Patents by Inventor Cynthia G. Templeman
Cynthia G. Templeman 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).
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Patent number: 9616460Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a coating on a substrate material which includes applying one or more layers of a monomer composition to a surface of the substrate. At least one monomer layer comprises a photoinitiator, and at least one monomer layer comprises a photo-generated base precursor. The monomer layer is exposed to a first wavelength of light to initiate polymerization of the monomers. The monomer layer is subsequently exposed to a second wavelength of light to terminate the polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Cynthia G. Templeman
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Patent number: 9274429Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a photo-activated layered polymer coating to a substrate material in which one or more layers do not contain photoinitiator, or are not exposed to initiating light, but cure due to migration of cationic active centers. At least two separate monomer layers are applied to the substrate material. At least one of the monomer layers includes a photoinitiator capable of producing cationic active centers. The at least one layer including the photoinitiator is exposed to a source of UV radiation at a desired wavelength forming cationic active centers. The at least two separate monomer layers react in a polymerization reaction forming a cured layered material. The cationic active centers of the exposed monomer layer migrate to the unexposed layer such that both layers cure via the polymerization reaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Alec B. Scranton, Beth Ann Rundlett, Cynthia Hoppe
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Publication number: 20140329182Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a photo-activated layered polymer coating to a substrate material in which one or more layers do not contain photoinitiator, or are not exposed to initiating light, but cure due to migration of cationic active centers. At least two separate monomer layers are applied to the substrate material. At least one of the monomer layers includes a photoinitiator capable of producing cationic active centers. The at least one layer including the photoinitiator is exposed to a source of UV radiation at a desired wavelength forming cationic active centers. The at least two separate monomer layers react in a polymerization reaction forming a cured layered material. The cationic active centers of the exposed monomer layer migrate to the unexposed layer such that both layers cure via the polymerization reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Alec B. Scranton, Beth Ann Rundlett, Cynthia Hoppe
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Publication number: 20130302517Abstract: The present disclosed subject matter provides a method for improving the weathering resistance of a coating of paint on a substrate when exposed to adverse environmental conditions. More particularly, the method includes applying a post-production coating to a base coating, where the post-production coating contains a greater concentration of ultraviolet (UV) protectant as compared to the base coating. The UV protectant contained in the post-production coat migrates along a concentration gradient to the base coating, thereby enriching the concentration of UV protectant in the base coating. Although this application will help protect the base paint coating on a variety of substrates from damage due to environmental conditions, the present disclosed subject matter is ideally suited for motor vehicle coating applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacuring North America, Inc.Inventors: Jason Michael Murphy, Cynthia G. Templeman
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Patent number: 8492001Abstract: A self-stratifying coating composition is provided. The self-stratifying coating can include a base layer having a telechelic resin with reactive end groups and an alkoxide oligomer. In addition, a top layer having an acrylate and/or methacrylate such as a fluorinated acrylate, a fluorinated methacrylate, a fluorinated hydrocarbon copolymerized with an acrylate, a fluorinated hydrocarbon copolymerized with a methacrylate and combinations thereof, and a crosslinking agent can be included. In addition, the base layer and the top layer can have an interfacial surface tension therebetween that is within a range of about 15 to 60 mJ/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, University of AkronInventors: Mark D. Soucek, Cynthia G. Templeman, Masahiko Ishii
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Publication number: 20130142962Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a coating on a substrate material which includes applying one or more layers of a monomer composition to a surface of the substrate. At least one monomer layer comprises a photoinitiator, and at least one monomer layer comprises a photo-generated base precursor. The monomer layer is exposed to a first wavelength of light to initiate polymerization of the monomers. The monomer layer is subsequently exposed to a second wavelength of light to terminate the polymerization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Toyota Motor Engin. & Manufact. N.A. (TEMA)Inventor: Cynthia G. TEMPLEMAN
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Patent number: 8299170Abstract: The present invention discloses a reactivity-based self-stratifying coating composition. The coating composition can include a polyol, silsesquioxane, a polyester polyol, and a crosslinker that form a mixture within a solvent. The polyol can be selected from a fluorinated polyether, a fluoroethylene-alkyl vinyl ether and/or a combination thereof. The silsesquioxane can be an epoxy functional silsesquioxane having a formula of (R)6(C6H11O2)2(SiO1.5)8 where R can be selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenyl, and isomers thereof. In some instances, the epoxy functional silsesquioxane can be a di-epoxy silsesquioxane.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Eastern Michigan UniversityInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Jamil Baghdachi, Punthip Talapatcharoenkit
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Patent number: 8197911Abstract: An object of complex three-dimensional configuration, such as an automotive vehicle body, is coated with a combination of a coating formulation and a photoactivated mixture containing active centers that have been produced prior to application. The two liquids can be intimately mixed prior to application to the object, or the coating formulation can be applied prior to the application of the photoactivated mixture. The coating formulation is cured by the active centers that have been produced prior to application.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Eric M. Leonard, Beth Ann Ficek, Alec B. Scranton
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Publication number: 20120083551Abstract: Telechelic resins with reactive end groups (e.g., epoxy phosphate and epoxy ester) were synthesized using bisphenol-A (BPA) epoxide. The bisphenol-A based epoxide and the telechelic resins were all modified with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) oligomers to produce epoxide/polysilicate (organic/inorganic) hybrid systems. The modified epoxides were thermally cured with a melamine-formaldehyde resin, cast on steel substrates and salt spray analysis revealed that the inorganically modified epoxides provided improvement over unmodified epoxide resins with respect to both corrosion resistance and adhesion to steel substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, University of AkronInventors: Mark D. Soucek, Cynthia G. Templeman, Elif Alyamac, Hua Gu, Masahiko Ishii
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Publication number: 20120083568Abstract: A series of low, medium, and high molecular weight copolymers containing methyl methacrylate, n-butyl acrylate. 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate were synthesized by solution polymerization under monomer-starved conditions. The copolymers were crosslinked with a methylated melamine formaldehyde resin in order to obtain thermosetting acrylics. Lower wettability, higher oxygen permeability, and lower refractive index were observed for higher concentrations of fluorinated monomer in the copolymer composition and high number-average hydroxyl functionality of the high molecular weight copolymers increased the crosslink density of the acrylic films, thereby resulting in improved tensile strength and tensile modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Akron, Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Mark D. Soucek, Cynthia G. Templeman, Elif Alyamac, Masahiko Ishii
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Publication number: 20120082854Abstract: A self-stratifying coating composition is provided. The self-stratifying coating can include a base layer having a telechelic resin with reactive end groups and an alkoxide oligomer. In addition, a top layer having an acrylate and/or methacrylate such as a fluorinated acrylate, a fluorinated methacrylate, a fluorinated hydrocarbon copolymerized with an acrylate, a fluorinated hydrocarbon copolymerized with a methacrylate and combinations thereof, and a crosslinking agent can be included. In addition, the base layer and the top layer can have an interfacial surface tension therebetween that is within a range of about 15 to 60 mJ/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Akron, Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Mark D. Soucek, Cynthia G. Templeman, Masahiko Ishii
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Publication number: 20110059265Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a photo-activated layered polymer coating to a substrate material in which one or more layers do not contain photoinitiator, or are not exposed to initiating light, but cure due to migration of cationic active centers. At least two separate monomer layers are applied to the substrate material. At least one of the monomer layers includes a photoinitiator capable of producing cationic active centers. The at least one layer including the photoinitiator is exposed to a source of UV radiation at a desired wavelength forming cationic active centers. The at least two separate monomer layers react in a polymerization reaction forming a cured layered material. The cationic active centers of the exposed monomer layer migrate to the unexposed layer such that both layers cure via the polymerization reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Alec B. Scranton, Beth Ann Ficek, Cindy Hoppe
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Publication number: 20110028612Abstract: The present invention discloses a reactivity-based self-stratifying coating composition. The coating composition can include a polyol, silsesquioxane, a polyester polyol, and a crosslinker that form a mixture within a solvent. The polyol can be selected from a fluorinated polyether, a fluoroethylene-alkyl vinyl ether and/or a combination thereof. The silsesquioxane can be an epoxy functional silsesquioxane having a formula of (R)6(C6H11O2)2(SiO1.5)8 where R can be selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenyl, and isomers thereof. In some instances, the epoxy functional silsesquioxane can be a di-epoxy silsesquioxane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Eastern Michigan UniversityInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Jamil Baghdachi, Punthip Talapatcharoenkit
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Publication number: 20080305273Abstract: An object of complex three-dimensional configuration, such as an automotive vehicle body, is coated with a combination of a coating formulation and a photoactivated mixture containing active centers that have been produced prior to application. The two liquids can be intimately mixed prior to application to the object, or the coating formulation can be applied prior to the application of the photoactivated mixture. The coating formulation is cured by the active centers that have been produced prior to application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicants: Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Cynthia G. Templeman, Eric M. Leonard, Beth A. Ficek, Alec B. Scranton