Mixture Contains Solid Block Or Block-type Copolymer Derived From Ethylenically Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Reactants Only At Least One Of Which Contains At Least Four Carbon Atoms Patents (Class 525/95)
  • Patent number: 7824773
    Abstract: A polymer composition containing (a) a high impact polystyrene (HIPS) component with a block copolymer grafted to polystyrene, a rubbery conjugated diene content of one to seven weight percent based on HIPS weight, less than 10 weight-percent gel concentration, an average rubber particle size of between one and 0.01 micrometers, about 40 to about 90 volume percent of the rubber particles have diameters of less than about 0.4 microns and from about 10 to about 60 volume percent of the rubber particles have diameters between about 0.4 and about 2.5 microns, a majority of rubber particles with a core/shell morphology and a concentration that accounts for 10 to 70 weight-percent of the total polymer composition weight and one to five weight-percent rubbery diene based on total polymer composition weight; (b) from 10 to 70 weight percent of a general purpose polystyrene and from about 2 to about 80 weight-percent of a styrene block copolymer component, both based on total polymer composition weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. McGee, Stephen J. Skapik, III
  • Publication number: 20100247824
    Abstract: Films having peel seal layers and/or barrier layers are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a film comprising a peel seal layer comprising a blend of a polypropylene random copolymer having a melting temperature greater than 145° C., a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer, and an LLDPE having a melting temperature greater than 120° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
    Inventors: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang, Yuanpang S. Ding, Michael Tung-Kiung Ling, John W. Putnam, Jean-Claude Bonte, Patrick R. Balteau
  • Patent number: 7803728
    Abstract: A fiber is obtainable from or comprises an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and 1 cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481?1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Poon, Yunwa W. Cheung, Shih-Yaw Lai, Ashish Sen, Hongyu Chen, Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu, Rajen M. Patel, Andy C. Chang, Antonios K. Doufas, Hong Peng
  • Patent number: 7794838
    Abstract: This invention provides a nanodisk, which can be formed of a wide variety of materials and has a high level of application, and a method for manufacturing the same. The nanodisk comprises fundamental units formed of two-molecule block copolymers arranged in series in a main chain direction, the fundamental units having been aggregated in a plane direction. The nanodisk has a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, a diameter of 10 nm to 5 ?m, and an aspect ratio of not less than 1. Since the thickness of the nanodisk is not more than 100 nm, the nanodisk is transparent to light in a visible region. Further, when a metal element is held on the crosslinked structure part, the nanodisk can be utilized as a nanodisk having magnetic properties and electroconductive properties, or a nanodisk having catalytic activity and a high refractive index. Thus, the nanodisk can be applied to a wide variety of fields such as fine particle/powder technology, colloid surface science, electronic materials, and optical materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yabu, Takeshi Higuchi, Masatsugu Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20100204405
    Abstract: There is provided a practical release film that maintains the excellent properties of a release film using syndiotactic polystyrene, and also has excellent embeddability. There is provided a release film for manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board having a release layer comprising syndiotactic polystyrene and a hydrogenated styrene thermoplastic elastomer, characterized in that the hydrogenated styrene thermoplastic elastomer is incorporated in an amount of 15 to 35 wt % based on the total resins of the release layer. The hydrogenated styrene thermoplastic elastomer is preferably (i) a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer or (ii) a styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene block copolymer. A cyclic polyolefin type resin may be further compounded in the release layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi Yatsuzuka
  • Patent number: 7736712
    Abstract: A seal for a valve for use in a pharmaceutical dispensing device, which seal is formed from an elastomeric composition comprising: (a) an isobutylene polymer or co-polymer thereof; (b) a cross-linking agent for the isobutylene polymer or co-polymer thereof; and (c)) an accelerator for the cross-linking agent, wherein the accelerator includes a polysulphide compound derived from a substituted dithiocarbonic acid or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Consort Medical PLC
    Inventors: Daljit S Ohbi, Sally Beken
  • Patent number: 7722932
    Abstract: Provided herein are one-solution type thermosetting resin compositions that may be useful to form protective films for color filters used in liquid crystal displays or image sensors. According to some embodiments, the resin compositions may include a self-curable copolymer and an epoxy compound. The protective films may exhibit desirable flatness, adhesiveness, transmittance, heat resistance and chemical resistance. Also provided are methods of forming a film on a substrate, and substrates having a film formed thereon. In addition, provided herein are color filters including a film formed from a composition according to an embodiment of the invention, and liquid crystal displays and image sensors including such color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: O Bum Kwon, Hyun Moon Choi, Sun Yul Lee, Kil Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 7704676
    Abstract: A block terpolymer for use in photocurable compositions, flexographic printing plates or hot melt adhesives having a molecular structure according to the general formula: A-I-B-I-A??(1) or (A-I-B)n-X??(2), wherein each A is independently a polymer block of predominantly an aromatic vinyl compound, each I is predominantly isoprene, each B is predominantly butadiene, n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and X is the residue of a coupling agent, and wherein: (a) the weight ratio of I to B is in a range of 30:70 to 70:30; (b) the aromatic vinyl compound content of the block copolymer is from about 14 to about 45%; (c) the B block has a 1,2-vinyl bond content in the range of from about 20 to about 90 mol %; (d) the A block has an apparent molecular weight in the range of from about 5,000 to about 20,000, and the I and B blocks together have a molecular weight in the range of from about 50,000 to about 200,000; (e) uncoupled triblock, S-I-B in the range of from about 2% to about 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC
    Inventor: Donn Dubois
  • Publication number: 20100081353
    Abstract: The presently described technology provides a low cost multilayer elastomeric film containing at least one layer of styrene block copolymer and at least one elastomer layer substantially free of styrene block copolymer such that the resultant film has a low permanent set substantially equal to or less than a film comprised of styrene block copolymer only. The elastomeric film may be used in elasticized features of various articles, such as disposable absorbent articles. Methods for producing the low cost elastomeric film having a low permanent set are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Amiel B. Sabbagh, Martin F. Hoenigmann
  • Patent number: 7685784
    Abstract: A cool roof covering for forming the outermost layer of a bituminous roof coating is provided, this cool roof covering comprising multiple heat-reflecting cap-sheets arranged in an adjacent, overlapping edge fashion and a heat-reflecting cap-sheet adhesive applied to overlapping portions of the cap-sheets for securing these cap-sheets to one another. The heat-reflecting cap-sheets exhibit a solar reflectance of at least 60% and a thermal emittance of at least 65. The heat-reflecting cap-sheet adhesive comprises a storage-stable, VOC-compliant mixture containing at least 10 wt. % of one or more weather-resistant organic resins dissolved in an organic solvent, the adhesive having a viscosity of 15,000 cps or less at 77° F. (25° C.) and exhibiting a lap shear strength of at least about 17 lbf/in when applied to a substrate and dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Tremco Incorporated
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Richard Lee, Gregory Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20100075141
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition whose component is a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing styrene, a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a cyclic structure, and an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The monomer composition further contains a carboxylic acid having an ethylene double bond, a bifunctional monomer, and a styrene macromonomer. The polymer has a styrene block segment. This can improve heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, alkaline resistance, and easiness in stripping of an adhesive composition that has been subjected to a high temperature process. As a result, there can be obtained an adhesive composition which has high heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, and alkali resistance, and which can be easily stripped off after the adhesive composition is processed at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100048752
    Abstract: A polymer composition that includes a first polyolefin polymer and an interpenetrating network polymer. The interpenetrating network polymer includes a second polyolefin polymer present in an amount of from 10 percent by weight to 80 percent by weight, based on total weight of the interpenetrating network polymer, and a vinyl aromatic polymer present in an amount of from 20 percent by weight to 90 percent by weight, based on total weight of the interpenetrating network polymer. As initially provided in the polymer composition, the interpenetrating network polymer is substantially free of crosslinking. The polymer composition itself is at least partially crosslinked. An expandable polymer composition is provided that includes the polymer composition and an expansion agent, which can be expanded to form an expanded polymer composition that can have a density of from 16 to 400 Kg/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: NOVA CHEMICALS INC., CELLECT LLC
    Inventors: Eric Vignola, Shelly Martel, Edwin Niemann, Robert F. Hurley, Scott C. Smith
  • Patent number: 7645415
    Abstract: An elastic film, particularly for hygiene articles, has at least one layer that is produced extrusion of an elastomer polymer composition and subsequently cross-linked. The elastomer polymer composition contains a mixture of 40 to 90 parts by weight of a styrene block copolymer, 5 to 50 parts by weight of a plasticizer oil, and up to 10 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polymer. The layer of the elastomer polymer composition is cross-linked by treatment with electron beams. The elastomer polymer composition additionally contains 2 to 20 parts by weight of a reactive plasticizer that has a mole mass of less than 10,000 kg/kmol, is compatible with soft segments of the styrene block copolymer, and has functional acrylate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nordenia Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Maik Hach
  • Publication number: 20090242857
    Abstract: A composition of matter and a solvent system for use in providing a water resistant coating to a surface of a roof is disclosed. The solvent system comprises a chlorinated solvent blend which includes a vegetable oil. The solvent system and coating composition are non-flammable, environmentally friendly and provide an improved, consistent coating when applied to the surface of a roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: WALL-GUARD CORPORATION OF OHIO
    Inventor: Michael Garfield
  • Publication number: 20090247033
    Abstract: A fiber is obtainable from or comprises a blend of a propylene based polymer and an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and 1 cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481?1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven, knitted or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Hong Peng, Hongyu Chen, Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu, Shih-Yaw Lai, Eddy I. Garcia-Meitin, Charles F. Diehl
  • Publication number: 20090247702
    Abstract: A film used for tires is provided. The film includes a thermoplastic elastomer, a polyolefin resin and a processing oil. The film has physical properties which are in a specific range. The air maintenance of a general tubeless tire would be improved after the film being adhered to the inside of the general tubeless tire. Furthermore, the general tire which the film adhered thereto would be provided with all the properties of a tubeless tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: TSRC Corporation
    Inventors: Jau-Rong Su, Tzer-Shun Yu, Kuang-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20090240001
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating arrays of nanoscaled alternating lamellae or cylinders in a polymer matrix having improved long range order utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Jennifer Kahl Regner
  • Publication number: 20090227703
    Abstract: The invention relates to block polymers, for example, arborescent copolymer compounds, and to methods of making and purifying such compounds. In one embodiment, the invention relates to arborescent polymer compounds that contain one or more styrene polymeric blocks in combination with one or more isobutylene polymeric blocks. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods for purifying arborescent polymer compounds that contain at least one styrene polymeric block in combination with at least one isobutylene polymeric block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventor: Judit E. Puskas
  • Publication number: 20090220807
    Abstract: A HMPSA is provided that preferably includes at least a) from 30 to 50% of a mixture of triblock and diblock styrenic copolymers having an overall styrene content comprised between 14 and 40%, b) from 40 to 55% of a tackifying resin with a softening temperature comprised between 70 and 150° C. obtainable by hydrogenating, polymerizing or copolymerizing mixtures of aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons having about 5, 9 or 10 carbon atoms; c) from 4 to 20% of a hydrocarbon oil with an aromatic content less than 15%; d) from 1 to 6% of a filler selected among calcium carbonate or a low molecular weight homopolymer or copolymer of polyethylene. A laminated system is also provided that includes at least an adhesive layer utilizing the HMPSA and paper facestock. Also included are PSA labels obtainable from the laminated system with a reduced tendency to discolor after storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTIK S.A.
    Inventors: David GOUBARD, Robert John HAEGER
  • Publication number: 20090205776
    Abstract: Styrenic block copolymers are blended with propylene copolymers to provide polymeric compositions with an improved balance between processability and elasticity. The compositions have improved processability by facilitating the ease with which a rubbery material, usually difficult to melt process, can be processed at high line speeds, which in turn improves the formation of the composition into films or other articles, assisted by a desired level of melt elasticity, i.e., a high elastic extension and recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Sudhun Datta, Mun Fu Tse, Abdelhadi Sahnoune, Charles L. Sims, James N. Coffey
  • Publication number: 20090202824
    Abstract: Provided are a tape substrate having excellent oil resistance as well as balanced properties of flexibility, a hand cutting property and heat resistance, and an adhesive tape using the tape substrate. The tape substrate contains an ethylene-aromatic vinyl compound copolymer with an isotactic stereoregularity. Furthermore, the ethylene-aromatic vinyl compound copolymer is one having an alternating structure of ethylene and the aromatic vinyl compound represented by the formula (1) below, and an isotactic diad index m of Ph (an aromatic group) in the structure of the copolymer being more than 0.75: where Ph is an aromatic group and xa is the number of repeating units and an integer of at least 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mizuki Hasumi, Seiji Saita, Masaru Hasegawa, Shigeru Suzuki, Akira Miyama, Ayumu Tsukamoto, Toru Arai
  • Publication number: 20090192253
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions of macrocyclic polyester oligomer (MPO), polycaprolactone, and a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). More particularly, in certain embodiments, the invention relates to recyclable tooling compositions made from MPO, polycaprolactone, and a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Willey, Nathan Doyle, Josephine Faler, Johnny Lohmiller, Richard Schlansker, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 7553887
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition comprising a polypropylene resin composition and an aluminum flake pigment for use as an automotive resin composition, which is excellent in mechanical strength, physical properties and flowability, and enables to produce molded products showing good metallic appearance. A composition comprising a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer, an elastomeric polymer and an inorganic filler is a preferred example of the polypropylene resin composition, and aluminum flakes surface-coated with a polymer containing as constituent units acrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, epoxylated polybutadiene and divinylbenzene are preferred examples of the aluminum flake pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Ikunori Sakai, Yusuke Umetani, Naoki Shoji, Keita Nagano, Takao Mizoshita, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090156743
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nucleating microemulsion comprising nanovehicles, each comprising an amphiphilic shell surrounding a nucleating agent. The microemulsion is suitable for the delivery of the nucleating agents into a thermoplastic polymer, thereby allowing crystallization of the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Nissim Garti, Abraham Aserin, Dima Libster
  • Patent number: 7544740
    Abstract: A multi-layer nano-particle composition including a polymer core and at least two additional layers is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can be advantageously incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaorong Wang, Victor J. Foltz
  • Publication number: 20090136756
    Abstract: This invention provides a nanodisk, which can be formed of a wide variety of materials and has a high level of application, and a method for manufacturing the same. The nanodisk comprises fundamental units formed of two-molecule block copolymers arranged in series in a main chain direction, the fundamental units having been aggregated in a plane direction. The nanodisk has a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, a diameter of 10 nm to 5 ?m, and an aspect ratio of not less than 1. Since the thickness of the nanodisk is not more than 100 nm, the nanodisk is transparent to light in a visible region. Further, when a metal element is held on the crosslinked structure part, the nanodisk can be utilized as a nanodisk having magnetic properties and electroconductive properties, or a nanodisk having catalytic activity and a high refractive index. Thus, the nanodisk can be applied to a wide variety of fields such as fine particle/powder technology, colloid surface science, electronic materials, and optical materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yabu, Takeshi Higuchi, Masatsugu Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20090118426
    Abstract: The present invention provides an olefin polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a specific molecular weight, an olefin polymer having a functional group introduced at the terminal, a tapered polymer containing a segment wherein monomer composition continuously changes in the polymer chain, an olefin polymer having different segments which are bonded to each other, and a process for preparing these polymers. The olefin polymers of the invention are polymers of olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and have a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500 and Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Makoto MITANI, Yasunori YOSHIDA, Junichi MOHRI, Kazutaka TSURU, Seiichi ISHII, Shinichi KOJOH, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Junji SAITO, Naoto MATSUKAWA, Shigekazu MATSUI, Takashi NAKANO, Hidetsugu TANAKA, Norio KASHIWA, Terunori FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20090105418
    Abstract: A film composition comprising one or more propylene-based polymers and one or more hydrocarbon resins, and methods for making the same are provided. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, (ii) isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences, and (iii) a heat of fusion less than 65 J/g. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, M. Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 7504141
    Abstract: A shrink film comprising a polyethylene film, characterized in that said polyethylene is an ethylene copolymer mixture having a molecular weight distribution in the range 10 to 35, a density of 915 to 940 kg/m3, a weight average molecular weight of at least 100000 D and an MFR2.16 (190° C.) of 0.1 to 0.9 kg/m3, which copolymer mixture is produced by a two or more stage copolymerization of ethylene and 2 to 10% mole (relative to ethylene) of a C3-12 alpha-olefin comonomer in a series of reactors including at least one slurry loop reactor and at least one gas phase reactor using a heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Ole Jan Myhre, Merete Skar, Hans Georg Daviknes, Kjetil Larsen Brove, Geir Morten Johansen
  • Publication number: 20090062457
    Abstract: A block copolymer of the formula [S-I-(I/B)]nX or [S-I-(I/B)-/B]nX or mixtures thereof wherein each S is independently a polymer block of an alkenyl arene; each I is a polymer block of isoprene; each B is a polymer block of butadiene and each (I/B) is a mixed random polymer block of isoprene and butadiene in a weight ratio I:B of from about 10:90 to about 90:10, n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, X is the residue of a coupling agent, and wherein the alkenyl arene content of the block copolymer represents a weight ratio of the alkenyl arene block to conjugated diene block of the total block copolymer and is in the range of from about 15 to about 35 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Dale L. HANDLIN, JR., Carl L. WILLIS, Robert C. BENING
  • Publication number: 20090061248
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a block copolymer hydrogenation product suitable for a sheet and a heat shrinkable film which are excellent in solvent resistance, rigidity, elongation and transparency, which is excellent in a balance of physical properties such as solvent resistance, natural shrinkability, low-temperature shrinkability, rigidity, transparency and low-temperature elongation, and a composition thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Susumu Hoshi, Yukio Yamaura
  • Publication number: 20090048397
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide an oxygen absorbing resin composition which is excellent in oxygen absorption at room temperature, reduced in metal content, and reduced in odor emission after oxygen absorption; an oxygen-absorbing film comprising one of the oxygen-absorbing resin compositions; and an oxygen-absorbing multilayer structure including an oxygen-absorbing layer comprising one of the oxygen-absorbing resin compositions. [Means for Solving Problems] One of the oxygen-absorbing resin compositions comprises a resin (A1) having a C—H bond in which the bond dissociation energy is at most 3.70 eV and a resin (B1) having a C—H bond in which the bond dissociation energy is larger than 3.70 eV but at most 4.20 eV. The other composition comprises a resin (A2) having a C—H bond capable of yielding a carbon radical in which the energy of reaction with oxygen is at most 10.0 kcal/mol and a resin (B2) having a C—H bond capable of yielding a carbon radical in which the energy of reaction with oxygen is larger than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuo Kitahara, Kazuo Teraishi
  • Publication number: 20090018253
    Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomer compositions with improved elastic properties, mechanical properties, and processability are disclosed. The compositions include thermoplastic elastomers and performance additives selected from aliphathic, aromatic, or aliphatic-aromatic resins having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventor: Johnson Thomas
  • Patent number: 7473736
    Abstract: The novel thermoplastic elastomer composition of the present invention, which comprises an isobutylene block copolymer (A) containing a polymer block composed predominantly of isobutylene and a polymer block composed predominantly of an aromatic vinyl compound and an alkenyl-terminated isobutylene polymer (B), is highly flexible, and satisfactory in good moldability, rubber-like characteristics, mechanical strengths, permanent compression set characteristics and vibration damping properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Fukuda, Hironari Nakabayashi, Taizo Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20080311812
    Abstract: Copolymers, especially multi-block copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, are prepared by polymerizing propylene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, or other C4-8?-olefin and one or more copolymerizable comonomers, especially ethylene in the presence of a composition comprising the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel J. Arriola, Edmund M. Carnahan, David D. Devore, Phillip D. Hustad, Roger L. Kuhlman, Timothy T. Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20080306214
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition, comprising a blend of components including about 1% to about 20% by weight of a styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene (SEEPS) random block copolymer; about 10% to about 70% by weight of a first midblock tackifying resin having a softening point of at least about 85° C.; about 0 to 65% of a second midblock tackifying resin; about 5% to about 60% by weight of a plasticizer; about 0% to about 20% by weight of an end block reinforcing resin having a softening point equal to or higher than 115° C.; and about 0.1% to about 5% of a stabilizer; wherein the components total 100% by weight of the composition, and the viscosity of the composition is equal to or less than about 20,000 mPa.s at 160° C. Laminates, especially those used in disposable soft goods, and methods of making such laminates using the hot melt adhesive composition are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Monina Kanderski
  • Publication number: 20080249236
    Abstract: A sealing material for insulating glass eliminating problem necessity of long-time aging after production is provided and a resin composition having high long-term adhesion strength, high shape retention, and high gas-barrier property and especially having excellent hot-melt adhesive property is also provided. The sealing material for insulating glass including a resin composition having hot-melt adhesive property contains an isobutylene-based diblock copolymer (A) composed of a polymer block (a) containing an aromatic vinyl compound as a constituent monomer and a polymer block (b) containing isobutylene as a constituent monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Tohru Nakashima, Taizo Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7425371
    Abstract: This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Isola USA Corp.
    Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, Martin Choate, Steve Peters, Kevin Rafferty
  • Publication number: 20080213556
    Abstract: A material and an associated method of formation. A self-assembling block copolymer that includes a first block species and a second block species respectively characterized by a volume fraction of F1 and F2 with respect to the self-assembling block copolymer is provided. At least one crosslinkable polymer that is miscible with the second block species is provided. The self-assembling block copolymer and the at least one crosslinkable polymer are combined to form a mixture. The mixture having a volume fraction, F3, of the crosslinkable polymer, a volume fraction, F1A, of the first block species, and a volume fraction, F2A, of the second block species is formed. A material having a predefined morphology where the sum of F2A and F3 were preselected is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jennifer Nam Cha, James Lupton Hedrick, Ho-Cheol Kim, Robert Dennis Miller, Willi Volksen
  • Publication number: 20080177000
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski
  • Publication number: 20080160305
    Abstract: A nano-particle composition including a polar core and a hydrophobic surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. Methods are disclosed for making and using the nano-particles. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sandra Warren, Xiaorong Wang
  • Patent number: 7393895
    Abstract: A method of forming a poly(arylene ether)-containing solid concentrate is described. The method includes blending a poly(arylene ether), a thermosetting resin, and a compatibilizing agent in the presence of a solvent to form a homogeneous solution, and removing the solvent to yield the solid concentrate. The solid concentrate is useful for preparing curable conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael John Davis, James Estel Tracy
  • Patent number: 7393889
    Abstract: The rubber modified polystyrene resin composition with high gloss and impact resistance according to the present invention is prepared by (i) polymerizing a solution consisting of about 80 to 95% by weight of styrene (A) and about 5 to 20% by weight of polybutadiene rubber (B) with a clay material at a temperature of about 90 to 150° C. in a first reactor so as to disperse at least two different sizes of polybutadiene rubber particles in the matrix of polystyrene, and (ii) inputting the resulting solution of the step (i) to a second reactor being kept at about 130 to 180° C. to terminate the polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Goo Doh
  • Publication number: 20080146736
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to golf balls having at least one layer which comprises a polymer produced by a process wherein one or more monomers are contacted with a composition comprising the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining (A) a first olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by the first olefin polymerization catalyst under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent. Golf balls of the present invention include one-piece, two-piece, and multi-layer golf balls. In two-piece and multi-layer golf balls of the present invention, the polymer may be present in a core layer, a cover layer, an intermediate layer (in the case of multi-layer balls), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Brian Comeau, David A. Bulpett, Kevin M. Harris, Murali Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20080132643
    Abstract: A process for preparing an epoxidized ?-olefin/diene copolymer including the steps of contacting in a reaction medium a) copolymers of an ?-olefin and a diene, which copolymers contain at least one double bond in each diene-derived co-monomer, with b) a hydrogen peroxide epoxidizing agent, in the presence of a perfluorinated alcohol reaction solvent, and in the absence of any metal-containing epoxidation catalyst, under reaction conditions which promote formation of oxirane rings at the sites of the diene-derived co-monomer double bonds in the copolymeric precursor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Abhimanyu Onkar Patil, Karla Schall Colle
  • Patent number: 7326751
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved elastomeric composition that includes from about 0.01 to about 0.5 weight percent of a polyorganosiloxane or a combination of polyorganosiloxanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worlwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Lucille DeLucia, Christian Lee Sanders, Tamara Lee Mace, Silverio Donato de la Cruz, Jr., Jessica King Bersted
  • Patent number: 7291676
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (I) 55 to 95% by weight of an heterophasic polyolefin composition comprising 8 to 50% by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer fraction and 50 to 92% by weight of an elastomeric propylene fraction; (II) 2 to 20% by weight of an oxidized polyethylene wax having an acid number of 5 to 35 mg KOHIg, a molecular weight Mn of 1,000 to 100,000, and a melting point comprised between 92° C. and 140° C.; and (III) 3 to 25% by weight of a styrene block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Dominic A. Berta
  • Patent number: 7282537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene-based polymer including from 51 to 75% by weight of a propylene-ethylene random copolymer component (A) having an intrinsic viscosity [?]A, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 5 dl/g or more and an ethylene content of not less than 8% by weight but less than 20% by weight, and from 25 to 49% by weight of a propylene-based polymer component (B) obtained by polymerizing monomers mainly including propylene, the component having an intrinsic viscosity [?]B, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 1.2 dl/g or less, wherein said amounts of the components (A) and (B) are each based on the combined weight of these components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Susumu Kanzaki, Kazuki Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 7282540
    Abstract: A process of producing particles for diagnostic reagent, including forming a matrix particle by mixing a nuclear particle having a CV value of 20% or less and a magnetic substance containing at least one of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 and giving a shear force to the mixture to adsorb the magnetic substance on the surface of the nuclear particles; and polymerizing a polymerizable monomer in the presence of said matrix particle to form a polymer layer on the magnetic substance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Ichirou Ozaki, Satoshi Katayose, Mikio Hikata, Kejun Fan, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 7273907
    Abstract: There are provided a polypropylene resin composition comprising: (i) 10 to 99% by weight of a specific propylene copolymer (X), (ii) 0 to 60% by weight of a specific copolymer (Y), and (iii) at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1 to 30% by weight of a specific propylene polymer (W) and 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a nucleating agent (N); and a film comprising said polypropylene resin composition, or a laminated film having a layer comprising said polypropylene resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Ebara, Hideaki Hori