Diorgano Siloxane Contains Units Of -((r)si(r)-o-)* Where * Is Subscript Two Or More Patents (Class 524/731)
  • Patent number: 6340726
    Abstract: The invention herein provides a silicone polymer emulsion comprising: a) a silicone polymer; and b) a surfactant; and a liquid continuous phase comprising a diol, wherein the diol comprises from about 25 to about 100% by weight of the continuous phase. Further provided is a method of making a condensation polymer/silicone polymer blend comprising the steps of: a) preparing a silicone/polymer emulsion comprising a silicone polymer in a liquid continuous phase; b) introducing the silicone polymer emulsion into a condensation polymerization reaction medium prior to or during the condensation polymerization reaction, wherein the condensation polymerization reaction medium comprises (1) a diacid, di-isocyanate, dialkyl carbonate, diaryl carbonate, dihalo carbonate or a mixture thereof, wherein the continuous phase, the condensation polymerization reaction medium or both comprises a diol component; and c) polymerizing the diol and component b(1) thereby forming a condensation polymer/silicone polymer blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Logan Murray, Allan Scott Jones, Wesley R. Hale
  • Patent number: 6331604
    Abstract: Fatty alcohol or aliphatic glycol-grafted rubber-like silicone gels with enhanced oil compatibility are synthesized by 1) reacting a fatty alcohol or a aliphatic glycol with methylhydrodimethylsiloxane copolymer in the presence of a platinum catalyst in a reaction medium of a silicone fluid or a cosmetic oil or a mixture thereof, and 2) further reacting the mixture with a vinyl-functional siloxane polymer. The resulting compounds may be used as gelling agents for hydrocarbon oils, vegetable oils and silicone oils. The efficient synthetic process approaches a 100% yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Grant Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Wang, Thomas J. Hrubec
  • Patent number: 6329462
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a method of making a nylon 6/silicone polymer blend comprising the steps of preparing a silicone polymer emulsion comprising a silicone polymer dispersed in a liquid continuous phase; introducing the silicone polymer emulsion into a nylon 6 ring opening reaction either prior to or during the nylon 6 ring opening reaction medium wherein the reaction medium comprises caprolactam; and opening the ring and reacting the caprolactam, thereby providing a nylon 6/silicone polymer emulsion blend. Nylon 6/silicone polymer blends are also provided by the invention herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Wesley R. Hale, David Logan Murray, Allan Scott Jones
  • Patent number: 6322892
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cation-polymerizable coating composition characterized by containing (A) a cation-polymerizable binder component consisting of (a) an epoxy group-containing compound and, as necessary, (b) an oxetane compound, (B) a modified dimethylsilicone oil with a number average molecular weight of 500-1,000,000 having a hydroxyl group(s) bonded directly to a silicon atom, a hydrolyzable functional group(s) bonded directly to a silicon atom and capable of forming a hydroxyl group(s) bonded directly to a silicon atom by hydrolysis, or a carboxyl group(s), and (C) a cation-polymerization initiator which forms a cation by irradiation or by heating. Said coating composition is suitable particularly for coating cans capable of forming a coating film having excellent adhesivity, processibility, hardness, initial lubricity and lubricity after the retort treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Takami
  • Patent number: 6319965
    Abstract: A marginal treatment material of a denture base, comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule and having a viscosity of 500˜5,000 cs at 25° C.; (B) 0.5˜30 parts by weight of an organohydrogen polysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms directly bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; (C) 10˜500 ppm, based on the total of the components (A) and (B), of a silicone-soluble platinum compound; and (D) 0.5˜20 parts by weight of fine silica powder having a BET specific surface area of 50˜500 m2/g, whose surface is made hydrophobic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Makiko Takeo
  • Patent number: 6306999
    Abstract: A room temperature curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising (A) a diorganopolysiloxane both-side terminated with hydroxyl groups, represented by the general formula: HO(R12SiO)nH (wherein R1 represents a monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer of 150 or more), (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having in one molecule at least three hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms, (C) a compound selected from the group consisting of an organosilane having in one molecule at least two alkoxyl groups bonded to silicon atoms and containing at least one primary amino group bonded to a silicon atom through an alkylene group and a partial hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, (D) a metal fatty acid salt, and (E) an organic compound having at least one C═O group in one molecule, capable of reacting the primary amino group of the component-(C) to form water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ozai, Mikio Shiono
  • Patent number: 6302835
    Abstract: A material for coating an imaging member comprising: a crosslinked poly(dialkylsiloxane), zirconium silicate and optional T-resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: NexPress Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Stephen V. Davis, Nataly Boulatnikov
  • Patent number: 6291546
    Abstract: A silicone composition for oral mucosa impression is disclosed, comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 500˜1,500 cS; (B) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organohydrogen polysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms directly bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; (C) from 10 to 500 ppm, based on the total amount of the components (A) and (B), of a silicone-soluble platinum compound; (D) from 1 to 20 parts by weight of a linear methylphenyl polysiloxane having a viscosity at 25° C. of 30 to 10,000 cS; (E) from 10 to 200 parts by weight of an inorganic filler; and (F) from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of one or two or more surfactants selected from nonionic surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Makiko Takeo
  • Patent number: 6271293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition, which forms an anti-contamination coat having hydrophilicity on the surface, soil-release effect and excellent stain resistance to oil, and which is also suitable for outside wall coating of buildings, having excellent interlaminar adhesion when multiple coating is performed. A conventional anti-contamination coating was insufficient in stainproofing performance immediately after formation of the coat, and there was no coating which is superior in stain resistance to oil and interlaminar adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: SK Kaken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehito Karuga, Shigeto Kamimura, Hiroshi Nakai, Hisashi Suzuki, Tadahiko Ikeuchi, Kenichi Ishigaki, Kensuke Kurimoto, Takanori Nakashoya
  • Publication number: 20010010840
    Abstract: An electrically insulating thin-film-forming resin composition comprising (A) an inorganic or organic electrically insulating resin having silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms, (B) a compound having groups able to react with the silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in component (A) and having a boiling point under atmospheric pressure of at least 250° C., and (C) a solvent; and a method for forming an electrically insulating thin film therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Katsutoshi Mine, Takashi Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawa
  • Patent number: 6262170
    Abstract: The cross-linked hydrosilylation reaction product of an alkenyl functional silicone compound, a silylhydride functional silicone compound; and one or more &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated alkenes exhibits hydrolytic stability, compatibility with organic solvents and is useful as a component in personal care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John A. Kilgour, An-Li Kuo
  • Patent number: 6251990
    Abstract: A thixotropic silicone rubber composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having on the average at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule and a degree of polymerization of up to 1,200, (B) a liquid organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms each attached to a silicon atom, (C) aluminum hydroxide, (D) an addition reaction catalyst, (E) a thixotropic agent, and optionally (F) a tackifier cures at room temperature or elevated temperature into a silicone rubber having high strength and electrical insulating properties sufficient to serve as a high-voltage electrical insulator. The composition is so thixotropic that it may be used in repairing chipped portions of insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Meguriya, Syuuichi Azechi, Susumu Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 6235833
    Abstract: A water-repellent solution for forming a superior water-repellent film on a glass substrate is produced by subjecting a fluoroalkyl-group contained silane compound to a hydrolysis and a condensation polymerization. With this, at least dimers and trimers of the silane compound are produced. In case wherein the fluoroalkyl-group contained silane compound is of a type having the following general formula, satisfied performance of the formed water-repellent film is expected: CF3(CF2)m(CH2)2SiX3 wherein “m” is equal to or greater than 7 (seven) and “X” represents halogen, isocyanate-group or alkoxy-group, said alkoxy-group including methoxy-group [OCH3], ethoxy-group [OC2H5] or isopropoxy-group [OC3H5]. When the “m” is equal to or greater than 9 (nine), the performance of the film is much increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinori Akamatsu, Shigeo Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6207749
    Abstract: Synthetic comb copolymers which elicit controlled cellular response, methods of applying these polymers to various surfaces, and methods of using the polymers for modifying biomaterial surfaces, in tissue engineering applications and as drug delivery devices are provided. The comb copolymers are comprised of hydrophobic polymer backbones and hydrophilic, non-cell binding side chains which can be end-capped with cell-signaling ligands that guide cellular response. By mixing non-cell binding combs with ligand-bearing combs, the surface concentration and spatial distribution of one or more types of ligands, including adhesion peptides and growth factors, can be tuned on a surface to achieve desired cellular response. In one embodiment, the combs are used as stabilizing agents for dispersion polymerization of latexes. The comb-stabilized latexes can be applied to substrates by standard coating operations to create a bioregulating surface, or used as drug delivery agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Anne M. Mayes, Linda G. Griffith, Darrell J. Irvine, Pallab Banerjee, Terry D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6207782
    Abstract: Emulsions and dispersions of polymers formed from acrylated hydrophilic polysiloxanes and their copolymers with acrylate/methacrylate comonomers are taught herein wherein the polymer is formed in a solvent via radically catalyzed polymerization. Such a polymer has utility in personal care applications, as well as textile finishes and coating formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Cromption Corporation
    Inventors: Anna Czech, Kalman Koczo
  • Patent number: 6191183
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a composition that can form silica thin films, wherein said composition performs well as a substrate planarizing coating when applied to a substrate and can be converted by exposure to high-energy radiation into silica thin film with an excellent electrical insulating performance. The composition for the formation of silica thin films comprises (A) a hydrogen silsesquioxane resin that contains at least 45 weight % hydrogen silsesquioxane resin with a molecular weight no greater than 1,500; and (B) solvent. A silica thin film is produced by evaporating the solvent (B), and then converting at least a portion of the hydrogen silsesquioxane resin (A) to silica by exposing the surface of the said substrate to high-energy radiation. The preferred substrate is a semiconductor substrate having at least one electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Katsutoshi Mine, Takashi Nakamura, Motoshi Sasaki, Kiyotaka Sawa
  • Patent number: 6191215
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of pulverulent polymers by polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide in the presence of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane copolyers The invention relates to a process for the preparation of pulverulent polymers by polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers (a) in supercritical carbon dioxide as inert diluent, where the polymerization is carried out in the presence of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eric Beckham, Ralf Fink, Volker Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 6180249
    Abstract: A condensation curable coating composition comprises the following and any reaction product thereof: (A) a room temperature vulcanizable polyorganosiloxane composition; and (B) a marine foul release-enhancing proportion of at least one organic compatible silicone fluid free from silanol groups and being capable of blooming to the surface of a cured product of component A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Judith Stein
  • Patent number: 6169155
    Abstract: A silicone gel composition, (A) 100 parts by weight of a first polydiorganosiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule and having a viscosity of from 0.2 to 10 Pa·s at 25° C.; (B) at least about 0.5 part by weight of a second polydiorganosiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule, wherein the second polydiorganosiloxane has a viscosity at 25° C. of at least four times the viscosity of the first polydiorganosiloxane at 25° C.; (C) an organohydrogensiloxane having the average formula R7Si(SiOR82H)3 wherein R7 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or aryl, R8 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.1 to 1.5 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per alkenyl group in components (A) and (B) combined; and (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst in an amount sufficient to cure the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Khristopher Edward Alvarez, Paul Anthony Berry, Michael Allen Stanga, Michael Raymond Strong
  • Patent number: 6162854
    Abstract: A silicone rubber composition contains (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane composition of the organic peroxide or addition reaction curing type, (B) 20-400 parts by weight of aluminum hydroxide, and (C) 1-20 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane of formula (I): R.sup.1.sub.a (OX).sub.b SiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2 wherein R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, at least 10 mol % of the R.sup.1 groups being phenyl, X is hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a and b are positive numbers satisfying the range: 1.0.ltoreq.a<2.0, 1<a+b.ltoreq.3, and 0.001.ltoreq.b/(a+b).ltoreq.0.8. The composition cures into a silicone rubber having improved high-voltage electrical insulating properties even under humid conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Meguriya, Susumu Sekiguchi, Syuuichi Azechi, Takeo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6136917
    Abstract: The compositions of the present invention consist essentially of (I) a reaction product, (II) a nonaqueous liquid continuous phase, and (III) a moderately hydrophobic particulate stabilizing aid. Component (I) is prepared by heating a mixture of (i) a polyorganosiloxane fluid, (ii) a silicon compound, (iii) a finely divided filler and (iv) a catalytic amount of a compound for promoting the reaction of components (i) to (iii) at a temperature of 50.degree. C. to 300.degree. C. The compositions of the present invention can additionally contain (IV) at least one nonionic silicone surfactant, and (V) a nonreinforcing inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Patrick Christiano, Gregory Gerald Bausch, Lauren Marie Tonge, Sharon Kay McCoy, Elizabeth Fiona Mallen, Roger Jeffery Jones, Athanasios Surutzidis, Andrew Albon Fisk
  • Patent number: 6127503
    Abstract: An organic silicon compound having at least one phenyl skeleton, at least one nitrogen atom, and at least one SiH radical is added to an adhesive silicone composition comprising a diorganopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl radicals, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two SiH radicals, and a platinum catalyst. The composition firmly adheres to organic resins, especially polyamide and polyimide resins, but not to metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Fujioka, Hironao Fujiki
  • Patent number: 6114438
    Abstract: An oxime curable silicone sealant composition with good oil resistance can be formulated, using calcium carbonate filler with higher water content than previously known to be useful. The sealant formulation is adjusted to accommodate higher water content by adjusting the ketoximosilane crosslinker level. The correct amount of crosslinker is determined by the hydroxy content present from both the silanol on the base polymer and the water content of the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Loren Dale Lower
  • Patent number: 6107381
    Abstract: Anti-fouling coatings comprise a room temperature vulcanizable polyorganosiloxane composition and a polyorganosiloxane free from silanol groups and comprising at least one hydroxy- or alkoxy-terminated polyoxyalkylenealkyl radical. The latter is capable of blooming to the surface of the cured room temperature vulcanizable composition, thus inhibiting the deposition of marine life on the coated article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Judith Stein, Timothy Brydon Burnell, James Anthony Cella
  • Patent number: 6103819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making nitrosamine-free silicone articles by treating the mixture of vinyl containing organopolysiloxane and filler with hindered phenols, a nitrosamine-free composition and a nitrosamine-free article made therefrom. A preferred nitrosamine-free molded article is a baby bottle nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry Neil Lewis, Edward Matthew Jeram
  • Patent number: 6071997
    Abstract: A three-dimensional composite of silica spheres interconnected by resin is provided having a three-dimensional network structure including silica particles having the following structural and dynamic characteristics and a resin present in the internal pores of said network:(a) three-dimensionally interconnected spherical silica particles having a diameter of 6 to 30 .mu.m;(b) on the surface of said spherical silica particles, a specific surface area of 300 to 400 m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yuko Tanaka, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Ogawa, Katsutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6069226
    Abstract: Polytetramethylene ether glycol diester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sup.1 are identical or different and are alkyl radicals having 1-4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 2 to 200, are prepared by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran in the presence ofi) an acid-activated polymerization catalyst selected from synthetic amorphous aluminum silicates, zeolite and kaolin, which has been calcined at from 350.degree. to 700.degree. C. before use,ii) a carboxylic anhydride, andiii) from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of the polymerization catalyst, of a metal from the 8th group of the Periodic Table of the Elements as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Monika Muller
  • Patent number: 6054546
    Abstract: Provided is a solvent-free two-liquid type normal temperature curable liquid polymeric composition which comprises (I) as a first liquid, a liquid composition comprising (A) an organosiloxane component comprised of (a) one or more liquid organopolysiloxanes of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1-5 carbon atoms or an acyl group; R.sup.2 to R.sup.6 are the same or different and each stands for a hydrogen atom, --OR.sup.1 or a univalent hydrocarbon group; and n for an integer of 1-15, (b) a crosslinking agent comprising one or more organometallic compounds of the general formula:R.sup.7.sub.p M.(OR.sup.1).sub.3-porR.sup.7.sub.m Q.(OR.sup.1).sub.4-mwherein M stands for aluminum or boron element; Q for silicon, titanium or zirconium element; R.sup.1 for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1-5 carbon atoms, an acyl group or an oxime group; R.sup.7 for a hydrogen atom, --OR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Suzuki Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomio Suzuki, Kimie Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6040378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric coating composition for application onto glass substrates for anti-reflective properties. The coating is provided via chemical grafting that involves the use of monomers and/or prepolymers, catalyst, and graft initiator and when applied onto the surface of the glass substrate forms a polymeric film chemically bonded to the glass with excellent adhesion. This coating can reduce the reflectance of the coated glass surface to as close to zero as possible, thus maximizing transmittance and providing resistance to abrasion, water/chemical attack, and UV degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: AFG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan L. Sanduja, Carl Horowitz, Abraham Thomas, Paul Thottathil
  • Patent number: 6034171
    Abstract: A moisture curable composition comprises a mixture and/or a reaction product of a polymeric material having not less than two groups bonded to silicon which are hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, an alkoxysilane curative, an adhesion promoter and catalyst material for catalyzing the condensation reaction between the polymeric material and the alkoxysilane curative. The adhesion promoter comprises a silicone-organic copolymer consisting of units (I) according to the general formula R.sub.a R'SiO.sub.(4-a)/2 and units (II) according to the general formula R.sub.b R'SiO.sub.(3-b)/2 where R represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group and R' represents an oxyalkylene chain R.sup.6 (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.x (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.y Z in which R.sup.6 represents a hydrocarbon linkage to a silicon atom, Z represents H or a carboxylic acid residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Leempoel
  • Patent number: 6020409
    Abstract: Polyorganosiloxane gels are prepared using compositions curable by a platinum catalyzed hydrosilation reaction that are characterized by the presence of a non-functional silicone fluid. The gel may contain additional components and may also be formulated into a multi-part system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Khristopher Edward Alvarez, Roger Allen Frazer, Myron Timothy Maxson, Ann Walstrom Norris, Michael Raymond Strong, Beth Ann Witucki, Shizhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 6020410
    Abstract: Storage solutions of silsesquioxane and siloxane polymers are obtained by means of a silicon containing solvent composition. The solution has at least one polymer having a formula of [(HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.x O.sub.y ].sub.n, (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.n, [(HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.x O.sub.y (RSiO.sub.1.5).sub.z ].sub.n, [(HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.x (RSiO.sub.1.5).sub.y ].sub.n or [(HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.x O.sub.y (RSiO.sub.1.5).sub.z ].sub.n wherein x=about 6 to about 20, y=1 to about 3, z=about 6 to about 20, n=1 to about 4,000, and each R is independently H, C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkyl or C.sub.6 to C.sub.12 aryl. The solvent has the formula of (CH.sub.3).sub.3 Si--O--[Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 ].sub.a --Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3, (CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2)Si--O--[Si(CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2).sub.2 ].sub.a --SiCH.sub.3 CH.sub.2).sub.3, R.sub.3 Si--O--[SiR'.sub.2 ].sub.a --SiR.sub.3, [O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 ].sub.b, [O--Si(CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2).sub.2 ].sub.b or [O--SiR'.sub.2 ].sub.n wherein a=0-5, b=3-5, and each R' is independently H or C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel P. Hacker, Todd Krajewski, Scott Lefferts, Gary Davis
  • Patent number: 6013740
    Abstract: Polysiloxane sheet or tube polymers having pendant siloxane groups are prepared by contacting sheet or tube silicates with halogen endblocked halosiloxanes represented by the formula: ##STR1## where X is chlorine, fluorine, bromine, or iodine; R1 to R7 are alkyl groups with 1-6 carbon atoms, aryl groups, alkaryl groups, or aralkyl groups; in which one of the groups R1, R4, and R5 can additionally represent X; and n has a value of 2 to about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Virginia Institute and State University
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Burns, Timothy Chi-Shan Chao, Aref Ben Ahmed Jallouli, Dimitris Elias Katsoulis
  • Patent number: 6013711
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a method for improving the miscibility of the lower molecular weight unsaturated siloxane-polyether copolymers with the .alpha., .omega.-divinylpolysiloxanes without loss of storage stability, or delay of cure at the vulcanization temperature, or loss of permanent hydrophilicity or other desirable features of the cured polysiloxane. The compositions of the present invention comprise one or more .alpha., .omega.-divinylpolysiloxanes, unsaturated polysiloxane-polyether copolymers having from 2 to 5 silicon atoms per molecule which are preferably trisiloxanes, and a compatibilizing additive. The permanently hydrophilic, rapidly wettable polysiloxane compositions yield static water contact angles <50.degree. dynamic advancing contact angles of less than about 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: CK Witco Corporation
    Inventors: Kenrick M. Lewis, Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 6008310
    Abstract: This invention relates to a silicone release coating comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two crosslinkable carbon-carbon double bonds in each molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two Si-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule, (C) a silylated polymethylsilsesquioxane and (D) platinum catalyst. The silicone release coating compositions of this invention can further comprise an inhibitor. The silicone release coating compositions of this invention do not decline in release resistance due to release paper aging or release liner aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignees: Dow Corning Asia, Ltd., Dow Corning Toray Silicone
    Inventors: Maki Itoh, Akihito Sakakibara-Saitoh, Michitaka Suto, Takateru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6005048
    Abstract: The organopolysiloxane compositions are prepared by mixing(1) organopolysiloxanes which contain on average at least 2 aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds per molecule,(2) prehydrophobized oxidic reinforcing fillers having a carbon content, obtained by the hydrophobizing, of at least 0.5% by weight and(3) compounds which are chosen from(3a) silanol compounds of the formulaR--[SiR.sub.2 --O--].sub.a H (I)in whichR is identical or different monovalent, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.10 -hydrocarbon radicals which are free from aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds anda has values from 1 to 10, and(3b) saturated C.sub.1 - to C.sub.18 -alkanols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schuster, Horst Muller, Johann Mersch, Heinrich Glocklhofer, Anton Maier
  • Patent number: 6004679
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate having improved peel strength and containing a first and third layer comprising various plastic, metal, or glass materials, and a second layer containing an addition-curable silicone composition curable to form an adhesive having good physical properties and improved peel adhesion properties, the second layer comprising (A) a vinyl-containing polydiorganosiloxane composition, (B) a hydrogen-terminated polysiloxane, preferably in an amount sufficient to provide an adhesion-promoting molar ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in (B) to olefinically unsaturated radicals in (A); (C) a catalytic amount of a platinum-containing hydrosilation catalyst; (D) an effective amount of an adhesion promoter selected from the group consisting of (i) bis[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]-fumarates; (ii) bis[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]maleates; (iii) allyl-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]maleates; (iv) allyl-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)alkyl]fumarates; and (v) N-[3-(trimethoxysilyl) alkyl]maleimides, wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tyrone Duncan Mitchell, Stuart Robert Kerr, III, Mark Wayne Davis
  • Patent number: 5998542
    Abstract: A composition comprising the hydrosilylation addition product of a linear alkenyl functionalized polyorganosiloxane and an M.sup.H Q resin and a low molecular weight silicone when subjected to a new particle size reduction process that includes flow induced shearing provides for components in personal care formulations that have improved spreadability and substance as a consequence of a unique particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Adam J. Horne, Donald S. Johnson, John A. Kilgour, Richard D. Wang
  • Patent number: 5994454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an aerosol suppressant composition and to use of the composition to reduce or suppress silicone mist in high speed coating processes and significantly increase the adhesion of the coating to the substrate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of preparing an aerosol suppressant composition by reacting an organosilicon compound, an oxyalkylene containing compound, and a catalyst. The composition, when added to curable silicone coatings, reduces the amount of silicone mist in high speed coating processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Kyuha Chung, Gary Rex Homan, Raymond Lee Tabler
  • Patent number: 5988483
    Abstract: There is described a method of securing against lateral motion two bodies held in face to face asperity contact to make a joint between the two bodies. Inserted into the interface between the two bodes is a material known as a galling agent, gall promoter, gall enhancer or anti-lubricant. This material is a composition of a crosslinked siloxane having dispersed therein a gall promoting silicone. The crosslinked siloxane is formed, for instance, from the reaction between an amino siloxane and a dicarboxylic anhydride siloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Ball Burnishing Machine Tools Limited
    Inventor: Geoffrey Robert Linzell
  • Patent number: 5990231
    Abstract: A one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising (A) silanol end-terminated polyorganosiloxane base polymer, (B) organotriacyloxysilane cross-linker, (C) polysiloxane-polyether copolymer rheology modifier, and (D) particulate silica. The rheology modifying agent is particularly useful for adjusting the viscosity and plateau stress of the silicone rubber compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Vierling DeGroot, Jr., Carl Allen Fairbank
  • Patent number: 5977280
    Abstract: A method of thickening solvents involves reacting (A) an .ident.Si--H containing polysiloxane with (B) an alkene such as an alpha, omega-diene; conducting the reaction in the presence of a platinum catalyst and (C) a solvent; continuing the reaction until a gel is formed by crosslinking and addition of .ident.Si--H across double bonds in the alpha, omega-diene; adding additional solvent and a post cure terminating agent to the gel; and subjecting the solvent, the post cure terminating agent, and the gel to shear force until a paste is formed. The post cure terminating agent is an amino acid ester, preferably a sulfur containing amino acid ester, such as methionine methyl ester, methionine ethyl ester, cysteine methyl ester, cysteine ethyl ester, and cystine dimethyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Anthony Kadlec, William James Schulz, Jr., Shizhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 5977226
    Abstract: A vacuum dispensable silicone composition comprising (A) a polydiorganosiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organopolysiloxane resin consisting essentially of (a) R.sup.3.sub.2 (CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH)SiO.sub.1/2 siloxane units, (b) R.sup.3.sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2 siloxane units, and (c) SiO.sub.4/2 siloxane units wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from the group consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon and monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon groups free of aliphatic unsaturation, the mole ratio of the combination of (a) and (b) units to (c) units is from 0.6 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Stanton James Dent, Edward Joseph Benson, Ann Walstrom Norris, Yeong Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 5973061
    Abstract: Aqueous silicone dispersions crosslinkable into elastomeric state by elimination of water therefrom, well adapted for the production of elastomer seals, e.g., for the building industry, include:(A) 100 parts by weight of an oil-in-water emulsion of an .alpha.,.omega.-(dihydroxy)polydiorganosiloxane stabilized with at least one anionic or nonionic surface-active agent, or mixture thereof;(B) 1 to 100 parts by weight of an hydroxylated silicone resin containing, per molecule, at least two different recurring structural units selected from among those of the formulae: R.sub.3 SiO.sub.0.5, R.sub.2 SiO, RSiO.sub.1.5 and SiO.sub.2, wherein the radicals R, which may be identical or different, are vinyl, phenyl or 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl radicals, or linear or branched chain alkyl radicals containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, said resin having a hydroxyl group weight content of from 0.1% to 10%;(C) 0 to 250 parts by weight of a nonsiliceous inorganic filler;(D) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Chimie
    Inventors: Michel Feder, Jean Ulrich
  • Patent number: 5969035
    Abstract: Low molecular weight siloxane fluids are thickened by silicone elastomers. The silicone elastomers are made by crosslinking reactions of .tbd.Si--H containing siloxanes and an unsaturated hydrocarbon such as an alpha, omega-diene, in the presence of a low molecular weight siloxane fluid. The .tbd.SiH siloxane is first partially reacted with either a monoacrylate functionalized polyether or a monomethacrylate functionalized polyether. It is then crosslinked by the alpha, omega-diene in the presence of the low molecular weight siloxane fluid. An elastomer, i.e. gel, with polyether groups is produced. The elastomer gel can be swollen with the low molecular weight siloxane fluid under shear force to provide a uniform silicone paste. The silicone paste has excellent spreadability upon rubbing, and possesses unique Theological properties in being thixotropic and shear thinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventors: David Randall Meinhardt, Shizhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 5952400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having sufficient strength and softness and excellent resistance against coloring, which is suited for use as a dental soft relining material. The present invention relates to a dental soft relining material which comprises 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane (A) having in a molecule thereof at least two organic groups with a terminal unsaturated bond, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (B) having in a molecule thereof at least three SiH groups, in such an amount that a ratio of the total number of SiH groups of (B) to the total number of terminal unsaturated bonds present in the organopolysiloxane molecules of (A) is from 0.5 to 5, a catalytic amount of a catalytic substance (C) for hydrosilylation reaction, 10 to 300 parts by weight of polyorganosilsesquioxane particles (D), and 1 to 50 parts by weight of hydrophobic silica particles (E) having a number of silanol groups per a unit surface area of not greater than 1/nm.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hosoi, Osamu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 5948525
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film for forming a container, characterized by being formed of a polyester substantially consisting of an ethylene terephthalate unit and an ethylene naphthalate unit, the refractive index in the direction of thickness of the film being 1.5 or greater. This film is not only excellent in the formability during formation into cans or the like, but has excellent properties in taste property, particularly, the taste property after the retorting, and may be suitably used for containers produced by forming process and, particularly, for metallic cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Kohzo Takahashi, Hiroji Kojima, Koichi Abe
  • Patent number: 5948852
    Abstract: Process for preparing non-aqueous dispersions, wherein a liquid prepolymer is emulsified in a non-aqueous liquid, the droplet size of the emulsion is adjusted to 0.1 to 30 .mu.m and the droplet size distribution U.sub.90 is adjusted to less than 2 by means of a jet disperser, and the droplets are cured by a chemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eckhard Wendt, Robert Bloodworth, Markus Mechtel, Bernd Klinksiek, Olaf Halle
  • Patent number: 5939478
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solvent is modified by thickening the solvent with a silicone latex. A silicone latex having a plurality of crosslinked polysiloxane particles is first prepared by mixing the siloxane polymer, a surfactant, and water; emulsifying the mixture to a gel phase; diluting the emulsion with water; adding a cure package (i.e., a catalyst, a crosslinker, or both, or a self catalytic crosslinker); and then without removing the water from the latex and after the particles of siloxane polymer in the latex have been cured, mixing the latex and solvent to thicken the solvent, forming viscous liquids, gels, and pastes. Water in the latex thickened solvent composition can be stabilized by adding a silicone polyether during mixing of the latex and the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: James Anderson Beck, Vicky Sue Cobb, Cassie Emelia Cuthbert, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Burt Michael Wrolson
  • Patent number: 5932650
    Abstract: Room temperature vulcanizable silicone compositions comprising an iron carboxylate exhibit improved high temperature adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Brian P. Bayly