With Saturated 1,2-epoxy Reactant Containing More Than One 1,2-epoxy Group Per Mole Or Polymer Derived Therefrom; Or With Solid Copolymer Derived From At Least One Unsaturated 1,2-epoxy Reactant Wherein The Epoxy Reactant Contains More Than One 1,2-epoxy Group Per Mole And At Least One Saturated Reactant Patents (Class 525/65)
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Publication number: 20040234774Abstract: Epoxy adhesives are reported that comprise: (i) about 20% to about 40% weight of a reactive oligomer having a glass transition temperature of about −40° C. or less after curing and having at least two functional groups selected from epoxide, isocyanate, and amine; (ii) an amine curative; and (iii) an epoxide-group containing compound. The epoxy adhesives are resistant to thermal shock and have a low shear creep. The epoxy adhesives are particularly suitable for bonding substrates having mismatched coefficients of thermal expansion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Ming Cheng, Ying-Yuh Lu
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Patent number: 6809147Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting composition which is excellent especially in storage stability and solid physical properties and can be used as automotive body sealers or undercoats. The thermosetting composition according to the present invention comprises an acrylic plastisol consisting of a plasticizer having acrylic resin particles having a gradient-type structure in which the monomer unit proportion changes from the core to the shell multistep-wise or continuously and a filler dispersed therein and therewith formulated, as a thermosetting material, a blocked urethane prepolymer or blocked polyisocyanate compound and a latent curing agent therefor.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignees: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha, Sunstar Suisse SAInventors: Hitoshi Ohno, Kenta Nakayama, Takashi Minamihori
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Patent number: 6809160Abstract: A resin composition comprises a resin (A) and a resin (B) as constituents, said resin (A) having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 35,000 and being at least one member selected from the group consisting of following (A1) and (A2): (A1) a polyester polyol, a polyether polyol, a polycarbonate polyol, a polyurethane polyol, a polyolefin polyol and an acrylic polyol, (A2) a polymer obtained by reacting said (A1) with a compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of isocyanato, carboxyl and epoxy groups within a molecule thereof, a dialkyl carbonate, a cyclic carbonate, an alcohol, or a mixture of these, and said resin (B) having a sulfonium group and a propargyl group within the molecule thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyuki Tsuboniwa, Motoki Fujii, Ichiro Kawakami, Takayuki Kokubun, Hiroyuki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6800157Abstract: A method of assembling a structure comprises applying an epoxy composition to at least one of a first member and a second member, sandwiching the epoxy composition between the first and second members, and bonding the two members wherein the adhesive bond is a thermally cured mass. The epoxy composition contains an epoxy resin, a phenolic or amine compound as a chain extender, a basic catalyst and a polymeric toughener. The composition can be formulated in two parts wherein part A contains the catalyst and part B has the epoxy resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kent S. Tarbutton, Janis Robins
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Patent number: 6787605Abstract: A curable melt blended composition and a method of making the composition by melt blending a thermoplastic polymer comprising polyphenylene ether (PPE) polymer and a polystyrene polymer, preferably high impact polystyrene (HIPS), and optionally a compatiblizer, with an uncured epoxy component, comprising a curable epoxy and an epoxy curing agent, at a temperature greater than 150° C. and without addition of solvent wherein the epoxy component of the resulting curable melt blended composition remains substantially uncured.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robert Steven Clough, Mario Alberto Perez
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Patent number: 6787117Abstract: There are provided a porous hollow fiber membrane capable of economically and efficiently recovering germanium which has heretofore been entirely disposed as a waste, and a method for recovery of germanium oxide using such a porous hollow fiber membrane.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoichi Saito, Katuyuki Sato, Mitsuo Akiba
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Patent number: 6787606Abstract: A composition useful as a sealing element for electrochromic devices comprises (a) an epoxy resin component including at least two of a dicyclopentadiene epoxy resin, a naphthalene epoxy resin, a bisphenol A epoxy resin, a bisphenol F epoxy resin and a novolac epoxy resin; (b) a toughening agent; and (c) a latent curative.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventor: Chunfu Chen
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Publication number: 20040152836Abstract: Polymers grafted with a compound of formula I, formula (I) wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, have outstanding stability against oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Meier, Gerrit Knobloch, Pierre Rota-graziosi, Samuel Evans, Paul Dubs, Michele Gerster
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Publication number: 20040110900Abstract: A method of forming a toughened article from a blend of a thermoplastic polymer and a comb copolymer is disclosed, along with the toughened article produced thereby. Compositions such as solids blends and melt blends, including a thermoplastic polymer and a comb copolymer, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Willie Lau, Paul Ralph Van Rheenen
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Patent number: 6740708Abstract: An impact-resistant polymer composition exhibiting improved impact resistance at no loss in creep is obtained by melt-mixing a solid matrix polymer A with a solid composition containing the rubber composition dispersed in a matrix polymer B. The dispersion of rubber composition in matrix polymer B is obtained by melt mixing the matrix polymer B with a rubber composition which includes a functionality rubber and a non-functionality rubber. The amounts of the components are such that the impact-resistant polymer composition contains 0.5 to 75 parts by weight of the rubber composition per 100 parts by weight of the matrix polymers A and B. The composition may be used in various applications, including plugs, heat bridges for aluminum windows, hammer heads and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Wilhelmus G. M. Bruls, Johannes F. Repin, Jan De Kroon
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Publication number: 20040077784Abstract: The present invention, a powder composition for making powder coatings comprising one or more than one curable polymer or resin and an agglomerate of a core-shell polymer, wherein the agglomerate of a core-shell polymer has an average particle size of from 5 to 190 microns, preferably from 10 to 127 microns. The powders in accordance with the present invention provide a cured powder coating that is flexible, smooth, and which may be applied in a thickness of only from 0.3 to 8 mils. In a preferred embodiment of making a powder in accordance with the present invention, the agglomerate is cryoground to form a reduced agglomerate prior to adding it into a powder as a post-blend or a powder-forming mixture as a preblend. The preferred core-shell polymer for use in accordance with the present invention comprises an acrylic impact modifier having a poly(methyl methacrylate) shell and a poly(butyl acrylate) core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Casmir Stanislaus Ilenda, Michael Louis Spera, Gordon Tullos, Andrew T. Daly
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Patent number: 6723803Abstract: Flexible epoxy-based adhesive compositions which remain Theologically stable at room temperature in an uncured state comprise: (a) at least one flexible polyepoxide resin having a hardness not exceeding a durometer Shore D reading of 45 when cured with a stoichiometric amount of diethylene triamine (“DETA”); and (b) a substantially stoichiometric amount of at least one latent epoxy resin curing agent. Optionally, the adhesive composition may also incorporate one or more semi-flexible resins. Other optional components include fillers, thixotropic agents, and flexibilizers. The adhesive composition provicdes an epoxy-based adhesive composition that is storable for weeks as a single component mixture at room temperature, curable at temperatures ranging from about 100° C. to 125° C. in less than two hours, and flexible upon curing to temperatures as low as minus 50° C., exhibiting a durometer Shore A of less than about 95.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1996Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Ralph D. Hermansen, Steven E. Lau
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Patent number: 6720370Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having 100 parts by weight of a resin mixture of (A) from 20 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) from 2 to 80% by weight of a styrenic resin; from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of (C) an epoxy-modified block copolymer; and from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of (D) a grafted core/shell rubber elastomer, can be used in moldings which have a good surface layer peeling resistance and a good impact resistance. Further, a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition having 100 parts by weight of a resin or resin mixture of (A) from 20 to 100% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) from 0 to 80% by weight of a styrenic resin; from 1 to 30 parts by weight of (E) a flame retardant of an organic phosphorus compound; and from 0.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Nodera, Naoki Mitsuta
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Patent number: 6716915Abstract: A method of forming a toughened article from a blend of a thermosetting polymer and a comb copolymer is disclosed, along with the toughened thermoset article produced thereby. Compositions including a thermosetting polymer and a comb copolymer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Willie Lau, Paul Ralph Van Rheenen
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Patent number: 6713535Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low-friction coating composition, comprising: about 10 to about 30 wt % of an epoxy resin composition consisting essentially of 4-glycidyloxy-N,N′-diglycidylaniline; about 30 to about 60 wt % of an epoxide resin composition consisting essentially of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether polymer; and about 20 to about 40 wt % of an aromatic amine composition consisting essentially of 4,4′-sulfonyldianiline; wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the low-friction coating composition, and wherein the low-friction coating composition is substantially free of chromate. The invention is also directed to a substrate coated with the above low-friction coating composition, and methods of coating a substrate with the low-friction coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Turbine Controls, Inc.Inventors: Stanley Orkin, Glenn Greenberg
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Publication number: 20040024122Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprising a grafted acrylate rubber (ASA) and a gloss reducing agent and a process for making the same are disclosed. The gloss reducing agent is the reaction product of (i) an epoxidized grafted rubber having two or more epoxy groups in its graft phase and (ii) a compound having two or more terminal primary amine groups per molecule The gloss reducing agent may be either incorporated in ASA as the reaction product of (i) and (ii) or, in the alternative, formed upon the reaction of (i) with (ii) in the course of the thermal processing of the a blend containing ASA, (i) and (ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang, Allen R. Padwa, Norma I. Santiago
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Patent number: 6667367Abstract: A directly paintable polyolefin composition contains (1) a graft copolymer, composition containing (a) a graft copolymer having a backbone of propylene polymer material having graft polymerized thereto at least one vinyl monomer capable of being polymerized by free radicals, (b) a rubber component, and, optionally, (c) a broad molecular weight distribution propylene polymer material, (2) an oxidized polyethylene wax, (3) a propylene-homopolymer or copolymer grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, (4) a functionalized polymer that is reactive with the anhydride groups of the grafted polymers, (5) optionally, a polyolefin rubber grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and (6) optionally, an ethylene polymer grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A.Inventor: Dominic A. Berta
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Patent number: 6660805Abstract: Epoxy-modified, two-part acrylic structural adhesives are disclosed. These adhesives are not inhibited by oxygen. Representative embodiments include 2-part acrylic structural adhesives comprising, in a first package from about 10 to about 90 percent by weight of at least one methacrylate selected from C3-C10 alkyl monosubstituted-, C1-C6 alkyl disubstituted-, C1-C4 alkyl tri-substituted, and F1-C4 alkyl tetra-substituted cyclohexyl methacrylate. The ring substituents are prefereably in the 3, 4, and/or 5 ring position, and linear or branched C4-C10 branched alkyl methacrylates; from about 10 to about 80 percent by weight of a toughener, and an adhesion promotor; and in a second package, a bonding activator, and optional epoxy resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Lord CorporationInventors: Robin F. Righettini, Jeffrey A. Hatcher
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Patent number: 6656601Abstract: The adhesive ethylene copolymer composition of the invention comprises a specific long-chain branched ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (or this copolymer and its graft-modified product) and a tackifier (or a specific ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer), and has specific density, MFR, crystallinity and graft quantity. The composition containing the tackifier can form a layer having good adhesive force to polystyrene resins, ABS resin, polyacrylonitrile resins and ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer saponified resins even in an atmosphere of high temperatures. The composition containing the ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer can form a layer having good adhesive force to polyester resins, polycarbonate resins, polyvinylidene chloride resins and ethylene/vinyl acetate saponified resins even in an atmosphere of high temperatures. The other adhesive ethylene copolymer composition of the invention comprises a blend of a graft-modified linear ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer and an olefin elastomer.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Hideshi Kawachi, Yuji Sawada, Haruhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 6656595Abstract: This invention relates to use of copolymers which are obtained through copolymerization, in the presence of a radical-polymerization initiator, of monomeric mixtures comprising: macromonomers obtained by (co)polymerizing, in the presence of a metal complex which is a catalytic chain transfer agent or an addition-cleavage-type chain transfer agent, and optionally a radical-polymerization initiator, at least one polymerizable monomer selected from methacrylic acid esters and styrene and if necessary methacrylic acid, or the macromonomers into which polymerizable unsaturated groups are further introduced; polymerizable unsaturated monomers containing at least one ionic functional group selected from amino, quaternary ammonium salt and sulfonic acid groups; polyoxyalkylene chain-containing nonionic polymerizable unsaturated monomers; and other ethylenically unsaturated monomers (D); and also such copolymers into which long chain alkyl groups are further introduced, as pigment-dispersing resins to be used in wType: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Yukawa, Isao Kamimori
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Publication number: 20030212204Abstract: Polyarylenesulfide resin compositions are provided having a dramatically improved adhesiveness with regard to the cured epoxy resin, while maintaining characteristics of polyarylenesulfide resins such as a heat resistivity and a chemical resistivity. The above described polyarylenesulfide resin compositions are obtained by comprising as essential components the allylenesulfide resin (A), bisphenol-type epoxy resin (B), and an oxazoline-group-containing amorphous polymer (C). The thus obtained polyarylenesulfide resin compositions can be used as superior engineering plastics in wide application fields such as electronic and other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INC., Tokyo, JapanInventors: Kiyotaka Kawashima, Tsuneyuki Adachi
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Patent number: 6645341Abstract: A two-component epoxy-based adhesive comprising a resin component and a curing agent. The resin component comprises an epoxy resin, a polymer polyol, and fumed silica. The curing agent comprises a polyoxyalkyleneamine, an amine terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile polymer, tris(2,4,6-dimethlaminomethyl)phenol, polyamide resin, silane and fumed silica. The adhesive composition is particular useful for bonding of metals, plastics and composites and for functions such as laminating, honeycomb bonding, automotive assembly and construction assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding CorporationInventor: Terry Gordon
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Patent number: 6632881Abstract: An encapsulating epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin which is liquid at normal temperature, a curing agent containing an aromatic amine which is liquid at normal temperature, an inorganic filler, and rubber particles; an encapsulant comprising this composition; and an electronic device having an encapsulating member comprising a cured product of this encapsulant.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Tsuchida, Masahiko Osaka, Masatsugu Ogata
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Patent number: 6632913Abstract: A method for producing an isocyanate group-blocked liquid urethane prepolymer which comprises: reacting a lactone-modified diol (3) with a polyfunctional isocyanate (4) to form an isocyanate group-having urethane prepolymer (5), wherein said lactone-modified diol (3) is obtainable by ring-opening addition polymerization of a lactone monomer (2) with a diol (1) selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylene ether diol, a polyester diol and a polycarbonate diol; and then reacting said urethane prepolymer with a blocking agent (6).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Hiroki Tanaka
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Patent number: 6613869Abstract: A branched polycarbonate resin suitable for making containers is disclosed. The polycarbonate is characterized in that at 260° C. and shear rate of 10 s−1 it has a melt viscosity of 5500 to 900 Pas, and in that at 260° C. and shear rate of 1000 s−1 it has a melt viscosity of 880 tom 1500 Pas, and in that it has a melt flow index (MFR) of 0.1 to 3.0 g/10 min. A container made of the polycarbonate exhibits great breaking strength.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Horn, Ralf Hufen, Wolfgang Alewelt, Peter Gebauer, Franky Bruynseels
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Publication number: 20030144416Abstract: An epoxy composition effective for forming a thermally curable structural adhesive, and in particular, a two part epoxy resin composition that when cured can obtain preferred and improved physical and chemical characteristics useful in structural assembly applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kent S. Tarbutton, Janis Robins
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Patent number: 6596813Abstract: An epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation comprising (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a phenolic resin, and (C) butadiene rubber particles having an average particle size of secondary particles of 100 &mgr;m or smaller and having such a size distribution that the proportion of secondary particles having a particle size of 250 &mgr;m or smaller is 97% by weight or more, and the proportion of secondary particles having a particle size of 150 &mgr;m or smaller is 80% by weight or more; and (D) a silicone oil having at least one amino group per molecule. Component (C) is uniformly dispersed in the composition without forming coarse agglomerates to secure low stress properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2001Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Usui, Satoshi Okuda, Minoru Nakao
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Patent number: 6593423Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesion promoting agent which includes a graft copolymer formed by a halogenated polyolefin polymer with at least one reactive functionality and a substantially saturated hydrocarbon polymer having more than one reactive functionality. At least one reactive functionality of the saturated hydrocarbon polymer is reactive with the reactive functionality of the halogenated polyolefin to form the graft copolymer of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Constantine A. Kondos, Jonathan T. Martz, Masayuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 6586525Abstract: The invention provides a binder resin and a primer composition, paint composition, ink composition an adhesive composition with excellent gasohol resistance, adherence, weather resistance, etc. to polyolefinic resins and relates to a binder resin for polyolefinic resins comprising carboxyl group-containing chlorinated polyolefin (II), which contains not more than 2% of a component with molecular weight of 2,000 or lower and which has a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), that is the value Mw/Mn of not more than 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Urata, Takaaki Ueda
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Patent number: 6579936Abstract: A resin composition applicable to semiconductor or electric devices comprises (A) a polyarylenesulfide resin, (B) a bisphenol epoxy resin, (C) an oxazoline group-containing amorphous polymer, and (D) an impact resistance-improving resin which is either (d1) an acid or epoxy groups-containing vinyl polymer, or (d2) an acid or epoxy groups-containing gum polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Kawashima, Tsuneyuki Adachi
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Publication number: 20030060530Abstract: The present invention relates to shape deformable materials, which are capable of (1) being deformed, (2) storing an amount of shape deformation, and (3) recovering at least a portion of the shape deformation when exposed to a humid environment. The shape deformable materials can advantageously be in the form of films, fibers, filaments, strands, nonwovens, and pre-molded elements. The shape deformable materials of the present invention may be used to form products, which are both disposable and reusable. More specifically, the shape deformable materials of the present invention may be used to produce products such as disposable diapers, training pants, incontinence products, and feminine care products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Dave A. Soerens
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Publication number: 20030059398Abstract: The present invention is directed toward water-soluble supramolecular self-assemblies and a process for their preparation via micellization of polyelectrolytes through the use of hydrophobic monomeric units. In this invention the polyelectrolyte segment ultimately forms the core of the supramolecular assembly whereas the shell consists of uncharged hydrophilic polymers or oligomers. It has been determined that the inclusion of the hydrophobic co-monomers to the polyelectrolyte segment forming the micelle core leads to a structure of enhanced stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Maxime Ranger, Jean-Christophe Leroux
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Publication number: 20030060564Abstract: The present invention relates to shape deformable materials, which are capable of (1) being deformed, (2) storing an amount of shape deformation, and (3) recovering at least a portion of the shape deformation when exposed to a humid environment. The shape deformable materials can advantageously be in the form of films, fibers, filaments, strands, nonwovens, and pre-molded elements. The shape deformable materials of the present invention may be used to form products, which are both disposable and reusable. More specifically, the shape deformable materials of the present invention may be used to produce products such as disposable diapers, training pants, incontinence products, and feminine care products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Dave A. Soerens
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Patent number: 6521704Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to improve the dampening characteristics of compositions and the improved compositions. The compositions made by the method comprises (a) a polymer system selected from the group consisting of immiscible polymer blends, miscible polymer blends, copolymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermosetting polymers, and (b) a block copolymer comprising: (i) at least one block derived from aromatic vinyl units and (ii) at least one block derived from at least isoprene and a vinyl aromatic monomer and optionally butadiene, and having a glass transition temperature of at least 10° C. In a preferred embodiment, the block copolymer comprises at least one block of polystyrene and at least one block derived from isoprene, styrene and butadiene, and the polymer system comprises at least one polyamide resin.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven F. Hubbard, Sai-Pei Ting
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Patent number: 6518362Abstract: A curable melt blended composition and a method of making the composition by melt blending a thermoplastic polymer comprising polyphenylene ether (PPE) polymer and a polystyrene polymer, preferably high impact polystyrene (HIPS), and optionally a compatiblizer, with an uncured epoxy component, comprising a curable epoxy and an epoxy curing agent, at a temperature greater than 150° C. and without addition of solvent wherein the epoxy component of the resulting curable melt blended composition remains substantially uncured.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1998Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robert Steven Clough, Mario Alberto Perez
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Publication number: 20030013807Abstract: This composition includes:Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 1995Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: CATHERINE BEUZELIN, ALAIN BOUILLOUX, JEAN-CLAUDE JAMMET, YVES TROLEZ
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Patent number: 6497337Abstract: Adhesion of shaped thermoplastic elastomer articles is promoted without the need for special primers or other supplemental resin additives by incorporating in an enamel coating composition, an adhesion promoting amount of a carboxyl-modified poly (alpha-olefin) polymer resin. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the enamel coating composition is a corrosion-resistant cresol-formaldehyde/epoxy resin coating containing from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of a maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene resin adhesion promoter. The compositions and bonding methods described are useful to provide bonded structures of shaped thermoplastic elastomers, such as SEBS, PBR and EPDM copolymers, heat sealed to metallic substrates, especially metal closures for food containers destined for exposure to high temperature filling, sterilization and retort processing conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1996Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: White Cap, Inc.Inventor: Alfred William Kehe
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Patent number: 6492462Abstract: The rheological properties of a crosslinkable resin system are modified by the presence of a side chain crystalline (SCC) polymer (or a similar crystalline polymer which melts over a narrow temperature range). The polymer dissolves in the curable system at temperatures above the melting point of the crystalline polymer (Tp), but when the system is then cooled to a temperature below Tp, at least partially forms a separate phase in the curable system. Below Tp, this separate phase substantially increases the viscosity of the curable system (i.e. makes it thicker than the same system without the crystalline polymer). This is particularly valuable for sheet molding composites (SMCs) in which the increase in viscosity makes the composites less tacky, and for dry film resists (DFRs). Above Tp, the curable system containing the dissolved crystalline polymer has a viscosity which is substantially less than its viscosity below Tp.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Landec CorporationInventors: Steven P. Bitler, David D. Taft, Ray F. Stewart
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Patent number: 6486241Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition with improved moisture resistance maintains outstanding physical properties even in high-temperature, high-humidity aging and comprises a polycarbonate resin composition containing (B) (B-1) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a copolymer having as its component parts (a) an aromatic vinyl monomer component, (b) a cyanide vinyl monomer component, and (c) a rubber-like polymer, and/or (B-2) a copolymer having as its component parts (a) an aromatic vinyl monomer component and (b) a cyanide vinyl monomer component, with respect to (A) 1 to 99 parts by weight of polycarbonate resin having a viscosity average molecular weight within a specified range, said copolymer containing an amount of various alkali metals of 1 ppm or less, and (C) 0 to 40 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound blended in with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight of the aforementioned components (A) and (B).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1999Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Yuzuru Sawano
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Patent number: 6486256Abstract: A two-part composition useful as an adhesive comprises an epoxy resin, a chain extender selected from an amine or a phenolic compound, a base catalyst and a polymeric toughener wherein Part A contains the catalyst and Part B with the epoxy resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kent S. Tarbutton, Janis Robins
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Patent number: 6482530Abstract: An adhesive resin composition comprising: (A) At least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) polyolefins having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min and (ii) olefinic polymers having at least one functional group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; and (B) an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule and having a number average molecular weight of 3000 or less, wherein the ratio of the component (B) to the total weight of the components (A) and (B) is 0.01 to 5% by weight, and a laminate of (a) a layer composed of the above-mentioned adhesive resin composition and a substrate contacted therewith.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Koichi Ito, Hiroshi Kasahara, Satoshi Maruyama, Masahiro Ueno, Naoki Minorikawa
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Patent number: 6476145Abstract: Polyester injection-moulded parts based on a polyester (A) and on a copolymer (B) of ethylene and of an unsaturated epoxy, such that weight % (B)×MFI (A+B)/MFI(A) is greater than 3 and in this expression: MFI (A+B) denotes the melt flow index of the modified polyester, that is to say the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers; MFI (A) denotes the melt flow index of the polyester (A) and of any fillers (without (B)); and weight % (B) denotes the percentage by weight of (B) in the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: AtofinaInventors: Patrice Perret, Jacques Komornicki, Yoshiyuki Miyaki
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Patent number: 6447913Abstract: To provide a thermoplastic polyester resin composition which has a very good durability to alkaline solutions for a long period of time. That is, a thermoplastic polyester resin composition, wherein a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) is compounded with 1-25% by weight (in the total composition) of impact resistance rendering materials (B), 0.1-15% by weight (in the total composition) of a silicone compound and/or a fluorine compound (C), 1-50% by weight (in the total composition) of an inorganic filler (D), and 0.1-10% by weight of at least one polyfunctional compound (E) selected from the group consisting of an epoxy compound, an isocyanate compound and a carboxylic acid dianhydride. A molded article of the present invention has anti-stress properties even in a weld part thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignees: Polyplastics Co., LTD, Denso CorporationInventors: Kazufumi Watanabe, Takayuki Ishikawa, Toru Katsumata, Tetsuya Hirose, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20020103294Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition with enhanced elongation and good appearance comprising a compatible resin blend of a polyester sulfonate salt ionomer and a polyamide and an effective amount of at least one difunctional epoxy compound wherein the difunctional epoxy compound has at least one cyclohexane ring moiety and having two terminal epoxy functional groups, wherein at least one of the two terminal epoxy functional groups is a substituent on the at least one cyclohexane ring moiety; and optionally an effective amount of a catalyst compound or rubbery impact modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 1999Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: BRET J. CHISHOLM, ROBERT R. GALLUCCI, JOSEF H.P. BASTIAENS
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Patent number: 6426148Abstract: A curable coating composition comprising, in an organic solvent, a binder of (i) a non-isocyanate oligomer or blend of oligomers containing at least two functional groups with at least one being an epoxy group, the remaining being epoxy or hydroxyl; (ii) optionally a polyester, oligoester, or acrylic polymer with at least two hydroxyl groups; and (iii) an oligomeric crosslinker or blend of crosslinkers which contain at least two isocyanate groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & CompanyInventors: Robert John Barsotti, Lee R. Harper, John David Nordstrom
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Patent number: 6395828Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprising a grafted acrylate rubber (ASA) and a gloss reducing agent and a process for making the same are disclosed. The gloss reducing agent is the reaction product of (i) a compound having two or more epoxy groups per molecule and (ii) a compound having two or more amine groups per molecule, with the proviso that the total of epoxy groups of (i) and amine groups of (ii) per molecule is greater than 4. The gloss reducing agent may be either incorporated in ASA as the reaction product of (i) and (ii) or, in the alternative, formed upon the reaction of (i) with (ii) in the course of the thermal processing of the a blend containing ASA, (i) and (ii).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventors: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang, Allen R. Padwa
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Publication number: 20020058753Abstract: A method of forming a toughened article from a blend of a thermosetting polymer and a comb copolymer is disclosed, along with the toughened thermoset article produced thereby. Compositions including a thermosetting polymer and a comb copolymer are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: Willie Lau, Paul Ralph Van Rheenen
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Patent number: 6384134Abstract: A polymer gel composition useful in the fabrication of a vibration damping material comprises a maleated polyalkylene grafted via a grafting agent such as a diamine to a poly(alkenyl-co-maleimide), an epoxy polymer and, optionally, an extender such as a phthalate oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: James E. Hall, Xiaorong Wang
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Patent number: 6383439Abstract: This invention relates to grafted ethylene-higher &agr;-olefin polymers and blends thereof. Preferred grafted ethylene-higher &agr;-olefin polymers are multimodal EPDM's having 5-40 weight % of a higher molecular weight, higher ethylene content, lower diene content fraction grafted with maleic anhydride. These polymers can then be used as modifiers for additional polymers such as polyamides, polyesters, and other EPDM's.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1999Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Jean-Roch H. Schauder
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Patent number: 6369142Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having 100 parts by weight of a resin mixture of (A) from 20 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) from 2 to 80% by weight of a styrenic resin; from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of (C) an epoxy-modified block copolymer; and from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of (D) a grafted core/shell rubber elastomer, can be used in moldings which have a good surface layer peeling resistance and a good impact resistance. Further, a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition having 100 parts by weight of a resin or resin mixture of (A) from 20 to 100% by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) from 0 to 80% by weight of a styrenic resin; from 1 to 30 parts by weight of (E) a flame retardant of an organic phosphorus compound; and from 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Nodera, Naoki Mitsuta