From Fluorine-containing Monomer Patents (Class 524/544)
  • Patent number: 11578461
    Abstract: A paper suitable for use in a battery or battery pack as a flame barrier or thermal insulation, the paper comprising 60 to 95 weight percent aerogel powder and 5 to 40 weight aramid polymer fibrils; the paper having a thickness of 50 to 4000 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Mehdi Afshari, Byoung Sam Kang
  • Patent number: 11512223
    Abstract: A surface coating material includes a first material and a second material having a different structure. The first material includes a linking group represented by *—(CF2)nO—* between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is a trifluoroalkoxy group and another terminal end is a silane group. The second material includes an oxyalkylene group or a *—NH—* linking group between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is an alkoxy group or an amino group, and another terminal end is a silane group. The first material is included in the surface coating material in an amount of less than or equal to about 5 mol % relative to a total amount (100 mol %) of the first material and the second material in the surface coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye Young Kong, Byung Ha Park, Won Cheol Jung, Sung Hun Hong
  • Patent number: 11374247
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrolyte solution including a supply step of continuously supplying an emulsion based a polymer electrolyte and a solvent into a dissolution facility, and a dissolution step of continuously dissolving the polymer electrolyte in the solvent by heating the interior of the dissolution facility to obtain the electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tago, Tetsuya Murakami, Kazuhiro Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 11130829
    Abstract: A curable composition that includes an amorphous, peroxide-curable fluoropolymer having a first solubility parameter, a solvent having a second solubility parameter, and a peroxide. The amorphous, peroxide-curable fluoropolymer is present from 60 percent to 97.5 percent by weight versus the weight of the curable composition, and the solvent is present from 1 percent to 39 percent by weight versus the weight of the curable composition. The absolute value of the first solubility parameter minus the second solubility parameter is less than or equal to 8.2 (MPa)1/2. The solvent may have a solubility parameter in a range from 9.6 (MPa)1/2 to 26 (MPa)1/2. Methods of making a cured fluoroelastomer from the curable composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Tatsuo Fukushi
  • Patent number: 11098177
    Abstract: Fluoropolymers, specifically polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymers stabilized against color degradation due to high thermal exposure. The fluoropolymers are produced with free-radical initiators in the presence of surfactants containing acid end groups. The fluoropolymer resins are melt processed into final articles at high temperatures, above the melting point of the polymer. While the fluoropolymer is stable, residual acid surfactant causes discoloration during thermal processing. Stabilization is achieved by the addition of small amounts of ammonium or phosphonium cations to the fluoropolymer composition. It is believed the cations react with any residual acid to form a less reactive salt. These salts do not adversely affect the color of a melt processed product. The phosphonium or ammonium ions can be added to the fluoropolymer at any point from the polymerization step up to the thermal processing step. A preferred family of salts are quaternary alkyl ammonium halides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventor: James J. Henry
  • Patent number: 11014879
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of fluorinated compounds having at least one —OSF5 group, said method comprising the step of reacting SOF4 with a fluorinated 3- or 4-membered cyclic ether in the presence of a fluoride catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Monzani, Vito Tortelli
  • Patent number: 10981195
    Abstract: A method of forming a self-cleaning film system includes ink jet printing a composition onto a substrate. The composition includes an oleophobic material and a photocatalytic material. The method further includes curing the composition to form a self-cleaning film disposed on the substrate and thereby form the self-cleaning film system. The self-cleaning film includes a first plurality of regions including the photocatalytic material and disposed within the oleophobic material such that each of the first plurality of regions abuts and is surrounded by the oleophobic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gayatri V. Dadheech, Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 10766990
    Abstract: A copolymer having tetrafluoroethylene units, hexafluoropropylene units, and units independently represented by formula in a range from 0.02 to 2 mole percent, based on the total amount of the copolymer. Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally interrupted by one or more —O— groups, n is from 1 to 6, and m is 0 or 1. The copolymer has a melt flow index in a range from 25 grams per 10 minutes to 35 grams per 10 minutes and has up to 50 unstable end groups per 106 carbon atoms. The copolymer can be extruded to make articles, such as insulated cables. A method of making the copolymer is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Denis Duchesne, Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Kai H. Lochhaas, Per M. Nelson, Jens C. Schrooten, Karl D. Weilandt, Tilman C. Zipplies
  • Patent number: 10734660
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell comprises a proton exchange membrane having an anode side and a cathode side. An anode catalyst layer is on the anode side of the proton exchange membrane and a cathode catalyst layer is on the cathode side of the proton exchange membrane. Each of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer comprises a metal alloy. A gas diffusion layer is on each of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer opposite the proton exchange membrane. A sacrificial intercalating agent is between the proton exchange membrane and one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer, the sacrificial intercalating agent having sulfonate sites that attract metal cations resulting from dissolution of the metal alloy prior to the metal cations reaching the proton exchange membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Atienza, Nilesh Dale
  • Patent number: 10730980
    Abstract: A copolymer having tetrafluoroethylene units, hexafluoropropylene units, and units independently represented by formula in a range from 0.02 to 2 mole percent, based on the total amount of the copolymer. Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally interrupted by one or more —O— groups, z is 1 or 2, each n is independently from 1 to 6, and m is 0 or 1. The copolymer has a melt flow index in a range from 25 grams per 10 minutes to 35 grams per 10 minutes and has a combined number of unstable end groups and —CF2H end groups in a range from 25 per 106 carbon atoms up to 120 per 106 carbon atoms. The copolymer can be extruded to make articles, such as insulated cables. A method of making the copolymer is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Denis Duchesne, Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Kai H. Lochhaas, Per M. Nelson, Jens C. Schrooten, Karl D. Weilandt, Tilman C. Zipplies
  • Patent number: 10723683
    Abstract: Methods of converting a fluorinated vinyl ether to a saturated partially fluorinated ether, the method comprising: reacting the fluorinated vinyl ether with an amine, ammonia, or combination thereof to form the saturated partially fluorinated ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Markus E. Hirschberg, Klaus Hintzer, Zai-Ming Qiu, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Romana Pajkert, Sergey N. Tverdomed
  • Patent number: 10711017
    Abstract: Fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are provided. The fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials include a silica material having the fluorinated cyclopentene moiety covalently bonded thereto. Exemplary silica materials include a polysilsesquioxane, a nanosilica, a microsilica, a silica gel, a silica aerogel, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated cyclopentene moieties are based on a modification of perfluorocyclopentene (i.e., 1,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1-cyclopentene) by nucleophilic substitution with an appropriate nucleophile having a reactive functional group. Methods for preparing fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and the corresponding fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Scott Iacono, Abby Rose Jennings
  • Patent number: 10676575
    Abstract: Described is a tri-block prepolymer having a chemical structure of [A]-[B]-[C], comprising at least one monovalent reactive group, wherein segment [A] and [C] independently comprise polymeric segments based on a first hydrophilic monomer comprising functionality selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl, alkylamine, and mixtures thereof and optionally a second hydrophilic monomer, and [B] comprises a polymeric segment of at least one silicone-containing macromer and optionally a third hydrophilic monomer comprising functionality selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl, alkylamine, and mixtures thereof and optionally a silicone-containing monomer. These prepolymers may be used alone or in combination with other components in reactive monomer mixtures for making silicone hydrogels and ophthalmic devices made therefrom, including contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Scott L. Joslin, Shivkumar Mahadevan, James D. Ford
  • Patent number: 10563347
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a resin product is brought into contact with a treatment liquid containing an antibacterial antifungal compound (A) of a quaternary ammonium salt compound having a molecular weight of not greater than 1500 and, in this state, heat-treated under a normal atmospheric pressure or under an increased pressure, whereby the antibacterial antifungal compound (A) is immobilized on at least a surface of the resin product. Thus, an excellent antibacterial/antifungal finished product having water resistance and laundry durability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: OSAKA KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimio Suzuki, Tomohide Kanda
  • Patent number: 10557055
    Abstract: Conformable coating composition are described comprising a (meth)acrylate copolymer comprising interpolymerized monomer units of fluorinated monomer and a volatile solvent having a solubility parameter from 4.9-12.5 (cal/cm3)1/2. In some embodiments, the fluorinated monomer has a Tg <30° C. In some embodiments, the dried coating exhibits no blocking and no greater than 75% failure at an elongation of 100%. Also described is a conformable film comprising a dried coating composition of the coating compositions described herein, articles comprising a layer of the conformable film on a substrate, and a copolymer comprising interpolymerized units of fluorinated monomer(s), silane monomer(s); and one or more monomers having a Tg ?50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Asmus, Hae-Seung Lee, Dong-Wei Zhu
  • Patent number: 10461336
    Abstract: A process for producing a liquid composition, which includes holding a fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups at from 110 to 130° C. for at least 45 minutes, cooling it to less than 110° C., converting the —SO2F groups in the fluorinated polymer to ion exchange groups to obtain a fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups, and mixing the fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups and a liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watabe, Hirokazu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10457760
    Abstract: A process for producing a liquid composition, which includes holding a fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups at from 140 to 160° C. for at least 45 minutes, cooling it to less than 110° C. at a rate of at least 50° C./min, converting the —SO2F groups in the fluorinated polymer to ion exchange groups to obtain a fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups, and mixing the fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups and a liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watabe, Hirokazu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10457756
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated compound capable of obtaining a cured product which is excellent in heat resistance and mold release and has a high Abbe number; a curable composition containing such a compound; and a cured product which is excellent in heat resistance and mold release and has a high Abbe number. The fluorinated compound is represented by the following formula (A): [Z—OCH2CF2CF2CF2OCFHCF2—X—]nQ??(A) where n is an integer of at least 1, Q is a n-valent organic group, X is —O—, —NH— or —S—, and Z is a group having at least one polymerizable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Yoshida, Keisuke Takagi, Hidenobu Murofushi, Tomoaki Sakurada
  • Patent number: 10344172
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer that is a copolymer of: a polyfluoroalkyl alcohol (meth)acrylate represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cOCOCR?CH2??[I] (R: a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, n: 1 to 6, a: 1 to 4, b: 1 to 3, and c: 1 to 3); benzyl (meth)acrylate or styrene; and a Si group-containing crosslinkable (meth)acrylate represented by the general formula: CH2?CRCOO(CH2)dSi(OR1)eR23?e??[II] (R: a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, R1, R2: an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, d: 1 to 3, e: 1 to 3). The surface-modifying agent comprising this fluorine-containing copolymer as an active ingredient have an excellent dynamic slip angle after washing with hexadecane, and anti-corrosive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Unimatec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyou Shimada, Takumi Suzuki, Yoshiyama Kaneumi
  • Patent number: 10316212
    Abstract: A coating composition which imparts antifog properties to substrates coated therewith. The coating compositions are removable and utilize nanoparticles functionalized with epoxy groups. The removable coating compositions are particularly useful on personal protection equipment such as face masks, shields, and protective glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Naiyong Jing, Xue-hua Chen, Ruo-Ni Sun, Zhigang Yu, Xiaoling Xie, Jinyu Chen
  • Patent number: 10139003
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lip seal for water pump made of a rubber-like elastic material, fixed to a housing as a fixed side and in sliding contact with a shaft rotating relative to the housing; the lip seal having sliding surface with a surface roughness Ra (according to JIS B0601 corresponding to ISO 4287) of 1 to 30 ?m, being obtained by vulcanization-molding of a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the rubber-like elastic material, 1 to 150 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, 5 to 90 parts by weight of a non-reinforcing filler having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a coupling agent, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. The lip seal effects to prevent softening and volume swelling of the rubber-like elastic material and furthermore the generation of deposits in the rotating shaft, which are problematic for rotation torque and LLC resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamanaka, Suguru Yoshida, Masafumi Kato, Hideyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10093820
    Abstract: Provided are processes for upconcentrating fluoropolymer dispersions. Also provided are upconcentrated dispersions and substrates coated with such dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Tilman C. Zipples, Arne Thaler, Egon Obermaier, Klaus Hintzer, Michael C. Dadalas
  • Patent number: 9988536
    Abstract: A composition having at least one first component containing a perfluorinated aliphatic structure in which no more than six fluorine bearing carbons are connected in any single straight chain segment, in addition a group providing binding functionality to a surface to be treated or containing at least one polymerisable double bond or containing at least one cross-linkable group, and in addition a divalent radical containing at least one group capable of forming polar interactions or hydrogen bonds, and at least one second component containing a perfluorinated aliphatic structure in which no more than six fluorine bearing carbons are connected in any single straight chain segment and a moiety containing at least one group providing binding functionality to a surface to be treated or containing at least one polymerisable double bond or containing at least one cross-linkable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Huebsch, Noel Stephen Brabbs
  • Patent number: 9932504
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous emulsion composition which has excellent chemical stability (stability with respect to impurities) and excellent mechanical stability. Disclosed is an aqueous emulsion composition which contains: (A) a polymer that contains a fluoroalkyl group; and (B) a surfactant that contains (B1) an amidoamine surfactant having an amide group and an amino group, and (B2) a nonionic surfactant. It is preferable that the surfactant does not contain a monool having an unsaturated triple bond or an alkylene oxide addition product of a polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Rumi Kawabe, Ryousuke Hara, Masahiro Miyahara, Masaki Fukumori, Kouji Kubota, Kensuke Mohara, Takashi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 9902787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene powder having high dispersibility in lubricants. The polytetrafluoroethylene powder includes polytetrafluoroethylene containing a tetrafluoroethylene unit alone or a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a modifying monomer unit based on a modifying monomer copolymerizable with the tetrafluoroethylene, and has a specific surface area of 32 m2/g or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nanba, Dai Fukami, Takuya Yamabe, Taketo Kato, Makoto Ono, Takahiro Taira, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Taku Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9725582
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a fluororesin composition for a molded product that is excellent in tensile strength and flex resistance. The present invention relates to a fluororesin composition that contains a fluororesin and a fluorinated nanodiamond. The amount of the fluorinated nanodiamond is 0.001 to 5% by mass based on the fluororesin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Fukushima, Takeshi Shimono, Tomohiro Isogai, Takahisa Aoyama, Fumihiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9677220
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer prepared by polymerizing (I) a polyfluoroalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate which is substituted at alpha-position, in the presence of (II) a blocked isocyanate compound. A water- and oil-repellent composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, and excellent durability thereof to substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Uesugi, Kouji Kubota, Ikuo Yamamoto, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Patent number: 9605347
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a film having a surface structure of a random wrinkles. A compound according to the present invention is coated and then, a film having a surface structure of random wrinkles may be simply formed through simple ultraviolet (UV) curing or thermosetting. When the film thus formed is used in an organic light emitting device, light generated from the organic light emitting device is scattered on surfaces of the random wrinkles to prevent light guide or total reflection, and thus, light is extracted to the outside. That is, a random structure disposed at the outside of the device performs a light extraction function and consequently, light efficiency of the organic light emitting device may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jaehyun Moon, Seung Koo Park, Jeong Ik Lee, Jin Wook Shin, Doo-Hee Cho, Joo Hyun Hwang, Chul Woong Joo, Jun-Han Han, Jin Woo Huh, Joon Tae Ahn, Nam Sung Cho, Hye Yong Chu, Byoung Gon Yu
  • Patent number: 9567419
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a novel perfluoroalkyl-crosslinked fluoropolymer with perfluoroether pendant groups. The perfluoroalkyl-crosslinked fluoropolymer hereof is particularly well-suited for use in chemically and thermally aggressive environments, in part by virtue of the highly stable perfluoroalkyl crosslink. The perfluroalkyl-crosslinked fluoropolymer hereof can be prepared by crosslinking in situ a crosslinkable precursor in the form of a shaped article. A crosslinkable precursor is a fluoropolymer having a dichloroamino-functionalized functionalized perfluoroether pendant group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bish, Robert Clayton Wheland
  • Patent number: 9546298
    Abstract: A material for a surface modifying agent with which the problems of insufficient durability as abrasion and chemical resistances of surface modification effect in polyurethane surface modification by the prior surface modifying agent are resolved, and is immobilized in a matrix resin firmly and improved in durability. A reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by: polymerizing monomer A having in a molecule two or more radically polymerizable double bonds, monomer B having in a molecule a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond, and monomer C having in a molecule an alcoholic hydroxy group and minimum, one radically polymerizable double bond, in presence of a polymerization initiator D in an amount of 5 % to 200 % by mole with respect to the number of moles of the monomer A; a curable composition containing the reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer; and a cured film obtained from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tamura, Masayuki Haraguchi, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9540584
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner. The composition includes a first (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a second (meth)acrylate compound different from the first (meth)acrylate compound; a first polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 75 ?m to 180 ?m; and a second polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 1 ?m to 15 ?m, wherein the total amount of the first polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is in the range of 30% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the entire amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition; and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is contained in an amount of 20% by weight to 75% by weight with respect to the total amount of the first and second polytetrafluoroethylene resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Koichiro Sagiyama, Hirotaka Toyama, Kentaro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9494884
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer coating composition for a surface layer, comprising a product of a grafting reaction between a fluoroelastomer and at least one of an aminosilane component and an aminofunctionalized fluorosilicone component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lifeng Chen, Mandakini Kanungo, David J. Gervasi, Phillip J. Wantuck, Santokh Badesha, Akshat Sharma
  • Patent number: 9441089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel dispersants based on reaction products of two and one moles respectively of the branched ester alcohol or alkokylated ester alcohol with maleic anhydride that has been subjected to a further sulfonation reaction. The compounds are useful as dispersing and wetting agents. The invention further relates to the use of the dispersants of the invention to produce stable aqueous dispersions of high performance thermoplastic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ethox Chemicals, LLC
    Inventor: James T. Tanner
  • Patent number: 9388323
    Abstract: Disclosed are latex polymers and an aqueous coating compositions having excellent freeze-thaw stability, open time, stain resistance, low temperature film formation, foam resistance, block resistance, adhesion, water sensitivity and a low-VOC content. The latex polymers and aqueous coating compositions include at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or blended with an alkoxylated compound, for example an alkoxylated tristyrylphenol or an alkoxylated tributylphenol. Also provided is an aqueous coating composition including at least one latex polymer, at least one pigment, water and at least one freeze-thaw additive. Typically, the freeze-thaw additive in an amount greater than about 1.3% by weight of the polymer, typically in an amount greater than about 2% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 4% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Zhengang Zong, Yi-Zhong Li, Jose Ruiz
  • Patent number: 9303141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing copolymer composition comprising: (A) a fluorine-containing copolymer having a repeating unit based on fluoroolefin and a repeating unit based on a monomer having no fluorine atom; potassium carbonate; and an organic solvent, in which an amount of potassium carbonate contained is from 5 ppm to 80 ppm, on the K2O basis, based on the fluorine-containing copolymer (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kasahara, Yuji Hara
  • Patent number: 9290596
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising a solvent-based fluoropolymer and its use as a coating additive, and a coating composition comprising the fluoropolymer. The coating composition comprising the solvent-based fluoropolymer provides desirable properties including uniform spreading, and cleanability and increased contact angle to a coated substrate. There is further provided a method of treating a substrate using the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Oronde Brown, Xianjun Meng
  • Patent number: 9217069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a water repelling surface or imparting hydrophobicity onto a surface comprises applying a polymer-based coating composition. The water repelling surface or the hydrophobic surface imparted by the present method has at least 90° of water contact angle. The water repelling surface or the hydrophobic surface imparted by the present method is preferably on a concrete surface. The present method imparts hydrophobicity onto surfaces that are durable without an additional primer layer between the surfaces and the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: NANO AND ADVANCED MATERIALS INSTITUTE LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Tai Wan, Su Ping Bao, Hong Gang Zhu, Ran Yuan Wang, Bin Meng Chen
  • Patent number: 9212693
    Abstract: Provided is an article comprising a bearing, wherein the bearing has disposed upon it a fluoropolymer composition. The fluoropolymer composition comprises a fluoropolymer and a pH-dependent surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael C. Dadalas, Klaus Hintzer, Ludwig Mayer, Tilman C. Zipplies, James A. McDonell
  • Patent number: 9162190
    Abstract: A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight comprised between 280 and 1,700 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—S03?M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having in each of the two orthogonal directions xy of the plane, after dipping in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes and preliminary drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, the following size variations: in one direction, size variation lower than 25%; in the other direction, size variation lower than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Paola Vaccarono, Alessandro Ghielmi
  • Patent number: 9158198
    Abstract: Provided are photoresist compositions useful in forming photolithographic patterns by a negative tone development process. Also provided are methods of forming photolithographic patterns by a negative tone development process and substrates coated with the photoresist compositions. The photoresist compositions include one or more polymer additive that contains a basic moiety and which is substantially non-miscible with a resin component of the resist. The compositions, methods and coated substrates find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Jong Keun Park, Christopher Nam Lee, Cecily Andes, Deyan Wang
  • Patent number: 9073788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ceramic paint, including a mixture of a silica sol-gel, 20 to 60 parts by weight of filler, and 1 to 50 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing polymer, wherein the silica sol-gel is formed by reacting 100 parts by weight of silica sol, 50 to 100 parts by weight of organic silane, and 0.3 to 1 parts by weight of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: GRAND TEK ADVANCE MATERIAL SCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Tso Lin, Kuan-Ching Chen, Dick Zhong
  • Patent number: 9068053
    Abstract: A fluoro rubber composition which is able to make both a high tensile strength and a high elongation at break after vulcanization compatible with each other and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire fabrication, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluoro rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluoro rubber and carbon black, wherein in a dynamic viscoelasticity test of an unvulcanized rubber by a rubber process analyzer (RPA) (measurement temperature: 100° C., measurement frequency: 1 Hz), a difference ?GA? (G?(1%)?G?(100%)) between a shear modulus G? (1%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 1% and a shear modulus G? (100%) at the time of a dynamic strain of 100% is 120 kPa or more and not more than 3,000 kPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yano, Daisuke Ota, Shuichi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20150147579
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least one first divalent unit represented by formula: and at least one of a second divalent unit comprising a pendant Z group or a monovalent unit comprising a thioether linkage and a terminal Z group, wherein each Z group is independently selected from the group consisting of —P(O)(OY)2 and —O—P(O)(OY)2. R? and R?? are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, trialkylsilyl, and a counter cation. Methods of treating a surface using these compositions and articles with a surface in contact with these compositions are provided. Methods of making these compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Chetan P. Jariwala, Gregory D. Clark, Jason T. Petrin, Rudolf J. Dams, Steven J. Martin, Mark J. Pellerite
  • Patent number: 9040625
    Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can impart sufficient post-air-drying water/oil repellency to the surface of an article, and which presents a low environmental impact, and an article having its surface treated with the water/oil repellent composition. A water/oil repellent composition comprising a copolymer (A) having structural units based on a monomer (a), structural units based on a monomer (b), structural units based on a monomer (c) and/or structural units based on a monomer (d); and an aqueous medium (B) containing water, and a film-forming assistant (x) and/or a film-forming assistant (y). Monomer (a): a monomer having a C1-6 polyfluoroalkyl group, monomer (b): vinylidene chloride, monomer (c): a monomer, the homopolymer of which has a glass transition temperature of at least 20° C., monomer (d): a monomer having a crosslinkable functional group, film-forming assistant (x): a specific amide solvent, and film-forming assistant (y): a specific glycol solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyouichi Kaneko, Kazunori Sugiyama, Reika Fukuda, Takao Hirono
  • Publication number: 20150136712
    Abstract: Provided herein are copolymers and copolymer compositions that are both hydrophilic and oleophobic. The copolymers include structural units derived from a fluoroalkyl monomer and a zwitterionic monomer. It further relates to membranes formed by coating a porous substrate with the copolymeric compositions. The copolymeric coating imparts hydrophilicity and oleophobicity/oil-tolerance to the membranes. The uses of such membranes as microfiltration membrane or ultrafiltration membrane are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Louisa Ruth Carr, James Manio Silva, Paul Michael Smigelski, JR., Jason Nichols
  • Publication number: 20150140222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a water repelling surface or imparting hydrophobicity onto a surface comprises applying a polymer-based coating composition. The water repelling surface or the hydrophobic surface imparted by the present method has at least 90° of water contact angle. The water repelling surface or the hydrophobic surface imparted by the present method is preferably on a concrete surface. The present method imparts hydrophobicity onto surfaces that are durable without an additional primer layer between the surfaces and the coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Kai Tai WAN, Su Ping BAO, Hong Gang ZHU, Ran Yuan WANG, Bin Meng CHEN
  • Patent number: 9029452
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising a solvent-based fluoropolymer and its use as a coating additive, and a coating composition comprising the fluoropolymer. The coating composition comprising the solvent-based fluoropolymer provides desirable properties including uniform spreading, and cleanability and increased contact angle to a coated substrate. There is further provided a method of treating a substrate using the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gerald Oronde Brown, Xianjun Meng
  • Patent number: 9029471
    Abstract: Various fluoropolymers have been proposed for imparting oil and water repellency to leather. Commonly, these fluoropolymers are amphiphilic; i.e., they are made from at least one monomer which is hydrophobic and at least one monomer which is hydrophilic. The present invention identifies and remedies disadvantages associated with the ability of amphiphilic fluoropolymers to impart oil and water repellency to leather. Contrary to conventional thinking, it has now been discovered that the incorporation of hydrophilic groups in a fluoropolymer undesirably reduces its ability to impart water resistance to leather. Correspondingly, it has also been discovered that a fluoropolymer incorporating fewer or no hydrophilic groups imparts superior oil and water repellency to leather when compared to fluoropolymers incorporating more hydrophilic groups. Therefore, this invention provides fluoropolymers which incorporate reduced levels of hydrophilic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont du Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Romain Severac, Agnes Ibos, Lamia Heuze, Renaud Laloux-Walther
  • Publication number: 20150113704
    Abstract: Methods for preparing copolymeric emulsions from at least one water soluble monomer and at least one water insoluble monomer are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more surfactants and stabilizers may be used. In some embodiments, the monomers used in the process include, by total monomer weight, at least 50% water soluble monomers and at least 10% water insoluble monomers. Copolymer emulsions formed from the reaction product of at least one water soluble monomer and at least one water insoluble monomer are also disclosed along with articles coated with such emulsions and coating formulations made from such emulsions as well as methods for the manufacture and coating of such articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Cheong WONG, SHIPING WANG, Chii Yih LOW, Chuang Sim CHONG, Xiaochuan HU, Dennis KOPP, Andre MAYER, Michael MEYERS, Daniel L. Holguin, Sou Phong LEE
  • Patent number: 9012562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acrylic adhesive composition comprising a mixture of at least one polyol tri(meth)acrylate monomer and at least one polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate monomer for assembling elements made of plastic materials, like PMMA or SAN, or inorganic material, like glass or metals, employed for manufacturing of devices for the distribution or containment of biological substances, like proteins, enzymes, antibodies, antigens, DNA, and the like. The present invention also relates to devices for the distribution or containment of biological substances assembled with the above mentioned acrylic adhesive composition, and particularly thermal or piezoelectric ejecting devices, and biochip microarray, as well as to a method for assembling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: SICPA Holding SA
    Inventors: Davide Ciampini, Lucia Giovanola, Cristina Panciatichi, Oriana Rossotto, Duccio Spartaco Sassano