Patents Assigned to Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
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Patent number: 10626609Abstract: Gypsum panels, sheathing systems, and methods of making and using the same are provided. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core associated with a first fiberglass mat having a continuous barrier coating, the coating penetrating a portion of the first fiberglass mat opposite the gypsum core, wherein gypsum penetrates a remaining fibrous portion of the first fiberglass mat such that voids in the first fiberglass mat are substantially eliminated. A building sheathing system includes at least two gypsum panels and a seaming component to provide a seam at an interface between the gypsum panels.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Rochelle Bradford, Christopher J. Sanders, Yi-Hsien Harry Teng
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Publication number: 20200078980Abstract: Gypsum panels and methods of making the same are provided. A method of making a gypsum panel includes forming a first gypsum slurry by combining stucco, water, a siliconate, and a phosphate salt or polymer, and setting the first gypsum slurry to form at least part of a core of the gypsum panel, wherein the gypsum panel displays a 2-hour water absorption test weight increase of at least 10 weight percent less than an otherwise identical comparative panel containing no phosphate salt or polymer in its core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Xian-Yong Wang, Stuart Brandon Gilley
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Patent number: 10544579Abstract: Construction panels and other materials, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley, Timothy R. Fierbaugh
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Patent number: 10495129Abstract: Self-sealing fasteners and associated building panels, systems, and methods are provided. In one aspect, a fastener includes an elongated fastener body with an external surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a coating material disposed on at least a portion the external surface. In another aspect, a fastener includes an elongated fastener body with an external surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a polymer annulus surrounding at least a portion of the external surface of the of the elongated fastener body at or adjacent the head of the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Jason G. Peace, Seth C. Glenn
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Patent number: 10486392Abstract: Gypsum panels, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a gypsum core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first facer material associated with the first surface of the gypsum core, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the gypsum panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the gypsum panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley
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Patent number: 10478854Abstract: In one aspect, a method of making a gypsum panel includes depositing an aqueous liquid containing a wetting agent onto a fiberglass mat, such that the aqueous liquid penetrates an entire thickness of the fiberglass mat, and depositing a gypsum slurry onto the fiberglass mat onto which the aqueous liquid has been deposited, such that the gypsum slurry penetrates at least a portion of the fiberglass mat. In another aspect, a method of making a gypsum panel includes depositing an aqueous liquid containing a wetting agent onto a fiberglass mat, and depositing a gypsum slurry onto the fiberglass mat onto which the aqueous liquid has been deposited, prior to drying of the aqueous liquid, such that the gypsum slurry penetrates at least a portion of the fiberglass mat.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Yi-Hsien Harry Teng, Rochelle F. Bradford
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Patent number: 10427979Abstract: Gypsum panels and methods of making gypsum panels are provided. A method of making a gypsum panel includes combining gypsum stucco and a halide salt sequestration agent with water to form a gypsum slurry and setting the gypsum slurry to form at least a portion of a gypsum core, wherein the halide salt sequestration agent is present in an amount effective to sequester at least a portion of halide salt present in the gypsum stucco. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core that comprises set gypsum and a halide salt sequestration agent, wherein the halide sequestration agent sequesters at least a portion of halide salt present in the gypsum core.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Stuart Brandon Gilley
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Patent number: 10407907Abstract: Gypsum panels, sheathing systems, and methods of making and using the same are provided. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core associated with a first fiberglass mat having a continuous barrier coating, the coating penetrating a portion of the first fiberglass mat opposite the gypsum core, wherein gypsum penetrates a remaining fibrous portion of the first fiberglass mat such that voids in the first fiberglass mat are substantially eliminated. A building sheathing system includes at least two gypsum panels and a seaming component to provide a seam at an interface between the gypsum panels.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Rochelle Bradford, Christopher J. Sanders, Yi-Hsien Harry Teng
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Publication number: 20190270675Abstract: Gypsum panels and methods of making gypsum panels are provided. A method of making a gypsum panel includes combining gypsum stucco and a halide salt sequestration agent with water to form a gypsum slurry and setting the gypsum slurry to form at least a portion of a gypsum core, wherein the halide salt sequestration agent is present in an amount effective to sequester at least a portion of halide salt present in the gypsum stucco. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core that comprises set gypsum and a halide salt sequestration agent, wherein the halide sequestration agent sequesters at least a portion of halide salt present in the gypsum core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Stuart Brandon Gilley
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Patent number: 10400452Abstract: Construction panels and other materials, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include at least one environmental sensor assembly associated with a panel core and configured to detect an environmental condition of the panel comprising moisture, pressure, or both, and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley, Timothy R. Fierbaugh
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Patent number: 10344478Abstract: An adhesive binder composition for adhering a paper sheet to a gypsum article with a gypsum layer having at least one paper sheet on a major surface thereof. The adhesive binder composition includes a polymeric adhesive and at least one surfactant. The adhesive binder composition resides at a boundary between the gypsum layer and the paper sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignees: Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, LLCInventors: Michael D. Foster, Nellie Moretz, James E. Bailey, John E. Kirkwood, Brian W. Bland, Ali Fadhel
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Patent number: 10280288Abstract: A composition of matter is provided, including anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers having a mean aspect ratio of at least 30. Another composition of matter is provided, including alpha-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers. Yet another composition of matter is provided, including fine alpha particle-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Mianxue Wu, Jeffrey T. Fields
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Patent number: 10259196Abstract: A lightweight gypsum wallboard having a foamed gypsum core reinforced with pre-gelatinized, e.g., pre-gelled, starch and prepared by mixing an aqueous foam into a gypsum slurry comprising a source of calcined gypsum (commonly known as plaster of Paris), pre-gelled starch and a lignosulfonate dispersant; allowing the so-formed gypsum slurry to set, and then drying the set gypsum core.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventor: Hubert C. Francis
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Publication number: 20190105875Abstract: Gypsum panels, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a gypsum core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first facer material associated with the first surface of the gypsum core, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the gypsum panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the gypsum panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley
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Patent number: 10246378Abstract: Methods of manufacturing composites are provided, including combining dihydrate calcium sulfate whiskers, hemihydrate calcium sulfate stucco, and water to form a slurry, and setting the slurry to form a composite having a natural porosity of about 60 volume percent or greater. Composites are also provided, including dihydrate calcium sulfate whiskers and dihydrate calcium sulfate crystals, and having a natural porosity of about 60 volume percent or greater.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Mianxue Wu, Jeffery T. Fields, Sara E. Endres
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Publication number: 20190078322Abstract: Construction panels and other materials, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley, Timothy R. Fierbaugh
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Patent number: 10179997Abstract: Gypsum panels, sheathing systems, and methods of making and using the same are provided. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core associated with a first fiberglass mat having a continuous barrier coating, the coating penetrating a portion of the first fiberglass mat opposite the gypsum core, wherein gypsum penetrates a remaining fibrous portion of the first fiberglass mat such that voids in the first fiberglass mat are substantially eliminated. A building sheathing system includes at least two gypsum panels and a seaming component to provide a seam at an interface between the gypsum panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Rochelle Bradford, Christopher J. Sanders, Yi-Hsien Harry Teng
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Publication number: 20190010697Abstract: Gypsum panels, sheathing systems, and methods of making and using the same are provided. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core associated with a first fiberglass mat having a continuous barrier coating, the coating penetrating a portion of the first fiberglass mat opposite the gypsum core, wherein gypsum penetrates a remaining fibrous portion of the first fiberglass mat such that voids in the first fiberglass mat are substantially eliminated. A building sheathing system includes at least two gypsum panels and a seaming component to provide a seam at an interface between the gypsum panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Rochelle Bradford, Christopher J. Sanders, Yi-Hsien Harry Teng
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Publication number: 20180371754Abstract: Construction panels and other materials, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include at least one environmental sensor assembly associated with a panel core and configured to detect an environmental condition of the panel comprising moisture, pressure, or both, and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley, Timothy R. Fierbaugh
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Patent number: 10155360Abstract: Gypsum panels, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a gypsum core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first facer material associated with the first surface of the gypsum core, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the gypsum panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the gypsum panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLCInventors: Charles R. Harrison, Lawrence Gollob, Clarence A. Shelton, Stuart Brandon Gilley