Patents Assigned to Johns Manville
  • Magnetic roof attachment
    Patent number: 10954676
    Abstract: A rooftop equipment attachment system includes a rooftop having a roof deck, an insulation layer positioned atop the roof deck, a plurality of metallic roof plates that secure the insulation layer to the roof deck, and a roofing membrane secured atop the insulation layer. The roofing membrane covers the plurality of metallic roof plates. The system includes a frame for supporting rooftop equipment. The frame includes a plurality of mounting supports that are positionable atop the rooftop at positions that are above at least a portion of the plurality of metallic roof plates. The plurality of mounting supports are configured to support the frame and any rooftop equipment mounted thereon. Each of the plurality of mounting supports includes a magnetic element that is configured to secure a particular one of the plurality of mounting supports with a particular one of the plurality of metallic roof plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Christopher McBride, Zebonie Sukle
  • Soy protein and carbohydrate containing binder compositions
    Patent number: 10934646
    Abstract: Soy protein and carbohydrate containing binder compositions are described. The binder compositions may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a soy protein. The binder compositions may also optionally include thickening agents such as modified celluloses and polysaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Uranchimeg Lester, Kiarash Alavi, Jawed Asrar, Zhihua Guo, Mingfu Zhang
  • Binder-consolidated textile fabrics and methods of their manufacture and use
    Patent number: 10934460
    Abstract: Textile fabrics consolidated with a binder that is made from a binder system are described. The binder system may include: a) 30% or less by dry weight of at least one polymer based on polyvinyl alcohol; b) 70% or more by dry weight of at least one starch, wherein the at least one starch comprises 50% by weight or more of one or more natural starches based on the total weight of the at least one starch; c) 0 to 10% by dry weight of at least one crosslinker; d) 0 to 10% by dry weight of at least one filler; and e) 0 to 10% by dry weight of at least one additive, wherein a sum of components a) through e) is 100% by dry weight of the binder system. Method of making the textile fabrics consolidated with binders made from the binder systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Werner Groh, Agnes Frick
  • Efficient packaging of pipe insulation or other materials
    Patent number: 10934083
    Abstract: A collapsible product has a tubular body of resilient material, the tubular body having an outer surface and an inner surface, a length, a wall between the outer surface and the inner surface, and a longitudinal axis. The tubular body wall is split longitudinally along its length, at a first perimeter location on the tube. The tubular body wall is also cut longitudinally along its length, partially through its wall thickness from the inner surface, at one or more inner perimeter locations. The tubular body wall is further cut longitudinally along its length, partially through its wall thickness from the outer surface, at two or more outer perimeter locations. The longitudinal cuts enable a controlled collapse of the tubular body, which can be efficiently packaged for shipping. The collapsible product may be tubular fiberglass pipe insulation, or another kind of product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Edward Albert Bright, Jayamalar Dorsey, Michael Feagans
  • Foam insulation with improved low temperature properties
    Patent number: 10913235
    Abstract: A polyisocyanurate foam insulation product is produced from an isocyanate component, a polyol-containing component, and a blowing agent. The polyol-containing component includes a first polyol and a second polyol, a fire retardant, and one or more surfactants, wherein the first polyol and the second polyol have different hydroxyl numbers, or have different functionalities, or differ in both hydroxyl number and functionality. In some formulations, the polylol-containing component may include a fire retardant, a metallo-organinc compound, or combinations thereof. The cell size of the foam may be less than 120 microns. The polyol-containing component may include a mixture of polyols having different functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Malay Nandi, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Aerogel containing construction board
    Patent number: 10914071
    Abstract: A construction product described herein includes a fiber core that includes a plurality of entangled glass fibers. The fiber core also includes a binder that bonds the plurality of entangled glass fibers together and an Aerogel material that is homogenously or uniformly disposed within the fiber core. In some instances, the fiber core includes between 40 and 80 weight percent of the Aerogel material. The construction product has an R-value of at least 6.5 per inch, a flame spread index of no greater than 5, and a smoke development index of no greater than 20 as measured according to the ASTM E-84 tunnel test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Guodong Zheng, Luke S Weith, Malay Nandi, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Foam insulation with enhanced fire and smoke performance
    Patent number: 10894869
    Abstract: A polyisocyanurate foam insulation product includes polyisocyanurate foam produced from reacting an isocyanate and a polyol blend having a functionality of at least 2.2. The isocyanate and the polyol blend are reacted so that the polyisocyanurate foam has an isocyanate index equivalent with or greater than 300. The polyisocyanurate foam includes a fire retardant and includes between 0.02 and 0.45 weight percent of a zinc salt compound. The foam insulation board exhibits a flame spread of no greater than 25 and a smoke index of no greater than 50 when exposed to flame conditions in accordance with an ASTM E-84 test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Malay Nandi, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Foundation waterproofing and insulation form system and method
    Patent number: 10889981
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making a waterproofed concrete wall assembly, such as for a basement wall. A form is constructed. At least a first side of the form is made of one or more boards having a polymer foam and a fibrous facer. At least some of the boards have perimeter edges shaped such that some adjacent boards overlap at the shaped perimeter edges. Concrete is poured into the gap between the sides of the form, and is allowed to harden. The other side of the form may be removed, while leaving the boards of the first side of the form in place adjacent the hardened concrete. Some of the concrete is infused into the fibrous facers of at least some of the boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Diana Fisler, Zebonie Sukle, ChangQing Shen, Guodong Zheng, Duane Paradis, Ralph Michael Fay
  • Paper-scrim-foil core having extruded polypropylene resin
    Patent number: 10889096
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a facer used as protective covering for an insulation product. The facer may include a metallic foil layer, a scrim layer, and a paper layer positioned adjacent the scrim layer. The facer may also include a polypropylene material forming a polypropylene layer positioned adjacent the paper layer and heat bonded to an exposed major surface of the paper layer such that a portion of the polypropylene extends into pores of the paper layer to assist in coupling the polypropylene material to the paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Ralph Michael Fay, Anthony Edward Moore, Edward Albert Bright
  • Fiber reinforced aerogel insulation and method therefor
    Patent number: 10889023
    Abstract: A method for producing an insulation product may include providing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution may include coarse glass fibers, glass microfibers, aerogel particles, and a binder. The coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may be uniformly dispersed in the aqueous solution and may form a slurry. The method may further include removing at least a portion of water from the slurry such that the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may form a wet laid mixture. The method may also include curing the wet laid mixture to cure the binder and bond the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, and the aerogel particles together to form a fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite. The fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite may include between about 50 wt. % and about 75 wt. % of the aerogel particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Ralph Michael Fay, Guodong Zheng, Stanislav Kukatin, Luke S Weith
  • Battery containing acid resistant nonwoven fiber mat with biosoluble microfibers
    Patent number: 10879510
    Abstract: Acid-resistant and biosoluble glass compositions and products made therefrom. The glass compositions exhibit acid resistance, durability in white water as may be used in a wet laid fabrication process, and good biosolubility. In another aspect, a glass fiber mat is made from such a glass composition, and may be used in the manufacture of lead-acid batteries, for example as a pasting material or battery separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Zhihua Guo, Elam Leed, Luke S Weith, Jawed Asrar, Dana G Miloaga
  • Combustion burner
    Patent number: 10858278
    Abstract: Submerged combustion burners having a burner body and a burner tip connected thereto. The burner body has an external conduit and first and second internal conduits substantially concentric therewith, forming first and second annuli for passing a cooling fluid therethrough. The burner includes a generally central flow passage for a combustible mixture, the flow passage partially defined by an inner wall of the burner tip. The burner tip has an outer wall and crown connecting the inner and outer walls. The inner and outer walls and crown comprise materials having greater corrosion and/or fatigue resistance than the burner external conduit. The burner tip is connected to the burner body by inner and outer connections, at least one of which includes members interference fit to the burner tip and burner body, the members welded, soldered, or brazed together, in certain instances by fiber laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Morris L. Richardson, III
  • Roofing compositions comprising high density polyethylene
    Patent number: 10844200
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer blend composition comprising high density polyethylene, a propylene polymer having rubber dispersed therein, and a propylene/ethylene copolymer. In one embodiment, there is provided a polymer blend composition comprising from 25 to 55 weight percent of the high density polyethylene, from 25 to 55 weight percent of a propylene polymer having from 10-60% crystallinity, and a propylene/ethylene copolymer comprising the remainder of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Jordan Kortmeyer, Lichih R Peng
  • Change-out system for submerged combustion melting burner
    Patent number: 10837705
    Abstract: Liquid is delivered into a void between a burner and a melt vessel, which causes a skull of a material to form within an interior of the melt vessel. The void is in fluidic communication with the interior of the melt vessel. The burner is moved from a first position internal to the void to a second position external from the void. Thereafter, the burner is isolated from the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: John Wayne Baker, Aaron Morgan Huber
  • Fiber reinforced aerogel insulation and method therefor
    Patent number: 10836073
    Abstract: A method for producing an insulation product may include providing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution may include coarse glass fibers, glass microfibers, aerogel particles, and a binder. The coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may be uniformly dispersed in the aqueous solution and may form a slurry. The method may further include removing at least a portion of water from the slurry such that the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may form a wet laid mixture. The method may also include curing the wet laid mixture to cure the binder and bond the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, and the aerogel particles together to form a fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite. The fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite may include between about 50 wt. % and about 75 wt. % of the aerogel particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Ralph Michael Fay, Guodong Zheng, Stanislav Kukatin, Luke S Weith
  • Thermal insulation properties of polyiso foams
    Patent number: 10829939
    Abstract: Embodiments may include an insulated structure. The insulated structure may include a plurality of structural support members coupled together to form a frame. The insulated structure may also include a plurality of first wall boards attached to an exterior side of the frame to form an exterior wall or surface of the structure. The insulated structure may further include a spray foam insulation positioned within at least one of the wall cavities of the structure. The spray foam insulation may have an insulative R-value greater than or equal to 6.0 per inch at 40° F. The spray foam formulation may be made from a formulation that includes a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound and a blowing agent. The blowing agent may include a mixture of n-pentane and isopentane, where the mixture is at least 75% isopentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Polyolefin materials with reduced oxygen permeability
    Patent number: 10822470
    Abstract: Polymer compositions with reduce oxygen permeability are described. The polymer compositions may include one or more polyolefin polymers, and a nanoparticle filler. The nanoparticle filler represents about 2 wt. % to 5 wt. % of the weight of the polymer composition and reduce the oxygen permeability of the composition by about 20% or more. Also described are roofing systems that may include an insulation layer and a thermoplastic polyolefin layer made using the polymer compositions to protect the insulation layer from weather degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Lichh R. Peng
  • Viscosity modified formaldehyde-free binder compositions
    Patent number: 10815593
    Abstract: Viscosity-modified carbohydrate binder compositions are described. The binder compositions may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a thickening agent. The binder compositions may have a Brookfield viscosity of 7 to 50 centipoise at 20° C. The thickening agents may include modified celluloses such as hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and polysaccharides such as xanthan gum, guar gum, and starches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Zhihua Guo, Uranchimeg Lester, Jawed Asrar, Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Mingfu Zhang
  • Formaldehyde free binder compositions with urea-aldehyde reaction products
    Patent number: 10815402
    Abstract: Binder compositions are described that contain (1) a reducing sugar and (2) a reaction product of a urea compound and an aldehyde-containing compound. A specific example of the binder compositions include dextrose and an imidazolidine compound such as 4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one. The binder compositions may be applied to collections of fibers and cured to form a fiber-containing composite, such as fiberglass insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari
  • Insulation product with inward curling closure flap
    Patent number: 10794528
    Abstract: A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate surrounding the core and bonded to the core. The core may include an outer surface; an inner surface; and a wall extending between the outer and inner surfaces. The laminate may include a foil or metallized polymeric film sheet, a scrim, a porous media sheet, and a polymeric film sheet bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate may include a closure flap that is configured to adhesively seal opposite ends of the laminate together to form a cylindrical tube with the core enclosed therein. The closure flap may be configured to include a curl that provides a greater closure flap adhesive seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Monroe William Shumate, Derek Cooper Bristol