Patents by Inventor Gerald Kenneth Schalau, II

Gerald Kenneth Schalau, II 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).

  • Method for adhering silicone gels to plastics
    Patent number: 8101042
    Abstract: A method for increasing the adherence of a silicone gel to a substrate using a primer material. The method is particularly useful for adhering a medical prosthesis to a human or animal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: David Clayton Gantner, Gary Lee Loubert, Gerald Kenneth Schalau, II, Xavier Jean-Paul Thomas
  • Silicone adhesive for adhesion to wet surfaces
    Patent number: 7914645
    Abstract: A silicone adhesive composition used for adhering a device or a substance to a wet surface contains (i) a silicone resin that is cohydrolysis product of a trialkyl hydrolyzable silane and an alkyl silicate in which the cohydrolysis product contains a plurality of silicon-bonded hydroxy groups; (ii) a linear organopolysiloxane fluid containing terminal silicon-bonded hydroxy groups having a viscosity above 200,000 mm2/s at 25° C.; (iii) a trialkylsiloxy terminated polyorganosiloxane fluid having a viscosity of 100,000-600,000 mm2/s at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Kenneth Schalau, II, Xavier Jean-Paul Thomas, Victor Albert Raul, David Clayton Gantner, Katherine Lynn Ulman
  • Silicone Adhesive For Adhesion To Wet Surfaces
    Publication number: 20080295960
    Abstract: A silicone adhesive composition used for adhering a device or a substance to a wet surface contains (i) a silicone resin that is cohydrolysis product of a trialkyl hydrolyzable silane and an alkyl silicate in which the cohydrolysis product contains a plurality of silicon-bonded hydroxy groups; (ii) a linear organopolysiloxane fluid containing terminal silicon-bonded hydroxy groups having a viscosity above 200,000 mm2/s at 25° C.; (iii) a trialkylsiloxy terminated polyorganosiloxane fluid having a viscosity of 100,000-600,000 mm2/s at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Gerald Kenneth Schalau II, Xavier Jean-Paul Thomas, Victor Albert Raul, David Clayton Gantner