Metal Base Patents (Class 427/409)
  • Patent number: 7189433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer by layer-by-layer growth. The process comprises the steps of: (1) applying onto a surface of a substrate a first linker compound to produce a primer layer; (2) applying onto said primer layer a layer of a metal-metal bonded complex to produce a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer on said primer layer; (3) applying onto said metal-metal bonded complex monolayer a second linker compound; and optionally (4) sequentially repeating steps (2) and (3) at least once to produce said layer-by-layer grown thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cherie R Kagan, Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 7169475
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. an acrylic polymer having pendant groups that are reactive with isocyanate moieties and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80° C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000; and c. an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; ?wherein the coating composition contains pigments and cures at ambient temperatures or elevated temperatures and forms a coating that is sandable and when used in combination with a top coat, for example, a colored base coat and clear coat or a pigmented mono-coat forms a chip resistant multi-layer coating useful for refinishing or repairing automotive and truck bodies and parts the coating composition can be used as an exterior clear coating composition primarily for automobiles, trucks and parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, Hari Babu Sunkara, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian, Gia Huynh-Ba
  • Patent number: 7166331
    Abstract: A process for producing multi-layer coatings comprising a waterborne primer-surfacer layer and a topcoat applied thereto on substrates, in which a waterborne primer-surfacer layer is applied from a waterborne primer-surfacer to substrates and baked and then a topcoat is applied, wherein the waterborne primer-surfacer has a binder solids content with a hydroxyl number of 100 to 250 mg KOH/g and contains free or blocked polyisocyanate as a curing agent (crosslinking agent) for the hydroxy-functional binder(s) in a molar ratio of OH/NCO of more than 2:1 to 5:1, and wherein, after it has been applied and before baking, the waterborne primer-surfacer layer is allowed to evaporate for 30 to 300 seconds at 15 to 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Werner Bosch, Thimo Lothert
  • Patent number: 7166330
    Abstract: A method for forming a glittering coating film in which after a glittering base coating film is formed on a substrate to be coated by applying thereto a glittering base coating material containing a colloid particle liquid containing noble metal or copper colloid particles, the glittering base coating film is heated or set, and then a clear coating film is formed. By the method, a glittering coating film is provided which has weathering resistance and high gloss, and develops a metal feeling or a coloring metal feeling giving rise to a less feeling of metal particles than by the plating-tone coating film, and superior in design property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Taizo Nanke, Katsumi Kunugi, Mitsuo Kamisato, Takahiko Hamada, Masamichi Arima, Hideo Ishibashi, Ayako Iwakoshi, Toshikatsu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7144631
    Abstract: A method for adhering windshield sealants directly over a basecoat/clearcoat finish in which the clearcoat comprises a carbamate polymer or oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jun Lin, Leatrese Dionne Hopkins, David M. Zukowski, Scott W. Loper
  • Patent number: 7105216
    Abstract: A conductive resin coated steel pipe and an extrusion molding method for the steel pipe capable of using filler instead of carbon black and not only lowering a production cost but also further increasing an attractiveness; the resin coated steel pipe, wherein a regenerated resin (3) such as polyethylene, ABS, AAS, and the outer peripheral surface of a thin-walled steel pipe (2) is coated with polypropylene, and a conductive resin (4) such as polyethylene, ABS, AAS, and polypropylene mixed with filler on the outer peripheral surface of the coated resin (3) is axially uniformized in cross section by a double coated structure where the portion (4b) thereof having a wall thickness and a width necessary for developing the conductivity thereof are provided at one or more positions in the circumferential direction of a pipe body and the entire outer peripheral surface thereof is coated thinly with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Industrial Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Yoshino
  • Patent number: 7101589
    Abstract: A method for protecting from corrosion an element comprised of magnesium or a magnesium alloy comprises applying an adhesion promoter after applying a chromate solution to a surface of the element, whereby the chromate solution creates a corrosion-resistant chromate layer on the surface. The method further includes applying an organic coating, such as a resin seal, over the adhesion promoter so as to provide a seal from water and corrosive elements. The adhesion promoter provides improved adhesion between the chromate layer and the organic coating. Corrosion may be removed from the magnesium element before the application of the chromate solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: James H. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 7097876
    Abstract: There are disclosed a method and a apparatus for applying a strippable paint to a large-sized product finished with a sprayed coating, such as an automobile, to form a protective film on the surface of the coating. The product is conventionally kept in stock for a period of time before it is shipped. Contaminations such as dust are washed away from the surface of the product. Then, the strippable paint is applied, preliminarily dried, and non-preliminarily dried to form the protective film out of the strippable paint on the surface of the coating. This protective film is formed easily, appropriately, and reliably. The obtained protective film has a uniform and sufficient thickness. Even if the surface contains unapplied regions to which the paint should not be applied, the paint can be applied to the whole surface of the coating while avoiding the unapplied regions according to the invention. The application can be performed easily and reliably without leaving unapplied portions around the unapplied regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Tojo, Hideo Ishida, Hisashi Kurota, Hideo Hiroe, Takao Arasawa, Satoru Yamada, Nobuyuki Okita
  • Patent number: 7083824
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method of protecting a local area of components (1) from the effects of thermochemical or mechanical processes carried out on the surface (6) of the component. A masking material (5) containing at least one filler material is applied to the local area so that the local area is protected by the masking material (5). This is at least partially polymerized on the local area. Subsequently the thermochemical or physical processes on the surface (6) of the component (1) are carried out after which the polymerized masking material (5) is removed from the local area of the component (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom Technology LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Stankowski, Andreas Boegli, John Fernihough
  • Patent number: 7067177
    Abstract: A process for coating surfaces by hybrid polymer materials and the coating solutions and compositions used in this process are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Johanna Kron, Karl Deichmann, Gerhard Schottner
  • Patent number: 7063889
    Abstract: [Problem] The object is to provide a resin film for metal sheet laminate which endures severe forming owing to excellent formability and impact resistance, and also to excellent adhesion after forming and heating, further gives stable performance independent of forming conditions, and also provides a laminated metal sheet, and a method for manufacturing the same. [Means for Resolution] The resin film for metal sheet laminate has a mixed resin in which a granular resin mainly existing in a state of grains having 0.1 to 5 ?m in diameter is dispersed in a polyester resin having a main basic skeleton of polyethylene terephthalate and/or isophthalic acid copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate, in a range from 3 to 30% by weight in entire resin. The granular resin is a modified polyolefin resin containing a functional group derived from carboxylic acid in a range from 2 to 20% by weight as carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Yoshida, Hiroki Iwasa, Hiroshi Kubo, Takeshi Suzuki, Akihiko Furuta, Keiji Sugawara, Masaaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7043815
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for applying melt flowable materials to components of articles of manufacture. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein are concerned with formation of appropriate flowable materials, control over the manner in which the flowable materials are applied, treatment of the components prior to application of the flowable materials and the like. Moreover, the apparatuses and methods may be particularly suited for applying flowable materials to surfaces and components found in automotive, aerospace, and marine vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: L & L Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Lande, Michael J. Czaplicki
  • Patent number: 7045171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and composition for producing a supported membrane. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for producing a supported membrane comprising the steps: (i) providing a substrate coated with a monolayer having reactive functional groups; (ii) contacting the reactive groups with a linker compound to form a derivatized monolayer having covalently bonded linker moieties; and (iii) contacting the derivatized monolayer with a membrane solution to produce a supported membrane. In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to a supported membrane produced by the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana C. Bookbinder, Joydeep Lahiri
  • Patent number: 7037552
    Abstract: System and method for coating a medical appliance are provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is provided. The system may include: a processor, an appliance support, and a solenoid type fluid dispensing head having an electromagnetically controlled valve. In the system, the appliance support may be adapted to hold the medical appliance and to provide direct access for a coating to contact the exposed external patterned surfaces of the medical appliance. The solenoid type fluid dispensing head in this system may move with respect to the medical appliance and may be in communication with a source of coating and with the processor. The processor in this system may contain commands that instruct the solenoid type fluid dispensing head to force coating onto the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance in a pattern that correlates with the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-ping Zhong, Dennis R. Boulais, Praveen Kulkarni, Ron Sahatijian
  • Patent number: 7011869
    Abstract: A process for coating a substrate is provided which includes the following steps: (a) applying a waterborne base coat composition to a surface of the substrate; (b) applying infrared radiation at a power density of 1.5–30.0 kW/m2 and a first air stream simultaneously to the base coat composition such that a pre-dried base coat is formed upon the surface of the substrate; and (c) applying a second air stream in the absence of infrared radiation to the base coat composition such that a dried base coat is formed upon the surface of the substrate. Various embodiments of the invention are disclosed including continuous, batch, and semi-batch processes, which may include additional process steps, such as subsequent application of a topcoat. The process may be used to coat a variety of metal and polymeric substrates, for example, those associated with the body of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Donaldson J. Emch
  • Patent number: 7008673
    Abstract: A curable composition comprising (A) constituents containing carbamate groups I: —O—C(O)—NHR??(I) in which R=a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group, (B) constituents containing carbamate-reactive groups, the equivalents ratio of carbamate-reactive groups in (B) to carbamate groups in (A) being >0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Hubert Baumgart, Sandra Hasse, Helmut Kleine Beckmann, Vincent Cook
  • Patent number: 6974606
    Abstract: A method of thermoplastic coating composite structures includes heating a tool. A thermoplastic layer is deposited onto the heated tool by thermal spraying a thermoplastic on the heated tool. Composite material is applied onto the thermoplastic layer. The thermoplastic layer and the composite material are then cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Don DiMarzio, Charles Weizenecker, Steve Chu, Dom Anton
  • Patent number: 6955834
    Abstract: Materials for coating, coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system or employing the same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of inanimate hard surfaces are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to modified hard surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that include at least one of the following improved surface properties: wetting and sheeting, quick drying, uniform drying, soil removal, self-cleaning, anti-spotting, anti-soil deposition, cleaner appearance, enhanced gloss, enhanced color, minor surface defect repair, smoothness, anti-hazing, modification of surface friction, release of actives and transparency, relative to hard surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Heather Anne Liddle, John Michael Jensen, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab
  • Patent number: 6955728
    Abstract: A method of treating a metal surface by application of a solution containing at least one acyloxy silane and at least one basic compound. A composition having at least one acyloxy silane and at least one basic compound is also provided, along with a silane coated metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Wim J. van Ooij, Danqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 6942902
    Abstract: A wet-on-wet process for producing multicoat color and/or effect coating systems is disclosed. The process involves using aqueous functional coating materials comprising (A) at least one crosslinkable binder, (B) at least one separate, water-soluble and/or -dispersible crosslinking system which independently effects partial or complete crosslinking in and/or on the matrix of the wet, drying and/or dried films (2) of the aqueous functional coating materials before the binders (A) crosslink completely; and (C) at least one pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventor: Ekkehard Sapper
  • Patent number: 6933012
    Abstract: A surface of an article is protected by coating the surface with a silicon-containing coating by preparing a coating mixture of silicon, a halide activator, and an oxide powder, positioning the surface of the article in gaseous communication with the coating mixture, and heating the surface of the article and the coating mixture to a coating temperature of from about 1150° F. to about 1500° F. The article is preferably a component of a gas turbine engine made of a nickel-base superalloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nripendra Nath Das, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Matthew David Saylor, Jackie Lee King
  • Patent number: 6924036
    Abstract: Compositions based on PTFE, homopolymer or modified, comprising for 100 parts of the component 1) PTFE: 1) an aqueous nanodispersion of said homopolymer or modified PTFE, having a primary particle diameter from 5 to 100 nm; 2) from 3 to 45 parts by weight of a surfactant or surfactant mixtures; 3) from 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of an organic or inorganic sequestrant, and optionally: 4) from 0 to 60 parts by weight of a solid lubricating compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Polastri, Tiziana Poggio
  • Patent number: 6923996
    Abstract: A method for furnishing a therapeutic-agent-containing medical device is provided. The method comprises: (a) providing a reactive layer comprising a cross-linking agent on a medical device surface; and (b) subsequently applying a polymer-containing layer, which comprises a polymer and a therapeutic agent, over the reactive layer. The cross-linking agent interacts with the polymer to form a cross-linked polymeric region that comprises the therapeutic agent. Examples of medical devices include implantable or insertable medical devices, for example, catheters, balloon, cerebral aneurysm filler coils, arterio-venous shunts and stents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Epstein, Wendy Naimark
  • Patent number: 6913779
    Abstract: The following description refers to a process for the impregnation of cross-linked polymers with an active ingredient. The process is based on the used of compressed fluids, in particular CO2, with antisolvent effect, and involves the steps of impregnating the polymer with an active ingredient solution, adding a compressed fluid until precipitation of the active ingredient caused by the compressed fluid antisolvent effect, removing the solvent and the compressed fluid. The process allows to obtain accelerated release pharmaceutical formulations that, compared with the formulations already known, contain larger quantities of amorphous or nanocrystalline active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Eurand International S.p.A.
    Inventors: Italo Colombo, Paolo Pallado
  • Patent number: 6905727
    Abstract: A method for selecting a formulation for one or more layers of a multi-layer coating for repair purposes, the multi-layer coating comprising a primer applied on a substrate, at least one base or top coat and, optionally, a clear coat, the method comprising the following steps: providing a database of colorimetric data relating to a set of formulations and/or relating to constituents for a primer and preferably for one or more base or top coat layers for a multi-layer coating; entering the colorimetric data of an object to be repaired into a computer having access to said database; determining the formulation of the primer and, optionally, of one or more base or top coat layers with the aid of the database, in such a way that the resulting color of the multi-layer coating to be applied matches the color of the object to be repaired using the lowest possible amount of coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Spitzer, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
  • Patent number: 6903161
    Abstract: This invention relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating polar substrates. This invention particularly relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating metal foils, wherein the composition comprises an ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer having a low acid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Barry Alan Morris
  • Patent number: 6902766
    Abstract: A two-part metal protection composition includes: an aqueous metal treatment conversion coating component that includes an admixture of an acid and a coating forming component; and an aqueous protective coating component that is applied over metal treated with the aqueous metal treatment conversion coating component and includes an admixture of a blister suppressing agent and an organic film forming protective component. The aqueous metal treatment conversion coating component may contain an accelerator, such as hydroxylamine. In a preferred embodiment, the blister suppressing agent is an organic oxidizing agent that includes one or more of nitroguanidine; aromatic nitrosulfonates, Naphthol Yellow S; and picric acid (trinitrophenol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventor: Helmut W. Kucera
  • Patent number: 6896970
    Abstract: The process for coating a substrate with a coating giving a polished effect and improved corrosion resistance and coatings produced from this process. The process includes the steps of applying an atomized metal layer onto the substrate and applying a corrosion inhibiting layer to the atomized metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Areway, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Mayzel
  • Patent number: 6890658
    Abstract: A stainless steel article which has a transparent and uniform resin coating thereon, which can utilize the surface appearance of the stainless steel used as a substrate, which shows a high adhesive strength between the resin coating and stainless steel as a ground, which can be easily produced with a small number of steps, and which is particularly useful as an automotive exterior article. The stainless steel article comprises a stainless steel substrate and a transparent resin film with which at least one surface of the substrate is coated, the resin film comprising a transparent synthetic resin base and a transparent heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the synthetic resin base on the side of the stainless steel substrate, and the resin film being bonded to the stainless steel substrate through a silane coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Ken Egashira
  • Patent number: 6887526
    Abstract: A process for painting integrated automobile and commercial vehicle bodies or cabins which comprise plastic parts. The metal parts of the body/cabin are provided with an electrocoat and are integrated with the plastic parts. These plastic parts either already have an electrically conductive aqueous primer coat or an uncured electrically conductive aqueous primer film or are unpainted. Primers are applied to the metal and plastic parts. Atop the primers, a basecoat and a clearcoat are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Klaus Arlt, Bernd Mayer, Franz-Josef Wylegalla, Norbert Zdahl
  • Patent number: 6887367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process which is suitable for applying a permanently adhering, stable, dirt and water repellent coating to metallic surfaces, specifically chromium surfaces, specifically sanitary and kitchen fixtures, and also to the components coated in this manner. The process is based on first chemically activating the surface and then coating it by means of a sol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., FEW Chemicals GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Berg, Thomas Bolch, Friedrich Auer
  • Patent number: 6875514
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. an acrylic polymer having pendant groups that are reactive with isocyanate moieties and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80°C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000; and c. an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the coating composition contains pigments and cures at ambient temperatures or elevated temperatures and forms a coating that is sandable and when used in combination with a top coat, for example, a colored base coat and clear coat or a pigmented mono-coat forms a chip resistant multi-layer coating useful for refinishing or repairing automotive and truck bodies and parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, Hari Babu Sunkara, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian
  • Patent number: 6875513
    Abstract: A top coat for an outer panel of an automotive vehicle includes a clear paint formed on a base coat paint. The clear paint is constituted of acrylic resin (A) having at least one ester group containing a silicone group and at least two epoxy groups in a molecule, acrylic resin (B) having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule, and acid cross-linking agent (C) having at least two chemically blocked carboxyl groups in a molecule. The base coat paint is constituted of acrylic resin (D) having at least two hydroxyl groups in a molecule, acrylic resin (E) having at least two hydroxyl groups and at least two epoxy groups in a molecule, and melamine resin (F) having a functional group capable of reacting with a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Honda, Takehito Itoh, Tatsuya Ishihara, Masahiko Yamanaka, Tetsuji Mizuno
  • Patent number: 6875479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a metal surface with an aqueous composition, characterized in that the composition contains, in addition to water: a) at least one organic film former that contains at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer with an acid number ranging from 5 to 200, b) at least one particulate inorganic compound with an average particle diameter measured by a scanning electron microscope in the range of from 0.005 to 0.3?, c) at least one slip additive and/or at least one corrosion inhibitor, d) optionally at least one organic solvent, e) optionally at least one silane and/or siloxane, f) optionally at least one cross-linking agent, and g) optionally at least one chromium (VI) compound. The clean metal surface is contacted with the aqueous composition and a particle-containing film is formed on the metal surface which is then dried. The dried and optionally also cured film has a layer thickness ranging from 0.01 to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jung, Toshiaki Shimakura, Norbert Maurus, Heribert Domes
  • Patent number: 6861154
    Abstract: A coating composition includes a material adapted to form a coating; and a material that fluoresces when exposed to U.V. light or the material adapted to form a coating contains a U.V. blocker disposed on a U.V. indicator. A kit containing a U.V. indicator and material adapted to form a coating containing a U.V. blocker. Methods of coating a substrate with the coating compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Olson, Paul Mattia
  • Patent number: 6861100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for producing body components (48) being provided with an acoustically-effective silencing material layer (44). The aim of the invention is to enable fully automatic packaging making use of the silencing material layer (44). The silencing material that consists of a plastic material which can be cured in a thermal manner is applied onto a flat surface of a body component in a pasty, moisture-absorbing form as a layer (44), and the exposed side of the silencing material layer is covered with a cover layer (46) that facing the body component flat surface. The over layer consists of moisture-impermeable material. The thus pre-packed body component (48) can be randomly transported, intermediately stored and/or supplied for further processing under exposure to air. Curing of the silencing material (44) is only carried out in a subsequent procedure step, for example in an enameling oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: SCA Schucker GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Josef Schucker
  • Patent number: 6844029
    Abstract: A photocurable primer composition containing (A) an acrylic resin having through an urethane linkage a polymerizable unsaturated group on its side chain and containing the polymerizable unsaturated group in an amount of 0.2 to 2.0 mol/kg in a solid content of the resin (A), (B) an urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer containing at least one polymerizable unsaturated group in one molecule, and (E) a photopolymerization initiator, and a coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventors: Toshikazu Okada, Shinji Tomita, Tsutomu Nagasao, Hajime Sukejima, Takao Matoba
  • Patent number: 6841199
    Abstract: Methods for inhibiting corrosion are disclosed. The methods generally involve contacting a coated metal substrate with a composition comprising one or more of yttrium, titanium and the rare-earth elements. The contacting step can be performed either before or after the coating is cured. Substrates treated according to the present methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Martin, Henry T. Austin, Walter R. Stark, Gordon C. Schafer
  • Patent number: 6838177
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process of priming a surface (preferably part of a vehicle) comprising; i) applying a UV radiation curable primer to the area to be primed; ii) curing the primer with UV radiation provided by one or more UV lamps having a UV-B:UV-A ratio of 1:1 or less and substantially no UV-C content, the UV radiation curable primer containing: A. 0-84% by weight of one or more compounds containing one ethylenically unsaturated free-radically polymerisable group per molecule; B. 5-50% by weight of one or more compounds containing two or more ethylenically unsaturated free radically polymerisable groups per molecule; C. 10-70% by weight of one or more pigments, fillers and/or dyes; D. 1-8% by weight of one or more photoinitiators; E. 0-20% by weight of volatile organic solvent and; F. 0-15% by weight of customary additives. Preferably the process also includes sanding the primer and topcoating the primer with one or more topcoats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Fenn, Iain W. Harvey, Henryk Skorupski, David N. Walters
  • Publication number: 20040258842
    Abstract: By thermal spraying, a coating having an embossed or slit pattern is formed on a substrate to construct a coated member. When the coated member is used for sintering compacts, the embossed or slit pattern on the surface helps prevent the compacts from sticking to the coated member during sintering, discourages coating separation due to thermal cycling, and provides the coated member with excellent durability. Such coated members can be effectively used for sintering or heat treating ceramics and powder metallurgy metals, particularly cermets and cemented carbides, in a vacuum, oxidizing atmosphere, inert atmosphere or reducing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Noriaki Hamaya
  • Patent number: 6827981
    Abstract: A method of treating a metal surface by application of a solution containing at least one vinyl silane and at least one bis-silyl aminosilane. A solution composition having at least one vinyl silane and at least one bis-silyl aminosilane is also provided, along with a silane coated metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: The University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Wim J. van Ooij, Wei Yuan
  • Patent number: 6822040
    Abstract: A basecoat composition includes an acrylic polymer prepared from a combination of monomers including at least about 30% by weight ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or a combination of these. The basecoat composition also includes methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin and up to about 10% by weight of a butylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, based on the weight of the basecoat composition vehicle and butylated melamine resin. An at least partially cured layer of the basecoat composition offers improved adhesion with a coating composition layer applied over it and cured, whether the coating composition layer applied over it is another layer of the basecoat composition itself or a layer of a clearcoat composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Leslie G. Baugh, David K. K. Lau, Thomas C. Balch, Sergio E. Balatan, Walter H. Ohrbom, James A. Laugal, David J. Law
  • Patent number: 6815501
    Abstract: Dual cure coating composition comprising resin solids, said resin solids being composed of (a) 30 to 90 wt. % of at least one hydroxy-functional polyester urethane having olefinic double bonds, (b) 0 to 60 wt. % of at least one binder other than the polyester urethane (a) and/or at least one reactive diluent, and (c) 10 to 50 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Thomas Fey, Eva Frigge
  • Patent number: 6815081
    Abstract: A multicoat color and/or effect coating system ML for a primed or an unprimed substrate comprising—lying above one another—(1) a surfacer coat FL which absorbs mechanical energy, and (2) a color and/or effect topcoat DL, or (1) a surfacer coat FL which absorbs mechanical energy, (2) a color and/or effect basecoat BL, and (3) a clearcoat KL, or (1) a color and/or effect basecoat BL and (2) a clearcoat KL, wherein at least one coat, preferably at least two coats, and in particular all coats of the multicoat system ML has or have been produced from a coating material comprising at least one constituent (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of a) olefinically unsaturated monomers and b) olefinically unsaturated monomers I different than the olefinically unsaturated monomers (a): R1R2C=CR3R4  (I),  in which the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently of one another are hydrogen atoms or alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkyalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cycloalk
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bremser
  • Patent number: 6811825
    Abstract: Aqueous binder dispersion which is suitable for the preparation of coating compositions for multilayer lacquerings and is based on polyurethane resins, which can be (meth)acrylated, the optionally (meth)acrylated polyurethane dispersion particles comprising 0.5 to 5 wt. %, based on their solids content, of water-insoluble cellulose esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Werner Bosch, Armin Göbel, Holger Schmidt, Bettina Vogt-Birnbrich
  • Patent number: 6805768
    Abstract: A film of a polymer or polymer precursor such as an epoxy resin is autodeposited on an active metal surface and then used to form an adhesive bond directly between the metal surface and the surface of a rubber substrate. Excellent adhesion of the metal to the rubber is obtained without the need to either phosphate the metal surface or use a primer or adhesive other than the autodeposited coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Rajat K. Agarwal, William E. Fristad, Gregg W. Rossier, Roman M. Skikun
  • Patent number: 6797098
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plastics-covered metal plate excellent in chipping resistance, corrosion resistance etc. made by covering one surface or both surfaces of a metal plate with at least two kinds of plastics layers whose rates of elongation are different and a process of covering a car body by using said covered metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Watanabe, Tadayoshi Hiraki, Akira Tominaga, Takeshi Yawata
  • Patent number: RE38752
    Abstract: A method of contacting s substrate having a surface containing hydroxyl groups with a non-aqueous solution containing a material having a chrolosilyl group; washing if desired; coating the substrate with a non-aqueous solvent containing a compound having a fluorocarbon group and a chlorosilane group or a solvent containing a compound containing a fluorocarbon group and an alkoxysilane; and baking the substrate if necessary in order to form a fluorocarbon-based polymer coating film chemically bonded to the substrate surface. The hydroxyl groups on the substrate surface and chlorosilyl groups are reacted to form a thin film having a large number of silanol groups (—SiOH) capable of connecting the polymer coating film to the substrate to form a heat-, weather-, and wear-resistant film on various surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazufumi Ogawa, Mamoru Soga
  • Patent number: RE38850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a functional coated product having excellent adhesion properties of a coating to a substrate, hardly causing the deterioration of the substrate and the coating due to a photocatalyst, hardly having dirt because the smoothness of the surface coating is high, and having high photocatalytic action; a method for producing the same and the use thereof. The coated product of the present invention has the first coating layer comprising a cured coating made of an acryl-modified silicone resin coating material, which is formed on the surface of the substrate, and the second coating layer comprising a cured coating made of a functional coating material containing the photocatalyst, which is formed con the surface of the first coating layer. When producing such a coated product, the acryl-modified silicone resin coating material is applied to the surface of the substrate as the first coating layer and it is semi-cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junko Ikenaga, Takeyuki Yamaki, Koichi Takahama, Toshiharu Sako, Hirotsugu Kishimoto
  • Patent number: RE39045
    Abstract: A method of contacting a substrate having a surface containing hydroxyl groups with a non-aqueous solution containing a material having a chrolosilyl group; washing if desired; coating the substrate with a non-aqueous solvent containing a compound having a fluorocarbon group and a chlorosilane group or a solvent containing a compound containing a fluorocarbon group and an alkoxysilane; and baking the substrate if necessary in order to form a fluorocarbon-based polymer coating film chemically bonded to the substrate surface. The hydroxyl groups on the substrate surface and chlorosilyl groups are reacted to form a thin film having a large number of silanol groups (—SiOH) capable of connecting the polymer coating film to the substrate to form a heat-, weather-, and wear-resistant film on various surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Ogawa, Mamoru Soga