Patents by Inventor Carl Voellmecke

Carl Voellmecke 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).

  • Curing rubber by hydrosilation
    Patent number: 7951871
    Abstract: A method for preparing a thermoplastic vulcanizate, the method comprising dynamically vulcanizing a rubber within a blend that includes the rubber and a thermoplastic polymer, where said dynamically vulcanizing is effected with a cure system that includes a hydrosilating agent and a catalyst, where the hydrosilating agent includes a compound including at least 3 silicon hydride groups defined by the formula where each R is independently a monovalent organic group or hydrogen, and where the silicon atoms of the respective silicon hydride groups are spatially separated by at least 6 atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Blok, Maria D. Ellul, Alfred V. Pickett, Carl Voellmecke
  • Curing rubber by hydrosilation
    Publication number: 20080114126
    Abstract: A method for preparing a thermoplastic vulcanizate, the method comprising dynamically vulcanizing a rubber within a blend that includes the rubber and a thermoplastic polymer, where said dynamically vulcanizing is effected with a cure system that includes a hydrosilating agent and a catalyst, where the hydrosilating agent includes a compound including at least 3 silicon hydride groups defined by the formula where each R is independently a monovalent organic group or hydrogen, and where the silicon atoms of the respective silicon hydride groups are spatially separated by at least 6 atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Edward J. Blok, Maria D. Ellul, Alfred V. Pickett, Carl Voellmecke