Patents Issued in November 9, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170321027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to blowing agent compositions of carbon dioxide and at least one hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO). The HCFOs can include, but are not limited to, 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd), 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf) and mixtures thereof. The blowing agent compositions are useful in the production of low density insulating foams with improved k-factor made from thermoplastic resins The blowing agent compositions may also optionally include one or more hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Brett L. Van Horn, Benjamin Bin Chen, Philippe Bonnet
  • Publication number: 20170321028
    Abstract: A high-density foam cover board, including a high-density foam layer, wherein the high-density foam layer comprise polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, a filler, and a viscosity additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Leah M. Dougherty
  • Publication number: 20170321029
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) having a melting point of 180 to 250° C. and 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a metal halide (B), wherein an area average particle size of the metal halide (B) in the thermoplastic polyester resin composition is 0.1 to 500 nm. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition has an excellent melt retention stability and is capable of producing a molded article excellent in mechanical properties and long-term resistance to oxidative degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ken Sudo, Yusuke Tojo, Kenichi Utazaki
  • Publication number: 20170321030
    Abstract: The present invention is a polymer composition comprising a hydrogenated crystalline cycloolefin ring-opening polymer (A) that comprises a repeating unit derived from a polycyclic norbornene-based monomer that includes three or more rings, 5 to 100 parts by weight of a glass filler (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline cycloolefin ring-opening polymer (A), and 5 to 20 parts of a metal oxide (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline cycloolefin ring-opening polymer (A), and a formed article. The polymer composition according to the present invention exhibits excellent electrical properties (low dielectric loss tangent), excellent adhesion to plating, and excellent reflow heat resistance, and can maintain strength even when subjected to high-temperature/high-humidity conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatsugu KATO, Shinsuke MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170321031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing polyarylethersulfone-polyalkylene oxide block copolymers (PPC) comprising the polycondensation of a reaction mixture (RG) comprising the components: (A1) at least one aromatic dihalogen compound, (B1) at least one aromatic dihydroxyl compound, (B2) at least one polyalkylene oxide having at least two hydroxyl groups, (C) at least one aprotic polar solvent and (D) at least one metal carbonate, where the reaction mixture (RG) does not comprise any substance which forms an azeotrope with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin WEBER, Christian MALETZKO, Thomas WEISS, Joerg ERBES, Bastiaan Bram Pieter STAAL
  • Publication number: 20170321032
    Abstract: Provided is a binder that has satisfactory storage stability and can express an excellent bonding strength for a glass fiber or powdered glass (impart a satisfactory strength to a bonded body with the glass fiber or the powdered glass).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ikuo Shimizu, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170321033
    Abstract: Processes for forming a vulcanizable elastomeric formulation are disclosed. The processes include the steps of mixing an elastomer with a vulcanizing agent to form a vulcanizable elastomeric formulation that includes the vulcanizing agent dispersed in the elastomeric compound, wherein the vulcanizing agent includes a cyclododecasulfur compound. A process for forming a vulcanized elastomeric article is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Scott Donald Barnicki, Frederick Ignatz-Hoover, Robert Thomas Hembre, Andrew Neil Smith, Henk Kreulen, Aruna M. Velamakanni
  • Publication number: 20170321034
    Abstract: The invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene composition having high flowability. The polytetrafluoroethylene composition contains a particulate polytetrafluoroethylene having fibrillability and a particulate synthetic amorphous silica. The particulate polytetrafluoroethylene is a polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder or a polytetrafluoroethylene molding powder. The particulate synthetic amorphous silica is obtained by a dry process and has an average primary particle size smaller than 200 nm. The particulate synthetic amorphous silica is attached to the surface of the particulate polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriko IWATA, Masayuki TSUJI, Kazuya KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170321035
    Abstract: In order to suppress such a situation that polyglyceryl fatty acid ester bleeds out at the time of melting of a thermoplastic resin while improving an impact resistance, a thermoplastic resin composition contains a high impact polystyrene, a calcium carbonate as a filler, and polyglyceryl fatty acid ester as a dispersing agent, and a fatty acid constructing the polyglyceryl fatty acid ester is an unsaturated fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurihara, Takahiro Kojima, Kosuke Nishino
  • Publication number: 20170321036
    Abstract: The invention relates to isosorbide epoxide esters having Formulas (I), (II), and (III), to the mixtures thereof, and to the use thereof as an additive in PVC compositions, particularly as a plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Hervé Wyart, Clothilde Buffe, Juliette Brocard
  • Publication number: 20170321037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printed article and a feedstock for printing comprising a matrix forming material, in particular a polymeric material, and a filler material dispersed within the matrix forming material, in which the filler material comprises glass flakes. Glass flakes are characterised as having an aspect ratio of average diameter divided by average thickness greater than or equal to three. Selecting aspect ratio of glass flakes controls an orientation of glass flakes angled relative to a printed layer and formation of a depletion layer in a printed article. Technical effects of angled flakes include better adhesion between successive printed layers in 3D printing and a crack-stopping function. In a preferred embodiment the glass flakes comprise a conductive coating such that a printed article functions as a moisture sensor. Technical effects of a depletion layer include high moisture permeability and so a fast rate of change in electrical resistance due to moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID MASON, JAMES UNDERWOOD CAMPBELL
  • Publication number: 20170321038
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic composite, a method for preparing a thermoplastic composite, and an injection-molded product. The thermoplastic composite comprises 35-75% by weight of a thermoplastic resin, 5-45% by weight of a non-cellulosic organic fiber, and 5-20%) by weight of hollow glass microspheres, based on 100% by weight of the total weight of the thermoplastic composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jingqiang Hou, Baris Yalcin, Pu Ren, Yinjie Zhou, Xuchu Jiang, Xuetao Yu
  • Publication number: 20170321039
    Abstract: Cast silicone compositions with high transparency suitable for use as optical components contain a base polymer with a refractive index?1.42, and a reinforcing particulate silica which is surface modified to have a refractive index within 0.03 of the refractive index of the base polymer, by reaction with an aryl-silane or aryl-siloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Arvid KUHN, Inge SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20170321040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition obtained by compounding a rubber component (A) containing a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C), and at least one accelerator (D) selected from the group consisting of zinc dithiophosphates represented by the general formula (1), being good in the processability in an unvulcanized state, and having a low-heat-generation property and a low abrasion property: wherein, R20's are each independently hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and at least one of R20's is a substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl group having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted branched-chain alkyl group having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makiko YONEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170321041
    Abstract: A cellulosic ester resin modifier for producing a cellulosic ester film, which facilitates obtaining a film that remains transparent even when exposed to high-humidity and high-temperature environments, and with which it is possible to obtain a film having excellent water vapor permeability resistance, and dimensional stability against heat. The present invention also provides a cellulosic ester resin composition using the modifier, a method for producing a polarizing-plate protective film, and a liquid crystal display device, and provides a cellulosic ester resin modifier including a polyester polyol (A) having a phthalic acid residue and an aliphatic glycol residue having 2 to 3 carbon atoms in a main chain skeleton and a diester (B) having an aliphatic glycol having 2 to 3 carbon atoms and an aromatic monocarboxylic acid, in which a mass ratio of [(A)/(B)] is in a range of 90/10 to 60/40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Teppei Ujihara, Miki Ota, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yusuke Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20170321042
    Abstract: A film layer having a micro-textured surface is provided. The film layer has a continuous phase with one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one of the thermoplastic polymers is a low-modulus polymer having a 2% secant modulus of less than or equal to 140 MPa, and the film has from 10 wt % to 100 wt % of the low modulus thermoplastic polymer. The film layer also has a discrete phase with from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a thermoplastic starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Arman Ashraf, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus
  • Publication number: 20170321043
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of branched maltodextrins for inducing lysis of the cell walls of eukaryotic organisms having a polysaccharide wall in the lumen of the intestine of an omnivorous or carnivorous animal comprising an intestinal flora and also for synergistically increasing the effect of the branched maltodextrins in the induction of the growth of the intestinal flora of an omnivorous or carnivorous animal. The invention also relates to the composition intended for this use and to a method for improving health or for food supplementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Laetitia Deremaux, Daniel Wils
  • Publication number: 20170321044
    Abstract: An impact resistance is improved and a molding shrinkage percentage is reduced. A thermoplastic resin composition contains: an impact-resistant styrene resin composition which contains polystyrene as a main component and a dispersed rubber phase and in which a volume fraction of the dispersed rubber phase 12 is less than 30%; dispersed phases of elastomer; and particles of a filler. The dispersed phases of the elastomer contains, as a main component, a styrene-butadiene copolymer serving as a linear copolymer constructed by a triblock consisting of a butadiene block and styrene blocks coupled with both ends of the butadiene block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro Kojima, Daisuke Kurihara, Kosuke Nishino
  • Publication number: 20170321045
    Abstract: An elastomeric composition is provided comprising at least one elastomeric compound, at least one vinyl acetal polymer, at least one filler, and optionally at least one coupling agent. A process of making the elastomeric composition is also provided as well as articles comprising the elastomeric composition. In particular, tires comprising the elastomeric composition are provided wherein the handling and processing characteristics are improved while other performance characteristics are retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Pruthesh Hariharrao Vargantwar, Frederick Ignatz-Hoover, Soumendra Kumar Basu, Bradley James Helmer, Christopher George Robertson
  • Publication number: 20170321046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotomolded article, comprising at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin comprising at least two metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene fractions A and B, wherein the polyethylene resin comprises: at least 25% to at most 55% by weight of polyethylene fraction A based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin, wherein fraction A has a melt index MI2 of at least 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and a density at least 0.005 g/cm3 higher than the density of the polyethylene resin; and wherein the polyethylene resin has a density of at least 0.938 g/cm3 to at most 0.950 g/cm3 as measured according to ASTM D-1505 at 23° C.; a melt index MI2 of at least 1.0 g/10 min to at most 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said rotomolded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Eric Maziers, Christopher Willocq
  • Publication number: 20170321047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin comprising at least two metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene fractions A and B, wherein the polyethylene resin comprises: at least 25% to at most 55% by weight of polyethylene fraction A based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin, wherein fraction A has a density at least 0.005 g/cm3 higher than the density of the polyethylene resin; and a melt index MI2 of at least 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; and wherein the polyethylene resin has a density of at least 0.938 g/cm3 to at most 0.954 g/cm3 as measured according to ASTM D-1505 at 23° C.; a melt index MI2 of at least 2.5 g/10 min to at most 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of at least 2.6 to at most 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Eric Maziers, Christopher Willocq
  • Publication number: 20170321048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition (A) comprising a blend of i) 60 to 90 wt-% of propylene polymer composition (a) comprising a blend of (a-1) 55 to 95 wt-% of propylene polymer and (a-2) 5 to 45 wt-% of low density ethylene polymer and ii) 10 to 40 wt-% of a plastomer (b) of ethylene copolymer. The invention relates also to extrusion coating articles, comprising at least a substrate layer and a heat sealable layer, wherein composition (A) is used as said heat sealable layer, process for producing the extrusion coated articles as well use of the composition (A) as a heat sealable layer in an extrusion coated article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Auli NUMMILA-PAKARINEN, Mikko PELTOVUORI
  • Publication number: 20170321049
    Abstract: A thermally conductive material is provided. The thermally conductive material includes: a polymer containing a thermally conductive filler and an antioxidant; the polymer being a polymer of a monomer containing an acrylic ester, a hindered phenol-based antioxidant being contained as the antioxidant, a thermal conductivity being 3.2 W/m·K or greater, and an initial Asker C hardness at ambient temperature being 22 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi MIZUNO, Yasuhiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170321050
    Abstract: Copolymers having General Formula (I): in which R1, R2, and R3 are chosen from C1 to C30 aliphatic groups, R4 is chosen from divalent C4 to C7 linear aliphatic groups and divalent C4 to C7 linear heteroaliphatic groups, optionally substituted with one or more C1-C6 linear aliphatic groups, C1-C6 branched aliphatic groups, or combination thereof, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently chosen from methyl or hydrogen, x is chosen from 0 to 0.8, y is chosen from 0 to 0.8, when y is 0, x is greater than 0, and when x is 0, y is greater than 0, and z is chosen from 0.1 to 0.9. The summation of x, y, and z equals 1. Methods for inhibiting formation of clathrate hydrates in a fluid capable of forming the clathrate hydrates, including contacting the fluid with at least one copolymer of General Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed Elanany, Khalid Majnouni, Rashed Alessa, Abdullah Al-Malki, Mohammed Al-Daous, Hassan Al-Ajwad, Shaikh Asrof Ali, Shadi Adel, Megat Rithauddeen
  • Publication number: 20170321051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone acrylamide copolymer of high acrylamide monomer content which has transparency and low modulus, employing the following configuration. The copolymer is suitably used for various kinds of medical devices, particularly ophthalmic lenses such as a contact lens, an intraocular lens, an artificial cornea, and is especially suitable for a contact lens. A copolymer comprising (A) a multi-functional (meth)acrylamide monomer having at least one siloxane bond and at least two (meth)acrylamide groups within a molecule and (B) a mono-functional linear silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ryuta Tamiya, Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Masataka Nakamura, Thomas L. Maggio, Michelle Carman Turnage, Michael R. Clark
  • Publication number: 20170321052
    Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin composition includes: an (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a (B) vinyl copolymer; and a (C) organic peroxide. The (B) vinyl copolymer and the (C) organic peroxide are impregnated in the (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer includes 1 to 20 wt % of a vinyl acetate. The (B) vinyl copolymer is formed of a (b-1) styrene, (b-2) at least one of acrylonitrile and glycidyl methacrylate, a (b-3) t-butylperoxymethacryloyloxyethyl carbonate, and a (b-4) polymerization initiator. A content of the (C) organic peroxide is 0.1 to 3 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo MORIYASU, Tomohisa TASAKA, Kazuaki MIMA
  • Publication number: 20170321053
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition. The oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition includes an olefin block copolymer, an oil, and a surface-active agent and may optionally include an olefin-based polymer. The oil- extended olefin block copolymer composition advantageously exhibits reduced, or no, oil-bleed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Robert T. Johnston, Wenbin Liang, Ashish Batra
  • Publication number: 20170321054
    Abstract: The invention relates to biocompatible polycarbonate/polyamide polymer compositions for use in medical and surgical devices. Additional additives, crosslinking agents, phosphites, and optionally a radiopaque filler or fillers can be used to produce the high performance compositions desired. The polymer compositions have improved melt processability along with balanced or enhanced physical and mechanical properties, especially when combined or over-extruded onto or covering other polymer layers, such as soft and/or flexible layers commonly used in medical device applications and catheter tips, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoping Guo, David P. Johnson, Richard E. Stehr
  • Publication number: 20170321055
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition (A), including: 90 mass % to 10 mass % of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) having a polyorganosiloxane block; and 10 mass % to 90 mass % of a polycarbonate-based resin (A-2) except the (A-1), in which a ratio of terminal hydroxyl groups in the composition (A) is from 5 mol % to 70 mol %, and a content of a polyorganosiloxane block moiety in the composition (A) is from 0.7 mass % to 40 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170321056
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for three-dimensional modeling to which inorganic filler particles of a sufficient amount can be added, without damaging transparency. The resin composition for three-dimensional modeling includes a curable resin and inorganic filler particles, in which the inorganic filler particles are light-transmitting particles of which a difference in refractive index nd to the curable resin after curing is ±0.02 or less, and a difference in Abbe number vd to the curable resin after curing is ±10 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro MATANO, Shunsuke FUJITA, Shingo NAKANE, Yuji ISHIDA, Yoshinori YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170321057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-metallic interference pigments, in particular laminar interference pigments, which comprise a thin high-refractive layer and an outermost layer that contains crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene. The invention also relates to a method for producing such pigments and the use of the thus produced pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • Publication number: 20170321058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive, coloured interference pigments, in particular flake-form interference pigments, which have an outermost layer which comprises crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • Publication number: 20170321059
    Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion, a process of preparing the aqueous polymer dispersion, and an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous polymer dispersion; and the aqueous coating composition capable of providing coating films with good properties including coffee resistance and early block resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaohong Yang, Yawei Xu
  • Publication number: 20170321060
    Abstract: A curable composition includes (i) an acrylic functional silicone material; (ii) an acrylic functional organic material; (iii) an acrylic functional urethane material; and optionally (iv) metal oxide particles. Upon curing, the compositions provide a coating that may exhibit good optical clarity, adhesion to various plastics, and good antifog performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Laxmi Samantara, Indumathi Ramakrishnan, Andreas Haeuseler
  • Publication number: 20170321061
    Abstract: The invention provides a film-forming composition containing a tannic acid derivative in which hydrogen atoms in at least some of hydroxyl groups of tannic acid are substituted by a chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 18 carbon atoms. The film-forming composition of the invention can provide a good enough film on a variety of substrate materials, having improved effects on rust prevention or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Masanobu NAITO, Debabrata PAYRA
  • Publication number: 20170321062
    Abstract: In one aspect, a cohesive product comprises a substrate and a cohesive layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate. The cohesive layer comprises a cohesive composition including a cohesive component admixed with a glitter component. The cohesive component further comprising a thickening agent in an amount sufficient to maintain the glitter component substantially uniformly distributed in the cohesive composition. In a further aspect, a method of manufacturing a cohesive produce is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas S. Murphy, Khaled El-Tahlawy
  • Publication number: 20170321063
    Abstract: Provided are an aerosol coating composition excellent in a matte effect and capable of preventing co-rotation from occurring. The aerosol coating composition contains a modified alkyd resin, inorganic microparticles and an organic solvent. Herein, the modified alkyd resin is a non-aqueous dispersion resin which is a copolymer of a vinyl based monomer and an alkyd resin. The inorganic microparticles are made of one selected from silica, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, alumina, calcium carbonate, talc and clay or the like. The inorganic microparticles have a mean particle diameter of 1.0 to 10.0 ?m, and a content of 0.1 to 5 mass %. There is also provided a metallic mechanical part coated with the aerosol coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji MINAMI, Yasutaka FURUTA, Yuki OGAMI
  • Publication number: 20170321064
    Abstract: A tire dressing is provided with a fine polymer-based reflective particles formed form of a blend of anisotropic particles of varying color that introduce an added reflective surface not present in ordinary tire dressings. The use of the fine polymer-based reflective particles enhance gloss, shine, and light reflectivity to the applied surface. The enhanced reflective surface effect is more noticeable during vehicle motion and the tire is rotating, as light is reflected from different reflective particles due to the changing angle of the particles caused by the rotation of the tire. The effects are more subtle than the typical effect of glitter due to the small particle size and the utilization of a mixtures of several types of polymer reflective particles that range from dark to bright and vary in color, and the presence of the high refractive index liquid silicone fluid that results in a brilliant radiant shine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: KENNETH H. TEAL, JANICE R. CRAYTON, TSAO-CHIN CLARENCE HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170321065
    Abstract: To provide a powder coating material capable of forming a coating film excellent in weather resistance, coating film appearance and surface smoothness; and a coated article having a coating film made of such a powder coating material. A powder coating material comprising a powder composed of a first composition which is a first composition for powder coating material comprising a fluororesin having a fluorine content of at least 10% by mass and a plasticizer having a melting point of from 60 to 200° C. and having a cyclic hydrocarbon group in the molecule, wherein the content of the plasticizer is from 0.1 to 40 parts by mass, to 100 parts by mass of the resin component contained in the first composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei OCHI, Masataka AlKAWA, Shun SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170321066
    Abstract: One or more techniques are disclosed for a method for functionalized a graphitic material comprising the steps of: 1) providing a graphitic material; 2) providing a first molecule comprising a first group, a spacer, and a second group; 3) providing a second molecule comprising a third group, a spacer, and a fourth group, wherein the third group is a different group from the first group; and 4) bonding the first molecule and the second molecule to the graphitic material. Also disclosed is a tunable material composition comprising the functionalized carbon nanotubes or functionalized graphene prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TESLA NANOCOATINGS, INC.
    Inventor: JORMA A. VIRTANEN
  • Publication number: 20170321067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising an antimicrobial surface coating, wherein the antimicrobial surface coating is a powder coating. It further relates to a method for controlling microbes and microorganisms on a surface of a medical apparatus, wherein a powder coating contains components, in particular additives, with an antimicrobial effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: OLIVER SCHÄFER, CHRISTIAN SCHLEICHER
  • Publication number: 20170321068
    Abstract: A flame retardant coating composition comprising poly(dopamine) and either tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane) or gaseous ammonia, as well as an article comprising a substrate and the flame retardant coating composition, is provided. In various embodiments, the poly(dopamine) is substantially water insoluble. The coating composition can further comprise at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of melamine, an anionic clay, a phosphorus-containing compound, an amine-containing compound, aluminosilicates, silicon oxides, and combinations thereof. Also provided are methods for forming the flame retardant coating composition and methods for increasing flame retardant properties of a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mauro Zammarano, Douglas Fox, Philipp Grützmacher, Rick Davis
  • Publication number: 20170321069
    Abstract: An article comprises a substrate, a coating disposed on a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a carbon composite dispersed in one or more of the following: a polymer matrix; a metallic matrix; or a ceramic matrix. The carbon composite comprises carbon and a binder containing one or more of the following: SiO2; Si; B; B2O3; a filler metal; or an alloy of the filler metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Lei Zhao, Zhiyue Xu, Bennett M. Richard
  • Publication number: 20170321070
    Abstract: A fluororesin-metal oxide mixed dispersion (sol) with excellent operability and workability provided in a coating step is obtained by mixing aqueous dispersion of fluororesin particle, and particle sol of metal oxide with suitable pH value that is any one of titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, cerium oxide, or tin oxide. Both the fluororesin particle and the metal oxide particle float and disperse without coagulation precipitation, gelation and solidification, and/or phase separation. The floating and dispersion state is stably maintained under room temperature storage for three days or more. Water contact angle of a solid product obtained by evaporation and scattering of a solvent from the fluororesin-metal oxide mixed dispersion is 130 degrees or less, and surface resistivity is 2.0×1012?/? (ohm/square) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN MATEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuro Tsukamoto, Yuzo Nakamura, Yuhi Hosoi, Fujio Mizukami, Taketoshi Kuroda, Masaki Terao
  • Publication number: 20170321071
    Abstract: A structure forming, on the surface thereof, a liquid film for improving sliding property to a fluid substance, the liquid film containing solid particles of particle size of not more than 300 ?m that are dispersed therein. The structure exhibits further improved sliding property to the fluid substances due to the liquid film formed on the surface thereof, and can be favorably used as packing materials such as containers and lids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OKADA, Tomoyuki MIYAZAKI, Keisuke NYUU
  • Publication number: 20170321072
    Abstract: An ink composition for high-quality/high-definition screen printing that, when producing printed matter by screen printing on an object to be printed using a 360-mesh screen printing plate formed by a high-strength, non-deforming stainless steel mesh with a filament diameter of 25 ?m, produces printed matter with a printed image edge spreading width of no more than 10 ?m from the image design dimensions of the printing plate, the ink composition for screen printing containing a solvent with a boiling point of 170° C. or higher at 70 wt % or greater of the total solvent, and a prepolymer or polymer with a weight-average molecular weight of 2000 or greater at 2 wt % or greater with respect to the total ink composition, and having a viscosity of 30 to 180 Pa·s as measured with a BH-type rotating viscosimeter at 25° C., and a thixotropic index of 2.0 to 8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tomomi Ogata, Takuya Torihata, Naoto Takada
  • Publication number: 20170321073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet curable white ink composition for inkjet printing comprising a pigment dispersion, a binder solution, a monofunctional monomer and a photoinitiator and, more particularly, to an ultraviolet curable white ink composition for inkjet printing which, at the time of forming a pattern, has a thickness of 30 ?m or less and a contrast ratio of 98% or more, a method for preparing a white bezel pattern using the same, and an electronic device comprising the white bezel pattern prepared by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun YOO, Kook-Hyun CHOI, Joon-Hyung KIM, Mi-Kyoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20170321074
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inkjet ink comprising: 6-35% by weight of NVC; 5-60% by weight of PEA; 15-35% by weight of a C8.12 alkane diol di(meth)acrylate; a radical photoinitiator; and a colorant, wherein the percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the ink. The present invention further provides an inkjet ink set wherein at least one of the inks in the set, preferably all of the inks in the set, is an inkjet ink as defined above. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of inkjet printing comprising inkjet printing the inkjet ink or inkjet ink set as defined above onto a substrate and curing the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy Ward, Lee Corfe
  • Publication number: 20170321075
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition includes polymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable compounds include vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylic esters represented by the following Formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms), dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, and monofunctional (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring skeleton. The ink composition includes a coloring material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Hiroki Nakane, Hiroaki Kida, Toru Saito, Chigusa Sato
  • Publication number: 20170321076
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved balance of impact resistance at low temperatures and Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance (ESCR), particularly suited for producing protective coatings on metal pipes, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.938 to 0.948 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 25; 3) MIF from 30 to 45 g/10 min.; 4) Mz equal to or greater than 1000000 g/mol; 5) LCBI equal to or greater than 0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: GERHARDUS MEIER, ULF SCHULLER, DIANA DOTSCH, BERND LOTHAR MARCZINKE, HEINZ VOGT