Patents by Inventor James R. Wolfe, Jr.

James R. Wolfe, Jr. 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: 4981908
    Abstract: Blends of 20-99 parts by weight of a multi-block copolyester thermoplastic elastomer melting above 100.degree. C. with 80-1 parts by weight of a polyacrylate elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4843124
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer blend of 15-90 parts of a continuous matrix of a thermoplastic elastomeric copolyester having a melting point of 100.degree.-200.degree. C. and 10-85 parts of crosslinked polychloroprene present in the form of finely divided particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Neumours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4801647
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomeric composition comprising a dynamically crosslinked grafted polyolefin copolymer elastomer and a thermoplastic crystalline polyolefin is disclosed. The crosslinked elastomer is dispersed in the thermoplastic crystalline polyolefin which is present as the continuous phase. The grafted elastomer is ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymer or ethylene/propylene copolymer grafted with fumaric acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride or derivatives thereof capable of reacting with diamine crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4782110
    Abstract: A melt processible multi-phase thermoplastic composition comprising a blend of:(A) 15-75 parts by weight of a crystalline polyolefin resin comprising polymerized monomer units of ethylene or propylene or mixtures thereof forming the continuous phase of the composition, and(B) 25-80 parts by weight of a crosslinked elastomer of an ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymer consisting essentially of units derived from ethylene, an alkyl ester of acrylic acid wherein the alkyl group contains 1-6 carbon atoms and a monoalkyl ester of 1,4-butenedioic acid wherein the alkyl group contains 1-6 carbon atoms forming the discontinuous phase of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4758628
    Abstract: A composition comprising a blend of about 70-20 weight percent crystalline polyethylene resin and 30-80 weight percent emulsion-derived polychloroprene gel is disclosed. The blend is prepared by blending the two materials at a temperature near to or above the melting point of the polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4710544
    Abstract: A melt processible thermoplastic composition comprising a blend of:(A) 15-75 parts by weight of a crystalline polyolefin resin comprising polymerized monomer units of ethylene or propylene or mixtures thereof, and(B) 25-80 parts by weight of a crosslinked ethylene/alkyl acrylate elastomer made from dynamically crosslinking an ethylene/alkyl acrylate/monoalkyl ester of 1,4-butenedioic acid copolymer containing about 60-90 weight percent ethylene and wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl acrylate contains 1-6 carbon atoms, the dynamically crosslinked elastomer being dispersed throughout the crystalline polyolefin resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4629761
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprising about 10-80 parts by weight total polymers of a multi-block copolyester elastomer having a melting point of from about 100.degree.-200.degree. C. and about 20-90 parts by weight total polymers of a crosslinked chlorosulfonated polyethylene elastomer dispersed in said copolyester elastomer, said chlorosulfonated polyethylene elastomer being crosslinked to an extent such that not more than about 45% by weight of said elastomer is extractable with toluene at 25.degree.0 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4371693
    Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomeric polyetheresterimides comprising a multiplicity of long chain ester imide units represented by the formula ##STR1## and short chain esterimide units represented by the formula ##STR2## where G is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly(alkylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of about 400-4000; D is a divalent radical remaining after removal of hydroxyl groups from a diol having a molecular weight less than about 300, and Q is a divalent radical remaining after removal of an amino group and a carboxyl group from a aliphatic primary amino acid having a molecular weight of less than 250; with the proviso that from about 2 to 10 of said short chain esterimide units are present for each of said long chain esterimide units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4371692
    Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomeric polyetheresterimidescomprising a multiplicity of long chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR1## and short chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR2## where G is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly(alkylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of about 400-4000; D is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of hydroxyl groups from a diol having a molecular weight less than about 300 and Q is a divalent radical remaining after removal of amino groups from an aliphatic primary diamine having a molecular weight less than 350; with the provisos that from about 0.5 to 5 of said short chain esterimide units are present for each of said long chain esterimide units and that said polyetheresterimide has a softening point of at least 160.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James R. Wolfe, Jr.