US4315077A
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Polyimides
Assignee: I M L Corp A CORP OF
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Filing: 1981-05-27
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Granted: 1982-02-09
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Expires: 2001-05-27
Abstract
Abstract Terpolyimides prepared from tetracarboxylic acid esters and combinations of heterocyclic, aromatic, and aliphatic diamines and artifacts composed of those terpolymers. Precursors, and methods of converting them to the corresponding terpolymers.
Inventors
- 👤 John Gagliani
- 👤 Raymond Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 12:13
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/02; C08G; C08G73/00; C08G73/06; C08G73/10; C08G73/1003; C08G73/1007; C08G73/1028; C08J2379/00; C08J2379/04; C08J2379/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam which includes the steps of: dissolving 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof in an excess of an alkyl alcohol or mixture of such esters to form a solution of an ester of the acid; adding to and dissolving in said solution in amounts such that the imide forming functionalities are substantially equimolar a heterocyclic diamine, an aromatic diamine, and an aliphatic diamine, there being from 0.05 to 0.5 mole of aliphatic diamine and from 0.05 to 0.9 mole of heterocyclic diamine per mole of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid ester; and converting the material existing after said dissolution of said diamines to a polymeric foam.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam which includes the steps of: dissolving 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof in an excess of an alkyl alcohol or mixture of such esters to form a solution of an ester of the acid; adding to and dissolving in said solution in amounts such that the imide forming functionalities are substantially equimolar a heterocyclic diamine, an aromatic diamine, and an aliphatic diamine, there being from 0.05 to 0.5 mole of aliphatic diamine and from 0.05 to 0.9 mole of heterocyclic diamine per mole of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid ester; and converting the material existing after said dissolution of said diamines to a polymeric foam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which said material is converted to a polymeric foam by exposing it to microwave radiation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 2 wherein the exposure of said material to microwave radiation is followed by a thermal post cure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which said material is converted to a polymeric foam by exposing it to thermal energy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which said aromatic diamine is added first to said solution and in which said aromatic diamine is fully dissolved before said heterocyclic and aliphatic diamines are added.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 which includes the step of adding a surfactant to the ester-diamine solution in an amount effective to improve the bubble stability of and produce a more homogeneous cellular structure in the terpolyimide foam to which the precursor is converted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 which includes the step of reducing the material existing after the dissolution of the diamines in the esterification agent to a dry particulate form before it is converted to a polymeric foam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which the temperature of the 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid solution is kept below the boiling point of the esterification agent while the diamines are dissolved in said solution.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which the aromatic diamine is completely dissolved in the material existing after the dissolution of the diamines in the esterification agent before the heterocyclic and aliphatic diamines are added to said material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 in which the material existing after the dissolution of the diamines in the esterification agent is reduced to a dry particulate form by spray drying before it is converted to a polymeric foam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 1 which includes the step of intimately admixing a filler with said mixture of diamines and tetracarboxylic acid ester(s).
Claim 13
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam which includes the step of converting to polymeric form with foaming a precursor comprising an essentially stoichiometric mixture of an alkyl ester of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid or a mixture of such esters and at least three diamines, one of said diamines being heterocyclic, a second of said diamines being aromatic, a third of said diamines being aliphatic, and said precursor containing from 0.05 to 0.5 mole of aliphatic diamine and from 0.05 to 0.9 mole of heterocyclic diamine per mole of benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid ester(s).
Claim 14
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam which includes the step of converting to polymeric form with foaming a precursor comprising an essentially stoichiometric mixture of an alkyl ester of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid or a mixture of such esters and at least three diamines, one of said diamines being heterocyclic, a second of said diamines being aromatic, a third of said diamines being aliphatic, and said precursor containing from 0.05 to 0.5 mole of aliphatic diamine and from 0.05 to 0.9 mole of heterocyclic diamine per mole of benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid ester(s).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 12 in which the aliphatic diamine in the precursor has from three to twelve carbon atoms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 13 in which the aliphatic diamine in the precursor has not more than six carbon atoms.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
30 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in either of the preceding claims 13 or 14 in which the aliphatic diamine has an even number of carbon atoms.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 12 in which the aliphatic diamine in the precursor has the formula: ##STR3## where x is on the order of 2.6.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 12 in which the precursor is a dry powder and has a maximum particle size of at least 50 microns.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 12 in which any ester present in the precursor is a methyl or ethyl half ester of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid and the diamines are 2,6-diamino pyridine, p,p'-methylene dianiline, and 1,6-diamino hexane.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of preparing a terpolyimide foam as defined in claim 18 in which the molar ratio of the ester and diamine constituents in the precursor is: ______________________________________
3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid ester(s)
1.0
2,6-diamino pyridine 0.3
p,p'-methylene dianiline 0.4-0.65
1,6-diamino hexane 0.05-0.3.
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References Cited (Backward Citations)
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