-c-o-p-o-c, Or C-o-p-oh Group, E.g., Phosphate Ester, Lecithin, Etc. Patents (Class 524/145)
  • Patent number: 6642288
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-retardant polyester or polyamide composition that contains a combination of a compound derived from triazine and an organic phosphorus compound. By choosing as the triazine compound a melamine condensation product, for example melam, a UL 94 V-0 and GWFI 960° classification can be obtained for glass-fibre reinforced polyester or polyamide with a relatively low concentration of flame-retardant additives, and without good mechanical properties being affected. Unusual is moreover that the CTI value can again be brought to 600 Volt for this glass-fibre reinforced polyester or polyamide. In a preferred embodiment use is made of a phosphorus-containing compound containing more than 14 wt. % P. The use thereof with for example melamine cyanurate results in optimum flame-retardant behaviour at a low total concentration of flame-retardant additives. Important additional aspects are improved crystallisation behaviour and a high stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: DSM N.V.
    Inventor: Richerdes J. M. Hulskotte
  • Patent number: 6635698
    Abstract: A transparent/translucent flame redardant composition comprises a uniform blend of a miscible resin blend of a polycarbonate resin and a cycloaliphatic polyester resin wherein the composition has at least a 80% pass rate in 10 test specimen in the Norme Francaise NF-P-92-505 flammability test of L'Association Francaise de Normalisation using test specimens with weight between about 1.0 to about 6.0 kilograms per square meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johannes Martinus D. Goossens, Walter C. M. van der Heijden, Gabrie Hoogland, Johannes Jacobus M. de Moor, Hendrik Verhoogt
  • Patent number: 6632442
    Abstract: An intumescent polymer composition includes a matrix polymer, an acid catalyst source, a nitrogen source and an ionic phyllosilicate synergist having substantial cationic exchange capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: PABU Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard J. Chyall, Harry A. Hodgen, Frederick J. Vyverberg, Robert W. Chapman, Phillip K. Chou
  • Publication number: 20030187112
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flame-retardant composition including an oligomer-type flame-retardant compound represented by formula 1, which gives good flame retardation, heat-resistance, hydrolysis-resistance and fluidity characteristics to resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Ha Kim, Duk-Suk Jung, Dong-Kyung Park, Jong-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 6613822
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition that contains aromatic polycarbonate and/or polyester carbonate, a graft polymer, phosphazene compound, phosphorus compound and fluorinated polyolefin is disclosed. The composition exhibits excellent flame retardance and very good mechanical properties, including weld line strength and impact strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Michael Zobel, Dieter Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6596794
    Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions based on polycarbonate and/or polyester-carbonate comprising graft polymer prepared by means of bulk, solution or bulk-suspension polymerization processes and phosphorus compounds of the general formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Michael Zobel, Bernd Keller, Dieter Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6590020
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polyoxymethylene molding materials containing A) from 10 to 99.98% by weight of a polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymer B) from 0.005 to 2% by weight of a sterically hindered phenol C) from 0.001 to 2% by weight of a polyamide D) from 0.002 to 2% by weight of an alkaline earth metal silicate or of an alkaline earth metal glycerophosphate E) from 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one ester or amide of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids of 10 to 40 carbon atoms with polyols or aliphatic saturated alcohols or amines of 2 to 40 carbon atoms or an ether which is derived from alcohols and ethylene oxide F) from 0 to 5% by weight of a melamine/formaldehyde condensate G) from 0 to 74% by weight of further additives, the sum of the percentages by weight of the components A) to G) being 100% in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eberle, Burkhardt Dames
  • Patent number: 6583210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire with a carbon black-containing, black-colored, circumferential tread of a cap/base construction, wherein said tread cap has a lug and groove configuration and wherein the outer surface of a major portion of said grooves are designed to be ground contacting, and a co-extruded thin outer non-carbon black-containing rubber layer of a non-black color wherein said outer rubber layer is integral with and circumferentially extends from the axial outer edge of said tread cap to include at least of a visible surface of at least one groove in said tread cap. In one aspect, said tread contains a pair of black colored, carbon black reinforced, tread miniwings which extend from the axial outer edge of the tread over a portion of the tire sidewall, wherein said thin outer rubber layer joins said miniwing and wherein said tread cap, tread base, tread miniwings and thin outer layer are co-extruded, co-cured and therefore integral with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, George Frank Balogh, Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 6583257
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic copolycarbonate compositions and moulded parts containing the latter having improved stress cracking resistance and thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger Warth, Thomas Eckel, Dieter Wittmann, Silke Kratschmer
  • Patent number: 6569930
    Abstract: A flame resistant thermoplastic molding composition is disclosed. The composition contains aromatic polycarbonate, graft polymer, a specifically structured phosphorous compound, fluorinated polyolefin and inorganic compound with an average particle size no greater that 200 nm and an optional vinyl(co)polymer. The inventive composition is characterized in its improved stress cracking resistance and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Dieter Wittmann, Michael Zobel, Bernd Keller, Heinrich Alberts
  • Publication number: 20030092806
    Abstract: The free radical initiated addition polymerisation of ethylenically unsaturated, particularly acrylic monomers in which the dispersed phase is stabilised by a surfactant including at least one anionic surfactant compound of the formula (I): R1—(OA)n—X where R1 is C16 to C22 hydrocarbyl including at least two double bonds; OA is oxyalkylene group; n is from 2 to 60; and X includes at least one acidic H atom, and is particularly a phosphate ester group, or a salt thereof, is described. The use of the surfactants of the formula (I) enable efficient emulsification and thus polymerisation at temperatures above those at which non-ionic unsaturated surfactants are effective. The polymer latex products give polymer films having good water resistance properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Trevor Graham Blease, Johny Denis Grade
  • Patent number: 6555605
    Abstract: Additive composition for polymer compounds containing magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate at least a phosphorus compound and at least a nitrogen compound, capable of conferring flame-retardant properties to the polymer compounds to which it is added, maintaining the mechanical properties of said compound within limits acceptable for the use of the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.p.A.
    Inventor: Flavio Casiraghi
  • Patent number: 6531530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flame retardant resin composition having excellent impact resistance, heat resistance, dimensional stability, and flame retardance. That is, it provides a flame retardant resin composition made up of: 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin (A) containing: 80 to 10% by weight of (A-1) at least one of an aromatic polyester resin and a polyamide resin, 17 to 85% by weight of at least one of a rubber-containing copolymer of a vinyl cyanide and an aromatic vinyl (A-2) and a copolymer of a vinyl cyanide and an aromatic vinyl (A-3) and 3 to 40% by weight of (A-4) at least one of a polyphenylene ether resin and a polyphenylene sulfide resin, 1 to 60 parts by weight of a non-halogen, organic or inorganic flame retardant (B) and 100 parts by weight or less of a filler (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Asano
  • Patent number: 6531534
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition which has a high resistance to hydrolysis in a molded article thereof. That is, it provides a thermoplastic resin composition which contains 100 parts by weight of (a) a polycarbonate resin or, if necessary, a mixture of (a) with (b) a styrene resin, 1 to 40 parts by weight of (c) an organic phosphorus compound and 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of (e) talc, and further contains 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of (d) fluoroethylene polymer if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 6518337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which modify the surface adhesion properties of a surface such as, tableware, cutting board, sinks and food preparation areas, generally
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Keith Homer Baker, William Michael Scheper, Chandrika Kasturi, Peter Yau-Tak Lin, Magda El-Nokaly
  • Patent number: 6515053
    Abstract: The invention pertains to latex-based compositions and to methods of their use for stabilizing heavy metal on a surface having heavy metal containing paint thereon. A latex based composition comprising a phosphate stabilizing agent and a slipping agent suspended in a latex, such as a latex-based paint, is applied onto a heavy metal containing painted surface before the heavy metal containing paint is removed. The paint can then be removed by mechanical means to produce paint waste in which the heavy metal is complexed to the phosphate stabilizing agent when exposed to natural or induced leaching conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Keith F. Forrester
  • Patent number: 6482757
    Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Kirkland W. Vogt, Shulong Li
  • Patent number: 6482877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a polycarbonate composition. The polycarbonate is prepared by melt synthesis using a sulfur-containing acid compound to at least partially quench the melt catalyst. The polycarbonate composition comprises said polycarbonate, phosphorous acid, further sulfur-containing acid compound and an ester derived from a mono-fatty acid and a polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kazushige Inoue, Hiromi Ishida, Theodorus Lambertus Hoeks, Lennard Alexander Markestein
  • Patent number: 6472456
    Abstract: Polyolefins, especially polypropylene, can be made flame retardant by the incorporation therein of a synergistic mixture of a selected hindered amine substituted by an alkoxy, cydoalkoxy or hydroxyalkoxy moiety and a selected organic or inorganic brominated and/or phosphorus containing flame retardant, such as ammonium polyphosphate or decabromodiphenyl oxide wherein the amount of organic or inorganic flame retardant required to achieve an acceptable level of flame retardancy is significantly reduced compared to that needed when the hindered amine is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne Horsey, Stephen Mark Andrews, Leonard Harris Davis, Darrell David Dyas, Jr., Robert Leo Gray, Anunay Gupta, Bruce Vincent Hein, Joseph Stephen Puglisi, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Paul Shields, Rangarajan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 6469077
    Abstract: There is provided a polyphenylene ether resin composition, comprising: a component (A) containing a polyphenylene ether resin; a component (B) containing a phosphate compound represented by the following formula (I); and a component (C) containing a condensed phosphate compound represented by the following formula (II), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently of one another an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl group; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently of one another a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl group, provided that a case of R4=R5=R6=R=H is excluded; n is an integer of not less than 1; Z is an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Moritomi, Yasuo Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 6451889
    Abstract: A flameproof thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a rubber modified styrene-containing base resin composed of 20˜100% by weight of a styrene-containing graft copolymer resin and 0˜80% by weight of a styrene-containing copolymer resin; (B) 5˜40 parts by weight of a phenolic resin; (C) 3˜40 parts by weight of a PPE resin having a hindered phenolic structure; and (D) 5˜30 parts by weight of an aromatic phosphoric acid ester having a hindered phenolic structure. Said flameproof thermoplastic resin composition may further comprise 0.01˜2.0 parts by weight of a fluorine resin to 100 parts by weight of said rubber modified styrene-containing base resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bok-nam Jang, Se-jong Kim, Gyu-cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 6448316
    Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer mixture which comprises an aromatic polycarbonate (A); a styrene (or styrene derivative and/or (meth)acrylate) containing polymer or copolymer and/or a styrene (or styrene derivative and/or (meth)acrylate) containing graft polymer (B); phosphorous compound(s) which are phosphate or phosphonate or oligomeric or poly-phosphate based flame-retardant(s) (C); specific inorganic additive(s) (D); and further flame retardant(s) or anti-drip agent(s) (E): and optionally, other additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Hirano, Naoki Kikuchi, Morihiko Sugino, Alan Fernyhough, Martin Thomas Davies, Philip Toy, Joseph Angelo Capitelli, Peter John Ives
  • Patent number: 6448323
    Abstract: A dry film coating composition for use in coating pharmaceutical tablets, nutritional supplements, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, comprises polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer such as polyethylene glycol or glycerin, talc, and preferably a pigment/opacifier and lecithin. A method of coating substrates such as pharmaceutical tablets, nutritional supplements, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, with a film coating, comprises the steps of mixing polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer such as polyethylene glycol or glycerin, talc, and preferably a pigment/opacifier and lecithin into water to form an aqueous coating dispersion, applying an effective amount of said coating dispersion onto said substrates to form a film coating on said substrates, and drying the film coating on said substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Philip Jordan, James Taylor
  • Patent number: 6410613
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a novel phosphate compound by which a copper ion can be dispersed in a high proportion in a synthetic resin, thereby providing excellent visible ray-transmitting property and performance that near infrared rays are absorbed with high efficiency, a preparation process thereof, a phosphate copper compound obtained from the phosphate compound and a preparation process thereof, and a near infrared ray-absorbing acrylic resin composition which has both excellent visible ray-transmitting property and near infrared rays absorption capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Katono
  • Patent number: 6399685
    Abstract: Emulsion formation is minimized or prevented and hydrolytic product degradation is suppressed during purification of impure bisphenol-A bis(diphenylphosphate). This is accomplished by forming a hydrocarbon solution of bisphenol-A bis(diphenylphosphate) plus impurities in a solvent comprising at least one aromatic hydrocarbon and at least one paraffinic hydrocarbon. Optionally, but preferably, this solution is washed with water or an aqueous buffer solution. Next, the hydrocarbon solution is washed one or more times with an aqueous alkaline washing solution that has a specific gravity that differs from the specific gravity of the hydrocarbon solution by at least about 0.05 gram per cubic centimeter. After each washing the mixture settles into a purified organic phase and a separate aqueous phase, and these phases are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: W. Dirk Klobucar, William B. Harrod, Billie B. Dadgar, Joseph D. McLean, Gary D. Heidebrecht, Hao V. Phan, Thomas R. Nicholas, Jeffrey L. Broeker
  • Patent number: 6384114
    Abstract: Disclosed are non-halogen, flame-retardant polycarbonate resin compositions capable of being stably molded even under heat, and their moldings having good flame retardant, high impact strength, good thermal aging resistance and good moisture resistance. The compositions comprise, as the essential components, (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a styrenic resin, and (C) a phosphate ester compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 6359043
    Abstract: The present invention is related to compositions that comprise polyphenylene ether resin, polystyrene resin, glass fibers, an organophosphate compound and an amount of mica effective to render the composition V-0 when measured at a thickness of 1.6 mm. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the amount of mica ranges from about 1% by weight to less than 5% by weight, based upon the weight of the entire composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Erwin Marie Alfred Gijzen
  • Patent number: 6333379
    Abstract: Process for preparing antistatic acrylic polymers wherein the acrylic monomers are polymerized in suspension, said acrylic monomers contain dissolved the antistatic additives selected from the following ones: CnH2n+1CO—N(CH2CH2OH)2  (1) wherein n is an integer ranging from 9 to 13; Cn′H2n′+1N(CH2CH2OH)2  (2) wherein n′ is an integer ranging from 8 to 14; CH2(OR1)CH(OR2)CH2(OR3) or C(CH2OR1)(CH2OR2)(CH2OR3)(CH2OR4)  (3) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 equal to or different from each other, are H or R, wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated C12-C18 alkylcarboxylate, preferably saturated or monounsaturated C18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: ELF Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano De Marco, Fabio Giberti, Lorenzo Poggi
  • Patent number: 6326423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycarbonate-ABS molding compositions containing phosphorus compounds which are group IB, IIB or VIII metal salts of partial phosphoric acid esters which have excellent mechanical properties, in particular excellent notched impact strength, stress cracking behavior and heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Michael Zobel, Dieter Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6326418
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refractory granular material composition for a self-hardening molding by acid-hardening, consisting essentially of: a refractory granular material, an acid-hardening resin-containing binder composition, an acid-containing hardener composition, and at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of (1) alcohols, (2) ether alcohols and ester shown below: wherein R1 represents a C4 to C8 straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group or a benzyl group; R2 represents a C1 to C10 straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group, phenyl group or a benzyl group; R3 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group; n is an integer of 1 to 12; R4 represents, phenyl group or a methyl group; and R5 is a C2 to C6 aliphatic hydrocarbon group or (R3 —O)n R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakai, Masayuki Kato, Masuo Sawa
  • Patent number: 6319432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flame retardant comprising bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) and its dimer, the former having an HPLC determined 78 to 87 area % and an 85 to less than 90 normalized area %, the normalized area % being based on the total HPLC area % of the bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) and the dimer. The flame retardant also has a low isopropenylphenyl diphenyl phosphate and a low triphenylphosphate content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Harrod, W. Dirk Klobucar
  • Publication number: 20010041759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a polycarbonate composition. The polycarbonate is prepared by melt synthesis using a sulfur-containing acid compound to at least partially quench the melt catalyst. The polycarbonate composition comprises said polycarbonate, phosphorous acid, further sulfur-containing acid compound and an ester derived from a mono-fatty acid and a polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Kazushige Inoue, Hiromi Ishida, Theodorus Lambertus Hoeks, Lennard Alexander Markestein
  • Patent number: 6313246
    Abstract: This invention is directed to high molecular weight water-soluble zwitterionic polymers derived from zwitterionic and nonionic monomer units, and to the use of the polymers in papermaking processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Phillip W. Carter, Patrick G. Murray, Larry E. Brammer, Jr., Andrew J. Dunham
  • Patent number: 6300390
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-based dental restorative that exhibits low volumetric shrinkage, high filler loading and the high strength required for load bearing restorations, yet maintains a glossy appearance, even after substantial wear. To this end, a dispersant is mixed with a methacrylate resin and a structural filler having a mean particle size between about 0.05 &mgr;m and about 0.50 &mgr;m. The composite is useful in stress bearing restorations and in cosmetic restorations. The structural filler used is typically ground to a mean particle size of less than 0.5 &mgr;m and also includes a microfill having a mean particle size less than 0.05 &mgr;m to improve handling and mechanical characteristics. The preferred dental composites maintain their surface finish even after substantial use and also have the strength properties of hybrid composite resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Kerr Corporation
    Inventor: Christos Angeletakis
  • Patent number: 6271290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a polycarbonate composition. The polycarbonate is prepared by melt synthesis using a sulfur-containing acid compound to at least partially quench the melt catalyst. The polycarbonate composition comprises said polycarbonate, phosphorous acid, further sulfur-containing acid compound and an ester derived from a mono-fatty acid and a polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kazushige Inoue, Hiromi Ishida, Theodorus Lambertus Hoeks, Lennard Alexander Markestein
  • Publication number: 20010007899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copolyester resin composition which has good physical properties, biodegradability and processability and a process for preparing and/or producing the same. To improve the biodegradability and physical properties of the copolyester, the present invention applied multi-stage reaction step, and copolyester resin having number average molecular weight of from 30,000 to 70,000, weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 600,000, melting point of from 55° C. to 120° C., and melt index of from 0.1 to 30 g/10 minute (190° C., 2,160 g) is obtained. The processability and physical properties of the copolyester resin of the present invention has been greatly enhanced by incorporating (i) an “aromatic-aliphatic prepolymers” having number average molecular weight of from 300 to 30,000 and the contiguous repeating unit of aromatic group in the dicarboxylic acid position of “aromatic-aliphatic prepolymers” is less than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Chung, Jae Wang Lee, Dong Hoon Kim, Do Youn Kim, Suok Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20010007887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation comprising an organic pigment and 0.2 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment preparation, of an ammonium polyphosphate or of an organophosphorus compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Rudiger Jung, Klaus Saitmacher, Arpad Acs
  • Patent number: 6232397
    Abstract: Molding materials contain, as essential components, an aromatic polycarbonate, a graft polymer based on alkyl acrylates, styrenes and unsaturated nitriles, a copolymer based on styrenes and unsaturated nitrites, a siloxane network rubber, a copolymer of at least two different esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid or mixtures thereof, if desired halogen-free phosphorus compounds and additives, and moldings, films or fibers are obtainable from the molding materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Norbert Güntherberg
  • Patent number: 6197857
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition which can provide a sliding property of a molding product formed of a flame-retardant resin composition obtained by blending a polycarbonate resin and a styrene resin with a phosphate ester compound and having a good flowability without decreasing an appearance of a molding product. The invention relates to a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a resin composed of (A) from 60 to 99% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) from 40 to 1% by weight of a styrene resin, (C) from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a phosphate ester compound and (D) from 0.3 to 3 parts by weight of a silicone oil having a viscosity of from 1,000 to 20,000 cs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Naoki Mitsuta, Noritada Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6194330
    Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Kirkland W. Vogt, Shulong Li
  • Patent number: 6191197
    Abstract: There are disclosed a gel or polymer composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polymer blend component comprising 1 to 90% by weight of a poly(vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon) polymer having a syndiotactic configuration and 99 to 10% by weight of a rubbery elastomer and at least 30 parts by weight of an extender oil or a low molecular weight organic component. These gel compositions have super soft properties, heat resistance, and/or damping properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaorong Wang, Xiao-Liang Luo, Frank J. Clark, Hideo Takeichi, James E. Hall, Takahiro Matsuse, Naruhiko Mashita, Shinichi Toyosawa
  • Patent number: 6174944
    Abstract: Provided are a flame retardant polycarbonate resin composition and housings of the composition for electric and electronic instruments and appliances. Having good fluidity and good moldability, the composition can be well molded into thin-wall moldings with good appearance. The composition contains additive components of a fibrous filler, a terpene resin, a composite rubber-based graft copolymer, a halogen-free phosphate compound and a polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Masahiro Kitayama
  • Patent number: 6159390
    Abstract: Method for the treatment of mineral fillers using organic phosphate treatment agents. Treated mineral fillers obtained by said method and suspension of these treated mineral fillers in polyols. Use of these suspensions in the manufacture of flexible, semirigid, or rigid polyurethane foams used for the manufacture of molded or nonmolded objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Omya S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Fichou, Maurice Husson, Georges Ravet, Pierre Blanchard
  • Patent number: 6153304
    Abstract: Articles of manufacture are provided with a low surface energy, permanently non-stick, non-fouling and ice-phobic surface by a system of coating comprising applying a primary coating having a surface energy of 22-28 dynes/cm.sup.2 comprising a novel polymeric material having non-stick and hardness properties and then applying a top coating having lower surface energy of from about 18-21 dynes/cm.sup.2 comprising a siliconic polymer and interdigitating means to make the top coating permanent, the means preferably comprising a bi- or polyfunctional organic compound adapted to wet the surface of the primary coating and chemically or physically bond thereto and to couple to the siliconic polymeric substance in the top coating. The coated substrates are resistant to marking by graffiti, to adherence by marine fouling organisms, and frozen ice on the surface is easily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Decora Incorporated
    Inventors: John Ralph Smith, Nissim N. Garti
  • Patent number: 6140398
    Abstract: A novel composition of matter comprising the reaction product of a phosphoryl compound, a salicylic acid derivative, and an organic compound containing two groups having hydroxyl functionality is provided. This composition has utility as a fire retardant chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventor: Johnson D. Koola
  • Patent number: 6139623
    Abstract: Exemplary emulsion admixture for use in hydraulic cement compositions formed by emulsifying an antifoaming agent, surfactant, and a comb polymer having a carbon-containing backbone to which are attached cement-anchoring members and oxyalkylene groups. A method of making a stable emulsion admixture comprising the comb polymer, as well as a hydraulic cement composition comprising the admixture, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: David Charles Darwin, Robert T. Taylor, Ara A. Jeknavorian, Ding Feng Shen
  • Patent number: 6127450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-based dental restorative that exhibits high condensability, low volumetric shrinkage and low shrinkage stress. To this end, one or more of a rheological modifier, dispersant and fluorocopolymer are mixed with a methacrylate resin and a fine mineral filler in amounts effective to improve the condensability of the resulting composite to achieve amalgam-like condensation, to reduce the volumetric shrinkage to less than about 2% during polymerization, to improve wear resistance, and to provide a composite with generally improved physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Kerr Corporation
    Inventor: Christos Angeletakis
  • Patent number: 6111002
    Abstract: The preparation of an aqueous dispersion can be based on at least one water-insoluble organopolymer, on at least one water-dispersible silicon compound and on at least one water-soluble or dispersible phosphorus compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Doring, Jurgen Stohrer, Richard Goetze
  • Patent number: RE37951
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions for use as additives in the automotive industry, which compositions contain waste powder prime and a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate, diisoheptyl phthalate, a linear phthalate based upon C7-C9 alcohols, a mixture of esters containing a minimum of 55 percent of diesters and a maximum of 20 percent dibenzoate, a mixture of esters containing a minimum of 60 percent of diesters and a maximum of 30 percent dibenzoate and dipropylene glycol dibenzoate and automotive sealants which contain waste powder prime, a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate, diisoheptyl phthalate, a linear phthalate based upon C7-C9 alcohols, a mixture of esters containing a minimum of 55 percent of diesters and a maximum of 20 percent dibenzoate, a mixture of esters containing a minimum of 60 percent of diesters and a maximum of 30 percent dibenzoate and dipropylene glycol dibenzoate and automotive
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: James F. Hubert, Richard A. Rinka
  • Patent number: RE36902
    Abstract: Flame resistant, thermoplastic molding compounds containingA) 40 to 98 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate,B) 3 to 50 parts by weight of a vinyl copolymer,C) 0.5 to 40 parts by weight of a graft polymer,D) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a mixture ofD.1) 10 to 90 wt. %, related to D) , of a monophosphorus compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## D.2) 90 to 10 wt. %, related to D), of an oligomeric phosphorus compound of the formula (II) ##STR2## and E) 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a fluorinated polyolefin with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 1000 .mu.m, a density of 1.2 to 2.3 g/cm.sup.3 and a fluorine content of 65 to 76 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventors: Thomas Eckel, Dieter Wittmann, Manfred Oller, Heinrich Alberts