Solid Polymer Derived From An Aromatic Hydrocarbon Reactant Patents (Class 525/241)
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Patent number: 8183323Abstract: A molding material and a molded article for laser welding are provided, which comprise a thermoplastic resin (A) comprising a rubber-reinforced resin (A1) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer in a presence of a rubber-like polymer (a), or a composition (A2) of the rubber-reinforced resin (A1) and a (co)polymer (b) of a vinyl monomer, and which have a light transmittance at a wavelength of 808 nm in a range of 5% or higher when molded into a 4 mm-thick sample piece. The rubber-like polymer (a) dispersed in the thermoplastic resin (A) preferably has a weight average particle size of 50 to 220 nm, and preferably comprises particles of 300 nm or larger in diameter in an amount of 0 to 20 wt % relative to 100 wt % of the component (a). A laser light can transmit the molding material and the molded article, and allow the molding material and the molded article to be laser-welded with various resin moldings.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Motoshige, Wataru Kakuno
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Publication number: 20120123373Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide various properties of slow recovery polymers, films, and laminates that in combination with an hydrogenated block copolymer provide for (1) an order-disorder transition temperature of greater than about 135° C., (2) a hard phase glass transition temperature of greater than about 60° C., (3) a combination of one or more hard block associating ingredients that maintain or increase the glass transition temperature of at least one equivalent hard block polymer of the hydrogenated block copolymer, (4) a force retention factor of greater than about 2, (5) aromatic substitution of either or both the soft block and the hard block, (6) hard blocks with a solubility parameter of greater than about 9.1 (cal/cm3)1/2, and (7) compositions that remain extendable to at least 50% engineering strain after exposure to isopropyl palmitate for 30 hours at room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: David Harry Melik, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain
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Publication number: 20120120149Abstract: An inkjet recording material which comprises an extruded mixture of thermoplastic polymers and non-chlorinated polyolefin materials. The mixture contains from 0.5 wt % to 30 wt % of non-chlorinated polyolefin materials based on the total weight of the polymers constituting the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Molly Hladik, Lisa A. Underwood, Christopher Arend Toles, Xi Zeng
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Publication number: 20120123369Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide various properties of slow recovery polymers, films, and laminates that in combination with an hydrogenated block copolymer provide for (1) an order-disorder transition temperature of greater than about 135° C., (2) a hard phase glass transition temperature of greater than about 60° C., (3) a combination of one or more hard block associating ingredients that maintain or increase the glass transition temperature of at least one equivalent hard block polymer of the hydrogenated block copolymer, (4) a force retention factor of greater than about 2, (5) aromatic substitution of either or both the soft block and the hard block, (6) hard blocks with a solubility parameter of greater than about 9.1 (cal/cm3)1/2, and (7) compositions that remain extendable to at least 50% engineering strain after exposure to isopropyl palmitate for 30 hours at room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: David Harry Melik, Steven Daryl Smith
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Patent number: 8178624Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing, in relation to the total weight of said composition, A) between 50.0% by weight and 99.5% by weight of at least one (meth)acrylate (co)polymer and B) between 0.5% by weight and 50.0% by weight of at least one copolymer, obtained by the polymerization of a monomer mixture consisting of i. between 70% by weight and 92% by weight of a vinyl aromatic monomer and ii. between 8% by weight and 30% by weight of acryl nitrile or methacryl nitrile or mixtures thereof iii. between 0% by weight and 22% by weight of at least one other monomer, the composition having at 50° C. a ?E of less than 0.15, ?E being defined according to the relationship (1): (1) in which ?L*: the modification of the color co-ordinates L* compared with the color co-ordinates L* at 23° C., ?a*: the modification of the color co-ordinates a* compared with the color co-ordinates a* at 23° C., ?b*: the modification of the color co-ordinates b* compared to the color co-ordinates b* at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Evonik Röhm GmbHInventors: Klaus Schultes, Werner Hoess, Nils Mehler
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Patent number: 8173740Abstract: A composition of matter that may be used to make transparent, substantially gel-free polymeric films includes at least a styrenic block copolymer and a thermoplastic resin other than the styrenic block copolymer. The styrenic block copolymer (e.g. S-I-B-S) has four distinct and sequential blocks: a first styrenic block (S), a first diene block (e.g. isoprene or I), a second diene block that differs from the first diene block (e.g. butadiene or B) and a second styrenic block (S). The styrenic block copolymer desirably lacks any random diene block (e.g. a random isoprene/butadiene block). The styrenic block copolymer also desirably lacks any significant percentage of a triblock copolymer (S-I-B). The composition of matter may also include an extender material such as white mineral oil. The compositions may be used to make mono-layer or multi-layer cast or blown films.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: TSRC (USA) Investment CorporationInventors: Andre J. Uzee, Michael O. Myers
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Patent number: 8173750Abstract: A polymer composition comprising star macromolecules is provided. Each star macromolecule has a core and five or more arms, wherein the number of arms within a star macromolecule varies across the composition of star molecules. The arms on a star are covalently attached to the core of the star; each arm comprises one or more (co)polymer segments; and at least one arm and/or at least one segment exhibits a different solubility from at least one other arm or one other segment, respectively, in a reference liquid of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: ATRP Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Wojciech Jakubowski, Patrick McCarthy, Nicolay Tsarevsky, James Spanswick
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Patent number: 8168722Abstract: A polymer composition that includes from 0.1 to 60 percent by weight of interpolymer resin particles containing a styrenic polymer intercalated within a polyolefin and from 40 to 99.9 percent by weight of at least one second polymer. The polyolefin is present at from 20% to 80% by weight based on the weight of the particles, has a VICAT softening temperature greater than 60° C. and a melt index of from 0.3 to 15 g/10 minutes (190° C./2.16 kg). The styrenic polymer is present at from 20% to 80% by weight based on the weight of the particles. The interpolymer resin particles have a gel content ranging from 0 to 5% by weight based on the weight of said interpolymer resin particles, a VICAT softening temperature ranging from 85° C. to 115° C., and a melt index value ranging from 0.1 to 6.0 (230° C./5.0 kg).Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: NOVA Checmials Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Krupinski, Eric Vignola
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Patent number: 8158691Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous reinforced rubber dispersion comprising: a) 51 to 90 wt-% of base latex polymer particles; and b) 10 to 49 wt-% of reinforcing latex polymer particles comprising structural units of aromatic vinyl monomers and conjugated diene monomers, the reinforcing latex polymer particles having a single glass transition temperature (Tg) from ?25° C. to 28° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), whereby the weight percentages are based on the total weight of polymer particles in the rubber dispersion and the base latex polymer particles have a Tg as measured by DSC that is lower than the Tg of the reinforcing latex particles, to the use of the rubber dispersion for making latex foam, to a method for making latex foam and to an article comprising the latex foam obtained from the rubber dispersion of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Polymer Latex GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Heike Motz, Sabine Hahn, Hans-Peter Schwenzfeier, Christoph Scholten
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Patent number: 8137773Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin series heat-shrinkable film comprising a mixed resin mainly containing a polyolefin series resin (A), polylactic acid series resin (B), and a resin (C) facilitating compatibility with the resin (A) and the resin (B), or comprising at least one layer made of the mixed resin, wherein mass ratio of the resin (A) to the resin (B) is (A)/(B)=99/1 to 70/30; heat shrinkage ratio of the film at least in one direction when dipped in hot water at 80° C. for 10 seconds is 20% or more; and natural shrinkage ratio of the film when stored at 40° C. under 50% RH environment for 7 days is less than 10%. This polyolefin series heat-shrinkable film exhibits excellent heat-shrinkable property and shrink finishing quality, and inhibits natural shrinkage. This invention also provides a polyolefin series heat-shrinkable label and container on which the heat-shrinkable label is fitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Hiruma, Takeyoshi Yamada
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Publication number: 20120061287Abstract: A block copolymer or graft copolymer with weight-average molar mass Mw of at least 100 000 g/mol, comprising a) at least one block S composed of from 95 to 100% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 0 to 5% by weight of dienes, and b) at least one copolymer block (S/B)A composed of from 63 to 80% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 20 to 37% by weight of dienes, with glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 5 to 30° C., where the proportion by weight of the entirety of all of the blocks S is in the range from 50 to 70% by weight, based on the block copolymer or graft copolymer, and also mixtures thereof, and their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Konrad Knoll, Jürgen Koch, Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Daniel Wagner, Geert Verlinden, Roland Weidisch
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Patent number: 8133942Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent flame resistance, colorability, and scratch resistance, including: A) 100 parts by weight of a basic resin comprising 10 to 89 wt % of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, 89 to 10 wt % of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, and 1 to 40 wt % of methylmethacrylate polymer; B) 1 to 30 parts by weight of bromoalkyl or bromophenyl cyanurate compounds; and C) 1 to 20 parts by weight of antimony compound, thereby, making it possible to provide the thermoplastic resin composition having excellent flame resistance, impact strength, scratch resistance, colorability, and surface hardness as synergy effects.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Je-sun Yoo, Ki-young Nam, Yong-yeon Hwang, You-seok Seo, Hyeon-gook Kim, Myeong-soo Song
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Patent number: 8128781Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive for single- or double-sidedly tacky pressure-sensitive adhesive strips redetachable without residue or destruction both by extensive stretching substantially in the bond plane and by peeling, the pressure-sensitive adhesive being composed at least of (1) a vinylaromatic block copolymer, (2) a solid tackifying resin having a softening temperature by the ring-and-ball method of more than 30° C. and (3) a resin which is liquid at room temperature (23° C.), the fraction of liquid resin accounting for at least 40% by weight, based on the total amount of resin. Strips formed from the adhesive and the use of the strips to form redetachable bonds are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: tesa SEInventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Bodo Zu Putlitz
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Publication number: 20120053255Abstract: Composite polystyrene particles have an average size less than 1200 ?m and methods of making them are provided. The composite polystyrene particles can include recycled polystyrene obtained from a variety of sources. The composite polystyrene particles can be used in a variety of applications, including packaging materials and molded supports for the shipment of fragile objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: RAPACInventors: Dennis W. Koerner, Michael Pate, David Wilson
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Patent number: 8124702Abstract: A stabilizer containing a copolymer (A) obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated monomer mixture including 1 to 50 parts by mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomer (a) (formula (I)) having a piperidyl group in a molecule, 50 to 99 parts by mass of at least one monomer (b) (isobutyl methacrylate, an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with 6 to 13 carbon atoms, or an aromatic vinyl monomer), and 0 to 20 parts by mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomer (c) other than the monomers (a) and (b), where the total of the monomers (a), (b), and (c) is 100 parts by mass: wherein R1 represents H or an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms, X represents an oxygen atom or an imino group, Y represents H or an alkyl or alkoxyl group each having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and Z represents H or a cyano group.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kiura, Takahiro Mukuda
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Patent number: 8110633Abstract: A seal for a valve for use in a pharmaceutical dispensing device, which seal is formed from a blend comprising: a thermoplastic elastomer including a propylene component with isotactic crystallinity; and a polymer selected from one or more of polypropylene, polyethylene and copolymers thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Consort Medical PLCInventor: Daljit Ohbi
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Patent number: 8101686Abstract: Interpolymer resin particles comprised of 20% to 60% by weight of uncross-linked polyolefin e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene, and from 40% to 80% by weight based on the weight of the particles of a vinyl aromatic monomer, e.g. styrene, that is polymerized in a suspension process to form an interpenetrating network of polyolefin with polymerized vinyl aromatic monomer particles and having a gel content of 0 to 1.5% by weight based on the weight of the particles for improved processability in end-use applications and improved ESCR properties. The interpolymer resin particles have a VICAT softening temperature from about 90° C. to about 115° C., and a melt index from 0.2 to 35.0 g/10 minutes (Condition G). The particles can be mixed with a blowing agent to form extruded foam articles, such as foam board, and can be used in extrusion, injection molding, rotomolding, and thermoforming processes to form a layer, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: NOVA Chemicals Inc.Inventor: Steven M Krupinski
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Publication number: 20120010364Abstract: Encapsulated cure systems are provided wherein a curative is incorporated into a solid or semi-solid carrier material whereby mere fracturing or failure of the capsule wall encapsulating such cure systems will not provide for or allow sufficient release of the curative. Also provided are adhesive systems incorporating said encapsulated cure systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: APPLETON PAPERS INC.Inventors: Todd Arlin Schwantes, Michael Curley Krzoska, Gregory Stephen Kulibert, Adam Gregg Malofsky, Bernard Miles Malofsky, Nagib Maurice Ward
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Patent number: 8076415Abstract: A molding material and a molded article for laser welding are provided, which comprise a thermoplastic resin (A) comprising a rubber-reinforced resin (A1) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer in a presence of a rubber-like polymer (a), or a composition (A2) of the rubber-reinforced resin (A1) and a (co)polymer (b) of a vinyl monomer, and which have a light transmittance at a wavelength of 808 nm in a range of 5% or higher when molded into a 4 mm-thick sample piece. The rubber-like polymer (a) dispersed in the thermoplastic resin (A) preferably has a weight average particle size of 50 to 220 nm, and preferably comprises particles of 300 nm or larger in diameter in an amount of 0 to 20 wt % relative to 100 wt % of the component (a). A laser light can transmit the molding material and the molded article, and allow the molding material and the molded article to be laser-welded with various resin moldings.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Techno Poly,er Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Motoshige, Wataru Kakuno
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Patent number: 8058340Abstract: A propylene-based resin composition for a pipe member, and a pipe member and multi-layered pipe member formed using that the same, which is comprised of (a) 65 to 90 parts by mass of a propylene resin homopolymer, (b) 10 to 25 parts by mass of talc having an average particle size of 1 to 10 ?m and (c) 1 to 10 parts by mass of at least one kind of a rubber component selected from an ethylene-propylene-based rubber, an ethylene-butene-based rubber, a styrene-butadiene-based rubber and a styrene-isoprene-based rubber as main components, wherein the MFR of a melt-kneaded mixture obtained by melt kneading these components (a) to (c) is from 0.01 to 2.00 g/10 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiro Kourogi, Sueyoshi Suetome
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Patent number: 8058349Abstract: A method for melt-processing a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound, such as styrene, is disclosed. The method may include heating a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound volumetrically with microwave energy, wherein the polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound includes: a discontinuous rubber phase; and a continuous poly(monovinyl aromatic) phase comprising up to 49 weight percent of at least one of an acrylate comonomer and a vinyl cyanide comonomer.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Styron Europe GmbHInventors: Amaia Montoya-Goni, Ronald G. Van Daele, Roel Vossen, Michael Cook
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Patent number: 8053525Abstract: A method of modifying the rheology of a thermoplastic resin that includes the steps of providing a thermoplastic resin and blending interpolymer resin particles with the thermoplastic resin. The interpolymer resin contains a styrenic polymer intercalated within a polyolefin, such that the thermoplastic resin is present as a continuous phase and the interpolymer resin is present as a dispersed phase. The method provides a rheology modified thermoplastic resin with improved physical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: NOVA Chemicals Inc.Inventor: Eric Vignola
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Patent number: 8053512Abstract: A backbone modified polymer comprising the reaction product of an elastomeric polymer and a sulfide modifier represented by Formula 1: AS—Y-Zm (Formula 1), and wherein Y is (C12-C100) aralkyl, (C12-C100) aryl, (C12-C100) alkyl, or (C12-C100) dialkylether (alkyl-O-alkyl), and wherein each may be optionally substituted with (C1-C4alkyl, (C1-C4alkoxy, (C7-C16aryl, (C7-C16 aralkyl, nitrile, amine, NO2, alkoxy, or thioalkyl; S is sulfur; A is hydrogen, —(S)p—R1 or -MR2R3R4; Z is —SH, —S-MR5R6R7, —S—(S)p—R8, —NR9R10, —NR11COR12, —O—CO—R13, —NCO, or —COOR14; M is silicon or tin; N is nitrogen; O is oxygen; m is the number one, two or three; p is the number one, two, three, four or five; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are the same or different, and are each, independently, selected from hydrogen (H), (C1-C16) alkyl, (C6-C16) aryl, (C7-C16) aralkyl or (C3-C30) tri(hydrocarbyl)silyl, and wherein the hydrocarbyl groups are each independently selected from (C1-C16) alkyl, (C6-C16) aryl, orType: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Styron Europe GmbHInventors: Sven K. H. Thiele, Joachim Kiesekamp
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Patent number: 8048960Abstract: The present invention is a rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymer composition where the rubber is a sulfanylsilane chain end modified elastomeric polymer. In the present invention the functionalized rubber provides sufficient grafting levels in standard graft polymerization process technologies to prepare desired rubber particle size distributions and morphologies. Across a range of rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymers, it has been found that the use of the modified elastomeric polymers according to the present invention can improve the combinations of resin properties, particularly clarity, surface and physical properties, including both rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic homopolymers (e.g., high impact polystyrene and copolymers (e.g., ABS). The functionalized rubbers have sulfanyl functional groups that provide an optimized reactive grafting site.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Styron Europe GmbHInventors: Amaia Montoya-Goni, Jose M. Rego, Evemarie Hamann, Sven K. H. Thiele
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Publication number: 20110262683Abstract: A polymer alloy fiber includes a polymer alloy consisting of a polylactic acid resin (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and a compatibilizer (C), wherein the compatibilizer (C) is an acrylic elastomer or an styrene elastomer containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of anhydride, carboxyl, amino, imino, alkoxysilyl, silanol, silyl ether, hydroxyl, and epoxy, and the polylactic acid resin (A) and the polyolefin resin (B) are island and sea components, respectively, to form a sea-island structure in the morphology of the polymer alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Katsuhiko Mochizuki, Yasutaka Kato, Sadanori Kumazawa, Yosuke Onoue
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Patent number: 8039555Abstract: The invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin component (I) in an amount of 100 parts by mass, and a filler (II) in an amount of 1 to 900 parts by mass, wherein the thermoplastic resin component (I) contains a block copolymer (A) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %, the block copolymer (A) being at least one species selected from among a block copolymer and a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer having a polymer block (a1) formed mainly of an aromatic vinyl compound unit(s), and a polymer block (a2) formed mainly of a conjugated diene unit(s); a polyolefin resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %; and a block copolymer (C) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %, the block copolymer (C) having a polymer block formed from a repeating unit having a polar group.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromitsu Sasaki, Kenji Shachi, Daisuke Konishi
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Patent number: 8039557Abstract: A process for the preparation of vinylaromatic (co)polymers grafted on an elastomer in a controlled way, comprising the dissolving of an elastomer, such as polibutadiene, in a mixture consisting of a monomer and of a solvent in the presence of a polymerization catalytic system, which comprises an initiator of free radicals and a stable initiator of free radicals. The mixture obtained in this way is heated to a temperature of about 100° C. to functionalize the rubber, then more monomer is added and the temperature is raised to start the polymerization reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Polimeri Europa S.p.A.Inventors: Aldo Longo, Leonardo Chiezzi
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Patent number: 8034875Abstract: Compositions including a thermoplastic elastomer or thermoplastic vulcanizate derived from a styrenic block copolymer having a reactive or crosslinkable hard block including aromatic vinyl repeat units and also preferably a crosslinkable soft block, and a non-olefin thermoplastic polymer or copolymer and preferably a compatibilizer such as the reaction product of a non-olefin thermoplastic polymer and a functionalized polymer such as a maleic anhydride functionalized styrenic block copolymer that is compatible with the styrenic block copolymer having a reactive or crosslinkable hard block, and optionally a linking compound. The vulcanizates are prepared by crosslinking the styrenic block copolymer in the presence of the non-olefin thermoplastic polymer and a suitable crosslinking agent, and optionally the compatibilizer, preferably utilizing dynamic vulcanization.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Teknor Apex CompanyInventors: Darnell C. Worley, II, Elliot ByungHwa Lee, Raman Patel, Jushik Yun
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Publication number: 20110245428Abstract: A method of preparing a polystyrene blend that includes combining a first polystyrene composition having a first melt flow index with a second polystyrene composition having a second melt flow index and forming a polystyrene blend, the second melt flow index being at least 2 dg/min higher that the first melt flow index. The polystyrene blend has an observed tensile strength value greater than 3% above the expected tensile strength value. The second polystyrene composition can include a recycled polystyrene material, which can include expanded polystyrene. An alternate method of preparing the polystyrene blend includes combining a polystyrene composition with a styrene monomer to form a reaction mixture, polymerizing the reaction mixture and obtaining a polystyrene blend, where the polystyrene containing composition has a melt flow index at least 2 dg/min higher than the melt flow index of the styrene monomer after it has been polymerized.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: Fina Technology, Inc.Inventors: Camille Grossetete, David W. Knoeppel, Jose M. Sosa, Shane Steagall, Carlos Corleto
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Publication number: 20110241262Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
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Patent number: 8030406Abstract: This invention relates to a rubber composition having a high storage modulus (G?) and a low loss tangent (tan ?), and more particularly to a rubber composition comprising 2 to 60 parts by mass of a low-molecular weight aromatic vinyl compound-conjugated diene compound copolymer (B) having an aromatic vinyl compound content of 5 to 80% by mass, a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound portion of 5 to 80% by mass, a weight average molecular weight as measured through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of 5,000 to 500,000 and at least one functional group based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) composed of at least one of natural rubber and synthetic diene-based rubbers.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Noriko Mori, Eiji Suzuki, Kouji Masaki
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Patent number: 8030409Abstract: The present invention provides a block copolymer of styrene and an unsaturated cyclic anhydride, such as maleic anhydride, a process for making a copolymer using controlled free radical polymerization in which certain parameters are adjusted to control the microstructure and molecular weight of the copolymer, and a method for using the block copolymer, including as a compatibilizer. Microstructure and molecular weight in the block copolymer can be controlled by adjusting the ratio of stable free radical to initiator. The copolymer can be made in a one step process and has a controlled microstructure that allows one block to be reactive toward several chemical moieties available in engineering polymers and the other block to be fully miscible with polystyrene or polymers miscible with polystyrene or polymers miscible with polystyrene such as polyphenylene ether.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: CID Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Enrique Saldivar Guerra, Alfonso González Montiel
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Patent number: 8022146Abstract: A thermoplastic copolymer prepared from acrylonitrile and para-alpha-dimethylstyrene via bulk or solution polymerization has an improved heat distortion temperature and can be used together with graft copolymers and further components for the preparation of thermoplastic moldings.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gerrit Luinstra, Florian Becker, Matthias Müller, Dirk Meckelnburg, Jens Assmann
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Publication number: 20110224320Abstract: New branched or star-branched styrene polymeric, telomeric, and monomeric product distributions, their preparation, their use as raw materials for bromination to produce flame retardants, the flame retardants themselves, and their use as flame retardants in various polymeric substrates are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ALBEMARLE CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Layman, JR., Charles H. Kolich, Arthur G. Mack, Jonathan P. McCarney, Govindarajulu Kumar, Junzuo Wang, Jorge Morice, Zhongxin Ge, Bo Liu, Ravindra R. Joshi, Hoover B. Chew, Douglas W. Luther, Kimberly M. White
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Patent number: 8017692Abstract: A resin composition for metal plating provides a molded article exhibiting excellent metal plating adhesion strength and chemical resistance, while having excellent productivity. A metal-plated molded article can also be made from such a resin composition. The resin composition for metal plating includes 50-90% by mass of Component (A) and 10-50% by mass of Component (B), the total of Component (A) and Component (B) being 100% by mass, wherein Component (A) is a polypropylene resin, and Component (B) is a rubber-reinforced vinyl resin obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer in the presence of a rubber-like polymer, or a mixture of the rubber-reinforced vinyl resin and a (co)polymer of the vinyl monomer. The composition may further include 0.5-30 parts by mass of a compatibilizer (C) per 100 parts by mass of the total of Component (A) and Component (B). Component (B) is preferably a non-diene rubber-reinforced resin.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kaito, Takashi Kurata, Toshiyuki Higashijima
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Patent number: 8017204Abstract: Compositions suitable for manufacturing injection molded articles having a minimum wall thickness of from 500 ?m to 2.0 mm comprise from: (A) 2 to 15% by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer having substantially isotactic propylene sequences; (B) 85 to 98% by weight of a random polypropylene copolymer having from 2.5 to 5.0% by weight units derived from ethylene and a melt flow rate of from 25 to 130 grams/10 minutes (g/10 min); and (C) 500 to 2500 ppm by weight of a nucleator/clarifier additive (based on the weight of the random polypropylene copolymer). Typically, the melt flow rate of the compositions is from 20 to 125 g/10 min, and the propylene-ethylene copolymer comprises at least 75% by weight propylene and has a melt flow rate from 4 to 30 g/10 min.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Olaf Henschke, Enrique Torres
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Patent number: 8008363Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at ?10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan ? [?20° C. to 40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan ? [?20° C.]/tan ? [40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: ASICS CorporationInventors: Sadaki Mori, Katsuhiro Imazato, Kenichi Harano, Akiyuki Morikawa
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Patent number: 7999038Abstract: A weatherstrip composition includes the following polymer A group and polymer B group, Polymer A group. A polymer group is made up of a domain 1 consisting of crosslinked product of a polymer selected from a group consisting of ethylene polymer, ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (where the ?-olefin has from 3 to 20 carbons), ethylene/?-olefin/diene copolymer (where the .alpha.-olefin has from 3 to 20 carbons), homopolymer rubber of a conjugated diene monomer, copolymer polymerized with a conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer, and hydrogenated copolymer polymerized with a conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer (where the hydrogenation of all double bonds except for the aromatic groups is at least 50%), and a domain 2 is made up of crosslinked product of ethylene polymer or ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (where the ?-olefin has from 3 to 20 carbons).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Honda, Hajime Tsujihana, Minoru Yoshida, Nobuyasu Noda
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Patent number: 7999029Abstract: A macromolecule including a polymer and a polyhedral radical chemically bonded to a terminus of the polymer provides numerous processing and performance advantages. Further functionalization of this macromolecule also is described as being advantageous in certain circumstances. Methods of providing, functionalizing, and utilizing the macromolecule also are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yuan-Yong Yan, Jason Poulton, Takayuki Yako, Xiaorong Wang, Hao Wang, Michelle A. Cottrell
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Patent number: 7989536Abstract: A polymeric nanocomposite comprises a non-polar hyperbranched polystyrene resin. An exfoliated or intercalated onium functionalized clay is dispersed within the resin. Such nanocomposites are more compatible with non-polar polymer matrices used in various articles of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark R. Mis, Douglas R. Robello, Thomas N. Blanton, Craig L. Barnes
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Patent number: 7985803Abstract: An optical material having a high birefringence and a small absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient is provided by use of a resin composition for an optical material comprising a resin (a) having a positive photoelastic coefficient and a negative inherent birefringence and a resin (b) having a negative photoelastic coefficient and a negative inherent birefringence.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Jun Yonezawa, Eiko Kobayashi, Masahito Kuramitsu, Yuko Fukuoka, Kimihiro Kubo, Hiroshi Shirai
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Publication number: 20110178226Abstract: This invention relates flame retardant compositions containing low molecular weight brominated anionic, chain transfer, vinyl aromatic polymers, hereinafter “ACTVAP”. The compositions can accommodate high bromine content while still exhibiting a low thermally labile bromine content. The compositions have glass transition temperatures, Tg, that are predictive of acceptable melt flows and heat distortion temperatures (HDT) in HIPS and ABS based formulations substrates. The compositions, are suitable flame retardant candidates for use in thermoplastic formulations, e.g. polystyrene and ABS formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: ALBEMARLE CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Layman, Arthur G. Mack, Charles H. Kolich, Govindarajulu Kumar
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Patent number: 7977432Abstract: The present invention is a, solid block copolymer comprising at least two polymer end blocks A and at least one polymer interior block B wherein each A block is a polymer block resistant to lithiation and each B block is a polymer block susceptible to lithiation, and wherein said A and B blocks do not contain any significant levels of olefinic unsaturation. After lithiation, the lithiated polymer is reacted with at least one graftable functional molecule selected from the group consisting of an electrophilic graftable molecule containing a functional group and an electrophile. Preferred are carbon monoxide and ethylene oxide. Also claimed are processes for making such block copolymers, and the various end uses and applications for such block copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLCInventors: Robert C. Bening, Dale Lee Handlin, Jr., Scott Russell Trenor, Carl Lesley Willis
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Patent number: 7960443Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded styrenic resin foam and a method for producing the same, wherein a base resin composing the extruded styrenic resin foam is a styrenic resin mixture of a styrene-(meth)acrylic ester copolymer, or a combination of a styrene-(meth)acrylic ester copolymer and polymethyl methacrylate, and a styrenic resin except the styrene-(meth)acrylic ester copolymer, and the styrenic resin mixture contains a (meth)acrylic ester component at a ratio of 4 to 45% by weight with reference to the styrenic resin mixture. The present invention provides an extruded styrenic resin foam having an apparent density of 20 to 60 kg/m3, a thickness of 10 to 150 mm, and a low thermal conductivity, and keeping excellent heat insulation performance over a long period of time and flame retardancy, even when the styrenic resin extruded foam is foamed using a blowing agent having an ozone depleting potential of 0 (zero) and a low global warming potential.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: JSP CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Sekiya, Atsushi Taira, Noritoshi Nishiyama, Naochika Kogure
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Patent number: 7956130Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire superior in grip performance and abrasion resistance and a tire prepared by using the same are provided. The rubber composition for a tire comprises 3 to 200 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl polymer having an end modified with —OH, —SH, —COOH, —CSSH, —SO3H, —(COO)xM, —(SO3)xM or —CO—R (M is a cation, x is an integer of 1 to 3 depending on the valency of M and R is an alkyl group) and having a weight average molecular weight of 300 to 10,000, based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, and the tire is prepared by using the rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Nishioka, Katsumi Terakawa
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Patent number: 7956127Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polycarbonate resin composition and a plastic article produced from the resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition includes about 85 to about 99 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin and about 1 to about 15 parts by weight of a core-shell graft copolymer, wherein the core-shell graft copolymer has a core-shell structure in which a vinyl monomer including methyl methacrylate and phenyl methacrylate is grafted onto a rubber.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Byung Choon Lee, Tae Uk Kim
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Patent number: 7956128Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for a refrigerator according to the present invention can include (A) about 20 to about 40 parts by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene graft copolymer resin prepared by grafting in emulsion polymerization about 60 to about 30% by weight of a monomer mixture comprising a cyanide vinyl compound and an aromatic vinyl compound to about 40 to about 70% by weight of a rubber polymer having an average particle size of about 0.1 to about 0.4 ?m; (B) about 1 to about 20 parts by weight of a styrenic copolymer comprising (b1) about 0 to about 75% by weight of a styrenic copolymer prepared by copolymerizing about 5 to about 20% by weight of a rubber polymer having an average particle size of about 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Kang Yeol Park, Hee Jung Park, Jae Hyung Lee
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Patent number: 7956105Abstract: Disclosed is a silicone impact modifier with a high refractive index. The silicone impact modifier can include (A) a rubber core including (a1) an organosiloxane cross-linked (co)polymer with a particle size of about 50 to about 400 nm and (a2) an alkylacrylate-styrenic aromatic compound cross-linked copolymer; and (B) a plastic shell including a vinyl (co)polymer. The refractive index of the silicone impact modifier of the present invention can be about 1.49 to about 1.59.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Han Su Lee, Sung Sig Min, Byung Choon Lee, Byeong Do Lee
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Publication number: 20110129682Abstract: A laser-sinterable resin powder, which retains properties of styrene resins such as impact resistance and low water absorption and shows sharp decrease of melt viscosity similarly to crystalline resins at a temperature not lower than the glass transition temperature can be made of a thermoplastic resin composition containing 10-80 mass % of a crystalline resin (A) with a melting point of 80-250° C. and 20-90 mass % of a styrene resin (B), and having a 50% average particle diameter of 10-100 ?m. The Component (A) is preferably a polyolefin resin. The Component (B) is preferably a rubber-reinforced styrene resin composition, wherein the rubber component is preferably an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber and/or a hydrogenated product of a diene rubber. The laser-sinterable powder preferably has a melt flow rate of 5-500 g/10 min.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: TECHNO POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kurata, Fusamichi Kitada, Toshiki Niino, Shunsuke Oizumi
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Patent number: 7951872Abstract: A heterogeneous polymer blend comprises a dispersed phase comprising a thermoplastic first polymer having a crystallinity of at least 30% and a continuous phase comprising a second polymer different from the first polymer. The second polymer has a crystallinity of less than 20% and is at least partially cross-linked.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Sunny Jacob, Peijun Jiang, Aspy K. Mehta, Pradeep P. Shirodkar, Armenag H. Dekmezian, Weiqing Weng