Utilizing Plural Mixing Operations In Preparation Of A Solid Polymer Inert Ingredient Concentrate, E.g., Master Batch, Etc. Patents (Class 523/351)
  • Patent number: 11814515
    Abstract: A tire which has improved mechanical properties comprises a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, at least one thermoplastic polyurethane, and a crosslinking system; the composition does not comprise any reinforcing filler or comprises less than 25 parts by weight thereof per hundred parts by weight of elastomer, phr, the carbon black content in the composition being less than 20 phr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Cyrille Guery, Jose-Carlos Araujo Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11802185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a masterbatch composition comprising high concentration of biological entities having a polymer-degrading activity and uses thereof for manufacturing biodegradable plastic articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CARBIOS
    Inventors: Michel Chateau, Jean-Philippe Rousselle
  • Patent number: 11642827
    Abstract: An extrusion device comprises at least one supply station suitable for containing a material to be extruded; a plurality of propellers operatively connected to at least one supply station for receiving the material to be extruded and at least one extrusion head connected to at least one propeller. Each propeller can also be selectively activated to modulate an extrusion speed and/or a quantity of material to be extruded as an output from the extrusion head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GIMAC DI MACCAGNAN GIORGIO
    Inventors: Simone MacCagnan, Lorenzo Gatti
  • Patent number: 11584832
    Abstract: A method for producing a rubber wet masterbatch, the method including: adding a rubber latex solution to a carbon black-containing slurry aqueous solution in which a carbon black is dispersed in water and mixing the solutions to produce a carbon black-containing rubber latex aqueous solution; coagulating the carbon black-containing rubber latex aqueous solution obtained to produce a carbon black-containing rubber coagulum; cleaning the carbon black-containing rubber coagulum obtained to produce a cleaned carbon black-containing rubber coagulum; and dehydrating and drying the cleaned carbon black-containing rubber coagulum obtained to produce a rubber wet masterbatch, wherein an amount of an acetone extract from the cleaned carbon black-containing rubber coagulum is 2% by mass or less after drying the coagulum at 23° C. for 24 hours and further at 90° C. for 2 hours. Vulcanized rubber having excellent low exothermicity and excellent abrasion resistance can be obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Akihito Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11572465
    Abstract: Provided are a fluororubber composition maintaining rubber properties and excellent in flowability and mold releasability as well as capable of reducing a cross-linking time when molded, and a fluororubber sealing material formed of the fluororubber composition. The fluororubber composition contains a polyol cross-linkable based fluororubber; an aliphatic acid amide based compound; at least one member selected from a phosphoric acid ester based compound, an aliphatic acid ester based compound and a fluorine-containing based compound; and a polyol based cross-linking agent. The fluororubber sealing material is formed of the fluororubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Komurasaki, Shingo Kawano
  • Patent number: 11485837
    Abstract: A polyolefin resin composite material, containing: a polyolefin resin; and 10 to 150 parts by mass of cellulose fibers with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin resin, wherein an area of aggregates of the cellulose fibers is less than 20,000 ?m2; and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung Kim, Eiji Kozawa, Yasuo Nakajima, Takeshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 11292913
    Abstract: Granules of material usable as a road binder or as a sealing binder including a core and a coating layer, wherein: the core consists of a first composition including at least one material selected from: a bitumen base, a pitch, a clear binder, and the coating layer consists of a second composition which includes: at least one viscosifying compound selected from cellulose ethers, and at least one anticaking agent. Also, a method for producing granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder, and the use thereof as a road binder, in particular for the production of coated materials. Also, a method for producing coatings from granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder and to a method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Romain Colliat, Yvong Hung
  • Patent number: 11274208
    Abstract: A method for reducing odors including the steps of admixing active agents and a diluting agent to liquid crumb rubber modified bitumen, wherein the active agents comprise 20 to 60 wt.-% of an aldehyde selected from alpha-hexyl cinnamaldehyde, 2-(4-tert.-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2-benzylidenheptanal, or mixtures thereof, and 10 to 40 wt.-% of one or more alcohols having a boiling point of at least 150° C., calculated on the total weight of active agents. A crumb rubber modified bitumen composition as obtained by the method above. The use of a crumb rubber modified bitumen composition as obtained by the method above in road surfacing and road base materials, in insulating layers for buildings, in roofing materials and/or in sealing sheeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jacques Colange, Liting Xu, Hui Yan
  • Patent number: 11248080
    Abstract: Brominated vinylaromatic-diene block copolymers (Br-SBC) comprising a vinylaromatic polymer block S and a brominated diene polymer block BB, wherein before bromination the weight-average molar mass Mw of the block S is greater than or equal to Mw of the block BB, use thereof as flame retardants, and also polymer compositions comprising these for unfoamed and foamed thermoplastic polymers, for example EPS and XPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Konrad Knoll, Ingo Bellin, Jan Holoch, Eckhard Neufeld
  • Patent number: 11141883
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for making a finished rubber mixture which includes a reactive additive. The apparatus includes a tandem mixer with an upper machine having an upper mixing chamber and a lower machine having a lower mixing chamber. The lower mixing chamber is larger than the upper mixing chamber and there are rotors disposed in each mixing chamber. Mixture components are introduced into the lower mixing chamber via a loading shaft of a loading unit. The loading unit has at least two metering devices, a cutting or preheating unit connected upstream of a metering device and a first conveyor belt to the loading shaft. All conveyor belts of the apparatus can be switched on and off automatically, such that mixture components weighed in can be held in a “wait position” thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Stefan Steiner, Fabian Dettmer
  • Patent number: 11130913
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal alignment agent that makes it possible to obtain a liquid crystal alignment film having a superior balance among solvent resistance, liquid crystal alignment properties, and voltage holding ratio. The liquid crystal alignment agent contains a polymer [P] including: at least one ring structure of an oxetane ring and an oxirane ring; (B) a functional group that reacts with at least one of the oxetane ring and the oxirane ring by heating; and (C) an optically aligning group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Itou, Yoshitaka Murakami, Youhei Nobe, Takashi Okada
  • Patent number: 11098169
    Abstract: A process is provided for making a silica masterbatch, that contains silica and solution-made rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition. A process is also provided for making a masterbatch of silica, a solution-made rubber and an emulsion-made rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Dynasol Elastómeros, S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Sergio Alberto Moctezuma Espiricueto, John Kounavis, Gabriela Elizabeth Blanco Reyes, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela, José María Islas Manzur, Gabriel Hernández Zamora
  • Patent number: 10947386
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally related to asphalt compositions, and particularly to enhanced asphalt compositions and methods and systems for manufacturing the same. The enhanced asphalt compositions include both a silane additive and a calcium composition. The silane additive includes benzyl alcohol and at least one organosilane. The enhanced asphalt compositions of the present invention have improved anti-stripping properties, but the quantities of calcium composition and silane additive required are less than the quantities necessary to prepare previously known asphalt compositions with improved anti-stripping properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Matthew Paul Elam
  • Patent number: 10875974
    Abstract: Methods for producing 3D printing composite polymer materials for use in additive manufacturing processes are provided. The methods result in enhancing the material properties of the printing material by providing a uniform and smooth surface finish of the printing material and the nozzle extrudate for additive manufacturing processes, such as Fused Filament Fabrication. The method includes implementing impregnation techniques for combining carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers, a polymer resin and a fiber material to produce a polymer material that can be processed into a printing material. Further, the method may include combining the carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers and the polymer resin to form a masterbatch that may be further combined with the fiber material through an extrusion process. The method results in a printing material with enhanced material properties and smooth surface finish for the printing material and resulting nozzle extrudate for Fused Filament Fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Arevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Riley Reese, Hemant Bheda
  • Patent number: 10858506
    Abstract: A conductive heating composition includes a polyolefin elastomer, a crystalline non-grafted polyolefin, a crystalline polymer which is grafted or copolymerized with a monomeric unit, and a conductive filler. The composition has a surface resistivity ranging from 1.0E+01 ohm to 1.0E+06 ohm, and a volume resistivity ranging from 8.0E+01 ohm-cm to less than 1.0E+05 ohm-cm. When the composition is heated from 20° C. to 90° C., a log value of a resistance of the composition increases with a slope ranging from 3E?02 log ohm/° C. to 9E?02 log ohm/° C. After a specimen made of the composition is repeatedly bent 300 times, a surface resistance of the specimen at a room temperature increases by a rate of less than 300%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FLEXHEAT CORP.
    Inventors: Chi-Hao Ku, Che-Chian Ko, Chia-Nan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10836900
    Abstract: A method for producing an aliphatic polyester resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of an aliphatic polyester (A), 5 to 23 parts by weight of silica (B) and 8 to 23 parts by weight of a dispersion aid (C), the method including: a first step of mixing 20 to 50% by weight of the aliphatic polyester (A) based on the total amount of the aliphatic polyester (A) constituting the composition, and the silica (B); a second step of mixing the dispersion aid (C) with the mixture obtained in the first step; a third step of mixing the mixture obtained in the second step with the remaining 80 to 50% by weight of aliphatic polyester (A) based on the total amount of the aliphatic polyester (A) constituting the composition; and a step of melting and kneading the mixture obtained in the third step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Koyama
  • Patent number: 10808083
    Abstract: A process and device continuously prepare a filled rubber masterbatch. The process comprises bringing into contact, in a mixing zone, a first liquid-phase flow and a second liquid-phase flow, the first flow being an elastomer emulsion, the second flow being an aqueous suspension of filler particles, such that one of the two flows emerges inside the other flow and that the two flows are transported at low pressure before they are brought into contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Frederic Pialot, Fabrice Surleau, Stephane Nebout
  • Patent number: 10787471
    Abstract: A 1,3-dipolar compound bearing at least a phosphorus-containing group and a dipole containing a nitrogen atom is provided. A method for grafting the 1,3-dipolar compound on an unsaturated polymer, a diene polymer comprising, along the polymer chain, at least one pendant phosphorus-containing group, and a rubber composition based on a diene elastomer and the 1,3-dipolar compound optionally pre-grafted on the diene elastomer are also provided. The 1,3-dipolar compound allows access to rubber compositions reinforced with an inorganic filler that have a compromise of improved properties, namely hysteresis, stiffness in the cured state and reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Sergey Ivanov, Claire Rannoux, Anne-Lise Thuilliez, Anne-Frédérique Salit
  • Patent number: 10738185
    Abstract: A composition including (a) propylene/ethylene interpolymer having a density from 0.860 to 0.870 g/cc; (b) a propylene-based polymer selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer polypropylene, a random propylene/?-olefin interpolymer and any combination thereof and wherein the propylene-based polymer has a density ?0.885 g/cc; (c) a plasticizing agent; and (d) a third polymer selected from the group consisting of the following (i) a styrenic ethylene/butylene triblock copolymer having a Tg (rubber block) greater than, or equal, ?40° C., (ii) less than, or equal to, 15 wt %, based on the weight of the composition, of an ethylene/?-olefin/diene interpolymer, or an ethylene/propylene copolymer, (iii) an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, and (iv) any combination thereof is provided. Further provided is an injection molded article comprising the composition and a process for making an injection molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Juan Tuberquia, Laura Weaver, Santosh Bawiskar, Greg Li
  • Patent number: 10731031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing thermoplastic molding materials based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers (ABS) having improved surface properties, in particular improved resistance of the surface quality to storage in a warm, humid environment, and having a reduced content of residual monomers. The invention further relates to the use of a fluid bed dryer and/or a flash dryer in the production of thermoplastic ABS molding materials in order to improve the surface quality. The invention further relates to the use of a fluid bed dryer and/or a flash dryer in the production of thermoplastic ABS molding materials having a reduced content of residual monomers. The invention further relates to ABS molding materials that can be produced by means of the method according to the invention and to molded parts (e.g., molded bodies, films, and coatings) that can be produced from the thermoplastic molding materials according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Gisbert Michels, Norbert Niessner
  • Patent number: 10683399
    Abstract: A masterbatch is disclosed, along with associated methods, and biodegradable filaments, fibers, yarns and fabrics. The masterbatch includes 0.2 to 5 mass % CaCO3, an aliphatic polyester with a repeat unit having from two to six carbons in the chain between ester groups, with the proviso that the 2 to 6 carbons in the chain do not include side chain carbons, and a carrier polymer selected from the group consisting of PET, nylon, other thermoplastic polymers, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Intrinsic Advanced Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Andrea Ferris, Alan McIntosh, Sudeep Motupalli Rao, Robert A. Usher
  • Patent number: 10626246
    Abstract: A polylactic acid composition of a dispersion structure using, as a matrix, a lowly crystalline or amorphous polylactic acid having a crystallinity of not more than 40%, the matrix containing, as a pulverization promotor dispersed therein, an organically modified polysaccharide or a lamellar silicate that is swollen or that is treated to be swollen. The polylactic acid composition has excellent hydrolysable capability and property of being mechanically pulverized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seishi Yoshikawa, Toshiki Yamada, Tsutaki Katayama
  • Patent number: 10626255
    Abstract: A vulcanizable composition for manufacturing a tire component includes a vulcanizable rubber, a curative for the rubber, and a dihydrocarbyl succinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Galizio, Amy M. Randall
  • Patent number: 10618017
    Abstract: A method of mixing a rubber composition includes a carbon introduction step and a uniform dispersion step. In the carbon introduction step, on the basis of a deviation between a rate of temperature increase of the rubber mixture (R) and a target value, at least one of a ram pressure (Pr) and a rotational speed (N) of the mixing rotor (2) is PID controlled so that the ultimate temperature of the rubber mixture (R) at the conclusion of the step is within a tolerance range. In the uniform dispersion step, the ram pressure (Pr) or the rotational speed (N) of the mixing rotor (2) is adjusted to reduce a deviation between a value based on successively detected data associated with a predetermined control target and a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10563050
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 60 to about 100 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having more than 98 percent of the repeat units derived from styrene in blocks containing less than five repeat units, Tg ranging from ?65° C. to ?79° C.; (B) up to 40 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Lucas Manuel Dos Santos Freire, Arindam Mazumdar
  • Patent number: 10550247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which can improve crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, and tire appearance while maintaining a good balance between them, and also provides a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing a rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 80% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component: 0.1 to 8.0 parts by mass of polyether (A) having a glycol ether content of 80% by mass or more and a HLB of 3.5 to 19.0, the polyether (A) excluding Pluronic nonionic surfactants; 2 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black; and 0.3 to 7.0 parts by mass of an antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Tokimune, Naoya Kitamura, Kouji Kawaguchi, Naoya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10550245
    Abstract: High impact polystyrene may be formed with increased swell index and reduced or eliminated discoloration. A process of forming high impact polystyrene may include providing a polymerization system including a polymerization reactor and a devolatilizer. High impact polystyrene may be formed in the polymerization reactor, and sent to the devolatilizer. A polar antioxidant having a hindered phenol structure and an aliphatic amine group, and with a phosphite antioxidant may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder and a fluorescent whitening agent may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder that inhibits free radical rubber crosslinking may be added to the polymerization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Giovanni Trimino, Carlos DeAnda, David W Knoeppel
  • Patent number: 10519284
    Abstract: A process for producing a wet rubber masterbatch yielded by using, as raw materials, at least a filler, a dispersing solvent, and a rubber latex solution, comprises a step (i) of mixing the filler, the dispersing solvent and the rubber latex solution with each other to produce a filler-containing rubber latex solution, a step (ii) of solidifying the filler-containing rubber latex solution to produce a filler-containing rubber solidified product, and a step (iii) of dehydrating the filler-containing rubber solidified product to produce the wet rubber masterbatch. At the time of representing the temperature of the filler-containing rubber solidified product before the dehydration in the step (iii) by T1 (° C.), and representing the temperature of the filler-containing rubber solidified product after the dehydration by T2 (° C.), the following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: T1?100??(1) 80?T2?T1?160??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10494521
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of a cyclic ester compound having a structure shown as formula (I), which is 100 ppm-950 ppm; and based on the total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of cyclopentanone is 0.5 ppm-85 ppm is provided. The cyclic ester compound and cyclopentanone is added into the composition and controlling the content of the cyclic ester compound and the content of cyclopentanone in a certain range in the composition to realize an anti-thermal oxidative aging property of the biodegradable polyester composition. In addition, a film is prepared by blow molding or a part is prepared by injection molding after being digested with 95% ethanol at 40° C. for 240 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: KINGFA SCI. & TECH. CO., LTD., ZHUHAI WANGO CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TIANJIN KINGFA NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changli Lu, Zhimin Yuan, Tongmin Cai, Xianbo Huang, Xiangbin Zeng, Jian Jiao, Renxu Yuan, Yuke Zhong, Kai Xiong, Hui Yang, Kaijin Mai, Xueteng Dong
  • Patent number: 10486334
    Abstract: A method of preparing a plastic substrate for electrostatic painting includes preparing a carbon nanotube pellet by molding carbon nanotube powder. The method also includes preparing a conductive resin composition by mixing 0.1 to 10 wt % of the carbon nanotube pellet, 0.1 to 20 wt % of carbon black, and 70 to 99 wt % of a thermoplastic polymer resin. The method further includes molding the conductive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Soo Hwang, Wan Sung Lee, Dong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10479869
    Abstract: Blends of elastomer composites with unfilled or less highly filled elastomer reduces hysteresis without compromising reinforcement. Hysteresis may also be reduced by adjusting the compounding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald D. Adler, Anand Prakash, Ralph E. Dickinson, Vijay R. Tirumala
  • Patent number: 10407557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to asphalt compositions. The present invention provides for a sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition that includes a base asphalt having a softening point, elemental sulfur, and a recycled crumb rubber material. The crumb rubber material is combined with the base asphalt and the elemental sulfur to create the sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition. The crumb rubber material is present in the sulfur rubber asphalt binder in an amount effective to increase the softening point as compared to the softening point of the base asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Al-Mehthel, Mohammad Anwar Parvez, Hamad I. Al-Abdul Wahhab, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Saleh H. Al-Idi
  • Patent number: 10385477
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for preparing nylon yarns. The method comprises the following steps: mixing, blending, spinning, cooling and then winding an organic copper complex, color masterbatches and PA6 slices into bobbins, wherein the organic copper complex is obtained after a coordinated ionic liquid reacts with copper powder oxidized by an oxidant, and the color masterbatches are obtained through blending granulation of the PA6 slices, germanium powder slurry and modified negative ion far-infrared powder. The method has the beneficial effect that the nylon yarns obtained by the preparation method are healthier and safer to the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: FLOURISH INNOVATIVE TEXTILE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongdong Xu
  • Patent number: 10377900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bitumen/polymer composition and to its process of manufacture. The bitumen/polymer composition includes first bitumen base having an intrinsic stability S of greater than 2.5 and/or a degree of peptization Sa of greater than 0.60, and a second bitumen base having an intrinsic stability S of less than or equal to 2.50 and/or a degree of peptization Sa of less than or equal to 0.60, an elastomer and an olefinic polymer adjuvant functionalized by at least glycidyl functional groups. The values of intrinsic stability S and of the degree of peptization Sa are measured according to the standard ASTM D 7157-12. The bitumen/polymer composition exhibits improved low-temperature mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Mouhamad Mouazen, Romuald Botel, Carole Ruot, Julien Chaminand, Nour Dridi
  • Patent number: 10280268
    Abstract: A method for preparing a masterbatch of synthetic elastomer and of carbon-based filler, which comprises the following steps: preparing an aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler having a zeta potential with the opposite sign to that of an anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex, the difference between the potentials of the anionic or cationic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler being such that the absolute value thereof is greater than or equal to 20 mV, bringing together, and mixing, the anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler to obtain a coagulum, recovering the coagulum, and drying the recovered coagulum in order to obtain the masterbatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: François Lallet, Marie Eloy
  • Patent number: 10253184
    Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising a) at least one semi-crystalline polyamide, b) at least one conductive material, and c) at least one amorphous polyamide, and optionally d) at least one polyester. The composition may further comprise e) at least one filler and f) at least one additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Kwang-Sang Lee
  • Patent number: 10246600
    Abstract: A method for forming a pigmented aqueous slurry includes a step of combining a dispersant having pigment affinic groups with water to form an aqueous dispersant mixture. Pigment is added to the aqueous dispersant mixture to form an aqueous pigment mixture. The aqueous pigment composition is ground until the average particle size is less than 30 microns to form a pigmented aqueous slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunfei Jiang, Laurence Teachout, Ming-Ren Tarng, Joseph Pace
  • Patent number: 10100173
    Abstract: Provided is an additive masterbatch comprising a low-melting-point resin additive at a high concentration, which additive masterbatch can be continuously produced without strand breakage, shows excellent clumping resistance to inhibit bleeding from a pellet thereof and thus has few use restrictions for potential application. The resin additive masterbatch is characterized by comprising, with respect to 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyolefin resin: 50 to 200 parts by mass of (B) a resin additive having a melting point of not higher than 65° C.; and 10 to 20 parts by mass of (C) an inorganic layered compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ayabe, Kenji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10087326
    Abstract: Embodiments of an aqueous-based dispersion of a hydrolytically unstable polymer comprise particles of said hydrolytically unstable polymer and a stabilizing agent in water. The dispersion is substantially free of volatile organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Michelman, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Hipps, Sr., Hong Cai, Edward R. Gay, Talia McKinney Collins, John Bernard Homoelle
  • Patent number: 9908978
    Abstract: Methods for producing 3D printing composite polymer materials for use in additive manufacturing processes are provided. The methods result in enhancing the material properties of the printing material by providing a uniform and smooth surface finish of the printing material and the nozzle extrudate for additive manufacturing processes, such as Fused Filament Fabrication. The method includes implementing impregnation techniques for combining carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers, a polymer resin and a fiber material to produce a polymer material that can be processed into a printing material. Further, the method may include combining the carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers and the polymer resin to form a masterbatch that may be further combined with the fiber material through an extrusion process. The method results in a printing material with enhanced material properties and smooth surface finish for the printing material and resulting nozzle extrudate for Fused Filament Fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: AREVO INC.
    Inventors: Riley Reese, Hemant Bheda
  • Patent number: 9909031
    Abstract: A method and composition for generating a shingle roof coating is described. The method includes oxidizing an asphalt feedstock to a softening point greater than 205° F. and a penetration less than 15 dmm at 77° F. to generate an oxidized asphalt feedstock. The method then proceeds to mix an elastomeric polymer and an asphalt flux to generate a first concentrate. The first concentrate is then heated separately from the oxidized asphalt feedstock. The method then mixes the first concentrate with the oxidized asphalt feedstock and heats the combined first concentrate and the oxidized asphalt feedstock to generate the shingle roof coating. The amount of elastomeric polymer in the first concentrate is adjusted based on the type of asphalt feedstock such that the resulting shingle roof coating includes 0.5% to 6% by weight of the elastomeric polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ASPHALT SCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Randall Bruns, Hashem Hashemi, Moises Cisneros Rached
  • Patent number: 9896564
    Abstract: The use of very low concentrations of carbon nanofillers selected from among carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene or a mixture of same in any proportions, in order to improve resistance to ageing, in particular protection against ultraviolet (UV) light, of a composite material based on a polymer matrix. A composite product comprising a composite material, the composite material stabilized with respect to UV light using a content of between 1 ppm and 0.1% by weight, of carbon-based nanofillers chosen from carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene or a mixture of these in all proportions, wherein the composite product is selected from yarns, films, tubes, fibers, and nonwovens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Alexander Korzhenko, Patrick Delprat, Catherine Bluteau, Andriy Tymoshenko, Anatoliy Goryachkin, Dmitry Zakharov
  • Patent number: 9828473
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the efficient and beneficial use of nanoparticulates, such as carbon nanotubes. In various embodiments, a nanoparticulate entrapped in a linear polymer, where the linear polymer is formed in the presence of the nanoparticulate, is provided. The entrapped nanoparticulate provides an efficient means to introduce nanoparticulates into compositions, such as resins and fiber-reinforced resins, allowing for increased dispersion and beneficial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ZYVEX PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Srinagesh Kumar Potluri, Weijun Wang, Srinivas Gadthula, Bao Ngoc Le
  • Patent number: 9815951
    Abstract: The present application refers to a process for the modification of polypropylene, wherein amount, size and configuration of the branches are controlled, the process comprising the steps of (A) preparing a bis(sulphonazide) (BSA) masterbatch by dispersing BSA in polyolefin; (B) adding (i) at least one fatty acid salt with metal cation having valence of 1+ to 3+; and (ii) the BSA masterbatch prepared in step (A) to the polypropylene to be modified. Said modified polypropylene of the present invention possesses properties suitable for use in foaming, blowing, thermoforming, recoating, film extrusion, BOPP, spinning processes and other processes and applications, and it is also suitable to be in contact with food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Ana Paula de Azeredo, Marcelo Farah
  • Patent number: 9790391
    Abstract: A method for forming a pigmented aqueous slurry includes a step of combining a dispersant having pigment affinic groups with water to form an aqueous dispersant mixture. Pigment is added to the aqueous dispersant mixture to form an aqueous pigment mixture. The aqueous pigment composition is ground until the average particle size is less than 30 microns to form a pigmented aqueous slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Yunfei Jiang, Laurence Teachout, Ming-Ren Tarng, Joseph Pace
  • Patent number: 9758627
    Abstract: Disclosed are a continuous manufacturing process for a rubber masterbatch and a rubber masterbatch prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: EVE RUBBER INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengjiao Wang, Jianjun Song, Deying Dai
  • Patent number: 9724363
    Abstract: Provided are body corrective cosmetic formulations and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: OLIVO LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Betty Yu, Joseph Lomakin, Soo-Young Kang, Benjamin W. Adams
  • Patent number: 9714324
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing compositions containing vinyl-aromatic copolymers that are obtained in an emulsion polymerization process and comprise production-related salt inclusions. Said compositions are characterized by improved surface quality following storage in a warm-humid environment and are therefore suitable for producing molded articles having a class A surface that remains flawless over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Thiem, Ingmar Hermsdorfer, Birgit Mannel, Andreas Seidel, Eckhard Wenz, Hans-Juergen Klankers, Lars Frye, Hartwig Kempkes
  • Patent number: 9714325
    Abstract: A method for producing a rubber wet masterbatch includes a solidifying step of mixing a slurry solution containing a filler and a dispersing solvent with a rubber latex solution, and solidifying the resultant mixture to produce a filler-containing rubber solidified product, a dehydrating step of using a first uniaxial extruder to dehydrate the filler-containing rubber solidified product while the solidified product is heated into the range of 100 to 180° C., thereby producing a rubber wet masterbatch, and a drying plasticizing step of using a second uniaxial extruder to plasticize the rubber wet masterbatch while the masterbatch is heated into the range of 120 to 180 C, thereby producing the rubber wet masterbatch further decreased in water content by percentage. The method does not have cooling step between the dehydrating step and the drying plasticizing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 9653193
    Abstract: A coating method for producing an electrically insulating coating on a bearing component, wherein, in a first step, a substance mixture comprising at least a) a silane and/or siloxane compound, b) a metal alcoholate, and c) PEEK and/or PTFE in the form of a dispersion is applied to the bearing component and, in a second step, is solidified on the component surface by means of a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Windrich, Tim Matthias Hosenfeldt, Helmut Schillinger