Solid Polymer Derived From Ethylenic Reactants Only Derived From Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Patents (Class 525/177)
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Publication number: 20090005465Abstract: A masterbatch composition comprising an aromatic polyester resin, a polyolefin and a polyfunctional compound selected from the dianhydrides of tetracarboxylic aromatic and/or aliphatic acids and the polyepoxidic compounds, wherein the polyester resin and the polyfunctional compounds are omogeneously dispersed as solids in a matrix formed by the polyolefin, as domains of average particle size less than 800?. The masterbatch is prepared by milling polyester resins and polyolefin granules to obtain powders having average particle size of less than 200?, and the powders are therafter homogeneously mixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Alessandro Tabacchiera
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Patent number: 7425371Abstract: This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Isola USA Corp.Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, Martin Choate, Steve Peters, Kevin Rafferty
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Patent number: 7396428Abstract: A laser weldable PBT-series resin composition comprises a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)-series resin (A), and at least one resin (B) selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate-series resin (b1), a styrenic resin (b2), a polyethylene terephthalate-series resin (b3) and an acrylic resin (b4). The PBT-series resin (A) may be a PBT homopolyester, or a PBT-series copolymer modified with not more than 30 mol % of a copolymerizable monomer (e.g., a bisphenol compound or an adduct thereof with an alkylene oxide, and an asymmetrical aromatic dicarboxylic acid). The ratio (weight ratio) of the resin (B) relative to the PBT-series resin (A) [the former/the latter] is about 0.1/1 to 1.5/1. The resin composition may comprise a glass fiber. The resin composition is excellent in laser weldability, and can improve in welding strength of a shaped article formed from the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Win Tech Polymer LtdInventors: Mitsunori Matsushima, Kouichi Sakata, Katsunori Takayama
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Patent number: 7393895Abstract: A method of forming a poly(arylene ether)-containing solid concentrate is described. The method includes blending a poly(arylene ether), a thermosetting resin, and a compatibilizing agent in the presence of a solvent to form a homogeneous solution, and removing the solvent to yield the solid concentrate. The solid concentrate is useful for preparing curable conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Michael John Davis, James Estel Tracy
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Publication number: 20080081876Abstract: The present invention is directed generally processes for making fiber reinforced polystyrene compositions including from 5 to 50 wt % organic fiber, and from 0 to 60 wt % inorganic filler in a matrix of an atactic polystyrene based polymer. The process includes extrusion compounding the atactic polystyrene based polymer, the organic fiber, and the inorganic filler to form a fiber reinforced polystyrene resin, which is subsequently molded to form an article with a flexural modulus of at least 350,000 psi, and that exhibits ductility during instrumented impact testing. Extrusion compounding processes whereby the organic fiber is continuously fed to the extruder hopper by unwinding from one or more spools, and uniformly dispersing the fiber in the composites via twin screws having a combination of conveying and kneading elements are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventors: Arnold Lustiger, Walter T. Matuszek
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Patent number: 7307137Abstract: The present invention is directed to low dielectric polymers and to methods of producing these low dielectric constant polymers, dielectric materials and layers, and electronic components. In one aspect of the present invention, an isomeric mixture of thermosetting monomers, wherein the monomers have a core structure and a plurality of arms, is provided, and the isomeric mixture of thermosetting monomers is polymerized, wherein polymerization comprises a reaction of an ethynyl group that is located in at least one arm of a monomer.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2001Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kreisler Lau, Feng Quan Liu, Paul Apen, Boris Korolev, Emma Brouk, Ruslan Zherebin, David Nalewajek, Roger Leung
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Patent number: 7300978Abstract: This invention relates to a process for stabilising and at the same time phase compatibilising plastics or plastic compositions by incorporating polymeric compounds obtainable by reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of the sterically hindered phenols, sterically hindered amines, lactones, sulfides, phosphites, benzotriazoles, benzophenones and 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazines, which compounds contain at least one reactive group, with a compatibilisator.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Rudolf Pfaendner, Heinz Herbst, Kurt Hoffmann, Samuel Evans, Alfred Steinmann
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Patent number: 7279124Abstract: Crystallizable polyester compositions containing an aliphatic polyamide crystallization nucleator exhibit controllable and adjustable crystallization rates upon cooling from the melt and are thermoformable in melt to mold processes.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Jack Wesley Trexler, Jr., David Scott Porter, James Christopher Scanlan
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Patent number: 7267864Abstract: The present invention provides an image supporting material for fixably supporting a color toner image, the material including a base material, a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a color toner receptive layer provided on the light scattering layer and containing at least a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin in the light scattering layer is constituted of a polyolefin or a polyolefinic copolymer having a temperature, at which viscosity becomes 5×103 Pa·s, of 100° C. or higher, and the thermoplastic resin in the color toner receptive layer is constituted of a resin obtained by melt mixing of a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin and having a temperature, at which viscosity becomes 103 Pa·s, equal to or higher than 65° C. but lower than 80° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Ide, Shigeru Hayashi, Katsumi Daimon
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Patent number: 7235612Abstract: This invention is a method for manufacturing a polymer alloy, by making at least two resins used as components miscible, and inducing the spinodal decomposition for causing phase separation, for forming a co-continuous structure with a wavelength of concentration fluctuation of 0.001 to 1 ?m or a dispersed structure with a distance between particles of 0.001 to 1 ?m. This invention is also a polymer alloy manufactured by the method. The polymer alloy of this invention can provide a molded article, film, fibers and the like respectively with excellent mechanical properties at high productivity.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Sadayuki Kobayashi, Jiro Kumaki, Akira Hirai, Toru Nishimura
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Patent number: 7195818Abstract: A sealable multi-layer opaque film. In particular, a sealable multi-layer opaque film that is moisture permeable and water resistant. The sealable multi-layer opaque film is an oriented multilayer film with a core layer comprising an orientation-enhancing polymer, a polypropylene homopolymer and a beta crystal nucleator of polypropylene and at least one sealable skin layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: ExxonMobil Oil CorporationInventors: Dan-Cheng Kong, Michael D. Cleckner
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Patent number: 7186452Abstract: This invention relates to a coextruded, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a base layer (B) and a heatsealable top layer (A) which is peelable from at least the APET side of an APET/CPET tray, the heatsealable and peelable top layer (A) consisting of a) 50–95% by weight of polyester and b) 5–40% by weight of a polyester-incompatible polymer (=anti-PET polymer) based on the mass of the top layer (A), wherein c) the polyester is composed of 20–95 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 5–80 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and d) the layer thickness dA is from 1.3 to 3.0 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film and to its use.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Bodo Kuhmann, Harald Mueller
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Patent number: 7144615Abstract: This invention relates to a coextruded, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a base layer (B) and a heatsealable top layer (A) which is peelable with respect to at least CPET. The heatsealable and peelable top layer (A) consists of a) 70–97% by weight of polyester and b) 3–20% by weight of a polyester-incompatible polymer (=anti-PET polymer) based on the mass of the top layer (A), wherein c) the polyester is composed of 20–95 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 5–80 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the sum of the dicarboxylic acid-derived molar percentages being 100, and d) the layer thickness of the top layer (A) dA is from 1.7 to 6.0 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film and to its use.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Gottfried Hilkert, Matthias Konrad, Cynthia Bennett, Paul Broemmel
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Patent number: 7144634Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer biaxially oriented film comprised of a base layer and of at least one cover layer. The cover layer contains at least one polymer, which is made from at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid, and contains 2 to 10 wt. % of a glycerol fatty acid ester.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marlies Rosenbaum, legal representative, Manfred Rosenbaum, legal representative, Petra Hade, Detlef D. Busch, Sonja Rosenbaum, deceased
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Patent number: 7141293Abstract: This invention relates to a coextruded, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a base layer (B) and a heatsealable top layer (A) which is peelable from at least APET, the heatsealable and peelable top layer (A) consisting of a) 60–97% by weight of polyester and b) 3–30% by weight of a polyester-incompatible polymer (=anti-PET polymer), based on the mass of the top layer (A), wherein c) the polyester being composed of 25–95 mol % of units which derive from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 5–75 mol % of units which derive from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the sum of the dicarboxylic acid-derived molar percentages being 100, and d) the layer thickness of the top layer (A) dA being from 0.7 to 2.5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Gottfried Hilkert, Matthias Konrad
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Patent number: 7122239Abstract: The invention relates to an opaque, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising at least one base layer, characterized in that at least this base layer contains a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) in a concnetration of 2 to 60 wt. % in relation to the base layer, the glass transition temperature of said cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) being 70 to 270° C.; and in that at least one surface is provided with a coupling agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2001Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Cynthia Bennett, Gottfried Hilkert, Stefan Bartsch, Herbert Peiffer
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Patent number: 7090924Abstract: This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Isola USA Corp.Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, Martin Choate, Steve Peters, Kevin Rafferty
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Patent number: 7067582Abstract: The invention is directed to golf ball core compositions comprising at least one natural or synthetic rubber and at least one high Vicat softening temperature thermoplastic material, methods of preparing the compositions, and golf ball cores and golf balls including the compositions. The compositions of the invention are made by mixing at least one natural or synthetic rubber and at least one thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer at a first temperature; cooling the mixture to a second temperature which is below an activation temperature of a free-radical initiator; adding the free-radical initiator to the first mixture to form a second mixture; and heating the second mixture to a third temperature that to facilitate crosslinking. The golf ball cores are incorporated into multilayer balls including dual cover balls with thin outer layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Murali Rajagopalan, Derek A. Ladd
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Patent number: 7053155Abstract: A vibration damping rubber composition capable of exhibiting an excellent vibration damping property comprising: (A) a diene rubber; (B) a bismaleimide compound represented by the following general formula (1); wherein n denotes an integer of 4 to 12; and (C) a vulcanization accelerator; wherein said rubber composition does not contain elemental sulfur as a raw material for a vulcanizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Norihito Kimura, Fumihiko Jinno, Takehiko Taguchi
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Patent number: 7049386Abstract: In a method of producing a low dielectric constant polymer, a thermosetting monomer is provided, wherein the thermosetting monomer has a cage compound or aryl core structure, and a plurality of arms that are covalently bound to the cage compound or core structure. In a subsequent step, the thermosetting monomer is incorporated into a polymer to form the low dielectric constant polymer, wherein the incorporation into the polymer comprises a chemical reaction of a triple bond that is located in at least one of the arms. Contemplated cage compounds and core structures include adamantane, diamantane, silicon, a phenyl group and a sexiphenylene group, while preferred arms include an arlyene, a branched arylene, and an arylene ether. The thermosetting monomers may advantageously be employed to produce low-k dielectric material in electronic devices, and the dielectric constant of the polymer can be controlled by varying the overall length of the arms.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kreisler S. Lau, Feng Quan Liu, Boris A. Korolev, Emma Brouk, Ruslan Zherebin, David Nalewajek
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Patent number: 7033676Abstract: A binder mixture comprises at least one polymer (A) with saturated main chain that is not a polyester and at least one polyester (B) with a saturated and/or unsaturated main chain, where (i) one of the two components (A) or (B) contains structural units I and/or II, or both components (A) and (B) contain structural units I and/or II, ?in which the index n is an integer from 1 to 10; and where (ii) at least polyester (B) that contains no structural units I and/or II contains maleic and/or fumaric esters incorporated in its main chain.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2000Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: BASF Coatings AGInventors: Rainer Blum, Jorge Prieto
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Patent number: 7030190Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition material 1 includes a resin portion (a) 2 made of a thermoplastic resin (A); elastomer portions (b) 3 made of a thermoplastic elastomer (B) having substantially no compatibility with the thermoplastic resin (A) and having a glass transition temperature of lower than or equal to ?40° C.; and polymer portions (c) 4 made of a high polymer (C) having substantially no compatibility with the thermoplastic resin (A) and the thermoplastic elastomer (B), having a glass transition temperature or crystallization temperature of lower than or equal to ?50° C., and having a viscosity at 40° C. of 0.1 to 200000 cP. The material has a structure in which the elastomer portions (b) 3 are dispersed in the resin portion (a) 2, and the polymer portions (c) 4 are dispersed in the elastomer portions (b) 3. Accordingly, low-temperature impact resistance can significantly be improved without deterioration in the other inherent excellent physical properties of the thermoplastic resin.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Daicel-Degussa Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Wakita, Hiroaki Arita
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Patent number: 6986864Abstract: Disclosed are certain novel polyester compositions particularly useful for shaping or forming into containers and similar shaped articles by thermoforming procedures. The polyester compositions comprise a thermoplastic polyester, an impact modifier and a polyester crystallization rate enhancing component selected from poly(tetramethylene terephthalate) homo- and co-polymers. The polyester compositions exhibit improved crystallization rates as compared to similar compositions not including impact modifier or compositions using other types of crystallization rate enhancing components such as polyolefin-based polymers.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Inventor: David Scott Porter
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Patent number: 6936350Abstract: The present application relates to a white, biaxially oriented, flame-retardant, UV-resistant polyester film with at least one base layer which comprises, based on the weight of the base layer, from 2 to 60% by weight of a cycloolefin copolymer (COC), where the glass transition temperature of the COC is within the range from 70 to 270° C. The film also comprises from 0.01 to 5.0% by weight of a UV stabilizer as light stabilizer and also comprises from 0.5 to 30% by weight of flame retardant, based in each case on the weight of the layer comprising the UV stabilizer and/or comprising the flame retardant. The film of the invention is suitable for packing foods or other consumable items which are sensitive to light and/or to air, or for use in industry, e.g. in the production of hot-stamping foils or as a label film, or for image-recording papers, printed sheets or magnetic recording cards.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Ursula Murschall, Herbert Peiffer, Gottfried Hilkert, Hans Mahl
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Patent number: 6930146Abstract: A polymer composition and a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 1,2-polybutadiene having a 1,2-bond content in the butadiene unit of 70% by weight or more, a melting point in the range of 50 to 140° C., a total halogen content of 30 ppm or less, a viscosity ? in the range of 400 to 1200 poise when measured with a slit die rheometer at a shear rate of 5113 sec?1 at 120° C., a viscosity ? in the range of 300 to 1000 poise when measured with a slit die rheometer at a shear rate of 5113 sec?1 at 150° C., and a viscosity ? in the range of 200 to 800 poise when measured with a slit die rheometer at a shear rate of 5113 sec?1 at 180° C. exhibit excellent moldability, visual appearance and scratch resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2000Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Koji Okada, Masato Suzuki, Junji Kojina
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Patent number: 6916548Abstract: The invention relates to biaxially orientated, co-extruded polyester films, which have at least one base layer that contains a thermoplastic polyester, preferably polyethylene terephthalate and approx. 2 to 60 wt.-% of a cycloolefin copolymer that is preferably composed of norbornene and ethylene units and which have at least one cover layer that is devoid of a COC and which optionally have additional cover or intermediate layers and can contain conventional additives such as stabilisers and anti-blocking agents. Said films are characterized in particular by a degree of whiteness>70%, an opacity>55% and a gloss, (at least on one side)>100 and are therefore suitable for numerous industrial applications. During the production of the films in accordance with the co-extrusion process, up to 70 wt.-% of reclaimed product can be used, without having a noticeable negative effect on the physical properties of the film.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Ursula Murschall, Cynthia Bennett, Ulrich Kern, Herbert Peiffer
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Patent number: 6907911Abstract: The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobutylene) polymer and a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polysulfones, polyacetals, polyacetones, acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene resins, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, styrene-acrylonitrile resins, styrene-maleic anhydride resins, polyamides, aromatic polyketones, ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer and mixtures thereof. Tires and tire components such as air permeation prevention films comprising these compositions are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Hsien-Chang Wang
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Patent number: 6900267Abstract: Methods of carrying out a reactive extrusion processes are described that include combining at least one polymer, oligomer, or combination thereof, a carbon dioxide containing fluid, and at least one reactant in an extruder to form a mixture such that the carbon dioxide containing fluid comes into intimate contact with the at least one polymer, oligomer, or combination thereof and assists in a reaction between the at least one polymer, oligomer, or combination thereof and the at least one reactant, and wherein the at least one polymer, oligomer, or combination thereof is modified upon reaction with the at least one reactant.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignees: North Carolina State University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillInventors: Joseph Royer, Joseph M. DeSimone, George W. Roberts, Saad A. Khan
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Compatibilizing agent, radical polymerizable resin composition, molding material, and molded article
Patent number: 6897258Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a practical compatibilizing agent which makes it possible to convert the resin mixture into a homogeneous resin mixture free from separation and to eliminate defects caused by separation on molding by prevention of the separation between the radical polymerizable unsaturated resin and low profile additive, which could have not been attained by the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Akira Takano, Takashi Yasumura -
Patent number: 6889735Abstract: There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a rubberized component comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of at least one rubber containing olefinic unsaturation; and (b) 1 to 50 phr of a dendrimer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Uwe Ernst Frank, Friedrich Visel, Thierry Florent Edme Materne, Rene Jean Zimmer, Wolfgang Lauer, Marc Weydert, Thomas Schildbach, Annette Lechtenböhmer, Maurice Peter Catharina Jozef Klinkenberg
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Patent number: 6884841Abstract: A laminating resin composition is disclosed which comprises an unsaturated polyester resin, a vinyl ester resin, a polyfunctional acrylate, and up to about 15 percent by weight of a vinyl monomer. Preferably, the vinyl ester resin has a molecular weight ranging from about 450 to 1500.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Reichhold, Inc.Inventor: Hildeberto Nava
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Patent number: 6872775Abstract: A compound for a composite body having a hard and a soft component, and to a process for producing such a composite body is provided. The compound comprises a hard component (a) of a polyoxymethylene and a soft component (b) of one or more hydrogenated styrene block copolymers, molded directly onto component (a). The styrene block copolymers are from the group of poly-isoprene/butadiene polymer (SEEPS), poly-isoprene polymer (SEPS); poly-butadiene polymer (SEBS), and combinations thereof. The styrene block copolymer is adhesion-modified by the addition of a compound selected from styrene/butadiene copolymer (SBS); ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA); olefinic polymers, polystyrene (PS), and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignees: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Plastolen GmbHInventors: Stefan Greulich, Karl-Wilhelm Kirberg, Norbert Eickhoff, Olaf Stelzer
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Patent number: 6870005Abstract: A polymeric composition and process for making the same suitable for injection molding processes and procedures containing an olefinic polymer component selected from at least one a group which includes polyalkylenes, copolymers of polyalkylenes and a non-olefinic thermoplastic. The non-olefinic and olefinic polymeric components are present in random orientable locations in the initial polymeric composition. When injection molded against a temperature gradient, the resulting workpiece composed of the composition has distinctive regions of elevated non-olefinic concentration proximate the outwardly oriented surface and distinctive regions of elevated olefinic polymeric concentration proximate to interior regions of the workpiece. The non-olefinic thermoplastic may be at least one of thermoplastic polyamides, thermoplastic polyolefins and thermoplastic polycarbonates.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: ACI Technologies, LLCInventor: Mark Lieberman
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Patent number: 6855776Abstract: Improved amine-terminated polybutadienes (ATPBs) having one or two terminal groups of the formula —CHRNH2 wherein R is C1-C20 alkyl, are prepared by aminating a secondary hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene having no ether groups. The ATPBs may be hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated, either prior to or after the animation, to saturate or partially saturate the polymers. Preferred ATPBs are of the formula H2NCHR-(polybutadiene)-CHRNH2 wherein R is C1-C20 alkyl. Polyureas, polyurethanes, crosslinked epoxies, polyamides, and other derivatives with improved properties can be prepared from the ATPBs. The resultant derivatives are useful in liquid binders for braking systems, electric potting compositions, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and water proofing membranes, for example.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Sartomer Technology Company, Inc.Inventors: Herbert Shin-I Chao, John Schmidhauser, Alain Robert Drexler, Nan Tian
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Patent number: 6843292Abstract: The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobutylene) polymer and a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polysulfones, polyacetals, polyacetones, acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene resins, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, styrene-acrylonitrile resins, styrene-maleic anhydride resins, polyamides, aromatic polyketones, ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer and mixtures thereof. Tires and tire components such as air permeation prevention films comprising these compositions are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Hsien-Chang Wang
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Patent number: 6827980Abstract: Solid extrusion coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of extrusion coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The extrusion coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a polyester having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 50,000, and optionally, (b) a modifying resin, such as an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 500 to about 15,000. The extrusion coating composition is applied to a metal substrate in an extrusion process to provide a composition film having a thickness of about 1 to about 40 microns.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Valspar CorporationInventors: Christina Schmid, Rolf Jung, Hans Widmer, Martin Lu, Artemia Jimenez, Louis Sharp, Stephen Postle
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Publication number: 20040202853Abstract: We have developed a process and product which provide thermoplastic articles featuring a permanent outer surface which has selectively varied chemical functionality while maintaining the inherent mechanical properties of the base fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Kundan M. Patel, Charles Jay Nelson, Frank Mares, Conor Twomey, Yousef Mohajer
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Patent number: 6803441Abstract: In a method of producing a low dielectric constant polymer, a thermosetting monomer is provided, wherein the thermosetting monomer has a cage compound or aryl core structure, and a plurality of arms that are covalently bound to the cage compound or core structure. In a subsequent step, the thermosetting monomer is incorporated into a polymer to form the low dielectric constant polymer, wherein the incorporation into the polymer comprises a chemical reaction of a triple bond that is located in at least one of the arms. Contemplated cage compounds and core structures include adamantane, diamantane, silicon, a phenyl group and a sexiphenylene group, while preferred arms include an arylene, a branched arylene, and an arylene ether. The thermosetting monomers may advantageously be employed to produce low-k dielectric material in electronic devices, and the dielectric constant of the polymer can be controlled by varying the overall length of the arms.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kreisler Lau, Feng Quan Liu, Boris Korolev, Emma Brouk, Ruslan Zherebin, David Nalewajek
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Patent number: 6797777Abstract: A low dielectric constant material has a first backbone with an aromatic moiety and a first reactive group, and a second backbone with an aromatic moiety and a second reactive group, wherein the first and second backbones are crosslinked via the first and second reactive groups in a crosslinking reaction without an additional crosslinker, and wherein a cage structure having at least 10 atoms is covalently bound to at least one of the first and second backbone.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kreisler Lau, Feng Quan Liu, Boris Korolev, Emma Brouk, Rusian Zherebin, Roger Leung
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Patent number: 6794050Abstract: Transparent, biaxially oriented polyester films having a base layer composed of at least 5% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester and from 10 to 95% by weight of a cycloolefin copolymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 120° C., possess very good water vapor barrier properties and low haze at the same time. These films are especially suitable for packaging foods and other consumables.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Gottfried Hilkert
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Patent number: 6793994Abstract: Oxygen barrier polymer compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability suitable for extended shelf-life, packaging applications. These polymer compositions comprise at least one ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, at least one oxidizable polydiene, and at least one metal salt catalyst. The polymer products are particularly suited to making barrier packaging articles such as monolayer or multi-layer films, sheets, tubes, pipes, thermoformed containers and coinjection/coextrusion blow molded bottles comprising PET, polyolefin or polycarbonate as structural layers. Such articles are useful in a variety of oxygen-sensitive food, beverage, pharmaceutical and health care product packaging applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mingliang L. Tsai, Murali K. Akkapeddi
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Patent number: 6794051Abstract: Transparent, multilayer, biaxially oriented polyester films having a) a base layer B composed of at least 50% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester and from 0 to 30% by weight of a cycloolefin copolymer and b) an outer layer composed of from 20 to 100% by weight of a cycloolefin copolymer, the glass transition temperature of the cycloolefin copolymers being less than 120° C., possess very good water vapor barrier properties and effective adhesion between the layers. These films are especially suitable for packaging foods and other consumables.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Gottfried Hilkert
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Patent number: 6780902Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising a carboxyl-containing, acrylic-modified polyester resin (B) neutralized and dispersed in an aqueous medium, the polyester resin (B) being obtainable by reacting a carboxyl-containing acrylic resin (c) with an epoxy-modified polyester resin (A) prepared by esterification of a carboxyl-containing polyester resin (a) having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000 and an acid value of 5 to 200 mg KOH/g with a 1,2-epoxy-containing low-molecular-weight epoxy compound (b) having a number average molecular weight of 1,200 or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Hirose, Noboru Nakai, Reiziro Nishida, Nobushige Numa
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Patent number: 6777496Abstract: We have developed a process and product which provide thermoplastic articles featuring a permanent outer surface which has selectively varied chemical functionality while maintaining the inherent mechanical properties of the base fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kundan M. Patel, Charles Jay Nelson, Frank Mares, Conor Twomey, Yousef Mohajer
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Patent number: 6774183Abstract: The present invention provides copolyester compositions and novel methods employing such compositions. The copolymer compositions comprise a copolyester containing a low polarity block in the copolyester backbone, thereby resulting in adhesive and coating materials that exhibit improved flow and wettablility and superior initial adhesion and retained adhesion to various substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Bostik, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Palumbo, Francis C. Rossitto, Eugene Gary Sommerfeld
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Patent number: 6734257Abstract: The block copolymers according to the invention which are based on conjugated diolefins and polar monomers and are prepared in the presence of catalysts based on the rare earth metals have a high cis-1,4 content in the polydiene block and, because of their polar polymer part and their non-polar diene polymer part, can be used as agents which impart compatibility in the preparation of vulcanizates with a filler content for the production of tires and tire component in the preparation of thermoplastic elastomers or in the modification of thermoplastics.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Windisch, Werner Obrecht, Cristina Stere, Thomas Scholl, Oskar Nuyken, Lars Friebe, Mario Vierle
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Patent number: 6730378Abstract: In the resin-molded articles comprising polyolefin resins (a) and thermoplastic resins other than the polyolefin resins (b), when thickness is defined as one along a direction vertical to the surface of the article, as morphology observed under an electron microscope in the article, a portion where the polyolefin resin (a) forms a continuous phase (A), a portion where the resin other than the polyolefin resin (b) forms the continuous phase and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a discontinuous phase (B), and a portion where the polyolefin resin (a) forms the continuous phase (A) are successively observed in order from the surface toward the inside along the thickness direction, such molded articles having nature such as toughness and fabrication quality inherent to the polyolefin resins and improved appreciably in resistance to permeation of liquid chemicals and gases.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6703446Abstract: Hetero-telechelic polymers having the formula: FG—(Q)d—Z—J—[A(R1R2R3)]x (I) wherein FG is a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; d is an integer from 10 to 200; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; J is oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; [A(R1R2R3)]x is a protecting group, wherein A is an element selected from Group IVa of the Periodic Table of Elements; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, aryl or substituted aryl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: James A. Schwindeman, Robert J. Letchford, Conrad W. Kamienski, Roderic P. Quirk
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Patent number: 6699939Abstract: Hetero-telechelic polymers having the formula: FG—(Q)d—Z—J—[A(R1R2R3)]x (I) wherein FG is a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; d is an integer from 10 to 200; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; J is oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; [A(R1R2R3)]x is a protecting group, wherein A is an element selected from Group IVa of the Periodic Table of Elements; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, aryl or substituted aryl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: James A. Schwindeman, Robert J. Letchford, Conrad W. Kamienski, Roderic P. Quirk
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Patent number: H2169Abstract: A method of making a polyethylene terephthalate/polyolefin blend for sheeting and thermoformed articles which has improved color stability and can be recycled many times. A heat stabilizer is melt blended only with the polyolefin prior to its incorporation into the polyethylene terephthalate. The PET and polyolefin are then blended and extruded into sheeting and subsequently thermoformed into articles useful as microwave oven trays.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1991Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Edward Richeson, Clem Branum Shriver