Mica Patents (Class 524/449)
  • Patent number: 11535736
    Abstract: A method of combining rubbers and plastics when injection molding, and compositions usable in injection molding, are shown and described. Comminuted rubber from waste tires and waste plastics including any of high density polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polypropylene are combined and heated to melt at least the plastics. In one optional approach, both are melted. Plastics comprise from twenty to eighty percent by weight of the mixture, with rubber accounting for the balance. The mixture may be fortified with bonding, compatibilizing, and strengthening agents. The compositions may be cooled and pelletized for immediate use in injection operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Emily Mackie
  • Patent number: 11279815
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polymeric composition including a thermoplastic polymer and an ionic liquid compound, wherein the ionic liquid compound improves the melt flow rate of the polymeric composition. The present disclosure also provides a method of preparing a polymeric composition with improved melt flow rate by mixing an ionic liquid compound with a thermoplastic polymer to obtain the polymeric composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Inovia Materials LLC
    Inventor: Yanjie Xu
  • Patent number: 11072685
    Abstract: Fiber-reinforced terephthalate-co-4,4?-bibenzoate copolyester behaves like a liquid crystalline polymer, providing fast crystallization, short cycling times, high Tg and Tm, high strength and stiffness, while the viscosity is unexpectedly reduced at a low fiber loading ratio. In an injection molding process, the viscosity of the fiber reinforced copolyester at low fiber loading is reduced by increasing the fiber loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc, Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: David A. Schiraldi, Hua Sun, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 11002938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lens barrel member. The lens barrel member includes: a lens barrel surrounding an outer periphery of a lens; and a housing receiving the lens barrel, the lens barrel being secured to the housing, wherein the lens barrel is formed of a lens barrel composition including: about 50 wt % to about 75 wt % of a polycarbonate resin; about 20 wt % to about 45 wt % of a glass fiber; about 0.5 wt % to about 3 wt % of a polyolefin wax; and about 0.5 wt % to about 3 wt % of a fluorinated olefin resin, and a weight ratio of the polyolefin wax to the fluorinated olefin resin ranges from about 1:0.3 to about 1:3. The lens barrel member can have a low coefficient of friction and/or good properties in terms of rigidity and/or dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee Kwon Park, Ik Mo Kim, Jung Ki Kim, Sang Hyun Hong
  • Patent number: 10900927
    Abstract: A graphene-based ion sensitive field effect transistor (GISFET) with high sensitivity and selectivity for ions is provided. For example, the GISFET of the present invention can exhibit high sensitivity and selectivity for K+ ions has been demonstrated utilizing a valinomycin-based ion selective membrane. The sensitivity of the GISFET can be at least about 50 millivolts/decade and can be stable for a time period of about two months, indicating the GISFET's reliability and effectiveness for physiological monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: University of South Carolina, Clemson University
    Inventors: Kenneth Walsh, Goutam Koley, Md. Sayful Islam, Hongmei Li
  • Patent number: 10822493
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition includes: about 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; about 1 part by weight to about 30 parts by weight of a core-shell type rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer; about 5 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl copolymer resin; and about 5 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of a phosphorus flame retardant, wherein the polycarbonate resin includes a first polycarbonate resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 g/mol to about 30,000 g/mol and a second polycarbonate resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 35,000 g/mol to about 60,000 g/mol, and the core-shell type rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer is obtained by grafting an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer to a rubber polymer. The thermoplastic resin composition can have good properties in terms of chemical resistance, impact resistance, flame retardancy, heat resistance, and/or fluidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Jin Lee, Sun Young Kim, Eun Taek Woo
  • Patent number: 10717856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new polypropylene composition for molded articles, such as finished parts for the automotive industry. A composition comprising: (A) from 40 to 85% by weight of a first propylene-based component being selected from propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers and heterophasic propylene polymer, such first propylene-based component having a flexural modulus higher than 800 MPa; (B) from 5 to 20% by weight of a second propylene-based component being a heterophasic propylene polymer comprising: (B1) from 20 to 90% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene, and (B2) from 10 to 80% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one C3-C10 alpha-olefin, such copolymer containing from 10 to 70% by weight of ethylene, being soluble in xylene at room temperature, and having an intrinsic viscosity in tetrahydronaphtalene at 135° C. of higher than 3.5 dl/g; and (C) from 10 to 40% by weight of glass fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Dieter Langenfelder, Jurgen Rohrmann
  • Patent number: 10619031
    Abstract: Provided is resin molded articles having large elastic modulus, and good appearance. A thermoplastic resin composition contains 80 to 120 parts by weight of a carbon fiber and 0.1 to 3.0 parts by weight of a black colorant, per 100 parts by weight of a (A) crystallizable thermoplastic resin which shows a semicrystallization time (ST (P)) of 20 to 500 seconds, wherein the semicrystallization time is measured by depolarization photometry, under conditions that a sample melting temperature is 20 to 40° C. higher than a melting point of the crystallizable thermoplastic resin, a sample melting time is 3 minutes, and an oil bath temperature for crystallization is 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Takano, Ryusuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 10465063
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition for a vibration-damping material, containing a polyamide resin, a plasticizer in an amount of from 7 to 35 parts by mass, and one or more members selected from the group consisting of plate-like fillers and acicular fillers in an amount of from 15 to 80 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the polyamide resin. The polyamide resin composition of the present invention can be suitably used as a vibration-damping material for a material for audio equipment such as, for example, speakers, television, radio cassette players, headphones, audio components, or microphones, and manufactured articles such as electric appliances, transportation vehicles, construction buildings, and industrial equipment, or parts or housing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiro Oda, Tomoya Tsuboi, Yoshinori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10442922
    Abstract: A tire having a circular tire frame formed of a resin material, the resin material including an olefin-based resin composition and having a tensile elastic modulus as defined in JIS K7113 (1995) of from 140 MPa to 570 MPa and an amount of creep as defined in JIS K7115 (1999) of 50 mm or less, and a degree of crystallinity of the polypropylene-based resin being from 24.5% to 32.7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fudemoto, Soichi Kyo, Atsuko Honjyo, Takahiro Suzuki, Naoyuki Sone
  • Patent number: 10370535
    Abstract: A flame retardant resin composition that can have excellent low smoke properties includes (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a silicon impact modifier, and (C) a flame retardant, wherein the (B) silicon impact modifier comprises particles having a core-shell structure, and including about 60 wt % or more of a siloxane polymer, and wherein the (C) flame retardant includes a mixture of magnesium carbonate represented by Formula 1 and magnesium calcium carbonate represented by Formula 2: Mga(CO3)b(OH)2a?2b.cH2O??[Formula 1] wherein a, b and c are as defined in the detailed description; MgxCay(CO3)x+y.mH2O??[Formula 2] wherein x, y and m are as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jo Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9969922
    Abstract: A synthesis method for degradable material(s) (DM) which can be used in oil and gas field operations. The method involves using two, three, four or five polymer and chain extenders, including poly glycolic acid (PGA), polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA), poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHA), to synthesize a “resin alloy” through the melt mixing reaction method, which can be used in oil and gas field operations. The proposed DM can be prepared into flake, powder, granules, and ball shapes, or by one of the pure PGA, PCL, PLA, PBS and PHA, into flake, powder, granule and ball shapes, which can be further used in all kinds of operations (drilling, well completion, workover and acidizing fracturing) in oil and gas fields, such as temporary plugging to protect a reservoir, temporary plugging of perforation holes, construction intervals, etc. The DMs are fully degradable and cause almost no damage to formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: China University of Petroleum-Beijing, KMS Oil Field Chemicals & Technical Services Ltd. Beijing
    Inventors: Fujian Zhou, Zhipeng Zhou, Min Wang, Jie Zuo, Cuihong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9862870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive polycarbonate resin composition comprising (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a thermally conductive filler, (C) a modified polyolefin-based copolymer and (D) a low-molecular-weight polyolefin-based resin, thereby simultaneously exhibiting high impact strength, improving thermal conductivity and mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation, and having an excellent extrusion molding property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Hyun Kim, Chan Gyun Shin, Byung Kuk Jeon, Jong Cheol Lim
  • Patent number: 9695293
    Abstract: A corona resistant resin composition having sufficient resistance to corona discharge, and a corona resistant member are provided. This corona resistant member is formed by molding a corona-resistant resin composition obtained by melting and mixing at least a resin component and mica, and a mode diameter of the mica in the volume-based particle size distribution measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method after molding is 1 to 200 ?m. For 100 parts by mass of the resin component, there are preferably 25-101 parts by mass of mica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Arai
  • Patent number: 9657113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for selectively hydrogenating the carbon-carbon double bonds in diene-based polymers which are present in latex form, this means as a suspension of diene-based polymer particles in an aqueous medium, using a Ruthenium or Osmium-based complex catalyst without any organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: University of Waterloo
    Inventors: Garry L. Rempel, Qinmin Pan, Yin Liu, Jialong Wu
  • Patent number: 9468750
    Abstract: A multilayer helical wave filter having a primary resonance at a selected RF diagnostic or therapeutic frequency or frequency range, includes an elongated conductor forming at least a portion of an implantable medical lead. The elongated conductor includes a first helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a first inductive component, and a second helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a second inductive element. The first and second helically wound segments are wound in the same longitudinal direction and share a common longitudinal axis. Planar surfaces of the helically wound segments face one another, and a dielectric material is disposed between the facing planar surfaces of the helically wound segments and between adjacent coils of the helically wound segments, thereby forming a capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Kondabatni, Christine A. Frysz
  • Patent number: 9388303
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene resin composition contains an ethylene homopolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Nasu, Akio Fujiwara, Ryoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9309392
    Abstract: The reinforced polymer composites from recycled plastic are polymer blends made from recycled polymers that are reinforced with glass fibers and mica. In particular, the reinforced polymer composites are blends of recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polypropylene (PP) with a mica filler that are reinforced with glass fibers, where the low-density polyethylene forms between 30 wt % and 35 wt % of the composite, the high-density polyethylene forms between 15 wt % and 17.5 wt % of the composite, the polypropylene forms between 15 wt % and 17.5 wt % of the composite, the glass fibers form between 15 wt % and 40 wt % of the composite, and the mica forms up to 15 wt % of the structural element. The resultant reinforced polymer composite has a relatively high heat deflection temperature, good mechanical properties (such as increased stiffness and strength), improved thermal stability, and is cost effective to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Qatar University, The University of Sheffield
    Inventors: Mariam Alali Almaadeed, Nabil Madi, Alma Hodzic, Saravanan Rajendran
  • Publication number: 20150148471
    Abstract: A silane compound is represented by Formula 1: wherein each R1 is independently a single bond, an ether group, a carbonyl group, a thioether group, a sulfone group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group, each R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1 to C5 hydrocarbon group, each X is independently halogen, a hydroxyl group, C1 to C20 alkoxy, or C6 to C20 aryloxy, each Y is independently a single bond, an amide group, a thioester group, a hydroxyethylene group, a carbonyl group, an aromatic group or an ester group, a and b are each independently an integer from 1 to 3, a+b is 4, no is an integer from 0 to 5, n is an integer from 5 to 50, and p and q are each independently an integer from 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Su Hak BAE, Sung Hee AHN, Hyun Joo HAN, Ha Na RA, Hyun Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20150132512
    Abstract: Compositions of biobased polymer blends of polymers and a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer are described. In certain embodiments, the copolymer is a multiphase copolymer blend having one phase a glass transition temperature of about ?5° C. to about ?50° C. Methods of making the compositions of the invention are also described. Also articles, films and laminates made from the compositions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy, Johan van Walsem, Oliver P. Peoples, Yossef Shabtai, Allen R. Padwa
  • Patent number: 9023920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength inflammable blend resin composition including a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a polyethylene terephthalate resin. More specifically, the resin composition of the present invention includes: a basic blend resin containing 10 to 80 wt. % of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and 20 to 90 wt. % of a polyethylene terephthalate resin; and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a modified polystyrene or a styrene-based elastomer with respect to 100 parts by weight of the basic blend resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Gi Kim, Jae-Bong Lim, Jong-In Lee, Chang-Hyun Lee, Sung-Su Bae, Sang-Mook Lee
  • Publication number: 20150099106
    Abstract: A resin composition including 40 parts by weight or more and less than 95 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin and 5 parts by weight or more and less than 60 parts by weight of a polyester-polyether copolymer as a base resin, wherein the polyester-polyether copolymer is a copolymer which is obtained by a polymerization using a germanium compound catalyst, includes aromatic polyester units and modified polyether units represented by the following general formula 1, and has an IV value within a range of 0.30 to 1.00 can be well-balanced in moldability, heat resistance, impact resistance, and low linear expansion property, without deteriorating a surface appearance of a molding obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kawakubo, Shuji Taketani, Tetsuro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8980977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pigment granules which are distinguished by the fact that they are based on a support material, where the support material is coated with one or more flake-form effect pigments by means of an adhesion promoter. The pigment granules according to the invention are preferably used for the pigmentation of application media, in particular paints, plasters, lacquers, powder coatings and plastics, and in particular as scatter and effect granules, for example for the decoration of wallcoverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rathschlag, Carsten Griessmann
  • Publication number: 20150057401
    Abstract: A die release agent composition is provided that is used by being applied to a die used for the squeeze casting, low-pressure casting, or the like of a metal or a die used for die forging. The die release agent composition includes a mineral oil or a synthetic oil, a solid lubricant, a thermosetting resin, and a polymer compound. The die release agent composition is used by being applied to the inner surface of a die for casting or forging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Mikinori Suzuki, Yasunari Oshimoto, Tamotsu Matsuki, Shigeru Sakou, Masaaki Ishiguro, Masashi Mori, Naoto Uesaka, Kazumasa Yasuda, Masayoshi Morooka
  • Publication number: 20150038631
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline polyester resin composition has high strength and low warpage due to the reinforcement effects of a filler, high toughness to be resistant to pin press-fitting, good tribological property and good flexural fatigue characteristic. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystalline polyester (A) having a ratio (a)/[(a)+(b)] of an amount of terminal hydroxyl group (a) to a sum of the amount of terminal hydroxyl group (a) and an amount of terminal acetyl group (b) which is 0.70 to 1.00; and 10 to 100 parts by weight of a mica (B). The mica (B) included in the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition has a volume-average particle size of 10 to 50 ?m. The mica (B) has an aspect ratio of 50 to 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kohei Miyamoto, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 8946334
    Abstract: A rubber composition for tires, which includes a rubber component containing a natural rubber component consisting of at least either a natural rubber or an epoxidized natural rubber, and an inorganic filler containing silica, and a pneumatic tire using such a rubber composition for tires are provided. The rubber composition can be used as a rubber composition for clinch apex, and in this case, the rubber component preferably consists of the natural rubber component, with the inorganic filler being contained in a range of 50 to 80 parts by mass and carbon black being contained in a range of 2 to 5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizuno, Toshikazu Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150018473
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material having excellent rigidity, flexibility and improved heat resistance and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material containing 2 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less of a nanofiller with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of 30 parts by mass or more and 90 parts by mass or less of a polymer material and 70 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of carbon fibers, an average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller being 20 or more. The average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller may also be 50 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8927640
    Abstract: A nitrile copolymer latex composition containing a latex of a nitrile copolymer rubber (A) having ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in 10 to 75 wt %, conjugated diene monomer units in 5 to 89.9 wt %, and cationic monomer units and/or monomer units able to form cations in 0.1 to 20 wt %, an inorganic filler (B) having an aspect ratio of 30 to 2,000, and a plasticizer (C) having an SP value by the HOY method of 8 to 10.2 (cal/cm3)1/2, wherein a content of said plasticizer (C) is 0.1 to 200 parts by weight with respect to said nitrile copolymer rubber (A) as 100 parts by weight is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tsukada, Kazuhiro Ejiri, Chikara Katano
  • Publication number: 20150003996
    Abstract: Coatings includes about 60 weight percent to about 90 weight percent of one or more fluorinated polymers, about 1 weight percent to about 7 weight percent of one or more erosion resistant fillers about 3 weight percent to about 9 weight percent of one or more anticorrosive pigments, about 1 weight percent to about 4 weight percent of one or more thixotropic agents, and about 1 weight percent to about 4 weight percent of one or more porosity reducing filler materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kalaga Murali Krishna, Padmaja Parakala, Surinder Singh Pabla, Krishnamurthy Anand
  • Publication number: 20150005430
    Abstract: A laminating adhesive is prepared from a water-borne resin obtained by allowing an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer having an anionic group to react with a chain extender; a swellable inorganic layer compound; and a water dispersible polyisocyanate curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Imai, Takashi Uchida, Hoang Yen Dinh, Shirou Honma
  • Publication number: 20140378589
    Abstract: A silane compound is represented by Formula 1: wherein each R1 is independently a single bond, an ether group, a carbonyl group, a thioether group, a sulfone group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group, each R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1 to C5 hydrocarbon group, each X is independently halogen, a hydroxyl group, or C1 to C20 alkoxy, each Y is independently a single bond, an amide group, a thioester group, a hydroxyethylene group, a carbonyl group, an aromatic group or an ester group, a and b are each independently an integer from 1 to 3, a+b is 4, m is an integer from 0 to 5, n is an integer from 5 to 50, and p and q are each independently an integer from 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Su Hak BAE, Sung Hee AHN, Hyun Joo HAN, Ha Na RA, Hyun Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20140370270
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition includes an aqueous polyurethane resin including a polyurethane resin having an acid group and a polyamine compound, a water-soluble polymer, and an inorganic layered mineral. The aqueous polyurethane resin is included at a solid content of 50-80 mass %, the water-soluble polymer is included at a solid content of 5-20 mass %, and the inorganic layered mineral is included at a solid content of 10-30 mass %, relative to a total solid content of the aqueous coating composition. The aqueous coating composition has a total solid concentration of not less than 5 mass % and a viscosity of not larger than 50 mPa-second at 23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kaminaga, Harumi Matsumoto, Sayaka Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20140364511
    Abstract: A stable, aqueous composition containing a crosslinked, nonionic, amphiphilic polymer capable of forming a yield stress fluid in the presence of a surfactant is disclosed. The yield stress fluid is capable of suspending insoluble materials in the form of particulates and/or droplets requiring suspension or stabilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Krishnan Chari, Shui-Jen Raymond Hsu, Wei-Yeih Yang, Prachur Bhargava, Murat Kadir
  • Publication number: 20140356630
    Abstract: A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition has excellent heat resistance, flowability and lightweight property as well as surface smoothness and impact resistance. The polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes 1 to 30 parts by weight of a mica (b) having an aspect ratio of not less than 80, relative to 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Naoya Ouchiyama, Kei Saitoh, Hideyuki Umetsu, Hideki Matsumoto, Hidetaka Anma, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8894880
    Abstract: Provided is a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin compound having excellent electrical insulating properties, heat resistance, and mechanical strength due to the inclusion of an inorganic filler having low electrical conductivity, high heat resistance, and high mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young Hak Shin, Youn Eung Lee, Myung Se Lee, Jin Kyu Lee, Mahn Jong Kim
  • Publication number: 20140342170
    Abstract: A composition for the decoration of surfaces and for producing decorative objects includes a colloidal mix containing an organic binder with physical drying (evaporation of solvents), pearly pigments, coloring pigments, and mainly aliphatic organic solvents. The decorative composition is in the form of a homogenized liquid product that can be poured on a horizontal surface so as to form a uniform colored coat that has a random mosaic appearance after a drying time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: PEBEO (Societe Anonyme a directoire et conseil de surveillance)
    Inventor: Jean-Luc GUICHARD
  • Publication number: 20140336326
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electric/electronic component including a flame-retardant polyester-based resin composition, which uses no halogen-based flame retardant, has high flame retardancy, and can withstand long-term continuous use at high temperature. The electric/electronic component includes a flame-retardant polyester-based resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin (A), 5 to 80 parts by weight of a polymer-type organophosphorus flame retardant (B) whose main chain has a polyester structure, 1 to 20 parts by weight of an amorphous thermoplastic super engineering plastic (C), 5 to 120 parts by weight of a fibrous inorganic compound (D), and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a non-fibrous inorganic compound (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Kazunori Saegusa
  • Patent number: 8883303
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for making a polymer-additive composite particle from a dope by jet spinning the dope to obtain a pulp, fibril or fibrid, wherein the solvent of the dope is selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N?-dimethylformamide, N,N?-dimethylacetamide, tetramethylurea, and 4 to 75 wt % of a composition consisting of 2 to 95 wt % of a para-aramid polymer and 5-98 wt % of a solid additive material, to a total of 100 wt %, and wherein the aramid polymer is dissolved in the solvent; or coagulating the dope by means of a rotor-stator apparatus in which the polymer solution is applied through the stator on the rotor so that the precipitating polymer-additive composite particle is subjected to shear forces while they are in a plastic deformable stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.
    Inventors: Anton Johannes Josef Hendriks, Mirjam Ellen Oldenzeel, Johannus Maria Bergmans, Tetsuya Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20140316024
    Abstract: Thermoplastic compounds are disclosed having functional filler of fly ash particles coupled to the thermoplastic resin via a coupling agent. A coupling agent of functional silane grafts on a backbone of the same polymer or a compatible polymer as the thermoplastic resin causes interaction of the fly ash particles with the thermoplastic resin to enhance physical properties, particularly Notched Izod impact resistance at room temperature and at ?40° C. The coupling interface between the fly ash particle and the coupling agent and the thermoplastic resin is so strong that there can be cohesive failure of the fly ash particle before there is adhesive failure of the fly ash particle from the coupling agent in the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Maziyar Bolourchi, Roger W. Avakian
  • Patent number: 8865826
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite film, which includes a poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and inorganic nano-platelets dispersed therein. A weight ratio of the PVDF and the inorganic nano-platelets is between about 97:3 and 20:80. The inorganic nano-platelets have a particle size of about 20-80 nm, wherein the organic/inorganic composite film has a transparency of greater than about 85% at a wavelength between 380 and 780 nm. In addition, a method for forming the organic/inorganic composite film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Su, Chyi-Ming Leu, Chih-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 8846797
    Abstract: Metallic ink compositions for use in capillary-action markers are provided. More particularly, a metallic ink composition includes an organic solvent, a metallic pigment, and a resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventors: Martin N. Sexton, Wing Sum Vincent Kwan
  • Patent number: 8846800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reinforced polyamide molding materials which can be prepared from a polyamide blend and, for example, by compounding with cut fibers or continuous filaments on twin-screw extruders and have mechanical properties which are usually not compatible with one another, namely a combination of exceptionally high rigidity and strength and at the same time good toughness. Furthermore, a high heat distortion temperature (HDT) is achieved according to the invention. The thermoplastic polyamide molding materials according to the invention are suitable for the production of moldings or other semifinished products or finished articles, which can be produced, for example, by extrusion, injection molding, direct methods or direct compounding, in which the compounded polyamide molding material is processed directly by injection molding, or other deformation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: EMS-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Ornulf Rexin, Jean-Jacques Linster, Manfred Hewel
  • Patent number: 8845934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compatibilized polyamide-poly(arylene ether) thermoplastic resin compositions, comprising: (a) about 10 to about 50 weight percent of a poly(arylene ether); (b) about 5 percent to about 20 percent of a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene and a copolymer of ethylene; (c) about 30 to about 60 percent of a biopolyamide; and wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein the biomass carbon content of the resin composition is at least 13 percent as measured by ASTM D6866. Also disclosed are methods for making such resins and articles derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Roshan Kumar Jha, Satishkumar Mahanth
  • Patent number: 8846805
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polyolefin compounds for the production of injection molded, paintable and flame pre-treatable articles comprising A) 50 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene homo- or copolymer matrix phase (M) and B) 10 wt % to 50 wt % of a first elastomer comprising an ethylene-C3-C6-alpha olefin copolymer rubber C) 0 wt % to 20 wt %, based on the total weight of A and B, of a second elastomer, component B) and C) forming a disperse phase (E) and D) >30 wt % up to 60 wt %, based on the total weight of components A, B and C, of an inorganic filler, if the intrinsic viscosity of the disperse phase (E) is <2.2 dl/g according to ISO 1628 (with decalin as solvent) or 0 wt % to <30 wt % based on the total weight of components A, B and C, of an inorganic filler, if the intrinsic viscosity of the disperse phase (E) is ?2.2 dl/g according to ISO 1628 (with decalin as solvent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Claudia Kniesel, Erich Seitl, Rudolf Wölfer
  • Publication number: 20140272304
    Abstract: Composition and method for making a flexible packaging film having highly loaded with at least one inorganic filler. A blown HDPE film comprising at least 50% by weight inorganic filler is oriented in the machine direction to increase yield and tensile strength, and reduce gauge variation to improve print qualities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ashley LEIDOLF, Brad Dewayne RODGERS, Benjamin SOUCY
  • Patent number: 8835553
    Abstract: A coating composition has excellent application workability, facilitates thick coating, rarely causes cracks at an initial drying stage, and provides a dried film having excellent tensile properties and adhesiveness. The composition contains an aggregate and an emulsion with a polymer particle dispersed in an aqueous medium. The polymer particle includes 40% to 98% of a unit formed by polymerizing an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, the alkyl group having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 5% of a unit formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, 1% to 20% of a unit formed by polymerizing a vinyl monomer having a cyano group, 1% to 20% of a unit formed by polymerizing a reaction product of a (meth)acrylic acid and a monofunctional epoxy compound, and 0% to 50% of a unit formed by copolymerizing at least one of the above monomers with another monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Masafumi Achiwa, Hiroyuki Noguchi, Akemi Kouketsu, Katsunobu Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 8829083
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a coating composition, a process of making a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of making such articles. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) a dispersion comprising; one or more base polymers; at least one first pigment partially encapsulated by said one or more base polymers, wherein said first pigment is a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZnO, Al2O3, combinations thereof; optionally one or more stabilizing agents; and a liquid media; and (b) optionally a binder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Lundgard, Jodi M. Mecca
  • Publication number: 20140212614
    Abstract: A wholly aromatic polyester being excellent in heat resistance and toughness and being capable of being produced in an ordinary polymerization device, which exhibits optical anisotropy when it is molten, containing the constitutional unit (I) derived from 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, the constitutional unit (II) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, the constitutional unit (III) derived from 1,4-phenylenedicarboxylic acid, the constitutional unit (IV) derived from 1,3-phenylenedicarboxylic acid and the constitutional unit (V) derived from 4,4?-dihydroxybiphenyl, containing the constitutional unit (I) in an amount of 35 to 75 mol %, the constitutional unit (II) in an amount of 2 to 8 mol %, the constitutional unit (III) in an amount of 4.5 to 30.5 mol %, the constitutional unit (IV) in an amount of 2 to 8 mol %, the constitutional unit (V) in an amount of 12.5 to 32.5 mol %, the total of constitutional units (II) and (IV) being in an amount of 4 to 10 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yokota, Mineo Ohtake
  • Publication number: 20140206806
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyolefin-based resin composition having excellent scratch resistance and low glossiness, a preparation method thereof, and automobile interior and exterior materials fabricated therefrom. The polyolefin-based resin composition comprises about 56 to 97% by weight of a polypropylene block copolymer resin, about 1 to 9% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer rubber, about 1 to 30% by weight of an inorganic filler, and about 1 to 5% by weight of a fluoroacrylamide-based copolymer based on a total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Hak-Soo Kim, Kyeong-Hoon Jang, Dae-Sik Kim, Jung-Gyun Noh, Han-Ki Lee, Sung-Min Cho, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Byung-Kook Nam
  • Patent number: 8778220
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound and a preparation method thereof. The disclosed wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound comprises a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin having a high melting point, and an inorganic filler having a high thermal conductivity. In addition, the disclosed wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound can be prepared by using a twin screw extruder having a barrel temperature of 350 to 450° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Se Lee, Youn Eung Lee, Young Hak Shin, Jin Kyu Lee, Mahn Jong Kim