Patents Assigned to DuPont Safety & Construction, Inc.
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Publication number: 20240352726Abstract: An article comprises a tube having peripheral areas, including an upper section, a lower section, an inner section, and an outer section, the tube further comprising a tube wall having an outer layer of a semipermeable membrane that is permeable to vapors but impermeable to liquids, and the tube further comprising at least one inlet port integrated into the tube wall to permit the flow of an activated or activatable foamable composition into the tube interior, wherein the tube further has a plurality of holes that penetrate through the outer layer of the tube to allow expanding foam to both fill the interior of the tube and exit the tube and fill a space exterior to the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: Dupont Safety & Construction, Inc., DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US,LLCInventors: Eric HUEBSCH, Lars Massueger, Cedric Thomi
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Publication number: 20240352725Abstract: An article comprising a tube having a length L, a width W and a height H, wherein the tube has peripheral areas comprising an upper section, a lower section, an inner section, and an outer section, and the tube comprises a tube wall having an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being a nonwoven fabric and the outer layer being a semipermeable membrane that is permeable to vapors but impermeable to liquids, wherein the tube has at least one inlet port integrated into the tube wall to permit the flow of fluid into the tube interior, wherein the tube has a through-thickness Gurley air permeability of from 1 to 2,000 seconds, and the tube has a tensile modulus in the L direction of from 300 to 450 MPa and from 200 to 320 MPa in the W direction, and wherein the upper section and/or the lower section of the tube has at least one slot in the outer layer extending at least partially along the length L of tube and centered in said upper and/or lower section, and wherein the inner layer forms the outer surfType: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC., DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Eric HUEBSCH, Lars Massueger, Cedric Thomi
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Publication number: 20240352727Abstract: An article comprises a tube having peripheral areas, including an upper section, a lower section, an inner section, and an outer section, the tube further comprising a tube wall having an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being a semipermeable membrane that is permeable to vapors but impermeable to liquids and the outer layer being a nonwoven fabric, and the tube further comprising at least one inlet port integrated into the tube wall to permit the flow of an activated or activatable foamable composition into the tube interior, wherein the tube further has a plurality of holes that penetrate through the inner and outer layers of the tube to allow expanding foam to both fill the interior of the tube and exit the tube and fill a space exterior to the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC., DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Eric Huebsch, Lars Massueger, Cedric Thomi
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Publication number: 20240352728Abstract: An article comprises a tube having peripheral areas, including an upper section, a lower section, an inner section, and an outer section, the tube further comprising a tube wall having an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being a nonwoven fabric and the outer layer being a semipermeable membrane that is permeable to vapors but impermeable to liquids, and the tube further comprising at least one inlet port integrated into the tube wall to permit the flow of an activated or activatable foamable composition into the tube interior, wherein the tube further has a plurality of holes that penetrate through the inner and outer layers of the tube to allow expanding foam to both fill the interior of the tube and exit the tube and fill a space exterior to the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC., DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Eric HUEBSCH, Lars Massueger, Cedric Thomi
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Patent number: 12070894Abstract: A method for trimming a thermoformed panel comprises the steps of opening a thermoforming mold to reveal the thermoformed panel, attaching a robotic arm holding means to the thermoformed panel, removing the thermoformed panel from the thermoforming mold by the robotic arm holding means, repositioning the robotic arm holding means over a trimming table, the table comprising a cutting router affixed to the table bed, moving the robotic arm holding means relative to the cutting router in directions to trim all edges of the panel to required panel dimensions, moving the robotic arm and trimmed panel to a panel collection station, and depositing the trimmed panel at the collection station, wherein the directional movement of the robotic arm is controlled by input from 3-dimensional drawing software of the final shape of the thermoformed panel, and wherein the thermoformed panel is of a polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Eddy Verschueren
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Patent number: 12024799Abstract: A process for the preparation of plexifilamentary film-fibril strands of polymer. The process includes the steps of generating a spin fluid containing (a) 5 to 30 wt. % containing one or more polymer types, (b) a primary spin agent selected from the group consisting of dichloromethane, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, and (c) a co-spin agent comprising 1H,6H-perfluorohexane or 1H-perfluorohexane or 1H-perfluoroheptane. The spin fluid is flash-spun at a pressure that is greater than the autogenous pressure of the spin fluid into a region of lower pressure to form plexifilamentary film-fibril strands of the polymer. The co-spin agent is present in the spin fluid in an amount sufficient to form an azeotrope-like composition with the primary spin agent in the presence of the one or more polymer types.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Corneille Schmitz, Jan Van Meerveld, Orest Skoplyak, Serge Rebouillat
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Patent number: 12018407Abstract: Processes for forming a yarn comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments having a first region comprising a first polymer composition and a second region comprising a second polymer composition; the regions being distinct and present in the bicomponent filaments in a sheath-core structure or a side-by-side structure; wherein the first polymer composition comprises aramid polymer comprising 5 to 10 weight percent homogeneously dispersed discrete carbon particles and the second polymer composition comprises aramid polymer being free of discrete carbon particles and having at least one homogeneously dispersed masking pigment, the yarn having a total content of 0.5 to 5 weight percent discrete carbon particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Mark William Andersen, Mark T. Aronson, Christopher William Newton, Thomas Wayne Steinruck, B Lynne Wiseman, Reiyao Zhu
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Patent number: 11987925Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproof membrane for building applications comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane. The invention also relates to a waterproof membrane comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane, an optional pre-coating layer to facilitate the manufacturing process, and to join the support carrier with the cross-linked coating composition in the most optimal and durable manner to achieve good surface appearance and chemical bonding between reinforcing carrier and crosslinked polyurethane coating. The waterproof membrane can be prepared and installed with lower cost in comparison to current flat roof waterproofing systems based on liquid two-component polyurethane systems.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Mieczyslaw Michel Stachnik, Raul Fernandez Garcia
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Patent number: 11962025Abstract: A laminate useful as cell-to-cell battery insulation, the laminate having an insulating area and a periphery seal area, the insulating area comprising, in order: a first outer layer of paper comprising aramid material and mica; an inner layer comprising a felt or paper of inorganic short fibers; and a second outer layer of paper comprising aramid material and mica; the periphery seal area being void of the inner layer and being formed by adhering the first and second outer layers of paper to one another; wherein the periphery seal area extends around the periphery of the insulating area.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Byoung Sam Kang
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Publication number: 20240117627Abstract: An article comprises a tube and at least one thermoplastic pouch inserted within the tube wherein the tube comprises an upper section, a lower section, an inner section and an outer section, the tube comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being a permeable membrane that is permeable to vapors but impermeable to liquids and the outer layer being a nonwoven fabric, a microporous film, an SMS sheet or an SMMS sheet. In the central area of the upper section 13 and/or the lower section 14 of the tube, at least one slot is cut into the outer layer 18 to reveal the inner layer 17, the slot extending at least partially along the tube length L, the pouch is located within the tube such that it contacts the lower and inner sections of the tube and the pouch contains a foamable composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC., DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US, LLC.Inventors: Eric Huebsch, Lars Massueger, Cedric Thomi
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Publication number: 20240119581Abstract: An example system for determining construction installation accuracy is provided. The system includes a database configured to electronically store data. The data includes an installation detection model trained based on historical construction installation data. The system includes a processing device in communication with the database. The processing device is configured to receive as input an image associated with a construction installation, electronically detect one or more components installed in the construction installation depicted in the image, execute the installation detection model to determine an accuracy of the installed one or more components, and generate a marker in the image to identify an improperly installed component of the one or more components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: DUPONT SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION, INC., DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: William Ranson, Michael Dubnansky, III, Jessica Robinson, Samantha Kambo, Nicolae Iovanac
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Patent number: 11904280Abstract: The invention relates to filtration system (20), comprising a tank (40) filled at least partly with water to be filtered, and at least one filtration module (30), the at least one filtration module (30) comprising at least one filter membrane (10) for filtering the water comprising a substrate (12) which is penetrated by at least one capillary (16), and at least one filtrate pipe (32) for drawing filtered water out of the tank (40), whereat the at least one filtration module (30) is arranged in the tank (40) such that the at least one filter membrane (10) is submerged at least partly in the water to be filtered. The at least one filtration module (30) is designed and arranged such that water to be filtered flows into the at least one capillary (16) and from the at least one capillary (16) through the substrate (12) into the filtrate pipe (32).Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Martin Heijnen
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Publication number: 20240051258Abstract: A composite sheet comprises a textile component having a first surface and a second surface and a first polymeric coating on the first surface of the textile component wherein the textile component further comprises at least one woven fabric of continuous filament yarns, the fabric having an areal weight of from about 70 to about 508 gsm, and a nonwoven fabric comprising a blend of discontinuous fibers of oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers and silica fibers wherein the oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are present in an amount of from about 30 to about 70 weight percent of the combined weight of the oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers and silica fibers and, optionally, wherein the nonwoven fabric is mechanically attached to woven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Dariusz W. Kawka
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Publication number: 20240051261Abstract: A composite sheet comprises a textile component having a first surface and a second surface and a first polymeric coating on the first surface of the textile component wherein the textile component further comprises a first structure of at least one woven fabric of continuous filament yarns, the fabric having an areal weight of from about 70 to about 508 gsm, a second structure of a nonwoven fabric comprising a blend of discontinuous fibers of oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers and silica fibers wherein the oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are present in an amount of from about 30 to about 70 weight percent of the combined weight of the oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers and silica fibers, a third structure of at least one woven fabric of continuous filament yarns the fabric having an areal weight of from about 70 to about 508 gsm and, optionally, wherein the nonwoven fabric of the second structure is mechanically attached to at least one of the other fabric structures by an attachment means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka
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Publication number: 20240043677Abstract: A composition, made from recycled solid surface material or articles, that is suitable for making solid surface materials or articles, and a solid surface material or article made therefrom, the composition comprising a matrix resin of unsaturated polyester resin, inorganic filler particles, ground solid surface primary particles, ground solid surface secondary particles, and, optionally, solid surface dust particles. The composition is especially useful in making three-dimensional, rigid-surface, polymeric solid surface material and articles that are free of objectionable surface voids and have a smooth and stable continuous surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Thi Hoang Ha Nguyen, Keith William Pollak
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Patent number: 11866558Abstract: A sheet comprising a plexifilamentary film-fibril network consisting essentially of high density polyethylene in an overlapping multi-directional configuration, the sheet, as-produced from a spin cell, having a normalized Frazier air permeability of between 0.002 and 0.2 m3/m2·minute at 50 gsm, a BET surface area of between 9 and 20 m2/gm, and a normalized hydrohead of between 150 and 250 cm at 50 gsm, wherein the plexifilamentary film-fibril network in an overlapping multi-directional configuration is flash-spun from a spin fluid comprising polymer and spin agent, the spin fluid temperature being 190° C. or greater, the spin agent comprising dichloromethane, the spin fluid having a polymer concentration of 12 to 14 weight percent.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jan Van Meerveld, Corneille Schmitz, Joseph Mathieu, Noel Stephen Brabbs, Orest Skoplyak, Christine Lemoine, Serge Rebouillat
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Patent number: D1022397Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hanks, Kevin Klemmt, Jesse Thompson
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Patent number: D1023508Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hanks, Kevin Klemmt, Jesse Thompson
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Patent number: D1023509Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hanks, Kevin Klemmt, Jesse Thompson
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Patent number: D1023510Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hanks, Kevin Klemmt, Jesse Thompson