Agent Contains An Ethylenic Group Patents (Class 525/193)
  • Patent number: 5451639
    Abstract: Propylene copolymers grafted with .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid derivatives and consisting ofa.sub.1) a random propylene copolymer (A.sub.1) containing from 0.1 to 15% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes or ofa.sub.2) a propylene copolymer (A.sub.2) comprising a random propylene copolymer (I) containing from 0.1 to 15% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes and a random propylene copolymer (II) containing from 15 to 80% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes or ofa.sub.3) a propylene copolymer (A.sub.3) comprising a propylene homopolymer (III) and a random propylene copolymer (IV) containing from 15 to 80% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes,are obtainable by reacting the monomer to be grafted with the propylene copolymer (A.sub.1), (A.sub.2) or (A.sub.3) at from 1 to 300 bar, from 0.01 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd L. Marczinke, Juergen Kerth, Patrik Mueller, Horst Baumgartl, Peter Ittemann
  • Patent number: 5446097
    Abstract: A vulcanizable rubber composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber (A), an ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer rubber (B) and a styrene oligomer (C) is provided. The composition is capable of providing a vulcanized rubber which is excellent not only in weather resistance and heat aging characteristics, but also in mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Nonaka, Norihito Ueki, Takashi Mishima
  • Patent number: 5439974
    Abstract: Adhesive blends especially suitable for adhesion to one or more polypropylene substrates consisting essentially of a mixture of a modified impact copolymer and a graft reaction product of a propylene polymer and a carboxylic acid or derivative thereof are disclosed. Composite structures incorporating such blends are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Quantum Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Diana C. Mattson
  • Patent number: 5438101
    Abstract: A rubber composition is provided which comprises 100 parts by weight of ethylene-(meth)acrylate copolymer rubbers and/or ethylene-(meth)acrylate-unsaturated glycidyl ester copolymers, 5 to 300 parts by weight of a hydroxide of a typical metallic element belonging to Group II or III of the Mendeleev's periodic table and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of a metallic acrylate compound. This composition keeps properties required for rubbers such as tensile strength, elasticity, scorch resistance and processability at high levels and is excellent in wear resistance and flame retardance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Keisaku Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Masahiro Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 5412034
    Abstract: Curable elastomeric blends of fluoroelastomer and hydrocarbon elastomer in which at least one of the fluoroelastomer and hydrocarbon elastomer contains a cure site monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: David L. Tabb
  • Patent number: 5407998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball with preferred hit feeling, controllability and satisfactory level of flying performance and cut resistance. The golf ball comprises a core and a cover covering the core, wherein said cover is mainly made of a mixture composed of an ionomer resin and a diene type rubber at a weight ratio (ionomer resin:diene rubber) of 95:5-60:40 and said diene type rubber is crosslinked by a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Akira Kato
  • Patent number: 5407784
    Abstract: An aqueous-developable article is made from a photoprepolymer made by reacting a maleated polyalkadienyl homo- or copolymer (e.g., polybutadiene) with an olefinically unsaturated compound capable of opening anhydride rings (e.g., hydroxyethyl methacrylate) with simultaneous chain extension using a polyalkadienyl polyol, followed by hydrolysis and neutralization with Li--, Na--, or K-containing base. When formulated with unsaturated monomers and photoinitiators, the photoprepolymer is particularly useful in making photopolymer-based flexographic printing plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Arthur L. Berrier, Ronald J. Kumpfmiller
  • Patent number: 5403892
    Abstract: A dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic composition is provided which comprises a polymer blend of (a) a thermoplastic olefinic resin, such as non-elastomeric ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; (b) an elastomeric ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a relatively higher vinyl acetate content; and (c) a specified elastomeric copolymer, such as halobutyl rubber, EPDM, or a halogenated copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene. Halogenated polyethylene may also be incorporated in the composition. The dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic composition is suitable for adhesion to polyvinyl chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Puydak, Cindy B. Shulman, Donald R. Hazelton
  • Patent number: 5395891
    Abstract: Mixtures of A) polybutadiene gel and B) other rubbers containing C.dbd.C double bonds, the quantity of polybutadiene gel A), based on the sum of A)+B), being 1 to 70% by weight, show as vulcanizates a favorable combination of the properties hysteresis loss and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Peter Wendling, Robert H. Schuster, Andreas Bischoff
  • Patent number: 5393831
    Abstract: Shelf stable nonwoven fabrics and films are made from polyolefin compositions which comprise a polyolefin which contains no more than a minor amount of a phenolic antioxidant, a water-sensitive stabilizer, a transition metal organic salt and an oxidizable unsaturated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Hudson
  • Patent number: 5384369
    Abstract: A partially crosslinked polymer composition comprisinga) a polymer comprising from 25 to 95% by weight of polypropylene and from 5 to 75% by weight of a propylene copolymer with copolymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes, the comonomer content being from 1 to 45% by weight, based on the total polymer,b) a random ethylene copolymer containing from 5 to 20% by weight of copolymerized C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes and having a density at room temperature of from 0.89 to 0.925 g/cm.sup.3, andc) an organosilane compound of the formula (I)A.sub.4-n SiR.sub.n (I)where A are identical or different acrylates or methacrylates or vinyl groups, R are identical or different C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -acetoxy groups, and n is 1, 2 or 3,can be obtained by reacting a polymer mixture of the polymer a) and the random ethylene copolymer b) with the organosilane compound c) in the presence of a free-radical initiator and in the presence of a condensation catalyst at from 180.degree. to 280.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sibylle Brosius, Erhard Seiler, Harald Schwager, Gerhard Kress, Lothar Schlemmer
  • Patent number: 5384366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing elastomeric thermoplastic blends which comprises the following steps:a) mastication of a blend which comprises a polyolefin elastomer, polyolefin thermoplastic resin and a vulcanizing agent;b) mastication of a blend which comprises the product obtained in step (a), a polyolefin thermoplastic resin and vulcanizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Guido Paganelli
  • Patent number: 5376722
    Abstract: There is disclosed a linear block copolymer comprising at least one triblock I-B-I, wherein I is a block of a polymerized conjugated diene of at least 5 carbon atoms, such as isoprene, and B is a block of a polymer of a conjugated diene, different from that of formula (1), of at least 4 carbon atoms, such as 1,3-butadiene. The B block is selectively hydrogenated, while each of the I blocks retains a sufficient amount of its original unsaturation to vulcanize the copolymer. There is also disclosed an alternative linear block copolymer containing at least one triblock of the first polymer block made from an aryl-substituted olefin, such as styrene, and the conjugated diene used to polymerize the block I, the second middle polymer block of the diene used to polymerize the block B, and the third polymer block which is the same as the first polymer block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Coolbaugh, Frederick C. Loveless, Demetreos N. Matthews
  • Patent number: 5376726
    Abstract: Disclosed is a short fiber-reinforced rubber wherein a fibrilated polyacrylonitrile short fiber is uniformly dispersed in a rubber, and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Noyama, Akihiro Nakahara
  • Patent number: 5369168
    Abstract: A method for preparing a compatible blend of polyolefin and thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol comprising:(a) melting polyolefin in the initial elements of a melt extruder,(b) adding and melt blending an unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride with the melted polyolefin downstream in the extruder,(c) adding peroxide to the melt blend and grafting the unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride onto the polyolefin, and(d) melt blending thermoplastic PVOH into the grafted polyolefin/unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride melt mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Famili, Lloyd M. Robeson, James F. Nangeroni
  • Patent number: 5367022
    Abstract: Highly functional grafted polymeric products of a predominantly propylene polymeric composition containing a thermoplastic ethylene-propylene copolymer and a carboxylic acid or derivative grafting monomer and having a desirably low melt flow rate, adhesive blends containing such grafted polymeric products, and composite structures incorporating the adhesive blends are provided. The grafted polymeric product may be prepared by melt grafting in the presence of a free radical generating catalyst and the substantial absence of solvent under shear and at a temperature selected to minimize or avoid premature decomposition of the catalyst and vaporization losses of the catalyst and monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Quantum Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Webster W. Kiang, Edward M. Kajiwara, Diana C. Mattson
  • Patent number: 5364907
    Abstract: Graft copolymers comprising a poly-alpha-olefin base polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and compatible mixtures thereof, having grafted thereto an olefinic monomer. The grafted monomer is present in an amount effective to increase the amount of protein that will bind to the graft copolymer as compared with the base polymer.Also disclosed are polymer/protein compositions comprising a graft copolymer having a protein immobilized on the surface thereof, processes for the preparation of the above-described graft copolymers and compositions, methods of immobilizing proteins, and methods of immunoassay based on such immobilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Rolando, Patrick L. Coleman, Steven L. Kangas, Thomas A. Kotnour
  • Patent number: 5362808
    Abstract: Partially crosslinked polyolefin blends containa) a polymer of from 25 to 97% by weight of a propylene polymer (I), which contains from 0 to 15% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alka-1-enes, and of from 3 to 75% by weight of a further propylene polymer (II) which contains from 15 to 80% by weight of polymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alka-1-enes,b) a random ethylene copolymer containing from 5 to 20% by weight of polymerized C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes and having a density of from 0.89 to 0.925 g/cm.sup.3 at room temperature,c) a rubber-like material having a Shore A hardness of from 30 to 90 andd) a bismaleimido compound of the following formula (I) ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl which may be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms,C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.15 -aryl, each of which in turn may be substituted by one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sibylle Brosius, Bernd L. Marczinke, Harald Schwager
  • Patent number: 5360873
    Abstract: An actinic radiation-reactive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can be cured in air at a high speed, without irritation and bad smell, comprises1 a pressure-sensitive adhesive compound comprising an acrylate copolymer and2 an actinic radiation-curable resin comprising (1) one or more polythiol compounds and (2) one or more polyene compounds each having an least two actinic radiation-reactive acrylate carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ohkawa, Seiichi Saito
  • Patent number: 5354618
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having good coating affinity is disclosed, which comprises (a) from 20 to 80 parts by weight of a resin component containing a modified polyolefin resin which has been graft-modified with an unsaturated hydroxy group-containing compound or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, (b) from 80 to 20 pats by weight of a rubber component containing a copolymer rubber, and (c) a functional group-terminated oligomer in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of components (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Satoru Ishigaki, Yutaka Yokoyama, Yukihiro Hisanaga, Zenichiro Izumi, Nobuyuki Mitarai, Kouichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5342896
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to comb polymers having a halobutyl rubber backbone and to techniques for synthesizing such polymers. The comb polymers of this invention can be thermoplastic elastomers. For instance, halobutyl rubbers having sidechains which are derived from vinyl aromatic monomers are thermoplastic elastomers which can be made by a technique of the subject invention. Such thermoplastic elastomers typically have a chlorobutyl rubber backbone and side chains which are comprised of polystyrene. The subject invention more specifically discloses a process for grafting a lithium terminated vinyl aromatic polymer onto a halobutyl rubber which comprises: (1) capping the lithium terminated vinyl aromatic polymer with a diene monomer to produce a lithium terminated diene capped vinyl aromatic polymer, and (2) reacting the lithium terminated diene capped vinyl aromatic polymer with the halobutyl rubber to produce a halobutyl rubber having vinyl aromatic sidechains grafted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: George Jalics, Richard G. Bauer
  • Patent number: 5336720
    Abstract: An impact resistant graft polymer and an emulsion polymerization process comprising: 1) an agglomerated rubber latex made from a rubber latex and a polymerized polymeric additive, and 2) a grafted polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Susanna E. Richards, William L. Wills, Donna Wetzel, Anibal Rosado
  • Patent number: 5331059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogel based on (co)polymerized hydrophilic monomers or based on graft (co)polymers, characterized in that it has been surface-modified by means of a mixture ofA) one or more diglycidyl phosphonates andB) one or more other reactive compounds which are capable of reacting with the functional groups in the polymer, to a process for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof, and to diglycidyl phosphonate-containing crosslinking agent mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Engelhardt, Rudiger Funk, Ulrich Riegel, Gerlinde Ebert, Hanss-Jerg Kleiner
  • Patent number: 5322901
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a resin and rubber composition with good heat-shrinkability characteristics. Also described is a resin and/or rubber composition having dispersed therein a metal compound used for heating the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kato
  • Patent number: 5319033
    Abstract: A method for preparing tapered block copolymers in a polymerization process by charging an initiator and monomers sequentially with one or more charges of first one of the monomers, then with a mixture of the two monomers, and then with one or more charges of the second monomer alternating with one or more charges of the first monomer with subsequent coupling to produce a polymodal tapered block copolymer. Suitable monomers include conjugated dienes and monovinylaromatic compounds. The copolymers are suitable for use in injection and blow molding equipment; the copolymers are particularly useful for shrink films, containers, tubes, fibers and other packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: William J. Trepka, George A. Moczygemba, Ralph C. Farrar, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5314187
    Abstract: A golf ball includes a core and a cover which is formed from two separate inner and outer layers. The inner layer is molded over the core and is formed from ionomer resin. The outer layer is molded over the inner layer and is formed from a blend of natural or synthetic balata and a crosslinkable elastomer such as polybutadiene. The elastomer is thermally crosslinked with a metallic salt of an unsaturated fatty acid, such as zinc diacrylate, and a crosslinking initiator such as organic peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: James R. Proudfit
  • Patent number: 5312869
    Abstract: There is provided a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising(a) 100 weight parts of a polymer component comprising 10 to 40 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile-conjugated diene highly saturated copolymer rubber wherein the content of the conjugated diene unit in the polymer chain is 30 wt. % or less and 90 to 60 wt. % of a polyethylenic polymer,(b) 10 to 80 weight parts of a metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and(c) 0.2 to 10 weight parts of an organic peroxide.This composition gives a vulcanized rubber excellent not only in ozone resistance but in low temperature resistance and strength characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimasa Nomura, Kazuyoshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 5312870
    Abstract: A method for bleaching hydrocarbon tackifier resins which comprises adding a bleaching agent to a molten resin and recovering a bleached hydrocarbon tackifier resin. The bleaching agent comprises from about 0.04 wt. % to about 0.06 wt. %, based on the weight of the reaction mixture, of an iodine supplying compound and from about 2.0 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the reaction mixture, of an activating terpene compound. The iodine supplying compound is selected from the group consisting of elemental iodine and hydrogen iodide. The activating compound is selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-terpinene, .gamma.-terpinene, d-limonene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene and abietic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Arizona Chemical Company
    Inventor: Theodore J. Williams
  • Patent number: 5310800
    Abstract: A partially crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition having an excellent heat-bondability is obtained by dynamically heat-treating a peroxide-crosslinking olefin copolymer rubber with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in the presence of an organic peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuo Shimizu, Akira Uchiyama, Kunihide Hiraoka, Katsuo Okamoto, Yasuhiko Otawa
  • Patent number: 5310792
    Abstract: An improved thermoplastic resin composition obtained by subjecting a mixture of at least an engineering plastic and a rubber material containing an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids or their derivatives, to dynamic heat treatment in the presence of a carbon radical inducing agent. The thermoplastic resin composition of the invention excels in thermal resistance, rigidity, impact resistance, and moldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Limited
    Inventor: Toshio Inoue
  • Patent number: 5308699
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder slush molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less:n=[log.eta.*(1)-log.eta.*(100)]/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Tatsuo Hamanaka, Toshio Igarashi, Yuu Shida
  • Patent number: 5308700
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at frequency of 1 radian/sec. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less, and a hardness (shore D) of 45 or less:n={log.eta.*(1)-log.eta.*(100)}/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hikasa, Hiroaki Mendori, Tatsuo Hamanaka, Toshio Igarashi, Yuu Shida
  • Patent number: 5304606
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer comprising recurring units derived from a polycyclic (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula [I] and a soft polymer in the proportion by weight of the polymer to the soft polymer of 99:1 to 40:60 ##STR1## where m is 0 or a positive integer, n is 0 or 1, R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 -R.sup.18 are each independently an atom or a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.15 -R.sup.18, linked together, may form a monocyclic or polycyclic group which may have a double bond, or an alkylidene group, p is 0 or 1, and R.sup.a and R.sup.b each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group when p is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohzoh Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5302649
    Abstract: There are provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive and other compositions which free radical cured mixtures in which a halogenated hydrocarbon was present during free radical cure, of at least one unsaturated elastomeric polymer and at least one organic additive which is substantially nonresponsive to the action of free radicals and present in an amount sufficient to modify the properties of the cured elastomeric polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sasaki, Kevin Lossner
  • Patent number: 5298560
    Abstract: A partially crosslinked thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic resin (A) in the presence of a carbon radical inducing agent (B) comprising a charge transfer complex or a combination of a hydrogen donating compound and a hydrogen accepting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Limited
    Inventors: Fuyuki Aida, Masaaki Miyazaki, Mamoru Nagai
  • Patent number: 5296547
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel polymodal asymmetric elastomeric block copolymer and a pressure sensitive adhesive and tape made therefrom. The novel block copolymer comprises from about 4 to about 40 percent by weight of a polymerized monovinyl aromatic compound and from about 96 to about 60 percent by weight of a conjugated diene. The block copolymer has the general formula Q.sub.n Y where Q represents an individual arm of the block copolymer and has the formula S-B; n represents the number of arms and is at least 3; and Y is the residue of a multifunctional coupling agent. Furthermore, S is a nonelastomeric polymer segment endblock of a polymerized monovinyl aromatic homopolymer, there being at least two different molecular weight endblocks in the block copolymer. The number average molecular weight of the higher molecular weight endblock (Mn).sub.H is in the range of from about 5,000 to about 50,000, and the number average molecular weight of the lower molecular weight endblock (Mn).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark K. Nestegard, Jingjing Ma
  • Patent number: 5296552
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition is obtained by mixing at least one member (C) selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and the derivatives thereof, a free-radical initiator (D), and a mixture consisting of a crystalline polyolefin resin (A) and an amorphous or low crystalline olefin copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin (B), to obtain a precursor mixture, melt-kneading the precursor mixture in the first half of an extruder having at least one side feeder, to obtain a modified precursor mixture, and feeding a crystalline polyolefin resin (E) from the side feeder of the extruder and mixing the resin (E) with the modified precursor mixture.The adhesive resin composition has good extrudability and exhibits high adhesive property to polar materials such as polar polymeric materials and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tadayuki Ohmae, Yoshiki Toyoshima, Hisao Tanaka, Mitsuyuki Okada, Harunori Fujita
  • Patent number: 5292811
    Abstract: Proposed herein is a process for preparing thermoplastic elastomers, which comprises dynamically heat treating polymer particles together with a crosslinking agent, each of the polymer particles being composed of a portion comprising a crystalline olefin polymer and portions comprising an amorphous olefin polymer, the polymer particles having an average particle diameter of at least 10 .mu.m and an apparent bulk density of at least 0.2 g/ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Murata, Shizuo Shimizu, Mamoru Kioka, Akinori Toyota
  • Patent number: 5275887
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene thermoplastic copolymer and (b) a fluoroelastomer, such as vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene elastomeric copolymer, at least one of (a) and (b) being cross-linked, exhibits excellent physical properties. The composition is particularly useful in the form of a heat recoverable article or as wire and cable insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Rodger G. Johnson, Carl J. Weber
  • Patent number: 5274048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R denotes alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, which can be optionally substituted, as crosslinkers in the preparation of hydrogels, and to the hydrogels thus prepared and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Cassella AG
    Inventors: Fritz Engelhardt, Ulrich Riegel, Hanss-Jerg Kleiner, Wolf-Dieter Muller
  • Patent number: 5266402
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylate matrix, and swellable, infusible, insoluble, elastomeric acrylate microspheres, each of the microspheres having discrete boundaries, the microspheres and the matrix forming an interpenetrating polymer network within the boundaries of the microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Joaquin Delgado, Spencer F. Silver, Margaret M. Sheridan
  • Patent number: 5264492
    Abstract: There is disclosed a monovinylidene aromatic polymer resin having a specific rubber particle size distribution that provides surprisingly improved combinations of product properties, such as gloss, impact resistance and tensile strength. Such resin has a first group of smaller particles having a volume average particle diameter of from about 0.2 to about 0.6 micrometers and a second group of larger particles having a volume average particle diameter of from about 2.5 to about 5 micrometers. In these resins it is further necessary in this specific rubber particle size distribution, based on 100 parts by weight rubber or rubber equivalent, that (a) particles constituting from about 20 to about 60 parts by weight of the rubber have diameters of from about 0.1 to about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Mehmet Demirors
  • Patent number: 5262479
    Abstract: Improved plasticizer resistant pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive compositions are prepared by incorporating in the adhesive polymer, tackifying resin and oil 5 to 70% by weight of the adhesive of a core shell modifier comprising a crosslinked rubbery core and a glassy thermoplastic polymer shell, the core being crosslinked by the presence therein of up to 5% by weight of a polyunsaturated monomer having two or more non-conjugated sites of unsaturation of unequal reactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Singa D. Tobing
  • Patent number: 5262485
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer comprising recurring units derived from a polycyclic (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula [I] and a soft polymer in the proportion by weight of the polymer to the soft polymer of 99:1 to 40:60 ##STR1## wherein m is 0 or a positive integer, n is 0 or 1, R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 -R.sup.18 are independently an atom or a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.15 -R.sup.18, linked together, may form a monocyclic or polycyclic group which may have a double bond, or an alkylidene group, p is 0 or 1, and R.sup.a and R.sup.b each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group when p is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohzoh Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5260381
    Abstract: A cross-linkable polyethylene-based composition useful for rotational molding and, when cured, characterized by exceptional percent elongation after long term exposure to degradation conditions, is provided. The cured composition has a high degree of crosslinking which may be a more random type of crosslinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Neeco, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald G. Needham
  • Patent number: 5258466
    Abstract: Emulsion polymers which are prepared by free-radical polymerisation of monomers in the presence ofa) polymers of the formulae ##STR1## wherein the radicals have the meanings given in the description, and b) low-molecular anionic emulsifiers,are outstandingly suitable as surface sizes for paper. They are distinguished by a low tendency to foaming and by a wide application spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Sackmann, Joachim Konig, Fritz Puchner, Heinz Baumgen
  • Patent number: 5255922
    Abstract: A golf ball cover includes a blend of natural or synthetic balata and a crosslinkable elastomer such as polybutadiene. The elastomer is thermally crosslinked with a metallic salt of an unsaturated fatty acid, such as zinc diacrylate, and a crosslinking initiator such as organic peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: James R. Proudfit
  • Patent number: 5250628
    Abstract: This thermoplastic composition with elastic memory comprises a mixture of about 5-20 parts by weight of polynorbornene which may be crosslinked, about 80-95 parts by weight of at least one polyolefin and an amount of plasticiser for polynorbornene sufficient for reducing its glass transition temperature down to the range of rubbers.According to the invention, the polyolefin chosen is a composition comprising 80 to 100% of at least one copolymer made of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin chosen from propylene and 1-butene, said copolymer having a relative density between 0.850 and 0.890 and a flow index between 0.3 and 15 dg/min, and 0 to 20% of at least one polypropylene polymer.Applications: Air-tight seals, footwear parts, flexible tubes, damping elements, profiles for the construction and automobile industries, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Brigitte M. Seguela, Patrick Kaifasz
  • Patent number: 5247018
    Abstract: A modified thermoplastic resin or elastomer composition having excellent paint adhesion is obtained by dynamically heat-treating a peroxide-crosslinkable olefin type copolymer and/or an olefin type plastic and a monomer containing at least one amino group and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in the presence of an organic peroxide. This thermoplastic resin or elastoemr composition is valuable as a material for an interior automotive trim. If a layer of this thermoplastic elastomer composition is laminated with a polyurethane layer, a laminate having excellent tensile strength and heat resistance, which is especially valuable as an interior trim of a vehicle such as an automobile, is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikyuki Maeda, Yasuhiko Otawa, Katsuo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5244976
    Abstract: A partially crosslinked polymer composition having a melt flow index of from 0.1 to 50 g/10 min at 230.degree. C. under a weight of 2.16 kg and comprisinga) a polymer comprising from 25 to 95% by weight of polypropylene and 5 to 75% by weight of a propylene copolymer with copolymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes, the comonomer content being from 1 to 45% by weight, based on the total polymer,b) an organosilane compound of the formula (I)A.sub.4-n SiR.sub.n (i)where A are identical or different acrylates or methacrylates or vinyl groups, R are identical or different C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -acetoxy groups, and n is 1, 2 or 3, obtainable by reacting the polymer a) with the organosilane compound b) in the presence of a free-radical initiator and in the presence of a condensation catalyst at from 180.degree. to 280.degree. C., and at from 1 to 100 bar and at a mean residence time of the reaction mixture of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sibylle Brosius, Klaus-Dieter Ruempler, Erhard Seiler, Susanne Hahn, Karl Huber, Rainer A. Werner