Patents by Inventor Frans Audenaert

Frans Audenaert 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: 20240100486
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a polymeric membrane, comprising a modified surface obtained from coating with hydrophilic monomers and curing the hydrophilic monomers with electron beam, wherein the hydrophilic monomers comprise at least one amino moiety, at least one polyoxyalkylene unit, and at least one (meth)acrylate moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sven Frost, Pierre-Alexandre Bourgeois, Frans A. Audenaert, Tim Wolf, Tom Opstal
  • Patent number: 11779716
    Abstract: Methods of making components for a medicinal delivery device are described, in which a base composition comprising a polysulphone is applied to the surface of a component to create a base layer, a primer composition comprising a silane having two or more reactive silane groups separated by an organic linker group is applied to the base layer to create primed surface, and a coating composition comprising an at least partially fluorinated compound is applied to the primed surface. Corresponding coated components and a medicinal delivery device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kindeva Drug Delivery L.P.
    Inventors: Philip A. Jinks, Frans A. Audenaert
  • Patent number: 11701861
    Abstract: Anti-icing stacks for protecting an aerodynamic surface are described. In some embodiments, an anti-icing stack includes an anti-icing layer, an elastomeric erosion protection layer, and an additional layer. The erosion protection layer is disposed between the anti-icing layer and the additional layer. The additional layer has a thickness greater than the thickness of the erosion protection layer and a tensile modulus of no more than the tensile modulus of the erosion protection layer. The additional layer may be a foam adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernd Kühneweg, Frans A. Audenaert, Michael Juergens, Christoph T. R. Schuell, Andrea Habbe
  • Publication number: 20230139485
    Abstract: Described herein is method of adding a non-fluorinated carbon-carbon double bond to a highly fluorinated polymer via an amidine linkage. In one embodiment, the derivatized fluorinated polymer comprising a highly fluorinated polymer backbone with pendent groups therefrom is disclosed, wherein at least one pendent group is according to the formula: (I) where Rf is a bond or a divalent perfluorinated group, optionally comprising at least one in-chain ether linkage, R is H, an alkyl group, or —CH(R?)X; R? is H or an alkyl group; X is a monovalent group comprising at least one non-fluorinated carbon-carbon double bond; and R? is H or an alkyl group. Such derivatized fluorinated polymers may be used in curable compositions and articles therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Frans A. Audenaert, Leon M. Lillie, Alain G. Verschuere
  • Publication number: 20230044558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hydrophilic microporous membranes comprising a modified surface. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a process for producing such hydrophilic membranes by modification of microporous membranes with fluorinated organosilane compounds and electron beam irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Pierre-Alexandre Bourgeois, Sven Frost, Frans Audenaert, Tom Opstal, Uwe Grau
  • Publication number: 20220395783
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a polymeric membrane, comprising a modified surface obtained from coating with hydrophilic monomers and curing the hydrophilic monomers with actinic irradiation, preferably UV light, wherein the hydrophilic monomers comprise at least one amino moiety; at least one polyoxyalkylene unit; and at least one (meth)acrylate moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sven FROST, Frans A. AUDENAERT, Pierre-Alexandre BOURGEOIS, Tim WOLF
  • Publication number: 20220389267
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a hydrophilic monomer, comprising (i) at least one amino moiety; (ii) at least one polyoxyalkylene unit; and (iii) at least one (meth)acrylate moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sven FROST, Frans A. AUDENAERT, Inge NUYTS, Pierre-Alexandre BOURGEOIS, Maria DE BONDT
  • Publication number: 20220372193
    Abstract: Described herein is method of functionalizing fluorinated polymers, wherein a reaction compound is grafted onto a fluorinated polymer, wherein the fluorinated polymer comprises at least one Br, I, and Cl group and is free of —CH2CH2— linkages. In one embodiment, the functionalized fluorinated polymer comprises a perfluorinated polymer backbone with pendent groups therefrom is disclosed, wherein at least one pendent group is according to formula I: where Rf is a bond, or a divalent perfluorinated group, optionally comprising at least one in-chain ether linkage; Z is I, Br, or Cl; and X comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of an alcohol; phosphorous acid and salts thereof; phosphoric acid and salts thereof; a silane; an amine; an amide; a hydrocarbon, optionally comprising an in-chain oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur linkage; a carboxylic acid and salts thereof; an ester; a sulfonyl fluoride, a sulfonic acid and salts thereof; and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Frans A. Audenaert, Klaus Hintzer, Alain G. Verschuere
  • Publication number: 20220274374
    Abstract: Anti-icing stacks for protecting an aerodynamic surface are described. In some embodiments, an anti-icing stack includes an anti-icing layer, an elastomeric erosion protection layer, and an additional layer. The erosion protection layer is disposed between the anti-icing layer and the additional layer. The additional layer has a thickness greater than the thickness of the erosion protection layer and a tensile modulus of no more than the tensile modulus of the erosion protection layer. The additional layer may be a foam adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd Kühneweg, Frans A. Audenaert, Michael Juergens, Christoph T. R. Schuell, Andrea Habbe
  • Publication number: 20220017779
    Abstract: The composition includes a polysiloxane having at least one of a phosphate or phosphonate group and an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group. The method includes treating the metal surface with a composition including a polysiloxane functionalized with at least one of a phosphate or phosphonate group. The method can include first treating the metal surface with a primer composition including an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group or including an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group in the composition with the polysiloxane. Certain polysiloxanes functionalized with at least one of a phosphate or phosphonate group are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Frans A. Audenaert, Wayne W. Fan, Inge Nuyts, Semra Colak Atan, Federica Sgolastra, George W. Griesgraber
  • Publication number: 20210121646
    Abstract: Methods of making components for a medicinal delivery device are described, in which a base composition comprising a polysulphone is applied to the surface of a component to create a base layer, a primer composition comprising a silane having two or more reactive silane groups separated by an organic linker group is applied to the base layer to create primed surface, and a coating composition comprising an at least partially fluorinated compound is applied to the primed surface. Corresponding coated components and a medicinal delivery device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: KINDEVA DRUG DELIVER L.P.
    Inventors: PHILIP A. JINKS, FRANS A. AUDENAERT
  • Publication number: 20210101361
    Abstract: Anti-icing stacks for protecting an aerodynamic surface are described. In some embodiments, an anti-icing stack includes an anti-icing layer, an elastomeric erosion protection layer, and an additional layer. The erosion protection layer is disposed between the anti-icing layer and the additional layer. The additional layer has a thickness greater than the thickness of the erosion protection layer and a tensile modulus of no more than the tensile modulus of the erosion protection layer. The additional layer may be a foam adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd Kühneweg, Frans A. Audenaert, Michael Juergens, Christoph T. R. Schuell, Andrea Habbe
  • Publication number: 20210079257
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective coating composition for a hard surface, wherein the composition comprises an organic solvent and a polysiloxane having the general formula (I), wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Y and Z are independently a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of urea, urethane, oxygen atom, sulfur atom and alkylene having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; A, B, L and M are independently a divalent slinking group selected from the group consisting of alkylene having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, with the proviso that if the combined linking groups formed by -A-Y-L- and -M-Z—B— are independently an alkylene, then the alkylene is independently different from ethylene; n is an integer from 5 to 1500; and m and p are independently an integer from 1 to 3. In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method of reducing contamination from a hard surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Frans A. Audenaert, Christoph T. R. Schuell, Bernd Kühneweg, Hugo R. Lens, Philip A. Jinks, Wayne W. Fan, Inge Nuyts
  • Patent number: 10858540
    Abstract: A composition that includes an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group, a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z, and a non-fluorinated organic solvent having a flashpoint of at least 40° C. A method of making a treated article having a metal surface using a composition that includes an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group, a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z, and an organic solvent having a flashpoint of at least 40° C. is also disclosed. Another method includes treating the metal surface with a primer composition including an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group to provide a primed metal surface and subsequently treating the primed metal surface with a treatment composition including a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z. The compositions each include up to one percent by weight of an organic solvent having a flashpoint up to 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Frans A. Audenaert, Christoph T. R. Schuell, Inge Nuyts
  • Publication number: 20200347259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective coating composition for a metal surface, wherein the composition comprises: a) an amphiphilic copolymer comprising: i. repeating monomeric units comprising a pendant group comprising a polyfluoropolyether group; ii. first repeating monomeric units comprising a first pendant group comprising a first polar functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxylate groups, hydroxyl groups, and any combinations or salts thereof; iii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christoph SCHUELL, Frans AUDENAERT, Hugo LENS
  • Patent number: 10675658
    Abstract: A method of making a treated article having a metal surface. The method includes treating the metal surface with a primer composition comprising a secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups to provide a primed metal surface and subsequently treating the primed metal surface with a treatment composition comprising a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3?x(R)x]y}z. An article treated by such a method is also disclosed. The use of a secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups as a primer for a metal surface before treatment with the fluorinated silane and a method of treating a metal surface with a treatment composition including the secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups and certain fluorinated silanes are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Frans A. Audenaert
  • Publication number: 20180282578
    Abstract: A composition that includes an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group, a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z, and a non-fluorinated organic solvent having a flashpoint of at least 40° C. A method of making a treated article having a metal surface using a composition that includes an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group, a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z, and an organic solvent having a flashpoint of at least 40° C. is also disclosed. Another method includes treating the metal surface with a primer composition including an amino-functional compound having at least one silane group to provide a primed metal surface and subsequently treating the primed metal surface with a treatment composition including a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3-x(R)x]y}z. The compositions each include up to one percent by weight of an organic solvent having a flashpoint up to 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Frans A. AUDENAERT, Christoph T.R. SCHUELL, Inge NUYTS
  • Patent number: 10066121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to two-part polyurethane coatings having excellent erosion resistance and comprising a compound having a fluorinated segment. Additionally, these two-part polyurethane coatings can be cured under high relative humidity conditions. The present disclosure also relates to articles coated with those two-part polyurethane coatings and to methods of reducing erosion in an article, among other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Björn Weber, Frans A. Audenaert
  • Patent number: 10059862
    Abstract: Use of a curable composition comprising at least one epoxy resin and at least one epoxy curative composition as a curable shim for filling gaps between two assembled parts of an assembly, wherein the epoxy curative composition comprises at least a first and a second curative wherein the first curative is selected from a cyclic amine having at least one primary amino (—NH2) group and a second curative selected from at least one polyether polyamine comprising at least one polyether unit and separated therefrom by a linking group at least one polyamine unit and further comprising at least one terminal aminoalkyl residue that is branched and comprises a primary amino group (—NH2) and an alkyl branch in an ?-, ?- or ?-position to the primary amino group wherein the alkyl branch contains from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sohaib Elgimiabi, Frans A. Audenaert
  • Publication number: 20180142122
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to two-part polyurethane coatings having excellent erosion resistance and comprising a compound having a fluorinated segment. Additionally, these two-part polyurethane coatings can be cured under high relative humidity conditions. The present disclosure also relates to articles coated with those two-part polyurethane coatings and to methods of reducing erosion in an article, among other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: BJÖRN WEBER, FRANS A. AUDENAERT