Patents Issued in January 25, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240026170
    Abstract: A white coating material includes 10-70 weight % of hollow glass beads (HGBs) and 30-90 weight % of resin. An intelligent thermochromic coating material includes 10-70 parts by weight of HGBs, 30-90 parts by weight of resin and 0.5-5 parts by weight of reversible thermochromic microcapsules. Due to the rich multi-level cavity structure of HGBs and the inherent characteristics of the polymer, the average reflectivity of the coating layer in the solar spectrum range is as high as 0.96, and the long-wave infrared emissivity can be as high as 0.95. The optical properties, whiteness and hiding power are better than traditional white coating materials based on titanium dioxide. The coating layer added with a small amount of reversible thermochromic microcapsules can switch freely its color between ultra-white and another color as the ambient temperature changes, thereby achieving intelligent adjustment of solar heating and passive radiative cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: LIMIN WU, TONG WANG, MIN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240026171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid solution comprising (a) at least one compound according to formula (I) and (b) at least one compound according to formula (II), or at least one compound according to formula (III), or a mixture of at least one compound according to formula (II) and at least one compound according to formula (III) wherein R1 and R2 may, independently of one another, stand for —(CH2)n—X, wherein X stands for hydrogen, methyl, a C1-C5 alkoxyl, hydroxy, phenyl, C1-C5 alkylphenyl, C1-C5 alkoxyphenyl, hydroxyphenyl, halogenated phenyl, pyridyl, C1-C5 alkylpyridyl, C1-C5 alkoxypyridyl, halogenated pyridyl, pyridylvinyl or naphthyl; wherein n stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R3 and R4 may, independently of one another, stand for phenylene, C1-C5 alkylphenylene, C1-C5 alkoxyphenylene, hydroxyphenylene, halogenated phenylene, pyridinediyl, C1-C5 alkylpyridinediyl, C1-C5 alkoxy-pyridinediyl, halogenated pyridinediyl, anthraquinonediyl or naphthalenediyl, wherein the 2 nitrogen atoms bound to R4 acc
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL B.V.
    Inventors: Nikolay VINOKUROV, Paul Pascal ROQUETTE, Paul BROWN, Till VOGEL, Andres Carlos GARCIA ESPINO
  • Publication number: 20240026172
    Abstract: The present invention provides a two part ink or coating system, wherein Part A comprises one or more hydroxyl functional resins, one or more aminoplast crosslinkers, one or more polyester polyols, and one or more solvents; and Part B comprises an acid catalyst. Part A and Part B are combined just prior to application on a substrate. The ink or coating system of the invention is resistant to removal from polyolefin film substrates when subjected to a hot caustic wash. When applied as an overcoat (backing coat) over conventional inks printed on polyolefin film substrates, the ink or coating system of the invention also prevents removal of the conventional inks from the polyolefin substrate when subjected to a hot caustic wash. Advantageously, use of the ink and coating systems of the present invention reduces ink staining and contamination of recycled PET flakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jarol Osorio, Everett Garrish
  • Publication number: 20240026173
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains a quinacridone pigment, a resin, and an aqueous medium. The resin includes an adsorbed resin adsorbed to the quinacridone pigment and a non-adsorbed resin not adsorbed to the quinacridone pigment. The non-adsorbed resin has a percentage content in the resin of greater than 0% by mass and no greater than 40% by mass. The aqueous medium contains a first organic solvent with a boiling point of at least 180° C. and no greater than 280° C. On an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of a 25-fold dilution of a supernatant, the absorbance at a specific peak is no greater than 0.15. The supernatant is obtained by centrifugation of the inkjet ink at 1,050,000 G for 3 hours. The specific peak is a maximum peak in a wavelength range of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of at least 400 nm and no greater than 490 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Azumi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240026174
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains a quinacridone pigment, a resin, and an aqueous medium. A ratio of a mass of the resin to a mass of the quinacridone pigment is no greater than 0.50. The resin has an acid value of at least 60 mgKOH/g and no greater than 120 mgKOH/g. A supernatant has a phosphorus concentration of no greater than 2.0 ppm. The supernatant is obtained by centrifugation of the inkjet ink at 1,050,000 G for 3 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Noriaki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240026175
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains a quinacridone pigment, a resin, and an aqueous medium. A 50-fold dilution of a supernatant obtained by centrifugating the inkjet ink at 1,050,000 G for 3 hours has a phosphorous concentration of at least 1.0 ppm and no greater than 6.0 ppm. On an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of the supernatant, a first peak appears at a first absorbance of at least 0.16 and no greater than 0.40. The first peak is a maximum peak in a wavelength range of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of at least 300 nm and no greater than 340 nm. On the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of the supernatant, a second peak appears at a second absorbance of at least 0.15 and no greater than 0.80. The second peak is a maximum peak in a wavelength range of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of at least 400 nm and no greater than 490 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Toyotsune INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240026176
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains a pigment, urethane resin particles, polyolefin resin particles, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol, and water. The urethane resin particles have a percentage content of at least 2.5% by mass and no greater than 9.0% by mass. The polyolefin resin particles have a percentage content of at least 2.5% by mass and no greater than 9.0% by mass. The dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether has a percentage content of at least 4.0% by mass and no greater than 25.0% by mass. The propylene glycol has a percentage content of at least 9.0% by mass and no greater than 35.0% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Miyuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240026177
    Abstract: Inkjet ink for forming an image on a substrate, the inkjet ink comprising a pigment P, a first block copolymer dispersant D1 for dispersing the pigment P and a second block copolymer dispersant D2 for dispersing the pigment P, and an aqueous carrier; wherein said first block copolymer dispersant D1 is different from said second block copolymer dispersant D2, wherein each block copolymer dispersant D1, D2 comprises an anchoring segment A1, A2 for anchoring to the pigment P, wherein each of the block copolymer dispersant D1, D2 additionally comprises a matrix stabilization segment M for aqueous phase stabilization of the pigment P, wherein the anchoring segment A1 of the first block copolymer dispersant D1 comprises a repeating unit R1 and the anchoring segment A2 of the second block copolymer dispersant D2 comprises a repeating unit R2, wherein the repeating unit R1 is less hydrophobic than the repeating unit R2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.
    Inventors: Werner Jozef Johan OP DE BEECK, Lode Erik Dries DEPREZ, Wouter Jeroom Maria VAN GAENS, Nils Margaretha Robert DE VOS, Lore WYNS
  • Publication number: 20240026178
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains an aqueous medium and pigment particles dispersed in the aqueous medium. The pigment particles contain a pigment and a specific resin. The specific resin includes an acid group and a first repeating unit derived from a specific monomer, and has a crosslinking structure derived from a carbodiimide crosslinking agent. The specific resin has a neutralization rate of at least 20% and no greater than 50%. The first repeating unit has a percentage content in the specific resin of at least 1.0% by mass and no greater than 20.0% by mass. The specific monomer has a morpholine structure or a pyrrolidone structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240026179
    Abstract: Ink compositions are disclosed that can be applied to, and resin components thereof adhered onto, a variety of substrates. Particular compositions utilize electromagnetic susceptor particles that, upon being subjected to electromagnetic energy of the appropriate wavelength (e.g., radiofrequency (RF) energy or microwave energy), heat thermoplastic resin particles of the composition cause localized heating. This can, in turn, result in melting and consolidation of thermoplastic resin particles onto a substrate. Direct heating may also be used to cause consolidation. Other compositions, comprising thermosetting resin particles, can be cured onto a substrate by exposure to actinic radiation, heat, moisture, or a combination of these. The ink compositions can be applied according to a variety of possible methods, including inkjet printing, intaglio printing, silk screen printing, stencil printing, painting, etc. Further flexibility resides in the possible use of a transfer medium (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Colby BRUNET
  • Publication number: 20240026180
    Abstract: An ink set is provided that includes a pretreatment liquid containing a resin (R1), a color ink containing a resin (R2), and a clear ink containing a resin (R3), in which the resin (R1), the resin (R2), and the resin (R3) have an identical type of bonding structure in a repeating unit of a molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Masaki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20240026181
    Abstract: An ink set includes an inkjet ink and a pretreatment liquid. The inkjet ink contains a pigment, anionic urethane resin particles, and an aqueous medium. The pretreatment liquid contains nonionic urethane resin particles, (meth)acrylic resin particles, and polyester resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daichi FUNAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240026182
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the composition and process for the production of an ultra-strong, biocompatible, electroconductive, and stretchable hydrogel, which comprises: a step (a) of physical or chemical modification of natural polymers e.g., preparation of silk nanofiber and double methacrylation of gelatin; a step (b) of graphene oxide (GO) carboxylation; a step (c) of carbodiimidation between methacrylated natural polymers of step (a) and carboxylated GO of step (b); and a step (d) of three dimensional (3D) bioprinting of step (c) with/without silk nanofiber. It was found that these steps in this disclosure give rise to a biocompatible hydrogel with high mechanical strength in the range of load-bearing soft tissue such as tendon and heart as opposed to conventional hydrogels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, HALLYM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chan Hum PARK, Young Jin LEE, Olatunji Abolarin AJITERU, Ok Joo LEE, Ji Seung LEE, Han Na LEE, Md Tipu SULTAN, Jang Min KIM, Oh Jun KWON, Ji Ye KIM, Ji Won HEO, Soon Hee KIM
  • Publication number: 20240026183
    Abstract: In one aspect, build materials for use with a three-dimensional (3D) printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, a build material described herein comprises an acrylate component, a photoinitiator component, a non-curable absorber component, and water. The photoinitiator component of the build material is operable to initiate curing of the acrylate component and/or other curable materials that may optionally be present when the photoinitiator is exposed to incident curing radiation having a Gaussian distribution of wavelengths and a peak wavelength ?. The build material has a penetration depth (Dp) and a critical energy (Ec) at the wavelength ?. In some embodiments, the Dp is greater than 200 ?m and less than 300 ?m, and the Ec is 3-12 mJ/cm2. In other embodiments, the Dp is greater than 10 ?m and less than 50 ?m, and the Ec is 5-40 mJ/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Monica KEILSOHN, Michael BRADY, Khalil MOUSSA
  • Publication number: 20240026184
    Abstract: A fluoropolyether group-containing silane compound of the following formula (A1) or (A2). Also disclosed is are surface-treating agent and a pellet including the fluoropolyether group-containing silane compound, and an article including a substrate and a layer on the surface of the substrate formed of fluoropolyether group-containing silane compound. The symbols are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoshi MATSUI, Takashi Nomura, Shinya Takano, Yukari Honda, Yusuke Watanabe, Manami Kataoka, Akihiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20240026185
    Abstract: A modified para-aramid polymer solution, a coating slurry, a battery separator and preparation methods thereof provided, which belong to the field of lithium battery material. A modified para-aramid polymer solution is prepared, which can be directly used for preparing a coating slurry and for coating a lithium battery separator. The problem that the traditional para-aramid is difficult to dissolve in polar solvents to prepare a coated film is effectively solved; and in the prepared lithium battery separator, ceramic particles are wrapped in the three-dimensional network structure of the modified para-aramid, so that the shortage of powder falling of ceramic particles is effectively improved, and the thermal performance and safe use performance of the lithium battery separator are improved. The present method has obvious advantages of high production efficiency, good product performance, low production cost and the like over the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Qi CHEN, Haibing MA, Qianli MA
  • Publication number: 20240026186
    Abstract: A method for making a coated article is provided. The method includes a step in which a liquid silicon-containing composition is applied onto a surface of an article to form an uncured silicon-containing layer. The uncured silicon-containing is cured (or allowed to cure) to form a silicon-containing quasi-ceramic layer disposed over and optionally contacting the surface of the article. Characteristically, the silicon-containing quasi-ceramic layer includes a plurality of siloxane units. Advantageously, the silicon-containing quasi-ceramic layer can also include a plurality of metallosiloxane units. A metal-containing layer is applied by physical vapor deposition onto the silicon-containing quasi-ceramic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Vapor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Randolph ANTON, Barrett POVIRK
  • Publication number: 20240026187
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a roofing membrane. The roofing membrane comprises a scrim. The scrim has a top surface and a bottom surface. The roofing membrane comprises a cap layer on the top surface of the scrim. The cap layer comprises a first non-styrenic polypropylene polymer, a first polypropylene impact copolymer, and a first olefin block copolymer. The roofing membrane comprises a core layer on the bottom surface of the scrim. The core layer comprises a second non-styrenic polypropylene polymer, a second polypropylene impact copolymer, and a second olefin block copolymer. The roofing membrane is configured to prevent migration of at least one oil from a layer to the roofing membrane. Some embodiments relate to a roofing structure comprising the roofing membrane, a method for installing the roofing membrane, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Paul C. Lem, Li-Ying Yang
  • Publication number: 20240026188
    Abstract: In a method for applying an adhesive film (10) to the surface (20) of a component, an adhesive film (10) including an adhesive layer (11) is provided. Furthermore, a component including a surface (20) to which the adhesive film is to be applied is provided. A physical surface activation of the adhesive layer (11) of the adhesive film (10) is carried out. The adhesive layer (11) of the adhesive film (10) is moistened before the surface-activated and moistened adhesive film (10) is brought in contact with the surface (20) of the component to which the adhesive film is to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Advanced Surface Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Mencel, Jörg Eisenlohr
  • Publication number: 20240026189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to making of a micro textured release liner having a base and micro texture support layer of biaxially oriented polyester film, having at least one side surface suitable for micro texturing followed by an inline or offline release coating and an offline micro texturing process. A micro textured biaxially oriented polyester film release liner is backed with a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly. The micro textured biaxially oriented polyester release liner having at least a release side over to a micro textured layer, a backside, and release coated side surface having a micro texture formed in to the coextruded and biaxially oriented layer of polyester film. A release material is on the micro textured surface of the polyester release liner. The polyester release liner comprises at least a coextruded layer suitable for micro texturing by application of heat and pressure and a micro textured hard surface tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Pankaj BHATT
  • Publication number: 20240026190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous adhesive composition comprising: —a) an amylomaltase-treated starch or an amylomaltase-treated maltodextrin; and —b) ammonium zirconium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Frank BÜTERÖWE
  • Publication number: 20240026191
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for making styrene butadiene rubber latex compositions with high solids content. In an embodiment, the method includes mixing a seed, a styrene, an initiator, a base, one or more surfactants, and a solvent; adding a first portion of 1,3-butadiene to make a first reaction mixture; heating the first reaction mixture to make a first styrene butadiene rubber latex, where the first styrene butadiene rubber latex has an average Zeta potential from about ?49.3 mV to about ?78 mV; mixing the first styrene butadiene rubber latex, a styrene, a base, an initiator, one or more surfactants, and a solvent; adding a second portion of 1,3-butadiene to make a second reaction mixture; and heating the second reaction mixture to make a second styrene butadiene rubber latex, where the second styrene butadiene rubber latex has an average Zeta potential from about ?41 mV to about ?64 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: LIONEL COPLYMER HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Douglas HARRIS, Willie C. Burton, Hao Ding
  • Publication number: 20240026192
    Abstract: A plurality of multiphase polymer particles comprising an acrylic-based copolymer derived from monomers comprising: an alkyl methacrylate; an alkyl acrylate; a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or hydroxyalkyl methacrylate; at least one acid; a carboxyalkyl (meth)acrylate; a vinyl ester, and at least one co-polymerizable surfactant. Also disclosed is an emulsion comprising: a plurality of multiphase polymer particles comprising an acrylic-based copolymer, at least one co-polymerizable surfactant, at least one alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) free nonionic surfactant, and at least one APE free anionic surfactant in an aqueous medium in presence of a free-radical initiator and a buffer. Another objective of this application discloses a water-dispersible acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition for label applications, a process for the preparation thereof and a method of bonding a label to a container with the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Leo TERNORUSKY, Lauren ALEXANDER, David MOUNTZ, Nathan Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20240026193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive composition comprising: at least one styrene block copolymer; at least one bio-based tackifier resin; and optionally at least one plasticizer chosen from: an esterified fatty acid; and a stand oil; wherein the hot melt adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature higher than 0° C. The present invention further relates to the use of said hot-melt adhesive composition for bonding two substrates and to an article comprising said hot-melt adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Clément BELLINI
  • Publication number: 20240026194
    Abstract: An automatic continuous bonding system includes a first roller for controlling a speed and a tension of an adhesive tape, the adhesive tape comprising a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) block copolymer blended with 5% to 20% by weight of an aromatic polyester thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a second roller for a speed and a tension of a fabric, and a heated air nozzle, the heated air nozzle generating heated air to melt the adhesive tape to the fabric passing between the first and second rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: BIXBY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ethel BERMEJO
  • Publication number: 20240026195
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an adhesive tape for semiconductor device production which exhibits excellent chip component separability and can reduce adhesive deposits on chip components. Provided is an adhesive tape for semiconductor device production, including: a substrate; an ablation layer; a barrier layer; and a first adhesive layer in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki UCHIDA, Takuma GOTOU
  • Publication number: 20240026196
    Abstract: An adhesive composition includes a polyurethane polymer, a solvent and a co-solvent. The polyurethane polymer is an internally and/or externally hydrophilized thermoplastic polyurethane having a mass average molecular weight Mw, as determined by gel permeation chromatography against polystyrene standards using N,N-dimethyl acetamide as the eluent, of ?50000 g/mol, the solvent is a polar-aprotic solvent such as MEK and the co-solvent is water. The polyurethane polymer, the solvent and the co-solvent are present in such amounts that they form a dispersion. The polyurethane polymer content is ?10 weight-%, based on the total weight of the composition and the weight ratio of solvent to co-solvent is in a range of ?1:1 to ?4:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ann-Christin Bijlard-Jung, Dirk Achten, Fabian Schuster, Joerg Tillack
  • Publication number: 20240026197
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured in 120° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathan James Wilker, Gudrun Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20240026198
    Abstract: A boron nitride powder, containing at least an aggregated boron nitride particle formed by an aggregation of hexagonal boron nitride primary particles, the powder having a particle size distribution including at least a first maximum point, a second maximum point at which a particle size is larger than at the first maximum point, and a third maximum point at which a particle size is larger than at the second maximum point. The heat dissipation sheet is obtained by molding a heat conductive resin composition containing the boron nitride powder and a resin. The method for producing a heat dissipation sheet includes blending the boron nitride powder and a resin to prepare a heat conductive resin composition, molding the heat conductive resin composition into a sheet shape to prepare a heat conductive resin composition sheet, and heating and pressurizing the heat conductive resin composition sheet under a vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke WADA, Kiyotaka FUJI
  • Publication number: 20240026199
    Abstract: A gas pressure spring is provided including an expanding wax as a compensating medium for reducing a temperature dependency of a spring force of the gas pressure spring in an operating temperature range of the gas pressure spring spanning a minimum temperature of ?40° C. to +10° C. up to a maximum temperature of +40° C. to +100° C. The expanding wax includes at least one liquid phase and at least one solid phase in the entire operating temperature range, the expanding wax comprising a number of primary alcohols. Also provided is a drive system for a flap including a gas pressure spring for supporting the flap, and an electromechanical drive for driving the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich Probst, Alexander Reiser, Martin Schleich, Felix Beib
  • Publication number: 20240026200
    Abstract: Provided is a latent heat storage material capable of keeping an object to be refrigerated, such as frozen food or ice cream, cold at a temperature of ?20° C. or lower for a long period of time, and of reducing power consumption required at a time of solidification. The latent heat storage material contains 5 to 21 parts by weight of ammonium chloride, 2 to 13 parts by weight of potassium chloride, 5 to 23 parts by weight of urea, and 43 to 88 parts by weight of water. The total of the ammonium chloride, the potassium chloride, the urea, and the water is 100 parts by weight, and the latent heat storage material has a main melting point in a range from ?20° C. to ?23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: KYOHEI SEZUKURI, KATSUYA KIDO, Yusuke IKEDA, MASAKAZU KAMURA, YUKA UTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240026201
    Abstract: A cooling support cushion (10) and method of forming same is provided. In particular, the present cooling support cushions and methods of producing the same make use of a plurality of surface coatings (32) to a base layer (20) to provide an extended cooling effect. The surface coating may be mixed and applied or may be applied as separated layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Beat Niederoest, Michael Mozeika, Tony Turoso, Stephen Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240026202
    Abstract: Sub-ambient daytime radiative cooling (SDRC) coating comprising: an alkali activated metakaolin, BaSO4, and silica nanospheres, wherein the alkali activated metakaolin is prepared by reaction of metakaolin with an alkali activator comprising waterglass and a strong base selected from the group consisting of LiOH, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH)2, Li2O Na2O, K2O, CaO, and a mixture thereof, a coating formulation comprising the same, and a method of preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jianguo DAI, Ning YANG
  • Publication number: 20240026203
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermal interface composition that allows a thermal interface material with high thermal conductivity to be formed and that has good moldability. A thermal interface composition according to the present disclosure includes: a resin (A); and a carbon-based material (B) having a surface coated with an inorganic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Asahi KASUE
  • Publication number: 20240026204
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and lubricant blends for increasing lubricity of a brine-based drilling fluid having an alkaline pH and a threshold divalent cation concentration. An embodiment of the methods herein comprise providing a produced water or a brine having a threshold divalent cation concentration and an alkaline pH; adding to the produced water or brine at least one source of free fatty acids; and optionally further adding a dispersant. Also provided are brine-based drilling fluids produced by the methods and lubricant blends disclosed herein. Also, provided are methods for improving lubricity in a wellbore during drilling operations, which comprise, combining in a modulated manner, a quantity of a produced water or brine and a quantity of a lubricant blend comprising at least one source of free fatty acids and a dispersant, to target formation of a semi-solid lubricant that adheres to downhole surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew TAYLOR, Stuart DUBBERLEY, Jay Nelson BROCKHOFF, Kuangbiao MA
  • Publication number: 20240026205
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drilling fluid containing water, biodegradable fibers, and a thickener. The thickener contains a water-absorbing silicate, and the biodegradable fibers have a fiber length of 5.0 to 50 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: AKITA UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigemi NAGANAWA, Ryutaro MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20240026206
    Abstract: A method for creating an expandable polymer grout plug within or through a wellbore includes providing an expandable polymer grout system to a target location within or through the wellbore, wherein the expandable polymer grout system comprises: (i) an isocyanate component comprising one or more isocyanate compounds; and (ii) an organic polyol component comprising one or more organic polyol compounds; in the presence of (iii) one or more blowing agents; combining the foregoing components of the expandable polymer grout system to facilitate the polymerization reaction to form the expandable polymer grout plug at the target location; and allowing the expandable polymer grout plug to cure at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Michael Benet, Michael James Fuller, Douglas Cory Arceneaux
  • Publication number: 20240026207
    Abstract: A foam composition includes a foam stabilizer, a foaming agent, a brine, and an inert gas. The foam stabilizer includes graphene. The foaming agent includes a viscoelastic surfactant. The inert gas is in the form of gas bubbles dispersed through a mixture of the foam stabilizer, the foaming agent, and the brine. The foam composition is configured to convert to a gel that is substantially impermeable to fluid flow in response to exposure to downhole conditions of a subterranean zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Abeer Ateeq Alarawi, Ayman Mohammed Almohsin, Ahmad Busaleh
  • Publication number: 20240026208
    Abstract: Cement slurries are prepared that comprise water, a hydraulic cement and particles of an oil-absorbent material. The particles are present in an amount sufficient to alter a property of a non-aqueous drilling fluid. The cement slurry is placed in a subterranean well, whereupon the slurry contacts residual drilling fluid on casing and formation surfaces. The oil-absorbent material in the cement slurry may reduce the mobility of the drilling fluid, thereby improving zonal isolation. The oil-absorbent material may be a polyolefin block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dipti Singh, Robert L. Sammler, Tzu-Chi Kuo, Ron Weeks, Dominic Perroni, Anatoly Medvedev
  • Publication number: 20240026209
    Abstract: A process for the production of backfilling pastes for underground operations, the process including or essentially consisting of the mixing of a) cement, b) tailings from underground operations, c) optionally extra water, d) at least one polycarboxylate ether, and e) calcium hydroxide; and a method for controlling the flow of a backfilling paste for underground operations, the method including at least one step of admixing an admixture including at least one polycarboxylate ether and calcium hydroxide to a mixture of cement, tailings, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Luis PEGADO, Patrick JUILLAND, Sara ARCILA, Lukas FRUNZ, Arnd Bernd EBERHARDT, Emmanuel GALLUCCI, Fabian ERISMANN, Annette WEINKAUF
  • Publication number: 20240026210
    Abstract: A treatment fluid may be suitable for a hydrocarbon fluid extraction well. Such a treatment fluid may include a water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion may include: an oily continuous phase; and an aqueous discontinuous phase comprising water and a plurality of particles comprising a hydrogel comprising a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer may include, in polymerized form, a monomer with one or more cationic groups. The cationic group may be a —N+—R1R2R3 group, wherein R1, R2, and R3, are independently H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide MOSCATELLI, Lucilla DEL GAUDIO, Paola ALBONICO, Alessandra BELLONI, Alberto CESANA
  • Publication number: 20240026211
    Abstract: A process is disclosed that includes providing a mixture to a wellbore. The mixture can comprise formic acid or a formic acid precursor, a salt of lactic acid, and a salt of gluconic acid. The mixture can be introduced into an underground formation around the wellbore. The mixture can prevent or at least reduce the formation of formate crystals as compared to mixtures without the salt of lactic acid or the salt of gluconic acid. The mixture permits the formic acid, or formic acid produced from hydrolysis of the formic acid precursor, to react with acid soluble material in the underground formation to generate soluble calcium salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Ralph Edmund HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20240026212
    Abstract: Controlled release particles may include stimuli-responsive coatings on porous particles to allow for controlled release of a material in the pores of the porous particles. For example, a composition may comprise: a porous particle; a material in pores of the porous particle; and a coating bonded to a surface of the porous particle, wherein the coating comprises a multi-urethane compound capable of reversibly converting between a condensed state and an expanded state upon exposure to a stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: LFS CHEMISTRY INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Ramanathan S. LALGUDI
  • Publication number: 20240026213
    Abstract: Methods and fluids for consolidating unconsolidated particulates. An example method introduces a furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into a wellbore; wherein the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid is a furfuryl alcohol-based resin and a diluent. The method contacts the unconsolidated particulates within the wellbore with the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid to produce resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates. The method further introduces a substituted amine acid treatment fluid into the wellbore after the introduction of the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into the wellbore; wherein the substituted amine acid treatment fluid is a substituted amine acid salt and a solvent. The method further contacts the resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates with the substituted amine acid treatment fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio RECIO, III, Aaron M. BEUTERBAUGH, Josselyne CHANO, Philip D. NGUYEN, Michael Wayne SANDERS
  • Publication number: 20240026214
    Abstract: A drilling fluid composition comprising a base fluid, and a drag reducing agent including an ultra-high molecular weight branched block copolymer having the following structure, where monomer A is an anionic monomer, monomer B is a hydrophilic monomer, monomer C is an anionic monomer, monomer D is a crosslinker-divinyl monomer, and —SSCZ ground being a terminal RAFT agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Ashok Santra, Carl Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20240026215
    Abstract: A method for the subterranean regeneration of CO2-philic solvents and the sequestration of carbon dioxide may include exposing the CO2-philic solvent to a carbon dioxide-containing gas in an absorber to allow the CO2-philic solvent to absorb at least a portion of the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide-containing gas, thereby producing a CO2-containing solution. The CO2-containing solution may be supplied to one or more porous rock fractures via one or more injection conduits in fluid communication with the one or more porous rock fractures. The CO2-containing solution may be heated via heat provided by one or more rock fractures in order to release at least a portion of the absorbed carbon dioxide into the one or more rock fractures and thereby regenerate the CO2-philic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hasmukh A. Patel, Anuj Gupta, Esam Z. Hamad
  • Publication number: 20240026216
    Abstract: A composition includes a carbon dioxide (CO2) emulsion including a continuous critical or supercritical CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase including a polyacrylate. A method of making a CO2 emulsion includes providing a first solution of a polyacrylic acid and critical or supercritical CO2, providing a second solution of a base and critical or supercritical CO2, and mixing the first solution and the second solution such that the polyacrylic acid and the base react to form an emulsion of polyacrylate droplets in critical or supercritical CO2. A method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes introducing an emulsion including a continuous CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase comprising a polyacrylate into the formation, contacting the emulsion with an aqueous reservoir fluid in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, and absorbing an amount of the aqueous reservoir fluid into the polyacrylate of the emulsion to provide a dense CO2 emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Yuguo Wang
  • Publication number: 20240026217
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is a phosphorescent iridium metal complex having a LUMO level of greater than or equal to ?3.5 eV and less than or equal to ?2.5 eV, and the second compound is an organic compound having a pyrimidine skeleton. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is a phosphorescent iridium metal complex having a diazine skeleton, and the second compound is an organic compound having a pyrimidine skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoko Takeda, Harue Osaka, Satoko Shitagaki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240026218
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first electrode, a hole transporting layer in contact with the first electrode, a second electrode, an electron transporting layer in contact with the second electrode; and an emissive layer between the hole transporting layer and the electron transporting layer. The emissive layer includes a metal-assisted delayed fluorescent (MADF) emitter, a fluorescent emitter, and a host, and the MADF emitter harvests electrogenerated excitons and transfers energy to the fluorescent emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Jian LI
  • Publication number: 20240026219
    Abstract: The method for producing light-emitting particles each having a surface layer containing Si on a surface of a semiconductor nanocrystal particle composed of a metal halide includes the steps of: forming the semiconductor nanocrystal particle and a poly-siloxane bond from a solution containing a raw material for the semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a silane compound A having a binding group and a hydrolyzable silyl group, and a solvent, to obtain a precursor particle; mixing the precursor particle, a polymer B containing a structural unit having a basic group and a solvophilic structural unit, and a solvent to obtain a mixture; and adding a silane compound C having a hydrolyzable silyl group to the mixture to obtain a light-emitting particle having a layer containing the polymer B and a polymer of the silane compound C on a surface of the precursor particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nonaka, Takuo Hayashi, Masahiro Horiguchi