Patents by Inventor Bernt-Ake Sultan

Bernt-Ake Sultan 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: 12404392
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a polyethylene composition comprising one or more ethylene copolymer(s) wherein the ethylene copolymer is a terpolymer containing monomer units with polar groups and monomer units with hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the monomer units with polar groups are present in an amount of more than 5 mol. % based on the total polyethylene composition, and a silanol condensation catalyst in an amount of 0.0001 to 5 wt. %, based on the total polyethylene composition for improving the adhesion between a layer of a cable comprising the polyethylene composition and a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Kjell Fossum, Stefan Hellstrom, Bernt-Ake Sultan
  • Patent number: 12391823
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polyethylene composition comprising (A) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydrolysable silane-groups, and (B) one or more ethylene co-polymers selected from the group of (B1) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydroxyl groups, (B2) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with (meth-)acrylate groups, and (B3) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydroxyl groups and (meth-)acrylate groups, a cable comprising a layer (1) which comprises one or more ethylene copolymers selected from the group of (B1), (B2) and (B3) and to the use of one or more ethylene co-polymers selected from the group of (B1), (B2) and (B3) for improving the adhesion between a layer of a cable comprising the ethylene co-polymer(s) and a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Bernt-Ake Sultan, Jonas Junqvist, Elisabeth Ribarits
  • Patent number: 12356731
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a layer of an electrical device a photovoltaic module comprising at least one photovoltaic element and at least one layer comprising a polypropylene composition and to the use of a polypropylene composition for producing at least one layer of an element of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Tanja Piel, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Martina Sandholzer, Klaus Bernreitner
  • Publication number: 20240400803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition comprising a copolymer of ethylene and hexene, which is a multimodal polyethylene having at least two polymer fractions present in the polymer, each having different weight average molecular weights, the copolymer having a crystallinity, determined by DSC as described herein, of at least 40%, the polymer composition further comprising a carbon black content of not more than 4 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition does not contain a silane-modified polymeric component, and the polymer composition passes the tracking resistance test at least at 4.5 kV for 1 h followed at 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Lars Efraimsson, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Elisabeth Ribarits
  • Publication number: 20240240006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polyolefin composition for wire and cable applications, and particularly for low voltage (LV) and medium voltage (MV) cables, to a cable comprising said compositions and to the use of said compositions for increasing the tensile strength and/or flexibility of a cable. The crosslinkable polyolefin composition of the invention comprises (a) 50 to 99 wt. %, based on the total polyolefin composition, of one or more ethylene copolymer(s) containing monomer units with polar groups and monomer units with hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the monomer units with polar groups are present in an amount of from 1 to 25 mol. % based on the total polyolefin composition, and (b) 1 to 50 wt. %, based on the total polyolefin composition, of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3 to C8 alpha-olefin co-monomer having a density of from 850 to 970 kg/m3 and a MFR2.16 of from 0.1 to 50 g/10 min. determined according to ISO 1133 at a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Tina Gschneidtner, Bernt-Ake Sultan
  • Publication number: 20240034849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition comprising (A) a high density ethylene homo- or copolymer having a density, determined according to ISO 1183, of at least 930 kg/m3, and (B) a copolymer of ethylene with a silane groups-containing comonomer having a content of silane groups-containing comonomer of not more than 4.0 wt %, wherein the polymer composition passes the tracking resistance test, determined according to IEC60587 (2007), method 2A at 4.5 kV for 1 h and 4.75 kV for 1 h on compression molded plaques prepared according to ISO 11357. The present invention further relates to a track resistant wire or cable, preferably a power cable or an optical cable comprising at least one layer of the above polymer composition or to the use of the polymer composition in a wire or cable for increasing track resistance, and/or for increasing fire retardancy along the length of the wire or cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Lars Efraimsson, Lena Lindbom, Bernt-Ake Sultan
  • Publication number: 20220347980
    Abstract: An article comprising a layer element (LE) of at least two layers, first layer and second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Martina Sandholzer, Stefan Hellstrom, Francis Costa, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Staffan Josefsson, Kristina Akyuz Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11450780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising a solar cell element and an insulation material laminated to at least one side of the solar cell element wherein the insulation material comprises an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units, to a process for the production of such a photovoltaic module, and to the use of an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units for the production of an insulation layer of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Bernt-Ake Sultan, Udo Wahner
  • Publication number: 20220275172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising a cross-linkable polyolefin with hydrolysable silane groups; an acidic silanol condensation catalyst, wherein the acidic silanol condensation catalyst (B) is present in an amount of 0.0001 to 3 wt. % of the polyolefin composition; at least one UV stabilizer selected from the group consisting of phenols, triazines, benzophenones, triazoles and/or combinations thereof; and at least one UV stabilizer of the hindered amine type (HALS) which is present in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.1 wt. % of the polyolefin composition. The present invention also relates to an article comprising such a composition, and to the use of such a composition for the production of an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Hellström, Tina Gschneidtner, Susanne Nilsson, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Emma Hermansson
  • Publication number: 20220177680
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a polyethylene composition comprising one or more ethylene copolymer(s) wherein the ethylene copolymer is a terpolymer containing monomer units with polar groups and monomer units with hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the monomer units with polar groups are present in an amount of more than 5 mol. % based on the total polyethylene composition, and a silanol condensation catalyst in an amount of 0.0001 to 5 wt. %, based on the total polyethylene composition for improving the adhesion between a layer of a cable comprising the polyethylene composition and a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kjell Fossum, Stefan Hellstrom, Bernt-Ake Sultan
  • Publication number: 20220162429
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polyethylene composition comprising (A) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydrolysable silane-groups, and (B) one or more ethylene co-polymers selected from the group of (B1) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydroxyl groups, (B2) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with (meth-)acrylate groups, and (B3) an ethylene co-polymer containing monomer units with hydroxyl groups and (meth-)acrylate groups, a cable comprising a layer (1) which comprises one or more ethylene copolymers selected from the group of (B1), (B2) and (B3) and to the use of one or more ethylene co-polymers selected from the group of (B1), (B2) and (B3) for improving the adhesion between a layer of a cable comprising the ethylene co-polymer(s) and a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Bernt-Ake Sultan, Jonas Junqvist, Elisabeth Ribarits
  • Publication number: 20220089857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable, grafted or non-grafted polymer composition comprising a cross-linkable copolymer containing hydrolysable silane groups. The invention further relates to a crosslinked polymer composition obtained by cross-linking the cross-linkable copolymer containing hydrolysable silane groups and an article comprising the same. The present invention also relates to the use of one or more cross-linking accelerators for accelerating the crosslinking of a cross-linkable copolymer containing hydrolysable silane groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bernt-Ake SULTAN, Susanne NILSSON, Annika SMEDBERG
  • Patent number: 11192349
    Abstract: The invention is a polymer composition for film layer comprising less than 50 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with silane group(s) containing units and at least 50 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefine free from silane group(s) wherein the polymer composition has creep of less than 1 mm at 90° C., and an adhesion above 20 N/cm. The invention relates to a laminated article with at least one film layer of the polymer composition and a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Oderkerk, Bert Broeders, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Girish Suresh Galgali, Stefan Hellstrom, Mattias Bergqvist, Bart Verheule, Kristina Akyuz-Karlsson, Urban Andreasson, Francis Costa, Anh Tuan Tran
  • Patent number: 11180619
    Abstract: A polymer composition with a polymer of ethylene with a comonomer with silane group(s) containing units and an additive that is an organic compound with at least one amine moiety that has a gel content less than 10 wt % after 7 days at ambient conditions and a gel content of at least 15 wt % gel content after 14 days at 100° C. The film can be used in a laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Francis Costa, Mattias Bergqvist, Stefan Hellstrom, Bert Broeders, Girish Suresh Galgali, Tanja Piel, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Bart Verheule, Jeroen Oderkerk
  • Publication number: 20210163775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, which is a silanol condensation catalyst masterbatch, comprises a matrix, comprising a silane containing drying agent, and at least one silanol condensation catalyst, wherein each catalyst has a water content which is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ola FAGRELL, Stefan HELLSTROM, Bernt-Ake SULTAN, Perry NYLANDER, Martin ANKER, Kristian DAHLEN, Asa HERMANSSON
  • Publication number: 20200290331
    Abstract: The invention is a polymer composition for film layer comprising less than 50 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with silane group(s) containing units and at least 50 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefine free from silane group(s) wherein the polymer composition has creep of less than 1 mm at 90° C., and an adhesion above 20 N/cm. The invention relates to a laminated article with at least one film layer of the polymer composition and a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jeroen Oderkerk, Bert Broeders, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Girish Suresh Galgali, Stefan Hellstrom, Mattias Bergqvist, Bart Verheule, Kristina Akyuz-Karlsson, Urban Andreasson, Francis Costa, Anh Tuan Tran
  • Patent number: 10745498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low density polyethylene having a melt flow rate (MFR) according to ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg) which is higher than 4.0 g/10 min, a storage modulus G?, measured at a loss modulus G? of 5 kPa, which is above 3000 Pa and a vinylidene content which is at least 24/100 k C, compositions, a process for production of the low density polyethylene, a low density polyethylene which is obtainable by the process, a continuous ethylene polymerization method for introducing vinylidene in a low density polyethylene, a method for an extrusion coating process or an extrusion lamination process, an article, e.g. an extrusion article, an extrusion lamination article, film blowing article, film casting article, wire and cable extrusion article, injection moulding article, blow moulding article or pipe extrusion article, and uses of the low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Bjorn Voigt, Martin Anker, Mattias Bergqvist, Thomas Gkourmpis, Thomas Hjertberg, Gabriel Ruess
  • Publication number: 20190375905
    Abstract: A polymer composition with a polymer of ethylene with a comonomer with silane group(s) containing units and an additive that is an organic compound with at least one amine moiety that has a gel content less than 10 wt % after 7 days at ambient conditions and a gel content of at least 15 wt % gel content after 14 days at 100° C. The film can be used in a laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Francis Costa, Mattias Bergqvist, Stefan Hellstrom, Bert Broeders, Girish Suresh Galgali, Tanja Piel, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Bart Verheule, Jeroen Oderkerk
  • Patent number: 10505060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to a layer element, preferably to at least one layer element of a photovoltaic module, comprising the polymer composition and to an article which is preferably said at least one layer of a layer element, preferably of a layer element of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Oderkerk, Francis Costa, Bart Verheule, Tanja Piel, Bernt-Ake Sultan, Bert Broeders, Stefan Hellstrom, Mattias Bergqvist, Girish Suresh Galgali
  • Publication number: 20190334047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising a solar cell element and an insulation material laminated to at least one side of the solar cell element wherein the insulation material comprises an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units, to a process for the production of such a photovoltaic module, and to the use of an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units for the production of an insulation layer of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Bernt-Ake Sultan, Udo Wahner