Patents Assigned to Performance Plastics
  • MULTILAYER FILM HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER
    Publication number: 20130078462
    Abstract: A multilayer film includes a substrate film having first and second major surfaces and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface of the substrate film. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer includes a curable composition. The multilayer film further includes a release layer disposed on the pressure sensitive adhesive layer opposite the substrate film. The release layer includes a release material and a catalyst to cure the curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xipeng Liu, James R. Kempskie, Michael J. Tzivanis
  • Sealable material and method of forming a dielectric weld
    Patent number: 8399556
    Abstract: A dielectric weldable material includes a blend of at least two components including an inert polymer and an elastomeric polar polymer. A method of forming a bond includes providing a substrate having a first end and a second end, wherein the substrate includes a blend of at least two components including an inert polymer and an elastomeric polar polymer. The method further includes bonding the first end and second end of the substrate with high frequency electromagnetic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Mark W. Simon, Michael E. Cahill
  • System, method and apparatus for stranded canted coil spring
    Patent number: 8382534
    Abstract: A stranded canted coil spring for electrical contact between adjoining elements is disclosed. The spring is formed from a stranded wire having coils that define a toroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jon M. Lenhert, Jay C. Cooper
  • Steering yoke
    Patent number: 8375818
    Abstract: A yoke for use in a rack and pinion steering assembly is described. The yoke may include a bearing surface that provides a low coefficient of friction, allowing for a greater biasing force against the rack shaft. The materials and design of the yoke can provide for a quieter system with reduced vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Witting, Joseph Liquore, Timothy J. Hagan
  • Mounting assembly
    Patent number: 8363359
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inner component, an outer component; and a tolerance ring located between the inner and outer components to provide an interference fit there between. The tolerance ring includes a strip of material having a plurality of radially extending projections. The strip of material is curved into a ring having a gap. The radially extending projections are compressible between the inner and outer components, and the stiffness of the radially extending projections varies around the circumference of the tolerance ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited
    Inventors: Andrew R. Slayne, Simon A. Hughes
  • Butterfly valve with a rigid seal
    Patent number: 8348236
    Abstract: A valve is disclosed and can include a valve body having a central bore for passage of fluid there through and a longitudinal axis. The valve can also include a seal installed within the valve body along the central bore. The seal can include a first seal member having an annular ring portion and a hub portion extending from the annular ring portion. The seal can also include a second seal member including an annular ring configured to engage a distal end of the hub portion and create a sealing engagement between the hub portion and the annular ring when a compressive force is applied to the first and the second seal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics France
    Inventors: Yves Stefani, Roland Lucotte
  • Polymer material and seals formed thereof for high pressure pump applications
    Patent number: 8349959
    Abstract: A seal is formed of a material including a crosslinked fluoropolymer. The seal substantially prevents leaks in a high pressure pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert T. Racicot, Jon M. Lenhert, Karthik Vaideeswaran, Christopher Comeaux
  • MELT PROCESSABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20130005878
    Abstract: A composition includes a) a melt processable polymer including at least one chemical moiety having a partial charge; and b) a nucleating agent having a surface charge that is opposite the partial charge of the chemical moiety of the polymer, wherein the nucleating agent accelerates the rate of crystallization of the melt processable polymer; wherein the nucleating agent has a melting point greater than the melting point of the melt processable polymer. In an embodiment, a method of making the composition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Ying Wu, Christian C. Honeker, David J. Bravet, Darryl William
  • ATTACHMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES TO SUBSTRATES USING SLOTTED EXTRUSION MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20130000230
    Abstract: The invention describes extruded member systems to which a photovoltaic device is secured to an architectural surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine M. SAHLIN, Marcel DERY, Michael P. CUSHMAN
  • Mounting assembly
    Patent number: 8317425
    Abstract: A tolerance ring (10) for providing an interference fit between inner and outer components (36, 50) is disclosed. The tolerance ring (10) comprises a deformable band having a plurality of radially extending projections around its circumference, wherein the projections include a set of axially spaced protuberances (12, 13) separated by a unformed region (11) circumferentially adjacent to an axially elongate protuberance (15), the axial extent of which spans the axial extent of the set of axially spaced protuberances. This arrangement of protuberances facilitates the transfer of retention force to a component that is composed of a plurality of independent parts, e.g. two or more bearings (54, 56) separated by a spacer (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited
    Inventors: David Court, Andrew R. Slayne
  • Thermally stable composite material formed of polyimide
    Patent number: 8309645
    Abstract: A composite material includes a polyimide matrix material and an exfoliated graphite material dispersed within the polyimide matrix material. The composite material exhibits a Thermal Stability Index of at least about 20 and has a particle distribution in which 90% of the particles have a particle size not greater than 500 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Gwo S. Swei, Ilya L. Rushkin, Pawel Czubarow, David Worth House, David DeCoster, Olivier Guiselin
  • FILM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120282437
    Abstract: A textured film is provided. The textured film includes a first layer forming an outer surface and including a fluoropolymer. A second layer includes an encapsulant layer. The first layer and the second layer are mechanically textured to provide a plurality of surface features on the outer surface and extend into the second layer. The film can be applied as a textured film overlying an active component of a photovoltaic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sarah L. Clark, Nikhil N. Bhiwankar, Yu Zhong, Vignesh Rajamani, Gowri Dorairaju, Christian C. Honeker, Jean-Philippe Mulet, Mathieu Berard
  • MAINTENANCE-FREE SLIDE BEARING WITH FEP OR PFA IN THE ADHESIVE LAYER
    Publication number: 20120275731
    Abstract: Slide bearings and methods of producing slide bearings are disclosed. The slide bearing has a metal support, an adhesive layer and a sliding layer. The adhesive layer is applied directly to the metal support. The adhesive layer comprises a blend of at least two fluoropolymers P1 and P2, wherein P1 is selected from perfluoroalkoxyethylene (PFA) or tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene (FEP). P2 is different from P1 and can be a fluoropolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julia Ziegler, Olaf Schmitjes, Joerg Heldmann
  • BLEND COMPOSITION, FLEXIBLE TUBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE BLEND
    Publication number: 20120270979
    Abstract: A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Bryan Coughlin, Xiaolang Chen, Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Michael A. Zimmerman, Nicholas Orf, Choung H. Lai
  • MULTILAYER COMPONENT FOR THE ENCAPSULATION OF A SENSITIVE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20120258295
    Abstract: This multilayer component (11) for encapsulating an element (12) which is sensitive to air and/or moisture comprises an organic polymer layer (1) and at least one barrier stack (2). The barrier stack (2) comprises at least three successive thin layers (21-23) having alternately lower and higher degrees of crystallinity, the ratio of the degree of crystallinity of a layer of higher degree of crystallinity to the degree of crystallinity of a layer of lower degree of crystallinity being greater than or equal to 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Leyder, Claire Thoumazet, Martin Python
  • MULTILAYER COMPONENT FOR THE ENCAPSULATION OF A SENSITIVE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20120258294
    Abstract: This multilayer component (11) for encapsulating an element (12) which is sensitive to air and/or moisture comprises an organic polymer layer (1) and at least one barrier stack (2). The barrier stack (2) comprises at least one sequence of layers consisting of a retention layer (22) sandwiched between two high-activation-energy layers (21, 23), in which: for each of the two high-activation-energy layers (21, 23), the difference in activation energy for water vapor permeation between, on the one hand, a reference substrate coated with the high-activation-energy layer and, on the other hand, this same reference substrate when bare is greater than or equal to 20 kJ/mol; and the ratio of the effective water vapor diffusivity in the retention layer (22) on a reference substrate to the water vapor diffusivity in this same reference substrate when bare is strictly less than 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Leyder, Claire Thoumazet, Martin Python
  • Fastener
    Patent number: 8282308
    Abstract: A fastener (11) in the form of a strip (12) of material in the form of a ring which in plan view is profiled to conform to an annular gap (H) between a first component (A) bounded by the fastener (11) and a second component (B) bounding the fastener (11); the ring member having ends providing a gap (G) in plan view; the strip of material having a first side (14) and a second side (15); and having a series of integral fingers (16-23) spaced along the length of the ring and projecting, in plan view, outwardly from the ring whether from the first side (14), the second side (15), or both sides thereof. In a further version the ring includes a further series of discrete projections formed integrally from the strip and lying around the ring member in between members of the series of fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Slayne, Christopher Mark Needes, Marcus Baker
  • BUSHING WITH TRANSFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION STATE
    Publication number: 20120240350
    Abstract: A bushing has a body with a cylindrical shape, an axis, and a plurality of dimples formed in the body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis. The body is electrically conductive. A sliding layer that is electrically non-conductive is formed on at least a portion of the body. A coating that is electrically non-conductive is formed on at least a portion of the body. The bushing has an uninstalled configuration where the bushing is electrically non-conductive, and an installed configuration where the bushing is electrically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parag Natu, Timothy J. Hagan
  • Layered Element for Encapsulating a Sensitive Element
    Publication number: 20120228668
    Abstract: This layered element (11) for encapsulating an element (12) that is sensitive to air and/or moisture, especially an element that collects or emits radiation such as a photovoltaic cell or an organic light-emitting diode, comprises a polymer layer (1) and a barrier layer (2) against at least one face (1A) of the polymer layer. The barrier layer (2) has a moisture vapor transfer rate of less than 10?2 g/m2 per day and consists of a multilayer of at least two thin hydrogenated silicon nitride layers (21, 22, 23, 24) having alternately lower and higher densities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Thoumazet, Fabrice Abbott, Fabienne P. Piroux
  • PROTECTIVE SUBSTRATE FOR A DEVICE THAT COLLECTS OR EMITS RADIATION
    Publication number: 20120228641
    Abstract: This substrate (11) for a device (50) that collects or emits radiation comprises a transparent polymer layer (1) and a barrier layer (2) on at least one face (1A) of the polymer layer. The barrier layer (2) consists of an antireflection multilayer of at least two thin transparent layers (21, 22, 23, 24) having both alternately lower and higher refractive indices and alternately lower and higher densities, wherein each thin layer (21, 22, 23, 24) of the constituent multilayer of the barrier layer (2) is an oxide, nitride or oxynitride layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Thoumazet, Emmanuel Valentin, Stephanie Roche