Coated Patents (Class 428/403)
Silicic or refractory material containing (e.g., tungsten oxide, glass, cement, etc.) (Class 428/404)
Including synthetic resin or polymer (Class 428/407)
  • Impregnated material with variable erosion properties for rock drilling
    Patent number: 8517125
    Abstract: A cutting structure that includes a plurality of encapsulated particles dispersed in a first matrix material, the encapsulated particles comprising: an abrasive grit encapsulated within a shell, wherein the shell comprises a second matrix material different from the first matrix material is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory T. Lockwood
  • Absorbent structures comprising post-crosslinked water-absorbent articles
    Patent number: 8518539
    Abstract: Absorbent structures comprising vacuum-treated (optionally coated) post-crosslinked water-absorbing polymeric particles, obtainable by vacuum-treating and optionally plasma-treating post-crosslinked water-absorbent polymeric particles (that may optionally be coated), the resulting vacuum-treated post-crosslinked water-absorbing polymeric particles having an improved absorption, whilst having good gel bed permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Michaela Monika Czupik, Robin Lynn McKiernan, Thomas Daniel, Yvonne Hagen, Ulrich Riegel, Dieter Hermeling, Stefan Bruhns
  • Fullerene-functionalized particles, methods for making the same and their use in bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices
    Patent number: 8519262
    Abstract: Core shell particles and bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices using the core shell particles are described. In particular, core shell particles having a core particle and a shell of a second material and bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices using the core-shell particles are described. The core-shell particles can have a core particle with an electron donating material or a core particle with an electron donating material. Formation of a hulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic device using such an core-shell particles forming an interpenetrating network with the an electron donating or electron accepting phase is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nano-C, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Sivarajan, Henning Richter, Angela Herring, Thomas A. Lada, Viktor Vejins
  • MODIFIED SILICA SHELL PARTICLES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130217124
    Abstract: Provided herein are silica shell particles modified on their surface with biomolecules, methods of making these particles, and methods of using these particles, e.g., in transfection methods, methods of inhibiting gene expression, and methods of delivering a therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventor: Northwestern University
  • Polyvinyl formamide (PNVF) and polyvinyl amine (PVAm)nanoparticles, nanocapsules and nanogels
    Patent number: 8512862
    Abstract: Acid-labile poly(N-vinyl formamide) (“PNVF”) nanocapsules were synthesized by free radical polymerization of N-vinyl formamide with optional active ingredients on the surface of silica nanoparticles. Polymerization in the presence of a novel cross-linker that contains an acid-labile ketal facilitated stable etching of silica nanoparticle templates using sodium hydroxide and recovery of PNVF nanocapsules. The formamido side group of PNVF was then hydrolyzed by extended exposure to sodium hydroxide to produce polyvinylamine (“PVAm”) nanocapsules. PNVF and PVAm nanoparticles are also synthesized that form nanogels with optional active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Cory J. Berkland, Lianjun Shi
  • Coated Particles of a Glumatic Acid N,N-Diacetate Chelating Agent
    Publication number: 20130209806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated particle containing a particle and a coating, wherein the particle contains glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid or a partial salt thereof of the formula HnYm-GLDA, wherein Y is a cation, selected from the group of sodium, potassium and mixtures thereof, n+m=4, and wherein the coating contains at least one salt that contains as a cation at least one of sodium, potassium or lithium and as anion at least one of silicate sulfate, carbonate, chloride, nitrate, percarbonate, glycolate, oxalate, citrate, stearate, lactate, succinate, malonate, maleate, diglycolate, and fumarate, to a process to prepare such a particle, and, to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Elizabeth Johannus Van Lare, Martin Heus
  • Flake pigment, powder paint containing the same, powder-coated film obtained by coating with the powder paint using triboelectrification electrostatic coating apparatus, painted product on which film is formed, and method of manufacturing flake pigment
    Patent number: 8507096
    Abstract: A flake pigment according to the present invention includes a flake particle, a single-layer or multiple-layer coat covering a surface of the flake particle, and a fine particle. An outermost layer of the coat includes a copolymer including one or more type of first bond unit originating from a fluoric polymerizable monomer having fluorine and one or more type of second bond unit originating from a polymerizable monomer having phosphate group. The fine particle is fixed with the outermost layer being interposed and has a characteristic to provide triboelectrification characteristics to the flake pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Aluminum Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Takano, Taro Morimitsu, Haruhisa Kaiju
  • Superparamagnetic cluster-nano particles-porous composite bead and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 8507094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite bead and a fabrication method thereof, and particularly, to a porous composite bead comprising superparamagnetic cluster and nanoparticles, such as light-emitting nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, metallic nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles and the like, and a fabrication method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyoungja Woo, Wooyoung Park
  • Method and system for forming plug and play metal catalysts
    Patent number: 8507402
    Abstract: A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Method and system for forming plug and play metal catalysts
    Patent number: 8507401
    Abstract: A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Dust suppressants
    Patent number: 8507092
    Abstract: A surface having dust particles thereon and a coating on the surface comprising a coating polymer having a Tg less than ?20° C. A method of reducing dust, the method including providing a surface having dust particles thereon and coating the surface with a coating polymer with a Tg less than ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Wayne W. Fan, Dong-Wei Zhu, Qin Zhu, Jeffry L. Jacobs, Mary Lou Morris, Kathleen R. Reynolds, Uyen N. Tang
  • Conductive fine particles, anisotropic conductive element, and connection structure
    Patent number: 8506850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive fine particle capable of suppressing a blackening phenomenon during storage and thus providing high connection reliability; an anisotropic conductive material containing the conductive fine particle; and a connection structure. The conductive particle which has a base fine particle, and a conductive layer and a low-melting point metal layer that are formed in the stated order on the surface of the base fine particle, wherein the low-melting point metal layer has an arithmetic mean surface roughness of 50 nm or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Sasaki, Hiroshi Natsui
  • Flame-retardant compound, flame-retardant particle, resin composition and resin formed body
    Patent number: 8507711
    Abstract: A flame-retardant compound has a structure represented by formula (2): (Ar2—O—CO—O—)nA2-X-A1(—O—CO—O—Ar1)m??(2) wherein A1 and A2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; X represents a divalent group represented by —S—, —O—, —CO—, —CN—, —CH2—, —C(CH3)2—, —CH(CH3)—, —NH—, —SO— or —SO2—; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Mikami, Masayuki Okoshi, Kazuya Yamanoi
  • Metal oxide-based fine particle and method for manufacturing the same, and resin composition
    Patent number: 8507095
    Abstract: A metal oxide-based fine particle includes a metal oxide-based core region; an intermediate region formed on the outer periphery of the core region, the intermediate region having an alkoxyorganosiloxane condensate structure; and a surface region including an organic molecular chain or an organic silicon molecular chain or a reactive functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Iji, Naoki Morishita, Hiroyuki Kai
  • STABILISED POTASSIUM BICARBONATE AND LOW-SODIUM LEAVENING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130202758
    Abstract: Potassium bicarbonate is coated with an anionic or amphoteric surfactant, which is preferably a metal soap, such as calcium stearate, to inhibit caking on storage, and premature loss of carbon dioxide when mixed with acidulant, e.g. in a baking powder or self-raising flour blend. Loss of carbon dioxide in the blend may be further inhibited by coating the acidulant with surfactant. Combination of surfactant coating with an inorganic anti-caking agent such as silicon dioxide gives synergistic protection against caking of the potassium bicarbonate. Preferably the bicarbonate has D50 of between 35 and 200? and is free from particles greater than 400?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: KUDOS BLENDS LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel James Brown, Diana Jordan
  • Treated alumina hydrate material and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8501320
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a particulate material includes alumina hydrate. The particulate material has a 500 psi Compaction Volume Ratio of at least about 4.0 cc/cc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Guiselin, Nathalie Pluta, Yves Boussant-Roux, Doruk O. Yener
  • Circuit connecting material, film-form circuit connecting material using the same, circuit member connecting structure and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8501045
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Process of making coated vegetation friendly ice melter
    Patent number: 8501271
    Abstract: An improved process of preparing an ice melter of urea coated with liquid potassium acetate with a further coating of adhered partially hydrated calcium chloride in a roll blender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ossian Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Ossian
  • Pre-formed assemblies of solgel-derived nanoparticles as 3D scaffolds for composites and aerogels
    Patent number: 8501319
    Abstract: A composite material that includes a dopant comprised of pre-formed, three dimensional assemblies of skeletal structures that are comprised of solgel derived nanoparticles. The composite material includes a chemically bonded, in situ formed, polymer coating that at least partially coats mesoporous surfaces of the nanoparticles to provide enhancement of random dispersion of the dopant and to minimize or avoid agglomeration. Further, the polymer may be functionalized or the mesoporous surfaces of the nanoparticles may be treated to enable stronger chemical bonding between the dopant and the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri, University of Missouri System, Office of Technology and Special Projects
    Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis
  • METHOD FOR FORMING PROTEIN CRYSTAL
    Publication number: 20130196160
    Abstract: A method for producing a capsule for protein crystallization is provided. The method comprises adding a solution containing a protein and a gelling agent to an ionic cross-linking solution to form an ionically cross-linked gel capsule that encapsulates a solution of the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventor: Michihiro Sugahara
  • Fire Barrier Layer and Fire Barrier Film Laminate
    Publication number: 20130196136
    Abstract: A fire barrier laminate is provided for use in thermal and acoustical insulation systems, such as, but not limited to, those used in commercial aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Lamart Corporation, Unifrax I LLC
  • APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF CARBON FIBERS
    Publication number: 20130196155
    Abstract: A method for surface treating a carbon-containing material in which carbon-containing material is reacted with decomposing ozone in a reactor (e.g., a hollow tube reactor), wherein a concentration of ozone is maintained throughout the reactor by appropriate selection of at least processing temperature, gas stream flow rate, reactor dimensions, ozone concentration entering the reactor, and position of one or more ozone inlets (ports) in the reactor, wherein the method produces a surface-oxidized carbon or carbon-containing material, preferably having a surface atomic oxygen content of at least 15%. The resulting surface-oxidized carbon material and solid composites made therefrom are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Felix Leonard Paulauskas, Soydan Ozcan, Amit K. Naskar
  • Superoleophilic particles and coatings and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8497021
    Abstract: Superoleophilic particles and surfaces and methods of making the same are described. The superoleophilic particles can include porous particles having a hydrophobic coating layer deposited thereon. The coated porous particles are characterized by particle sizes ranging from at least 100 nm to about 10 ?m and a plurality of nanopores. Some of the nanopores provide flow through porosity. The superoleophilic particles also include oil pinned within the nanopores of the porous particles The plurality of porous particles can include (i) particles including a plurality of spaced apart nanostructured features comprising a contiguous, protrusive material, (ii) diatomaceous earth particles, or (iii) both. The surfaces can include the superoleophilic particles coupled to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Simpson, Brian D'Urso
  • Three-metallic-component type composite nanometallic paste, method of bonding, and electronic component
    Patent number: 8497022
    Abstract: Provided is a composite nanometal paste which, when a layer of the paste interposed between upper and lower bodies is sintered in an inert gas under no load until the layer turns to a metal layer, attains a shear bond strength between the upper and lower bodies of 10 MPa or higher. The composite nanometal paste contains, as metallic components, composite metallic nanoparticles comprising metal cores with an average particle diameter of X (nm) and an organic coating layer formed around the circumference, metallic nanofiller particles having an average particle diameter of d (nm), and metallic filler particles having an average particle diameter of D (nm), and satisfies the first relation X<d<D and the second relation X<d<100 (nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Applied Nanoparticle Laboratory Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruo Komatsu, Yoshinori Shibata, Hideo Nakamura, Masashi Furukawa, Ryosuke Gomi, Mitsuhiro Kanou, Tsukasa Sugie, Narutaka Kasuya, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Toshitaka Ishizaki, Tadashi Oshima, Hisaaki Takao, Naotoshi Tominaga
  • FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR SOFT CAPSULES
    Publication number: 20130189522
    Abstract: Provided herein is a film-forming composition for use in the preparation of a soft capsule, which comprises (a) acid-decomposed waxy corn starch; (b) a gelling agent; and (c) a plasticizer. A soft capsule comprising a shell produced using the film-forming composition disclosed herein has excellent characteristic properties with respect to physical strength, disintegration ability, odor, taste, color and lack of adhesion and also exhibits excellent stability with time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: R.P. SCHERER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Takuma Fujii, Masanori Nagura, Tohru Amemiya
  • Composite nanometal paste of two-metallic-component type, bonding method, and electronic part
    Patent number: 8491998
    Abstract: Provided is a composite nanometal paste, whose layer, when sintered in an inert gas under no load, gives a metal layer that is equal or superior in electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity to conventional lead-rich solders. The composite nanometal paste contains, as metal components, composite metal nanoparticles comprising metal cores with an average particle diameter of d (nm) and an organic coating layer formed around the circumference, and metal filler particles having an average particle diameter of D (nm), and satisfies the first relation d<D and the second relation d<100 (nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Applied Nanoparticle Laboratory Corporation, Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Komatsu, Ryo Matsubayashi
  • Coating compositions for roofing granules, dark colored roofing granules with increased solar heat reflectance, solar heat-reflective shingles, and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 8491985
    Abstract: Dark colored roofing granules include an inert base particle coated with a composition including a metal silicate, a non-clay latent heat reactant, and a dark colored but solar reflective prigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Thomas McShea, Ming Liang Shiao
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING TARGETED CARBON NANOTUBES
    Publication number: 20130183354
    Abstract: A method for detecting and/or destroying cancer tumors is based on the concept of associating a linking protein or linking peptide to carbon nanotubes to form a protein-carbon nanotube complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Roger G. Harrison, JR., Daniel E. Resasco, Luis Filipe Ferreira Neves
  • Nanoparticle composition and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8486305
    Abstract: A method of fabricating copper nanoparticles includes heating a copper salt solution that includes a copper salt, an N,N-dialkylethylenediamine, and a C6-C18 alkylamine in an organic solvent to a temperature between about 30° C. to about 50° C.; heating a reducing agent solution that includes a reducing agent, an N,N-dialkylethylenediamine, and a C6-C18 alkylamine in an organic solvent to a temperature between about 30° C. to about 50° C.; and adding the heated copper salt solution to the heated reducing agent solution, thereby producing copper nanoparticles. A composition includes copper nanoparticles, a C6-C18 alkylamine and an N,N?-dialkylethylenediamine ligand. Such copper nanoparticles in this composition have a fusion temperature between about 100° C. to about 200° C. A surfactant system for the stabilizing copper nanoparticles includes an N,N?-dialkylethylenediamine and a C6-C18 alkylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred A. Zinn, Paul P. Lu
  • Microcapsules containing curable siloxanes
    Patent number: 8487020
    Abstract: Aqueous suspensions of silicate shell microcapsules are disclosed wherein a first portion of the silicate shell micro-capsules contain an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups and a hydrosilylation catalyst as Part A of a curable siloxane composition, and a second portion of the silicate shell microcapsules contain an organohydrogensiloxane as Part B of the curable siloxane composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Fabrizio Galeone, Axel Kretschmer, Leon Marteaux, Jean-Thierry Simonnet, Brett Lee Zimmerman
  • Silver micropowder having excellent affinity for polar medium, and silver ink
    Patent number: 8486307
    Abstract: Provided are silver nanoparticles having a good affinity (that is, dispersibility) for y-butyrolactone (C4H6O2), an organic solvent which has a relatively high boiling point though having a relatively small molecular weight, and has a low viscosity and a low surface tension and which has little irritating odor. The above problems are solved by providing a silver micropowder excellent in affinity for at least y-butyrolactone, which comprises silver particles processed to adsorb at least one of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (C11H8O4) and gallic acid (C7H6O5) on the surfaces thereof and having an X-ray crystal particle diameter DX of from 1 to 40 nm, preferably from 1 to 15 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dowa Electroncis Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimitaka Sato, Shinya Sasaki, Taro Nakanoya
  • Non-fouling surfaces for reflective spheres
    Patent number: 8486532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treating of reflective surfaces to prevent fouling. The present invention also relates to reflective materials treated to prevent fouling, as well as methods of using such reflective materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Enzerink, R. Hugh Daniels
  • Thermally decomposable polymer coated metal powders
    Patent number: 8486498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer coated metal powders, such as metal powders used in the formation of solder alloys and pastes. The metal powders are coated with curable compositions of cyanoacrylates. The present invention relates to polymer coated metal powders, such as metal powders used in the formation of solder alloys and pastes. The metal powders are coated with curable compositions of cyanoacrylates, and once cured the coating on the metal powder is a cyanoacrylate polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Henkel Corporation, Henkel Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Puwei Liu, Matthew James Holloway, Blake Olsen
  • Battery grade cathode coating formulation
    Patent number: 8486296
    Abstract: A process for preparing a formulation comprising a carbon-deposited lithium metal phosphate, as precursor of a lithium ion battery electrode coating slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant (Canada) Inc.
    Inventors: Guoxian Liang, Jasmin Dufour
  • Method for reducing volatile organic compounds in composite resin particles, and composite resin particles
    Patent number: 8486530
    Abstract: A method of reducing a volatile organic compound of composite resin particles comprising the step of: blowing a gas from a bottom part of a container in order to fluidize composite resin particles containing a polyolefin-based resin and a polystyrene-based resin in the container until an amount of volatile organic compounds contained in the whole composite resin particles becomes 50 ppm or less, wherein the gas has a temperature of (T?40) to (T?10)° C. when a softening temperature of the composite resin particles is defined as T° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyasu Matsumura, Shinji Ishida
  • Thermally expanded microspheres and a process for producing the same
    Patent number: 8486531
    Abstract: The present invention provides heat-expanded microspheres having high packing efficiency, and a production method thereof. The heat-expanded microspheres are produced by expanding heat-expandable microspheres, which comprise shell of thermoplastic resin and a blowing agent encapsulated therein having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin and have an average particle size from 1 to 100 micrometer, at a temperature not lower than their expansion initiating temperature, and the heat-expanded microspheres result in a void fraction not higher than 0.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Masuda, Ichiro Takahara, Kenichi Kitano, Katsushi Miki, Takeshi Inohara, Takayuki Aoki
  • SOresistant sorbents for removing mercury from flue gas
    Patent number: 8481455
    Abstract: Surface functionalized sorbent particles for vapor-phase mercury removal, especially in the presence of SO3 in, for example, flue gas. The sorbent surface is modified to increase the SO3 resistance of vapor-phase mercury sorbents. The mercury removal efficiency is immune to the presence of SO3, which is not the case with conventional activated carbon as well as brominated activated carbons. The sorbent is based on carbon particles with a metal oxide coating on the surface. The thin metal oxide layer acts as an amenable surface to introduce functional groups. The metal oxide coated carbon was further modified with amine molecules, to increase its resistance towards SO3 poisoning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: NEI Corporation
    Inventors: Mohit Jain, Ganesh Skandan
  • Method of attaching die to circuit board with an intermediate interposer
    Patent number: 8481861
    Abstract: A die having a base formed of a first material is connected to a board having a base formed of a second material. An interposer having a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second materials is positioned between the die and the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Cooney, Joseph M. Wilkinson
  • Iron powder coated with Mg-containing oxide film
    Patent number: 8481178
    Abstract: Oxide-coated Fe powder for producing various electromagnetic circuit components requiring high resistivity is provided. The oxide-coated Fe powder is a Mg-containing oxide film-coated iron powder coated with an Mg—Fe—O ternary-based deposition film at least containing (Mg, Fe)O. The (Mg,Fe)O is a crystalline MgO-dissolving wustite. The Mg—Fe—O ternary-based oxide deposition film has a sulfur-enriched layer containing a higher concentration of sulfur than that of central portion of the iron powder, fine crystalline texture having a grain size of 200 nm or less, and the outermost surface is substantially composed of MgO. A composite soft magnetic material using the Mg-containing oxide film-coated iron powder is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventors: Muneaki Watanabe, Ryoji Nakayama, Gakuji Uozumi
  • Water dispersible polymer compositions
    Patent number: 8481114
    Abstract: The water dispersibility of water-soluble polymer particles can be improved by a method which comprises the following step: i) foaming a fluid composition comprising a compound A) having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000 or a water-insoluble polymer B) having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000; ii) contacting the produced foam with water-soluble polymer particles having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000; and iii) drying the particles, whereby the foam collapses during the contacting and/or drying step and the water-soluble polymer particles are encrusted with the compound having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000 or the water-insoluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Colin M. Keary, Paul J. Sheskey, Karen M. Balwinski
  • Stabilized semiconductor nanocrystals comprising a coating of polydentate ligand
    Patent number: 8481162
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal associated with a polydentate ligand. The polydentate ligand stabilizes the nanocrystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Moungi G. Bawendi, Sungjee Kim, Nathan E. Stott
  • Method and system for forming plug and play oxide catalysts
    Patent number: 8481449
    Abstract: An oxide catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of at least one precursor material or catalyst material thereby forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenches forming precipitate nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalyst systems. A system for forming oxide catalysts comprises components for vaporizing a quantity of at least one precursor material or at least one catalyst material, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles. The system further comprises components for supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin
  • Functionalized metal nanoparticle and method for formation of conductive pattern using the same
    Patent number: 8481161
    Abstract: A printable metal nanoparticle having a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) composed of a compound containing a thiol (—SH), isocyanide (—CN), amino (—NH2), carboxylate (—COO) or phosphate group, as a linker, formed on the surface thereof, and a method for formation of a conductive pattern using the same are provided. The metal nanoparticles of an exemplary embodiment can be easily formed into a conductive film or pattern by a printing method, and the resulting film or pattern exhibits excellent conductivity which optimally may be adjusted if desired. Therefore, the resulting metal nanoparticles of can be used to advantage in the fields such as antistatic washable sticky mats, antistatic shoes, conductive polyurethane printer rollers, electromagnetic interference shielding materials, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Sung Woong Kim, Dong Woo Shin, Sang Hoon Park
  • FLUORINATED CORE-SHELL-POLYMERS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20130171346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing fluorinated core-shell polymer particles in which the core is a non-fluorinated polymer and the shell is derived from at least 50% by weight of fluorinated monomers, by 1) synthesizing a core polymer latex by aqueous emulsion polymerization of non-fluorinated monomers forming the core polymer, 2) adding the shell-forming fluorinated monomers or mixtures of at least 50% by weight of fluorinated monomers with non-fluorinated monomers to the core polymer latex of step 1) and allowing for at least one hour of equilibration time in which essentially no polymerization of the shell monomers occurs, 3) reacting the shell-forming monomers in the mixture from step 2) to form the core-shell polymer particles, wherein the process steps 1) to 3) are carried out under mechanical stirring in the absence of surfactants, emulsifiers, emulsifying monomers and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: BASF SE, A*STAR
    Inventors: Parappuveetil Sarangadharan Suresh, Yoong Kim, Andreas Fechtenkotter, Han Hong, Christina Li Lin Chai, Xiaogang Yang, Yeap Hung Ng
  • ROOFING PRODUCT WITH ENHANCED PROPERTIES FOR PROCESSING RAIN WATER
    Publication number: 20130171414
    Abstract: A roofing product that filters and facilitates rain water collection has a substrate with roofing granules that may be configured to perform a water filtering function. The roofing granules may have a porous composite structure comprising a UV-opaque core and a water filtering layer around the core. The roofing product may include a substrate with a first layer on the substrate. The first layer may have a printed pattern or texture to simulate roofing materials, and a protective layer may be formed on the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: MING LIANG SHIAO, GREGORY F. JACOBS
  • Composite material, composite material substrate, composite material dispersed fluid, and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 8475921
    Abstract: A composite material includes an aggregate which contains a first metal particle constituting a core and second metal oxide particulates surrounding the first metal particle and having an average primary particle diameter ranging from 1 to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kayama, Kouzi Banno, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Koji Yokota
  • Zinc clays, zinc organoclays, methods for making the same, and compositions containing the same
    Patent number: 8475584
    Abstract: Zinc clays, methods for preparation of zinc clays, and compositions containing the same are disclosed. The methods comprise mixing a clay with a zinc ammonia complex solution to prepare the zinc clays. Zinc clays according to the present invention may further comprise quaternary ammonium salts. The present clays may be used in compositions and/or as additives in rubber and plastic formulations and products, as nutrient delivery agents, and in catalyst formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: Raymond Lee Nip
  • Nanoparticle composite material and antenna device and electromagnetic wave absorber using the same
    Patent number: 8475922
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nanoparticle composite material, including nanoparticle aggregates in a shape having an average height of 20 nm or more and 2 ?m or less and having an average aspect ratio of 5 or more, the nanoparticle aggregates including metal nanoparticles having an average diameter of 1 nm or more and 20 nm or less and containing at least one magnetic metals selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni and binder existing between the nanoparticle aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi
  • Porous Metal Oxide Particles and Their Methods of Synthesis
    Publication number: 20130164536
    Abstract: Methods are generally disclosed for synthesis of porous particles from a solution formed from a leaving agent, a surfactant, and a soluble metal salt in a solvent. The surfactant congregates to form a nanoparticle core such that the metal salt forms about the nanoparticle core to form a plurality of nanoparticles. The solution is heated such that the leaving agent forms gas bubbles in the solution, and the plurality of nanoparticles congregate about the gas bubbles to form a porous particle. The porous particles are also generally disclosed and can include a particle shell formed about a core to define an average diameter from about 0.5 ?m to about 50 ?m. The particle shell can be formed from a plurality of nanoparticles having an average diameter of from about 1 nm to about 50 nm and defined by a metal salt formed about a surfactant core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Inventor: University of South Carolina
  • COLORED PLATELETS
    Publication number: 20130164529
    Abstract: A colored platelet including a substrate, an adhesion layer, a color pigment layer, and a secure layer and a method of producing the colored platelet are described. The disclosed colored platelet can provide a superior bright color effect in a coating composition. The color effect can depend on the material used for the substrate and/or the color pigment layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SILBERLINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shufang YU, Peter Lloyd REDMOND, Rajasekar PITCHIMANI, Hai Hui LIN, Parfait Jean Marie LIKIBI