Eastman Chemical Company

H.b. Fuller Company

Synthomer Adhesive Technologies LLC

Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

H.b. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.

Spraying Systems Co.

Other

H.b. Fuller License and Finance Inc.

Mutombo Joseph Muvundamina

Carla Recker

Terri Roxanne Carvagno

Sebastian Finger

Fabian Peters

Hubert Hirschlag

Jacobus Gillis De Hullu

Liu Deng

Wentao Li

John Dayton Baker, Jr

Judicael Jacques Chapelet

Emily Baird Anderson

Mark S Pavlin

Christopher Lee Lester

Christopher Thomas Scilla

Brian W Carlson

Wei Min Cheng

Marc Stacey Somers

Raymond Prescott Cottle

Bennett H Novak

Gary Robert Robe

Andrea Gail Hagood

Rituparna Paul

Felix D Mai

Timothy Williams

Wei-Min Cheng

Dhiraj Sudesh Sood

James Haruch

Paul David Wanthal

Rajesh Puthenkovilakom Raja

David B Malcolm

Puthenkovilakom Rajesh Raja

Mark Arigo

Peter Versluijs

Christopher George Robertson

Janine Klomp

Mark Stanley Pavlin

Emily Baird Andderson

Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

Functionalized resin having a polar linker

Amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers are described herein that can include high amounts of ethylene and exhibit desirable softening points and needle penetrations. The desirable combinations of softening points and needle penetrations in these propylene-ethylene copolymers allow them to have a broad operating window. Due their broad operating window, the propylene-ethylene copolymers can be utilized in a wide array of applications and products, including hot melt adhesives.

Amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers

Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.

Modified resins and uses thereof

Adhesives comprising amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers

A low molecular weight copolymer is provided comprising propylene and ethylene,

Disclosed is an aqueous adhesive composition including a surface-deactivated solid isocyanate and a blend of two different polyurethanes. A method of making an article that includes a coated adhesive layer and article made thereby are also disclosed.

Reactive adhesive with enhanced adhesion to metallic surfaces

Disclosed is a self-supporting, heat curable adhesive film including a surface-deactivated solid isocyanate and a blend of two different polyurethanes. A method of making an article that includes the adhesive film and article made thereby are also disclosed.

Reactive film adhesives with enhanced adhesion to metallic surfaces

Disclosed is a multi-layer adhesive film including a heat curable adhesive film and a first tacky adhesive composition disposed on the first major surface of the heat curable adhesive film. The heat curable adhesive film includes a surface-deactivated solid isocyanate and a polyurethane that includes functional groups that are reactive with isocyanate. A method of making an article that includes the multi-layer adhesive film and article made thereby are also disclosed.

Tacky, heat curable multi-layer adhesive films

A flushable article such as a wipe that includes a substrate that includes fibers, and a dried binder composition in contact with the fibers, the article (e.g., wipe) being insoluble in water having a pH of no greater than 6, and disintegrating in water having a pH of at least 6.5.

Flushable article including polyurethane binder and method of using the same

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Mutombo Joseph Muvundamina