With Solid Polymer Derived From At Least One -n=c=x (x Is Chalcogen) Reactant Wherein At Least One Of The Reactants Forming The Solid Polymer Is Saturated; Or With Spfi Or Sicp Derived From A -n=c=x Reactant Wherein At Least One Of The Necessary Reactants Is Saturated Patents (Class 524/507)
  • Publication number: 20080207820
    Abstract: An ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) pigment particles, (c) at least one humectant, (d) at least one polyurethane having an average molecular weight of at least about 10,000 and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number from 60 to about 130, and being present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.7%, and (e) at least one water soluble acrylic polyiner comprising carboxylic acid groups, present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.6%, wherein the acid groups on the polyurethane and acrylic polymers are at least partially neutralized only with a monovalent inorganic base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas B. Brust, Michael J. Carmody, Robert H. Fehnel, Gary L. House, Mark E. Irving, Yongcai Wang, Paul D. Yacobucci
  • Patent number: 7413784
    Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising a dynamically-cured rubber, a thermoplastic polymer, and at least 2 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate, of a polyalphaolefin oligomer, where the polyalphaolefin oligomer is characterized by a kinematic viscosity per ASTM D445 at 100° C. of at least 35 cSt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P.
    Inventor: Trazollah Ouhadi
  • Publication number: 20080194735
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a resin composition for the manufacture of coatings such as polymeric concretes, terrazzos and finishes, comprising: a) from 15 to 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer; b) from 25 to 75% by weight of a mixture of equal parts of polyester resins of: i) an isophthalic polyester resin; ii) an orthophthalic polyester resin; and iii) a neopentyl polyester resin; c) up to 8% by weight of an epoxy resin obtained from bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin; and d) up to 5% by weight of an aliphatic or aromatic polyurethane resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Jose Angel Verdugo-Perez, Jose Alberto Castillo-Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20080176083
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to polyurethane compositions; and more preferably to thermoplastic polyurethane compositions. In one embodiment, the polyurethane compositions of the present invention have high moisture vapor transmission rates and are suitable for film applications (e.g., breathable films). In one embodiment, the polyurethane compositions of the present invention are prepared from the reaction of a mixed polyol component, a polyisocyanate component, a chain extender, and optionally at least one suitable catalyst, wherein the mixed polyol component is formed a combination of one or more poly(ethylene oxide) polyols and one or more poly(alkylene oxide) polyols, where the resulting mixed polyol component comprises from about 20 mole percent or less of one or more C3 to C15 alkylene oxides, the balance being ethylene oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: NOVEON, INC.
    Inventor: Donald A. Meltzer
  • Patent number: 7399807
    Abstract: A fluorochemical additive is the reaction product under polymerization conditions of monomers that include: (a) an aromatic polycarboxylic acid as an anhydride, ester, or ester chloride; (b) at least one fluorinated reactant; and (c) at least one aliphatic amine, mercaptan, or alcohol. Optionally, a crosslinking agent can be used. The components of the additive all can be viewed as contributing to the performance of the disclosed additive. The fluorine-containing component is generally insoluble in molten polymers and will tend to migrate to the cooled surface thereof where the fluorinated moieties provide repellency characteristics when used in adequate quantities, generally at least about 30 wt % depending on the fluorinated reactant used to make the additive. The aromatic component appears to facilitate solubility and speed up the orientation process of the additive within the molten polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Unitex Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: James F. Day
  • Patent number: 7396875
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a waterborne, UV-curable polyurethane emulsion and the use thereof in producing soft touch coatings. The emulsion is prepared by a) reacting specified hydroxy-functional components with di- and/or polyisocyanates, b) forming a dispersion of the resultant product with water and reacting the dispersion with amine functional materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Aaron A. Lockhart, Michael J. Dvorchak, Lyubov K. Gindin
  • Publication number: 20080139735
    Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprising as essential constituents (A) from 60% to 95% by weight of at least one pigment, (B) from 2.5% to 35% by weight of at least one water-soluble surface-active additive based on polyurethanes and (C) from 2.5% to 35% by weight of at least one nonionic water-soluble surface-active additive (C1) based on polyethers and/or of an anionic water-soluble additive other than additives (B) which is based on polymers of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids (C2), and also production and use of the pigment preparations for coloration of macromolecular organic and inorganic materials and also of plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Reisacher, Christian Kruger, Uwe Mauthe, Juan Antonio Gonzales Gomez, Raimund Schmid
  • Patent number: 7381765
    Abstract: A composition of fluoropolymer and dispersed conductive particulate provides an electrically conductive polymeric material resistant to static charge buildup. Radiation curing, especially electron beam radiation curing, is favored for curing fluoroelastomer-based precursor articles into desired electrically conductive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: Edward Hosung Park
  • Publication number: 20080097023
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire containing 100 parts by weight of a rubber, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a polyether (E1) having the formula (I): R1-{OCH2CH2CH2CH2)m(OA)n—OH}q??(I) wherein R1 is a residue of a C1 to C24 compound having 1-6 hydroxyl groups, from which at least one hydroxyl group is removed, A Ls a C2 to C24 alkylene group other than a 1,4-butylene group, q is an integer of 1 to 6, and m and n are independently integers of 1 to 600, and/or the derivative thereof (E2) and 10 to 180 parts by weight of a filler, which is excellent in processability, silica dispersability abrasion resistance and wet braking performance, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kameda, Yasuhiro Yamada, Satoru Yamakawa, Tsuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7361707
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are barrier articles of polyurethane blends or alloys that limit the permeability of gases there through, particularly as used in inflatable sports articles and more particularly as used in soccer balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Invista North America S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Edwin L. McInnis, Donald Allan Sandusky, Daniel Campos
  • Publication number: 20080090948
    Abstract: A coating for weatherstrips, windshield wipers, door seals, trunk seals, sunroof seals, windshield seals, automotive trim and the like. The coating comprises a water-based formula that provides low noise and, optimally, also provides good weathering and abrasion resistance. The low noise property is achieved via a combination of waxes and/or aqueous colloidal silica, and a high molecular weight silicone resin. Flexibility and weathering resistance are achieved via the addition of a polyurethane/fluoropolymer resin binder blend and UV-stabilizers and absorbers. Also provided is a method of manufacturing such coatings that comprises the steps of pre-dispersing the wax particles in co-solvents and wetting agents and then combining the pre-dispersed wax particles with the silicone resin and other ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Julie DeWitt, Michael W. Pinter
  • Patent number: 7357962
    Abstract: An automobile body-used light-colored water based coating composition containing a water dispersion (A1) prepared by water-dispersing a block copolymer resin (A) comprising a copolymer (a1) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing an olefin monomer and a copolymer (a2) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing a carboxyl group or carboxylic anhydride group-containing vinyl monomer, a hydroxyl group-containing resin (B), a curing agent (C) and a color pigment, a resulting coating film having a lightness L* value in accordance with a L*a*b* color system as defined in JIS Z 8729 in the range of 80 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Yoshizumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 7358295
    Abstract: An anti-static polymer composition comprises a thermoformable, moldable, hybrid urethane-vinyl polymer composition which exhibits relatively low surface and volume resistivities and good toughness. The hybrid polymer composition can be made without volatile organic compounds such as solvents, neutralizing amines, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Miller, Yona Eckstein, Alexander V. Lubnin, Gary A. Anderle, Shui-Jen Raymond Hsu
  • Patent number: 7358294
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible polyurethane oligomer wherein said composition when drying to form a coating has an open time of at least 20 minutes, a wet-edge time of at least 10 minutes, a tack free time of <20 hours and an equilibrium viscosity of <5,000 Pa·s at a solids content when drying in the range of from 20 to 55 wt % using a shear rate in the range of from 9±0.5 to 90±5 s?1 and at 23+2° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets BV
    Inventors: Alfred Jean Paul Buckmann, Emilio Martin, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Johannes Ludovicus Martinus Van Hilst, John Christopher Padget, Pablo Steenwinkel, Tom Annable, Ronald Tennebroek
  • Patent number: 7348368
    Abstract: A pigment-dispersed aqueous recording liquid containing at least a pigment and a resin, which comprises from 60 to 200 parts by weight of the resin to 100 parts by weight of the pigment, wherein at least one of the resin is a water-dispersible urethane type resin, a weight fraction of a polyurethane urea part of which is at most 2.0 wt % to the urethane resin, and the pigment dispersed in the recording liquid has a dispersion particle size D50 of from 40 to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation, Mikuni Shikiso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Munetaka Kakiuchi, Shuichi Kataoka, Takashi Oyanagi, Kimihiko Ohya, Seiji Kamamasu
  • Patent number: 7348379
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate compound, a hydroxyl-functional film-forming polymer, and a non-volatile branched monoalcohol. An aliphatic branched monoalcohol is preferred. More preferred are long chain non-volatile branched monoalcohols. This results in coating compositions that have improved flow behavior and that produce coatings having improved appearance without an adverse effect on other properties. The invention also relates to a multi-component coating composition. Preferably, the multi-component coating composition is a two-component coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate component and a hydroxyl-functional component, wherein the hydroxyl-functional component, in addition to the hydroxyl-functional film forming polymer also comprises the non-volatile branched monoalcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius H.G. Van Engelen, Alexander Leo Yahkind, Omar Abu-Shanab, Jason Weaver
  • Patent number: 7335718
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligomers having a backbone and one or more curable groups. The backbone comprises a polyester that is prepared from, inter alia, one or more polyalkylesters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventor: Matthew Terwillegar
  • Patent number: 7332539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plastisol composition which combines low temperature baking property and storage stability which are comparable to those of the prior polyvinyl chloride plastisols and has a low-temperature flexibility. The plastisol composition according to the present invention comprises an acrylic plastisol consisting of a plasticizer having acrylic resin particles and a filler dispersed therein and therewith formulated a blocked urethane prepolymer wherein free isocyanate groups of a terminal isocyanate containing urethane prepolymers have been blocked or a blocked polyisocyanate compound and a latent curing agent which is particulate solid at normal temperature, has a melt point of 60° C. or higher, and is insoluble in the plasticizer at 40° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha, Sunstar Suisse SA
    Inventors: Kenta Nakayama, Hitoshi Ohno, Takashi Minamihori
  • Patent number: 7329696
    Abstract: A aqueous dispersion comprising particles of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyaddition type resin, a polycondensation type resin, an addition condensation type resin, a ring-opening-polymerization type resin and an addition polymerization type resin; wherein the particle has at least two peaks in a particle diameter distribution curve; at least one of the peaks comprises at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyaddition type resin, a polycondensation type resin, an addition condensation type resin and a ring-opening-polymerization type resin. The aqueous dispersion exhibits a low viscosity even at a high concentration exceeding 65%, and has better stability with day. In addition, a paint, an adhesive, a pressure-sensitive adhesive and a fiber and textile processing agent using the dispersion of the present invention is excellent in storage stability even at a high concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ueno, Toshihide Shima, Tadashi Tanaka, Munekazu Satake
  • Patent number: 7329697
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions suitable for tire treads or sidewalls and other articles where abrasion resistance and flexibility are desirable. The invention includes a tire tread or sidewall made by combining a filler; a sulfur cure system; optionally at least one secondary rubber; and at least one halogenated terpolymer of C4 to C8 isoolefin derived units, C4 to C14 multiolefin derived units, and p-alkylstyrene derived units. Examples of suitable fillers include carbon black, silica, and combinations thereof. The present invention also includes a method of producing an elastomeric terpolymer composition comprising combining in a diluent C4 to C8 isoolefin monomers, C4 to C14 multiolefin monomers, and p-alkylstyrene monomers in the presence of a Lewis acid and at least one initiator to produce the terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Harvey Waddell, David Yen-Lung Chung
  • Patent number: 7304099
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved system for inkjet printing which results in images with increased permanence as measured by transfer of color from the image when the image is subjected to mechanical and/or chemical abrasion. The invention provides a fusible material that may be combined with any or all of the color inks used to create the image, or it may be used as a colorless fluid applied pre- or post-printing. The permanence of images produced by the system are comparable to those produced by electrophotography. The invention also relates to a printing apparatus that contains a means for fusing the image using heat applied after the printed substrate is ejected from the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Makarand P Gore
  • Patent number: 7297742
    Abstract: An aqueous thermosetting primer composition includes a polyurethane polymer, an acrylic polymer polymerized in a wax having crosslinkable functionality, and a crosslinking component that is reactive with the wax and at least one of the polyurethane polymer and the acrylic polymer. The polyurethane polymer has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less. The acrylic polymer has a glass transition temperature that is at least about 20° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of polyurethane resin. The invention further provides a composite coating having as a primer layer a cured layer of the primer composition of the invention and having at least one topcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Walter H. Ohrbom, Timothy S. December, JoAnn Lanza, Robert D. Weise
  • Patent number: 7290960
    Abstract: A liner is the product of reaction of (a) a hydrophilic prepolymer bearing isocyanate groups; and (b) a water-borne polymer dispersion, the polymer bearing groups that are reactive to isocyanate groups; wherein the dispersion has a sufficiently high solids content, and the polymer has a sufficiently high modulus and glass transition or crystalline melting temperature, that the product of reaction exhibits a 24-hour Tensile Strength of at least about 2.5 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ashok Sengupta, Jiangdong Tong
  • Patent number: 7268182
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. at least one polymer that has pendant groups, such as, hydroxyl, carboxyl, glycidyl, amine, amide, silane and mixtures thereof that are reactive with a crosslinking component and the polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80° C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000; and c. a crosslinking component, such as, organic polyisocyanates, melamine formaldehydes, alkylated melamine formaldehydes, benzoquanamine formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde, polyepoxides, silane resin and any mixtures thereof; wherein the coating composition can be used as a clear coating composition and can contain pigments and may be used as a pigmented top coating, a pigmented base coating, a primer or primer surfacer coating and is useful for coating automobile and truck bodies and parts, industrial equipment, appliances and exterior structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Hari Babu Sunkara, Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian
  • Patent number: 7264856
    Abstract: An inkjet recording element comprising, over a porous, ink-receiving layer, a fusible, porous topmost layer comprising a film-forming, hydrophobic binder and fusible, polymeric particles of a non-segmented polyurethane, or salt thereof, comprising repeat units derived from a diisocyanate and a diol component comprising a mixture of diols, said diol mixture comprising: an anionically-substituted diol selected from carboxylic acid-, sulfonic acid-, and phosphonic acid-substituted diol and an ether containing short chain aliphatic diol, wherein the polyurethane has a Tg greater than about 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Allan Wexler, Paul D. Yacobucci, Kurt M. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7265178
    Abstract: A description is given of an optionally fluorinated polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion with enhanced surface properties (low critical surface tensions ?c and very high contact angles ?) which is obtainable by a) preparing a dispersion component (binder) based on an aqueous solution or dispersion of an optionally hydroxy- and/or amino-functional polyurethane-polymer hybrid having optionally fluorinated side chains and, if desired, b) subsequently reacting the dispersion component from stage a) with a crosslinker component (D). The polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion of the invention can be prepared in solvent-free or low-solvent fashion and with high solids content and requires only a very low level of stabilizing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Alois Maier, Stefan Ingrisch, Norbert Steidl, Frank Weinelt
  • Patent number: 7262247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binder resin solution composition, and a coating, ink, and adhesive containing the composition as an active ingredient, the binder resin solution composition having a solid content of 10 to 50 wt. % and comprising (a) a chlorinated polyolefin prepared by chlorinating to a chlorine content of 10 to 40 wt. % an ethylene-propylene-butene ternary random copolymer having an ethylene content of 3.0 to 3.7 mol %, 1-butene content of 2.4 to 2.8 mol %, and melting point of 129 to 133° C., and (b) an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Toyo Kasei Kogyo Company Limited, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kashihara, Tetsuji Nishioka, Tatsuo Tsuneka, Shoji Maekawa, Isao Wada
  • Patent number: 7244782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one masked or unmasked polyisocyanate in the form of an aqueous emulsion whose mean size is between 0.1 and 10 micrometers; and at least one polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously a polyol, in the form of a second aqueous dispersion whose mean size is between 10 and 200 nanometers wherein the content of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol, expressed in mass percent, is at least equal to ?R?20, with R equal to the ratio of the mean size (d50) of the emulsion to that of the dispersion of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Gilles Guerin, Bruno Langlois, Roland Reeb
  • Patent number: 7235597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a styrenic thermoplastic resin composition, and more particularly to a styrenic thermoplastic resin composition comprising a non-halogen flame-retardant having superior flame-retarding properties and impact strength. The present invention provides a flame-retarding styrenic thermoplastic resin composition comprising a) 100 weight parts of a base resin comprising i) 10 to 50 weight parts of a rubber-modified styrenic-containing graft copolymer, ii) 5 to 20 weight parts of phenol novolac resin, and iii) 20 to 70 weight parts of a styrene-containing copolymer; and b) 5 to 20 weight parts of an aromatic phosphate. In addition, the a) base resin may further comprise iv) 10 to 40 weight parts of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chan-Hong Lee, Yong-Yeon Hwang, Ki-Young Nam, Tae-Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 7230047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to curable elastomer compositions and deformable thermoplastic compositions which are reshapable subsequent to cure or solidification. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and articles of manufacture which are prepared from curable elastomeric or deformable thermoplastic matrices having distributed therein polymeric powders which have a melting point below the degradation of the matrix and which are present in shape-holding amounts to permit reshaping subsequent to elastomer cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: Bahram Issari
  • Patent number: 7220814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new hydrophilicized blocked polyisocyanates, a process for preparing them and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Rische, Christoph Gürtler, Karin Naujoks, Thomas Feller
  • Patent number: 7220338
    Abstract: A process for making an article contacted with a bonding agent that is prepared by providing an admixture including a latex and a polyol present in an amount of less than 20 wt. % of the admixture for providing hydroxyl functionality. The isocyanate is admixed with the latex/polyol admixture to form the bonding agent. A layer of the bonding agent is contacted with a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Mai Chen, Jeffrey Harold Deitch, Christine Margaret Zack
  • Patent number: 7217761
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound with an alkylene oxide chain as a thickener of aqueous compositions, containing a filler and/or pigmented, white or colored, with the aim of supplying pigmentary compositions for paint which provide excellent pigmentary compatibility and a high viscosity at small and medium shear stress gradient. The invention also relates to the said non-ionic thickener as well as the aqueous composition, containing a filler and/or pigmented, white or colored, containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Coatex S.A.S.
    Inventors: Denis Ruhlmann, Jean-Marc Suau
  • Patent number: 7217458
    Abstract: Lighweight lignocellulosic board materials, such as oriented strand board and others, having reduced densities while maintaining suitable mechanical properties, and methods for their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Huber Engineered Woods LLC
    Inventors: Feipeng Liu, Brian M. Peek, Kelly R. Flaherty
  • Patent number: 7196135
    Abstract: A stabilizer composition is described and comprises a 3-arylacrylate, a polymeric compound with molecular weight at least 2000, bearing, on a polymeric framework, side groups having amine functions, where all of the substituents in the ?-position to the amine nitrogen atom are other than hydrogen, and comprises a sterically hindered phenol. The stabilizer composition is particularly suitable for stabilizing thermoplastic polyurethane with respect to light, oxygen, and heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Heidenfelder, Manfred Appel
  • Patent number: 7186772
    Abstract: Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into the components of the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Reinhold Berkau, Michael Gailberger, Thomas Gruber, Karl Holdik, Georg Meichsner, Fritz Mezger
  • Patent number: 7186771
    Abstract: An air drying waterborne resin composition is disclosed. Said resin composition comprises at least one amphiphlic air drying dendritic polymer, at least one non-amphiphilic air drying alkyd resin, at least one drier initiating and/or promoting autoxidation, and water, and optionally at least one anionic and/or nonionic surfactant, and/or at least one coalescent agent. Said at least one amphiphilic air drying dendritic polymer is built up from a polyhydric dendritic core polymer having terminal hydroxyl groups and at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one adduct, obtainable by addition of a monoalkylated polyethylene glycol to a dicarboxylic acid or anhydride and/or a diisocyanate, each bonded to at least one terminal hydroxyl group in said polyhydric dendritic core polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB
    Inventors: Bo Haggman, Hakan Bjornberg, Birger Midelf, David James
  • Patent number: 7169841
    Abstract: A curable aqueous polyurethane dispersion substantially comprises a) at least one compound having two free isocyanate groups, at least one allophanate group and at least one C?C double bond capable of free radical polymerization, a carbonyl group or an oxygen atom in the form of an ether function being bonded directly to the double bond, b) at least one compound having at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups and having a C?C double bond capable of free-radical polymerization, c) if required, at least one compound having at least two groups reactive towards isocyanate groups and selected from hydroxyl, mercapto, primary and/or secondary amino groups, d) at least one compound having at least one group reactive towards isocyanate groups and having at least one acid group, e) at least one basic compound for neutralizing or partially neutralizing the acid groups of the compounds d), and a thermal initiator and is used for coating substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Schwalm, Bernd Bruchmann, Frank Voellinger, Erich Beck, Wolfgang Schrof, Uwe Meisenburg
  • Patent number: 7163981
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily provide an aqueous paint composition which is excellent in the low-temperature curability and can give a coated film that, while retaining a suitable texturability, further combines the water resistance, the marring resistance and the beef tallow staining resistance with good balance. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a coated article which is coated with this aqueous paint composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A, Inc. et al.
    Inventors: Scott Kubish, Jesse Fritcher, Eitarou Shimotsuma, Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7153900
    Abstract: A pseudoplastic clearcoat slurry comprising solid and/or highly viscous particles which are dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions and at least one water soluble salt, preferably from 0.1 to 50 mmol per 1 000 g of water, which can be decomposed without residue or virtually without residue; process for preparing it, and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Joachim Woltering, Michael Tecklenborg, Günther Ott
  • Patent number: 7151130
    Abstract: Polyurethane-modified addition copolymers preparable by free-radically (co)polymerizing an olefinically unsaturated monomer (a) in an aqueous or nonaqueous medium comprising at least one reaction product (A/B) of (A) at least one addition copolymer containing on average per molecule at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bremser, Thomas Krüger, Wilma Löcken, Stephan Schwarte, Heinz-Peter Rink
  • Patent number: 7144954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures containing A) compounds of the formula (I) and (II) where R1 is independently at each instance hydrogen or a methyl radical, R2 is independently at each instance a linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical and m and n are each independently an integer of not less than 0 subject to the proviso that m+n>0, and B) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (A) which is different from the compounds of the formula (I) and (II). The present invention further relates to processes for polymerizing these mixtures, the highly transparent polymers thus obtainable and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Röhm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bardo Schmitt, Wolfgang Klesse, Volker Kerscher, Patrik Hartmann
  • Patent number: 7135522
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion, contains: a) an amorphous urethanized, unsaturated polyester resin, b) a nonvolatile content of from 20% to 60% by weight, c) from 0 to 60% by weight of a solvent, d) a pH of between 5.0 and 9.5, and e) a viscosity at 20° C. of from 20 to 500 mPas. The polyester resin is obtained from I. an alcohol component, II. i) from 20 to 100 mol % of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid component, and ii) from 0 to 80 mol % of a further carboxylic acid component, and III. at least one isocyanate component. The alcohol component contains a dicidol mixture of the isomeric compounds 3,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane, 4,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane and 5,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane. Each isomer is present in a fraction of from 20 to 40% in the dicidol mixture. The sum of the three isomers in the dicidol mixture is from 90 to 100%. The dicidol mixture is present from 10 to 100 mol % in the alcohol component of the polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Patrick Gloeckner, Lutz Mindach, Martina Ortelt
  • Patent number: 7129288
    Abstract: Novel polyurethanes containing sulfide groups which comprise at least one group of the general formula I in the polymer main chain and/or at least one group of the general formula II incorporated at the chain end: —X—A—S—B—Y—??(I) —X—A—S—B—YH??(II) in which the variables have the following definitions: S is the sulfur atom; X and Y independently of one another are oxygen atoms, sulfur atoms or groups —NZ where Z is the hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical of 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and A and B independently of one another are divalent organic radicals; novel polymer mixtures based thereon, and the use of the novel polyurethanes and polymer mixtures and dispersions thereof for the preparation of coating materials, adhesives and sealing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Wilma Löcken, Heinz-Peter Rink, Thomas Krüger, Stefan Schwarte, Hans-Ulrich Moritz, Hartmut Kagerer
  • Patent number: 7129280
    Abstract: Mixtures curable thermally and with actinic radiation and containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising (A) at least one of (A1) low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbamate groups, and carbamate and allophanate groups, and (A2) low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbamate groups, and carbamate and allophanate groups, and additionally allophanate- and/or carbamate-reactive functional groups, ?which are substantially or entirely free from reactive functional groups which contain at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and (C) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one reactive functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation; with the proviso that if only (A1) is used, the mixtures further comprise (B) at least one of low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate- and/or c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Hubert Baumgart, Sandra Hasse, Uwe Meisenburg, Vincent Cook
  • Patent number: 7125927
    Abstract: Paint or varnish composition comprising, as solids: from 10 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polyurethane in aqueous emulsion form; from 10 to 30 parts by weight of at least two acrylic polymers or copolymers in aqueous emulsion form; from 10 to 70 parts by weight of mineral or organic fillers; from 5 to 20 parts by weight of processing aids; and from 0 to 10 parts by weight of crosslinking agent; said composition furthermore comprising from 40 to 150 parts by weight of water, the parts being given by weight of active material in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Nathalie Thenault, Celine Desaindes
  • Patent number: 7125919
    Abstract: A tinting composition containing a colorant component is disclosed. In addition, a method of improving the viscosity stability of a composition upon the addition of a colorant component employing an associative thickener, a macromolecular organic compound having a hydrophobic cavity, a dispersing resin and combinations thereof is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Jerome Michael Harris, Henry Jude Eichman, Ronald Carl Faulk
  • Patent number: 7122595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder-slurry that can be hardened by actinic radiation or by thermal means, comprising (I) components containing functional groups (A) which render them hardenable by actinic radiation and components containing complementary functional groups (B) which render them thermally hardenable, in a weight ratio of 50:1 to 1:50 and/or comprising (II) components containing the functional groups (A) and (B) which render them thermally hardenable and hardenable by actinic radiation in a molar ratio of 100:1 to 1:100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Günther Ott, Ulrike Röckrath, Uwe Meisenburg, Hubert Baumgart, Reinhold Schwalm, Erich Beck, Rainer Königer, Wolfgang Paulus, Horst Binger, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 7122596
    Abstract: Provided are a leather-like sheet fabricated by infiltrating an aqueous resin dispersion (A) into a fibrous substrate, which satisfies a requirement (I) that the aqueous resin dispersion, (A) comprises essentially a main resin (a) stabilized with a surfactant, a polymer (b) having a polyoxyethylene group in its side chains, and a surfactant (c), a requirement (II) that the main resin (a) comprises an urethane resin (a1) and/or an urethane-acrylic composite resin (a2), and the resin skeleton contains from 1 to 10 mmols of a carboxyl group per 100 g of the resin, a requirement (III) that the polymer (b) is obtained through polymerization of a polyoxyethylene group-having ethylenic unsaturated monomer (b1) and any other ethylenic unsaturated monomer (b2) in a ratio by mass (b1)/(b2)=60/40 to 100/0, and a requirement (IV) that the percentage, % by mass (?) of the polyoxyethylene group in the polymer (b) and the number of mols (?) of the amino group per gram of the polymer (b) satisfy 35??+?×20000?60; and an indus
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kato, Kimio Nakayama, Nobuo Takaoka
  • Patent number: RE39936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Son Nguyen Kim, Axel Sanner, Peter Hössel, Volker Schehlmann