxyaromatic compound, and a carbonate source, (iii) a thermoplastic polyurethane, (iv) a thermoplastic polyurethane, or a combination comprising any of the foregoing. An additive such as a photochromic dye is then loaded into the plastic article by contacting a surface of the article with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide comprising the additive dissolved or dispersed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Johannes G. M van PEER, Dirk Aart NOORDEGRAAF
  • Publication number: 20170218133
    Abstract: Provided are: a crosslinked organopolysiloxane which has properties intermediate between a dimethylpolysiloxane oil and a gel-like crosslinked siloxane; and a method for producing the crosslinked organopolysiloxane. An oil-like organopolysiloxane which is produced by: adding a compound having a siloxane unit represented by formula (3) to a gel-like silicone, wherein the gel-like silicone is produced by a hydrosilylation reaction of an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group with an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom in the presence of a platinum-group metal catalyst; and then equilibrating the resultant product with an acid or alkali catalyst. R12SiO2/2 ??(3) (R1 represents a group selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group having no aliphatic unsaturated bond and an alkenyl group represented by the formula: —(CH2)a—CH?CH2 (wherein a represents a numerical value of 0 to 6), and the average polymerization degree of formula (3) is 3 to 2,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20170218134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic star-like polyether. The core molecule is an aliphatic hyperbranched polyether polyol, which is further alkoxylated, first with ethylene oxide or combinations of ethylene oxide and C3-C20 alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, and/or glycidol, and then with a C3-C20 alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, or combination of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, then optionally anionically modified. The resulting amphiphilic star-like polyether thus has an inner core based on an aliphatic hyperbranched polyether polyol, an inner shell predominantly containing polyethylene oxide units, the inner shell comprising at least 3 ethylene oxide units and an outer shell predominantly containing polypropylene oxide units, the outer shell comprising at least 3 propylene oxide units. They optionally contain anionic groups instead of hydroxyl groups on the periphery of the macromolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Eva-Maria Reis-Walther, Sophie Maitro-Vogel, Anna Mueller-Cristadoro, Catherine Breffa, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Benedikt Crone, Mareile Job, Birgit Gluesen, Iwona Spill
  • Publication number: 20170218135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nanoactuating rotaxanes comprising a threading component, the threading component comprising a oligoviologen, and at least two macrocylic components, wherein the oligoviologen is threaded through each of the macrocylic components. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the rotaxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Northwestern University, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
    Inventors: James Fraser Stoddart, Yuping Wang, Marco Frasconi, Junling Sun
  • Publication number: 20170218136
    Abstract: Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of about 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises a single solvent selected from the group consisting of monoalcohols, polyalcohols, ethers of monoalcohols, ethers of polyalcohols, fatty esters, Guerbet alcohols, isoparaffins, naphthols, glycol ethers, provided that the solvent is not diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether; b) mixing the silicone resin solution with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer:silicone resin mixture having ratio of about 20:1; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation, an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) additionally adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce the desired concentration of emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Richard BECKER, Harry William BROENING, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Markus MERGET, Stefanie SCHUSTER, Ernst SELBERTINGER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Nicholas David VETTER, Patrick Brian WHITING, Franz WIMMER
  • Publication number: 20170218137
    Abstract: A method and system for treating rubber-containing elastomers to produce materials suitable for blending with thermoplastic or thermoset polymers are disclosed. The elastomers may comprise virgin or recycled particulate rubber such as from used tires. The blended rubber and polymer materials possess thermoplastic properties and can be reused many times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Brown, Clifford C. Fay
  • Publication number: 20170218138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a plasma polymer thin film excellent in thermal properties and thus suitable for the matrix of a gel polymer electrolyte, a plasma polymer thin film prepared by the method, and a gel polymer electrolyte and a secondary cell using the plasma polymer thin film. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a polymer thin film by plasma polymerization in which plasma is applied to an interface of a liquid-state monomer to perform polymerization, a polymer thin film prepared by the method, and a gel polymer electrolyte and a secondary cell using the polymer thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ho-Suk Choi, Quoc Chinh Tran
  • Publication number: 20170218139
    Abstract: A method for forming a blend including graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), where the method includes melt mixing the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) and the graphene nanoparticles to obtain a nanocomposite and exposing the nanocomposite to microwave irradiation to bond the methyl methacrylate copolymer to the graphene nanoparticles, in which a content of the graphene nanoparticles is from 0.05 to 2 wt % based on the nanocomposites. A blend composition, including graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), where the graphene nanoparticles are dispersed in the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), the graphene nanoparticles are modified with microwave induced defects, and the free radicals of poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) is bonded to the graphene nanoparticles at the defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mamdouh Ahmed AL-HARTHI, Mukarram ZUBAIR
  • Publication number: 20170218140
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition and a method of preparing the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite. According to the present invention, a method of preparing a straight vinyl chloride based nanocomposite having a nanomaterial uniformly dispersed therein, by using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition when a vinyl chloride monomer is suspension polymerized in the presence of a protective colloidal agent and a polymerization initiator after preparing a water dispersion suspension using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition based on a hydrophilic composition is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Seong Yong AHN, Byung Kook Ahn, Soo Hwan Hwang, Kyung Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20170218141
    Abstract: A graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite comprising an essentially uniform distribution in a thermoplastic polymer of about 10% to about 50% of total composite weight of particles selected from graphite microp articles, single-layer graphene nanoparticles, multilayer graphene nanoparticles, and combinations thereof, where at least 50 wt % of the particles consist of single- and/or multi-layer graphene nanoparticles less than 50 nanometers thick along a c-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Nosker, Jennifer K. Lynch, Bernard Kear, Justin Hendrix, Gordon Chiu
  • Publication number: 20170218142
    Abstract: This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, such as gloves, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles, compositions and methods may contain an aqueous solution of a multimetal oxide of the multivalent metal, a hydroxide of the multivalent metal, or a salt of the multivalent metal, such as sodium aluminate, in an amount of less than 0.3 phr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SKINPROTECT CORPORATION SDN BHD
    Inventors: Khon Pu Foo, Kumaresan Prabhakaran
  • Publication number: 20170218143
    Abstract: This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, such as gloves, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles, compositions and methods contain a second cross-linking agent comprising either (a) sulphur and a sulphur donor, (b) a multivalent metal oxide or ionic cross-linking agent, (c) sulphur, a sulphur donor and an ionic cross-linking agent, or (d) sulphur donor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SKINPROTECT CORPORATION SDN BHD
    Inventors: Khon Pu Foo, Kumaresan Prabhakaran
  • Publication number: 20170218144
    Abstract: This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, and gloves in particular, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles so produced have an average thickness of 0.2 mm or less and a modulus at 500% of less than 6.5 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SKINPROTECT CORPORATION SDN BHD
    Inventors: Khon Pu Foo, Kumaresan Prabhakaran
  • Publication number: 20170218145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a surface coated support material wherein said process comprises contacting a support material with an aqueous dispersion of nanocellulose. The surface coated support material can be used in a composite material. The invention therefore further relates to the surface coated support material per se, a composite comprising the material, a process for the production of the composite material and an article produced from the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Koon-Yang LEE, Puja BHARADIA, Alexander BISMARCK
  • Publication number: 20170218146
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a water soluble film suitable for thermoforming deep-drawn profiles, the film including a mixture of a water soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin and a plasticizer, and the film being characterized by a storage modulus at 90° C. less than 1.5×108. The disclosure further provides a thermoformed article comprising the water soluble film according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Childers, David M. Lee, Nathanael R. Miranda
  • Publication number: 20170218147
    Abstract: A film for a liquid packaging container, comprising at least one of a layer containing a resin composition (X) containing a polypropylene resin (a) and at least one of a hydrogenated block copolymer (b), the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) being a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer containing a polymer block (A) mainly containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit, and a polymer block (B) mainly containing an isoprene (Ip) unit, a butadiene (Bd) unit, or isoprene (Ip) and butadiene (Bd) units, in the resin composition (X), the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) having a phase separation structure having formed therein both (i) an island phase having a long axis of 1 ?m or more, or a bicontinuous structure, and (ii) an island phase having a long axis of 300 nm or less, and in the resin composition (X), the mass ratio ((a)/((a)+(b))) of the polypropylene resin (a) and the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) being from 61/100 to 95/100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NOJIMA, Yusuke TANAKA, Yosuke JOGO, Shinya OSHITA
  • Publication number: 20170218148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a breathable film comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and a surface-treated filler material product comprising a treatment layer comprising at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride and/or at least one mono-substituted succinic acid and/or salty reaction product(s) thereof, a process for producing the same, and the use thereof. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to the use of a surface-treated filler material product comprising a treatment layer comprising at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride and/or at least one mono-substituted succinic acid and/or salty reaction product(s) thereof in breathable films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, René Burkhalter, Tazio Fornera, Samuel Rentsch, Michael Tinkl, Francesco Pullega
  • Publication number: 20170218149
    Abstract: The invention concerns specifically emulsion polymers which are intraparticulately crosslinked via a hetero-Diels-Alder (HDA) mechanism. The crosslinked polymers can then be wholly or partly decrosslinked by thermal processing, for example in the form of a composite matrix, via a retro-Diels-Alder or retro-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction and interparticulately recrosslinked on cooling. This makes it possible to prepare long shelf life prepregs for composites. But it is also possible to thus realize other materials that have thermoset properties at use temperature but thermoplastic processing properties at a higher temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Georg SCHMIDT, Stefan HILF, Florian HERMES, Dorothea STASCHIK, Thomas EURICH, Rebecca PIEROTH
  • Publication number: 20170218150
    Abstract: A prepreg includes a fiber base material and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the fiber base material. The thermosetting resin composition contains a thermosetting resin including an epoxy resin; a curing agent; an inorganic filler; and an acrylic acid ester copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10×104 or more and less than 45×104. A content of the inorganic filler is 150 parts by mass or more relative to a total of 100 parts by mass of the thermosetting resin and the curing agent. A content of the acrylic acid ester copolymer is more than 30 parts by mass and 90 parts by mass or less relative to the total of 100 parts by mass of the thermosetting resin and the curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: MASAAKI MATSUMOTO, TAKATOSHI MITO, TATUO YONEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170218151
    Abstract: A soil-resistant transfer sheet which includes, in the following order, a substrate sheet (a), a soil-resistant layer (b), a coating layer (c), and optionally an adhesive layer (d), wherein a surface of the soil-resistant layer, which reveals after the substrate sheet (a) is removed, has a contact angle with water of 100° or larger and a contact angle with hexadecane of 40° or larger; a process for producing a molded resin by in-mold labeling using the transfer sheet. The soil-resistant layer (b) is a layer obtained from a soil-resistant composition, and the coating layer (c) is a layer obtained from a polymerizable coating composition. The soil-resistant composition especially preferably is a perfluoropolyether urethane acrylate composition. Also disclosed is a process for producing the soil-resistant transfer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HANAZAWA, Teruyuki FUKUDA, Ami IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170218152
    Abstract: A composite film includes a polyester film substrate layer and a crosslinked layer on a surface thereof, wherein the crosslinked layer includes a reaction product of a) a functionalized ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer including multiple COOH groups or multiple alcoholic OH groups per molecule; and b) an organic crosslinker including multiple reactive groups per molecule, the reactive groups being reactive with the COOH or alcoholic OH groups; wherein the adhesion strength between the substrate layer and the crosslinked layer is at least 177 g/cm (450 g/inch). A method of joining the composite film, optionally further including a heat-sealable polymer layer on the crosslinked layer, to a container or a self-supporting film, includes contacting the crosslinked layer or the heat-sealable polymer layer with the container or the self-supporting film or under heat sealing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Shengsheng LIU, Fenghua DENG
  • Publication number: 20170218153
    Abstract: A multi-layer biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) film having at least one BOPET film layer and at least one coating layer comprising a polyester polymer and particles that are partially or fully embedded in the coating layer is described herein. The particles have an average particle size of about 4 to 8 microns, the coating layer has a gloss of 25 GU or less measured by a 60 degree glossmeter, and the paint adhesion crosshatch test value of the BOPET film as per ASTM D3359-09 is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: John FITCH
  • Publication number: 20170218154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expanded thermoplastic polyurethane beads, a preparation method for same, and an application thereof. The expanded thermoplastic polyurethane beads consists of components of the following parts by weight: 100 parts of a thermoplastic polyurethane, 1-10 parts of a cell size stabilizer, and 1-35 parts of a melt viscosity modifier. The preparation method for the expanded thermoplastic polyurethane beads is also disclosed. The bead is produced by employing a volatile blowing agent to immerse the thermoplastic polyurethane, comprising the pore size stabilizer and the melt viscosity modifier, in an aqueous suspension, and is then followed by the foaming process. Utilization of the expanded thermoplastic polyurethane beads of the present invention allows for preparation of a foam product. The expanded thermoplastic polyurethane beads prepared per the present invention has uniform cell sizes and a high product yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Miracll Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Huang, Renhong Wang, Guangfu Wang, Sheng Zhang, Qijun Sun
  • Publication number: 20170218155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally expandable composition comprising at least one peroxidically crosslinking polymer which does not contain glycidyl (meth) acrylate as a monomer in copolymerized form; at least one polymer, which is polymerized with glycidyl (meth) acrylate as a monomer present in a proportion of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the respective polymer; at least one peroxide; and at least one endothermic chemical propellant, moldings containing this composition, and a method for sealing and filling cavities in components, for reinforcing or stiffening components, in particular hollow components, and for bonding movable components using such molded bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Kohlstrung, Klaus Rappmann
  • Publication number: 20170218156
    Abstract: Combinations of gelatinous elastomer and polyurethane foam may be made by introducing a plasticized A-B-A triblock copolymer resin and/or an A-B diblock copolymer resin into a mixture of polyurethane foam forming components including a polyol and an isocyanate. The plasticized copolymer resin is polymerized to form the gelatinous elastomer in-situ while simultaneously polymerizing the polyol and the isocyanate to form polyurethane foam. The polyurethane reaction is exothermmic and can generate sufficient temperature to melt the styrene-portion of the A-B-A triblock copolymer resin thereby extending the crosslinking and in some cases integrating the A-B-A triblock copolymer within the polyurethane polymer matrix. The combination has a marbled appearance. The gel component has higher heat capacity than polyurethane foam and thus has good thermal conductivity and acts as a heat sink. Another advantage of in situ gel-foam is that the gel component provides higher support factors compared to the base foam alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: PETERSON CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: BRUCE W. PETERSON, MARK L. CRAWFORD
  • Publication number: 20170218157
    Abstract: A polyurethane foam with reduced formaldehyde and acrolein emissions, which is manufactured from a polyol system including polyol, a foam stabilizer, a foaming agent, and a liquid aldehyde reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon LEE, Byung-Guk LIM, Kwon-Yong CHOI, Hyun-Jong LEE, Soon-Joon JUNG, Tae-Hwan SON, Young-Hoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20170218158
    Abstract: An expanded polypropylene resin particle is obtained from a base material resin having a melting point of 140° C. to 150° C., wherein the base material resin includes a polypropylene resin A including 3 weight % to 15 weight % of 1-butene and having a melting point of 130° C. to 140° C.; and a polypropylene resin B having a melting point of 145° C. to 165° C., and wherein the expanded polypropylene resin particle has an average cell diameter of 100 ?m to 340 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yoshida, Shintaro Miura
  • Publication number: 20170218159
    Abstract: PLA polymers that can be expanded into microporous articles having a node and fibril microstructure are provided. The fibrils contain PLA polymer chains oriented with the fibril axis. Additionally, the PLA polymers have an inherent viscosity greater than about 3.8 dL/g and a calculated molecular weight greater than about 150,000 g/mol. The PLA polymer article may be formed by bulk polymerization where the PLA bulk polymer is made into a preform that is subsequently expanded at temperatures above the glass transition temperature and below the melting point of the PLA polymer. In an alternate embodiment, a PLA polymer powder is lubricated, the lubricated polymer is subjected to pressure and compression to form a preform, and the preform is expanded to form a microporous article. Both the preform and the microporous article are formed at temperatures above the glass transition temperature and below the melting point of the PLA polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Guy A. Sbriglia, Scott A. Gore
  • Publication number: 20170218160
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing aerogels and cross-linked aerogels in a single step and in a single pot without requiring any solvent exchange is described. Porous matrices are synthesized through a modification of hydrolysis condensation of alkoxides in which addition of water is minimized. The reaction occurs in an ethanol-water azeotrope mixture; the water in the azeotrope slowly hydrolyzes the alkoxide. Additionally, after gelation, the porous matrix is dried in supercritical ethanol rather than liquid CO2, which allows for elimination of solvent exchange steps. These modifications allow for the preparation of aerogel monoliths in any size in one step and in one pot and much faster than conventional procedures. In addition, the method provides for custom aerogel parts with large dimensions, as well as high volume fabrication of aerogels. The custom aerogel parts may be used in a variety of thermal insulation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Massimo Bertino
  • Publication number: 20170218161
    Abstract: Unexpectedly unique and environmentally friendly composite material structures, storage articles fabricated therefrom, and related methods. The composite structure includes at least one or more fiber-containing layers, such as fiberboard or other layers having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and one or more mineral-containing layers. The mineral-containing layer(s) comprises a thermoplastic bonding agent fixing the mineral particles in place. The fiber-containing layer(s) and mineral-containing layer(s) can be shaped, sized, and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form the storage article. The composite structure can be repulped and recycled without the use of dispersions, emulsions, or aqueous solutions. Further, the composite reduces layer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion compared to polymer layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher R. Tilton
  • Publication number: 20170218162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for extracting polyester from packaging. In particular, the invention relates to packaging comprising one or more dyes such as black packaging. The claim process uses a two stage extraction process to convert waste polyester in clean, reusable polyester. The invention relates to a process for extracting polyester from fabric. In particular, fabric comprising polyester and one or more dyes. The claimed process uses a multistage mechanism to separate dyes from polyester containing garments and reconstitute the polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Adam WALKER
  • Publication number: 20170218163
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently degrading a biodegradable resin. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for degrading a biodegradable resin, the method comprising degrading the biodegradable resin in a buffer solution containing a biodegradable resin-degrading enzyme having an optimum pH of 7.5 or higher, wherein no anion derived from a buffer component is present on one side of an equilibrium equation of buffering of the buffer solution, and a pH of the buffer solution is adjusted within a pH range which gives conditions for shifting the equilibrium towards the side on which no anion is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Tsutaki Katayama
  • Publication number: 20170218164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pyrolysis process carried out in the presence of a controlled carbon dioxide environment that allows recovering both the organic portion and the inorganic portion (glass fibers) of a fiberglass-reinforced plastic waste, at an organic yield recovered even higher than 95% by weight and with a suitable for manufacturing new articles, in particular fiberglass-reinforced plastic articles, which provides a profitable to the disposal in dump areas. In particular, the recovered organic products can be mixed as such, at a percentage as high as 20% and more, with a fresh unsaturated polyester resins that is normally used to manufacture common fiberglass-reinforced plastic articles, without worsening its features with respect to articles made starting from fresh resin alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KOREC S.r.l.
    Inventors: Elio SANTACESARIA, Riccardo TESSER, Salvatore MALLARDO, Rosa VITIELLO, Martino DI SERIO, Antonello DIMICCOLI, Laura SAVIANO
  • Publication number: 20170218165
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that, when adopted in a tire member such as a tread, displays low heat generation, high abrasion resistance, and high cut resistance, and enables excellent fatigue cracking resistance to be realized. The rubber composition contains carbon black that satisfies relationship formulae (1) to (3), shown below. 62.5×24M4DBP+hydrogen amount of carbon black?8337.5 ??(1) 24M4DBP?0.25×CTAB?62.5 ??(2) Dst+0.75×?D50?152.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi HAMATANI
  • Publication number: 20170218166
    Abstract: A nanocomposite material comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a base polymer and a nanoparticle that increases the strength of the base polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: JAY CLARKE HANAN
  • Publication number: 20170218167
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising an elastomer with an embedded network of liquid metal inclusions. The composite retains similar flexibility to that of an elastomer but exhibits electrical and thermal properties that differ from the properties of a homogeneous elastomer. The composite has applications for wearable devices and other soft matter electronics, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation
    Inventors: Carmel Majidi, Andrew Fassler, Michael Bartlett, Navid Kazem, Matthew J. Powell-Palm, Jonathan A. Malen
  • Publication number: 20170218168
    Abstract: This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, such as gloves, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles, compositions and methods contain an aqueous solution of a multimetal oxide of the multivalent metal, a hydroxide of the multivalent metal, or a salt of the multivalent metal, such as sodium aluminate, in an amount of less than 0.3 phr. The articles produced have a thickness of between 0.01-3 mm and an unaged tensile strength of at least 15 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SKINPROTECT CORPORATION SDN BHD
    Inventors: Khon Pu Foo, Kumaresan Prabhakaran
  • Publication number: 20170218169
    Abstract: Rheology modifying agents and methods of modifying the rheology of a slurry are disclosed, in addition to methods for the prevention of fouling. The slurry can be a lime slurry or a magnesium oxide slurry. The rheology modifying agent can be a low molecular weight anionic polymer, a high molecular weight polymer, a mixture of a low molecular weight anionic polymer and a high molecular weight polymer, a mixture of a high molecular weight polymer and a chelating agent, and a mixture of a chelating agent, a high molecular weight polymer, and a low molecular weight anionic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Tzu Y. Chen, Reagan Faith, Adam Coulterman
  • Publication number: 20170218170
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprising silica that has a BET specific surface area of not more than 130 m2/g and hardness of granulated particles as measured based on JIS K6221-1982 6.3.3 of not less than 23.5 cN can provide a rubber composition which is excellent in rubber physical properties while maintaining energy efficiency. A tire comprising a component consisted of the rubber composition can be also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji HATANO, Yuka YOKOYAMA, Kouhei TANAKA, Akira MINAGOSHI, Kazuo HOCHI, Masanobu NAKAMURA, Toshikazu KONDO, Kenichiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20170218171
    Abstract: A thermosetting polymer formulation includes: 40 to 90 volume percent of a thermosetting polymer system; 10 to 40 volume percent, preferably 20 to 35 volume percent, preferably 20 to 30 volume percent, of a plurality of hexagonal boron nitride platelets having a mean particle diameter of 5 to 20 micrometers, preferably 8 to 15 micrometers, and a D10 particle diameter of 3 to 7 micrometers, preferably 3 to 5 micrometers, and a D90 particle diameter of 20 to 30 micrometers, preferably 25 to 30 micrometers; a total of 0.01 to 10 volume percent of a coupling agent, an impact modifier, a curing agent, a defoamer, a colorant, a thickening agent, a release agent, an accelerator, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, wherein the volume percentages are based on the total volume of the formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Benjamin James Leach
  • Publication number: 20170218172
    Abstract: The present invention presents a new method for preparation of an ?-nucleated crystalline polypropylene based on polymeric nucleating agents and very high cooling rates, further the ?-nucleated crystalline polypropylene based on polymeric nucleating agents derived thereof and its use in final articles derivable thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Jingbo WANG, Daniela MILEVA, Petar DOSHEV, Markus GAHLEITNER
  • Publication number: 20170218173
    Abstract: To provide a fluororubber composition excellent in formability, with which it is possible to produce a crosslinked fluororubber article excellent in surface smoothness, while maintaining rubber properties such as strength. A fluororubber composition comprising a fluororubber (A) and a glycerol ester (B) of a C14-20 unsaturated fatty acid, wherein the content of the glycerol ester (B) is from 0.8 to 4.0 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber (A), and a crosslinked fluororubber article obtained by crosslinking the fluororubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMADA, Satoko Yasuda, Ken Iruya
  • Publication number: 20170218174
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of immobilizing an active agent to a substrate surface, including the steps of, providing a substrate, contacting the substrate with a solution of a compound including a trihydroxyphenyl group, thereby forming a trihydroxyphenyl-treated substrate, and contacting the trihydroxyphenyl-treated substrate with an active agent, thereby immobilizing the active agent on the substrate. Further provided are methods of immobilizing an active agent on a substrate, including the steps of providing a substrate, combining a solution of a compound including a trihydroxyphenyl group with a solution of an active agent, thereby forming a solution of an active agent-trihydroxyphenyl conjugate, and contacting the substrate with the solution of the active agent-trihydroxyphenyl conjugate, thereby immobilizing the active agent on the substrate. The invention further provides substrates and medical device or device components with active agents immobilized on the surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ton That Hai, John-Bruce Devault Green, Timothy Michael Fulghum, Phillip Byron Messersmith, Tadas Stanislovas Sileika
  • Publication number: 20170218175
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic polymer composition comprises the steps of separately providing a thermoplastic polymer and an additive composition and then mixing the thermoplastic polymer and additive composition. The additive composition comprises a clarifying agent and a coloring agent. Another method for producing a thermoplastic polymer composition comprises the steps of separately providing a thermoplastic polymer, a clarifying agent, and a coloring agent and then mixing the thermoplastic polymer, the clarifying agent, and the coloring agent. The coloring agent is present in the composition in an amount to yield a composition exhibiting CIE L*, a*, and b* values falling within a defined color space. An additive composition contains a clarifying agent and a coloring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Todd D. Danielson, Jamie B. Myers, Jennifer S. Morgan