Patents by Inventor Andrew Hearley

Andrew Hearley 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: 12098296
    Abstract: A low odor aqueous quick-drying coating composition is described. The composition is a water based latex coating composition that includes a binder component with at least one copolymer and a neutralizing component. The composition dries in less than about 10 minutes at a temperature between about 5° C. to 35° C. and a relative humidity between about 30% and 95% and has a pH of 9.5 or less. The coating composition may be used for applications such as road marking and coating exterior surfaces, where use of a low-odor coating is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Emile Stevens, Andrew Hearley
  • Publication number: 20230340273
    Abstract: A low odor aqueous quick-drying coating composition is described. The composition is a water based latex coating composition that includes a binder component with at least one copolymer and a neutralizing component. The composition dries in less than about 10 minutes at a temperature between about 5° C. to 35° C. and a relative humidity between about 30% and 95% and has a pH of 9.5 or less. The coating composition may be used for applications such as road marking and coating exterior surfaces, where use of a low-odor coating is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Emile STEVENS, Andrew HEARLEY
  • Patent number: 11634588
    Abstract: A low odor aqueous coating composition is described. The composition is a waterbased latex coating composition that includes a binder component with at least one copolymer and a neutralizing component. The composition dries in less than about 10 minutes at a temperature between about 5 to 35° C. and a relative humidity between about 30 and 95% with a pH of 9.5 or less. The coating composition can be used for applications such as road marking and coating exterior surfaces, where use of a low-odor coating is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Emile Stevens, Andrew Hearley
  • Publication number: 20230038057
    Abstract: One or more systems, products, and methods are disclosed to provide for a concentrated surface treatment product, and the preparation, packaging, and application of the concentrated surface treatment product. The product can be easily stored, transported, and packaged in a variety of means while mitigating separation of the components of the surface treatment. The concentrated surface treatment product may be diluted using a solvent such as water by the end-user, allowing a user to mix only what is needed for the project and store the rest with less risk of separation than conventional surface treatments. The concentrated surface treatment may be packaged in a polymer pouch, a dissolvable solid, or in a spray nozzle, and when exposed to water, the concentrated surface treatment mixes and may be applied to a target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew HEARLEY
  • Patent number: 11472902
    Abstract: An aqueous emulsion is made by emulsion polymerizing at least one free-radically polymerizable monomer and one or more di- or higher-functional chain-extending monomers in the presence of an aqueous solution of an oligomer made from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers including acid-functional free-radically polymerizable comonomers, adhesion-promoting free-radically polymerizable comonomers and other free-radically polymerizable comonomers. The aqueous emulsion is substantially free of adipic dihydrazide, has a minimum film forming temperature?55° C., and on drying has a Koenig hardness of at least 40 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Hearley
  • Publication number: 20200024460
    Abstract: An aqueous emulsion is made by emulsion polymerizing at least one free-radically polymerizable monomer and one or more di- or higher-functional chain-extending monomers in the presence of an aqueous solution of an oligomer made from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers including acid-functional free-radically polymerizable comonomers, adhesion-promoting free-radically polymerizable comonomers and other free-radically polymerizable comonomers. The aqueous emulsion is substantially free of adipic dihydrazide, has a minimum film forming temperature?55° C., and on drying has a Koenig hardness of at least 40 sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Hearley
  • Publication number: 20190375945
    Abstract: A low odor aqueous coating composition is described. The composition is a waterbased latex coating composition that includes a binder component with at least one copolymer and a neutralizing component. The composition dries in less than about 10 minutes at a temperature between about 5 to 35° C. and a relative humidity between about 30 and 95% with a pH of 9.5 or less. The coating composition can be used for applications such as road marking and coating exterior surfaces, where use of a low-odor coating is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Emile STEVENS, Andrew HEARLEY
  • Patent number: 8907007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for painting substrates comprising the following steps: 1. applying a coating composition to an optionally pre-coated substrate and 2. hardening the applied coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises: A) at least one binder having functional groups containing active hydrogen, B) at least one polyisocyanate cross-linking agent having free isocyanate groups and C) at least one urethane compound having at least two —O—CO—NH— groups, wherein the urethane compound is substantially free from functional groups which are capable of entering into a cross-linking reaction with components A) and/or B) and wherein the hardening is carried out under conditions such that the component C) does not contribute to the cross-linking of the applied coating composition by chemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Andrew Hearley, Wiebke Becker, Juergen Peter Stropp
  • Patent number: 8865831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isocyanate-curing two-component coating compositions containing urethane compounds having at least two —O—CO—NH-groups. The invention relates to coating compositions comprising A) at least one binder having functional groups containing active hydrogen, B) at least one polyisocyanate crosslinking agent having free isocyanate groups and C) at least one urethane compound having at least two —O—CO—NH-groups, wherein the urethane compound has a number-average molecular mass Mn of from 400 to 5,000 and is substantially free from functional groups which are capable of entering into a crosslinking reaction with components A) and/or B). Preferred urethane compounds C) are obtained by reacting polyisocyanate compounds with monohydroxy compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Andrew Hearley, Wiebke Becker, Juergen Peter Stropp
  • Publication number: 20100280170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isocyanate-curing two-component coating compositions containing urethane compounds having at least two —O—CO—NH-groups. The invention relates to coating compositions comprising A) at least one binder having functional groups containing active hydrogen, B) at least one polyisocyanate crosslinking agent having free isocyanate groups and C) at least one urethane compound having at least two —O—CO—NH-groups, wherein the urethane compound has a number-average molecular mass Mn of from 400 to 5,000 and is substantially free from functional groups which are capable of entering into a crosslinking reaction with components A) and/or B). Preferred urethane compounds C) are obtained by reacting polyisocyanate compounds with monohydroxy compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Andrew Hearley, Wiebke Becker, Juergen Stropp
  • Publication number: 20100279016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for painting substrates comprising the following steps: 1. applying a coating composition to an optionally pre-coated substrate and 2. hardening the applied coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises: A) at least one binder having functional groups containing active hydrogen, B) at least one polyisocyanate cross-linking agent having free isocyanate groups and C) at least one urethane compound having at least two —O—CO—NH— groups, wherein the urethane compound is substantially free from functional groups which are capable of entering into a cross-linking reaction with components A) and/or B) and wherein the hardening is carried out under conditions such that the component C) does not contribute to the cross-linking of the applied coating composition by chemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Carmen Flosbach, Andrew Hearley, Wiebke Becker, Juergen Stropp