Patents by Inventor Blaisdell Benedict Willis

Blaisdell Benedict Willis 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).

  • Rubber compositions containing improved tread enhancement additives and use thereof
    Patent number: 10717853
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition for use in a number of applications including tires. The composition comprises a blend of a rubber component, reinforcing particulate fillers, and based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component; from about 5 phr to about 70 phr of a terpene phenol resin having a softening point temperature in the range of from about 100° C. to about 170° C. and having a hydroxyl value in the range from about 5 to about 30. In one embodiment, the terpene phenol resin has a number average molecular weight of from about 700 Da to about 790 Da, a weight average molecular weight of from about 930 Da to about 1090 Da, and a polydispersity index of from about 1.25 to about 1.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kraton Chemical, LLC
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pille-Wolf, Jérémie Guillaume Pichereau, Hannes Hendrik Peter van Erp, Jeffrey R Warmkessel, Blaisdell Benedict Willis
  • RUBBER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING IMPROVED TREAD ENHANCEMENT ADDITIVES AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180105681
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition for use in a number of applications including tires. The composition comprises a blend of a rubber component, reinforcing particulate fillers, and based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component; from about 5 phr to about 70 phr of a terpene phenol resin having a softening point temperature in the range of from about 100° C. to about 170° C. and having a hydroxyl value in the range from about 5 to about 30. In one embodiment, the terpene phenol resin has a number average molecular weight of from about 700 Da to about 790 Da, a weight average molecular weight of from about 930 Da to about 1090 Da, and a polydispersity index of from about 1.25 to about 1.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Kraton Chemical, LLC
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pille-Wolf, Jérémie Guillaume Pichereau, Hannes Hendrik Peter van Erp, Jeffrey R. Warmkessel, Blaisdell Benedict Willis