ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,154, issued on March 17, was assigned to WACKER CHEMIE AG (Munich).
"Hydrophobic mineral insulating materials" was invented by Dominik Jantke (Burghausen, Germany) and Robert Schroeck (Altoetting, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrophobic mineral insulation materials and method of making the same are disclosed. The mineral insulants may include at least one amino-functional organosilicon compound. The amino-functional organosilicon compounds may have an amine number in the range of 0.05 to 0.40. The method of hydrophobicizing may include providing an aqueous emulsion having at least one amino-functional organosilicon compou...