Group Iia Metal (be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) Patents (Class 524/400)
  • Publication number: 20110275261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which, when mixed with a polymer composition, allows for the formation of a continuous and cohesive film. The film is characterized in that it provides water, grease and oil resistance, provides a water vapour barrier and can be used as wax replacement treatment and a top coat for flexible packaging, but also on other substrates. This film is formed at a very fast set speed without the need of thermal energy. The composition contains i) a salt of one or more of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid; and preferably also ii) a C9-C18 fatty acid complex of a metal ion, said metal ion having an oxidation state of at least 3. The invention also provides processes and coated substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Francois Dandenault, Djamel Baghdad Daidj, Serge Berube
  • Patent number: 8053499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyoxymethylene molding composition comprising (A) 0.1-5.0% by weight of colorant, (B) 0.01-0.5% by weight of a nitrogen-containing stabilizer, (C) 0.05-1% by weight of an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and at least one fatty acid, and (D) 0.001-0.5% by weight of a metal salt of a fatty acid, and (I) polyoxymethylene polymer and, where appropriate, up to 40% by weight of other conventional additives, and variants of this constitution in advantageous versions. In the case of these polyoxymethylene molding compositions the selection of the colorants is no longer restricted to conventional colorants suitable particularly for POM. The products produced therewith are particularly stable during processing and feature low formaldehyde emission, defect-free surfaces, and high color fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ticona GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Disch, Gerhard Reuschel, Ernst Hofmann, Klaus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20110266488
    Abstract: A fire-resistant thermal and/or acoustic insulation product based on mineral wool and on an organic binder, including a carboxylic acid metal salt as fire retardant, the salt being in particular a carboxylate of a metal chosen from the group formed by aluminum, zinc, calcium and magnesium. A process is disclosed for manufacturing the fire-resistant insulation product and a sizing composition suitable for producing the product is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventor: Benoît Didier
  • Patent number: 8044136
    Abstract: Disclosed are golf balls comprising cores or intermediate layers prepared from thermoplastic compositions having coefficients of restitution equal to or greater than 0.83 and PGA compressions greater than 100. Also disclosed is a composition comprising or prepared from (a) at least one aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid having from 16 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein the organic acid is unsaturated and linear; (b) an ethylene acid copolymer consisting essentially of copolymerized comonomers of ethylene and from 18 to 24 weight % of copolymerized comonomers of at least one C3 to C8 ?,? ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, based on the total weight of the ethylene acid copolymer, having a melt index from about 200 to about 600 g/10 minutes; wherein the combined acid moieties of (a) and (b) are nominally neutralized to a level from about 120% to about 200%; and optionally (c) filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. De Garavilla
  • Publication number: 20110247523
    Abstract: The organic-inorganic composite particles can be dispersed as primary particles in a solvent and/or a resin and have a plurality of mutually different organic groups on the surface of inorganic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HATAKEYAMA, Junichi Nagase, Shusaku Shibata, Saori Fukuzaki, Tatsuki Nagatsuka, Takahiro Fukuoka, Tadafumi Ajiri
  • Patent number: 8034864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to opaque plastics comprising effect pigments which are distinguished by the fact that they have high gloss and virtually no visible or no visible flow lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Kieser, Markus Schum
  • Publication number: 20110245396
    Abstract: The invention relates to the selection of a natural calcium carbonate crushed to a high degree of fineness, possibly treated with one or more fatty acids or one or more of their salts or mixtures thereof, and its use as a rheology regulator for polymeric compositions. The specific surface area is 14 to 30 m2/g measured according to the BET method to ISO 4652, and the oil absorption is greater than 16 measured according to ISO 787-V (Rub-out method). The conditions of mixing of the constituents and manufacture are improved, as well as the properties of the final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: OMYA DEVELOPMENT AG
    Inventors: Pierre BLANCHARD, Detlef GYSAU, Patrick TROUVE, Henny LOMAN, Marion LOMAN-OONK
  • Patent number: 8008388
    Abstract: Glass fiber reinforced olefin compositions comprise polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene copolymers, opacifying pigments, fibrous reinforcers, light stabilizers, lubricants and antioxidants. The opacifying pigments are advantageously ZnO, ZnS or surface treated anatase TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventors: Deenadayalu Chundury, Benjamin A. Jones, Theophilus McGee, Morris Mou-Shen Lee, Junior R. Seymour
  • Publication number: 20110200773
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of three components in the joint extrusion with an organic polymer OP in order to facilitate higher throughput in the production of polymeric articles and profiles in extruders; the first component being a propylene-olefin-copolymer wax; the second component being a montan wax, an amide wax or a polyolefin homopolymer wax, and the third component being a metal salt of a C10-20 fatty acid; the three components can also be used in form of a composition, the composition being in the form of a masterbatch or of a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Pirko Kolditz, Gerd Hohner
  • Publication number: 20110200784
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include flame retardant composites, flame retardant nylon fibers, flame retardant nylon fiber carpets, methods of making each, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Invista North America S.ar.l
    Inventors: Nirmal Kumar Agarwal, Franklin Pierce Williams, Markus Baumann
  • Publication number: 20110201740
    Abstract: A coating composition including an unsaturated resin selected from polyesters, alkyds or combinations thereof; an alkoxy (meth)acrylic functional monomer, and a thermoplastic compound containing active hydrogen groups; a curing agent; and a curing promoter such as at least one metal drier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaobing Wu, Larry B. Brandenburger
  • Publication number: 20110166275
    Abstract: Formaldehyde-free binder compositions are described. The binder compositions may include a polycarboxy compound, and an organic crosslinking agent, and a polyvalent metal compound. The compositions may also optionally include a cure catalyst. In addition, composite materials are described. The composite materials may include a mat of fibers and a binder composition. The binder composition may include a polycarboxy compound, an organic crosslinking agent, and a polyvalent metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Mingfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 7973096
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition, comprising a first component comprising a cationic nanoparticle comprising a covalently bonded ammonium group, and a second component comprising an anionic polyether compound is described. Either the first component further comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group, the second component further comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable anion, or both. A method of making an article comprising applying the polymerizable composition to a surface of an article is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kelly S. Anderson, Babu N. Gaddam, Alphonsus V. Pocius, Jeremy M. Yarwood
  • Publication number: 20110118400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a modified polypropylene composition comprising a step of adding at least one organic peroxide, a poly(n)functional acrylate, with n?2, as co-agent, in a peroxide:co-agent mass ratio of from 1:0.4 to 1:5, and an acid scavenging compound, to a heterophasic propylene copolymer comprising from 50 to 99% by mass of a matrix phase, based on the total mass of the heterophasic propylene copolymer, comprising a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer comprising at least 70% by mass of propylene and up to 30% by mass ethylene, based on the total mass of the matrix phase polymer, and/or at least one C4 to C10 alpha-olefin, and from 1 to 50% by mass dispersed phase, based on the total mass of the heterophasic propylene copolymer, comprising an ethylene-alpha-olefin elastomer consisting of more than 20% by mass ethylene and up to 80% by mass of at least one C3 to C10 alpha-olefin, based on the total mass of the dispersed phase elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Neuteboom
  • Publication number: 20110092312
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball resin composition that comprises an ionomer resin with an excellent resilience and fluidity. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the resilience without lowering the durability significantly in a golf ball using the ionomer resin for the intermediate layer. The present invention provides a golf ball resin composition comprising, 100 parts by mass of (A) an ionomer resin consisting of a metal ion-neutralized product of a ternary copolymer composed of ethylene, ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, and from 25 parts to 100 parts by mass of (B) a metal salt of a fatty acid having 18 to 30 carbon atoms. The golf ball of the present invention is not limited, as long as it comprises a constituent member formed from the golf ball resin composition of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Takahiro SHIGEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20110086963
    Abstract: Improved reaction processes comprise reacting a mixture to form a product comprising a metal alkyl, metal oxide, or mixture thereof and then passing said product to a post-reactor heat exchanger. The improvement comprises one or more of the following: (1) reacting said metal alkyl compound with an acid to produce a soluble metal ester; or (2) adding an ionic surfactant; or (3) adding a mixture comprising an antioxidant to the product under conditions sufficient to avoid formation of significant amounts of insoluble metal or metal compounds derived from said metal alkyl compound; or (4) purging said post-reactor heat exchanger with an inert gas under conditions to remove metal oxide from the post-reactor heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony J. Castelluccio, Jeffrey J. Dean, Alec Y. Wang, Lindsey A. Clark, Pradeep Jain, Roger L. Kuhlman, Angela N. Taha, Larry S. Green, Gary R. Marchand, Sean W. Ewart, Jeffrey A. Sims, Chris E. Blaschke, Brandon Fails
  • Publication number: 20110077336
    Abstract: A molded propylene polymer product improved in flexural properties and/or impact resistance is prepared by a process comprising the steps of blending fibrous inorganic filler-containing pellets with a propylene polymer-containing matrix resin composition, in which the pellets comprises 35-80 wt. % of a fibrous inorganic filler, 1-45 wt. % of an olefin polymer, 5-45 wt. % of an elastomer, and 0.3-10.0 wt. % of a specific lubricant; kneading the blended product under molten condition; and molding the kneaded product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., UBE MATERIAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKEUCHI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Takashi KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7906570
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition contains including a methacrylic resin having a ring structure in a main chain thereof and a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or higher, and at least one kind of metal compound selected from metal salts, metal complexes, and metal oxides, wherein a content of the metal compound in the composition is from 10 to 10,000 ppm in terms of metal atom based on a mass of the methacrylic resin, and a process for producing such a thermoplastic resin composition, the process including carrying out, when preparing a methacrylic resin having a ring structure in a main chain thereof and a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or higher, cyclization condensation reaction using a catalyst to form the ring structure; and then adding a deactivator of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Ueda, Shigeo Otome, Shoji Ito, Yow-hei Sohgawa, Hideo Asano
  • Publication number: 20110040005
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated elastic copolymer composition, and a cross-linked rubber member obtained by crosslinking the fluorinated elastic copolymer composition, which is excellent in hot water resistance and steam resistance under severe conditions. A fluorinated elastic copolymer composition, which comprises a fluorinated elastic copolymer and a compound represented by the following formula (1) wherein the compound represented by the following formula (1) is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the fluorinated elastic copolymer: (RCOO?)nMn+??(1) (wherein R is a C10-30 organic group, n is an integer of 2 or 3, and M is an alkaline earth metal, Zn, Cd, Co, Sn, Cu, Pb, Ni or Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masahide YODOGAWA, Masayuki Saito, Mitsuru Seki
  • Publication number: 20110028630
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tread, which is friendly to the global environment and can prepare for the decrease in oil supply in the future because of its high content of non-fossil resources, as well as shows an excellent running performance (braking performance) on a wet road surface and a dry road surface, and has an improved abrasion resistance. The present invention also provides a pneumatic tire in which the rubber composition for a tread is used for a tread of the tire. The rubber composition for a tread of the present invention includes a rubber component containing butadiene rubber and 35% by mass or more of epoxidized natural rubber, and a white filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ai MATSUURA, Takayuki Hattori, Takao Wada, Hiroshi Ito, Jun Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20110003925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of a calcium sulfate-based mineral binder and at least one additive that imparts hydrophobic properties to the calcium sulfate-based mineral binder. Said additive is a salt, a hydrophilic fatty acid, or a binder mixture containing fatty acid salts. The content of fatty acid salts of fatty acids that have 8 to 17 C atoms amounts to at least 20 percent by weight relative to the total amount of fatty acid salts in the fatty acid salt mixture, or the content of fatty acids that have 8 to 14 C atoms amounts to at least 10 percent by weight relative to the total amount of fatty acid salts in the fatty acid salt mixture, or both. The construction materials according to the invention can be gypsum boards, gypsum blocks, or other molded parts, especially gypsum plasterboards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BAERLOCHER GMBH
    Inventor: Juergen Hauk
  • Patent number: 7858675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for increasing the rate of oxo-biodegradation of a carbon-containing polymer which process at least comprises the step of adding a component containing at least one 1,2-oxo-hydroxy-moiety as an oxidation catalyst to the carbon-containing polymer. The invention further relates to a composition with an increased rate of oxo-biodegradability that is obtained by the process of the invention and to the product with increased rate of oxo-biodegradability made from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Gijsman, Johan Franz Gradus Antonius Jansen
  • Patent number: 7858198
    Abstract: An addition curable adhesive silicone composition containing a phosphor dispersed uniformly therein is provided. The dispersive state of the phosphor remains stable over time. The composition, in an uncured state at room temperature, is either a solid or a semisolid, and is therefore easy to handle, and is suited to an adhesive silicone composition sheet which is able to be formed easily on an LED chip using a conventional assembly apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kashiwagi, Toshio Shiobara
  • Publication number: 20100316585
    Abstract: The invention provides lubricant compositions comprising magnesium stearate dihydrate. The lubricant compositions may be used to lubricate a variety of solid materials that are used in industrial or consumer products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen H. Wu, Brian K. Cheng, Gary A. Nichols, Jae H. Park
  • Patent number: 7851525
    Abstract: A high temperature vulcanized silicone rubber is disclosed and includes a high temperature vulcanized silicone rubber as a silicone base and melamine cyanurate as a filler and at least one inorganic filler which is different from melamine cyanurate, and optionally further additives. A total filler content can be within a range of 40 parts (by weight) to 230 parts (by weight) per 100 parts (by weight) of silicone base; wherein (i) the melamine cyanurate is present within a range of 2 parts (by weight) to 40 parts (by weight) per 100 parts (by weight) of silicone base; and (ii) the at least one inorganic filler is an electrical insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Lars E. Schmidt, Alessandro Mattozzi, Andrej Krivda, Henrik Hillborg, Pitor Saj, Xavier Kornmann
  • Patent number: 7851527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball material made of an ionomer blend composition of (a) at least one E/X copolymer and/or E/X/Y terpolymer and (b) at least one polyfunctional higher aliphatic acid with two or more functionalities that has a molecular weight of at least about 200 but less than about 1,500, in which components (a) and (b) are neutralized with (c) an oxygen-containing inorganic metal compound. The copolymer and terpolymer of component (a) is one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of copolymers and terpolymers which is partially neutralized with metal ions, copolymers and terpolymers which are completely neutralized with metal ions, and unneutralized copolymers and terpolymers. The golf ball material has a good thermal stability, flow properties and moldability, making it suitable for injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshinori Egashira, Eiji Takehana, Kae Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20100311884
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material for use in an intermediate layer of a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core of at least one layer, at least one intermediate layer encasing the core, and a cover of at least one layer encasing the intermediate layer. The golf ball material is made of a resin composition containing as essential components: (a) an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of from 120,000 to 200,000 and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of from 4.4 to 7.0, or a metal neutralization product thereof; and (b) an organic acid or a metal salt thereof. The golf ball material of the invention enables a highly neutralized ionomer having good flow properties and moldability to be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kae IIZUKA, Eiji TAKEHANA
  • Publication number: 20100305246
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel propylene polymers with improved properties especially with improved stiffness and impact strength comprising propylene homopolymers or propylene block copolymers with 90.0 to 99.9 wt % propylene and 0.1 to 10 wt % ?-olefins with 2 or 4 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof, wherein the propylene homopolymers or propylene block copolymers are ?-nucleated propylene polymers, whereby the ?-nucleated propylene homopolymers have an IR??0.98, a tensile modulus ?1500 MPa at +23° C. and a Charpy impact strength, ?3 kJ/m2 at ?20° C. using notched test specimens, and the ?-nucleated propylene block copolymers are polymers having an IR? of the propylene homopolymer block of ?0.98, a tensile modulus ?1100 Mpa at +23° C. and a Charpy impact strength of ?6 kJ/m2 at ?20° C. using notched test specimens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: James MCGOLDRICK, Franz RUEMER, Stefan SCHIESSER, Siegfried LIEDAUER
  • Patent number: 7838581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene resin composition, more particularly to a composition comprising an ethylene/propylene block copolymer, an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer rubber, a styrene-based polymer rubber, a polypropylene-silicone rubber master batch, a magnesium compound and an inorganic filler. The polypropylene resin composition of the present invention exhibits superior rigidity, scratch resistance and glossiness, outstanding laser processability and low-temperature impact resistance, and also superior fluidity. Therefore, it is applicable to manufacture interior materials of a vehicle such as an instrument panel. Especially, the present invention is suitable to manufacture an air bag deployable instrument panel assembly requiring no coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Hong Kim, Yun Jong Jeon
  • Patent number: 7838584
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layer, wherein at least one layer of the cover is made of a material obtained by molding a mixture composed of (a) 100 parts by weight of a base resin and (b) 1 to 40 parts by weight of a saturated branched-chain fatty acid or a derivative thereof. The golf ball has a soft, pleasant feel on impact and excellent scuff resistance while retaining a good flight performance. Moreover, it exhibits a highly white appearance that undergoes little discoloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Manami, Eiji Takehana
  • Publication number: 20100262142
    Abstract: Gamma radiation sterilizable, reinforced polymer composition (C) comprising: at least one semi-aromatic polyamide (PA), at least one filler (F) selected from platy fillers, acicular fillers and fibrous fillers, and at least one inorganic pigment (IP) having a Mohs hardness of at most 4.5 and a refractive index of at least 1.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SOLVAY ADVANCED POLYMERS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Geert Verfaillie
  • Publication number: 20100256279
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polycarbonate resin composition comprising, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a composition composed of (A) 60 to 90 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 40 to 10 parts by mass of a glass filler having a refractive index smaller or larger than a refractive index of the aromatic polycarbonate resin by 0.002 or less, (C) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by mass of a silicone compound having a reactive functional group, (D) 0.03 to 1.0 part by mass of an organic alkali metal salt compound and/or an organic alkaline earth metal salt compound, (E) 0.05 to 7.0 parts by mass of glossy particles, and (F) 0.0001 to 3 parts by mass of a colorant, a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the composition, and a method for producing the molded article by molding the polycarbonate resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshio Isozaki, Kouji Satou
  • Patent number: 7803861
    Abstract: A method for forming highly neutralized polymers for use in games balls and the like is disclosed herein. The method includes mixing oleic acid with a predetermined amount of magnesium oxide which is greater than the amount necessary to fully neutralize the oleic acid. The over-neutralized oleic acid particulate is mixed with an acid copolymer compound to form a highly neutralized polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Mark L. Binette
  • Publication number: 20100227143
    Abstract: A thermoplastic copolyester composition that is able to maintain its color and mechanical strength after exposure to full weathering is provided. More specifically, a stabilizing system is employed in the composition that contains a mixture of one or more light stabilizers (e.g., hindered amines, UV absorbers, etc.), antioxidants (e.g., sterically hindered phenols, organophosphorous compounds, etc.), and secondary amines. By selectively controlling the type and concentration of the stabilizers, the present inventor has discovered that a composition may be formed that is generally resistant to color change and crazing (i.e., micro-crack formation) upon weathering. In addition to a stabilizing system, a processing stabilizer is also employed in the copolyester resin that includes a metal salt of a fatty acid having a chain length of greater than 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Bruce M. Mulholland
  • Publication number: 20100188620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and more particularly, to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which comprises (a) 100 weight parts of an acrylic copolymer, (b) 0.001 to 30 weight parts of an antistatic agent; and (c) 0.01 to 10 weight parts of a corrosion inhibitor, thereby being optically transparent, causing durability and reliability not to change, and simultaneously improving antistatic performance and preventing generation of corrosion although the adhesive composition comes into contact with a metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Se Ra Kim, In Cheon Han, Suk Ky Chang, Ji Yeon Seong
  • Patent number: 7744694
    Abstract: Water-redispersible polymer powder compositions based on a) homo- or copolymers of one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched C1-15 alkylcarboxylic acids methacrylic esters and acrylic esters of C1-15 alcohols, vinylaromatics, olefins, dienes, and vinyl halides, with one or more protective colloids, and optionally, one or more antiblocking agents, in conjunction with one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal C1-4 carboxylates as setting accelerants added following polymerization accelerate the setting of construction chemistry products with hydraulically setting binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Weitzel, Hermann Lutz, Peter Fritze
  • Publication number: 20100160518
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates generally to a controlled nucleated polymer composition comprising: (1) a polyolefin resin; (II) a nucleator; and (III) a nucleation regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia s.r.l.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Congdon, Jean-Francois Croteau
  • Publication number: 20100160520
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material made of a resin composition composed of (a-I) an olefin-acrylic acid copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 150,000 to about 200,000 and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of from about 3.0 to about 7.0, or a metal neutralization production thereof; (a-II) an olefin-methacrylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 120,000 to about 200,000 and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of from about 3.0 to about 7.0, or a metal neutralization production thereof; (b) an organic acid or a metal salt thereof; and (c) a basic inorganic metal compound which is capable of neutralizing acid groups in the composition. The golf ball material of the invention enables a highly neutralized ionomer having good flow properties and moldability to be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kae IIZUKA, Eiji TAKEHANA
  • Patent number: 7732518
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyolefin composition, which comprises melt-kneading a particulate composition (A) containing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, X represents an n-hydric alcohol residue having 1 to 18 carbon atoms which may include a heteroatom and/or a cyclic group, and n is the integer 2 or 4, and a metal soap, and a particulate polyolefin (B), wherein the ratio (a/b) of the average particle diameter (a) of the particulate composition (A) and the an average particle diameter (b) of the particulate polyolefin (B) is adjusted to 3/1 to 1/3, and wherein average particle diameter means the central cumulative value determined from a weight-based particle diameter cumulative distribution for residue on a sieve measured in accordance with JIS K 0069.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Awa, Hajime Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20100107508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush filament for industrial applications and a brush made with the same. The brush filament comprises a matrix resin, a hydrolytic stabilizer and/or an acid-absorbing agent, and an antioxidant. The brush filament of the invention is suitable for industrial applications, in particular, for grinding, polishing and cleaning of marbles and/or metals after they have been cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY DUPONT XINGDA FILAMENTS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xianqiao Liu, Nanjian Sun, Ting Yu, Mingsong Wang
  • Patent number: 7700679
    Abstract: A non-halogenated heat-recoverable article which passes the UL Standard for Safety for Extruded Insulating Tubing, UL 224, Fifth Edition, VW-1 flame test is prepared from a composition which contains polyethylene or an ethylene copolymer or a mixture, a hydrated or carbonated inorganic filler, red amorphous phosphorus, and an inorganic filler such as zinc borate. The article has good physical properties as measured by tensile strength and elongation, and good high temperature performance. A particularly useful article is heat-recoverable tubing which has good flame-retardancy as demonstrated by the VW-1 test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: George Pieslak, Leon C. Glover, Tony G. Alvernaz, Jim Imperiale
  • Publication number: 20100092703
    Abstract: Hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) composition comprising: a) 25 to 50% of a blend of SBS and SB styrene block copolymers; b) 45 to 75% of compatible tackifying resins having a softening temperature of between 80 and 150° C.; and c) 0.5 to 5.5% of fatty acids, the hydrocarbon chain of which comprises 10 to 22 carbon atoms. Multilayer system comprising an HMPSA layer, a printable support layer and an adjacent protective layer. Corresponding self-adhesive label and process for recycling a labeled article with debonding of said label by immersing the article in a hot basic aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Bostik S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane André Fouquay, David Goubard
  • Patent number: 7691791
    Abstract: A lubricant molded body, which is to be applied to a surface of a photosensitive layer for electrophotography in an image forming apparatus, for example, is composed of at least two kinds of higher fatty acid metallic salts having respectively different carbon numbers. As the higher fatty acid metallic salt that forms lubricant molded body, compounds such as zinc stearate, calcium stearate, barium stearate, aluminum stearate, zinc laurate, calcium laurate, etc. may be recited. The higher fatty acid metallic salts may contain at least one kind of fillers selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, tungsten disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, graphite fluoride, graphite, boron nitride, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joe Usami
  • Publication number: 20100081746
    Abstract: Polyethylene modified by using radical initiators such as oxygen and peroxides sometimes has a yellow color which may be reduced or eliminated by incorporating additives such as polyethylene glycol, and/or neutralizing species such as alkali metal stearates, particularly calcium stearate, and zinc oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Henri Barre, Tim J. Coffy, Cyril Chevillard
  • Publication number: 20100080943
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composition, an article comprising or produced from the composition, and a process for reducing gel formation of an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. The composition comprises an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Julius Uradnisheck
  • Publication number: 20100056686
    Abstract: Curable elastomer compositions and cured and/or curable articles made therefrom, the curable elastomer composition comprising an essentially unsaturated rubber elastomer, between 0.5 and 25 phr of a metal salt of a carboxylic acid, an effective amount of a peroxide curing agent for curing the elastomer composition and between 0.1 and 10. phr of a hysteresis-decreasing multifunctional curing coagent that decreases the hysteresis of the cured elastomer composition, wherein the hysteresis is measured using a rotorless shear rheometer as a loss tangent at 150° C., 41.85% strain and 10 Hz. The hysteresis of such a cured composition may decrease by at least 15% or alternatively, by at least 25%. The elastomer is useful in tires including, for example, the sidewall supports, the carcass reinforcement and the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventor: Brian R. Bergman
  • Publication number: 20100056687
    Abstract: Flame retardant compositions are disclosed which comprise (a) at least one particulate material which expands on the application of heat and (b) at least one particulate nano-filler, together with at least one polymer and/or at least one curable monomer or oligomer. The compositions may also contain certain silicon-based materials. Flame-retardant compositions comprising polyorganosiloxanes containing one or more functional groups selected from amino, hydroxyl, methacrylic, acrylic and epoxy groups, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC
    Inventors: Constantinos D. Diakoumakos, Dimiter Lubomirov Kotzev
  • Patent number: 7659336
    Abstract: A blend of two different compounds may be applied together to form a nucleating agent additive composition. This additive composition is useful as an additive in thermoplastics, polyolefins and/or polymer resins. A blend of a bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane dicarboxylate salt and a dicarboxylate calcium metal salt provide useful and beneficial physical property effects in molded polymeric articles in terms of shrinkage and crystallization temperature of polymer resin compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Weihua Sonya Wolters, Rob Hanssen, Thaneerpandal K. Palanisami, Darin L. Dotson
  • Publication number: 20100028640
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition containing a glass filler, which is excellent in transparency, strength, and heat resistance and provided with high flame retardancy, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the resin composition. The flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition contains a combination including (A) 55 to 95 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 45 to 5 mass % of a glass filler having a refractive index smaller or larger than a refractive index of the aromatic polycarbonate resin by 0.002 or less, and further contains, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the combination, (C) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by mass of a silicone compound having a reactive functional group and (D) 0.03 to 0.4 part by mass of an organic alkali metal salt compound and/or an organic alkaline earth metal salt compound. The polycarbonate resin molded article has a thickness of 0.3 to 10 mm which is obtained by molding the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Isozaki, Kouji Satou
  • Patent number: 7655717
    Abstract: An ointment composition for treating decubitus ulcers and methods for its making and its use. The composition includes a skin protestant ointment, a rash cream, an antibiotic ointment, virgin olive oil, and boric acid powder. The skin protestant ointment includes active ingredients petroleum 53.4%, lanolin 15.5%, and inactive ingredients cod liver oil containing vitamin A & vitamin D, a fragrance, light mineral oil, microcrystalline wax, and paraffin. The rash cream includes active ingredients dimethicone 1% and zinc oxide 10%, and inactive ingredients aloe barbadensis extract, benzyl alcohol, coconut oil, cod liver oil containing vitamin A & vitamin D, a fragrance, glycerol oleate, light mineral oil, ozokerite, paraffin, propylene glycol, sorbitol, synthetic beeswax, and water. The antibiotic ointment includes active ingredients polymyxin B sulfate 5,000 units, bacitracin zinc 400 units, and neomycin base (as sulfate) 3.5 mg., and an inactive ingredient white petroleum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Mary J. Goulbourne