Patents by Inventor Jacques Drouvroy

Jacques Drouvroy 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: 9605115
    Abstract: A process for preparing a reinforced and reactive thermoplastic composition having a continuous phase based on a thermoplastic polymer and dispersed therein is a discontinuous phase based on a reactive reinforcing agent that may be immiscible with the thermoplastic polymer is provided. A composition obtained by this process is also provided. The reinforcing agent is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resins, polyorganosiloxanes having SiH functional group(s), diisocyanates or polyisocyanates and mixtures thereof, comprises a grafting, a branching and/or a crosslinking, that are carried out in situ, by reactive compounding of these phases with a shear rate greater than 102 s?1, of the reinforcing agent onto the chain of the thermoplastic polymer, so that the discontinuous phase is dispersed homogeneously in the continuous phase in the form of nodules having a number-average size of less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Nicolas Garois, Philippe Sonntag, Gregory Martin, Matthieu Vatan, Jacques Drouvroy
  • Patent number: 9568070
    Abstract: A power transmission belt having elastomer teeth based on an ethylene alpha-olefin elastomer, provided with an external film, is provided in which the external film is based on a thermoplastic olefin, the thermoplastic of the film being associated with a silicone elastomer that represents at least 20% by weight of the total weight of the film and with a compatibilizing element that ensures, within the film, compatibility between the thermoplastic and the silicone elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Julie Rognon, Marc Grellier, Jacques Drouvroy
  • Publication number: 20150276023
    Abstract: A power transmission belt having elastomer teeth based on an ethylene alpha-olefin elastomer, provided with an external film, is provided in which the external film is based on a thermoplastic olefin, the thermoplastic of the film being associated with a silicone elastomer that represents at least 20% by weight of the total weight of the film and with a compatibilizing element that ensures, within the film, compatibility between the thermoplastic and the silicone elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Julie Rognon, Marc Grellier, Jacques Drouvroy
  • Publication number: 20150025197
    Abstract: A process for preparing a reinforced and reactive thermoplastic composition having a continuous phase based on a thermoplastic polymer and dispersed therein is a discontinuous phase based on a reactive reinforcing agent that may be immiscible with the thermoplastic polymer is provided. A composition obtained by this process is also provided. The reinforcing agent is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resins, polyorganosiloxanes having SiH functional group(s), diisocyanates or polyisocyanates and mixtures thereof, comprises a grafting, a branching and/or a crosslinking, that are carried out in situ, by reactive compounding of these phases with a shear rate greater than 102 s?1, of the reinforcing agent onto the chain of the thermoplastic polymer, so that the discontinuous phase is dispersed homogeneously in the continuous phase in the form of nodules having a number-average size of less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Nicolas Garois, Philippe Sonntag, Gregory Martin, Matthieu Vatan, Jacques Drouvroy
  • Patent number: 8784711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a reinforced and reactive thermoplastic composition having a continuous phase which is based on at least one thermoplastic polymer and dispersed in which is a discontinuous phase based on at least one reactive reinforcing agent that may be immiscible with said at least one thermoplastic polymer, and also to a composition obtained by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Nicolas Garois, Philippe Sonntag, Grégory Martin, Matthieu Vatan, Jacques Drouvroy
  • Publication number: 20120035324
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a reinforced and reactive thermoplastic composition having a continuous phase which is based on at least one thermoplastic polymer and dispersed in which is a discontinuous phase based on at least one reactive reinforcing agent that may be immiscible with said at least one thermoplastic polymer, and also to a composition obtained by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Nicolas Garois, Philippe Sonntag, Grégory Martin, Matthieu Vatan, Jacques Drouvroy