Oxygen Atom Other Than As Si-o-si And At Least One Si-c Or Si-h Group Patents (Class 524/265)
  • Patent number: 6111003
    Abstract: A silicone rubber composition that has excellent discharge and flow characteristics prior to its cure and that cures into a highly transparent silicone rubber comprises:(A) polyorganosiloxane,(B) microparticulate silica,(C) methyloligosiloxane endblocked at one molecular chain terminal by silanol and endblocked at the other terminal by trimethylsiloxy, and(D) a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nakanishi, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6107381
    Abstract: Anti-fouling coatings comprise a room temperature vulcanizable polyorganosiloxane composition and a polyorganosiloxane free from silanol groups and comprising at least one hydroxy- or alkoxy-terminated polyoxyalkylenealkyl radical. The latter is capable of blooming to the surface of the cured room temperature vulcanizable composition, thus inhibiting the deposition of marine life on the coated article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Judith Stein, Timothy Brydon Burnell, James Anthony Cella
  • Patent number: 6103788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition for use in water-based coating materials which includes as essential components an emulsion polymer (A) containing tertiary amino groups obtained by carrying out emulsion polymerization of a vinyl monomer containing a tertiary amino group with another copolymerizable vinyl monomer in a water-based medium, and a compound (B) containing, at least, an epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silyl group, with this composition preferably also including a water-based compound (C) obtained by adding a neutralizing agent to a vinyl polymer (I) containing acidic groups and/or tertiary amino groups so as to neutralize at least 10% of the acidic groups and/or the tertiary amino groups, and then dispersing or dissolving in water, and/or a compound (D), which is not included in compound (B), and contains hydrolyzable silyl group and/or a silanol group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo Harui, Akifumi Yamamoto, Hidehisa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6090873
    Abstract: A coating resin composition is able to form a coating film having not only high hardness and weatherability but also high toughness, and can be cured both at room temperature and by heating curing, and further which is good at storage stability.The coating resin composition consists essentially of a silica-dispersed oligomer solution of organosilane prepared by partially hydrolyzing a hydrolyzable organosilane represented by a formula R.sup.1.sub.n SiX.sub.4-n, in colloidal silica dispersed in an organic solvent, water or a mixture thereof, and an acrylic resin which is a copolymer of acrylate or methacrylate represented by a formula, CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.2 (COOR.sup.3), and a curing catalyst. This composition is used by separating the components into two solutions and then mixing thereof as required. A resin-coated article comprises a cured resin layer of the coating resin composition on the surface of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Toshiba Silicone Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Junko Okibe, Minoru Inoue, Motoaki Haruna, Ayumu Yasuda, Takeshi Sunaga, Yasuyo Iwabuchi, Norio Sato
  • Patent number: 6087424
    Abstract: A rubber composition obtained by kneading a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a solution polymerized diene rubber, 5-100 parts by weight of silica, 1-15 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, and 1-20 parts by weight of an organic silicon compound having a number average molecular weight of about 100-10,000, and maintaining the temperature during the kneading at 200.degree. C. or less. The composition is excellent in wear resistance and productivity, has lower rolling resistance and is useful, for example, for automobile tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Keisaku Yamamoto, Kizuku Wakatsuki, Hayato Saba
  • Patent number: 6084014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to asymmetrical siloxy compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkoxy radicals having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene groups having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and arylene and alkyl-substituted arylene groups having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; n is an integer of from 2 to 8 and X is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## and R.sup.5 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, aryl and alkyl substituted aryl groups having 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Thierry Florent Edme Materne, Rene Jean Zimmer, Friedrich Visel, Uwe Ernst Frank, Giorgio Agostini
  • Patent number: 6072000
    Abstract: The present invention proposes highly practical curable resin compositions for use in water based paints, which contain no, or much less organic solvent when compared with current organic solvent based paints, and which produce painted surfaces which have excellent curability and weather resistant properties, as well as excellent resistance to solvents, chemicals and water. These curable resin compositions include a compound combining both epoxy and hydrolyzable silyl groups, and a water based product obtained by dispersing or dissolving in water, a tertiary amino vinyl polymer, a vinyl polymer containing both tertiary amino and acidic groups, or an acidic vinyl polymer, which has been either partially or completely neutralized by an acidic or basic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo Harui, Masataka Ooka
  • Patent number: 6071995
    Abstract: A rubber composition of improved hysteretic and physical properties which make it suitable for forming a tire tread, notably a tire tread of reduced rolling resistance, the rubber composition including carbon black having silica fixed to its surface as the majority portion of reinforcing filler and at least one functionalized diene polymer having at the end of its chain a silanol function or a polysiloxane block including a silanol end or a diene polymer modified along its chain by silanol functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Gerard Labauze
  • Patent number: 6071997
    Abstract: A three-dimensional composite of silica spheres interconnected by resin is provided having a three-dimensional network structure including silica particles having the following structural and dynamic characteristics and a resin present in the internal pores of said network:(a) three-dimensionally interconnected spherical silica particles having a diameter of 6 to 30 .mu.m;(b) on the surface of said spherical silica particles, a specific surface area of 300 to 400 m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yuko Tanaka, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Ogawa, Katsutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6048942
    Abstract: A thermoplastic olefin composition useful for making molded articles with high surface gloss and mar resistance includes (1) about 10 to about 90 parts of a propylene homopolymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, (2) about 90 to about 10 parts of either an olefin polymer composition that contains a low molecular weight ethylene copolymer rubber; an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin made with a metallocene catalyst, or a mixture of the two, and (3) about 0.1 to about 10 parts of a lubricant per hundred parts of (1) plus (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Montell North America Inc.
    Inventors: Charles K. Buehler, Stephen M. Dwyer, Douglas Mosier, Matthew L. Paschick
  • Patent number: 6046349
    Abstract: Oligomeric organosilicon compounds are disclosed of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 independently of one another denote H, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkoxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) haloalkoxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)haloalkyl, phenyl, aryl or aralkyl andZ denotes an alkylidene radical having 0-6 carbon atoms, x can be a statistical average of 1-6 andn=1-150 and . . . means that z can be bonded either to the one or the other C atom, and the particular free valency is occupied by a hydrogen.and their use in rubber mixtures and for the production of shaped articles, in particular pneumatic tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa-Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Batz-Sohn, Hans-Detlef Luginsland
  • Patent number: 6034171
    Abstract: A moisture curable composition comprises a mixture and/or a reaction product of a polymeric material having not less than two groups bonded to silicon which are hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, an alkoxysilane curative, an adhesion promoter and catalyst material for catalyzing the condensation reaction between the polymeric material and the alkoxysilane curative. The adhesion promoter comprises a silicone-organic copolymer consisting of units (I) according to the general formula R.sub.a R'SiO.sub.(4-a)/2 and units (II) according to the general formula R.sub.b R'SiO.sub.(3-b)/2 where R represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group and R' represents an oxyalkylene chain R.sup.6 (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.x (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.y Z in which R.sup.6 represents a hydrocarbon linkage to a silicon atom, Z represents H or a carboxylic acid residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Leempoel
  • Patent number: 6022923
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having improved rolling resistance and wear resistance comprises a tread made from a rubber composition containing a partially hydrophobizated silica subjected to a surface treatment with an organosilicon compound so as to have specified hydrophobization ratio and apparent density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Araki, Kazuhiro Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 6020408
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises, as pressure-sensitive adhesive components thereof, an acrylic-based polymer and a silane compound having at least two alkoxysilyl groups in its molecular. The silane compound is a compound which is represented by the following general formula (I).[General Formula (I)] ##STR1## (In this general formula, "A" is a group having a chain structure and/or a ring structure containing 1 to 12 carbon atom(s), R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 are respectively an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atom(s), and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are respectively an alkyl group or alkoxyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atom(s).)The amount of the silane compound to be contained is preferably 0.001 to 10 parts by weight with respect to the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of 100 parts by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Shunpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6015850
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a rubber composition comprising a diene rubber and silica, wherein (i) the silica is compounded in a proportion of 10-150 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, and (ii) a silicone oil having a polar group at its side chain or terminal is compounded in a proportion of 0.1-50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the silica, and has excellent rebound resilience, tensile property, abrasion property and processability, and a preparation process thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Nakamura, Yukio Takagishi
  • Patent number: 6013217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing a thermoplastic resin composition by extruding the composition through a nickel die to provide an extrudate having a low degree of surface roughness, said composition comprising(A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin;(B) 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a hydroxy-functional diorganopolysiloxane having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000; and(C) 0.001 to 1 part by weight of an organophosphorous compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Earl Hauenstein, Arnold Wade Lomas, Kevin Edward Lupton, David Joseph Romenesko
  • Patent number: 6013710
    Abstract: Poly-.epsilon.-caprolactones produced by continuous melt polymerization of .epsilon.-caprolactone with the use of aluminium alkoxides are stabilized for storage by incorporation of an effective quantity of silicon derivative such as, for example, a silicon oxide, an inorganic silicate or a silicon alkoxide, preference being given to silicon alkoxides. This process has the effect of greatly limiting the gradual reduction in the inherent viscosity of the poly-.epsilon.-caprolactones in the course of time. In accordance with a preferred embodiment the incorporation of the silicon derivative is preceded by the incorporation of an effective quantity of water, and this further improves the storage stability of the poly-.epsilon.-caprolactones produced with the use of aluminium alkoxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Henri Wautier, Martine Kaszacs
  • Patent number: 6013711
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a method for improving the miscibility of the lower molecular weight unsaturated siloxane-polyether copolymers with the .alpha., .omega.-divinylpolysiloxanes without loss of storage stability, or delay of cure at the vulcanization temperature, or loss of permanent hydrophilicity or other desirable features of the cured polysiloxane. The compositions of the present invention comprise one or more .alpha., .omega.-divinylpolysiloxanes, unsaturated polysiloxane-polyether copolymers having from 2 to 5 silicon atoms per molecule which are preferably trisiloxanes, and a compatibilizing additive. The permanently hydrophilic, rapidly wettable polysiloxane compositions yield static water contact angles <50.degree. dynamic advancing contact angles of less than about 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: CK Witco Corporation
    Inventors: Kenrick M. Lewis, Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 6004679
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate having improved peel strength and containing a first and third layer comprising various plastic, metal, or glass materials, and a second layer containing an addition-curable silicone composition curable to form an adhesive having good physical properties and improved peel adhesion properties, the second layer comprising (A) a vinyl-containing polydiorganosiloxane composition, (B) a hydrogen-terminated polysiloxane, preferably in an amount sufficient to provide an adhesion-promoting molar ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in (B) to olefinically unsaturated radicals in (A); (C) a catalytic amount of a platinum-containing hydrosilation catalyst; (D) an effective amount of an adhesion promoter selected from the group consisting of (i) bis[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]-fumarates; (ii) bis[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]maleates; (iii) allyl-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]maleates; (iv) allyl-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]fumarates; and (v) N-[3-(trimethoxysilyl) alkyl]maleimides, wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tyrone Duncan Mitchell, Stuart Robert Kerr, III, Mark Wayne Davis
  • Patent number: 6005036
    Abstract: A composition containing an organic material subject to oxidative, thermal or actinic degradation can be stabilized by an effective amount of at least one polysilane compound of formula I ##STR1## Preferred compounds are where q is zero, p is 2 to 50, m is zero, R.sub.1 is alkyl, phenyl or benzyl, and A and B are independently hydrogen or a group --Si(E).sub.3 where E is alkyl. These compounds can also be copolymeric having a random, alternate or block distribution of individual structural units. These compounds are particularly suitable as process stabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Primo Carrozza, Valerio Borzatta, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu
  • Patent number: 6001909
    Abstract: A composition, comprising(a) at least one tight cycloolefin,(b) a catalyst for the ring-opening metathesis polymerisation,(c) a filler, and(d) a silane of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is a polyvalent organic group having 2 to 100 carbon atoms, where one or more than one carbon atom can be replaced by O, S, N or Si atoms and Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2 and Y.sub.3 are each independently of one another C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.20 aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aralkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkoxyalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 acyl, gives cured products having excellent mechanical and electrical properties and which is particularly suitable as encapsulating material for electrical and electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventor: Frans Setiabudi
  • Patent number: 5998532
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and useful color pigmented moisture curing polyurethane coating that has an adjustable drying time, as well as methods of producing the coating. The coating is suitable for use as a protective and/or decorative coating. The coating comprises one or more specified color pigments, polyisocyanates, polyols, tertiary amines, and blocked amines. The blocked amines, in conjunction with the tertiary amines, allow the coating to dry slowly once the coating has been applied, resulting in a defect free surface. Furthermore, an additional catalyst, comprising a metal catalyst may optionally be added to the coating immediately prior to use in order to speed up the rate of drying of the coating, allowing for very precise control of the drying speed of the coating. Additional optional ingredients may be added to the coating composition, including ultraviolet light stabilizers, wetting agents, solvents, and agents to increase slip and flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Bhaskar R. Urs
  • Patent number: 5990211
    Abstract: In a method for kneading a silane coupling agent-blended rubber composition prepared by blending a natural rubber and/or a diene group synthetic rubber with silica and a silane coupling agent, a coupling reaction of the silica with the silane coupling agent is carried out in a temperature range of 130 to 140.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Yano
  • Patent number: 5985371
    Abstract: The invention provides a primer composition comprising (I) an organoalkoxysilane or siloxane, (II) an organohydrogensiloxane having an SiH group and an alkoxysilyl group, and (III) an organic titanate. Also provided is a primer composition comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane, (B) an organopolysiloxane, (C) an organoalkoxysilane or siloxane, (D) an organohydrogensiloxane having an SiH group and an alkoxysilyl group, (E) a platinum catalyst, (F) an organic titanate, and (G) an organic peroxide. The primer compositions have sufficient adhesion to join thermoset silicone rubber to various substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Fujioka, Takashi Kondou
  • Patent number: 5977225
    Abstract: The rubber mixtures according to the invention, containing at least one rubber, a filler, optionally additional rubber auxiliaries and at least one polysulphide polyether silane corresponding to the formulaR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 Si--X.sup.1 --(--S.sub.x --polyether --).sub.m --(--S.sub.x --X.sup.2 --SiR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3).sub.n (I),are used for the preparation of rubber vulcanisates, from which in particular tires having a low rolling resistance associated with a good wet skid resistance and a high abrasion resistance can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Hermann-Josef Weidenhaupt, Heinrich Konigshofen, Ulrich Eisele
  • Patent number: 5973044
    Abstract: This invention relates to organosilicon compositions useful as adhesion promoters for curable organopolysiloxanes, said organosilicon compositions being formed by reacting (A) a polyhydric alcohol, (B) an organosiloxane containing at least one organofunctional group and one hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group per molecule and (C) a silane containing at least three hydrolyzable groups per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Lutz, Michael James Owen, Susan Victoria Perz
  • Patent number: 5959004
    Abstract: White-pigmented polymers (particularly polyolefins such as polyethylene) containing white pigments treated with at least one silane or a mixture of at least one silane and at least one polysiloxane are disclosed to improve processibility in compounding and improve performance properties such as lacing resistance in a polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Tooley, Dwight Alan Holtzen, Joseph Anthony Musiano
  • Patent number: 5955525
    Abstract: The insulating formulation is a mixture of vulcanizable halogen free polyolefins with low smoke emission and fire resistance characteristics, for application in compounds to insulate and cover cables and electric conductors. The polyolefins are formulated with a hydrated inorganic charge, an alkoxysilane, a curing agent, an additive such as a process assistance agent and a combination of two antioxidants, a hindered phenol and a zinc-mercapto toluimidazole salt. The stabilized formulations with the antioxidant combination of phenol with steric hindrance and zinc 2 mercapto toluimidazole salt offer a good thermostability at 3000 hours at a temperature of 125.degree. C. and at 240 hours at a temperature of 165.degree. C. and does not stain or decolorate the copper surface when the composition is steam vulcanized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Servicios Condumex S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Fernando Labastida Sanchez, Alfonso Perez Sanchez
  • Patent number: 5952414
    Abstract: Provided is an ink, having a surface tension of not less than 30 mN/m and a viscosity of not more than 5 mpa.cndot.s, and comprising a water-soluble dye, water, at least one compound selected from the Compound Groups A and B, and at least one compound selected from the Compound Group C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromichi Noguchi, Masanori Takenouchi, Masako Shimomura, Masashi Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 5948842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition comprising natural rubber and/or diene synthetic rubbers, silica in an amount of 10 to 85 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber, a specific silane coupling agent, i.e., a bis-(alkoxysilylalkyl) polysulfide having a polysulfide structure in which the distribution of sulfur is specified, in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight of the amount of silica, and provides a pneumatic tire manufactured by using the rubber composition. The pneumatic tire has excellent low heat buildup property, low rolling resistance, and reinforcing property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Araki, Kazuhiro Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 5939478
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solvent is modified by thickening the solvent with a silicone latex. A silicone latex having a plurality of crosslinked polysiloxane particles is first prepared by mixing the siloxane polymer, a surfactant, and water; emulsifying the mixture to a gel phase; diluting the emulsion with water; adding a cure package (i.e., a catalyst, a crosslinker, or both, or a self catalytic crosslinker); and then without removing the water from the latex and after the particles of siloxane polymer in the latex have been cured, mixing the latex and solvent to thicken the solvent, forming viscous liquids, gels, and pastes. Water in the latex thickened solvent composition can be stabilized by adding a silicone polyether during mixing of the latex and the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: James Anderson Beck, Vicky Sue Cobb, Cassie Emelia Cuthbert, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Burt Michael Wrolson
  • Patent number: 5929147
    Abstract: An embrittlement-resistant polyolefin composition, including: (a) at least 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a crystalline polymer comprising either a propylene homopolymer having an isotactic index greater than 90 or a random copolymer of propylene and either ethylene or C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 1-olefins, (b) an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and either propylene or butene-1, where the elastomeric copolymer is present in an amount sufficient to enhance the flexibility of the polyolefin composition, without adversely affecting the clarity of the polyolefin composition, and where the polyolefin composition has a heat distortion temperature of at least 60.degree. C. Optional components include a stabilizing amount of a hindered amine light stabilizer, an acid neutralizing agent, and a sorbitol-based compound. The composition may be used to manufacture medical articles and food packaging material which must be sterilized, either by irradiation or by autoclaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Montell North America Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Pierick, Thomas J. O'Neal
  • Patent number: 5922459
    Abstract: A plasma-polymerized anti-fogging film is formed by polymerization-depositing a high molecular polymerized DMDAS film on a substrate to provide the substrate surface with anti-fogging capability. The plasma polymerization deposition process is performed by using diacetoxy silane monomer that contains bi-carboxylate O.dbd.C--O-- functional group as the reactant monomer with an introduction of a suitable amount of oxygen to cause the polymerization reaction. The reactant monomer and the oxygen are introduced into a vacuum deposition apparatus and a high energy plasma is generated between electrodes of the vacuum deposition apparatus to cause the polymerization reaction on the substrate to form thereon the high molecular polymerized DMDAS anti-fogging film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Dao-Yang Huang, Chao-Tsang Wei
  • Patent number: 5914364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica reinforced rubber composition and to pneumatic tires having treads comprised of the silica reinforced rubber compositions.The silica reinforced rubber composition comprises at least one elastomer, silica, a silica coupler, a hydrophobating agent and, optionally, carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Martin Paul Cohen, Cheryl Ann Losey, Raymond Benjamin Roennau, Shingo Futamura, Thierry Florent Edme Materne, James Oral Hunt, Ghislain Adolphe Leon Thise
  • Patent number: 5908879
    Abstract: A coated particle is described, which includes a metal fluoride particle and a polysiloxane coating on the surface of the particle. A dental composition is also described, which includes the coated particle, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Kawashima, Kenichi Hino
  • Patent number: 5900450
    Abstract: A method for preparing a three dimensionally connected silica spheres-resin composite, which comprises hydrolyzing and polymerizing a low molecular weight polyalkoxysilane in the presence of an acid catalyst in a mixed solution of the low molecular weight polyalkoxysilane and a water-soluble polymer in a solvent mixture of water and alcohol to obtain a three dimensional connected silica spheres, impregnating the three dimensional connected silica spheres with at least one material selected from resin-forming monomers and resin-forming prepolymers, and curing the material. The composite obtained by the above method retains its strength even at high temperatures where the organic matter undergoes pyrolysis or burnout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yuko Tanaka, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Ogawa, Katsutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5889090
    Abstract: White-pigmented polymers (particularly, polyolefins such as polyethylene) containing white pigments treated with at least one silane or a mixture of at least one silane and at least one polysiloxane are disclosed to improve processibility in compounding and improve performance properties such as lacing resistance in a polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. duPont deNemours & Company
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Tooley, Dwight Alan Holtzen, Joseph Anthony Musiano
  • Patent number: 5872164
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a resin composition for coloring which comprises the steps of a phase replacement and dehydration of a pigment (a); water (b); a thermoplastic resin (c), an aqueous dispersion or solution of a thermoplastic resin (d) or an aqueous compound (e) in a twin screw extruder. Also, there is provided a resin composition for coloring prepared by such a process. It is possible to efficiently manufacture a resin composition for coloring (master batch) which has excellent pigment dispersibility and which is capable of uniform coloring without causing color unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Koide, Yasuaki Machida, Junichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5863966
    Abstract: Radiation-curing printing inks which comprise organopolysiloxanes of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 =an alkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 =a group of the formula--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --C(O)O--R--(OC(O)--CH.dbd.CH.sub.2).sub.x-1and/or--CH.dbd.CH--C(O)O--R--(OC(O)--CH.dbd.CH.sub.2).sub.x-1in which x is an integer and is at least 2, and R is a hydrocarbon radical which optionally has alkoxy groups,R.sup.3 =R.sup.1 or R.sup.2,n=30 to 150,m=0 to 3, preferably 0,in quantities of from 0.01 to 3% by weight, based on the ink formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Th. Goldschmidt AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ebbrecht, Georg Feldmann-Krane, Peter Lersch, Stefan Silber
  • Patent number: 5854308
    Abstract: Water-based pigmented ink formulations are disclosed including a water soluble or water dispersible silicone-containing polymer additive comprising a vinyl silicone polymer. The additive significantly reduces kogation, mudcracking, and banding in some or all of the pigmented ink formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Kuo, Smarajit Mitra, Charles E. Boyer, III, Daniel B. Pendergrass, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5852095
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous, silicone-modified acrylate polymer emulsion, which is an acrylate polymer emulsion produced by subjecting a monomer system (A) comprising an acrylate monomer selected from the group consisting of an acrylic ester, a methacrylic ester and a mixture thereof to emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium in the presence of emulsifier (B) selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a sulfonate group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and a mixture thereof, wherein the acrylate polymer emulsion is silicone-modified using a specific, silicone structure-containing modifier (C) during or after the emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyoaki Yamauchi, Yasuyuki Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 5852099
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a rubber composition which is inted for the manufacture of tires and has a base of precipitated silicas "doped" with aluminum, the aluminum content being between .gtoreq.0.35% and .ltoreq.3% by weight of silica. Said composition has improved working properties as well as improved hysteresis properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin--Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Robert Vanel
  • Patent number: 5844031
    Abstract: A method of dispersing silicone compositions in organic thermoplastic materials is disclosed. The novel compositions produced by the method of the invention have a fine and relatively uniform dispersion or organosilicone in an organic thermoplastic. An organosilicone resin (A) and a predominantly linear silicone fluid (B) are first blended to substantial homogeneity to form an organosilicone alloy therefrom. The organosilicone alloy exhibits thermoplastic behavior and has a temperature-dependent complex viscosity .eta.*.sub.Si (T) associated therewith. Likewise the organic thermoplastic materials have a temperature-dependent complex viscosity, .eta.*.sub.OTP (T), associated therewith. The organic thermoplastic and the organosilicone alloy are thereafter mixed at a predetermined mixing temperature, T.sub.m, and a predetermined shear strain rate. The organic thermoplastic material and the organosilicone alloy are both in a flowable state at T.sub.m. The value of T.sub.m is selected to be about .+-.30.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Hongxi Zhang, Kevin Edward Lupton, David Joseph Romenesko, Randall Gene Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5827912
    Abstract: The rubber compounds according to the invention, containing a rubber, an oligomeric silane of formula (I), a filler and optionally other rubber auxiliary agentsR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 Si--X.sup.1 --(--S.sub.x --Y--).sub.m --(--S.sub.x --X.sup.2 --SiR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3).sub.n (I),are used for the manufacture of molded rubber bodies, particularly tires, that have low rolling resistance and increased dynamic and thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventor: Thomas Scholl
  • Patent number: 5824723
    Abstract: The stain resistant cover composition of the present invention for colored rubber part of a tire is characterized by that it comprises water of 100 parts by weight, polyvinyl alcohol of 1.0 to 50 parts by weight, a vinyl acetate resin emulsion of 15 to 150 parts by weight (solid content), a surfactant of 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight, and a silicon oil of 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight. The stain resistant protective film of the present invention for colored rubber part of a tire is used as a stain resistant protective film for a colored portion in the side wall part of a tire, wherein the above protective film comprises polyvinyl alcohol, a vinyl acetate resin emulsion, a surfactant, and a silicon oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Yo Uchida
  • Patent number: 5807914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass fiber-reinforced polycarbonate resin composition comprising:(A) 70 to 92% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin;(B) 1 to 20% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate oligomer;(C) 3 to 20% by weight of a glass fiber comprising a short glass fiber having a fiber length of not more than 140 .mu.m and a long glass fiber having a fiber length of more than 140 .mu.m; and(D) 0.5 to 15% by weight of a composite rubber-based graft copolymer,halogen content in said resin composition being not more than 0.5% by weight based on total weight of said resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Obayashi, Tooru Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 5804611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition used for hydrophilization, which comprises:(A) a compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain, and(B) hydrophilic crosslinked polymer fine particles made of a copolymer composed of:2-50% by weight of (a) a hydrophilic monomer having a polymerizable double bond and a polyoxyalkylene or polyvinylpyrrolidone chain,20-97% by weight of (b) a (meth)acrylamide type monomer,1-30% by weight of (c) a crosslinkable unsaturated monomer,2-50% by weight of (d) a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer, and0-50% by weight of (e) a monomer having one polymerizable unsaturated group in the molecule, other than the monomers (a), (b), (c) and (d).Said composition can form a hydrophilic film superior in retention of hydrophilicity, stability and press formability, on, for example, the surfaces of heat exchanger fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Takoh, Masahiro Kondo, Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 5804625
    Abstract: This invention provides durably hydrophilic, thermoplastic fiber comprising a thermoplastic polymer, such as polyamide, polyurethane, or polyolefin, e.g., polypropylene, and a mixture of: (a) one or more fluoroaliphatic group-containing nonionic surfactants and (b) one or more nonionic, non-fluorinated, polyoxyethylene group-containing surfactants that contain between 20 and 80 weight percent polyoxyethylene. The mixture of the surfactants (a) and (b) is present in the fiber in an amount sufficient to impart durable hydrophilicity to the fiber at its surface. Durably hydrophilic films and durably hydrophilic fabrics and webs constructed from said fibers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John A. Temperante, Thomas P. Klun, Alton J. Gasper
  • Patent number: 5792560
    Abstract: High clarity optical and safety glass laminate interlayer films and optical laminates are described. The films and their laminates comprise very low density polyethylene and/or its copolymers, preferably polymerized with metallocene catalysts, and modified with additives, such as coupling agents, clarifying or nucleation agents, UV-light absorbers, pigment or color concentrate, and IR-light blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Norton Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Friedman, Louis Laucirica
  • Patent number: 5789485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable silicone composition comprising (A) an alkenyl-functional organopolysiloxane, (B) a siloxane-modified acrylic polymer, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The curable silicone compositions of this invention cure into a highly oil-resistant and highly wear-resistant coating and are useful as base compositions for inks for silicone moldings, and are also useful for imparting release against pressure sensitive adhesives while maintaining a degree of printability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Takayoshi Otomo, Hiroaki Yoshida