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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338995 | Titanium dioxide—containing polymers and films with reduced melt fracture Pigmented polymer compositions and processes for preparing melt-processible polymer compositions contain a melt-processible polymer, surface treated organic pigment, typically titanium dioxide, and a polymer processing aid are described. The pigment is surface treat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7312271 | Solution masterbatch process using fine particle silica for low hysteresis rubber Methods are provided for making a solution masterbatch containing a diene elastomer in an organic solvent and a reinforcing silica filler dispersed therein, comprising the steps of (a) mixing a precipitated silica having an average particle size substantially equiva... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307121 | Silica containing rubber composition This invention discloses a method for preparing rubber compositions that exhibit unique combinations of properties that are desirable for tire tread applications for enhanced snow/ice and wet traction, low rolling resistance and increased treadwear performance in co... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303619 | Composite pigment original, composite pigment, process for producing ink composition, and ink composition The present invention provides a composite pigment original having a structure comprising a resin layer and a pigment layer sequentially stacked on a sheet-shaped substrate surface, the pigment layer having a structure that at least a silicon oxide layer, a metal or... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285584 | Tire with component comprised of rubber composition containing hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica The invention relates to a tire having at least one component comprised of a rubber composition which contains a hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica, namely a pre-silanized silica hydrophobated with an epoxidized soybean oil and/or epoxidized rubber tree seed oil in... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282236 | Hydrophobic silica Methods of making hydrophobic, pyrogenically produced silica having a tamped density, of 55 to 200 g/l. Said silica is produced by hydrophobizing pyrogenically produced silica by reaction with a halogen free silane and then compacting it with means consisting of a r... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282526 | Particle having an attached halide group and methods of making the same A modified particle or aggregate is disclosed wherein a particle has an attached group having the formula: wherein the substituents are defined in the disclosure. Modified particles with attached polymers are als... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262241 | Rubber composition for tire tread There is provided a rubber composition for a tire tread having a remained despersibility of reinforcing agents without increased rubber hardness, an improved performance on snow and ice road, and an improved abrasion resistance, and inhibited from increasing in hard... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262254 | Tire with low volatile alcohol emission rubber tread with compositional limitations The invention relates to a tire having a tread of a rubber composition with compositional limitations containing minimal, if any, of in situ formed volatile alcohol byproduct. The tread component rubber composition contains a combination or pre-hydrophobated silica ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259803 | Resin sheet, liquid crystal cell substrate comprising the same A resin sheet that is unlikely to be affected by heat and allows prevention of the occurrence of a crack is provided. A glass fiber cloth-like material is dipped into an epoxy resin solution and subjected to curing, thereby obtaining an epoxy resin-based sheet inclu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252885 | Surface contacting member for toner fusing system and process, composition for member surface layer, and process for preparing composition A surface contacting member for toner fusing systems and processes. This surface contacting member has a fluoroelastomer surface layer containing amorphous silica that has been surface treated with at least one organoaminosilane. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250080 | Process for the manufacture of organosilicon compound-treated pigments An improved process for making an organosilicon compound surface-treated titanium dioxide material, comprising (a) forming a mixture of the titanium dioxide material in water, (b) wet milling the mixture, (c) adjusting the pH of the slurry resulting from step (b) to... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247378 | UV-scattering inorganic/polymer composite particles and a method for preparing the same There are provided inorganic/polymer composite particles having good UV-scattering efficiency and improved dispersion stability in organic formulation; and a method for preparing the same, which comprises the following steps of (1)... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244800 | Reduction of coefficient of friction for thermal addition curable solventless silicone release coating systems The invention is directed to a thermal addition curable solventless silicone release composition having a reduced coefficient of friction and improved slip characteristics. The invention is also directed to a method for producing a thermal addition curable solventle... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238738 | Thermoplastic material with high barrier properties The invention relates to a material with high barrier properties toward gases and liquids, characterized in that it comprises a thermoplastic matrix and a nanoparticulate compound based on zirconium and/or titanium phosphate exhibiting individual leaves with an aspe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226962 | Halogenated isobutylene-based copolymers having enhanced viscosity and thermoplastic compositions thereof The invention provides a method for increasing the viscosity of halogenated (brominated) elastomeric copolymers of a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin (isobutylene) and a para-alkylstryrene (p-methylstyrene) by mixing the copolymer with a silica or clay p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226662 | Concrete substrate containing glass The invention relates to a construction-material body or coating, containing a hydraulic agglutinant, aggregate material and glass granulate as the principal components. The surface of said glass granulate is coated with a protective layer, which contains at least o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214731 | Tire with low hydrocarbon emission rubber combination of tread and sidewall components with compositional limitations The invention relates to a tire of a structural combination of tire tread and sidewall components with compositional limitations containing minimal, if any, of in situ formed alcohol and methyl isobutyl ketone byproducts. The tread component rubber composition conta... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201944 | Rubber compositions and articles thereof having improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention with bright steel A vulcanizable rubber composition having improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention properties with bright steel, the improvement wherein from about 0.1 to about 10 parts by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of aminosilanes and mercap... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195727 | Extruded automotive trim and method of making same An automotive trim product is made as follows. A single or multiple layer sheet is extruded so as to include at least one color pigmented and/or metallized layer therein. Optionally, a clear coat may be laminated to the sheet, or may even be coextruded therewith. In... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186776 | Rubber composition for a tire comprising a multifunctional polyorganosiloxane as coupling agent The present invention relates to a sulfur-cross-linkable elastomeric composition that is useful for the manufacture of tires. This elastomeric composition is based on at least one isoprene elastomer (in particular natural rubber), a reinforcing inorganic filler (in ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186440 | Process for producing hydrophobic silica powder A process for producing a hydrophobic silica powder, comprises the steps for hydrophobic treatment of: adding to a silica sol in mixed solvent having a silica concentration of 5 to 50 mass % obtained by mixing an aqueous silica sol containing hydrophilic colloidal s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160956 | Vulcanizable rubber compounds and process for their production The present invention relates to sulfur-vulcanizable silica-containing rubber compounds with improved processability and a process for their production. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156912 | Colored composition A colored composition is disclosed that includes a pigment carrier, formed from a transparent resin, its precursor or a mixture thereof, and a halogenated phthalocyanine pigment that has been treated with a higher fatty acid. If required, this colored composition ma... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156137 | Preparation of starch reinforced rubber and use thereof in tires The invention relates to a rubber composition which contains starch/plasticizer composite, precipitated silica and carbon black reinforcement together with a coupling agent wherein the coupling agent is an organosilane polysulfide having an average of from about 2 t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144465 | Crosslinkable elastomeric composition, tire including a crosslinked elastomeric material, and process for producing the tire A crosslinkable elastomeric composition includes at least one elastomeric polymer including carboxylic groups, and at least one epoxidized elastomeric polymer including greater than or equal to 0.1 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % of epoxide groups relative ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144930 | Functionalized, structurally modified silicas Functionalized, structurally modified silicas with 3-methacryloxypropylsilyl and/or glycidyloxypropylsilyl groups on the surface are prepared by mixing the silicas with the silane and heat-treating, destructuring and grinding the mixture. The silicas are employed in... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141618 | Coating compositions with modified particles and methods of using the same Powder coating compositions having improved mar and scratch resistance are disclosed. The coatings generally comprise one or more particles that have been modified to render the particles more surface active. The improved resistance is achieved without affecting the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141622 | Process for preparing a silica/rubber blend which includes dispersing silica, asilica coupling agent, and a low molecular weight end-group functionalized diene rubber throughout a cement of a conventional rubbery polymer, and subsequently recovering the silica/rubber blend from an organic solvent The subject invention reveals a process for preparing a silica/rubber blend which comprises dispersing silica, a silica coupling agent, and a low molecular weight end-group functionalized diene rubber throughout a cement of a conventional rubbery polymer, and subseq... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135520 | Glass fiber filled thermoplastic compositions with good surface appearance A glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic molding composition suitable for the preparation of articles having good surface properties is disclosed. The composition contains a resinous blend and a filler component. The resinous blend contains (i) 20 to 50 wt. % of a gra... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7122590 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers Disclosed herein is a process of manufacturing a filled rubber comprising the steps of: mixing a rubber, an inorganic filler, and a blocked mercaptosilane of a structure defined herein, to produce a rubber mixture; | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118694 | Compositions containing silicates and ion-conducting films containing the same A mixture Ia which comprises a composition IIa consisting of a) 1 to 95% by weight of a solid III, preferably a basic solid III, having a primary particle size of 5 nm to 20 microns, and b) 5 to 99% by weight of a polymeric mass IV obtainab... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119134 | Nanocomposite color concentrate pellets A method of making a polymeric compound with nanofiller of a predetermined grade. The method includes the steps of providing a base grade of the polymeric material, and mixing a nanofiller concentrate material with the base grade polymeric material in a ratio suffic... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109256 | Surface-modified inorganic oxide powder, process for producing the same, and use thereof A surface modified inorganic oxide powder is provided, which includes inorganic oxide particles having a surface modified with a mixed solution, which includes an organopoly-siloxane and a silane compound, in the presence of an acid or a base. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105230 | Composite material based on polyamide and submicronic mineral particles The invention relates to a composite material comprising a polyamide matrix and mineral fillers of submicron size. The filler used comprises at least one core and a surface layer for modifying its dispersibility in the matrix or in the medium for synthesizing the ma... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101922 | Method for preparing elastomer/silica composite This invention relates to the preparation of a silica reinforced elastomer via preparation of a silica-elastomer masterbatch as a composite of synthetic silica and an emulsion polymerization prepared synthetic elastomer. Such masterbatch is prepared by introducing s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094091 | Swivel adapter An adapter is mountable to a bulkhead, panel, circuit box, circuit board or other substrate, and receives a fiber optic connector. The adapter can be swiveled or rotated relative to the bulkhead, panel, circuit box, circuit board or other substrate, thereby providin... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084199 | Thermoplastic olefin nanocomposite A polypropylene nanocomposite composition having at least the following two elements. The first element is a maleated polypropylene polymer having a weight average molecular weight greater than 100,000. The second element is a cation exchanging layered silicate mate... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084193 | Process for the preparation of a suspension of silica in an optionally crosslinkable silicone matrix The invention relates to the preparation of a suspension of precipitated silica in a silicone oil, this suspension being usable for the production of silicones crosslinkable by polyaddition or polycondensation (RTV elastomers). The object of the invention is to seek... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083888 | External additive for electrostatically charged image developing toner An external additive for electrostatically charged image developing toner is provided. The additive includes spherical hydrophobic fine silica particles having primary particles with a particle diameter of from 0.01 to 5 μm and having been treated with a compound s... | 08/01/2006 |
