Patents by Inventor Alfred H. Smith, Jr.

Alfred H. Smith, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4448928
    Abstract: A process for producing a shelf-stable catalyst component for a room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising (a) mixing a organopolysiloxane fluid with first from 1 to 15 percent by weight of the total amounts of the following ingredients (1) an alkyl silicate cross-linking agent (2) a catalytic promoter which is a tin salt and (3) a self-bonding additive which is nitrogen-functional self-bonding additive until there is a uniform mixture; (b) adding to the mixture from 10 to 250 parts of filler and mixing the ingredients to a uniform mixture wherein the mixture is heated at a temperature of at least 100.degree. C. for at least 1 hour so as to drive off moisture and form a stable base mixture and then adding to the stable base mixture the rest of the cross-linking agent, the catalytic promoter and the shelf-bonding additive to form a self-stable uniform mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven H. Klein, Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4443348
    Abstract: A protective lubricating composition is provided which will penetrate readily to closely fitting frictional parts but which will turn to a protective, non-migrating lubricating gel in use. Preferred embodiments may contain silicone fluids, extreme pressure compounds and surfactants, and may be combined with solvents and propellants to make a sprayable lubricant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John H. Wright, Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4388433
    Abstract: A process for producing a shelf-stable catalyst component for a room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising (a) mixing a organopolysiloxane fluid with first from 1 to 15 percent by weight of the total amounts of the following ingredients (1) an alkyl silicate cross-linking agent (2) a catalytic promoter which is a tin salt and (3) a self-bonding additive which is nitrogen-functional self-bonding additive until there is a uniform mixture; (b) adding to the mixture from 10 to 250 parts of filler and mixing the ingredients to a uniform mixture wherein the mixture is heated at a temperature of at least 100.degree. C. for at least 1 hour so as to drive off moisture and form a stable base mixture and then adding to the stable base mixture the rest of the cross-linking agent, the catalytic promoter and the shelf-bonding additive to form a self-stable uniform mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven H. Klein, Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4340709
    Abstract: An addition curing silicone composition with a low viscosity in the uncured state and high physical strength in the cured state comprising a vinyl-containing diorganopolysiloxane polymer, a platinum catalyst, a hydride cross-linking agent and a linear hydride coupler in which the viscosity of the linear hydride coupler varies from 1 to 1,000 centipoise at 25.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward M. Jeram, Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4308372
    Abstract: A shelf-stable catalyst composition for a one-part room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising the reaction product of an adhesion promoter selected from the class consisting of silyl maleates, silyl fumarates, silyl succinates, silyl isocyanurates and silyl cyanurates and with an acyloxy functional cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alfred H. Smith, Jr., John J. Dziark
  • Patent number: 4293616
    Abstract: A paintable one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising a silanol end-stopped polymer; as the basic filler, calcium carbonate; as a cross-linking agent, an acyloxy functional silane wherein the acyloxy group has from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and a tin salt of a carboxylic acid as the curing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alfred H. Smith, Jr., M. Dale Beers
  • Patent number: 4273698
    Abstract: A self-bonding room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising a silanol-terminated diorganopolysiloxane base polymer, a filler, a crosslinking agent selected from carboxyl functional silanes and hydrocarbonoxy functional silanes, a curing catalyst and as the self-bonding additive a silyl maleate or a silyl fumarate or a silyl succinate. In place of the foregoing silane self-bonding additives there may be utilized as a self-bonding additive, a maleate functional polysiloxane, a fumarate functional polysiloxane or a succinate functional polysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alfred H. Smith, Jr., George P. De Zuba, Tyrone D. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 4261758
    Abstract: A room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition with sag-control wherein the base material or mixture of ingredients for forming the composition comprises a silanol end-stopped diorganopolysiloxane polymer, at least 3 parts of a fumed silica filler and as the sag-control ingredient, from 0.03 to 2.0 parts of a polyether. As a work-like extending additive in the case of a two-part room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition, there may be added to the basic ingredients of the composition a low viscosity silanol end-stopped polysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John H. Wright, Warren R. Lampe, Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4247445
    Abstract: A paintable one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition comprising a silanol end-stopped polymer; as the basic filler, calcium carbonate; as a cross-linking agent, an acyloxy functional silane wherein the acyloxy group has from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and a tin salt of a carboxylic acid as the curing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alfred H. Smith, Jr., M. Dale Beers
  • Patent number: 4177301
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention a method for adhering silicone compositions to various substrates and more specifically to plastic substrates by the utilization of a primer composition which is a reaction product of methyl or butyl methacrylate or butyl acrylate and an acrylate functional silane, where in such reaction product mixture there is some of the acrylate functional silane monomer present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4147685
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention a method for adhering silicone compositions to various substrates and more specifically to plastic substrates by the utilization of a primer composition which is a reaction product of methyl or butyl methacrylate or butyl acrylate and an acrylate functional silane, where in such reaction product mixture there is some of the acrylate functional silane monomer present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4131588
    Abstract: A low moisture vapor transmission rate room temperature vulcanizable silicone composition comprising a silanol end-stopped diorganopolysiloxane with optionally a reinforcing or extending filler, an alkyl silicate crosslinking agent or in the alternative a co-polymer composed of monofunctional and tetrafunctional units and a catalyst which is the metal salt of carboxylic acid such as dibutyl tin dilaurate where the improvement comprises having in such a composition from 75 to 150 parts by weight of a vapor barrier filler which is mica with optionally up to 30% by weight of said vapor barrier filler being talc, wherein the above concentration of filler is based upon 100 parts of the silanol end-stopped diorganopolysiloxane polymer. Also in the present invention there is envisioned as SiH Olefin platinum catalyzed composition which has the foregoing mica as a vapor barrier filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Alfred H. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4131589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone composition which has a low moisture vapor transmission rate which is accomplished by mixing with a silanol-terminated diorganiopolysiloxane Polymer from 75 to 150 parts of mica with optionally up to 30% by weight of talc, per 100 parts of the silanol-terminated diorganopolysiloxane polymer. In this composition there can be utilized any of the known cross-linking agents for one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber compositions such as, acyloxy functional silanes, alkoxy functional silanes, ketoximino functional silanes, amide functional silanes, tert-alkoxy functional silanes and amine functional silanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Alfred H. Smith, Jr.