Patents by Inventor Joseph N. Clark

Joseph N. Clark 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: 5300171
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a tape substrate having at least a portion of one or more sides coated with a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive is constructed using an adhesive which cures to a permanent adhesive. The adhesive is covered on the outer side with a release film, preferably coated with a fluorosilicone release layer, to allow storage of the tape. Preferably the curable silicone pressure sensitive adhesive is cured upon exposure to moisture, the tape therefore being stored in the absence of moisture. A silicone elastomeric structural glazing tape is made by using a silicone elastomer as the tape substrate. The tape can be used to bond glazing panels to building components without the use of other means of fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph T. Braun, Joseph N. Clark, Virgil J. Johnson, Shawn K. Mealey, William J. Schoenherr
  • Patent number: 5210156
    Abstract: Silicone pressure sensitive adhesive compositions which cure in the presence of moisture comprise an adhesive component which bears alkoxy radical-containing curing radicals, a catalyst to accelerate the reaction of moisture with the alkoxy radicals to form siloxane bonds and a multialkoxy silicon compound to stabilize the composition in the solventless state. Curing provides adhesives ranging from pressure sensitive adhesives having improved properties to permanent adhesives. The adhesives are useful for adhering an object to a surface and thereafter improving the bond between the object and the surface by exposure to moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Clark, Robert H. Krahnke, Shawn K. Mealey, William J. Schoenherr
  • Patent number: 5059484
    Abstract: The degree and reproducibility of cohesive bonding between gum-type organosiloxane elastomers cured by a platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation reaction and organic polymer substrates are increased when the composition used to prepare the elastomer contains an amount of silanol-functional polydiorganosiloxane sufficient to impart an activity number of at least 40 to the polydiorganosiloxane gums present in said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Clark, Schuyler B. Smith, deceased
  • Patent number: 4985525
    Abstract: The degree and reproducibility of cohesive bonding between gum-type organosiloxane elastomers cured by a platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation reaction and organic polymer substrates are increased when the composition used to prepare the elastomer contains an amount of silanol-functional polydirganosiloxane sufficient to impart an activity number of at least 40 to the polydiorganousiloxane gums present in said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Clark, Schuyler B. Smith
  • Patent number: 4978696
    Abstract: Liquid organosiloxane compositions that cure by a hydrosilylation reaction and contain from 0.1 to about 2 weight percent of a low molecular weight polymethylvinylsiloxane cure to form adhesives that are sufficiently flexible to retain cohesive bonding between substrates exhibiting different coefficients of thermal expansion when the resulting composite is exposed to variations in temperatures during use. The flexibility of the cured adhesive is further increased by addition to the curable compositions of a liquid polydimethylsiloxane having a silanol group at one of the two terminal positions and a triorganosiloxy group at the second terminal position. Preferred compositions are packaged in at least two parts, with the organohydrogensiloxane and the hydrosilylation catalyst being located in different parts of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Clark, David G. Coble, Loretta N. Kroupa
  • Patent number: 4795775
    Abstract: Improved primer compositions comprise (A) at least one member of a specified group of ethylenically unsaturated organosilicon compounds containing silicon-bonded alkoxy groups, (B) silicone/organic copolymers prepared from esters of ethylenically unsaturated organic acids and organosilicon compounds derived from these acids, (C) organohydrogensiloxane curing agents and (D) a solvent. The improvement resides in the presence in the solvent of an ethylenically unsaturated alcohol containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms. The alcohol constitutes at least 50 percent by weight of the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Madhu Baile, Joseph T. Braun, Joseph N. Clark