| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6884826 |
Process for preparing double metal cyanide catalyzed polyols |
April 26, 2005 |
| The present invention provides a process for preparing a polyoxyalkylene polyol by polyoxyalklating a starter compound with a mixture of two different alkylene oxide monomers in which the first alkylene oxide monomer content of the mixture decreases as the content of the second alkyl |
| 6855742 |
Agents for reducing the force-to-crush (FTC) of high support flexible foams |
February 15, 2005 |
| The present invention provides a high support (HS) and high support-high resilience (HS-HR) flexible polyurethane foams prepared by catalyzed reaction of one or more di- or polyisocyanates at an isocyanate index from about 70 to about 130 with: (a) a polyoxyalkylene polyol or polyoxya |
| 6855658 |
Hydroxide containing double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts |
February 15, 2005 |
| The present invention provides a crystalline, hydroxide containing double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst of the formulae (I) or (II),wherein M.sup.1 represents a metal selected from Zn.sup.+2, Fe.sup.+2, Ni.sup.+2, Mn.sup.+2, Co.sup.+2, Sn.sup.+2, Pb.sup.+2, Fe.sup.+3, Mo.sup.+4, Mo.sup.+6 |
| 6835801 |
Activated starter mixtures and the processes related thereto |
December 28, 2004 |
| The present invention is directed to an activated starter mixture which can be used to prepare polyoxyalkylene polyols. The present invention is also directed to a process for preparing an activated starter mixture, particularly, to a process for preparing an activated starter mixture |
| 6821308 |
Polyoxyalkylene monoethers with reduced water affinity |
November 23, 2004 |
| Oleophilic polyoxyalkylene monoethers having reduced water affinity are disclosed. The monoethers have a hydrocarbyl residue, a polyoxyalkylene moiety, and a hydroxyl end group. The monoethers contain less than about 6 mole percent of alkoxylated unsaturates, and preferably less than abo |
| 6780895 |
Polyurethane carpet backings with improved tuft bind |
August 24, 2004 |
| Improvements in tuft bind and/or elongation of tufted carpet may be achieved by selecting, as components of a tuft bind adhesive, one or more of: i) a polyol component comprising a low or ultra-low unsaturation polyoxypropylene polyol optionally containing up to 30 weight percent oxy |
| 6458861 |
Carbon dioxide blown low density, flexible microcellular elastomers suitable for preparing shoe |
October 1, 2002 |
| Microcellular polyurethane flexible foams suitable for use as lightweight shoe sole components are produced by dissolving carbon dioxide into one or both of the iso-side or resin-side of an isocyanate-prepolymer-based microcellular polyurethane foam formulation. The resultant foams posse |
| 6420445 |
Polyurethane and polyurethane/urea heat-cured and moisture-cured elastomers with improved physic |
July 16, 2002 |
| Elastomers with improved physical properties, particularly hardness, resilience, tear strength, and compression set, may be prepared by the chain extension or moisture cure of isocyanate-terminated prepolymers prepared from a polyol component comprising a high molecular weight, low u |
| 6395798 |
Low density microcellular elastomers based on isocyanate-terminated prepolymers |
May 28, 2002 |
| Low density microcellular polyurethane foams suitable for athletic shoe midsoles and other applications are prepared by diol chain extension of 12 to 16% free NCO isocyanate-terminated prepolymers prepared by reacting an excess of di- or polyisocyanate with one or more high molecular wei |
| 6391935 |
Viscoelastic polyurethane foams |
May 21, 2002 |
| Viscoelastic foams and a process for making them are disclosed. The foams are produced with a unique isocyanate-reactive mixture that includes a low equivalent weight polyol and from about 15 to about 70 wt. % of a polyester or polyoxyalkylene monol having a number average equivalent |
| 6264775 |
Face-up coating of carpet backs with polyurethane |
July 24, 2001 |
| Tufted carpeting can be manufactured employing polyurethane adhesives and cured face up without dripping, when one or more drip-reducing process steps of adding a non-Newtonian thickener to the adhesive or forming a viscosified or cured film on the outer surface of the adhesive are p |
| 6218444 |
Dispersion polyols for hypersoft polyurethane foam |
April 17, 2001 |
| Dispersion polyols which are liquid-liquid dispersions containing a first having a substantially Polyoxypropylene internal block having an equivalent weight in excess of about 700 Da and a high oxyethylene-content external block, and a second polyol which is a substantially polyoxyet |
| 6211330 |
Process of making an epoxide polymer using highly active double metal cyanide catalysts |
April 3, 2001 |
| Improved double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts are disclosed. The catalysts comprise a DMC compound, an organic complexing agent, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of an organophosphine oxide, and optionally, a polyether. Compared with other DMC catalysts prepared in the absence of the |
| 6171678 |
Polyurethane carpet backings with improved tuft bind |
January 9, 2001 |
| Improvements in tuft bind and/or elongation of tufted carpet may be achieved by selecting, as components of a tuft bind adhesive, one or more of: i) a polyol component comprising a low or ultra-low unsaturation polyoxypropylene polyol optionally containing up to 30 weight percent oxy |
| 6143802 |
Process for the preparation of polyol polymer dispersions |
November 7, 2000 |
| Polymer polyols and polymer-modified polyols having substantially no transition metal content in the polyol continuous phase may be prepared from encapsulative double metal cyanide complex-catalyzed polyoxyalkylene polyether base polyols without substantial removal of double metal cyanid |
| 6127443 |
Energy management polyurethane rigid foams with high recovery |
October 3, 2000 |
| Energy absorbing rigid polyurethane foams have both high energy absorbing efficiency as well as exceptional recovery after deformation, allowing their use in visible energy absorbing structures, particularly in the transportation vehicle industry. The foams are prepared by reaction of on |
| 6100310 |
Process for making microcellular polyurethane elastomers |
August 8, 2000 |
| Microcellular elastomers and a process for making them are disclosed. The process comprises reacting a resin component ("B" side) with an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer ("A" side). Pre-reacting the right proportion of chain extender into an "A" side that also includes a high-primar |
| 6083420 |
Method for decreasing the propensity for phase-out of the high molecular weight component of dou |
July 4, 2000 |
| During polyoxyalkylation in the presence of certain double metal cyanide catalysts, a very high molecular weight hydrophobic fraction, i.e. a "tail", is produced during preparation of high secondary hydroxyl polyols which is believed to contribute to foam collapse in polyurethane foam |
