Patents by Inventor Anthony Sumner

Anthony Sumner 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).

  • Patent number: 6737478
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber compounds comprising at least one double bond-containing rubber, additions of rubber gels, phenolic resin adducts or phenol/formaldehyde condensation products, such as resols or novolaks, and optionally, further fillers and rubber auxiliary substances, and the vulcanizates and molded rubber articles produced from them. The rubber compounds according to the present invention are characterized in the uncrosslinked state by good processability (compound viscosity ML 1+4/100° C.<60 ME) and in the vulcanized state by Shore-A hardness values/23° C.>60, high impact resilience values E/23° C.>60% and a low specific density. The vulcanizates are suitable for the production of industrial rubber articles and for various tire components, such as roll coverings, conveyor belt coverings, belts, spinning cops, seals, golf ball cores, shoe soles and bead compounds, tire carcasses, subtread compounds and tire sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 6649696
    Abstract: The rubber mixtures according to the present invention consisting of uncrosslinked, double bond-containing rubbers (A), crosslinked rubber particles (B) and multifunctional isocyanates based on polyuret (C), wherein, based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber components (A) respectively, the component (B) content in the mixture is 1 to 150 parts by weight and the multifunctional isocyanate content based on polyuret (component C) is 1 to 100 parts by weight, can be used to produce rubber vulcanizates and rubber molded articles of all kinds, the vulcanizates produced therefrom exhibiting an advantageous combination of mechanical properties, such as modulus at 300% elongation, elongation at break, tear strength and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Martin Mezger, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 6632888
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber mixtures which contain microgels and isocyanatosilanes and vulcanisates produced therefrom. By adding isocyanatosilanes the mechanical properties of the vulcanisates, in particular the elongation properties and the abrasion resistance, are improved without the difference in rebound resilience at 70° C. and 23° C. being reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Martin Mezger, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 6620886
    Abstract: The rubber mixtures according to the present invention comprising uncrosslinked butyl rubbers and nitrile-containing rubber gels as well as optionally, conventional additives and auxiliary substances, are suitable for the production of vulcanizates and molded rubber bodies of all kind having low gas permeability, low weight and acceptable mechanical properties, the mixtures exhibiting good processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 6579945
    Abstract: The invention provides rubber mixtures of at least one double bond-containing rubber, rubber gels and additives of inorganic peroxides and also optionally further fillers and rubber auxiliary substances. Rubber mixtures according to the present invention are characterized in the uncrosslinked state by good processability (compound viscosity ML 1+4/100° C.<60 ME) and in the vulcanized state by improved mechanical properties in particular with regard to the product of the modulus at 100% extension and the elongation at break (S100×D) and also by improved tensile strengths. In addition, vulcanizates prepared from rubber mixtures according to the present invention have a relatively low density, which has an advantageous effect on the weight of the rubber molded items prepared from the rubber mixtures. The vulcanizates are suitable for producing industrial rubber articles and for tire components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 6545100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymers, in particular to halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubbers, and halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymers synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt. % and a process for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Langstein, Martin Bohnenpoll, Anthony Sumner, Marc Verhelst
  • Publication number: 20020161119
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber compounds comprising at least one double bond-containing rubber, additions of rubber gels, phenolic resin adducts or phenol/formaldehyde condensation products, such as resols or novolaks, and optionally, further fillers and rubber auxiliary substances, and the vulcanizates and molded rubber articles produced from them The rubber compounds according to the present invention are characterized in the uncrosslinked state by good processability (compound viscosity ML 1+4/100° C.<60 ME) and in the vulcanized state by Shore-A hardness values/23° C.>60, high impact resilience values E/23° C.>60% and a low specific density. The vulcanizates are suitable for the production of industrial rubber articles and for various tire components, such as roll coverings, conveyor belt coverings, belts, spinning cops, seals, golf ball cores, shoe soles and bead compounds, tire carcasses, subtread compounds and tire sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Publication number: 20020132904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire tread particularly in a pneumatic tire characterized in that said rubber composition comprises a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt. % and/or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Gerhard Langstein, Martin Bohnenpoll, Anthony Sumner, Marc Verhelst
  • Publication number: 20020123564
    Abstract: The rubber mixtures according to the present invention consisting of uncrosslinked, double bond-containing rubbers (A), crosslinked rubber particles (B) and multifunctional isocyanates based on polyuret (C), wherein, based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber components (A) respectively, the component (B) content in the mixture is 1 to 150 parts by weight and the multifunctional isocyanate content based on polyuret (component C) is 1 to 100 parts by weight, can be used to produce rubber vulcanizates and rubber molded articles of all kinds, the vulcanizates produced therefrom exhibiting an advantageous combination of mechanical properties, such as modulus at 300% elongation, elongation at break, tear strength and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Martin Mezger, Anthony Sumner
  • Publication number: 20020115766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire for a tire tube, and more particularly, to a rubber composition for a tire tube of motor car tire. The rubber composition comprises a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt. % and/or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Gerhard Langstein, Martin Bohnenpoll, Anthony Sumner, Marc Verhelst
  • Publication number: 20020111414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire inner liner, and more particularly, to a rubber composition for an inner liner of a tubeless tire characterized in that said rubber composition comprises a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt. % and/or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer, in particular a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubber, or a halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymer synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Gerhard Langstein, Martin Bohnenpoll, Anthony Sumner, Marc Verhelst
  • Publication number: 20020111432
    Abstract: The rubber mixtures according to the present invention comprising uncrosslinked butyl rubbers and nitrile-containing rubber gels as well as, optionally, conventional additives and auxiliary substances, are suitable for the production of vulcanates and molded rubber bodies of all kinds having low gas permeability, low weight and acceptable mechanical properties, the mixtures exhibiting good processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Publication number: 20020107333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymers, in particular to halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight butyl rubbers, and halogenated, low-gel, high molecular weight isoolefin multiolefin copolymers synthesized from isobutene, isoprene and optionally further monomers, with a multiolefin content of greater than 2.5 mol %, a molecular weight Mw of greater than 240 kg/mol and a gel content of less than 1.2 wt. % and a process for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Gerhard Langstein, Martin Bohnenpoll, Anthony Sumner, Marc Verhelst
  • Publication number: 20020086944
    Abstract: The invention provides rubber mixtures of at least one double bond-containing rubber, rubber gels and additives of inorganic peroxides and also optionally further fillers and rubber auxiliary substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Publication number: 20020049282
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber mixtures which contain microgels and isocyanatosilanes and vulcanisates produced therefrom. By adding isocyanatosilanes the mechanical properties of the vulcanisates, in particular the elongation properties and the abrasion resistance, are improved without the difference in rebound resilience at 70° C. and 23° C. being reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Martin Mezger, Anthony Sumner
  • Publication number: 20010051685
    Abstract: The invention concerns rubber compounds consisting of at least one double bond-containing rubber and additions of polybutadiene rubber particles having a glass transition temperature <−60° C. together with vulcanizates and rubber molding manufactured therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Anthony Sumner
  • Patent number: 5889123
    Abstract: Compositions comprising new halogenated butyl rubbers with a defined, low content of halogen, a defined content of non-halogenated double bonds and a defined content of anti-agglomeration/vulcanisation control agents and containing polymer compounds comprising special amidines, mercapto or zinc mercapto compounds and polymers possess outstanding mechanical and physiological properties, so that they are suitable for the production of tyres, particularly tyre inner liners, tyre sidewalls and tyre treads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudiger Schubart, Rudiger Musch, Anthony Sumner, Stefan Kelbch
  • Patent number: 5886106
    Abstract: New halogenated butyl rubbers, which have a defined content of halogen, a defined content of non-halogenated double bonds and a defined content of antiagglomeration/vulcanization control agents, exhibit outstanding mechanical and physiological properties, so that they are suitable for the production of tires, particularly tire inner liners, tire sidewalls and tire treads, and for pharmaceutical rubber articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschat
    Inventors: Anthony Sumner, Stefan Kelbch, Albert Verbiest