Patents Assigned to Performance Plastics
  • Seals
    Patent number: 11428321
    Abstract: A seal comprising an annular jacket comprising a body defining an annular recess; a helical spring disposed within the annular recess; and a support member disposed within the helical spring to provide a biasing force against the helical spring in the operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Herman M. Dubois
  • Composite film with anti-reflective coating
    Patent number: 11428849
    Abstract: A composite film may include a first transparent substrate and a first anti-reflective coating overlying a first surface of the first transparent substrate. The first anti-reflective coating may include fluorothermoplastic material and an acrylated polydimethylsiloxane. The composite film may further have a VLT of at least about 93.0% and a haze value of not greater than about 2.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yongzhong Wang
  • Electrically conductive bearings
    Patent number: 11428267
    Abstract: A bearing including a generally cylindrical sidewall including an electrically conductive substrate, and an electrically non-conductive or low-conductive sliding layer coupled to the substrate, where the generally cylindrical sidewall includes a plurality of protrusions protruding radially inward or radially outward from a bore defining a central axis, where at least one protrusion is adapted to contact an opposing component such that at a point of contact the bearing has a void area free of sliding layer so as to provide electrical conductivity between the bearing and the opposing component, and wherein at least one protrusion has a spring rate of not greater than 30 kN/mm, such as not greater than 25 kN/mm, such as not greater than 15 kN/mm, or such as not greater than 10 kN/mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Haines, Jan Fluegge, Daniel Tobias, Martin Schwiegel, Hans-Juergen Jaeger, Florian Foerster, Emre Ulbay, Sebastian Giesen, Mehmet Usta, Jiri Zlebek, Juergen Freese, Juan Vaya Valcarce
  • Cap assembly
    Patent number: 11407564
    Abstract: The present application is directed to cap assemblies and particularly, cap assembly for closing an opening in a vessel, the cap assembly including a stopper including an polymer body adapted to fit an opening of a vessel, the stopper also including a tubular portion which defines an internal passageway extending through the polymer body; and a rigid cap attached to and integral with the stopper, wherein the cap is adapted to engage the vessel and provide a sealing force between the stopper and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerald Mark Pennington, Khoa D. Pham, Thomas R. Nixon, Christopher Miller
  • Radome design
    Patent number: 11380984
    Abstract: A radome structure may include a structural component, an inner tuning layer component underlying the structural component and an outer tuning layer component overlaying the structural component. The structural component may include a first fiber-reinforced dielectric layer that may include a first fiber-reinforced polymer. The inner tuning layer component may include a first inner tuning layer that may include a second fiber-reinforced polymer. The outer tuning layer component may include a first outer tuning layer that may include a third fiber-reinforced polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Kieckhafer, Eric R. Oswald
  • Clip, clip assembly, and method of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11378124
    Abstract: A clip for providing a sliding force towards a movable substrate, the clip including at least one strip, where the at least one strip comprises a first axial end and a second axial end and an arcuate shape between the first axial end and the second axial end; where the at least one strip is a metal strip including a sliding layer at an outbound side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Jindra, Benjamin Kuemmel, Volker Huenten, Jan Arpe, Aline Brocker, Jens D. Speicher
  • Seal assembly
    Patent number: 11346447
    Abstract: A seal assembly for high pressure equipment is disclosed and can include a back-up ring having a head and an extension extending from the head. The extension can include an interior surface that extends axially away from and radially inwardly from the head. The seal assembly can also include a spring energized seal having a jacket having a sealing portion with an annular spring disposed within the sealing portion of the jacket. At least a portion of the jacket fits around the extension of the back-up ring and wherein the back-up ring has a minimum inner diameter, IDBUR, the spring energized seal has a minimum inner diameter, IDSES, and IDSES is less than IDBUR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Nguyen, Xiang Yan, Van Duong
  • Dissipative peristaltic pump tubing
    Patent number: 11338540
    Abstract: A dissipative peristaltic pump tube includes a dissipative layer including a thermoplastic elastomer and an anti-static additive, wherein the surface resistivity of the dissipative peristaltic pump tube is at least about 106 ohm/square. Further included is a peristaltic pump that includes the dissipative peristaltic pump tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary Garnsey, Charles S. Golub, Josef E. Guesman, Mark Hampden-Smith, Richard Rodenbucher, Carla S. Taberna, Jian L. Ding
  • Assembly for a bearing and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11333199
    Abstract: An assembly comprising: a core in the form of a toroid; and at least one washer overlying the core, the washer comprising a polymer, wherein the washer has an arcuate cross-section so as to have a shape complementary to the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lukas Plioska, Brandon S. Murphy, Kristen A. Michaelson, Abe Sanchez, Man Fung Chow, Grzegorz Kraszewski, Baltasar R. Garcia
  • Seat insert in a ball valve for cryogenic applications
    Patent number: 11326700
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a valve suitable for maintaining a seal and preventing fluid flow through the valve at cryogenic temperatures. The valve includes a valve body having a longitudinal axis along a flow path through the valve, a ball selectively rotatable within the valve body to selectively allow fluid flow through the valve, a seat formed within the valve body and comprising a cavity having an angled wall, and a seat insert at least partially disposed within the cavity and having a first sealing surface that forms a first sealing interface with the ball to prevent leakage through a first leakage path and a second sealing surface that forms a second sealing interface with the angled wall to prevent leakage through a second leakage path when the ball valve is selectively rotated to prevent fluid flow through the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herman M. Dubois, Philippe Burlot, Jan Kustermans, Filip Rousseau, Simone Caglio, Denis Fernandez, Christophe Valdenaire
  • Split bearing, assembly, and method of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11286986
    Abstract: A bearing including a bearing sidewall including a first circumferential end including an apex region, and a second circumferential end including a nadir region, where the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end are adapted to contact each other to form an interface, where at least one of the apex region or the nadir region includes a void to prevent contact between the apex region of the first circumferential end and the nadir region of the second circumferential end, where the bearing sidewall includes a substrate and a low friction material, and where at least one of the first circumferential end or the second circumferential end comprises an end face that is free of low friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent Dimartino, Alan F. Hunter, Devika Ranganathan, Brandon S. Murphy
  • Radiation curable article and method for making and using same
    Patent number: 11267944
    Abstract: A radiation curable article includes a silicone composition including a silicone oligomer and a photoactive catalyst, wherein the silicone oligomer comprises at least one alkenyl group and at least one hydride group, the radiation curable silicone oligomer having a viscosity of less than about 100,000 centipoise prior to cure. Further included is a method of forming a radiation curable article includes providing a silicone composition including a silicone oligomer and a photoactive catalyst, wherein the silicone oligomer includes at least one alkenyl group and at least one hydride group, the silicone oligomer having a viscosity of less than about 100,000 centipoise prior to cure; and irradiating the silicone composition with a radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xipeng Liu, Michael J. Tzivanis, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Truncated filter capsule
    Patent number: 11247154
    Abstract: Filter capsules for showers and sinks used in surgical settings, clean rooms and other contaminant-sensitive settings having modified outlets for improved splash control. Flat, concave, convex, asymmetric concave and asymmetric convex outlet inserts have pluralities of fluid bores with varying orientations to permit enhanced fluid flow control out of the filter capsules including divergent, convergent and mixed divergent/convergent fluid flows. An inlet with an axis offset at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the filter capsule body permits user control over the fluid flow strike point in a sink or shower stall via rotation of the capsule about the inlet connection point. A recessed outlet improves the prevention of contaminant dispersal by recessing the outlet away from contact points and potential contaminant sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZhenWu Lin, Hong Shen, Stephan Brinke-Seiferth
  • Linear motion assemblies and bearings for use in linear motion assemblies
    Patent number: 11235684
    Abstract: A seat track assembly including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart by a distance and extending parallel with respect to one another, wherein at least one of the first and second rails having a first receiver, a second receiver, the first and second receivers longitudinally translatable with respect to each other, and a sliding member disposed therebetween, wherein the sliding member defines an aperture extending at least partially therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hagan, Jens Speicher, Lukas Plioska, Alexander Jindra, Abe Sanchez, Chloe Echikson
  • Torque assembly and method of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11236787
    Abstract: A torque assembly including an inner member; an outer member; a first torque member disposed between the inner member and the outer member; and a second torque member disposed radially exterior or interior to the first torque member; where upon rotation in a first circumferential direction, the first torque member is allowed to generally freely rotate and in a second circumferential direction, the first torque member is radially shifted to impede or prevent rotation, and where the second torque member provides a circumferential slip interface between the inner member and the outer member to allow rotation in the second circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED
    Inventors: James K. Burgess, Brandon S. Murphy
  • Polymer compositions, materials, and methods of making
    Patent number: 11230648
    Abstract: A polymer material including a fluorinated component and a silicone component can exhibit improved performance, such as increased thermal stability. An article can include the polymer material. For example, a coated fabric including the polymer material can exhibit improved dielectric strength. A composition for forming the polymer material can include a dispersion comprising a fluorinated component and an emulsion comprising a reactive silicone component. In an embodiment, a single pass film formed from the composition can have an increased critical crack thickness. A method can include forming a polymer material from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Gacek, Jeffrey H. Peet, Florence Py
  • Tolerance ring
    Patent number: 11226007
    Abstract: A tolerance ring including a sidewall having a first and a second opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, wherein the first major surface defines an inner diameter of the tolerance ring at a first location of the sidewall and an outer diameter of the tolerance ring at a second location of the sidewall. A method of forming a tolerance ring including providing a strip of material comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth edge, shaping the first edge of the strip toward the third edge, and shaping the second edge of the strip toward the fourth edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED
    Inventor: Neil James
  • Printer assembly low friction roller liner
    Patent number: 11220120
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a low friction roller liner for a printer assembly that may include a core layer, a first outer layer overlying a first surface of the core layer, a second outer layer overlying the first outer layer, a first inner layer overlying a second surface of the core layer that is opposite of the first surface of the core layer, and a second inner layer overlying the first inner layer. The first outer layer and the first inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material and may have a melt flow rate of at least about 2 g/10 min at 372° C. The second outer layer and the second inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material distinct from the fluoropolymer material of the first outer layer and may have a surface coefficient of friction of not greater than about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian McNamara, Ian D. Hutcheson, Gerard T. Buss, David A. Rich
  • Sterile port connection
    Patent number: 11221091
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to connection assemblies providing a connection between a tubing a port. The port can be disposed within and particularly extending through a bore of the port. The port and tube are coupled to provide an aseptic connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael R. Huschke
  • Optical film exhibiting improved light to solar gain heat ratio
    Patent number: 11214514
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to optically transparent and IR reflecting films having a metal oxide based composite layer which can synergistically improve the optical properties, solar properties, and production speed of the whole composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Antoine Diguet, Charles Leyder, Fabien Lienhart