Patents by Inventor Bernard Goffaux

Bernard Goffaux 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).

  • Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluorocopolymer
    Patent number: 8609756
    Abstract: Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluorocopolymer Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluoropolymer offering an improved toughness/processability compromise, possessing an apparent melt viscosity not exceeding 60 000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 1 s?1, a ductile-brittle transition temperature below +5° C. and a weight loss in air at 150° C. of 5% or less. Pipes and fashioned articles prepared from this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Thierry Baert, Bernard Goffaux, Vincent Bodart, Stephane Heuschling
  • Vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene containing polymers
    Patent number: 8575286
    Abstract: A polymer comprising recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE), such polymer comprising end groups of formula —CF2H and/or —CF2CH3 in an amount of at least 60 mmoles per kg of VDF recurring units [polymer (F)], a process for its manufacture and the use thereof as ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric or pyroelectric material in electric/electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giulio Brinati, Alessio Marrani, Bernard Goffaux
  • Vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene containing polymers
    Publication number: 20110082271
    Abstract: A polymer comprising recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE), such polymer comprising end groups of formula —CF2H and/or —CF2CH3 in an amount of at least 60 mmoles per kg of VDF recurring units [polymer (F)], a process for its manufacture and the use thereof as ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric or pyroelectric material in electric/electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giulio Brinati, Alessio Marrani, Bernard Goffaux
  • POLYMERIC COMPOSITION BASED ON A PVDF HOMOPOLYMER AND A THERMOPLASTIC FLUOROCOPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20090124748
    Abstract: Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluorocopolymer Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluoropolymer offering an improved toughness/processability compromise, possessing an apparent melt viscosity not exceeding 60 000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 1 s?1, a ductile-brittle transition temperature below +5° C. and a weight loss in air at 150° C. of 5% or less. Pipes and fashioned articles prepared from this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)
    Inventors: Thierry Baert, Bernard Goffaux, Vincent Bodart, Stephane Heuschling