Ingredient Contains A Carbon Atom Double Bonded To Oxygen, E.g., Carboxylic Acid, Etc. Patents (Class 521/130)
  • Patent number: 8604091
    Abstract: One- and two-part spray non-isocyanate foams that include an amide-based oligomer containing pendant carboxylic acid and a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent is provided. The amide oligomer typically contains urea links, urethane links or both groups. Additionally, the foams may include one or more plasticizer, a non-functionalized resin, a surfactant, and/or a thickening agent or rheology modifier. The amide oligomer does not contain any isocyanate groups, and, as a result, there are no free isocyanate moieties generated during formation of the foam that may be potentially hazardous to workers installing the foam. The presence of the urethane segments on the oligomer permits for the generation of a polyurethane foam without the drawbacks of conventional polyurethane foams. The foams may be used to fill cavities, cracks, gaps and crevices, such as around windows and doors, and may also be used in flash and batt systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Fatemeh Nassreen Olang
  • Publication number: 20130316164
    Abstract: Combinations of gelatinous elastomer and polyurethane foam may be made by introducing a plasticized triblock copolymer resin and/or a diblock copolymer resin at least partially cured into gel particles into a mixture of polyurethane foam forming components including a polyol and an isocyanate. The plasticized copolymer resin is polymerized to form a cured gelatinous elastomer or gel, which is then reduced in size, for instance to give an average particle size of 10 millimeters or less. Polymerizing the polyol and the isocyanate forms polyurethane foam. The polyurethane reaction is exothermic and can generate sufficient temperature to at least partially melt the styrene-portion of the triblock copolymer resin thereby extending the crosslinking and in some cases integrating the triblock copolymer within the polyurethane polymer matrix. The gel component has higher heat capacity than polyurethane foam and thus has good thermal conductivity and acts as a heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Peterson Chemical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce W. Peterson, Mark L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 8580864
    Abstract: The present invention provides trimerization catalyst compositions having an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylate salt and methods to produce a polyisocyanurate/polyurethane foam using such trimerization catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Jesus Burdeniuc, Torsten Panitzsch, John Elton Dewhurst
  • Publication number: 20130295371
    Abstract: Combinations of gelatinous elastomer containing one or more phase change materials, known as “phase change gel”, and polyurethane foam may be made by introducing at least partially cured phase change gel particles comprising plasticized triblock copolymer resin and/or diblock copolymer resin and one or more phase change materials, into a mixture of polyurethane foam-forming components including a polyol and an isocyanate. The phase change gel can be crosslinked to form a cured gelatinous gel, which is then reduced in size before introduction. After the foam-forming components polymerize to make polyurethane foam, the phase change gel particles are discrete visible particles dispersed throughout the foam. The polyurethane reaction is exothermic and can generate sufficient temperature to at least partially melt the styrene-portion of the triblock copolymer resin thereby extending the crosslinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce W. Peterson, Mark L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 8552077
    Abstract: The present invention provides trimerization catalyst compositions and methods to produce a polyisocyanurate/polyurethane foam using such trimerization catalyst compositions. The catalyst composition is the contact product of at least one ?,?-unsaturated carboxylate salt and at least one second carboxylate salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Jesus Burdeniuc, Torsten Panitzsch, John Elton Dewhurst, Gamini Ananda Vedage
  • Publication number: 20130251975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams or rigid polyisocyanurate foams by the reaction of at least one polyisocyanate A), polyetherester polyols B) based on aromatic dicarboxylic acids obtainable by esterification of b1) 10 to 70 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid composition comprising b11) 50 to 100 mol %, based on the dicarboxylic acid composition, of one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, b12) 0 to 50 mol %, based on said dicarboxylic acid composition b1), of one or more aliphatic dicarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, b2) 2 to 30 mol % of one or more fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, b3) 10 to 70 mol % of one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diols having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or alkoxylates thereof, b4) 2 to 50 mol % of a polyether polyol having a functionality of not less than 2, prepared by alkoxylating a polyol having a functionality of not less than 2 in the presence of an amine as catalyst, optionally further polyester
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Gunnar KAMPF
  • Patent number: 8541478
    Abstract: An embodiment of a closed-cell polymeric rigid foam may be made using a one-shot method and a reaction system that includes a hydrofluoroalkene physical blowing agent and a polyol mixture having an aminic polyol. The hydrofluoroalkene blowing agent has 3 to 5 carbon atoms and a boiling point between 10° C. and 40° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure. Embodiments of rigid foams may have high closed cell content and are particularly well suited for thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Sachchida Nand Singh, Jinhuang Wu, Alan J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 8541479
    Abstract: To provide a flexible polyurethane foam which is excellent in low resiliency and durability without using a plasticizer and which shows little change in hardness against a change in temperature and at the same time, has high air permeability. A process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol mixture comprising polyol (A), polyol (B) and monool (D) with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of a blowing agent etc. at an isocyanate index of at least 90. Polyol (A) is a polyether polyol having an average of 2-3 hydroxyl groups and a hydroxyl value of from 10 to 90 mgKOH/g, obtained by ring-opening addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to an initiator using a double metal cyanide complex catalyst; Polyol (B) is a polyether polyol having an average of 2-3 hydroxyl groups and a hydroxyl value of from 15 to 250 mgKOH/g, other than the polyol (A); and Monool (D) is a polyether monool having a hydroxyl value of from 10 to 200 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Takashi Ito
  • Patent number: 8530533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rigid polyurethane foam comprising reinforcing materials which can be obtained by mixing (a) isocyanates which have a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 500 mPas with (b) compounds having groups which are reactive toward isocyanates, (c) blowing agents comprising water, (d) catalysts and, if appropriate, (e) further additives to form a reaction mixture and applying the reaction mixture to a reinforcing material, wherein the compounds (b) having groups which are reactive toward isocyanates comprise a polyetherol (b1) having a functionality of 4 or more and a viscosity at 25° C. of 10 000 mPas or less and a polyetherol (b2) having a functionality of 3 or less and a viscosity at 25° C. of 500 mPas or less. The present invention further relates to a process for producing such rigid polyurethane foams and the use of the rigid polyurethane foams for the insulation of liquefied natural gas tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Pit Lehmann, Katrin Thane, Cheul Hyeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 8530534
    Abstract: The present invention provides trimerization catalyst compositions having a sterically hindered carboxylate salt and methods to produce a polyisocyanurate/-polyurethane foam using such trimerization catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Jesus Burdeniuc, Torsten Panitzsch, John Elton Dewhurst
  • Patent number: 8513318
    Abstract: A method for producing a rigid polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate in the presence of an amine catalyst and a blowing agent, wherein as the amine catalyst, at least one amine compound having at least one type of substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule, or N-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-N?-methylpiperazine, is used, and as the blowing agent, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kiso, Katsumi Tokumoto, Yutaka Tamano
  • Patent number: 8501828
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for producing re-bonded polyurethane foam constructs that are useful in applications such as carpet underlayments. According to the invention, a tertiary amine is employed as a catalyst either alone, or preferably in combination with other catalysts in a binder which comprises an organic isocyanate and a polyol. Inclusion of a tertiary amine as a catalyst dramatically increases production throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC
    Inventors: Roger Hennington, Donald H. Ridgway, Robert A. Grigsby, Jr., Robert G. Sawitski, Jr., Jennifer K. Pratt
  • Patent number: 8481605
    Abstract: An embodiment of a closed-cell polymeric rigid foam may be made using a one-shot method and a reaction system that includes a hydrofluoroalkene physical blowing agent and a polyol mixture having an aminic polyol. The hydrofluoroalkene blowing agent has 3 to 5 carbon atoms and a boiling point between 10° C. and 40° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure. Embodiments of rigid foams may have high closed cell content and are particularly well suited for thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Sachchida Nand Singh, Jinhuang Wu, Alan J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 8476329
    Abstract: A bioresin composition is used to form a rigid polyurethane article that includes a first and a second biopolyol and is substantially free of aprotic solvents that chemically decompose in the presence of water. The first biopolyol includes a natural oil component. The second biopolyol includes the reaction product of a natural carbohydrate and an alkylene oxide. The rigid polyurethane foam article includes the reaction product of the bioresin composition and an isocyanate which are reacted in the presence of a chemical blowing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christopher M. Tanguay, Patrick J. Watters, John P. Erickson, Eric W. Banks
  • Patent number: 8470902
    Abstract: A continuous pore elastomer featured by being made of a polyurethane, having a three dimensional network pore structure of which skeletons have an average thickness of 20 ?m or less and 80% or more of the skeletons have a thickness within the range of 2 to 20 ?m, having an apparent density of 0.2 to 0.4 g/cm3, containing a surfactant with a HLB value of 8 or more, and being capable of absorbing water instantly; a process for producing the continuous pore elastomer, comprising a step of extracting out the pore generation agent from the molding with water; and a water-absorbing roller and a swab obtained by using the continuous pore elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Fushimi Pharmaceutical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ito, Katsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8466207
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making a polyurethane closed-cell foam material exhibiting a bulk density below 4 lbs/ft3 and high strength. The present embodiment uses the reaction product of a modified MDI and a sucrose/glycerine based polyether polyol resin wherein a small measured quantity of the polyol resin is “pre-reacted” with a larger quantity of the isocyanate in a defined ratio such that when the necessary remaining quantity of the polyol resin is added to the “pre-reacted” resin together with a tertiary amine catalyst and water as a blowing agent, the polymerization proceeds slowly enough to provide a stable foam body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy L. Whinnery, Jr., Steven H. Goods, Dawn M. Skala, Craig C. Henderson, Patrick N. Keifer
  • Patent number: 8461454
    Abstract: A method for producing an aqueous absorptive polymer-containing resin composition in which a resin composition is doped with an aqueous absorptive polymer includes causing the aqueous absorptive polymer to absorb and be swollen by water beforehand, and milling and microparticulating the water-absorbed and -swollen absorptive polymer at an ultrasonic flow pressure of not less than 50 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kato, Seikichi Tanno
  • Patent number: 8445556
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process to preparing a polyurethane or polyurethane/urea closed cell foam. This foam, when compared to neoprene foam, exhibits a low water absorption and an additional quality of chlorine content of not greater than 0.5% based on the total weight of the closed cell foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Rubberlite, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Speas
  • Patent number: 8445555
    Abstract: The present invention provides trimerization catalyst compositions having at least one carbanion compound and methods to produce a polyisocyanurate/polyurethane foam using such trimerization catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Jesus Burdeniuc, Torsten Panitzsch, John Elton Dewhurst
  • Patent number: 8426482
    Abstract: Invention relates to a process for producing viscoelastic flexible polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, wherein as b) a mixture of bi) from 25 to 70% by weight of a hydroxyl-comprising natural oil or fat or a reaction product of a hydroxyl-comprising natural oil or fat with alkylene oxides, bii) from 3 to 30% by weight of at least one polyether having a hydroxyl number of from 100 to 800 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 3-5 selected from the group consisting of polyether prepared by addition of alkylene oxides onto an amine, biii) 20-50% by weight of at least one polyether alcohol having a hydroxyl number of from 10 to 80 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 2-5, where the proportion of ethylene oxide is 5-25% by weight, based on the weight of the polyether alcohol, and at least part of the ethylene oxide is added on at the end of the polyether chain, biv) >0-8% by weight of at least one polyether alcoh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ansgar Frericks, Heinz-Dieter Lutter, Edmund Stadler, Heinz-Juergen Schroeder, Kirsten Simon, Andre Meyer, Franck Pomeris
  • Patent number: 8394868
    Abstract: A polyol prepolymer having at least one urethane group is disclosed. The polyol preopolymer is a reaction product of at least one isocyanate and a polyol blend, where the polyol blend includes at least one conventional petroleum-based polyol and at least one natural oil based polyol. The polyol prepolymer may be used in producing flexible polyurethane foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Francois M. Casati, Imran Munshi
  • Patent number: 8372893
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of making a polyurethane foam and a method of reducing NVH expected to be experienced by a substrate using the foam. When the foam is subjected to 95% relative humidity for a period of 7 days at a temperature of about 50° C., the foam absorbs an amount of water that is less than about 30% of the weight of the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Hanna Lekovic, Frank Hoefflin, Michael Anderson, Trent Shidaker, Michael Connolly, Sheila Dubs, Jinhuang Wu
  • Patent number: 8372892
    Abstract: Polyurethane foams are made and attached to a substrate having an open cavity, but reacting prepolymer and polyol components in the presence of certain carbamate blowing agents. This process allows for very fast curing, good quality, adherent foamy to be produced on, for example, vehicle parts and assemblies, for acoustical or vibration dampening and for structural reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Huzeir Lekovic, Ali El-Khatib, Frank Vincent Billotto, Rifat Tabakovic, Ali Ozasahin
  • Patent number: 8349908
    Abstract: Foamed material having a density of less than 100 kg/m3 and comprising a matrix material comprising a plurality of urea groups and having a hardblock content of more than 50% (hereinafter called matrix A); and a polymeric material which 1) has no groups which are able to form a urethane, urea or isocyanurate group with an isocyanate group, 2) is interpenetrating said matrix A, and 3) is a polymer having an average molecular weight of more than 500 which polymer comprises at least 50% by weight of oxyethylene groups based on the weight of this polymer (hereinafter called polymeric material B); and wherein the relative amount of all ingredients used to make said matrix A and of said polymeric material B, on a weight basis, ranges from 10:90 to 70:30 and process for making such materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Gerhard Jozef Bleys, Hans Godelieve Guido Verbeke
  • Patent number: 8329770
    Abstract: Silicone foams having good foam structure and rapid cure are produced from foamable mixtures containing a physical blowing agent and an organically modified organopolysiloxane containing at least one urea or urethane group and an alkoxy(alkyl)siloxy unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ziche, Volker Stanjek, Richard Weidner
  • Patent number: 8324289
    Abstract: A flexible polyurethane foam excellent in the vibration characteristics and the load-deflection characteristics, a process for producing the flexible polyurethane foam stably and inexpensively, and a seat for an automobile excellent in posture-stability performance and supported feeling with little bottom-hitting feeling, are provided. When a polyoxyalkylene polyol and a polyisocyanate compound are reacted in the presence of a urethane-forming catalyst, a blowing agent and a foam stabilizer, a predetermined amount of a compound of the following formula (1) is used: wherein the average of n is from 13 to 2,100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Takashi Ito, Yoshinori Toyota, Akio Horie
  • Patent number: 8318822
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a vibration damping and sound absorbing material containing a plant-derived polyol which material largely contributes a decrease of environmental load and has excellent vibration damping and sound absorbing properties, and it is another object of the invention to provide a production process of the material. Specifically, disclosed is a vibration damping and sound absorbing material which is suitably used for cars. A vibration damping and sound absorbing material comprises a polyurethane foam which comprises, as raw materials, a polyol and/or a polymer-dispersed polyol in which polymer fine particles obtainable by polymerizing an unsaturated bond-containing compound are dispersed in a polyol, and water, a catalyst and a polyisocyanate, wherein the polyol comprises (A) a plant-derived polyol produced using a raw material obtainable by a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuto Usaka, Kouichi Sano, Hiroyuki Utsumi
  • Patent number: 8318827
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to an essentially closed-cell two-component polyurethane foam containing an pesticide, which upon curing provides a barrier to insect infestation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fomo Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8318826
    Abstract: Polyether polyols are initiated with orthocyclohexanediamines such as 1,2-diaminocyclohexane. The polyols are useful in making rigid polyurethane foams, especially foams for pour-in-place applications, where they give a good combination of low k-factor and short demold times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Morley, Francois M. Casati, Adrian J. Birch, David A. Babb, Charles A. Martin, II
  • Patent number: 8318821
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a rigid foamed synthetic resin, wherein, as a blowing agent, a hydrocarbon compound and water are used, and a rigid foamed synthetic resin provided with dimensional stability, heat insulating properties, and possibly reduced weight can be obtained. The process involves reacting a polyol (P) with a polyisocyanate (I) in the presence of a blowing agent, a foam stabilizer and a catalyst, wherein the blowing agent has at least a C2-8 hydrocarbon compound and water; the polyol (P) has a specific polyesterpolyol (A), a specific polyetherpolyol (B), and a polymer-dispersed polyol (Z) having fine polymer particles (M) dispersed; and the isocyanate index of the polyol (P) and the polyisocyanate (I) is over 200 and at most 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuko Hayashi, Hiroshi Wada
  • Patent number: 8299138
    Abstract: A process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam having a low transmissibility at resonance frequency, of which a rebound resilience can be suppressed, without using a foam stabilizer, is provided. In production of a flexible polyurethane foam; an isocyanate containing TDI as the main component is used as an isocyanate; and a polyol containing from 20 to 50 mass % of a polyol (A) having an oxyethylene group content of from 10 to 20 mass % and having a hydroxyl value of from 15 to 56 mgKOH/g, which is obtained by subjecting propylene oxide to ring opening addition polymerization to an initiator by using a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, and further subjecting ethylene oxide to ring opening addition polymerization by using an alkali metal compound catalyst or a phosphazenium catalyst, is used as a polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuuji Kimura, Takayuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8293807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups in the presence of c) blowing agents, wherein at least one graft polyol b1) which can be prepared by in-situ polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers in a polyether alcohol b1i), where the polyether alcohol b1i) has a functionality of from 2 to 4 and a hydroxyl number in the range from 100 to 250 mg KOH/g, its polyether chain comprises propylene oxide and up to 20% by weight, based on the polyether alcohol b1i), of ethylene oxide, and acrylonitrile and styrene in a weight ratio of acrylonitrile:styrene of from >1:1 to 4:1 are used as olefinically unsaturated monomers, is used as compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups b), and the reaction is carried out in the presence of at least one compound b1ii) which has at least one olefinic double bond an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Emge, Daniel Freidank, Holger Seifert
  • Publication number: 20120238655
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane foam with bimodal cell size distribution, comprising the following steps: providing a mixture in a mixing head, where the mixture comprises: A) a component reactive towards isocyanates; B) a surfactant component; C) a blowing agent component selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic C1- to C6-alkanes, linear, branched or cyclic C1- to C6-fluoroalkanes, N2, O2, argon and/or CO2, where blowing agent component C) is present in the supercritical or near-critical state; D) a polyisocyanate component; discharging the mixture comprising components A), B), C), and D) from the mixing head where, during the discharge of the mixture, the pressure prevailing in the mixture is lowered to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lindner, Wolfgang Friederichs, Reinhard Strey, Thomas Sottmann, Elena Khazova, Lorenz Kramer, Verena Dahl, Agnes Chalbi
  • Patent number: 8258196
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a rigid polyurethane foam, whereby it is possible to reduce the density without causing deterioration in dimensional stability, and a rigid polyurethane foam. A method for producing a rigid polyurethane foam, which comprises a step of reacting a polyol having a hydroxyl value of from 200 to 800 mgKOH/g with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of an amino-modified silicone, a catalyst, a blowing agent and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Shimizu, Teruhiko Yasuda, Hiroshi Wada
  • Patent number: 8247467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing flexible polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups in the presence of c) blowing agents, wherein the component b) comprises at least one polyether carbonate polyol bi) which can be prepared by addition of carbon dioxide and alkylene oxides onto H-functional starter substances using DMC catalysts and has a functionality of at least 2, a hydroxyl number in the range from 10 to 500 mg KOH/g and a content of incorporated carbon dioxide in the form of carbonate units of at least 2% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Darijo Mijolovic, Stephan Bauer, Stephan Goettke
  • Publication number: 20120208913
    Abstract: Foamable polystyrene compositions with enhanced blowing agent solubility and methods of making such polystyrene compositions by incorporating a polar additive in styrenic polymer or copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Jose M. Sosa, David W. Knoeppel
  • Patent number: 8242184
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol compound and a polyisocyanate compound in an open system substantially without using a silicone foam stabilizer. A process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol composition (I) containing at least a polyol compound and containing at least one of a polyol compound (A) and a monool compound (X) obtained by ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide with an initiator by using a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, and a polyisocyanate composition (II) in the presence of a urethane-forming catalyst made of a metal catalyst and an amine catalyst, and a blowing agent, in an open system substantially without using a silicone foam stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Daisuke Kaku
  • Patent number: 8236866
    Abstract: A high resilience (HR) polyurethane foam comprising the reaction product of (1) at least one polyisocyanate comprising at least about 5 weight percent of at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate isomer, derivative or a combination thereof and (2) an admixture of at least one natural oil based polyol and at least one additional polyol which is not a natural oil based polyol, wherein the admixture comprises at least about 10 weight percent natural oil based polyol and at least about 40 weight percent additional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Daltons; and the foam has a resiliency indicated by a ball rebound of at least 40 percent as measured according to the procedures of ASTM D 3574, Test H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Francois M. Casati, Jean-Marie Sonney
  • Patent number: 8236868
    Abstract: Polyurethane elastomer foams can be prepared by mixing an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer obtained by reaction of a polyol with 3,3?-dimethylbiphenyl-4,4?-diisocyanate, with a foaming agent comprising a mixture of water, a low-molecular weight glycol having a molecular weight of 48-200, and a high-molecular weight glycol having a number average molecular weight Mn of 1000-3000 under stirring to conduct foaming reaction. The polyurethane elastomer foams so produced can have a high durability, particularly under a high load, even though a low-cost, easy-to-handle diisocyanate compound is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Unimatec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Watanabe, Takashi Chiba, Hiroyuki Otani
  • Patent number: 8222311
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamine composition, and a method for preparing the hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamine composition at low cost. Further disclosed is a method for producing a polyurethane resin by using the hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamine composition containing at least two hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamines represented by the following general formula (1): In the formula (1), R1 to R5 are independently a C1 to C3 alkyl group or a substituent represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R6 and R7 are independently a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and p is an integer from 1 to 3; and R5 and R1, R2, R3, or R4 may arbitrarily bond together to form a ring; at least one of R1 to R5 is a substituent represented by the general formula (2) but all of R1 to R5 cannot be substituents represented by the general formula (2) at the same time; n and m are independently an integer from 1 to 5; and a is an integer from 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Masuda, Yutaka Tamano
  • Patent number: 8217092
    Abstract: A multicomponent polyurethane/vinyl ester hybrid foam system for forming a gradient foam with soft and rigid foam regions, with a polyol component (A), a polyisocyanate component (B), and a component (C), which contains a catalyst for the polymerization of the vinyl monomer, with the polyol component (A) containing, as vinyl monomer, a mixture of vinyl esters of at least one polymerizable hydroxyvinyl ester and at least one branched, at least trifunctional, polymerizable vinyl ester, and the polyisocyanate component (B) containing a thermally activatable free radical-forming agent as catalyst for the polymerization of the vinyl monomers, with the proviso that the proportion by weight of the vinyl ester mixture is greater than the proportion by weight of the at least one polyol as well as the proportion by weight of the at least one polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arne Reinheimer
  • Patent number: 8217093
    Abstract: A two-component polyurethane/vinyl ester hybrid foam system is formed of a polyol component (A), which contains at least one polyol, a catalyst for the reaction of the polyol with the polyisocyanate, at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer and water or a blowing agent on the basis of a compressed or liquefied gas as foam-forming agent, and a polyisocyanate component (B), which contains at least one polyisocyanate and a catalyst for the polymerization of the vinyl monomer, and is designed for use as a flame retardant material and material for filling openings, cable and pipe bushings in walls, floors and/or of buildings for the purpose of fire protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arne Reinheimer
  • Patent number: 8183302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyether polyol compositions containing renewable raw materials, a process for preparing visco-elastic polyurethane foams using such compositions, correspondingly prepared visco-elastic foam materials, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Bert Klesczewski, Sebastien Triouleyre, Matthäus Gossner, Sven Meyer-Ahrens, Alice Mosbach-Rosenberger
  • Patent number: 8178591
    Abstract: Microcellular polyurethane flexible foams having densities no greater than 0.3 g/cc which are suitable for use as lightweight shoe sole components are produced with carbon dioxide in an amount such that the polyurethane-forming mixture has a free rise density of from about 0.03 to about 0.3 g/cc. At least a portion of that carbon dioxide is dissolved as a gas into one or both of the reaction components. The amount of dissolved carbon dioxide must be such that the froth density of the isocyanate and/or isocyanate-reactive component(s) in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved will be from about 0.1 to about 0.8 g/cc. Additional carbon dioxide may be formed by the reaction of water and isocyanate during the polyurethane-forming reaction but the total amount of CO2 present should be controlled to ensure that the polyurethane-forming mixture has a free rise density of from about 0.03 to 0.3 g/cc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignees: Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Usama E. Younes, David M. Baily, Charles R. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 8173719
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a water-impermeable flexible polyurethane foam obtained by reacting a polyol component, which comprises at least one hydrophobic polyol, with a polyisocyanate component in the presence of a foaming agent, characterized in that it has a compression force of less than or equal to 12 kPa for 50% compression. Advantageously it has a density not exceeding 150 kg/m3, preferably not exceeding 60 kg/m3. The foam may be obtained by a cast-foam manufacturing process or by molding. It can be used as a water-impermeable seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Chaineux
    Inventors: Georges Moineau, Marc Mertens, Dominique Petit
  • Publication number: 20120108687
    Abstract: Processes for making water-absorbent cross-linked polymers, such as polyacrylic acids/polyacrylates, using supercritical medium; and water-absorbent polymers, e.g. particles thereof, obtained by such processes, where such particles may be porous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Axel Meyer, Torsten Lindner
  • Patent number: 8158692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyurethane foam for an automobile steering wheel. More particularly, the present invention relates to polyurethane foam formed by using a predetermined amount of a polyol having various functional groups and OH values and a predetermined amount of isocyanate having a certain function, along with water as a foaming agent, thereby preventing the environmental problems caused by use of the conventional fluorine-based or pentane-based foaming agent and also improving durability such as water resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seok Hwan Kim, Won Jin Seo, Joo Young Maeng, Han Sung Paik, Gi Man Kim
  • Patent number: 8148441
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polishing pad made from a polyurethane resin foam having very uniform, fine cells therein and a polishing pad obtained by that method provides a polishing pad having better polishing characteristics (especially, in planarization) while providing improved dressability while maintaining the planarization characteristics and polishing speed of a conventional polishing pad. The polyurethane resin foam is a cured product obtained by reacting an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer with an aromatic polyamine chain extender having a melting point of 70° C. or lower, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Doura, Takeshi Fukuda, Kazuyuki Ogawa, Atsushi Kazuno, Hiroshi Seyanagi, Masahiko Nakamori, Takatoshi Yamada, Tetsuo Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8148440
    Abstract: Process for preparing rigid urethane-modified polyisocyanurate foams from polyisocyanates and polyfunctional isocyanate-reactive components in the presence of a blowing agent, a metal salt trimerisation catalyst and a functionalised carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Joern Kuester, Roberto Fare, David Alexander Ferguson
  • Patent number: 8148437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing integral polyurethane foams, in which a) organic polyisocyanates are mixed with b) relatively high molecular weight compounds having at least two reactive hydrogen atoms, c) blowing agents, d) dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylates and, if appropriate, e) chain extenders and/or crosslinkers, f) catalysts and g) other auxiliaries and/or additives to form a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture is introduced into a mold and allowed to react to form an integral polyurethane foam. The present invention further relates to integral polyurethane foams comprising dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylates, the use of such foams in the interior of road vehicles or as shoe soles and the use of dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylates as internal mold release agents in the production of integral polyurethane foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marco Ortalda, Tony Spitilli