Patents by Inventor Alain Michel Andre Sagnard

Alain Michel Andre Sagnard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PROCESS FOR FORMING A DOUBLE-SIDED SHAPED FOAM ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120237734
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method of cold forming a double-sided shaped foam article wherein the improvement is using a double-sided foam blank cut from a foam plank having a vertical compressive balance equal to or greater than 0.4 to produce the double-sided shaped foam article. The double-sided foam blank has a first pressing surface and a second pressing surface wherein the difference in compressive strength between the first and second pressing surfaces is equal to or less than 200 percent, most preferably, the compressive strength of the first pressing surface is the same as the compressive strength of the second pressing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Myron J. Maurer, Matthew D. Mittag, Alain Michel Andre Sagnard
  • Method of forming extruded polystyrene foams and the products made therefrom
    Patent number: 8092727
    Abstract: The invention a method of forming complex shape of styrenic polymer foams in which a pressing surface is created, for example, by planing/machining a layer of an as formed extruded styrenic polymer plank, contacting said plank with a contoured die face and pressing the foam to form the complex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Myron J. Maurer, Alain Michel Andre Sagnard, Dominicus L. Bindels, Michelle L. Boven, Byoung-Ho Choi, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston, Joseph A. Langmaid, Curtis Alan Browning