Agent Contains An Ethylenic Group Patents (Class 525/193)
  • Patent number: 7094836
    Abstract: A compatibilizer including a first portion compatible with a fluoropolymer and a second portion compatible with a polyolefin. Compatibilized compositions comprising a polyolefin, a fluoropolymer, and a compatibilizer are also disclosed. Methods for forming both the compatibilizer and the blends contained in the compatibilizer are described. The compatibilized compositions of the present invention exhibit desired mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation. The flame retarded compatibilized blends exhibit desirable dielectric properties, are flame resistant and exhibit low smoke emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Teknor Apex Company
    Inventors: Raman Patel, Biing-Lin Lee, John C. Andries, Maryellen Cox
  • Patent number: 7074859
    Abstract: A golf ball is characterized by comprising a molded and vulcanized product of a rubber composition as a constituent component, the rubber composition comprising 100 pbw of a base rubber including 60–100 wt % of a polybutadiene containing at least 60 wt % of cis-1,4-bond, having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 (100° C.)) of at least 40, and synthesized using a rare-earth catalyst, 10–60 pbw of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, 0.1–5 pbw of an organosulfur compound, 5–80 pbw of an inorganic filler, and at least two organic peroxides including an organic peroxide having the shortest half-life at 155° C. designated (a) and another organic peroxide having the longest half-life at 155° C. designated (b), a ratio of half-lives (bt/at) being from 7 to 20 wherein at is the half-life of (a) and bt is the half-life of (b), a total content of the organic peroxides being 0.1–0.8 pbw per 100 pbw of the base rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Higuchi, Nobuyuki Kataoka, Atsushi Nanba, Hiroyuki Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 7067582
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Murali Rajagopalan, Derek A. Ladd
  • Patent number: 7019077
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a primer comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a chlorinated polyolefin having a chlorine content of 5–50 wt. % and a weight-average molecular weight of 30000–120000, and (b) 15–80 parts by weight of a hydroxyl-containing petroleum resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignees: Toyo Kasei Kogyo Company Limited, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshikawa, Takafumi Masuda, Shoji Maekawa, Takumi Okazaki, Tsukasa Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7019087
    Abstract: A method for the production of moldable masses is provided. The method includes compounding a polyolefin having a density of less than about 0.918 g/cm3 serial cross-linking agents. The moldable masses can be used the production of low-emission floor coverings with excellent material properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: DLW Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hanns-Jörg Mauk, Bernd Fischer, Renate Stefani
  • Patent number: 7005478
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of making natural or synthetic latex articles without the use of accelerators, thiurams or carbamates. The method includes making an elastomeric material by mixing a base polymer containing carboxylate groups with a carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, a divalent or trivalent metal, an amine or amino compound, and a neutralizing agent. The elastomeric material is formed into a latex article. The present invention is also directed to a latex article made according to this method. The latex article does not contain any accelerators, thiurams or carbamates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Best Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William Andrus Williams, Joyce Lee Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6982301
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the core is formed from a polybutadiene blend comprising a) a first polybutadiene having a first Mooney viscosity between about 50 and about 150, and b) a second polybutadiene having a second Mooney viscosity between about 30 and about 100, wherein the first Mooney viscosity is greater than the second Mooney viscosity, and wherein the blend has a greater weight percentage of the first polybutadiene than that of the second polybutadiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Michael J. Sullivan, David A. Bulpett, Derek A. Ladd
  • Patent number: 6964999
    Abstract: A vinyl polymer having at least one terminal group of the general formula (1) per molecule; —OC(O)C(R)?CH2??(1) wherein R represents hydrogen or an organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms; a curable composition containing said polymer; an aqueous emulsion containing either said polymer or said curable composition; a pressure sensitive adhesive composition and a pressure sensitive adhesive each comprising said curable composition or aqueous emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakagawa, Masayuki Fujita, Kenichi Kitano
  • Patent number: 6924013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coextrusion binder useful for petrol tanks of HDPE/binder/EVOH or PA/binder/HDPE structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Arkema (formerly ATOFINA)
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Jammet, Christophe Le Roy, Xavier Marical, Jérôme Pascal
  • Patent number: 6921792
    Abstract: Disclosed are a chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition that is highly compatible with thermoplastics and useful in improving the low temperature impact strength of thermoplastics, and a method for preparing the chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition. The elastomer composition includes a polyolefin resin and a chemically modified ethylene-?-olefin elastomer mixed with the polyolefin resin. The chemically modified ethylene-?-olefin elastomer includes an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer backbone and grafted branches from the backbone. The branches includes polymers of one or more monomers comprising an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group. The method of producing the composition includes mixing an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer and a polyolefin resin to provide a mixture thereof, to which added is one or more monomers having an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Sung Su Na, Yeon Won Jeyong
  • Patent number: 6916508
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of coating a plastic molding which is appropriately applicable to various plastic substrates, an ultraviolet-curable under coating for metal evaporation, which is to be used in that method of coating, and a plastic molding obtained by that method of coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Adachi, Kazuhiko Takashima, Akira Ushio, Sakae Matsui
  • Patent number: 6890992
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward more durable golf ball cores and more durable golf balls. The golf balls of this invention comprise a cover and a core wherein the core may further comprise a center and one or more layers of a mantle disposed between the center and the cover. The core, the mantle or the layers of the mantle, comprise a mixture of one or more thermoset rubber materials and at least one compatible, modified, non-ionic polyolefin. The non-ionic polyolefin that is modified may be a homopolymer, copolymer, terpolymer, block copolymer or a mixture thereof that is present at about 0.5 to about 10 parts per hundred of the thermoset rubber material used in the core or core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Dalton
  • Patent number: 6890990
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer with increased oil resistance and decreased compression set compared to conventionally cured thermoplastic elastomers may be made from a dynamically vulcanized blend of propylene resin and ethylene/alpha-olefin/non-conjugated diene elastomers via a curing system containing a free radical initiator, a first co-agent including diene-containing polymers with a 1,2-vinyl content greater than 50% by weight, and a second co-agent including multifunctional acrylates containing at least two acrylate groups, multifunctional maleimides containing at least two imide groups, or mixtures of both, where the elastomer gel content in the modified blend is at least 97%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Cai, Howard Colvin, Charles G. Reid, Hoan Tran
  • Patent number: 6884843
    Abstract: A method of preparing a cured laminate employing electron beam radiation is provided. The cured laminate is prepared from an uncured laminate including a prepolymer composition containing oligomer, tackifying resin, and optionally, monomer. Also provided are a prepolymer composition and an article including the cured laminate prepared by the method of this invention. The method is useful for preparing cured laminates such as flexible laminates for food packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Kauffman, David William Whitman
  • Patent number: 6881791
    Abstract: A curable, water-based coating composition comprising a reaction product of: a copolymer comprising a free-radical polymerization product of: a first block comprising a reaction product of: a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer, wherein at least one monomer of the plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers includes a functional group that can react with a water-dispersible cross-linking agent, and at least one monomer of the plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is present in an amount such that it can render the copolymer water dispersible, and a second block comprising a reaction product of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein at least a portion of which are non-functional, and a water-dispersible cross-linking agent, wherein the water-based copolymer is free of salt structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul Harris, Wolfgang Bremser, Walter H. Ohrbom
  • Patent number: 6875815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising (A) a glycidyl group-containing acrylic resin obtained by (co)polymerizing monomers containing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glycidyl group and/or a ?-methylglycidyl group, (B) a polycarboxyl curative, and (C) an alcohol adduct of a styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer. Also disclosed are a cross-linked cured film of the composition and a process for preparing the composition. According to the invention, blending efficiency and dispersibility of the components of a powder coating, particularly those between the resin component and the curative component, are improved without changing a conventional production process of a powder coating, i.e., a process consisting of melt blending, cooling solidification, pulverization and sieving, and thereby a thermosetting powder coating composition, which is capable of forming a cross-linked cured film improved in appearance properties (high gloss, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Mizoguchi, Yoshiharu Hirose
  • Patent number: 6864321
    Abstract: Compositions comprising (A) non-branched polybutadiene having terminal hydroxyl functionality less than 2 per molecule by average; and (B) branched polybutadiene having terminal hydroxyl functionality more than 2 per molecule by average; the weight ratio of (A) to (B) being about 99:1 to 1:99. These compositions are reacted with organic polyisocyanates to form prepolymers which are cured by reaction with a chain extender such as a diol to produce cured resins which exhibit unexpectedly improved tear strength properties and themoplasticity with high modulus, and improved tackiness and shelf life for hot melt adhesives. The prepolymers have lower viscosity and better storage stability as compared with those from conventional branched polybutadienes of the (B) type. Alternatively, the compositions can be cured directly in a one-shot reaction with diisocyanates to form a polyurethane with the described combination of properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sartomer Technology Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert Chao, Nan Tian, Alain Drexler, John Schmidhauser
  • Patent number: 6861481
    Abstract: An ionomeric nanocomposite that includes a base component of a propylene-based polyolefin-metal salt component and a nanostructured material. Optionally, the blend further contains a polymeric component including an ethylene ionomer, a styrenic block ionomer, a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene random copolymer, or a combination thereof. Such ionomeric nanocomposites have increased scratch and mar resistance while still retaining clarity and thermal stability. Methods of preparing such blends, as well as resultant articles including such blends, are also part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui-dong Ding, Clint Newell
  • Patent number: 6841620
    Abstract: The present invention includes a composition comprising a coupled impact propylene copolymer. Preferably, the coupled impact propylene copolymer has an elastomeric phase that is present in an amount of at least 9 weight percent of the coupled propylene copolymer. Articles formed from the coupled propylene copolymer exhibit improved directionally balanced impact properties as compared with articles formed form comparable noncoupled impact propylene copolymers and also exhibit improved ductile-to-brittle transition temperatures compared with comparable noncoupled impact propylene copolymers. The invention also includes methods for making the coupled impact propylene copolymers using coupling agents, preferably, poly(sulfonyl azides). The invention further includes articles of manufacture that are made from the coupled impact propylene copolymer of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Ansems, H. Craig Silvis, Lisa S. Madenjian
  • Patent number: 6838520
    Abstract: Adhesives useful for adhering fluoropolymers are provided. The adhesives are a blend of linear low density polyethylene, ethylene polymer plastomer, polyolefin elastomer and modified polyolefin having acid or acid derivative functionality. Composite fluoropolymer/adhesive structures are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventor: Bradley P. Etherton
  • Patent number: 6835776
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containing the following ingredients with regard to components A-F: A) 5-70 wt. % of at least one graft copolymer A) consisting of a rubber elastic base with a glass transition temperature below 0° and a grafted overlay made of a styrene compound and acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile or mixture thereof in addition to, optionally, other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, B) 29-90 wt. % of a hard copolymer made of at least one styrene compound, acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile or mixtures thereof and, optionally, other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, C) 0-5 wt. % of at least one three-block copolymer X-Y-X with a middle block Y propylenoxide units and terminal block X made of ethyleneoxide units, D) 0.01-5 wt. % of at least one butylated reaction product of cresol with dicyclopentadiene, E) 0.01-5 wt. % of at least one thiocarboxylic acid ester, F) 0.01-5 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Güntherberg, Bernhard Czauderna, Peter Ittemann
  • Patent number: 6835775
    Abstract: The graft copolymer made from a1: from 10 to 90% by weight of a particulate graft base A1, made from a particulate emulsion polymer with a glass transition temperature below 0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Breulmann, Sabine Oepen, Norbert Niessner, Norbert Güntherberg, Wil Duijzings, Graham Edmund Mc Kee, Peter Rossmanith
  • Patent number: 6834697
    Abstract: A tire having a visible sidewall of a rubber composition containing a combination of: (A) a liquid ethylene/butylene copolymer having a terminal hydroxyl group on one end of the copolymer and either a partially hydrogenated polyisoprene block containing olefinic double bonds, or an epoxidized polyisoprene block containing olefinic double bonds, on the other end of the copolymer, (B) cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, (C) a brominated copolymer of isobutylene and para-methylstyrene, and (D) a minor amount of at least one conjugated diene-based rubber, preferably cis 1,4-polyisoprene. In such manner, it is considered herein that such liquid polymers are functional liquid polymers via the associated terminal hydroxyl group on one end of the copolymer and the modified polyisoprene blocks on the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 6835779
    Abstract: A golf ball consisting of a core and a cover. The core has a diameter of between about 1.54 and about 1.58 inches and a compression of between about 22 and about 50. Additionally, the core includes a polybutadiene rubber having a Mooney viscosity of less than about 50 and a halogenated organosulfur compound present in an amount of at least about 2.2 parts per hundred parts of polybutadiene rubber, the halogenated organosulfur compound having the formula: where R1-R5 are C1-C8 alkyl groups; halogen groups; thiol groups; carboxylated groups; sulfonated groups; or hydrogen; and a regrind filler present in an amount of from about 5 parts to about 26.5 parts per hundred parts of polybutadiene rubber. The cover has a thickness of between about 0.05 inches and about 0.1 inches and consisting essentially of a first ionomeric material and a second ionomeric material. The golf ball has a coefficient of restitution of at least about 0.813 when measured at 125 ft/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter Voorheis, Ryan W Bosanko, David A Bulpett, Derek A Ladd, Murali Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 6831132
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided film adhesive compositions comprising at least one macromonomer having at least one unit of ethylenic unsaturation, at least one thermoplastic elastomer co-curable with the macromonomer, and at least one cure initiator, and methods for use thereof. Invention compositions are useful as adhesives in the microelectronics industry. In particular, invention film adhesives may be used to produce microelectronic assemblies with very thin bond lines without compromising adhesive strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Puwei Liu, Stephen M. Dershem, Kang Yang, Carolyn C. Albino
  • Patent number: 6822045
    Abstract: A rubber-modified resin obtained by conducting polymerization of a vinyl monomer in the presence of a mixed rubber latex of a silicone rubber latex (A) and an acrylic rubber latex (B), during which polymer particles are coagglomerated to enhance the particle size. The rubber-modified resin is useful as impact modifier and provides thermoplastic resin compositions having an excellent impact resistance by the incorporation thereof into thermoplastic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Miyatake, Akira Takaki
  • Patent number: 6803423
    Abstract: An (meth)acryloyl group-modified ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer (A) which has (meth)acryloyl group as a the side-chain thereof, wherein the intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] was 0.01 to 10 dl/g measured in decalin at a temperature of 135° C.; and a rubber composition which comprises said (meth)acryloyl group-modified ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer, a vulcanizing agent, and/or a crosslinking agent; in addition, a liquid curable rubber composition which comprises, component (A), reactive diluent (D), and if necessary, photopolymerization initiator (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Toshihiro Nishimura, Motoharu Higuchi, Minoru Tanaka, Shoei Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6800694
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing graft copolymer is made from a backbone of an olefin polymer material to which is graft polymerized (a) at least one gaseous fluorinated monomer such as vinylidene fluoride, (b) at least one fluorinated acrylic acid or ester, (c) a mixture of (a) and (b), or (d) a mixture of (a) and/or (b) and a non-fluorinated monomer such as methyl methacrylate. An organic peroxide or a polymeric peroxide is used as the initiator for the graft polymerization process. The graft copolymers have improved surface properties and oxygen barrier properties, and improved thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Leonardo Formaro, Suhas G. Niyogi, Anthony J. DeNicola, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6790909
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a reaction product (RP) which is functionalized by groups containing halogen or sulfonyl chloride by reaction of at least one free-radically polymerizable monomer, at least one compound of the formula (I), at least one free-radical initiator and at least one free-radically polymerizable monomer containing halogen or sulfonyl chloride groups under free-radical conditions, and to a reaction product (RP) which can be prepared by the process of the present invention and to the use of the reaction product (RP) as macroinitiator for the preparation of graft copolymers. Furthermore the invention relates to a process for preparing graft copolymers by reaction of the reaction product (RP) with at least one suitable monomer and to graft copolymers which can be prepared by the process of the present invention and also to the use of the graft copolymers of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Heischkel, Nicolas Stöckel, Philipp Wieland, Marcus Schäfer, Oskar Nuyken
  • Patent number: 6780937
    Abstract: A rubber composition having improved processability and which provides a vulcanized rubber exhibiting excellent wear resistance and good tensile strength to service temperatures of up to about 150° C. The composition comprises (1) a crosslinked polymer particle having as repeat units (a) up to about 25% of a conjugated diene unit, (b) at least 70% of an aromatic vinyl unit, (c) about 15% to about 30% of a crosslinking monomer, and (d) about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Eric Sean Castner
  • Patent number: 6774187
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the core is formed from a polybutadiene blend comprising a) a first polybutadiene having a first Mooney viscosity between about 50 and about 150, and b) a second polybutadiene having a second Mooney viscosity between about 30 and about 100, wherein the first Mooney viscosity is greater than the second Mooney viscosity, and wherein the blend has a greater weight percentage of the first polybutadiene than that of the second polybutadiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Michael J. Sullivan, David A. Bulpett, Derek A. Ladd
  • Patent number: 6762244
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Murali Rajagopalan, Derek A. Ladd
  • Patent number: 6756443
    Abstract: An ionomer/polyamide blend with improved flow (e.g., lower viscosity) can be achieved while simultaneously maintaining or improving physical properties such as low temperature Izod impact resistance by the addition of low molecular weight ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer (e.g., so-called acid wax polymer derived from copolymerizing at least 5 weight percent and preferably greater than 9 weight percent acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid with ethylene and having a melt index, ASTM D1238, preferably greater than 900 dg/min and most preferably greater than 5,000 dg/min). Optionally, the blends can further contain additives such as very low density polyethylene (VLDPE), ethylene propylene elastomer (EPR), ethylene propylene diene monomer elastomer (EPDM), corresponding maleic anhydride grafted elastomers (MAN-g-VLDPE; MAN-g-EPR; and MAN-g-EPDM), or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Stewart Carl Feinberg
  • Patent number: 6750281
    Abstract: A golf ball and a method of manufacturing thereof are provided, the golf ball having a core containing a Mg vulcanized rubber powder crosslinked by a magnesium salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and another vulcanized rubber powder crosslinked by a co-crosslinking agent other than the magnesium salt of the unsaturated carboxylic acid. Preferably, the ratio &agr;/&bgr; between the content &agr; of the Mg vulcanized rubber powder and the content &bgr; of another vulcanized rubber powder is 1/4 to 4, and the total content &agr;+&bgr; of the vulcanized rubber powders based on 100 parts by mass of a base rubber of the core is 5 to 30 parts by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hirau, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6750288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotactic polypropylene obtained by metallocene catalysis, onto which is grafted a functional monomer. The invention also relates to a composition which may form part of the composition of a coextrusion binder. This composition according to the invention comprises isotactic polypropylene obtained by metallocene catalysis, grafted and then optionally diluted with at least one polyolefin (C1) and/or in at least one polymer of elastomeric nature (D). The invention also relates to a multilayer structure comprising a layer (L) comprising the above binder, and, directly attached thereto, a layer (E): which is polar, nitrogenous or oxygenated, such as a layer of polyamide resin, of ethylene/saponified vinyl acetate copolymer (EVOH) or of polyester; or of a mineral oxide deposited on a polymer such as polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or EVOH; or which is metallic or metalloplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Atofina
    Inventor: Jean-Laurent Pradel
  • Patent number: 6746738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coextrusion binder comprising: 5 to 30 parts of a polymer (A), itself comprising a blend of a polyethylene (A1) of relative density between 0.935 and 0.980 and of a polymer (A2) chosen from elastomers, very low-density polyethylenes and ethylene copolymers, the (A1)+(A2) blend being cografted with an unsaturated carboxylic acid; 95 to 70 parts of a polyethylene (B) of relative density between 0.930 and 0.950; the blend of (A) and (B) being such that: its relative density is between 0.930 and 0.950, the content of grafted unsaturated carboxylic acid is between 30 and 10,000 ppm, the MFI (melt flow index) measured according to ASTM D 1238 at 190° C./21.6 kg is between 5 and 100. This binder is particularly useful for petrol tanks of structure: HDPE/binder/EVOH or PA/binder/HDPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Atofina
    Inventors: Christophe Le Roy, Xavier Marical, Jérôme Pascal
  • Patent number: 6743863
    Abstract: A resin composition comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C), wherein the content of component (A) is from 10 to 90 wt %, component (B):component (C)=from 10:1 to 1:5 (weight ratio), the intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] is in the range from 0.17 to 0.40 m3/kg, and the density is in the range from 935 to 968 kg/m3: Component (A): a homopolymer of ethylene or a copolymer of ethylene having an &agr;-olefin content of from 0 to 0.5 wt %, and an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of from 0.035 to 0.17 m3/kg, Component (B): a homopolymer of ethylene or a copolymer of ethylene having an &agr;-olefin content of from 0 to 0.5 wt %, and an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of from 0.2 to 1.0 m3/kg, and Component (C): a copolymer of ethylene having an &agr;-olefin content of from 0.7 to 15 wt %, and an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of from 0.2 to 1.0 m3/kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iizuka, Shigeharu Yamamoto, Masao Kawahara, Toshifumi Takemori, Masashi Iida, Katsutoshi Nishitani
  • Patent number: 6739985
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved polybutadiene compositions suitable for use in molded golf ball core construction. The improved polybutadiene compositions are composed of at least two certain types of polybutadiene, which has the effect of increasing the resiliency of the resulting molded cores and greatly facilitates processing of the compositions and forming the cores. Also disclosed are improved golf ball cores, and balls utilizing such cores, formed from particular ultra high Mooney viscosity polybutadiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: R. Dennis Nesbitt
  • Publication number: 20040097648
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 10 to 98 parts by weight of a graft polymer (1A) containing a rubber-like polymer (1G) having a diene unit content of 50% by weight or less, 2 to 50 parts by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic copolymer (1B) and 0 to 80 parts by weight of other thermoplastic resin (1F), wherein the rubber-like polymer (1G) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a diene-based rubber, a polyorganosiloxane-based rubber and an olefin-based rubber; and, a graft copolymer (2A) obtained by grafting a vinyl-based polymer to a (meth)acrylate-based rubber-like polymer (2G) expansion-treated with an acid group-containing copolymer latex (2K) wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber-like polymer contains two or more poly-functional monomer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakai, Hideyuki Shigemitsu, Yukio Kitaike
  • Patent number: 6729973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball having excellent rebound characteristics and excellent durability, and showing good workability when producing. The present invention relates to a solid golf ball composed of at least one layer of a rubber material as a component, wherein the rubber material is formed from the rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, an organic peroxide and an inorganic filler, and the rubber composition comprises 10 to 100 parts by weight of a polybutadiene containing a cis-1,4 bond of not less than 80%, having a Mooney viscosity of not less than 50 to less than 65 ML1+4 (100° C.), a ratio (Mw/Mn) of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) of 2.5 to 3.5 and Mw of 50×104 to 70×104, synthesized using lanthanide-containing catalyst, based on 100 parts by weight of the base rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, LTD
    Inventors: Koichi Fujisawa, Yoshikazu Yabuki, Kazuhisa Fushihara
  • Patent number: 6730722
    Abstract: The invention provides cross-linkable polymer powder compositions containing a) at least one water-soluble polyhydroxy compound; b) at least one boric acid complex compound which is of limited solubility in water that is, it has a water solubility of less than 10 g per liter at normal conditions; and optionally c) a water-soluble film-forming polymer consisting of one or more free-radical polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The compositions are useful as a constituent in adhesives, plaster, jointing mortars, paints and binders for coating compositions, textiles, paper and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Eck, Hans Donislreiter
  • Patent number: 6727316
    Abstract: The use of a copolymer (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of a) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer and b) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than the olefinically unsaturated monomer (a) and of the general formula I R1R2C═CR3R4  (I), in which the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently of one another are hydrogen atoms or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cycloalkylaryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, with the proviso that at least two of the variables R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, especially substituted or unsubstituted aryl radicals; in an aqueous medium, in a coating material used to produce surfacer coats and antistonechip primer coats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bremser
  • Patent number: 6716924
    Abstract: A process for preparing an ethylene polymer composition comprises a step (I) to prepare an ethylene (co)polymer (i) having [&eegr;] of at least 1.5 times the intrinsic viscosity of a (co)polymer (ii) and a step (II) to prepare an ethylene (co)polymer (ii) having [&eegr;] of 0.3 to 3 dl/g, said steps (I) and (II) using a catalyst containing a component obtained by contacting a liquid Mg compound with a liquid Ti compound in the presence of an organosilicon compound, wherein the step (II) is carried out in the presence of the polymer (i) or the step (I) is carried out in the presence of the polymer (ii), to prepare an ethylene polymer composition having [&eegr;] of 1 to 6 dl/g and a density of not less than 0.94 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Tsuneo Yashiki, Yasuo Funabara
  • Patent number: 6716928
    Abstract: Improved grafted propylene copolymer compositions and adhesive blends containing same are provided. The grafts are obtained by reacting propylene-ethylene impact copolymers having specified rubber contents and molecular weight distributions with ethylenically unsaturated acids or acid derivatives, such as maleic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventor: Maged G. Botros
  • Patent number: 6713561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene moulding compound having a multimodal molecular weight distribution which has an overall density of ≧0.940 g/cm3 and an MFI190/5 in the range from 0.01 to 10 dg/min. The moulding compound according to the invention comprises an amount of from 30 to 60% by weight of low-molecular-weight ethylene homopolymer A which has a viscosity number VNA in the range from 40 to 150 cm3/g, an amount of from 30 to 65% by weight of high-molecular-weight copolymer B comprising ethylene and a further olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms which has a viscosity number VNB in the range from 150 to 800 cm3/g, and an amount of from 1 to 30% by weight of ultrahigh-molecular-weight ethylene homopolymer C which has a viscosity number VNC in the range from 900 to 3000 cm3/g. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the moulding compound in a three-step process, and to the use thereof for the production of hollow articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Berthold, Ludwig Böhm, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Reinhard Schubbach
  • Publication number: 20040054086
    Abstract: Propylene ethylene copolymers with an ethylene content between 8 and 32 mole % have been grafted with maleic anhydride and a peroxide. The functionality level is higher than what is reported with polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Roch H. Schauder, Sudhin Datta
  • Patent number: 6706816
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of making natural or synthetic latex articles without the use of accelerators, thiurams or carbamates. The method includes making an elastomeric material by mixing a base polymer containing carboxylate groups with a carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, a divalent or trivalent metal, an amine or amino compound, and a neutralizing agent. The elastomeric material is formed into a latex article. The present invention is also directed to a latex article made according to this method. The latex article does not contain any accelerators, thiurams or carbamates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Best Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William Andrus Williams, Joyce Lee Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6706817
    Abstract: What is described is a polymeric hydrogel of a polymeric anhydride or acid, e.g. maleic anhydride or maleic acid polymer, or copolymer thereof, crosslinked with a crosslinking agent containing at least 2 crosslinkable groups, particularly, —OH or —NH2, or both. The reaction product is a crosslinked polymeric ester or amide/imide, or both, suitably having a mole ratio of —OH, or —NH2, to —COOH, of 1:10 to 10:1, preferably 2:10 to 7:1. The hydrogel is particularly swellable in water, e.g. >100% in 1 hour in aqueous media; and forms a thin, tacky layer on a substrate, which property is useful in bioadhesive products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Krystyna Plochocka, Jeffrey A. Lynn
  • Patent number: 6699943
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-based copolymer prepared by free-radical polymerization, and a cross-linking agent. The copolymer is the reaction product of a first block and a second block. The first block is the reaction product of a first ethylenically unsaturated monomer, acrylic acid, and a second ethylenically unsaturated monomer, methyl methacrylate, as well as the reaction product of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer, diphenylethylene. The second block is the reaction product of a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, styrene, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, and carbonate-modified glycidyl methacrylate including a carbonate functional group that is subsequently converted into a carbamate functional group by ammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul Lessek, Wolfgang Bremser
  • Publication number: 20040039083
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impact-modified moulding composition which has particularly high impact resistance at low temperatures (−20° C., −40° C.). This low-temperature impact resistance is achieved by using a silicone elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Klause Schultes, Michael Wicker, Werner Hoess, Klaus Albrecht, Hans-Juergen Kress