Mixed With Ethylenically Unsaturated Reactant Or Polymer Therefrom Patents (Class 525/455)
  • Patent number: 6225408
    Abstract: An adhesive composition including as principal components: (a) about 10-90% by weight of at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer, (b) about 0-20% by weight of an adhesion promoter, (c) about 10-80% by weight of a primary low molecular weight toughener (or toughening agent) with a weight average molecular weight (Mw) less than about 18,000 or a number average molecular number (Mn) less than about 10,000 and; (d) about 1-15% by weight of an auxiliary high molecular weight toughener (or toughening agent) with a Mw greater than about 18,000 or a Mn greater than about 10,000 based on the total weight of components (a)-(d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Huang, Robin F. Righettini, Frances G. Dennis
  • Patent number: 6225381
    Abstract: An inkjet printing coating compositions and recording sheets having printable coating compositions on substrates which are suitable for photographic quality prints by inkjet printing technology, such as thermal and piezo. The recording sheet which comprises a substrate and a dried coating composition on the substrate, which coating composition comprises either (i) a hydrophilic or amphiphilic polyether polyurethane plus one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers or (ii) cellulose acetate trimellitate plus optionally one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers; a quaternary ammonium compound; a metal salt chelating agent; and a microcrystalline filler drying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, David James Gibboni, Elizabeth Joyce Lanigan
  • Patent number: 6225400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component system for a multicomponent coating composition comprising a hydroxy-functional binder or a mixture of hydroxy-functional binders, tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazine or a mixture of tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazines and free isocyanates or a mixture of free polyisocyanates. It is characterized in that a first component (I) is formed at least from the hydroxy-functional binder or the mixture of hydroxy-functional binders, in that a second component (II) is formed at least from the free isocyanates or the mixture of free polyisocyanates, and in that a third component is formed from the tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazine or the mixture of tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coating AG
    Inventors: Fritz Bartol, Hubert Baumgart, Ulrike Röckrath
  • Patent number: 6207744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a curable polyurethane polymer which comprises in copolymerized form A) from 40 to 80% by weight, based on the overall weight of components A) to F), of at least one hydroxyl-containing prepolymer having at least one free-radically or photochemically polymerizable &agr;,&bgr;-ethylenically unsaturated double bond, B) from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the overall weight of components A) to F), of at least one compound having at least one isocyanate-reactive hydroxyl group and/or primary or Secondary amino group and, in addition, at least one polar functional group, C) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paulus, Werner Lebkücher, Rainer Königer, Wolfgang Reich
  • Patent number: 6207768
    Abstract: The combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method comprising mixing two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A powder coating composition comprising two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A coating method comprising the steps of (a) applying to a substrate two or more powder coatings, of which each color is different; (b) heating to fuse with each other each of the two or more powder coatings applied in step (a); and (c) curing the resulting fused product in step (b), to give a coating film having a homogeneous hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiya Sato, Hisakazu Tajima, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takehiko Tohjo, Yasunori Inagaki, Masayuki Maruta, Shingo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6203913
    Abstract: The present invention provides coating compositions including: (a) about 75 to about 99.9 weight percent of a crosslinkable film-forming system including one or more crosslinkable film-forming resins and one or more crosslinking materials which is capable of reacting with the film-forming resin to form a crosslinked film; and (b) one or more substantially saturated, predominantly hydrocarbon adhesion promoting agents having an average of more than one pendant or terminal polar group per molecule which are capable of reacting with the crosslinking material, the adhesion promoting agent(s) being present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 to about 25 weight percent on a basis of total resin solids of the coating composition. The coating compositions are useful for directly coating surfaces of thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic substrates, such as TPO and RIM, without the aid of flame or corona pretreatment, or the use of an adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine A. Kondos, Edward E. McEntire, Masayuki Nakajima, Richard M. Nugent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6197874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions comprising A) 20 to 99% by weight, based on resin solids, of a polyurethane wherein i) the polyurethane is rendered hydrophilic by ionic and/or nonionic hydrophilic groups and ii) the polyisocyanate component used to prepare the polyurethane contains an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate containing allophanate groups, and B) 1 to 80% by weight, based on resin solids) of a polyacrylate polymer, wherein the sum of components A and B is 100%, based on the total weight of A) and B). The present invention also relates to the use of these hybrid dispersions for coating substrates, in particular wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Irle, Harald Blum, Martin Brahm, Wolfgang Kremer, Rolf Roschu, Erhard Lühmann, Josef Pedain, Christian Wamprecht
  • Patent number: 6177507
    Abstract: The disclosed polymerizable compositions comprise a monomer or a mixture of hydrophilic monomers, as well as a crosslinking agent comprised of an oligomer or a mixture of urethane oligomers having a mole weight of between 500 and 5,000 and two to six (meth)acrylate functions. The invention can be used in the manufacture of contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignees: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique, Sunsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Isabelle Calderada
  • Patent number: 6174953
    Abstract: Graft and block copolymers with a weight average molecular weight below 20,000, a hydroxy value more than 200 and acid value below 50 which copolymers comprise (a) 20-98% by weight of a water soluble macromonomer having a hydroxy value of at least 300, a weight average molecular weight below 6000, containing less than 10% by weight of an acid functional monomer and having a terminal unsaturated double bond; and (b) 2 to 80% of polymerized monomers selected from vinyl monomers, acrylate monomers, methacrylate monomers and mixtures thereof, form stable coating compositions that are compatible with polyisocyanate crosslinking agents and provide improved properties and appearance in automotive finishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Josef Huybrechts
  • Patent number: 6172142
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention a thermal transfer ribbon which employs reactive binder components that increase in molecular weight when heated during transfer to provide images with high scratch and smear resistance. The reactive components comprise an epoxy resin binder and crosslinker for the epoxy resin binder which are maintained in separate phases within the thermal transfer layer until exposed to a thermal print head through the use of a coating formulation solvent which does not solubilize either the crosslinker or the epoxy resin binder or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Lorenz, Joseph D. Roth
  • Patent number: 6169140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to moisture-curable compositions containing a mixture of a) a polyisocyanate and b) a polyacrylate resin which has an alkoxysilane group content (calculated as Si, MW 28) of 0.2 to 4.5% by weight, based on the weight of the polyacrylate resin, and contains less than 0.2% by weight of hydroxy groups, based on the weight of the polyacrylate resin, wherein components a) and b) are present in amounts sufficient to provide an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups to alkoxy groups, which are bound to Si, of 1.0:0.05 to 1.0:2.5. The present invention also relates to coatings, sealants and adhesives prepared from these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Roesler, Myron W. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 6166150
    Abstract: A process for preparing binders for one-component paint systems has the following steps: (I) preparation of a polyurethane-alkyd resin component (A) composed of a mixture (a) of (a1) an unsaturated C.sub.6 -C.sub.30 fatty acid with at least two non-conjugated double bonds, and (a2) an unsaturated C.sub.6 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Guido Wilke, Ulrich Poth, Rolf Seidemann, Vijay Kadambande
  • Patent number: 6166135
    Abstract: The invention relates to light-stable sinterable thermoplastic polyurethane molding compositions of reduced mechanical strength which can be processed by the powder-slush process. The molding compositions according to the invention are particular suitable for the production of grained sintered films for interior lining of means of transport, in particular as a covering for airbags in motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignees: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Benecke-Kaliko AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kaufhold, Hans-Georg Hoppe, Rainer Ohlinger, Michael Kalbe, Hans-Hinrich Kruse
  • Patent number: 6153699
    Abstract: A primer composition comprising a silicone-modified acrylic resin, a polyisocyanate compound in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by weight, and 1,4-butanediol in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight, the amounts being based on the weight of the silicone-modified acrylic resin. The primer composition imparts sufficient adhesion to polyurethane base adhesives irrespective of the type of polyvinyl chloride being used as an adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuda, Takuto Oka
  • Patent number: 6150476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated polyurethanes containingI) 5 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of components I) and II), of ethylenically unsaturated polyurethanes which are substantially free from isocyanate groups and have a) a content of .beta.,.gamma.-ethylenically unsaturated ether groups (calculated as C.dbd.C, MW 24) incorporated through allophanate groups of 0.5 to 10% by weight, b) an allophanate group content (calculated as N.sub.2 C.sub.2 HO.sub.3, MW 101) of 1 to 20% by weight and c) a total content of ethylenically unsaturated groups of (calculated as C.dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Dvorchak, Ligia Martin, Pamela C. Rozman
  • Patent number: 6150460
    Abstract: Novel polyfunctional glyoxylated compounds and compositions containing the same are disclosed which are particularly suitable for use as crosslinking components in curable compositions and also find use in imparting wet adhesion properties to water-based paints and coatings. A process for preparing novel polyfunctional glyoxylated compounds is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Balwant Singh, Laurence Wu-Kwang Chang
  • Patent number: 6130286
    Abstract: A fast-drying coating composition intended primarily as an automotive clear coat that may be cured at ambient conditions is provided with VOC less than 4.0 (preferably about 3.5) by the use as a major film-forming component an acrylic polyol that is the product of a combination of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers and hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate monomers, at least one of which in a specific embodiment is the reaction product of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and .epsilon.-caprolactone. The coating composition further includes a curing agent reactive with hydroxyl groups, particularly a polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Thomas, Charles M. Kania
  • Patent number: 6127507
    Abstract: A composition comprising in admixture with a polymer, preferably a polyurethane, and a compatible surface-modifying macromolecule having (i) a central portion of a segmented block oligomeric copolymer comprising at least one polar hard segment, and (ii) .varies.-.omega. terminal polyfluoro oligomeric groups, in a surface modifying enhancing amount. The composition is of use in providing articles having improved surface properties, particularly, medical devices having improved resistance to enzyme degradation with acceptable blood compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventor: Paul J. Santerre
  • Patent number: 6117936
    Abstract: An aqueous emulsified polymer dispersion comprising emulsion particles having a multilayer construction, wherein at least one of the multiple layers of the construction forms a urethane graft copolymer layer from an unsaturated polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Kato, Shigeo Nishiguchi, Reijirou Nishida, Masami Sugishima, Nobuhita Hirata
  • Patent number: 6116774
    Abstract: A bonded body uses an adhesive having high water resistance to realize an adhesive-fixed structure having excellent waterproof properties and exhibiting relatively low changes in properties of the adhesive layer over time. The adhesive-fixed body of the present invention can be obtained by bonding and fixing a body and a glass cover as exterior pairs of a watch with an adhesive layer. The adhesive of the invention can be a curable adhesive containing 100 parts by weight of prepolymer resin having polytetramethylene oxide as a main chain and methacryl groups or acryl groups at both ends of the main chain or in side chains, 50 to 300 parts by weight of at least one selected from acrylic monomers or methacrylic monomers comprising isobornyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof, and a coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Sasaki, Tsutomu Saito
  • Patent number: 6107394
    Abstract: Latexes are thicknened by a blend of a urethane compound effective as an associative thickener and a non-urethane compound of the formula: R.sup.1 --(O--A).sub.a --B.sup.1 --R.sup.2 --(B.sup.2 --R.sup.3).sub.d --(B.sup.3 --(A'--O).sub.b-f --(A'--B.sup.4).sub.f --R.sup.4 --(B.sup.5 --R.sup.5).sub.e).sub.n --B.sup.6 --(A"O).sub.c --R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent; R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl; B.sup.1, B.sup.2, B.sup.3, B.sup.4, B.sup.5 and B.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald W. Broadbent, Kenneth Breindel
  • Patent number: 6107436
    Abstract: Polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated polyureas, polythiocarbamateureas, and polyurethaneureas comprise (a) at least one segment derived from an aspartic ester polyamine; and (b) at least one polycarbonate, polyether, or polyester segment. The polyfunctional polymers are useful in preparing curable coatings, films, and articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Siegfried Rainer Goeb, Anja Christina Rohmann
  • Patent number: 6103826
    Abstract: Clearcoat compositions using a phenolic ester compound are described. The phenolic ester compound is selected from the group consisting of a phenolic ester alcohol, a phenolic urethane, a phenolic blocked isocyanate, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Eastern Michigan University
    Inventors: Frank N. Jones, Vijay Swarup, Albert I. Yezrielev, Ramachandran P. Subrayan
  • Patent number: 6087444
    Abstract: A water reducible polyurethane resin for use in coating compositions is provided with humidity resistance at relatively low cost by employing a urethane prepolymer which is the reaction product of (i) a polyisocyanate, (ii) a polyhydroxy compound which is the reaction product of an organic acid and an epoxy compound, at least one of which includes a hydrocarbon group of at least six carbon atoms, and (iii) a monomer having an anionic group and functionality reactive with isocyanate. Preferred embodiments employ C.sub.36 dimer diacid and the propylene oxide ester of neodecanoic acid to make the polyhydroxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Shanti Swarup, Anbazhagan Natesh, Gina M. Terrago, Cathy A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6087464
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymeric vehicle, a formulated coating composition and a coating binder made from the polymeric vehicle and a method for making the polymeric vehicle where the polymeric vehicle includes a polyol, an isocyanate compound and a phenolic ester alcohol having at least one aliphatic hydroxyl group and at least one phenolic hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Swarup, Frank N. Jones, Albert I. Yezrielev, Ramachandran P. Subrayan
  • Patent number: 6084026
    Abstract: A combination of chemicals suitable for extending pot life and shortening cure time of a pot mix of a thermosetting composition is disclosed. The combination of chemicals includes a catalyst, such as, dibutyl tin dilaurate; carboxylic or sulfonic acid; and an extender compound, such as 2,4 pentanedione. The combination is generally included in a polymeric component of the urethane composition. The extended pot life provides the user with longer open time during which to efficiently apply a coating of the pot mix over a wide variety of substrate surfaces while still producing coatings that cure quickly upon application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Homayoun Jamasbi
  • Patent number: 6069218
    Abstract: Aqueous coatings for the multi-layer painting of motor vehicles based on one or more binders and optionally crosslinking agents, pigments and/or fillers, paint industry additives and/or solvents, which contain as binder an aqueous dispersion based on polyurethane/polymer hybrid polymers having a numerical average of the molar mass (Mn) of 8000 to 1500000, a ratio by weight of polyurethane to polymer content of 0.05:1 to 50:1, a hydroxyl number of 0 to 150 mg KOH/g, based on solid resin, hydroxyl groups bound to silicon not being included when calculating the OH number, and an acid number of 1.5 to 40 mg KOH/g, based on solid resin, and a content of 0.5 to 150 mmole of silicon per 100 g of solid resin in the form of siloxane bridges (--Si--O--Si--) bound into the polyurethane content and/or in the form of silanol groups bound to the polyurethane content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Herberts GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Vogt-Birnbrich, Armin Gobel, Jurgen Dobert, Marcus Brunner
  • Patent number: 6066692
    Abstract: A heterogeneous two component waterborne urethane/vinyl polymer composition, the method of making the composition, and the coating derived therefrom. The composition is a low or zero VOC composition containing a polyol stabilized non-functional, high Tg, aqueous vinyl polymer latex, a water dispersible polyisocyanate, and, optionally, a polyhydric alcohol. The composition is formed by emulsion polymerizing one or more vinyl monomers which will form a high Tg polymer, in the presence of an emulsifier containing one or more acid-containing polyols which have been neutralized with one or more reactive amines, and combining the resulting polyol-stabilized high Tg aqueous vinyl polymer latex with a water-dispersible polyisocyanate and, optionally, a polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-fong Tien, Ning Chen, Frank Vito DiStefano, Thomas Michael Santosusso
  • Patent number: 6063861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to storage stable, aqueous polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions, which are self crosslinkable at room temperature and contain A) 10 to 95 wt. %, of a polyurethane dispersion,B) 5 to 90 wt. %, of a polymer prepared in the presence of component A) from a mixture of vinyl monomers containing 0.5 to 20 wt. %, based on the total resin solids content of the hybrid dispersion, of a vinyl monomer containing acetoacetoxy groups andC) an at least difunctional primary or secondary amine, which is present in an equivalent ratio of amino groups to acetoacetoxy groups of 0.5:1 to 1.1:1,in which the wt. % of components A) and B) add up to 100, based on the total weight of components A) and B).The present invention also relates to one-component coating compositions containing these hybrid dispersions as binders and to substrates coated with these coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Irle, Harald Blum, Wolfgang Kremer, Rolf Roschu
  • Patent number: 6063825
    Abstract: A flexible polyurethane foam prepared by reacting polyisocyanate with polyol and/or polymer polyol containing dispersed polymer microparticles obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated compound, water, catalyst, surfactant and, when needed, crosslinking agent and other auxiliary agents, wherein a portion or the whole of the polyol and/or the polymer polyol is prepared in the presence of a compound having a nitrogen-phosphorus double bond as a catalyst, have excellent wet compression set, fatigue by constant-load pounding and dynamic durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Isobe, Kazuhiko Ohkubo, Seijiro Sakai, Usaji Takaki, Tadahito Nobori, Tsukuru Izukawa, Satoshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 6060553
    Abstract: Elastomeric particles, which have a tendency to agglomerate, are rendered non-agglomerating by contacting those particles with an aqueous solution or dispersion of a polyurethane rubber, a high Mooney viscosity, high gel content rubber and/or a soap, and optionally a polar binder, separating the coated elastomeric particles from the solution or dispersion, and then drying the elastomeric particles while keeping the coated particles in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Zeon Chemicals Incorporated
    Inventors: John P. Lenczyk, August H. Jorgensen, Jr., Jayant R. Angal, Leland B. Kliever
  • Patent number: 6060566
    Abstract: Graft polymers are obtainable by free radical polymerization of(A) monomers or monomer mixtures comprising(a) from 1 to 100% by weight of N-vinylcarboxamides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, (b) from 0 to 99% by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with the monomers (a) and(c) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomers having at least two ethylenically unsaturated, nonconjugated double bonds in the molecule,in the presence of(B) polymers which contain units of vinyl esters of saturated C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Denzinger, Martin Rubenacker, Claudia Nilz, Primoz Lorencak, Dietmar Monch, Rudolf Schuhmacher, Andreas Stange
  • Patent number: 6057400
    Abstract: Compositions containing polyurethane dispersions and water reducible resins particularly suited for use as basecoats in low VOC basecoat/clearcoat vehicle coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Layton F. Kinney, Sharon K. Golas
  • Patent number: 6054521
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an erosion resistant, low signature liner for solid propellant rocket motors and rocket motors having such a low signature liner. The liner combustion products in the exhaust plume have low visibility in the IR and visible light spectra which is essential for use in low signature solid propellant rocket motors. The liner also forms an in-situ protective layer at elevated temperatures for enhanced erosion resistance. These erosion resistant properties eliminate the need for supplemental case insulation which would contribute additional smoke and combustion products to the exhaust plume as well as add additional costs and inert weight to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Cordant Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Nelson, Merylin B. Lovett, Larry W. Poulter, Elizabeth K. Bonderson
  • Patent number: 6051674
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymeric vehicle, the formulated coating composition and a coating binder made from the polymeric vehicle and a method for making the polymeric vehicle where the polymeric vehicle includes a phenol blocked isocyanate having reactive aliphatic hydroxyl groups. The phenol blocked isocyanate may be made from a phenolic ester alcohol having at least one aliphatic hydroxyl group and one phenolic hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert I. Yezrielev, Frank N. Jones, Ramachandran P. Subrayan, Vijay Swarup
  • Patent number: 6031044
    Abstract: A polyurethane which is substantially self-dispersible in water and is obtainable by reactinga) at least one polyisocyanate withb) at least one polyol andc) at least one photoinitiator of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is a radical of the formula II ##STR2## or is --CR.sup.7 R.sup.8 R.sup.9, P(.dbd.O)(R.sup.10).sub.2 or SO.sub.2 R.sup.11,the number-average molecular weight M.sub.n of the polyurethane being greater than 2700, and its use. The invention also relates to aqueous polyurethane resin dispersions and coating compositions comprising the novel polyurethanes, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Nicolas Kokel, Harald Larbig, Klaus Menzel, Erich Beck, Wolfgang Reich, Guido Voit
  • Patent number: 6025434
    Abstract: A process for forming an adhesive composition comprising a methyl chloride solvent, an acrylic-based copolymer and a prepolymer of an isocyanate, an ethylene oxide-capped diol and ethylene oxide-capped triol. An adhesive product is disclosed. The adhesive is used in large-scale outdoor carpet applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Kevin W. Light
  • Patent number: 6025433
    Abstract: To offer thermosetting paint compositions resistant to yellowing to brass, which give paint films of excellent resistance to yellowing due to brass, low-temperature curability, weather resistance, resistance to yellowing after stoving, acid resistance, scratch resistance, solvent resistance, adhesion and appearance. Thermosetting paint compositions, which are thermosetting paint compositions which are resistant to yellowing due to brass, characterized in that the paint-film-forming components include (A) a compound which has per molecule at least 2 functional groups which can react with an isocyanate group, at 49.6-90 wt %, (B) a blocked isocyanate which has par molecule at least 2 isocyanate groups blocked by an azole blocking agent, at 9.6-50 wt %, (C) an ultraviolet absorber and/or free radical scavenger, at 0.2-5 wt %, (D) an organotin compound at 0.1-3 wt %, and (E) an amino resin at 0.1-30 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Kishio Shibatoh, Souichi Mori, Yasuhiro Monma
  • Patent number: 6020429
    Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyzed reactive hot melt adhesive comprising a) a reactive polyurethane adhesive and b) from about 0.005% to about 0.04% by weight of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of 2,2-dimorpholinoethyl ether and di(2,6-dimethyl morpholinoethyl) ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang Yang, Michelle B. Acquaye
  • Patent number: 6019507
    Abstract: A method of making a temperature sensor including the steps of mixing a cationically polymerized compound, a radically polymerized compound, a cationic polymerization initiator, and a radical initiator to form a blend; forming the mixture in the shape of a senor disposed near the end of an optical fiber; curing one of the cationically polymerized compound and the radically polymerized compound and then curing the other of the compounds to form a microphase separation structure; and, thereby producing a temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Shunsuke Takaki
  • Patent number: 6020419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent coating compositions containing a binder and 0.5 to 25 wt. %, based on resin solids, of a material consisting of nanoscale primary particles obtained by jet dispersion of the nanoscale particles in the coating composition. The present invention also relates to a process for the production of these transparent coating compositions containing nanoscale particles by passing the coating compositions containing nanoscale primary particles and a binder in at least one pass through an apparatus which has at least one nozzle or at least one slit having a bore diameter or slit width of 0.05 to 1 mm and a length to diameter ratio of the bore or a depth to slit width ratio of the slit of 1 to 10, wherein there is a pressure differential between the nozzle inlet and outlet of at least 0.5, preferably of 1 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Bock, Theodor Engbert, Stefan Groth, Bernd Klinksiek, Philip Yeske, Gerhard Jonschker, Ulrike Dellwo
  • Patent number: 6017998
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stable aqueous polyurethane dispersions comprising a reaction product of a water dispersible isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer (A), an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (B) and water, and a method wherein a water dispersible isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer (A) is dispersed in at least one aqueous polyurethane dispersion (B) and water, and reacted at about 35.degree. C. to about 95.degree. C. until substantially free of isocyanate. The inventive dispersions are useful in adhesives, coatings, binders, primers and sizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing,Inc.
    Inventors: Youlu Duan, Yi Wei, Yuduo Zhu, Sonja E. Stammler, Brian L. Marty, Gary J. Haider, Ronald R. Davies, Michael J. Maksymkiw
  • Patent number: 6008296
    Abstract: A monomer composition characterized by being curable to form a resin suitable for optical products having a balanced refractive index and Abbe's number range and good tintability comprising a polyene monomer; a polyisocyanate, polyisothiocyanate, or an isocyanate monomer containing at least one isothiocyanate group; and a monomer having two or more active hydrogen groups such as polythiols, polyamines, and polyols. The invention also provides a special process for making the composition and for curing the composition to form a resin product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Optima, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhou Yang, Yin-Nian Lin, Zhenya Zhu, Brian George Risch
  • Patent number: 6005045
    Abstract: A homogeneous oil-in-water emulsion suitable for use as a curable film-forming composition is provided. The emulsion is a mixture of hydrophobic polyisocyanate crosslinking agent containing at least one tertiary isocyanate group and a surface active isocyanate reactive material. The surface active isocyanate reactive material comprises an active hydrogen-containing acrylic copolymer containing aromatic groups and having a glass transition temperature of at least about 0.degree. C. A multi-component composite coating composition is also provided by the present invention. The compositions are curable at ambient temperatures and are suitable for use in automotive applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. Klanica
  • Patent number: 6001915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane-modified polyacrylate which is obtainableI. by polymerization with the additiona1) of an essentially carboxyl-free acrylate or of a mixture of acrylates,a2) of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer which carries at least one hydroxyl group per molecule and is essentially carboxyl-free or of a mixture of such monomers, anda3) of an essentially carboxyl-free, ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is different from (a1) and (a2), or of a mixture of such monomers,to give a polyurethane solution which contains no copoly-merizable double bonds,II. by subsequent further polymerization and additionb1) of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which carries one carboxyl group per molecule, or of a mixture of such monomers, andb2) of an essentially carboxyl-free, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, or of a mixture of such monomers,after the monomers added in step I have been almost completely reacted, andIII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Coating AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schwarte, Egon Wegner, Gerhard Reusmann, Cornelia Petri-Huber
  • Patent number: 6001924
    Abstract: An aqueous binder vehicle dispersion and coating media, which can be used for multi-layer coating, wherein the dispersion is obtainable by the reaction ofI. 20 to 97% by weight of a polyurethane(-urea) resin containing groups which are reactive towards a chain extender IV), having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 1000 to 10,000, and 8 to 80 milliequivalents per 100 g of ionic groups, groups which can be converted into ionic groups and/or hydrophilic groups,II. 0 to 30% by weight of a polyester resin having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 5000, and having the same groups as in I) which are reactive towards IV), andIII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Herberts GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Dobert, Bettina Vogt-Birnbrich, Armin Gobel, Marcus Brunner
  • Patent number: 5985985
    Abstract: Polyurethanes I obtained by reacting1) an isocyanate II as defined in the specification with2) a compound V which is suitable as chain extender, obtained bya) reacting a polyhydric alcohol VI withb1) a compound VII, which includes an epoxy function and, in addition, an alcohol-reactive functional group, to form a compound VIII, and reacting a compound VIII with an .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid IX to give a compound X orb2) an .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid IX, to give a compound X andc) reacting a compound X with an amine XI having at least one primary amino which is reactive toward the .alpha.,.beta. multiple bond of IX,the sum of the number of isocyanato-reactive aminos and hydroxyls of the compound V being greater than the number of isocyanate groups of the compound II. The polyurethanes are useful as binders or binder components for pigment0free or pigment-containing coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Weingart, Uwe Burkhardt, Stephan Bauer, Wolfgang Reich, Albert Kohl
  • Patent number: 5985981
    Abstract: A roofing primer composition including a bromobutyl rubber, a polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane is the reaction product of a phenolic resin and an isocyanate having more than two functionalities, the polyurethane being formed in the presence of a catalyst, and a solvent, wherein the solvent is preferably selected from the group consisting of parachlorobenzotrifluoride, 1-dodecene, toluene, hexane, heptane methylene chloride, 1,1,1-trichlorethane, xylene, methanol, 1-tetradecene, chloroform, tetrachloro ethylene and ethanol. This primer composition exhibits improved adhesion during application, exhibits improved shelf life, is not water sensitive, and can contain a low volatile solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Alexander, John W. Fieldhouse, William B. Gorman, Carter C. Slusher
  • Patent number: 5986018
    Abstract: A liquid curable resin composition comprising a dialkylpolysiloxane particles with at least two urethane bonds and/or urea bonds in the terminal groups. The resin composition exhibits superior shelf life in a liquid state and produces cured products having a slippery surface. It is suitable as a coating material for optical fibers, particularly as a ribbon matrix material and a bundling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignees: DSM N.V., JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Zen Komiya, Takashi Ukachi
  • Patent number: 5977244
    Abstract: The invention provides a powdered crosslinkable textile binder composition for producing polymer bonded textile moldings or sheet materials, comprisinga) a powdered copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization and subsequent drying of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, vinylaromatics and vinyl chloride and of 0.01 to 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxyl-containing monomers, the copolymer having a glass transition temperature Tg or a melting point of greater than 40.degree. C. and a molecular weight Mw of 60,000 to 300,000, andb) at least one powdered compound having two or more epoxide or isocyanate groups and a melting point of 40.degree. C. to 150.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH Hanns- Seidel-Platz 4
    Inventors: Klaus Kohlhammer, Richard Goetze, Reinhard Haerzschel, Abdulmajid Hashemzadeh