Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Hendricks

Kevin L. Hendricks 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).

  • Anti-autooxidative wood pellet binder
    Patent number: 11286439
    Abstract: Formulations and methods of making wood pellets treated with lignin sulfonate as an anti-autooxidative component to reduce the rate of self-heating of bulk wood pellets. The lignin sulfonate may be used as a binder in the wood pellets or the wood pellets may be sprayed with lignin sulfonate for an encapsulated wood pellet. Wood pellets having the lignin sulfonate have a lowered potential of self-heating below high reactivity pellets and better structural durability during storage and transportation without adversely affecting the fuel value of the wood pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BORREGAARD AS
    Inventors: Thomas S. Winowiski, Jerry D. Gargulak, Kevin L. Hendricks, Robert H. Narron
  • ANTI-AUTOOXIDATIVE WOOD PELLET BINDER
    Publication number: 20210214630
    Abstract: Formulations and methods of making wood pellets treated with lignin sulfonate as an anti-autooxidative component to reduce the rate of self-heating of bulk wood pellets. The lignin sulfonate may be used as a binder in the wood pellets or the wood pellets may be sprayed with lignin sulfonate for an encapsulated wood pellet. Wood pellets having the lignin sulfonate have a lowered potential of self-heating below high reactivity pellets and better structural durability during storage and transportation without adversely affecting the fuel value of the wood pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas S. Winowiski, Jerry D. Gargulak, Kevin L. Hendricks, Robert H. Narron