Patents by Inventor Don Lee Kleyer

Don Lee Kleyer 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).

  • Publication number: 20030008955
    Abstract: A silicone composition for preparing a cured silicone product, the composition prepared by mixing: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two epoxy-functional organic groups per molecule; (B) a curing agent in an amount sufficient to cure the composition, provided the curing agent is free of phenolic hydroxy groups; (C) an electrically conductive filler in an amount sufficient to impart electrical conductivity to the silicone product, wherein the filler comprises particles having at least an outer surface of a metal selected from silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and alloys thereof; and (D) an effective amount of a hydroxy-functional organic compound having a molecular weight up to about 1000 and containing at least one hydroxy group per molecule, provided the compound does not substantially inhibit cure of the composition. A cured silicone product and a multi-part silicone composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz
  • Patent number: 6465550
    Abstract: A silicone composition for preparing a cured silicone product, the composition prepared by mixing: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two epoxy-functional organic groups per molecules; (B) a curing agent in an amount sufficient to cure the composition, provided the curing agent is free of phenolic hydroxy groups; (C) an electrically conductive filler in an amount sufficient to impart electrical conductivity to the silicone product, wherein the filler comprises particles having at least an outer surface of a metal selected from silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and alloys thereof; and (D) an effective amount of a hydroxy-functional organic compound having a molecular weight up to about 1000 and containing at least one hydroxy group per molecule, provided the compound does not substantially inhibit cure of the composition. A cured silicone product and a multi-part silicone composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz
  • Patent number: 6433057
    Abstract: A silicone composition, comprising (A) 10 to 50 parts by weight of a polydiorganosiloxane having the formula R13SiO(R12SiO)nSiR13 wherein each R1 is independently a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group or a monovalent halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, n has a value such that the polydiorganosiloxane has a viscosity from 0.1 to 200 Pa·s at 25° C., and the polydiorganosiloxane contains an average of at least two alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) 50 to 90 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane resin consisting essentially of R23SiO1/2 siloxane units and SiO4/2 siloxane units wherein each R2 is independently alkyl or alkenyl, the mole ratio of R23SiO1/2 units to SiO4/2 units is from 0.65 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dorab Edul Bhagwagar, Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz
  • Patent number: 6433055
    Abstract: An electrically conductive hot-melt silicone adhesive composition, comprising (A) a hot-melt silicone adhesive; (B) an electrically conductive filler in an amount sufficient to impart electrical conductivity to the composition, wherein the filler comprises particles having at least an outer surface of a metal selected from silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and alloys thereof; and (C) an effective amount of a hydroxy-functional organic compound having a molecular weight up to about 1000 and containing at least one hydroxy group per molecule, provided that when the composition is curable, the compound does not substantially inhibit cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz
  • Patent number: 6361716
    Abstract: A curable silicone composition for preparing a silicone adhesive, the composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule in a concentration sufficient to cure the composition; (C) an electrically conductive filler in an amount sufficient to impart electrical conductivity to the silicone adhesive, wherein the filler comprises particles having at least an outer surface of a metal selected from silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and alloys thereof; (D) an effective amount of a hydroxy-functional organic compound having a molecular weight up to about 1000 and containing at least one hydroxy group per molecule, provided the compound is free of acetylenic hydroxy groups and the compound does not substantially inhibit cure of the composition; and (E) a catalytic amount of a hydrosilylation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz
  • Patent number: 6017587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive silicone compositions comprising an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, a platinum group metal containing catalyst, a conductive metal particulate, a precrosslinked elastomeric silicone particle, and a non-reactive volatile diluent. The electrically conductive silicone compositions of this invention are useful as electrically conductive adhesives and coatings for electrical and electronic devices. The cured electrically conductive silicone compositions of this invention have high electroconductivity and rubbery elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Don Lee Kleyer, Michael Andrew Lutz, Katsutoshi Mine, Osamu Mitani, Kazumi Nakayoshi, Bernard Vanwert