Silicon Reactant Contains A Silicon-to-hydrogen Bond Patents (Class 528/31)
  • Patent number: 9073952
    Abstract: Si(OEt)2[CH2—Si(OEt)3]2 compounds are synthesized by reacting a Grignard reagent having the formula Si(OEt)3(CH2MgCl) with a quenching agent having the formula Si(OEt)2Cl2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc., Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP
    Inventors: Zhiwen Wan, Ziyun Wang, Ashutosh Misra, Jean-Marc Girard, Andrey V. Korolev
  • Publication number: 20150141607
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition having excellent processability, workability, heat resistance, and light resistance, and having no problem of discoloring despite using for a long time may be provided. The curable composition which may scatter light and disperse linearity of light when used as an encapsulant of an optical semiconductor such as an LED may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jin KO, Jae Ho JUNG, Bum Gyu CHOI, Dae Ho KANG, Min Kyoun KIM, Byung Kyu CHO
  • Publication number: 20150137172
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarbosilane represented by the following formula (1): [R1R2R3SiX1/2]M[R4R5SiX2/2]D[R6SiX3/2]T[SiX4/2]Q??(1); and a curable composition comprising: (A) said polycarbosilane of formula 1 as polycarbosilane A, (B) at least one polycarbosilane B represented by the following formula (2): [R7R8R9SiX1/2]M?[R10R11SiX2/2]D?[R12SiX3/2]T?[SiX4/2]Q?,??(2), and (C) at least a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Xing, Liwei Zhang, Zhiming Pasing Li, Yong Zhang, Juan Du
  • Patent number: 9035009
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a liquid-form modified product of polyhedral polysiloxane which is excellent in moldability and transparency, and a composition produced using the modified product. In addition, the present invention can provide an easy-to-handle modified product and composition. The present invention provides a modified product of polyhedral polysiloxane which is obtainable by modifying a polyhedral polysiloxane compound (a) with a compound (b), and a composition containing the modified product. The polyhedral polysiloxane compound (a) has an alkenyl group and/or a hydrosilyl group, and the compound (b) has a hydrosilyl group and/or an alkenyl group each capable of hydrosilylation with the component (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Manabe, Makoto Seino, Shinya Mizuta
  • Patent number: 9035008
    Abstract: A curable composition comprises (a) at least one polyorganosiloxane, fluorinated polyorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydroxysilyl moieties; (b) at least one polyorganosiloxane, fluorinated polyorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydrosilyl moieties; and (c) at least one photoactivatable composition comprising at least one organoborate salt selected from tetraarylborate, triarylorganoborate, diaryldiorganoborate, and aryltriorganoborate salts (and combinations thereof) of at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof; wherein at least one of the components (a) and (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Yu Yang, George G. I. Moore, Michael A. Semonick
  • Publication number: 20150130086
    Abstract: A gel has improved thermal stability and is the hydrosilylation reaction product of (A) an organopolysiloxane having an average of at least 0.1 silicon-bonded alkenyl group per molecule and (B) a cross-linker having an average of at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule. (A) and (B) react via hydrosilylation in the presence of (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst and (D) a phthalocyanine. The (D) phthalocyanine is present in an amount of from about 0.05 to about 30 weight percent based on a total weight of (A) and (B). The gel has a hardness of less than about 1500 grams as measured after heat ageing at 225° C. for 1000 hours that is calculated as a weight required to insert a TA-23 probe into the gel to a depth of 3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Dorab E. Bhagwagar, Daesup Hyun, Kelly J. Messing, Kent R. Larson
  • Publication number: 20150126700
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition capable of forming a cured product that excels in heat resistance, transparency, and flexibility and particularly excels in barrier properties against a corrosive gas (e.g., sulfur oxide). The curable resin composition includes a compound (U) containing an aliphatic carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and a compound (H) containing a hydrosilyl group and includes at least one of a ladder-type silsesquioxane [A1] and a ladder-type silsesquioxane [A2], where the ladder-type silsesquioxane [A1] contains an aliphatic carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and has a number-average molecular weight of 500-1500 and a molecular weight dispersity (Mw/Mn) of 1.00-1.40 as determined by gel permeation chromatography and calibrated with a polystyrene standard, and the ladder-type silsesquioxane [A2] contains a hydrosilyl group and has a number-average molecular weight of 500-1500 and a molecular weight dispersity (Mw/Mn) of 1.00-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeaki Kamuro, Akihiro Kuwana, Nobuhiko Harada
  • Patent number: 9018777
    Abstract: An encapsulating composition for a light emitting element, a light emitting diode (LED) and a liquid crystal display device (LCD) are provided. A silicone-cured product included as a main ingredient and a conductivity-providing agent having excellent compatibility and capable of providing superior conductivity can be used to significantly reduce the surface resistivity of the silicone-cured product. Therefore, the encapsulating composition for a light emitting element, the LED and the LCD can be useful in solving the problems regarding attachment of a foreign substance such as dust due to static electricity, and degradation of transparency since the composition has low surface resistivity when used as a semiconductor encapsulation material for an LED, and also in providing a cured product having excellent properties such as light resistance, heat resistance, durability and optical transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ki Chun, In Seok Hwang, Dong-Wook Lee, Ji Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 9012586
    Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition that can be used as a sealant or a bonding agent for optical semiconductor elements and comprises at least the following components: (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane that comprises constituent (A-1) of an average compositional formula and constituent (A-2) of an average compositional formula; (B) an organopolysiloxane that contains silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and comprises constituent (B-1) containing at least 0.5 wt. % of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and represented by an average molecular formula, constituent (B-2) containing at least 0.5 wt. % of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and represented by an average compositional formula, and, if necessary, constituent (B-3) of an average molecular formula; and (C) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst. The composition can form a cured body that possesses long-lasting properties of light transmittance and bondability, and relatively low hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshitake, Mieko Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9012588
    Abstract: An organohydrogenpolysiloxane comprising at least two structural units of —(HR1SiO)a— wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and a is an integer of 2-50, which are connected together via a SiH-free structural unit, is a novel crosslinking agent. A silicone composition comprising an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and a catalyst is curable through addition reaction, adherent to plastic substrates, and useful for coating purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Irifune, Akinari Itagaki
  • Publication number: 20150087791
    Abstract: This invention is a vinylcarbosiloxane resin that is the hydrosilation reaction product of 1,3,5,7-tetravinyl-1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane and a hydride-terminated linear polysiloxane, siloxane, or silane, having two terminal Si—H hydrogens reactive with vinyl groups in a hydrosilation reaction, in the presence of a platinum catalyst. Suitable hydride-terminated linear polysiloxanes, siloxances, and silanes include those having the structures: In another embodiment, the vinylcarbosiloxane resin can be reacted with one or more other hydrido-silanes and hydrido-polysiloxanes in the presence of a platinum catalyst to form a curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Shengqian Kong, Liwei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Wentao Thomas Xing, Daniel J. Duffy
  • Patent number: 8987358
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesion-imparting agent having heat-resistant transparency and a high refractive index best suited for an addition hardening type composition including a reaction product of silsesquioxane and organopolysiloxane. The invention relates to a compound obtained by allowing a hydrosilylation addition reaction of (A), (B), and when necessary, (C) as described below, and a compound including an organopolysiloxane or silsesquioxane skeleton including as an essential component an isocyanuric ring skeleton and an epoxy group, and having an SiH group residue: (A) a compound including an organopolysiloxane or silsesquioxane skeleton and having three or more SiH groups in one molecule; (B) an epoxy derivative having one aliphatic unsaturated group in one molecule; and (C) organopolysiloxane having two alkenyl groups in one molecule, and having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 500,000, or an isocyanurate compound having two alkenyl groups in one molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: JNC Corporation
    Inventors: Kiichi Kawabata, Akio Tajima, Takashi Matsuo, Yoshiko Watanabe, Koichi Ayama
  • Patent number: 8987401
    Abstract: Methods of producing a composition comprising a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rajat Duggal, William A. Koonce, Amarnath Singh, Phillip S. Athey
  • Publication number: 20150076552
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition contains a polysiloxane containing at least one pair of condensable substituted groups capable of condensation by heating and at least one pair of addable substituted groups capable of addition by an active energy ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka ONA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Sadahiro NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 8980973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for taking dental impressions, the composition comprising a siloxane component (A) comprising terminal vinyl groups, a siloxane component (B) comprising Si—H groups, a catalyst (C) being able to catalyze a curing reaction between components (A) and (B) and a silicone oil (D), wherein the silicone oil has a viscosity at 23 DEG C of at least about 600,000 mPa*s and is present in an amount from about 1 to about 20 wt.% with respect to the weight of the whole composition. The invention also relates to a method of producing such a composition and a method for adjusting the Shore hardness A of a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Peter Uwe Osswald, Hyung-Min Shim, Johann Fetz, Joachim Wilhelm Zech, Bernd Kuppermann
  • Patent number: 8974775
    Abstract: There is provided herein a functionalized ionic silicone composition comprising a silicone of the formula (I): M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj??(I) which contains a monovalent radical bearing ion-pairs and having the formula (II): -A-Ix?Mny+; where A is a spacing group having at least 2 spacing atoms selected from a divalent hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group, where I is an ionic group such as sulfonate —SO3?, carboxylate —COO?, phosphonate —PO32? group and phosphate —OPO32?, where M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals, metals, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups; or, zwitterions having the formula (III): —R?—NR?2+—R??—I??(III) where I is defined as above, and where the subscript a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: 2?a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j?6000, b+e+h>0 and c+f+i>0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Anubhav Saxena, Alok Sarkar, Sandip Tiwari
  • Publication number: 20150048356
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive film, and an organic electronic device (OED) encapsulation product using the same. Dimensional stability, lifespan, and durability may be enhanced even when a panel of an organic electronic device is large-sized and formed as a thin film by controlling dimensional tolerance and edge angular tolerance of the adhesive film, thereby ensuring long-term reliability, and process yields may be enhanced when the adhesive film is applied to an automation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Seung Min LEE, Suk Ky CHANG, Hyun Jee YOO, Jung Sup SHIM, Yoon Gyung CHO, Kyung Yul BAE
  • Patent number: 8957165
    Abstract: An addition-curable silicone composition that provides a cured product having a particularly high transparency, an excellent light extraction efficiency and a favorable strength characteristic by subjecting the cured product to a lower refractive index by using a specific composition. The present invention was accomplished by an addition-curable silicone composition, including at least: (A) a linear organopolysiloxane having 2 or more aliphatic unsaturated groups bonded to a silicon atom and 1 or more CF3—(CF2)y—(CH2)z— groups bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; (B) an organopolysiloxane having 2 or more aliphatic unsaturated groups bonded to a silicon atom and 1 or more CF3—(CF2)y—(CH2)z— groups bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule and having a branch structure of a siloxane unit represented by an SiO4/2 and/or an RSiO3/2; (C) an organosilicon compound represented by the following general formula (1); and (D) a platinum group metal-based catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Iwata, Toshiyuki Ozai, Yukito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8946350
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition can exhibit excellent processibility and workability. The curable composition exhibits excellent light extraction efficiency, hardness, thermal and shock resistance, moisture resistance, gas permeability and adhesiveness, after curing. In addition, the curable composition can provide a cured product that exhibits long-lasting durability and reliability even under harsh conditions, and that does not cause whitening and surface stickiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jin Ko, Jae Ho Jung, Bum Gyu Choi, Min A Yu
  • Patent number: 8946369
    Abstract: Branched polysiloxanes of formula (I) Ma1MHa2MVia3Db1DHb2DVib3Tc1THc2TVic3Qd??(I) wherein M=[R2R12SiO1/2], MH=[R12HSiO1/2], MVi=[R3R12SiO1/2], D=[R12SiO2/2], DH=[R1HSiO2/2], DVi=[R1R3SiO2/2], T=[R4SiO3/2], TH=[HSiO3/2], TVi=[R3SiO3/2], Q=[SiO4/2], R1 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R2 is mutually independently the same as R1, an alkoxy moiety or a hydroxy group, R3 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R4 is mutually independently R1 or identical or different linear, branched and/or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties comprising heteroatoms, a1=from 0 to 50, a2=from 1 to 50, a3=from 1 to 50, b1=from 10 to 5000, b2=from 0 to 30, b3=from 0 to 30, c1=from 0 to 50, c2=from 0 to 50 c3=from 0 to 50, d=from 0 to 50, with the proviso that the sum c1+c2+c3+d is greater than or equal to 1, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Sadik Amajjahe, Ute Linke, Michael Ferenz, Wilfried Knott, Volker Arning, Bastian Matthias Brugger, Kathrin Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8940852
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for manufacturing a reactive polysiloxane solution, the method comprising: a condensation process for hydrolyzing and copolycondensing a starting compound containing an organosilicon compound having a reactive functional group selected from a (meth)acryloyl group and an oxetanyl group, and also having a siloxane bond-forming group to synthetize a reactive polysiloxane represented by general formula (1); a dissolution process for dissolving the obtained reactive polysiloxane in an organic solvent for water washing; and a washing process for bringing the obtained organic solution and water in contact with each other to remove the water layer from the mixed liquid. The organic solvent for water washing that is used is a compound (e.g., propylene glycol mono butyl ether, 1-pentanol) including a hydroxyl group, having a boiling point at 1 atm of 110° C.-200° C., and a solubility of 10 g or less in 100 g of water at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomasa Furuta, Akinori Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8937131
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition can exhibit excellent processability and workability. The curable composition exhibits excellent light extraction efficiency, hardness, thermal and shock resistance, moisture resistance, gas permeability and adhesiveness, after curing. In addition, the curable composition can provide a cured product that exhibits long-lasting durability and reliability even under harsh conditions, and that does not cause whitening and surface stickiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jin Ko, Jae Ho Jung, Bum Gyu Choi, Min A Yu
  • Patent number: 8937136
    Abstract: A curable composition and use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Gyu Choi, Min Jin Ko, Myung Sun Moon, Jae Ho Jung, Dae Ho Kang, Min Kyoun Kim, Byung Kyu Cho
  • Patent number: 8933186
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel polyorganosiloxane, a polycarbonate resin composition comprising the same and a modified polycarbonate resin. Disclosed is also a novel polyorganosiloxane derivative which may be utilized in various applications and is used in particular as an impact modifier, a modifier or a comonomer of polycarbonate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyong Min Bahn, Moo Ho Hong, Young Young Hwang, Min Jeong Kim, Jung Jun Park
  • Patent number: 8933187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are self-crosslinking compositions containing a hydrosilation catalyst and the reaction product of a mixture comprising (i) a resinous copolymer having both silicon-bonded hydrogen and silanol groups, and (ii) one or more vinyl-functional polyorganosiloxanes. These compositions have stable post-cure adhesive properties and are suitable for use in electronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Material Inc.
    Inventor: Roy Melvin Griswold
  • Patent number: 8933177
    Abstract: To provide a release modifier which provides a heavy release force to a cured release layer of silicone coating composition. The release modifier comprises an organopolysiloxane resin-organopolysiloxane condensation reaction product that is obtained by the condensation reaction of (a1) 100 weight parts of MQ-type organopolysiloxane resin in which the molar ratio of the M unit to the Q unit is 0.6 to 1.0 and the content of the hydroxyl group or alkoxy group is 0.3 to 2.0 weight % with (a2) 20 to 150 weight parts of chain-form diorganopolysiloxane that has an average degree of polymerization of 100 to 1000 and at least one hydroxyl group or alkoxy group; this organopolysiloxane resin-organopolysiloxane condensation reaction product preferably has a prescribed hydroxyl group content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Hori, Takateru Yamada, Chung Mien Kuo
  • Patent number: 8927674
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cobalt complexes containing terdentate pyridine di-imine ligands and their use as efficient and selective dehydrogenative silylation and crosslinking catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Princeton University, Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Cristia Carmen Hojilla Atienza, Paul J. Chirik, Susan Nye, Kenrick M. Lewis, Keith J. Weller, Julie L. Boyer, Johannes G. P. Delis, Aroop Roy, Eric Pohl
  • Patent number: 8925626
    Abstract: A substrate is surface treated using a composition for forming a film that comprises (A) an organoalkoxysilane, (B) an organopolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom, and (C) a condensation reaction catalyst. This composition for forming a film can form a highly hydrophobic water repellent film provided with sufficient water shedding performance. It is possible to provide a highly hydrophobic substrate such as a heat dissipating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Akinaga, Tadashi Okawa, Kazuhiro Nishijima, Eiji Kitaura
  • Patent number: 8921496
    Abstract: A curable composition and use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening, under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Gyu Choi, Min Jin Ko, Myung Sun Moon, Jae Ho Jung, Dae Ho Kang, Min Kyoun Kim, Byung Kyu Cho
  • Patent number: 8920931
    Abstract: A phosphosiloxane resin comprises a plurality of covalently bonded monomer units selected from phosphosiloxane units SiR23—O—P(?O)(R1)—(OR3)q(O1/2—)p and organosiloxane units R2m(OR3)nSiO(4-m-n)/2. R1 and each R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl, and C1 to C10 hydrocarbylene; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl; p is 0 or 1; q=1?p; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; n is 0, 1, or 2; and m+n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. Curable silicone compositions comprise a phosphosiloxane resin having greater than one silicon-bonded alkenyl group, an organosilicon compound having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, and a hydrosilylation catalyst. Fiber-reinforced free-standing films may comprise fibers dispersed in a cured product of the silicone composition. Laminated substrates comprise at least one fiber-reinforced free-standing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8916669
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for a method of producing a silylated polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group and at least one hydroxyl group in each molecule. The method comprises providing a polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule, wherein the polyoxyalkylene polymer includes an impurity double metal cyanide complex mixed therein, and wherein the polyoxyalkylene polymer has not been treated with a metal-coordinating compound; and adding to the polyoxyalkylene polymer a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule and a hydrosilylation catalyst to thereby carry out a hydrosilylation reaction, wherein the hydrosilyation reaction is performed in an absence of a metal-coordinating compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ling Zhang, Daniel A. Aguilar, Debkumar Bhattacharjee, William A. Koonce, Basudeb Saha
  • Patent number: 8916670
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electrolyte materials. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides for a solid polymer electrolyte material that has high ionic conductivity and is mechanically robust. An exemplary material can be characterized by a copolymer that includes at least one structural block, such as a vinyl polymer, and at least one ionically conductive block with a siloxane backbone. In various embodiments, the electrolyte can be a diblock copolymer or a triblock copolymer. Many uses are contemplated for the solid polymer electrolyte materials. For example, the novel electrolyte material can be used in Li-based batteries to enable higher energy density, better thermal and environmental stability, lower rates of self-discharge, enhanced safety, lower manufacturing costs, and novel form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Seeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing R. Hsieh, Hany Basam Eitouni, Mohit Singh
  • Publication number: 20140360367
    Abstract: This invention relates to organopolysiloxane compounds. In some embodiments, the organopolysiloxane compound includes a siloxane unit having at least one trialkylsilyl pendant group attached thereto through an organic group spacer. The present invention also relates to methods of making the organopolysiloxane, a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition including the organopolysiloxane, a cured product of the silicone composition, a membrane including the cured product, a method of making the membrane, and a method of separating components in a feed mixture using the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, James S. Hrabal, Alexandra N. Lichtor
  • Patent number: 8907023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polysiloxane compound having a structure represented by formula 1: wherein each of F1, F2, F3 and F4 is individually selected from one of a first group, a second group, a third group and a fourth group, the first group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having amino group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having epoxy group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having carbonyl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s), the second group is a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having amino group(s), the third group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having epoxy group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having carbonyl group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having SiCl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s), the fourth group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having aryl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Chi Mei Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan-Lin Hsieh, Kuei-Lun Cheng, Chih-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8907036
    Abstract: Self-adhesive crosslinkable silicone compositions may be transparent and prepared without conventional adhesion promoters, and contain (1) an organopolysiloxane having a minimum of two aliphatically unsaturated carbon-carbon bond-containing groups, (2) a pendant Si—H functional organopolysiloxane having at least 3 Si—H groups and a minimum of 0.7 weight percent of Si-bonded hydrogen, and (3) a linear organopolysiloxane bearing terminal Si—H groups, wherein the mol ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen in (2) to that in [(2) and (3)] is from 0.05 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Christian Ochs
  • Patent number: 8907038
    Abstract: A material suitable for sealing an LED element or for a gas barrier layer for a resin component, and an LED device, an FPD device and a semiconductor device using it. A process for producing a polymer composition, which includes mixing and reacting as component (A), an unsaturated group-containing siloxane compound of the following formula (1): wherein the siloxane structure is a chain or cyclic structure, as component (B), a siloxane compound having a structure of the following formula (2) wherein hydrogen is directly bonded to silicon, wherein the siloxane structure is a chain or cyclic structure, as component (C), at least one member selected from the group consisting of organic metal compounds of Group 1, 2, 12, 13 and 14 metals of the periodic table, and as component (D), a metal catalyst of Group 8, 9 or 10 metal of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji Hara, Masato Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8900668
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to curable polyureasil compounds, methods related to curing of such compounds via hydrolysis and/or condensation to form coatings on a substrate, and coated articles formed from the curable polyureasil compounds. The polyureasil compounds are generally hydrocarbon-based, including multiple urea groups and multiple hydrolysable silyl groups per molecule. The hydrolysable silyl groups can be hydrolyzed and subsequently condensed to provide a networked polymeric structure with siloxane/urea linkages between polyureasil compound precursors to form a cured polyureasil composition useful as a coating for a substrate, in particular an anti-corrosion coating for a metallic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Eastern Michigan University
    Inventor: Vijaykumar M. Mannari
  • Patent number: 8889809
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a silicone resin composition having remarkably low gas permeability which is useful for a purpose requiring lower gas permeability. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide an optical semiconductor device provided with a cured product obtained by curing the silicone resin composition which has discoloration resistance, durable reflection efficiency and high reliability. The present invention provides a silicone resin composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, and is represented by the average compositional formula (1), (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom, and is represented by the average compositional formula (2), (C) a catalytic amount of a curing catalyst, and (D) 0.001 to 3 parts by mass of an antioxidant, relative to a total 100 parts by mass of components (A) and (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihira Hamamoto, Tsutomu Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 8889811
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition and its use. The curable composition may exhibit excellent processibility and workability. The curable composition has excellent light extraction efficiency, crack resistance, hardness, thermal and shock resistance and an adhesive property after curing. The curable composition may provide a cured product exhibiting stable durability and reliability under severe conditions for a long time, and having no whitening and surface stickiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jin Ko, Myung Sun Moon, Jae Ho Jung, Bum Gyu Choi, Dae Ho Kang, Min Kyoun Kim, Byung Kyu Cho
  • Publication number: 20140332987
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition capable of forming a cured product which has excellent heat resistance, transparency, and flexibility and particularly excels in reflow resistance and barrier properties to a corrosive gas. The curable resin composition includes a ladder-type polyorganosilsesquioxane and an isocyanurate compound such as a triglycidyl isocyanurate compound, a monoallyl diglycidyl isocyanurate compound, a diallyl monoglycidyl isocyanurate compound, or a triallyl isocyanurate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeaki Kamuro, Yasunobu Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8883950
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition contains a silicon-containing component including a silicon atom to which a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from a saturated hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group is bonded and a silicon atom to which an alkenyl group is bonded. The number of moles of alkenyl group per 1 g of the silicon-containing component is 200 to 2000 ?mol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kimura, Munehisa Mitani
  • Patent number: 8877885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for methods of producing a composition comprising a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule. The method comprises providing a polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule, adding to the polymer a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule and a hydrosilylation catalyst to thereby carry out a hydrosilylation reaction to form a composition comprising hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers, reacting the hydrosilylated polyoxyalkylene polymers with at least one isocyanate in the presence of a first tin-free catalyst to form an isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymer, and optionally reacting the isocyanate reacted hydrosilylated polymer with a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 to form a polyol reacted crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, William A. Koonce, Juan Carlos Medina, Ganesh Kailasam, Rajat Duggal, Nathan Wilmot
  • Patent number: 8877860
    Abstract: A two-part curable liquid silicone rubber composition comprises a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition. The first and second liquid compositions are stored separately and yield, upon mixing, a silicone rubber forming composition. The silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane comprising (A-1) an organopolysiloxane having only a silicon-bonded alkenyl group at each molecular terminal and (A-2) an organopolysiloxane having from 1 to 4 silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in side molecular chains and containing not greater than 2.0 wt. % of alkenyl groups; (B) a calcium carbonate powder; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Tasaki, Yuichi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8877886
    Abstract: To provide a method of producing a polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition that is free of acid-mediated carbon-oxygen bond and silicon-oxygen bond cleavage, that is substantially deodorized and also does not generate odor with elapsed time, and that is therefore well suited for use in cosmetic applications, e.g., for hair cosmetics, skin cosmetics, and so forth. A production method of this invention is characterized by removing the odor-causing substance from a polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition that has been synthesized by a hydrosilylation reaction, by subjecting the polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition to a hydrolysis treatment in the presence of an acidic inorganic salt that is a solid at 25° C. and gives a specific pH at 25° C. in aqueous solution; for example, potassium hydrogensulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Souda, Seiki Tamura
  • Patent number: 8871867
    Abstract: The invention discloses a terminal-modified conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps. An organic alkali metal initiator is added into a first mixture containing a conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer to perform reaction to obtain a conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer with active terminal. The conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer with active terminal reacts with polysiloxane to obtain a terminal-modified conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer. The aforementioned polysiloxane is expressed as chemical formula (I): R1, R2, R3 and R5 independently are alkyl group with 1˜20 carbon atoms. R4 is selected from one of alkyl group, alkoxy group or hydroxyl group with 1˜5 carbon atoms, m is an integer of 2˜50, and n is an integer of 0˜50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Chi Mei Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Lun Cheng, Chen-Pao Huang
  • Patent number: 8871890
    Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition which includes a ladder-type silsesquioxane (A) having an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule; a ladder-type silsesquioxane (B) having a Si—H bond in the molecule; and a hydrosilylation catalyst. The curable resin composition is useful as sealants typically for optical semiconductor elements. Also disclosed is a cured article which is obtained by curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition can give such a cured article having properties including resistance to elevated temperatures, flexibility, transparency, resistance to thermal yellowing, and resistance to photoyellowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Daicel Corporation
    Inventors: Keizo Inoue, Shigeaki Kamuro
  • Patent number: 8865858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a composite material composed of a) at least one oxidic phase and b) an organic polymer phase. The copolymerization of at least one compound of the formula I [(ArO)mMOnRrHp]q??(I) in which M is B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As or Sb, Ar is phenyl or naphthyl, R is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, where aryl is unsubstituted or may have one or more substituents, with formaldehyde or formaldehyde equivalents, in a reaction medium which is essentially anhydrous, to obtain a composite material having an arrangement of phase domains similar to those nanocomposite materials obtainable by twin polymerization, and to the use of the composite material for production of gas storage materials, rubber mixtures, low-K dielectrics and electrode materials for lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Gerhard Cox, Hannes Wolf, Szilard Csihony
  • Patent number: 8865320
    Abstract: A light-emitting device including: a substrate; a light-emitting diode; and an optical resonance layer to resonate light emitted from the light-emitting diode. The optical resonance layer includes a first layer, including a polysilsesquioxane-based copolymer. A linking group connecting two different silicon (Si) atoms of the polysilsesquioxane-based copolymer can be —O—, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sun-Young Lee, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Young-Woo Song, Joon-Gu Lee, So-Young Lee, Do-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 8859635
    Abstract: Silicone composites subject to reticulation or reticulated, particularly for creating a coating or water-repellent and anti-adhesive film for flexible substrates such as paper or similar in the form of natural or synthetic polymer films. These compounds contain reticulating polyorganosiloxanes that have SiH units and unsaturated polyorganosiloxanes, preferably vinylated, suitable for reacting with the reticulating agent in an addition reaction and in the presence of platinum to form the reticulated anti-adhesive coating on the flexible substrate, plus at least one additive (D) to promote adhesion to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Bluestar Silicones France SAS
    Inventors: John White, Michel Feder, Alain Pouchelon, Yassine Maadadi, Lucile Gambut-Garel
  • Patent number: 8846507
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlled polymerization and/or oligomerization of hydrosilanes compounds including those of the general formulae SinH2n and SinH2n+2 as well as alkyl- and arylsilanes, to produce soluble silicon polymers as a precursor to silicon films having low carbon content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Thin Film Electronics ASA
    Inventors: Dmitry Karshtedt, Joerg Rockenberger, Fabio Zurcher, Brent Ridley, Erik Scher