Patents by Inventor Dragos Popescu

Dragos Popescu 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).

  • Patent number: 11001715
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions as these are disclosed herein. The compositions comprise certain unsaturated resins comprising ethylenic unsaturations, curing agents selected from vinyl urethanes, vinyl functionalized urethane resins and mixtures thereof, dilauroyl peroxide as initiator, and a co-initiator selected from the group of onium compounds and sulpho-compounds. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to cured thermosetting powder coating compositions obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Gertrudis Christianus Bongaerts, Dragos Popescu
  • Patent number: 10913859
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions as disclosed herein, said compositions comprising one or more unsaturated resins comprising ethylenic unsaturations, one or more curing agents, and one or more thermal radical initiators, wherein at least one of the initiators is a peroxydicarbonate-X. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to cured thermosetting powder coating compositions obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Gertrudis Christianus Bongaerts, Dragos Popescu
  • Publication number: 20200140695
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions as disclosed herein, said compositions comprising one or more unsaturated resins comprising ethylenic unsaturations, one or more curing agents, and one or more thermal radical initiators, wherein at least one of the initiators is a peroxydicarbonate-X. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to cured thermosetting powder coating compositions obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Gertrudis Christianus BONGAERTS, Dragos POPESCU
  • Publication number: 20190211212
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions as these are disclosed herein. The compositions comprise certain unsaturated resins comprising ethylenic unsaturations, curing agents selected from vinyl urethanes, vinyl functionalized urethane resins and mixtures thereof, dilauroyl peroxide as initiator, and a co-initiator selected from the group of onium compounds and sulpho-compounds. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to cured thermosetting powder coating compositions obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes Gertrudis Christianus BONGAERTS, Dragos POPESCU
  • Patent number: 6479750
    Abstract: An adapter for connecting two wiring ducts on respective opposite sides of a suspended ceiling includes a back portion which has an opening at one end and upstream of the reference plane for inserting a first wiring duct. The other wiring duct can be butt-jointed to its other end. A cover portion at least partly covers the back portion, which has a reference plane which in use is level with the lower face of the suspended ceiling. Applications include conveying electrical cables or conductors through a suspended ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Planet Wattohm
    Inventors: Dragos Popescu, Gary Bateson
  • Patent number: 6284974
    Abstract: Electrical wiring trunking has a lateral hinge which is reinforced in the closed position. The trunking has a back portion, a cover portion, a hinge defined by a strip, arrangements for stiffening the hinge, closure arrangements and a first internal rib projecting from the inside face of the cover portion on the same side as the closure arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Planet Wattohm
    Inventors: Christophe Albert, Dragos Popescu