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High temperature resistant fast soldering wire enamel
Assignee: SI Group Inc
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Filing: 1989-09-06
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Granted: 1991-03-05
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Expires: 2009-09-06
Abstract
Abstract A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition comprising a mixture of a blocked isocyanate and polyesterimide resin wherein the ratio of isocyanate groups in the blocked isocyanate to hydroxyl groups in the polyesterimide resin is about 0.82:1 to about 5.7:1 and the hydroxyl to carboxylic acid ratio of the raw materials used in preparing the polyesterimide is about 1.4:1 to about 2.5:1.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert W. Cicero
- 👤 Tsutomu Iwasaki
- 👤 Kenneth C. Heckeler
- 👤 James M. Stanton
- 👤 Kunihiko Yanagihara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B3/00; H01B3/18; H01B3/30; H01B3/303; H01B3/306; C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/64; C08G18/6415; C08G18/6438; C08L; C08L79/00; C08L79/04; C08L79/08; H01B3/302; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/294
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition comprising a mixture of (a) a blocked isocyanate and (b) polyesterimide resin, wherein said polyesterimide resin (b) comprises (i) units of a polyester of alcohols and at least one aromatic carboxylic acid and (ii) diimide dicarboxylic acid units, said alcohols including at least one alcohol which contains isocyanurate groups, and wherein said blocked isocyanate (a) is prepared from an isocyanate selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanate, diphenyl sulfone diisocyanate, and diphenyl ether diisocyanate or a urethane polymer derived by reaction of said isocyanate with an alcohol, the ratio of isocyanate groups in said blocked isocyanate to hydroxyl groups in said polyesterimide resin being about 0.82:1 to about 5.7:1 and the hydroxyl to carboxylic acid ratio of the raw materials used in preparing the polyesterimide being about 1.4:1 to about 2.5:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition comprising a mixture of (a) a blocked isocyanate and (b) polyesterimide resin, wherein said polyesterimide resin (b) comprises (i) units of a polyester of alcohols and at least one aromatic carboxylic acid and (ii) diimide dicarboxylic acid units, said alcohols including at least one alcohol which contains isocyanurate groups, and wherein said blocked isocyanate (a) is prepared from an isocyanate selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanate, diphenyl sulfone diisocyanate, and diphenyl ether diisocyanate or a urethane polymer derived by reaction of said isocyanate with an alcohol, the ratio of isocyanate groups in said blocked isocyanate to hydroxyl groups in said polyesterimide resin being about 0.82:1 to about 5.7:1 and the hydroxyl to carboxylic acid ratio of the raw materials used in preparing the polyesterimide being about 1.4:1 to about 2.5:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition a set forth in claim 1 wherein the alcohol which contains isocyanurate groups comprises at least 16 equivalent percent and up to 60 equivalent percent of the alcohols in said polyesterimide units.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 2 wherein at least 16 equivalent percent of the total number of imide and ester linkages of said polyesterimide are imide when the proportion of said isocyanurate group--containing alcohol is 40 or more equivalent percent, and wherein at least 35 equivalent percent of the total number of imide and ester linkages of said polyesterimide are imide when the proportion of said isocyanurate group--containing alcohol is less than 40 equivalent percent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein the proportion of imide linkages in the total imide and ester linkages is at least 16 and up to 50 equivalent percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 4 wherein the proportion of said imide linkages is up to 45 equivalent percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 1 wherein the ratio of isocyanate groups to hydroxyl groups in the reaction ranges from 0.82:1 to 1.50:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth claim 1 wherein said polyesterimide resin is formed by the reaction of an imide containing compound and an ester containing compound; said imide containing compound being formed by the reaction of an anhydride and a polyamine; and said ester containing compound being formed by the reaction of an alcoholic component and a carboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 7 wherein said anhydride is a mono or polycyclic anhydride containing 1 to 3 non-adjacent carboxyl groups or a mono or polycycloaliphatic monoanhydride containing 1-3 nonadjacent carboxyl groups and having 5 or more carbons in the cycloaliphatic ring.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 8 in which said anhydride is trimellitic anhydride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 7 wherein said polyamine component is an aromatic diamine.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 10 wherein said diamine is methylene dianiline, benzidine, 3,3'-diamino diphenyl, 1,4-diamino naphthalene, p-phenylene diamine, 4,4'-diamino diphenyl ether, 4,4-dimethyl heptamethylene diamine - 1,7, diamino diphenyl ketone, m-phenyl diamine, xylene diamine, hexamethylene diamine, ethylene diamine, 4,4'-dicyclohexylmethane diamine, diamino diphenyl sulfone or oxydianiline.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 7 wherein said polyamine is methylene dianiline or oxydianiline.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 12 wherein said alcoholic component contains tris-(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate and a glycol component selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, butanediol-1,4, trimethylene glycol, propylene glycol, pentanediol-1,5, neopentylene glycol, butene 2-diol-1,4, and mixtures of these glycols.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 13 in which said alcoholic component includes also a polyhydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of glycerine, pentaerythritol, 1,1,1-trimethylolethane, 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane, dipentaerythritol and mixtures of these.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 7 wherein said alcoholic component comprises 16 to 60 equivalent percent tris-(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate, the balance of said component being dihydric alcohols.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 7 wherein the carboxylic acid or ester-forming derivative thereof is terephthalic acid or isophthalic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition as set forth in claim 16 wherein terephthalic or isophthalic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof comprises from 80 to 100 equivalent percent of the carboxylic acid component, the balance of said component being adipic acid, ortho phthalic anhydride, hemimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, succinic acid, tetrahydrophthalic acid, maleic acid, or sebacic acid.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A solderable polyurethane wire enamel as set forth in claim 1 in which the blocking agent for said blocked isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of phenol, cresylic acid and alkylated phenols in which the alkyl group or groups contain up to nine carbon atoms.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electric conductor coated with a cured polyurethane wire enamel obtained by applying the solderable polyurethane wire enamel set forth in claim 1 to said conductor and heating the coated conductor.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
138 words
A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition comprising the reaction product of: (A) a polyesterimide resin, said polyesterimide resin being formed by the reaction of a compound containing imide linkages and a compound containing ester linkages, said imide linkage-containing compound being formed by the reaction of trimellitic anhydride and methylene dianiline and said ester linkage containing compound being formed by the reaction of tris-(2-hydroxy-ethyl) isocyanurate, other dihydric alcohols, and terephthalic or isophthalic acid; and (B) a blocked isocyanate compound prepared by the reaction of a urethane condensate of diphenylmethane diisocyanate and trimethylolproprane with cresylic acid, the ratio of isocyanate groups in said blocked isocyanate to hydroxyl groups in said polyesterimide resin being about 0.82:1 to about 5.7:1 and the hydroxyl to carboxylic acid ratio of the raw materials used in preparing the polyesterimide being about 1.4:1 to about 2.5:1.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
138 words
A solderable polyurethane wire enamel composition comprising the reaction product of: (A) a polyesterimide resin, said polyesterimide resin being formed by the reaction of a compound containing imide linkages and a compound containing ester linkages, said imide linkage-containing compound being formed by the reaction of trimellitic anhydride and methylene dianiline and said ester linkage containing compound being formed by the reaction of tris-(2-hydroxy-ethyl) isocyanurate, other dihydric alcohols, and terephthalic or isophthalic acid; and (B) a blocked isocyanate compound prepared by the reaction of a urethane condensate of diphenylmethane diisocyanate and trimethylolproprane with cresylic acid, the ratio of isocyanate groups in said blocked isocyanate to hydroxyl groups in said polyesterimide resin being about 0.82:1 to about 5.7:1 and the hydroxyl to carboxylic acid ratio of the raw materials used in preparing the polyesterimide being about 1.4:1 to about 2.5:1.
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