Patents by Inventor Ronald G. Van Daele

Ronald G. Van Daele 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).

  • Additives for the use of microwave energy to selectively heat thermoplastic polymer systems
    Patent number: 8361621
    Abstract: A microwave-sensitive thermoplastic composition that includes a microwave-receptive additive; and a thermoplastic polymer; wherein the microwave-receptive additive is selected from the group consisting of sepiolite clay, molecular sieves formed from ammonium ion salts or hydrogen ion salts, aluminophosphates, silicoaluminophasphates, silicotitanates, organo-modified clays, molecular sieves or zeolites having a caged organic microwave receptive material, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Cook, Michael S. Paquette, Robert P. Haley, Jr., Sam Crabtree, Jose Longoria, Saeed Siavoshani, Peter K. Mercure, Shih-Yaw Lai, Ronald G. Van Daele
  • Microwave heatable monovinyl aromatic polymers
    Patent number: 8058349
    Abstract: A method for melt-processing a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound, such as styrene, is disclosed. The method may include heating a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound volumetrically with microwave energy, wherein the polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound includes: a discontinuous rubber phase; and a continuous poly(monovinyl aromatic) phase comprising up to 49 weight percent of at least one of an acrylate comonomer and a vinyl cyanide comonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Styron Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Amaia Montoya-Goni, Ronald G. Van Daele, Roel Vossen, Michael Cook
  • ADDITIVES FOR THE USE OF MICROWAVE ENERGY TO SELECTIVELY HEAT THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110104496
    Abstract: A microwave-sensitive thermoplastic composition that includes a microwave-receptive additive; and a thermoplastic polymer; wherein the microwave-receptive additive is selected from the group consisting of sepiolite clay, molecular sieves formed from ammonium ion salts or hydrogen ion salts, aluminophosphates, silicoaluminophasphates, silicotitanates, organo-modified clays, molecular sieves or zeolites having a caged organic microwave receptive material, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Michael Cook, Michael S. Paquette, Robert P. Haley, JR., Sam Crabtree, Jose Longoria, Saeed Siavoshani, Peter K. Mercure, Shih-Yaw Lai, Ronald G. Van Daele
  • MICROWAVE HEATABLE MONOVINYL AROMATIC POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20100273950
    Abstract: A method for melt-processing a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound, such as styrene, is disclosed. The method may include heating a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound volumetrically with microwave energy, wherein the polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound includes: a discontinuous rubber phase; and a continuous poly(monovinyl aromatic) phase comprising up to 49 weight percent of at least one of an acrylate comonomer and a vinyl cyanide comonomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Amaia Montoya-Goni, Ronald G. Van Daele, Roel Vossen, Michael Cook
  • USE OF MICROWAVE ENERGY TO SELECTIVELY HEAT THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20090286013
    Abstract: A method for processing a thermoplastic material that comprises a microwave-sensitive polymeric region, wherein the method includes exposing the microwave-sensitive polymeric region to microwaves; wherein the exposing results in an increase in the temperature of the polymeric region; and processing the thermoplastic material is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventors: Michael Cook, Rudi Salmang, Mike Paquette, Robert Paul Haley, Sam Crabtree, Joe Longoria, Herbert Bongartz, Andreas Mayer, Saeed Siavoshani, Peter K. Mercure, Shih-Yaw Lai, Jeff Watkins, John Sugden, Ronald G. Van Daele