Patents Assigned to Veyance Technologies, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130240332Abstract: The present invention discloses an endless belt which is comprised of (1) a first reinforcement layer, wherein the first reinforcement layer is formed of a first fabric strip which is spirally wound forming a helix, and (2) a second reinforcement layer, wherein the second reinforcement layer is formed of a second fabric strip which is spirally wound forming a helix, wherein the second fabric strip is of essentially the same width as the first fabric strip, wherein the second fabric strip is parallel to the first fabric strip, and wherein the second fabric strip is offset from the first fabric strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Donald Ray Belik
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Patent number: 8426524Abstract: A reduced cost elastomeric blend suitable for use in vehicle timing belts and other applications constructed with elastomeric portions having a high HNBR concentration. The blends comprise from about 50 to less than 100 phr of HNBR and from about 0.1 to about 50 phr of lower cost diluent unsaturated nitrile rubber with from about 0.1 to about 30 phr of a heat resistant additive, which may be THERBAN HT. The elastomeric blends may be cured with a peroxide/co-agent cure system. The elastomeric blends may be mixed by a Y-mix method to improve ozone resistance. A timing belt constructed of the elastomeric blend is also taught.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Veyance Technologies, IncInventors: Mauro Piccirilli, Thomas George Burrowes
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Publication number: 20130081929Abstract: The present invention discloses a conveyor belt comprising: a load carrying core, an upper cover layer above said core, a pulley cover layer beneath said core, wherein the pulley cover layer includes at least one high elastic modulus layer which extends beneath at least a portion of the pulley cover layer and wherein the high elastic modulus layer is comprised of a high elastic modulus material and wherein the high elastic modulus material has elastic modulus which is within the range of 0.3 GPa to 220 GPa and wherein the high elastic modulus layer has a thickness which is within the range of 0.005 mm and 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lawrence K. Nordell, Yijun Zhang, Robin Bovaird Steven
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Patent number: 8308592Abstract: The present invention is directed to a treadmill belt with foamed cushion layer and method of making same. In one embodiment, the treadmill belt includes a fabric base layer and a foamed cushion layer foamed on and integral with the fabric base layer. The foamed cushion layer includes a thermoplastic composition and has a Shore A hardness of about 20 to about 80. In one example, the first foamed cushion layer is from about 0.05 inches to about 0.35 inches thick. The thermoplastic composition, prior to being foamed, includes about 1 part to about 5 parts of a foaming agent, e.g., a chemical foaming agent, based on 100 parts thermoplastic material, e.g., polyvinyl chloride. An outer wear layer is securely adhered on the foamed cushion layer to sandwich the foamed cushion layer between the fabric base layer and outer wear layer thereby defining the treadmill belt.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, IncInventors: Peter E. Radding, Steven Wayne Mutch
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Publication number: 20120242143Abstract: The tracks of the present invention have drive faces which are tapered surfaces, such as a convex tapered surface which extends laterally over the drive surface of the lugs. The utilization of lugs having tapered drive faces improves the performance and durability of the track. The tracks having the drive face design of this invention also allow for more power to be delivered without damaging the track or causing excessive wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Thomas Brian Feldmann
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Publication number: 20120231193Abstract: The subject invention relates to a composition and method for treating an aramid cord including a bisphenol-A-based- and/or a bisphenol-F-based-liquid epoxy resin, a reactive diluent, and a curing agent. The composition and method also may include an elastomer-modified epoxy-functional adduct and/or an elastomer-modified epoxy-resin adduct.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ramon Joseph DiMascio, II, Robert Charles Schisler
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Patent number: 8240463Abstract: A conveyor belt having a width and a length, and a longitudinal centerline, also has a first longitudinal edge, and an opposing second longitudinal edge and a load bearing region. The load bearing region is located evenly about the belt longitudinal centerline, throughout the length of the belt. The conveyor belt also has a first flexibility region and a second flexibility region, wherein the first flexibility region is located between the first longitudinal edge and the load bearing region, and the second flexibility region is located between the second longitudinal edge and the load bearing region.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Terry Dean Graber, Wesley James Billups
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Patent number: 8211502Abstract: A composition and method for treating an aramid cord include a bisphenol-A-based- and/or a bisphenol-F-based-liquid epoxy resin, a reactive diluent, and a curing agent. The composition and method also may include an elastomer-modified epoxy-functional adduct and/or an elastomer-modified epoxy-resin adduct.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ramon Joseph DiMascio, II, Robert Charles Schisler
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Patent number: 8192317Abstract: A reinforced conveyor belt has a plurality of fabric plies. One of the plies is an interwoven ply comprised of two layers of weft cords and a plurality of warp cords interweaving through the two layers of weft cords. Each warp cord has the following repeating weave pattern of passing over at least two but not more than five weft cords in the first weft layers, passing between the two weft layers for a distance of at least two weft cords, and passing under at least two but nor more than five weft cords in the second weft layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eun Kyung Lee, Edwin Lee Haines, Douglas Brooks Deans, Peter Earl Radding, Jenny Zhaoxia Yu
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Patent number: 8192797Abstract: A fabric or cord is treated with an elastomeric compound comprises 20-80 parts per hundred cross-linkable materials of liquid elastomer. The liquid elastomer has a complex dynamic viscosity less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m2) at a temperature between 20° C. and the maximum flow temperature TF, and the elastomeric compound the elastomeric material, prior to cure, has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m2) for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature TF. The coated fabric and cord materials are useful as facing fabrics for power transmission products.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Bruce Wood, Thomas George Burrowes
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Publication number: 20120090720Abstract: The present invention is based on the unexpected discovery that the fluid resistance of hoses can be greatly enhanced by adding a chlorinated paraffin to a chlorinated polyethylene elastomer or a chlorosulfonated polyethylene elastomer which is used as the tubular inner core layer of the hose. Hoses made using this approach offer the advantage of having improved resistance to modern automotive fluids, including power steering fluid, transmission fluid, and the like, without compromising flexural characteristics or burst strength. Accordingly, the hoses of this invention provide a longer service life and better reliability then hoses made utilizing conventional technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Thomas George Burrowes, Kenneth Allen Bates
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Patent number: 8153218Abstract: A hydraulic brake hose assembly has a core hose layer, a first reinforcing layer over the core hose layer, an intermediate hose layer, a second reinforcing layer over the intermediate hose layer, and an outer hose layer over the second reinforcing layer. The first reinforcing layer has a braid pattern formed in a 4-over, 4-under pattern, and the second reinforcing layer has a braid pattern formed in a 3-over, 3-under pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brian Henry
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Patent number: 8142316Abstract: A belt has a compression section, a tension section, and a load carrying section disposed between the compression section and the tension section. The belt has an elastomeric/thermoplastic material, the elastomeric/thermoplastic material has 50 to 90 parts per hundred of an elastomer and 10 to 50 parts per hundred thermoplastic.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Larry Dean Goettsch, Jeffrey Dwight Lofgren
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Patent number: 8096925Abstract: The present invention is directed to a treadmill belt with foamed cushion layer and method of making same. In one embodiment, the treadmill belt includes a fabric base layer and a foamed cushion layer foamed on and integral with the fabric base layer. The foamed cushion layer includes a thermoplastic composition and has a Shore A hardness of about 20 to about 80. In one example, the first foamed cushion layer is from about 0.05 inches to about 0.35 inches thick. The thermoplastic composition, prior to being foamed, includes about 1 part to about 5 parts of a foaming agent, e.g., a chemical foaming agent, based on 100 parts thermoplastic material, e.g., polyvinyl chloride. An outer wear layer is securely adhered on the foamed cushion layer to sandwich the foamed cushion layer between the fabric base layer and outer wear layer thereby defining the treadmill belt.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter E. Radding, Steven Wayne Mutch
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Publication number: 20110303317Abstract: The flexible hose of the present invention is crush resistant, burst resistant, and virtually impossible to kink in normal use and is applicable to hoses that are designed for delivering virtually any kind of fluid including water, organic liquids, aqueous based herbicides, aqueous based insecticides, industrial chemicals, beverages, air, industrial gases, vacuum, and the like. The hose design of the present invention is particularly applicable to garden hoses for the delivery of water. In fact, garden hoses having the construction of the present invention are highly resistant to kinking and almost never kink when being used in conventional lawn, garden, and cleaning applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Anthony Montalvo, Robert H. Vogliano, Marc Borowczak
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Patent number: 8069975Abstract: The present invention provides a conveyor belt rip detection system with belts having rip detection inserts that can be more easily integrated into conveyor belts at low cost. These rip detection inserts do not adversely affect the durability of the conveyor belt and can be easily replaced in the event of belt damage. This rip detection system also provides a highly reliable early image of belt damage that can facilitate quick repair before extensive belt damage occurs.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jack Bruce Wallace
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Patent number: 8056584Abstract: A flexible hose construction with kink, crush, and burst resistance. The hose is constructed of a tubular member and a reinforcement strip at least partially embedded in the tubular member. The reinforcement strip is wound in a helical pattern encircling a central lumen of the tubular body. The material forming the reinforcement strip has a greater initial modulus than the material forming the tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas George Burrowes, David Joseph Maguire, Douglas Michael Gilg, Jenny Zhaoxia Yu
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Patent number: 8030404Abstract: The present invention is directed to the incorporation of functionalized polyethylenes, in amount of about 1% to 95% by weight based upon the weight of the total crosslinkable material, into ethylene alpha olefin elastomers, such as EPDM elastomer compositions, which are crosslinked by peroxides, which results in improved properties, such as hardness and modulus of elongation, and can result in improved higher abrasion resistance, wear resistance, coefficient of friction, tensile strength, and other properties through a broad temperature range, which are beneficial to power transmission products, such as power transmission belts.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas George Burrowes, Michael John William Gregg
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Patent number: 8007917Abstract: A non-halogenated rubber compound is provided for use in conveyor belts, particularly those used in underground mining. The non-halogenated rubber compound is fire-resistant in accordance with MSHA standards and produces acceptable levels of toxicity and smoke upon burning. Such non-halogenated rubber compound includes a blend of rubbery polymers in combination with aluminum trihydrate, which is a fire retardant, and optionally a phosphate plasticizer, which can provide the rubber compound with a more desirable workability. The blend of rubbery polymers is composed of natural rubber and butadiene rubber, and optionally styrene-butadiene rubber, such blend being present in a total amount of 100 phr. In one embodiment, the aluminum trihydrate is present in an amount of about 30 phr to about 150 phr. In another embodiment, the phosphate plasticizer is present in an amount of about 10 phr to about 60 phr.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Michael Alexander, David Joseph Maguire
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Patent number: D671196Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Veyance Technologies, IncInventors: Anthony Montalvo, Robert H. Vogliano, Marc Borowczak