Patents Issued in November 12, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200354526
    Abstract: Provided is a thermally conductive thin-film cured product constituted by a cured product of a handleable silicone composition, the cured product having good transferability to a member and good post-debonding handling properties, and exhibiting good bond strength to a heat-generating element, even at elevated temperatures. The thermally conductive thin-film cured product is obtained by curing a silicone composition containing: (a) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane comprising two or more alkenyl groups per molecule; 200-2,000 parts by mass, inclusive, of a thermally conductive filler; (c) an amount of an organohydrodiene polysiloxane comprising two or more hydrogen atoms directly bonded to a silicon atom per molecule such that Si—H/alkenyl groups is 0.5-50.0, inclusive; (d) an amount of a platinum group metal compound equal to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori ITO, Akihiro ENDO, Yuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200354527
    Abstract: Disclosed are latexes, suspensions, and colloids having a cationic antimicrobial compound complexed with an anionic surfactant. The surfactant may have greater affinity for the antimicrobial compound than other anionic surfactants and other anions in the latex, suspension, or colloid that contribute to disperse phase stability to prevent disrupting the dispersions. Dispersions containing the antimicrobial compound may therefore have a shelf life comparable to dispersions that are otherwise identical but lack the cationic antimicrobial compound and its complexed anionic surfactant. Coatings made with the complexes can exhibit essentially undiminished antimicrobial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hopkins, Craig A. Kalmer
  • Publication number: 20200354528
    Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin particulate has a mean particle diameter from more than 1 ?m to 100 the uniformity is 4 or less, the melt viscosity measured at temperature of 300° C. and shear rate of 1216 sec?1 is 150 to 500 Pa·s, and the recrystallization temperature, defined as temperature of the heat generation peak at the time of crystallization when cooled from 340° C. to 50° C. at 20° C./min using a differential scanning calorimeter, is 150 to 210° C. The polyarylene sulfide resin particulate is suitable as a material powder for producing a three-dimensional molding by a powder sintering three-dimensional printer can be provided efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Kazusada TAKEDA, Hisashi MIYAMA, Mikiya NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200354529
    Abstract: A container formed of a common one-piece multilayer thermoplastic substrate. The container wall has an outer layer and an adjacent underlying layer. And the underlying layer has a colorant visible through the outer layer. The colorant in the underlying layer can be one or more pigments and or one or more dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Eric NELTNER, Joseph Craig LESTER, Marko STOJANOVIC
  • Publication number: 20200354530
    Abstract: A masterbatch manufacturing method comprising: an operation in which a natural rubber latex, and a rubber latex having a mass-average molecular weight that is less than a mass-average molecular weight of the natural rubber latex, are mixed to obtain a pre-slurry-mixing rubber latex for which a mass-average-molecular-weight-to-number-average-molecular-weight ratio is 6 to 10; an operation in which the pre-slurry-mixing rubber latex and a filler slurry are mixed to obtain a pre-coagulation liquid mixture; and an operation in which the pre-coagulation liquid mixture is coagulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuya Konno
  • Publication number: 20200354531
    Abstract: A method of fabrication processing a pre-preg material includes applying electromagnetic heating to a composition including a fiber and a resin. The electromagnetic heating is conducted with at least one fringing field capacitor utilizing radio frequency (RF) alternating current (AC) and controlling cross-linking of the resin in the composition via the electromagnetic heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Aniruddh Vashisth, Micah J. Green
  • Publication number: 20200354532
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber mat includes reinforcing fiber bundles having an average fiber length of 5 mm to 100 mm, wherein reinforcing fiber bundles consisting of 86 or more fibers per bundle are contained at a weight content of more than 99 wt % to 100 wt % and the reinforcing fiber bundles contain single yarns by 500 fibers/mm-width or more and 1,600 fibers/mm-width or less and have a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Seike, Masaru Tateyama, Mitsuki Fuse, Hiroshi Hirano, Akihiko Matsui, Kazuma Ura
  • Publication number: 20200354533
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to materials having microscale and/or nanoscale features and particularly, but not exclusively, to porous materials comprising microscale features, methods for producing porous materials comprising microscale features, drug delivery vehicles, and related kits, systems, and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mark H. Tuszynski, Jeffrey S. Sakamoto, Kendell M. Pawelec, Yacov M. Koffler, Michael Sailor, Jonathan Zuidema
  • Publication number: 20200354534
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass comprising: (a) polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin having an average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) from about 175,000 to about 210,000 Dalton; and (b) about 30 to about 50 parts per hundred (pph) of a plasticizer. The interlayer film interposed between two glass sheets forms laminated glass having a pummel adhesion value that is greater in an outer area of the laminated glass than in a middle area of the laminated glass after the laminated glass has been maintained at 50° C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 28 days. The laminated glass exhibits improved durability and does not delaminate over time, even in the presence of high temperature and humidity conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Chin-Yen CHANG, Cheng-Fan WANG
  • Publication number: 20200354535
    Abstract: The invention provides a powder pre-preg comprising as sole resin a vinyl ester resin having a Tg in the range of ?5 to +30° C. and a melt viscosity @100° C. in the range of 2 to 75 dPa·s, which can be used in making a composite at a temperature as low as 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Thierry Foussard, Paul Darby, Serge Herman, Christine Dhersin
  • Publication number: 20200354536
    Abstract: Combinations of open cell flexible foams with polyurethane gel particles, and methods of making the combinations are described using a variety of procedures. The open cell flexible foam may partially or wholly comprise polyurethane foam and latex foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce W. Peterson, Mark L. Crawford
  • Publication number: 20200354537
    Abstract: The present application provides a foam including a cyclic olefin copolymer containing cyclic olefin monomer units in an amount from about 0.5 mol. % to about 50 mol. % based on the total amount of monomers in the polymer, and methods of making such a foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Carlos Lopez-Barron, Yong Yang, Patrick C. Lee, Hee Eon Park, Sandra Diez
  • Publication number: 20200354538
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising E-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and additional compounds that may be useful as refrigerants, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellants, foaming agents, blowing agents, solvents, cleaning agents, carrier fluids, displacement drying agents, buffing abrasion agents, polymerization media, expansion agents for polyolefins and polyurethane, gaseous dielectrics, power cycle working fluids, extinguishing agents, and fire suppression agents in liquid or vapor form, and in methods for detecting leaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: MARIO JOSEPH NAPPA, XUEHUI SUN, IVAN SERGEYEVICH BALDYCHEV, SHENG PENG, KONSTANTINOS KONTOMARIS, BARBARA HAVILAND MINOR, JOSEPH ANTHONY CREAZZO
  • Publication number: 20200354539
    Abstract: Provided are poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles, which can give a foam molded article having good surface aspects and a low shrinkage ratio of a molding, and the foam molded article. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles have at least two melting peaks on a DSC curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry and in which a melting calorie (X) on a high temperature side is 0.1 to 20 J/g, a gel fraction (Y) is 20 to 75% by weight, and the melting calorie (X) and the gel fraction (Y) satisfy Formula: X+Y?30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Minami
  • Publication number: 20200354540
    Abstract: A structure for protecting a substrate. The structure comprises an inner tie coat layer which can bond to the substrate, a geopolymer foam layer, and an outer protective layer. The geopolymer foam layer is the reaction product of a mixture comprising an aluminosilicate source, an alkali activator, reinforcing fibres, and a plurality of microparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Riccardo Palman, Michael Mallorie, Simon Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20200354541
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the production of an additive composition intended to be mixed into a bituminous conglomerate for road paving. The process includes grinding a mixed waste material containing a mixture of plastic materials, which includes at least one plastic material based on a polyolefin thermoplastic material, washing the ground mixed waste material and separating a portion of low-density material which contains the plastic material based on a polyolefin thermoplastic polymer from the mixed waste material. This portion of low-density material is then ground to a particle size between 10 mm and 20 mm; and then mixed with a material based on polyvinyl butyral. The resultant mixture is further ground to produce an additive composition having a particle size between 4 mm and 6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: ITERCHIMICA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Federica GIANNATTASIO, Sergio CISANI, Elisa BERTULETTI
  • Publication number: 20200354542
    Abstract: A flowable liquid formulation for 3D printing is described. The formulation comprises from 0.1 to 25 wt. % radiopaque particles, wherein at least 50% by weight of the particles have a diameter of at most 100 nm. The formulation further comprises monomeric, oligomeric and/or polymeric precursors adapted for polymerization to form a solidified article. Also described is an article (100) formed by 3D printing, the article (100) comprising a first 3D printed region (110) having a first radiopacity and a second 3D printed region (120) having a second radiopacity, wherein the first radiopacity is greater than the second radiopacity. Also described is a method of forming the article (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Jeremiah O'SULLIVAN, Leonard William O'SULLIVAN, Seamus CLIFFORD, Alice SHANNON
  • Publication number: 20200354543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition excellent in rubber elasticity, coating film strength, coatability, and adhesion to a waterproof base and the like. The curable composition of the present invention contains a polyalkylene oxide having a hydrolyzable silyl group, and feldspars having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 100 ?m, and preferably further contains calcium carbonate. The feldspars may preferably contain nepheline syenite. The curable composition can form a cured product having excellent rubber elasticity and coating film strength, and excellent adhesion, while being low in viscosity and excellent in coatability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Sekisui Fuller Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuto IKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200354544
    Abstract: A plasticizer composition, and a resin composition including the same. The plasticizer composition includes 70 to 99 wt % of a first plasticizer including a terephthalate-based material and a citrate-based material in a specific weight ratio; and 1 to 30 wt % of a second plasticizer including an epoxidized alkyl ester composition. The plasticizer composition has enhanced physical properties, such as thermal stability and light resistance. In addition, the plasticizer composition has stable and improved tensile and elongation properties, migration resistance and volatile loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu KIM, Jeong Ju MOON, Joo Ho KIM, Seok Ho JEONG, Yun Ki CHO
  • Publication number: 20200354545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fatty amide which is a di- or triamide based on a polyether diamine or triamine which can be used as organogelator and in particular as rheology additive. The invention also relates to a formulation composition using said fatty amide as rheology additive and to its use with this aim in coating, adhesive or PVC plastisol compositions and in particular transparent or non-transparent mastic compositions. said rheology additive has the advantage of not needing a specific activation process before use, in contrast to the other known fatty amide additives based on hydrogenated castor oil derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Y. BERNARD, Dimitri Colesnic, Laurent LEPINAY, Vincent LEROY, Francois VETTIER
  • Publication number: 20200354546
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing a hydrophilic composition including intimately mixing a silicone component including at least one polysiloxane and a polymer component, and to hydrophobic polymer compositions prepared thereby. One aspect of the disclosure provides an article having a major exterior surface, the article comprising an intimate mixture of a silicone component including at least one polysiloxane; and a polymer component including at least one hydrophilic polymer having a water-absorption capacity of at least 50 wt. %; wherein the silicone component and the polymer component are present in the mixture in a dry weight ratio within the range of 99.9:0.1 to 30:70. In certain desirable embodiments as otherwise described herein, the intimate mixture is disposed at an exterior surface of the article, e.g., at the major exterior surface of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Jian L. Ding, Guangyu Lu, Rachel Pytel
  • Publication number: 20200354547
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread chimney component includes a sulfur-vulcanizable elastomer and an electrically conductive polymer. The rubber composition is further defined by an absence of electrically conductive carbon black. The sulfur-vulcanizable elastomer is selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, styrene butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber, and combinations thereof. The sulfur-vulcanizable elastomer and the electrically conductive polymer are substantially evenly mixed together. In the tire, and upon curing, the tire tread chimney component provides a dissipative pathway for static electricity from the tire to the ground in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jacob A. Mikolajczak, Matthew S. Snider
  • Publication number: 20200354548
    Abstract: An NBR composition for rubber laminated metal, having 1 to 3 parts by weight of sulfur and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a disulfide compound such as 4,4?-dithiodimorpholine or dithiocaprolactam represented by the general formula RN-S-S-NR (wherein RN is a cyclic linking group formed together with the N atom bonded to the S atom), based on 100 parts by weight of NBR. The rubber composition that can improve the protrusion properties of a rubber layer when used for, for example, a gasket or a brake shim material that is a laminated composite metal laminated with another metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200354549
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition for a tread which is good in the balance between its wet grip performance and its chipping resistance. The rubber composition for a tread comprises 1 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer and 60 parts by mass or more of a filler comprising a silica based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 20 to 50% by mass of a butadiene rubber and 30 to 80% by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber, wherein an elongation at break of the rubber composition is not less than 300% in the atmosphere of 180° C. according to JIS K 6251: 2017.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20200354550
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a sealant film for packaging liquid contents, which is excellent in manufacture suitability, exhibits the effect of being highly adsorptive against an eluting organic substance that a packaging material inherently contains, and odors generated by decomposition of a package-constituting resin and the like, at the time of sterilization/disinfection treatment, and is excellent in resistance to an odor-taste change for the liquid contents; and a package for liquid contents, produced using the sealant film. A sealant film for packaging liquid contents includes at least an odor adsorption layer, wherein the sealant film is formed from a resin composition containing low-elution polyethylene, the odor adsorption layer is formed from a resin composition containing the low-elution polyethylene and an odor adsorbent, a concentration of eluting TOC contained in a film formed from the low-elution polyethylene is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Naoya TAKEUCHI, Shin YAMADA, Yoshihiko SUZUKI, Tomohiro YONEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200354551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin composition for lamination having excellent adhesiveness to a substrate or the like, and preferably also excellent in easy-opening properties such as easy piercing properties, and more specifically, relates to a polyethylene resin composition (C) for lamination containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer (A) having the following properties (a-1) to (a-4). (a-1) A constituent unit derived from ethylene is contained 80 to 98 mol % as a main component, a constituent unit derived from propylene is contained 2 to 20 mol % as an essential sub-component, and a constituent unit derived from a third ?-olefin other than ethylene and propylene may be contained 5 mol % or less as a sub-component. (a-2) MFR 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. (a-3) Density is 0.88 to 0.94 g/cm3. (a-4) Total of vinyl and vinylidene is 0.35 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiaki MASUMURA, Yuichi UTO, Shinji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200354552
    Abstract: A polyethylene composition for producing blow-molded hollow articles, having the following features: 1) density from 0.940 to 0.955 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 12 to 40; 3) Mz from 500,000 to 3,500,000 g/mol; 4) ?0.02 from 80,000 to 300,000 Pa·s; 5) HMWcopo index from 1 to 15; and 6) Mz/Mw*LCBI lower than 6.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: DIANA DOETSCH, BERND LOTHAR MARCZINKE, GERHARDUS MEIER, ULF SCHUELLER, CLAUDIO FIBLA, RAINER SATTEL, PETER BISSON
  • Publication number: 20200354553
    Abstract: Provided is a process for making a dispersion of composite particles comprising (i) providing a dispersion of crosslinked polyolefin particles in an aqueous medium, (ii) performing emulsion polymerization on one or more vinyl monomers in the presence of the crosslinked polyolefin particles to produce the dispersion of composite particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Andy Jun Li, Matthew Carter, Robert S. Moglia, Ralph C. Even, Miroslav Janco, Carlos A. Cruz, Yannick Saint-Gerard
  • Publication number: 20200354554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a polypropylene composition by sequential polymerization, said polypropylene composition having low sealing initiation temperature (SIT) and high melting point (Tm), thus providing abroad sealing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Pauli Leskinen, Luca Boragno
  • Publication number: 20200354555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypropylene-based and polyethylene-based polyolefin compositions having improved impact properties. In at least one embodiment, a polyolefin composition includes an ethylene polymer, a propylene polymer, a propylene-based elastomer, and an ethylene-based plastomer. Compositions of the present disclosure can have one or more of: a Notched Charpy impact strength at 23° C. of 8 kJ/m2 or greater, a Notched Izod Impact Strength at 23° C. of 6 ft-lb/in. or greater, an Unnotched Izod impact strength at 23° C. of 10 ft-lb/in. or greater, and a portion of the composition having a submicron domain content of 50% or greater per mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Lauren P. Bram
  • Publication number: 20200354556
    Abstract: Provided is a modified elastomer composition containing components (A) to (D) and grafted with component (E). The content of component (A) is preferably 5 to 70 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of component (A) and component (B), and the content of component (B) is preferably 95 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of component (A) and component (B). The content of component (C) is preferably 1 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of component (A) and component (B), and the content of component (D) is preferably 0.01 to 3 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of component (A) and component (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MCPP Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Manami Kato, Seiji Matsumoto, Yasushi Hirota
  • Publication number: 20200354557
    Abstract: A hydrogel composition, a tissue model, and a method of manufacturing the tissue model by which time and cost for manufacturing the tissue model can be reduced while the viscosity of the tissue model can be suitably maintained is provided. A hydrogel composition is used for a tissue model and comprises a polyvinyl alcohol and a pseudoplastic compound. A tissue model comprises the hydrogel composition. A manufacturing method for a tissue model comprises a step of preparing a solution including a polyvinyl alcohol and a pseudoplastic compound, and a step of discharging the solution into a mold of the tissue model at a shear rate of 0.01 to 300 sec?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Makoto OHTA, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Ren TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200354558
    Abstract: UV shielding bio-derived furanic polymers (BFP) and UV-shielding composite films containing BFP having another polymer of natural or synthetic origin at varying concentration with high thermal stability, mechanical stability and elasticity are prepared through solvent evaporation casting. A process for preparing BFP having varying physicochemical properties can be carried out via dehydration of various biomass saccharides in different solvents employing various catalysts. The resulting brown-colored films show excellent UV shielding in the region 200 nm to 400 nm and exhibit high optical transparency. The UV shielding efficiency of the film increases with an increase in its treatment temperature. The films are stable and durable in terms of mechanical stability and elasticity even after exposing to harsh conditions without affecting their UV-shielding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kannan SRINIVASAN, Rajathsing KALUSULINGAM, Gajula SAMPATH, Koilraj PAULMANICKAM, Duraikkannu Shanthana LAKSHMI
  • Publication number: 20200354559
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a hydrophobically-modified alkali-soluble multistage polymer useful as a thickener affording high thickening efficiency and an aqueous coating composition comprising such aqueous dispersion showing good stability after heat aging without compromising stability upon addition of colorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Longlan Cui, Rui Wang, Siyuan Jiang, Wei Gao
  • Publication number: 20200354560
    Abstract: Compounds that can be produced by a ring-opening reaction of epoxidized alkanes or epoxidized fatty acid esters having a molecular weight greater than 200 grams per mole are blended with polar polymers to improve the gloss of the polar polymers. These compounds include at least one polar functional group and are blended with polar polymers, or blends comprising at least one polar polymer, in order to improve the gloss of these polymers, such that they have suitable gloss right out of the manufacturing operation without the need for further painting or lamination steps. These compounds may also improve the impact strength of the polar polymers. Also disclosed are composite structures wherein an outer cap layer is made from the polar polymer blended with the gloss improving additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jing-Han (Helen) WANG, Cecile BONNET, Alex PEDERSON
  • Publication number: 20200354561
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises: a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; an aliphatic polyamide resin; a poly(ether ester amide) block copolymer; a modified polyolefin resin; and a heat resistant vinyl-based copolymer resin. The thermoplastic resin composition exhibits excellent anti-static properties, heat resistance and mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: In Sik SIM, Yoen Kyoung KIM, Cheon Seok YANG, Ju Sung KIM, Seung Yong BAE
  • Publication number: 20200354562
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods of making films, adhesive patches, or composites comprising a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer (PCL-PVAc-PEG) and a partially hydrophilic oil, wherein the composition transitions from a viscous liquid, to an adhesive, and to a film as a weight percent (wt %) ratio of PCL-PVAc-PEG to partially hydrophilic oil changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Sami Nazzal
  • Publication number: 20200354563
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling material containing a styrene-based resin and used for a fused deposition modeling three-dimensional printer. The three-dimensional modeling material has at least one glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of 50° C. or higher and lower than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akiko HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20200354564
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting resin composition which can suppress liquid dripping or bleeding from generating even when used for filling a hole in a printed wiring board having a large opening diameter of a hole part such as a through hole, and in particular, which can suppress cracks from generating even when used for filling a hole in a multilayer printed wiring board having a conductive part and an insulating part on the inner wall of a hole part such as a through hole. The thermosetting resin composition according to the present invention has a viscosity ratio R expressed by formula V2/V1 in the range of 5.0×10?2 to 1.0×102, wherein V1 (dPa·s) is the viscosity measured by a cone-flat plate type rotational viscometer (cone-plate type) in accordance with JIS-Z 8803:2011 and V2 (dPa·s) is the minimum value of the melt viscosity measured at 60° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotaka NOGUCHI, Yasuyo KANAZAWA, Eiji HARIMA, Yasuaki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20200354565
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of suppressing corrosion of a molding machine or mold when molding a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition that uses a halogenated benzyl acrylate-based flame retardant as a flame retardant and suppressing corrosion of a metal terminal in an insert-molded article that uses the polybutylene terephthalate resin composition. The problem is solved by a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition that uses a halogenated benzyl acrylate-based flame retardant as a flame retardant, wherein the amount of halogenated aromatic compounds such as chlorobenzene in the manufacturing process for the flame retardant is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Goshima
  • Publication number: 20200354566
    Abstract: A toughened polyester composite comprising: (i) a polyester matrix and (ii) droplets of a high boiling point liquid having a boiling point of at least 140° C. dispersed in said polyester matrix, wherein the high boiling point liquid is present in an amount of 0.1-10 wt % by weight of the toughened polyester composite, and wherein the composite may further include: (iii) a modifier selected from polycarboxylic, polyol, and polyamine compounds, wherein the modifier is present in an amount of 0.1-10 wt % by weight of the toughened polyester composite. Methods for producing the polyester composite are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Soydan Ozcan, Kai Li, Yu Wang, Halil L. Tekinalp
  • Publication number: 20200354567
    Abstract: The invention provides a polymer composition comprising from 50 wt % to 99.9 wt % polymer, from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % nanocellulose as a first nucleating agent, and from 0.01 wt % to 5 wt % of a second nucleating agent. In some embodiments, the polymer is polylactide, the first nucleating agent is lignin-containing nanocellulose, and the second nucleating agent is a sulfur-containing, oxygenated aromatic molecule. The oxygenated aromatic molecule may be an aromatic sulfonic acid or salt, such as dimethyl 5-sulfoisophthalate. In other embodiments, the sulfur-containing, oxygenated aromatic molecule is lignosulfonic acid. Other variations provide a polymer composition comprising polymer, lignin-containing nanocellulose as a dispersing agent, and additives selected from nucleating agents, compatibilizers, plasticizers, fillers, antioxidants, colorants, or flame retardants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Clark Atlanta University
    Inventors: Kimberly Nelson, Eric A. Mintz
  • Publication number: 20200354568
    Abstract: A composition comprising one or more polymers consisting of polycarbonate or a copolymer of greater than 50 mole percent of polycarbonate units and less than 50 mole percent of monomer units which copolymerize with polycarbonate units; 5 to 20 percent by weight of one or more minerals containing high aspect ratio CaSiO3, optionally a buffering agent for basic materials and optionally one or more antioxidants useful with polycarbonate containing compositions. Also disclosed are sheets containing one or more layers of this composition. The sheets exhibit matte surface appearance and are easily recyclable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Vreys
  • Publication number: 20200354569
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising a) one or more polycarbonates; b) one or more first colorants; c) one or more flame retardants; and d) one or more particles having a melting point above the temperature at which polycarbonates are processed wherein the particles are coated with an organic polymer having a melting point above the processing temperature of the one or more polycarbonates; wherein the composition when molded exhibits a flecked appearance. The particles have a second colorant bound to the surface of the particles by the organic polymer. The organic polymer may be crosslinked. The one or more polycarbonates may comprise post-consumer recycled polycarbonates. Disclosed are molded products prepared from the disclosed compositions. The molded products exhibit good properties as disclosed herein. The molded products have a flecked appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Claude T. Van Nuffel, Yao-Chu Chung, Kai-Leung Cheng, Hung Chang Wu, Jih-Chiang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20200354570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyurea compound, which can be produced by reacting a polyisocyanate with a dialkoxy amino silane according to general formula R1(R1O)2Si(CH2)mNHR2 and optionally also with a trialkoxy amino silane according to general formula (R1O)3Si(CH2)nNHR2 wherein the groups R1 are selected independently from one another from C1-C20-alkyl or C6-C20-aryl, n and m are each whole numbers between 1 and 4, the groups R2 are selected independently from one another from —H, C1-C2O-alkyl, C3-C12-cycloalkyl, and —CHR3CH2COOR4, the groups R3 are selected independently from one another from H, C1-C20-alkyl and —COOR4, and the groups R4 represent C1-C20-alkyl independently from one another. The invention also relates to the use of the compound as a binder for producing coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen KÖCHER, Thomas FULSCHE, Thomas SCHÜTTLER, Marianne STRUWE, Matthias WINTERMANTEL
  • Publication number: 20200354571
    Abstract: The present application discloses novel polyesteramides comprising cycloalkyl diols and/or cycloalkyl dialkanols with tunable properties based on the monomers and monomerratios used to prepare the polyesteramides and varying the reaction conditions. The present application also discloses compositions and articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Joshua Seth Cannon, Emmett Dudley Crawford, Scott Ellery George, Kaan Gunes, Pinguan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200354572
    Abstract: Disclosed are co-continuous immiscible polymer blends of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone optionally reinforced with carbon fiber. A method of preparing such a co-continuous immiscible polymer blend of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone reinforced with a carbon fiber is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jennifer K. Lynch-Branzoi, Thomas J. Nosker, Justin W. Hendrix, Arya S. Tewatia
  • Publication number: 20200354573
    Abstract: A silicone rubber composite material includes silicone rubber, first carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of not more than 30 nm, and second carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of more than 30 nm and not more than 1000 nm. Per 100 parts by weight of the silicone rubber, 2.5 to 10 parts by weight of the first carbon nanotubes and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the second carbon nanotubes are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TADA, Haruhisa SHIBATA, Ryo MIYAHARA, Hisayoshi OSHIMA, Toru NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200354574
    Abstract: A method for forming thermally conductive composition on electronic components comprises three steps, (I) preparing a silicone composition comprising (A) a polyorganosiloxane, (B) a thermally conductive filler and (C) a catalyst, (II) applying the silicone composition on an electronic component of electronic devices, the electronic component generates heat when the electronic devices are working and (III) curing the silicone composition by heat generated by the electronic component
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Wei, Fengyi Su, Yan Zhang, Dorab Bhagwagar, Debo Hong, Danhuan Ma, Junmin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200354575
    Abstract: A film-forming composition includes a compound including a Si—H bond and an orthoester. The compound preferably includes a structural unit that is a structural unit represented by formula (1-1), a structural unit represented by formula (1-2), or a combination thereof. In the formula (1-1) and the formula (1-2), R1 and R2 each represent a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that bonds to two Si atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki SEKO, Tomoya TAJI, Nozomi SATOU, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Tatsuya SAKAI