At Least One Reactant Which Forms Additional Polymer Contains A Sulfur Atom Patents (Class 525/189)
  • Patent number: 7163985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable polymer systems comprising anionic and modified polyamine polymers. When such polymer systems are employed in cleaning compositions, such cleaning compositions exhibit unexpectedly improved anti-soil re-deposition and situs whitening capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Rafael Ortiz, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Veronique Sylvie Metrot
  • Patent number: 7112368
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to poly(dioxythiophene)/poly(acrylamidoalkylsulfonic acid) complexes and the oxidative polymerization process for making them. Aqueous dispersions of these poly(dioxythiophene)/poly(acrylamidoalkylsulfonic acid) complexes are useful for forming transparent electrically conductive organic layers comprised of such complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Che-Hsiung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7109258
    Abstract: A polymeric material with antistatic properties, characterised by comprising a dispersion of ions within a polymeric matrix containing heteroatoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignees: Cryvet S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gualtiero Valeri, Vito Di Noto
  • Patent number: 7105620
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion; a preparation process therefor; its use for coating; a printing ink containing the aqueous dispersion; an electro-conductive layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion derived from an aqueous dispersion thereof; and an antistatic layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert
    Inventors: Bert Groenendaal, Frank Louwet
  • Patent number: 7087679
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99% by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of end portions of a main chain and side chain of the polymer, and 1 to 99.9% by weight of (b) a heat resisting thermoplastic resin having a crystalline melting point or glass transition temperature of not less than 150° C. The present invention can provide a composition comprising various heat resisting thermoplastic resins and a fluorine-containing polymer having a functional group which is capable of developing an affinity with said resins and forming a uniform dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shimizu, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Seitaro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Noriyasu Yamane, Takafumi Yamato, Masahiro Kumegawa, Takayuki Araki
  • Patent number: 7008989
    Abstract: An abrasion resistant, laser-markable, tape comprising milled virgin polyphenylene sulfide resin, polytetrafluoroethylene and titanium dioxide, and optionally poly-p-oxybenzoate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Coltec Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Sarkis, David Delgado
  • Patent number: 6995223
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion; a preparation process therefor; its use for coating; a printing ink containing the aqueous dispersion; an electro-conductive layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion derived from an aqueous dispersion thereof; and an antistatic layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxy-thiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Bert Groenendaal, Frank Louwet
  • Patent number: 6984711
    Abstract: A method of production of a cyclic polysulfide having the formula (I): wherein x is an integer of 2 to 6, n is an integer of 1 to 15, and R indicates a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C18 alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C18 alkylene group including an oxyalkylene group comprising: reacting a dihalogen compound of the formula X—R—X wherein, X independently indicates a halogen atom, and R indicates a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C18 alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C18 alkylene group including an oxyalkylene group and an alkali metal polysulfide of the formula M2Sx wherein, M is an alkali metal and x is an integer of 2 to 6, by a two-phase system in an incompatible mixed solvent of a hydrophilic and lypophilic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choi Wonmun, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6960628
    Abstract: The present invention is a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition comprising (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin and (b) an olefin-based resin, and satisfying the following conditions (i) through (v): (i) The mixing ratio of the polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) and the olefin-based resin (b) is such that the amount of the polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) is in a range from 95 to 60 wt %, while the amount of the olefin-based resin (b) is in a range from 5 to 40 wt %, with the total weight of both the ingredients as 100 wt %; (hi) said olefin-based resin (b) comprising two copolymer: (b-1) an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and (b-2) an ethylene/(?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; (iii) as the morphology observed by an electron microscope, said polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) forms a continuous phase, and said olefin-based resin (b) forms a dispersion phase and has a core-shell structure having said ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (b-2) acting as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Masaru Tateyama, Yoshihiro Yamami, Kei Saito, Atsushi Ishio
  • Patent number: 6924329
    Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent, antistatic composition comprises (a) at least one polymeric salt consisting of (i) at least one cation having at least one polyoxyalkylene moiety bonded to a cationic nitrogen center, and (ii) at least one weakly coordinating anion, the conjugate acid of the anion having an acidity greater than or equal to that of a hydrocarbon sulfonic acid; (b) at least one fluorochemical repellent; and (c) at least one insulating material. The composition exhibits good antistatic and repellency characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Klun, William M. Lamanna
  • Patent number: 6900272
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronicmicroscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
  • Patent number: 6890584
    Abstract: A non-dye containing flexographic ink containing a polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, a polyanion and a latex binder in a solvent or aqueous medium, characterized in that the polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene is present in a concentration of at least 0.1% by weight in the ink and that the ink is capable of producing a colorimetrically additive transparent print; a method of preparing the flexographic ink; and a flexographic printing process therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Luc Leenders, Eddie Daems, Frank Louwet, Rafaël Samijn, Jean-Pierre Tahon, Roger Van den Bogaert
  • Patent number: 6849697
    Abstract: Polyphenylene sulphide-based compositions essentially containing 60 to 99.5% by weight of polyphenylene sulphide and 0.5 to 40% by weight of a combination (C) containing a compound (C1) chosen from olefinic elastomers containing epoxy groups and a compound (C2) chosen from crosslinking agents containing functional groups which are reactive towards the epoxy groups of the compound (C1) and are chosen from amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl and carboxylic acid anhydride groups. They are obtained by melt-blending polyphenylene sulphide with each of the compounds (C1) and (C2) of the combination (C) successively and in any order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Solvay Polyolefins, S.A.
    Inventors: Morand Lambla, Raphaël Mestanza, Dar-Jong Lin, Eric Vandevijver, Marie-Paule Collard
  • Patent number: 6846864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition and article for reducing food deposit adhesion to cookware. More specifically this invention relates to a resin composition comprising a polysulfone or polyethersulfone resin having a glass transition temperature of at least 180° C., a fluorinated polyolefin, and a fatty acid amide. The invention also relates to an article comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cornelis Johannes Lensvelt, Jan Paul Penning, Robert Puyenbroek
  • Patent number: 6830792
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin structure formed of a resin composition that comprises substantially (a) from 5 to 80% by volume of a polyolefin resin and (b) from 20 to 95% by volume of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, which is characterized in that, in morphology therein seen through electronic microscopy, the polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) forms a matrix phase (continuous phase) and the polyolefin resin (a) forms a disperse phase. The thermoplastic resin structure gives plastic containers, tubes and their Attached parts having good barrier properties, strength, durability and workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Akira Todo, Taku Koda
  • Patent number: 6831129
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin-coated copper foil for manufacturing printed wiring boards that excel in total balance of properties of flame retardation, resin flow, water resistance, and peeling strength. The resin-coated copper foil comprises a resin layer on one side of a copper foil, and is characterized in that the resin layer comprises a resin composition having the following composition: a. a high polymer having cross-linkable  5 to 30 parts by weight functional groups in the molecule, and a cross-linking agent therefor b. an epoxy resin that is liquid at  5 to 30 parts by weight room temperature c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Sato, Tsutomu Asai, Toshifumi Matsushima
  • Patent number: 6797780
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber compounds based on rubber particles and phosphoryl polysulfides, as well as to vulcanizates or shaped articles prepared therefrom. The addition of phosphoryl polysulfides improves the strengthening effect of the rubber particles and the level of the mechanical properties, without lowering the resilience of the vulcanizates prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Winfried Jeske, Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger
  • Patent number: 6740707
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel system part with excellent fuel permeation resistance, and excellent shock impact resistance and heat resistance. A fuel system part consists of a resin composition, wherein the resin composition includes (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin and (b) an olefin based resin, wherein an amount of the (a) polyphenylene sulfide resin and the (b) olefin based resin is 80 weight % or more of the entire resin composition and the content of the (b) olefin based resin is 10 to 100 parts by weight relevant to 100 parts by weight of the (a) polyphenylene sulfide resin, and wherein the resin composition has a fuel permeability coefficient (Fuel C/ethanol=90/10) of 3.3×10−16 mol·m/m2·s·Pa or less at 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Ono, Junji Koizumi, Kuniyoshi Kondo, Michiyoshi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yamami, Setsuo Morizane
  • Patent number: 6740709
    Abstract: A resin molding having welding properties, flexibility, and shock impact resistance in a balanced manner. The resin molding has a welded seam, consisting of a resin composition, wherein the resin composition comprises (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin and (b) an olefin based resin: wherein an amount of the (a) polyphenylene sulfide resin and the (b) olefin based resin is 80 weight % or more of the entire resin composition, and the content of the (b) olefin based resin is 10 to 100 parts by weight relevant to 100 parts by weight of the (a) polyphenylene sulfide resin, and wherein the tensile elongation at break is 20% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Ono, Junji Koizumi, Kuniyoshi Kondo, Michiyoshi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yamami, Setsuo Morizane
  • Patent number: 6730378
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6699946
    Abstract: Polyphenylene sulphide-based compositions essentially containing 60 to 99.5% by weight of polyphenylene sulphide and 0.5 to 40% by weight of a combination (C) containing a compound (C1) chosen from olefinic elastomers containing epoxy groups and a compound (C2) chosen from crosslinking agents containing functional groups which are reactive towards the epoxy groups of the compound (C1) and are chosen from amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl and carboxylic acid anhydride groups. They are obtained by melt-blending polyphenylene sulphide with each of the compounds (C1) and (C2) of the combination (C) successively and in any order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Morand Lambla, Raphaël Mestanza, Dar-Jong Lin, Eric Vandevijver, Marie-Paule Collard
  • Patent number: 6649675
    Abstract: A metallic gloss image composition including a hydromorphic solvent and a polsulfurnitride derivative dissolved in the hydromorphic solvent. The polysulfurnitride derivative has the following formula: R1—(—S═N—)n—R2. Instead of the hydromorphic solvent, a thermoplastic renis formed by polymerization of monomers can be used to obtain the metallic gloss image composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Ryu, Seung-Soon Jang
  • Patent number: 6632472
    Abstract: A redispersible or soluble product, optionally having a solids content higher than 10% by weight, obtainable by freeze drying an aqueous dispersion of a latex comprising a polyanion and a polymer or copolymer of a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene; a printing ink comprising the above product; a coating dispersion or solution comprising the above product; and a method for making an antistatic or electroconductive layer comprising the steps of redispersing or diluting the above product by adding water or an organic solvent so as to obtain a dispersion or solution, optionally adding other ingredients to the coating solution or dispersion and applying the dispersion or solution to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Frank Louwet, Raf Samijn
  • Publication number: 20030166780
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99 % by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of end portions of a main chain and side chain of the polymer, and 1 to 99.9 % by weight of (b) a heat resisting thermoplastic resin having a crystalline melting point or glass transition temperature of not less than 150° C. The present invention can provide a composition comprising various heat resisting thermoplastic resins and a fluorine-containing polymer having a functional group which is capable of developing an affinity with said resins and forming a uniform dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shimizu, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Seitaro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Noriyasu Yamane, Takafumi Yamato, Masahiro Kumegawa, Takayuki Araki
  • Patent number: 6552127
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99% by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of end portions of a main chain and side chain of the polymer, and 1 to 99.9% by weight of (b) a heat resisting thermoplastic resin having a crystalline melting point or glass transition temperature of not less than 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shimizu, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Seitaro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Noriyasu Yamane, Takafumi Yamato, Masahiro Kumegawa, Takayuki Araki
  • Publication number: 20030027931
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel system part with excellent fuel permeation resistance, and excellent shock impact resistance and heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Satoru Ono, Junji Koizumi, Kuniyoshi Kondo, Michiyoshi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yamami, Setsuo Morizane
  • Patent number: 6476125
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer alloy comprising a grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) and a polymer (c) containing no fluorine atom, said grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) comprising a fluorine-containing polymer (d) having hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms of its main chain and a grafting compound having a linking group capable of grafting to the fluorine-containing polymer (d) and a functional group capable of providing an adhesive property, grafted to the fluorine-containing polymer (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-ichi Iura, Eiichi Nishi, Masataka Yokota
  • Publication number: 20020161122
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing water insoluble hydrogel polymer for selectively removing trace amounts of dissolved metal species is produced from a reaction product of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and polyethylenimine (PEI) which is then treated in a water-swollen state with carbon disulfide. The polymer has a physical configuration that facilitates formation of a porous stationary bed through which water can pass for treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventor: Norman B. Rainer
  • Publication number: 20020156192
    Abstract: A polymer mixture of a thermoplastically processable fluoropolymer and a sulfur polymer, wherein the sulfur polymer component in the polymer mixture is 0.1 to 20% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventor: Uwe Marx
  • Patent number: 6451932
    Abstract: A novel resin composite consists of a thermosetting resin or photosensitive resin and a thermoplastic resin and has a quasi-homogeneous compatible structure not only having properties inherent to the thermosetting or photosensitive resin but also exhibiting values of properties higher than those inherent to the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Dong Wang, Motoo Asai
  • Patent number: 6414102
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyolefin copolymers (I) and to graft copolymers (II) which are prepared from the copolymers (I), wherein the copolymers (I) are linear copolymers containing divinylbenzene comonomer units selected from the group consisting of 1,4-divinylbenzene units, mixtures of 1,4- and 1,3-divinylbenzene units and mixtures of 1,4-, 1,3- and 1,2-divinylbenzene units, wherein R, in formulas I and II, is a C1 to C10 linear or branched alkyl group or a C6 to C10 substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and wherein G and G′, independently, are selected from —H, —OH, epoxy, —NH2, —COOH, anhydride, —Cl, —Br, —M, —COOM (M=metal) or a polymer chain having the molecular weight of at least about 500, which can be derived from both step and chain polymerization reactions. In the graft copolymer (II), the combined alpha-olefin mole % (x+y) is from about 50 and 99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tze-Chiang Chung, Jin Yong Dong
  • Patent number: 6355730
    Abstract: Membrane materials for removing uremic toxins from a hydrophobic polymer such as polysulfone and two polyvinyl pyrrolidones, hydrophilic polymers of different molecular weights, that is 10-50 wt. % of a low molecular weight component (molecular weight<100,000) and 90-50 wt. % of a high molecular weight component (molecular weight≧100,000). The membranes are permselective useful in dialysis. The membrane material may have an overall mass transfer coefficient (K0), for a Strokes' radius of at least 30 Å (as determined by a diffusion test during dextran), of ≧0.0025 cm/min and a permeability to albumin of ≦4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kozawa, Ichiro Itagaki, Kenji Nishikawa, Kazumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6348152
    Abstract: A medical material composed of a poly(alkyl aryl ether)sulfone copolymer (A) and a thermoplastic polymer (B), such as cellulose triacetate, and being used in contact with the blood, wherein the concentration of the copolymer (A) is at least 40% by weight at least near the surface of a part having a surface to be used in contact with the blood and the copolymer (A) is a specified polysulfone bearing fluorine atoms and polyalkyl ether units and which is suitable for a hollow fiber membrane for artificial kidneys, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kawahara, Satoru Ohmori, Takeyuki Kawaguhi
  • Patent number: 6346571
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene. A process for preparing a dynamically vulcanized composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Robert Chester Puydak, Hsien Chang Wang, Kenneth William Powers, Thomas Chen-Chi Yu, Donald Ross Hazelton
  • Patent number: 6344510
    Abstract: A rubber vulcanization agent comprising a polysulfide polymer having an average number of sulfur bonds in the repeating units of more than 2 but not more than 6 and having the formula (I) R—S&Parenopenst;Y—Sx&Parenclosest;nY—S—R  (I) wherein Y indicates an alkylene group which may include a hetero atom, R is a residue obtained by reacting a thiol group with an unsaturated alicyclic compound, an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having the structure (III) or (IV), which may include a hetero atom so as to cap the end thiol group, n is an integer of 1 to 100, and x is more than 2 but not more than 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Maruyama, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6342567
    Abstract: A rubber composition obtained by (a) kneading at least one low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group and a curing agent, which can vulcanize the low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group, at a temperature within a range where the low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group is not vulcanized, and (b) blending 25 to 100 parts by weight of at least one rubber having vulcanizable carbon-carbon double bond per 100 parts by weight of the low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group with the kneaded product, kneading at a temperature within a range where the low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group can be vulcanized to selectively vulcanize the low air permeable rubber having vulcanizable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Hiroki Sarashi, Minoru Ueda
  • Patent number: 6306980
    Abstract: A novel resin composite consists of a thermosetting resin or photosensitive resin and a thermoplastic resin and has a guasi-homogeneous compatible structure not only having properties inherent to the thermosetting or photosensitive resin but also exhibiting values of properties higher than those inherent to the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Dong Wang, Motoo Asai
  • Patent number: 6303708
    Abstract: A composition is provided which comprises a functionalized poly(phenylene ether) resin, poly(arylene sulfide) resin, epoxy functional alpha-olefin elastomer, elastomeric block copolymer, and a metal salt. The composition is preferably prepared by premixing a poly(phenylene ether) resin with an organic acid and a vinyl aromatic-diene block copolymer to form a premix, and then compounding the premix with an epoxy functional alpha-olefin elastomer, a poly(arylene sulfide) resin and a metal salt of an organic acid. The composition has enhanced levels of mechanical properties such as impact strength, and is suitable for making molded articles such as vertical automotive body panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sterling Bruce Brown, Chorng-Fure Robin Hwang, Hiromi Ishida, James Joseph Scobbo, Jr., John Bennie Yates, III
  • Publication number: 20010029284
    Abstract: In 100 parts by weight of a composition, from 2 to 89 parts by weight of a fluorinated polymer having a fluorine content of at least 65 wt %, from 97 to 10 parts by weight of a non-fluorinated polymer and from 1 to 35 parts by weight of a dispersing agent having a carboxylic acid group or its derivative, or a sulfonic acid group or its derivative, are blended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masako Nagashima, Takeshi Eriguchi, Yuriko Kaida, Hiroki Kamiya, Masao Umino, Masataka Yokota
  • Patent number: 6294621
    Abstract: A novel resin composite consists or a thermosetting resin or photosensitive resin and a thermoplastic resin and has a quasi-homogeneous compatible structure not only having properties inherent to the thermosetting or photosensitive resin but also exhibiting values of properties higher than those inherent to the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Dong Wang, Motoo Asai
  • Patent number: 6265498
    Abstract: A novel resin composite consists of a thermosetting resin or photosensitive resin and a thermoplastic resin and has a quasi-homogeneous compatible structure not only having properties inherent to the thermosetting or photosensitive resin but also exhibiting values of properties higher than those inherent to the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Dong Wang, Motoo Asai
  • Patent number: 6265493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin graft copolymers (II) from linear and well defined polyolefin copolymers (I) containing divinylbenzene comonomer units, wherein R, in formulas I and II, is a C1 to C10 linear or branched alkyl group or a C6 to C10 substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and wherein G and G′, independantly, are selected from —H, —OH, epoxy, —NH2, —COOH, anhydride, —Cl, —Br, —M, —COOM (M=metal, e.g., Li, Na, K and Ca) or a polymer chain having the molecular weight of at least about 500, which can be derived from both step and chain polymerization reactions. G and G′ can be selected singly or in a combination of two or more thereof. In the graft copolymer composition, the combined alpha-olefin mole .% (x+y) is from about 50 to 99.9 mole %. Preferably, x+y is from 85 to 99.9 mole %, and most preferably x+y is from 95 to 99.9 mole %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tze-Chiang Chung, Jinyong Dong
  • Publication number: 20010007000
    Abstract: A process for preparing blends of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene and rubbery elastomers comprising the steps of (1) providing a mixture of high cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber cement and 1,3-butadiene monomer, and (2) combining (a) an iron-containing compound, (b) a hydrogen phosphite, and (c) an organoaluminum compound to form a catalyst composition outside the presence of the mixture of rubber cement and monomer, and (3) adding the catalyst composition to the mixture and thereby polymerizing the 1,3-butadiene monomer into syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene within the rubber cement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventor: Steven Luo
  • Publication number: 20010006996
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer mixtures essentially comprise copolymers (component A) formed from sulfur dioxide, from vinylaromatic compounds, from unsaturated polar compounds selected from the class consisting of compounds of the formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Joachim Queisser, Peter Barghoorn
  • Patent number: 6197888
    Abstract: Blends of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene and rubbery elastomers are prepared by a process that comprises polymerizing 1,3-butadiene monomer into syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene within a rubber cement of at least one rubbery elastomer by using an iron-based catalyst composition that is formed by combining an iron-containing compound, a hydrogen phosphite, and an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Luo
  • Patent number: 6184293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molding composition based on fluoropolymers which additionally contain from 1 to 50% by weight of at least one polymer containing sulfoxide groups. The polymer containing sulfoxide groups comprises, in particular, polyarylene sulfoxide units of the formula: —(—C6H4—SO—)—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hoechst AG
    Inventors: Axel Schönfeld, Andreas Schleicher, Georg Frank, Helmut Scheckenbach
  • Patent number: 6166168
    Abstract: A novel polyalkyl ether/polyaryl ether sulfone or ketone copolymer and a specific polyether ester copolymer are useful for producing a medical material to be used to contact the blood; and methods for producing the medical material comprising said polyalkyl ether/polyaryl ether sulfone or ketone copolymer or a specific polyether ester copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuwahara, Takeyuki Kawaguchi, Satoru Ohmori, Shunichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6160039
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of masterbatches which contain short fibres or pulps and which may be used for the production of polymer compositions or rubber compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kleinknecht, Andreas Schuch, Iris Degen
  • Patent number: 6140420
    Abstract: Melt processible thermoplastic compositions and method for making them are described, these compositions comprising a thermoplastic polymer resin matrix selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyurethanes, polyvinyl chlorides, styrenics, engineering thermoplastics, and polyolefins, at least about 25 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of an elastomeric impact modifier dispersed as discrete particles in the thermoplastic matrix (a); and at least about 10 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of at least one homogeneous linear or substantially linear ethylene polymer dispersed as discrete particles in at least the impact modifier (b), the ethylene polymer having a molecular weight distribution less than 3.5 and a density of at least 0.04 g/cm.sup.3 higher than the density of the impact modifier component (b), wherein the elastic modulus of the thermoplastic component (a) is at least 200 times greater than the elastic modulus of the impact modifier component (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kalyan Sehanobish, Larry A. Meiske, Shaofu Wu, Pak-Wing Steve Chum
  • Patent number: 6130292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing polyarylene sulfide fibers, particularly polyphenylene sulfide fibers, comprising melt blowing a blend of polyarylene sulfide and a polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin is present in the blend in an amount of up to about 40% by weight of the total blend. The present invention also provides fibers, webs, and other products prepared in accordance with the present inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Colin F. Harwood, Isaak Vasserman, Thomas C. Gsell