Patents by Inventor Charles S. Golub

Charles S. Golub 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).

  • Flexible tubing material and method of forming the material
    Patent number: 9670351
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polylefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Lennon, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • Blend composition, flexible tubing material and method of making the blend
    Patent number: 9416267
    Abstract: A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Coughlin, Xiaolang Chen, Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Michael A. Zimmerman, Nicholas Orf, Choung H. Lai
  • FLEXIBLE TUBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20150337126
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polylefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Lennon, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • MULTILAYER FLEXIBLE TUBE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20150252918
    Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer. Further provided is a method of making the multilayer flexible tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Gerald H. Ling, Charles S. Golub, Kathryn J. Morris, Mark F. Colton
  • Flexible tubing material and method of forming the material
    Patent number: 8956706
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • STABILIZED POLYESTER BASED COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20140186563
    Abstract: A polyester or polyester copolymer based composition, such as a polylactic acid based composition, is provided herein. The polyester or polyester copolymer based composition may include a plasticizer, such as an ether based, an ester based, and/or an ether-ester based plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Bryan Coughlin, Thomas J. McCarthy, Charles S. Golub, Gerald H. Ling, Michael J. Tzivanis
  • BLEND COMPOSITION, FLEXIBLE TUBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE BLEND
    Publication number: 20120270979
    Abstract: A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Bryan Coughlin, Xiaolang Chen, Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Michael A. Zimmerman, Nicholas Orf, Choung H. Lai
  • FLEXIBLE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120213958
    Abstract: A flexible article includes a layer of a thermoplastic polyurethane composition including a plasticizer present at up to about 50.0% by weight of the total weight of the composition. The thermoplastic polyurethane composition has a shore A durometer of not greater than about 80. A method of making a flexible article includes combining a thermoplastic polyurethane with a plasticizer to form a thermoplastic polyurethane composition, wherein the plasticizer is present at up to about 50.0% by weight of the total weight of the composition; and forming the thermoplastic polyurethane composition into the flexible article, wherein the flexible article has a shore A durometer of not greater than about 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Clemens E. Zoellner, Mitchell L. Snyder, Mark F. Colton, Duan Li Ou
  • FLEXIBLE TUBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110241262
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger