Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100124644 | X-RAY AND/OR METAL DETECTABLE ARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An article and thermoplastic composition including polycarbonate, a polysiloxane-polycarbonate and an x-ray detectable or metal detectable agent having good magnetic permeability and/or electrical conductivity wherein the composition may be used in articles for food preparation. The thermoplastic compositions are useful in forming molds for manufacturing a food product, such as chocolate molds. | 05-20-2010 |
20110155975 | POLYCARBONATE-POLY(ETHER-ESTER) COPOLYMER COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, AND ARTICLES THEREFROM - A composition comprising: a polycarbonate comprising units derived from a bisphenol cyclohexylidene of the formula: | 06-30-2011 |
20130131251 | X-RAY AND/OR METAL DETECTABLE ARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An article and thermoplastic composition including polycarbonate, a polysiloxane-polycarbonate and an x-ray detectable or metal detectable agent having good magnetic permeability and/or electrical conductivity wherein the composition may be used in articles for food preparation. The thermoplastic compositions are useful in forming molds for manufacturing a food product, such as chocolate molds. | 05-23-2013 |
20130200415 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF CONTAINING CONVERSION MATERIAL CHEMISTRY - In one embodiment, a light emitting device comprises: a lighting element located in a housing, wherein the housing is formed from a polymer composition comprising: a polymer material; and a coated conversion material. The coated conversion material is selected from a coated conversion material, coated yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) doped with rare earth elements, coated terbium aluminum garnet doped with rare earth elements, coated silicate (BOSE) doped with rare earth elements; coated nitrido silicates doped with rare earth elements; coated nitride orthosilicate doped with rare earth elements, coated oxonitridoaluminosilicates doped with rare earth elements; as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing. After the coated conversion material has been exposed to an excitation source, the coated conversion material has a luminescence lifetime of less than 10 | 08-08-2013 |
20130221837 | POLYCARBONATE MADE FROM LOW SULFUR BISPHENOL A AND CONTAINING CONVERIONS MATERIAL CHEMISTRY, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - In one embodiment, a process for producing a bisphenol A product comprises: reacting phenol with acetone in the presence of a sulfur containing promoter to obtain a reaction mixture comprising bisphenol A, phenol, and the promoter; after reacting the phenol with the acetone, cooling to form a crystal stream comprising crystals of bisphenol A and phenol; separating the crystals from the crystal steam; melting the crystals to form a molten stream of bisphenol A, phenol, and sulfur; contacting the molten stream with a base to reduce a sulfur concentration in the molten stream and form a reduced sulfur stream; and removing phenol from the reduced sulfur stream to form a bisphenol A product. | 08-29-2013 |
20130270591 | POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CONVERIONS MATERIAL CHEMISTRY AND HAVING ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES, METHODS OF MAKING AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME - In some embodiments, a composition comprises a bisphenol-A polycarbonate, wherein a molded article of the bisphenol-A polycarbonate has transmission level greater than or equal to 90.0% at 2.5 mm thickness as measured by ASTM D1003-00 and a yellow index (YI) less than or equal to 1.5 as measured by ASTM D1925. In some embodiments, light emitting device comprises: a lighting element located in a housing. The housing is formed from a plastic composition comprising: the polycarbonate composition and a conversion material. After the conversion material has been exposed to an excitation source, the conversion material has a luminescence lifetime of less than 10 | 10-17-2013 |
20140117393 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, USES THEREOF - A light emitting diode lighting device contains a light emitting diode and a lighting device component, wherein the device component comprises a polycarbonate composition comprising a bisphenol A polycarbonate; and 2,2′-(1,4-phenylene)bis(4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one) in an amount effective to provide a composition wherein a molded sample of the composition has a UL94 rating of V-2 or better at a thickness of 0.9 mm; an absorbance of less than 2 a.u. in the region of 370 to 380 nanometers; and an increase in yellowness index (ΔYI) of 12 or less at 2.5 mm thickness after heat aging at 130° C. for 5,000 hours. | 05-01-2014 |
20140204381 | Method for Determining Degradation of Thermoplastics - A method of determining degradation of a thermoplastic when exposed to light and heat includes illuminating the thermoplastic with a desired wavelength of light at a desired irradiance while maintaining the ambient air surrounding the thermoplastic at a desired temperature. The method is useful to measure the discoloration rate of transparent, translucent and opaque thermoplastics such as polycarbonates, the discoloration rate being determined by transmission or reflectance spectra of transmitted or reflected white light through or from the thermoplastic. | 07-24-2014 |