Patents by Inventor Philip Eugene Kieffer

Philip Eugene Kieffer 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: 9949902
    Abstract: An emulsion suitable for incorporation into wet wipes used to clean urine and fecal matter from the skin. The emulsion includes silicone oil and water-soluble zinc salt such as zinc chloride and zinc sulfate. Phase separation is prevented with an emulsification system that includes a gum blend and salt-tolerant emulsifier. The gum blend includes at least one gum and propylene glycol alginate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Patent number: 9511006
    Abstract: A dispersible moist wipe used to clean urine and fecal matter from the skin. The wetting solution is an oil-in-water emulsion containing silicone oil. Phase separation is prevented with one or more gums, propylene glycol alginate, and a Gemini surfactant or phosphate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Robert E Kasper
  • Patent number: 9421504
    Abstract: An ultrasonic mixing system having a treatment chamber in which at least two separate phases can be mixed to prepare an emulsion is disclosed. The treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which the phases flow longitudinally from a first inlet port and a second inlet port, respectively, to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency to ultrasonically energize the phases within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Steven Michael Hurley, Scott W. Wenzel, Shiming Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20140004164
    Abstract: An emulsion suitable for incorporation into wet wipes used to clean urine and fecal matter from the skin. The emulsion includes silicone oil and water-soluble zinc salt such as zinc chloride and zinc sulfate. Phase separation is prevented with an emulsification system that includes a gum blend and salt-tolerant emulsifier. The gum blend includes at least one gum and propylene glycol alginate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20140004163
    Abstract: A dispersible moist wipe used to clean urine and fecal matter from the skin. The wetting solution is an oil-in-water emulsion containing silicone oil. Phase separation is prevented with one or more gums, propylene glycol alginate, and a Gemini surfactant or phosphate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Robert E. Kasper
  • Publication number: 20100158986
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to personal care compositions and personal care products. More particularly, the disclosure relates to personal care compositions and personal care products that impart perceivable aesthetic benefits of increased softness, quietness and drapability to the skin or hair of a user. To achieve the perceivable aesthetic benefit, a protonated skin aesthetic agent selected from fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty acid derivatives, fatty alcohol derivatives, and/or combinations thereof, may be incorporated into the personal care compositions and personal care products. To produce the liquid composition, a deprotonated skin aesthetic agent is first provided. The deprotonated skin aesthetic agent is added to an aqueous liquid solution. The aqueous liquid solution is then acidified with an acidifying agent to protonate the deprotonated skin aesthetic agent. Finally, the aqueous liquid solution is incorporated onto a wipe substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Vincent Decker, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20100158964
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to personal care compositions and personal care products. More particularly, the disclosure relates to personal care compositions and personal care products that impart perceivable aesthetic benefits of increased softness, quietness and drapability to the skin or hair of a user. To achieve the perceivable aesthetic benefit, a liquid composition containing water, a skin aesthetic agent selected from fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty acid derivatives, fatty alcohol derivatives, and/or combinations thereof, an acidifying agent, and an emulsifying agent may be incorporated into the personal care compositions and personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Corey Thomas Cunningham, Scott W. Wenzel, Christopher Vincent Decker, Philip Eugene Kieffer
  • Publication number: 20090262597
    Abstract: An ultrasonic mixing system having a treatment chamber in which at least two separate phases can be mixed to prepare an emulsion is disclosed. The treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which the phases flow longitudinally from a first inlet port and a second inlet port, respectively, to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency to ultrasonically energize the phases within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Steven Michael Hurley, Scott W. Wenzel, Shiming Zhuang