| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6803390 |
Rigid polyurethane foams |
October 12, 2004 |
| Polyurethane foams are made using a prepolymer that is the reaction product of an organic polyisocyanate, a hydroxy-functional acrylate or methacrylate, and a polyol. This prepolymer is reacted at specified volume ratios and isocyanate indices with a polyol component that includes at |
| 6803015 |
Method of making wall-flow monolith filter |
October 12, 2004 |
| A ceramic honeycomb wall-flow filter is prepared by plugging channels in a ceramic honeycomb by a method comprising the following. First, a mixture comprised of a dispersing liquid and ceramic powder is formed. Next, the mixture is inserted on one end of the channel in an unplugged ceram |
| 6803014 |
Method of making elastic articles having improved heat-resistance |
October 12, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to a method for making a heat-resistant elastic article and a heat-resistant elastic article. The invention especially relates to a method of making elastic fibers and polymeric elastic fibers wherein the elastic fibers are capable of withstanding dyeing |
| 6800715 |
Lightweight tire support and composition and method for making a tire support |
October 5, 2004 |
| A polyurethane-polymer composition suitable for preparing a lightweight tire support includes at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol, and at least one chain extender. A polyurethane-polymer composition can also include an additive such as a catalyst, a filler, a surfactant, a c |
| 6800701 |
Polycyclic, fused ring compounds, metal complexes and polymerization process |
October 5, 2004 |
| Compounds and metal complexes comprising a polycyclic, fused ring ligand or inertly substituted derivative thereof having up to 60 atoms other than hydrogen, said ligand comprising at least: (1) a cyclopentadienyl ring, (2) a 6, 7, or 8 membered ring other than a 6-carbon aromatic ring, |
| 6800669 |
Propylene copolymer foams |
October 5, 2004 |
| A foam comprising a propylene copolymer material comprising at least 50 weight percent of units derived from propylene, based on the total propylene copolymer material, and units derived from ethylenically unsaturated comonomers and having a melt flow rate in the range of from 0.5 to |
| 6797845 |
Process for vinyl chloride manufacture from ethane and ethylene with immediate HCl recovery from |
September 28, 2004 |
| A process for producing vinyl chloride monomer where significant quantities of both ethane and ethylene in input streams to the affiliated reactor where hydrogen chloride in the reactor effluent is essentially fully recovered from the reactor effluent in the first unit operation after th |
| 6793261 |
Composite spare wheel well |
September 21, 2004 |
| A vehicle wheel well assembly is provided and is adapted to engage a vehicle floor pan. The wheel well assembly includes a floor and an annular sidewall extending upwardly from the periphery of the floor. A post extends upwardly from the center of the floor for engaging the spare wheel |
| 6790872 |
Mechanically frothed and chemically blown polyurethane foam |
September 14, 2004 |
| The present invention is a low density polyurethane foam cushion useful as an attached carpet cushion or as a detached carpet underlay. The low density foams of the present invention are prepared by a process wherein a polyurethane foam formulation is blown by both mechanical and chemica |
| 6790792 |
Low dielectric constant polymers having good adhesion and toughness and articles made with such |
September 14, 2004 |
| A cured polyphenylene polymer having a glass transition temperature no greater than 465.degree. C. An integrated circuit article having a fracture toughness as determined by the modified edge liftoff test of at least 0.3 MPa-m.sup.1/2. |
| 6788413 |
METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING THE APPEARANCE OF A PARTICULAR OBJECT, FOR PREDICTING THE APPEARANCE O |
September 7, 2004 |
| The surface contribution to appearance of an object is characterized using a plurality of viewing and illumination angles. The color determining and surface contribution are determined to aid in the predicting of the appearance of an object as well as matching an object to another object |
| 6787608 |
Bimodal polyethylene composition and articles made therefrom |
September 7, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a polyethylene composition with a bimodal molecular weight distribution and articles made therefrom, such as high topload blow moldings and transmission and distribution pipes. The composition comprises a low-molecular-weight (LMW) ethylene homopolymer compon |
| 6787580 |
Water-free preparation process for multimodal thermoplastic polymer foam and foam therefrom |
September 7, 2004 |
| Prepare a multimodal thermoplastic polymer foam having a distribution of large and small cells in a substantial absence of water by using a blowing agent stabilizer. Multimodal foams of the present invention have blowing agent stabilizer predominantly located proximate to large cells. Th |
| 6787078 |
Process for producing a multi-layered foam article and articles produced therefrom |
September 7, 2004 |
| A process for producing a multi-layered article having a soft, leather-like feel comprising first introducing into a suitable mold a first liquid formulation designed to produce the top elastomeric layer on the finished article. A release agent is then applied on the elastomeric layer in |
| 6784252 |
Blow moldable propylene polymer compositions |
August 31, 2004 |
| Disclosed are blow molded automotive articles comprising a coupled propylene polymer composition. |
| 6783766 |
Process for preparing a cosmetic formulation |
August 31, 2004 |
| The present invention is a process of preparing an advanced cosmetic product by combining a high internal phase ratio (HIPR) emollient-in-water emulsion with a partial cosmetic formulation that typically contains water, fragrance, a rheology modifier, or a pH adjuster, or a combination |
| 6780954 |
Elastic substantially linear ethylene polymers |
August 24, 2004 |
| Elastic ethylene polymers are disclosed which have processability similar to highly branched low density polyethylene (LDPE), but the strength and toughness of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). The polymers have processing indices (PI's) less than or equal to 70 percent of those o |
| 6780367 |
Method for preparing a concrete article having reinforcing fibers frayed at their ends |
August 24, 2004 |
| A method for preparing a concrete article comprised of concrete having therein a reinforcing fiber, where at least about 50 percent of the reinforcing fibers are frayed only at an end or ends of the reinforcing fibers, may be made by mixing concrete, water and a reinforcing fiber for |
| 6779572 |
Run flat tire support and colorant therefor |
August 24, 2004 |
| The present invention provides a unitary run flat tire (RFT) reinforcement that is formed into a relatively rigid shape. The reinforcement is insertable into a mold for an RFT support and can maintain the needed structural rigidity for such insertion. Further, the invention provides an |
| 6777562 |
Preparation of a trans-calanolide ketone intermediate and chiral separation of calanolide alcoho |
August 17, 2004 |
| The method of the invention comprises a process for synthesizing a trans-calanolide A ketone intermediate used in the synthesis of racemic trans-calanolide A. The invention further comprises a method for removing a racemic calanolide B diastereomer from a mixture of calanolide A and |
| 6777512 |
Amine organoborane complex initiated polymerizable compositions containing siloxane polymerizabl |
August 17, 2004 |
| In one embodiment the invention is a polymerizable composition comprising a) an organoborane amine complex; b) one or more of monomers, oligomers or polymers having olefinic unsaturation which is capable of polymerization by free radical polymerization; c) one or more compounds, oligomer |
| 6777502 |
Rheology modification of polymers prepared using metallocenes |
August 17, 2004 |
| Coupled polymers are prepared by a process comprising heating an admixture containing (1) at least one polyolefin comprising ethylene and optionally at least one comonomer and (2) a coupling amount at least one poly(sulfonyl azide) to at least the decomposition temperature of the pol |
| 6777063 |
Composite backerboard for bullnose support |
August 17, 2004 |
| Backerboards comprising a shaped cut or groove the allows bending of the backerboard into an L-shaped corner with a rounded outer surface and sharp inner surface are useful for supporting bullnose tile pieces. |
| 6776924 |
Molecular melt and methods for making and using the molecular melt |
August 17, 2004 |
| The present invention includes a molecular melt composition comprising an antioxidant and a coupling agent. The molecular melt is partially amorphous in nature. The invention also includes a method for making the molecular melt composition and a method for using the molecular melt to |
| 6773810 |
Elastic bicomponent and biconstituent fibers, and methods of making cellulosic structures from t |
August 10, 2004 |
| The elasticity of elastic, absorbent structures, e.g., diapers, is improved without a significant compromise of the absorbency of the structure by the use of bicomponent and/or biconstituent elastic fibers. The absorbent structures typically comprise a staple fiber, e.g., cellulose fiber |
| 6772103 |
Method for selecting a parts kit detail |
August 3, 2004 |
| A method for selecting a parts kit detail for the installation of a pressure transducer on a container such as a pipeline or a vessel, the container for containing a fluid material, the method including two steps. The first step is to establish at least two different installation cat |
| 6767931 |
Foam compositions from blend of alkenyl aromatic polymers and alpha-olefin/vinyl or vinylidene a |
July 27, 2004 |
| A foamable polymer composition is described which comprises: a1) a substantially random interpolymer produced from: i) one or more .alpha.-olefin monomers; and ii) one or more vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomers and/or one or more sterically hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphiatic vi |
| 6762274 |
Low emission polyurethane polymers made with autocatalytic polyols |
July 13, 2004 |
| The present invention discloses a process for producing a polyurethane product with autocatalytic polyols. These auto-catalytic polyols are based on an initiator of the formula (I): H.sub.m A-(CH.sub.2).sub.n --N(R)-(CH.sub.2).sub.p -AH.sub.m where n and p are independently integers |
| 6762260 |
Organoborane amine complex polymerization initiators and polymerizable compositions |
July 13, 2004 |
| The invention is a two part polymerizable composition comprising in one part an organoborane amine complex and one or more compounds containing ring opening heterocyclic moieties, and in a second part, compounds capable of being polymerized by free radical polymerization, a catalyst |
| 6759444 |
Integral skin foams employing pentafluorobutane blowing agents |
July 6, 2004 |
| It has been found that non-chlorinated pentafluorobutane blowing agents may be used alone or in combination with water in flexible integral skin foams. For example, foams prepared using 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC 365mfc) alone or in combination with water or other non-cholorinated |
| 6755452 |
Energy absorption unit |
June 29, 2004 |
| An energy absorbing unit for use as a vehicle bumper having an upper zone and a lower zone wherein the upper zone comprises an inner relatively high density foam material for protecting a structural part of the vehicle by absorbing energy in a direction generally longitudinal of the vehi |
| 6753355 |
Latex crosslinking with blocked nitrile oxides or epoxy silanes |
June 22, 2004 |
| This invention concerns a composition useful for preparing latex foam. The composition includes a latex and a polynitrile oxide such as 2,4,6-triethylbenzene-1,3-dintrile oxide, or a latex and an epoxy silane, or a latex and a mixture of the two crosslinkers. The composition may also |
| 6750966 |
Real time monitoring of small particle dissolution by way of light scattering |
June 15, 2004 |
| A method for determining the percent of a solid material dissolved into a liquid medium is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of combining the solid material and the liquid medium; determining the initial solid concentration (i); determining the dynamic solid concentration (d) usi |
| 6750264 |
Multimodal polymeric foam containing an absorbent clay |
June 15, 2004 |
| Prepare a multimodal polymeric foam from a foamable composition containing a polymer, an absorbent clay, and a blowing agent composition containing water and carbon dioxide and that contains less than 0.2 parts by weight of bentonite based on 100 parts by weight of polymer. |
| 6749921 |
Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite bonded to wood |
June 15, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to wood that is reinforced with a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite that contains a plurality of substantially parallel continuous fibers impregnated with thermoplastic polymer having the following structural units: ##STR1##where Z is S or O, and |
| 6748451 |
Distributed computing environment using real-time scheduling logic and time deterministic archit |
June 8, 2004 |
| A system is presented for a plurality of computer nodes in mutual data communication to execute logic in a coordinated manner. The approach features aligning the definition of the time in the nodes so that each node has essentially the same definition of time; defining a schedule of |
| 6744549 |
Electrochromic display device |
June 1, 2004 |
| The invention is a display device comprising a solid top transparent, charge conducting material, positioned below the transparent solid material is an active layer comprising an electrochromic material and an electrolyte, and positioned below the active layer is a working electrode |
| 6743844 |
Spill resistant carpet backing |
June 1, 2004 |
| An aqueous dispersed polymeric composition for preparing the spill resistant carpet backing is provided. The aqueous dispersed polymeric composition of the present invention comprises an aqueous dispersed polymeric material, an inorganic filler, and a hydrophobic compound selected fr |
| 6740732 |
Phosphorus element-containing crosslinking agents and flame retardant phosphorus element-contain |
May 25, 2004 |
| Novel phosphorus element-containing epoxy resin compositions and novel phosphorus-element containing epoxy resin compositions based on an isomeric mixture of tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)-phosphine oxide compounds including non-halogenated, ignition resistant epoxy resin formulations. The ig |
| 6740716 |
Organoborane amine complex polymerization initiators and polymerizable compositions |
May 25, 2004 |
| The invention is a two part composition useful for initiating cure of one or more polymerizable monomers which cure when exposed to free radicals comprising in one part an organoboraneamine complex and in a second part an isocyanate which is capable of decomplexing the organoborane compl |
| 6740684 |
Process for producing a strong-acid cation exchange resin |
May 25, 2004 |
| A strong-acid cation exchange resin in acid form is contacted with an alkylcarhamoyl alkylthioester in the presence of water for producing a strong-acid cation exchange resin comprising a plurality of acid groups being partially neutralized with a mercaptoalkylamine. The produced par |
| 6739673 |
Seating system |
May 25, 2004 |
| An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly (10) that is fabricated to include a seat back (12) with a first panel portion (14) that is optionally secured to a second panel portion (16) with one or more fasteners such as welds, adhesives, tack-offs, steel brackets or |
| 6739302 |
Adhesively bonded engine intake manifold assembly |
May 25, 2004 |
| An engine intake manifold assembly (10), including a first component (12) having a first mating surface (14) and a second molded plastic component (16) having a second mating surface (18). The second molded plastic component (16) is adhesively bonded to the first component (12) with an |
| 6737484 |
Elastic substantially linear olefin polymers |
May 18, 2004 |
| Substantially linear olefin polymers having a melt flow ratio, I.sub.10 /I.sub.2, .gtoreq.5.63, a molecular weight distribution, M.sub.w /M.sub.n, defined by the equation: M.sub.w /M.sub.n.ltoreq.(I.sub.10 /I.sub.2)-4.63, and a critical shear stress at onset of gross melt fracture of gre |
| 6734253 |
Scratch and mar resistant propylene polymer composition |
May 11, 2004 |
| Disclosed are injection molded automotive articles comprising a coupled propylene polymer composition and optionally a thermoplastic elastomer, a thermoplastic polymer and a filler. |
| 6730759 |
Amine organoborane complex polymerization initiators and polymerizable compositions |
May 4, 2004 |
| The invention is polymerizable composition comprising a) an organoborane/amine complex wherein the organoborane is a trialkyl borane or an alkyl cycloalkyl borane and the amine is selected from the group of amines having an amidine structural component; aliphatic heterocycles having a |
| 6727038 |
Photodefineable compositions |
April 27, 2004 |
| A photodefineable mixture comprising oligomeric divinyltetramethyldisiloxane bisbenzocyclobutene as its major resin component dissolved in mesitylene and at least 2,6-bis(4-azidobenzylidene)-4-ethylcyclohexanone as a photosensitive agent in an amount sufficient to convert the mixture |
| 6723793 |
Blends of ethylenic polymers with improved modulus and melt strength and articles fabricated fro |
April 20, 2004 |
| A blend which comprises; A) a heterogeneous or homogenous linear ethylene homopolymer or interpolymer; B) a branched homopolymer or interpolymer; wherein said blend has; 1) a melt index, I2, of about 0.05 to about 20 g/10 min; 2) a flexural modulus of .gtoreq.100,000 psi or .ltore |
| 6723398 |
Polymer blend and fabricated article made from diverse ethylene interpolymers |
April 20, 2004 |
| This invention is directed to an ethylene polymer blend comprising at least two diverse ethylene interpolymers wherein one interpolymer has a lower number of carbons than the at least one other interpolymer. The ethylene polymer blend preferably comprises at least one homogeneously branc |
| 6723241 |
Composite membrane and method for making the same |
April 20, 2004 |
| A composite membrane and method for making the same, comprising a porous support and a crosslinked polyamide surface. The subject membrane provides improved flux and/or rejection rates. The subject membrane is further capable of operating at lower operating pressures. The subject method |
