Patents by Inventor Gerrit de Wit

Gerrit de Wit 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: 8188172
    Abstract: A composition is described, comprising: (a) from 20 to 80 wt % of a polyester; (b) from 5 to 35 wt % of a flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I) [(R1)(R2)(PO)—O]?mMm+??(I), a flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II) [(O—POR1)(R3)(POR2—O)]2?nMxm+??(II), and/or a flame retardant polymer derived from the flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I) or the flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II), wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are H, C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, or C6-C10-aryl; R3 is C1-C10-alkylene, linear or branched, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, Al, Ti, Zn, Fe, or boron; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1, 2, or 3; and x is 1 or 2; (c) from 1 to 25 wt % of a melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, and/or melamine phosphate; (d) from more than 0 to 25 wt % of a polyetherimide; and (e) optionally, an additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Somasundaram Elango, Rama Konduri, Subodh Kumar Pal, Reema Sinha, Veeraraghavan Srinivasan, Chris van der Weele, Gerrit de Wit
  • Patent number: 8034870
    Abstract: A composition, comprising: a poly(butylene terephthalate); a nitrogen-containing flame retardant selected from the group consisting of triazines, guanidines, cyanurates, isocyanurates, and mixtures comprising at least one of the foregoing nitrogen-containing flame retardants; a phosphinates or diphosphinates; and a charring polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventor: Gerrit De Wit
  • Patent number: 7893141
    Abstract: Novel polyester composition comprising a polyester, wherein said polyester comprises structural units derived from substituted or unsubstituted diacid or diester, a substituted or unsubstituted diol; a phosphorus containing compound and at least one selected from a stabilizer and an organic compound comprising at least one functional group is been disclosed. In addition methods for the preparation of the polyester composition and articles derived from said composition is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit De Wit, Gaurav Mediratta
  • Patent number: 7812077
    Abstract: A composition comprises 20 to 80 wt. % of a polyester component comprising a modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymer derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers and having at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component; from 5 to 35 wt. % of a flame retardant phosphinate (I) or (II) (R1)(R2)(PO)—O]?mMm+??(I) [(O—POR1)(R3)(POR2—O)]2?nMm+x??(II), and/or a flame retardant polymer thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently are H, C1-C6-alkyl, or C6-C10-aryl; R3 is C1-C10, alkylene, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, Al, Ti, Zn, Fe, or boron; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1, 2, or 3; and x is 1 or 2; 1 to 25 wt. % of a melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, and/or melamine phosphate; and more than 0 to 25 wt. % of a polyetherimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Pravin Kamlakar Borade, Robert Russell Gallucci, Rama Konduri, Johannes Hubertus G. M. Lohmeijer, Subodh Kumar Pal, Veeraraghavan Srinivasan, Chris van der Weele, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20090036578
    Abstract: A composition is described, comprising: (a) from 20 to 80 wt % of a polyester; (b) from 5 to 35 wt % of a flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I) [(R1)(R2)(PO)—O]?mMm+??(I), a flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II) [(O—POR1)(R3)(POR2—O)]2?nMxm+??(II), and/or a flame retardant polymer derived from the flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I) or the flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II), wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are H, C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, or C6-C10-aryl; R3 is C1-C10-alkylene, linear or branched, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, Al, Ti, Zn, Fe, or boron; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1, 2, or 3; and x is 1 or 2; (c) from 1 to 25 wt % of a melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, and/or melamine phosphate; (d) from more than 0 to 25 wt % of a polyetherimide; and (e) optionally, an additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP BV
    Inventors: Somasundaram Elango, Rama Konduri, Subodh Kumar Pal, Reema Sinha, Veeraraghavan Srinivasan, Chris van der Weele, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20080139711
    Abstract: A composition comprises 20 to 80 wt. % of a polyester component comprising a modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymer derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers and having at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component; from 5 to 35 wt. % of a flame retardant phosphinate (I) or (II) (R1)(R2)(PO)—O]?mMm+ ??(I) [(O—POR1)(R3)(POR2—O)]2?nMm+x, ??(II) and/or a flame retardant polymer thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently are H, C1-C6-alkyl, or C6-C10-aryl; R3 is C1-C10, alkylene, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, Al, Ti, Zn, Fe, or boron; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1, 2, or 3; and x is 1 or 2; 1 to 25 wt. % of a melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, and/or melamine phosphate; and more than 0 to 25 wt. % of a polyetherimide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP BV
    Inventors: Pravin Kamlakar Borade, Robert Russell Gallucci, Rama Konduri, Johannes Hubertus G.M. Lohmeijer, Subodh Kumar Pal, Veeraraghavan Srinivasan, Chris van der Weele, Gerrit de Wit
  • Patent number: 7253230
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprises a resin composition having 50 to about 90 weight percent of a polyester, about 8 to about 48 weight percent of a polyetherimide, about 2 to about 25 weight percent of a high rubber graft impact modifier, each based on the total resin composition, and up to about 15 weight percent of a particulate filler. A method of making the composition comprises pre-melt compounding a polyester, a polyetherimide, and a high rubber graft impact modifier to form a pre-compounded blend, wherein the pre-compounded blend has a Tg of greater than or equal to about 110° C.; and dry-blending a crystallized polyester with the pre-compounded blend to form the molding composition. Such molding compositions are particularly useful in blow-molding containers for liquids such as beer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Bernardus Damman, Gerrit de Wit
  • Patent number: 7244792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making a modified thermoplastic polyester by reacting a thermoplastic polyester with a nitrogen-containing compound, wherein the thermoplastic polyester is first contacted in the solid state with an inert gas atmosphere containing at least one amino-compound of formula H2N—R—(X)n, wherein n is an integer?0, R=a linear, branched or cyclo-aliphatic or aromatic residue comprising 1–24 C-atoms and optionally containing hetero atoms, X?—NH2 or another functional group reactive with the polyester, at a temperature T(a) between room temperature and the melting point Tm of the polyester, during at least 1 s; and then heated to a temperature T(b) between T(a) and Tm, during up to 10 hours; and thereafter solid state polymerized at a temperature T(c) between (Tm?50) and Tm, during up to 100 hours, where T(a)<T(b)<T(c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventors: Uday S. Agarwal, Gerrit De Wit
  • Patent number: 6949599
    Abstract: A clear blend of three resin components includes a first polycarbonate resin component; a second resin component of a first polyester copolymer resin derived from a cycloaliphatic diol and a cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and a third resin component of a second polyester polymer resin derived from the condensation of a cyclohexane diol with a terephthalic acid and an additional condensation reaction component selected from aliphatic or aromatic diacids or diols suitable for enhancing the clarity of said blend wherein the three component blend has a light transmission of seventy percent or greater and an elongation at break after exposure to Fuel C of forty percent or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter H. Th. Vollenberg, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20050137297
    Abstract: A composition, comprising: a poly(butylene terephthalate); a nitrogen-containing flame retardant selected from the group consisting of triazines, guanidines, cyanurates, isocyanurates, and mixtures comprising at least one of the foregoing nitrogen-containing flame retardants; a phosphinates or diphosphinates; and a charring polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Gerrit De Wit
  • Patent number: 6858671
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprises a resin composition having 50 to about 90 weight percent of a polyester, about 8 to about 48 weight percent of a polyetherimide, about 2 to about 25 weight percent of a high rubber graft impact modifier, each based on the total resin composition, and up to about 15 weight percent of a particulate filler. A making the composition comprises pre-melt compounding a polyester, a polyetherimide, and a high rubber graft impact modifier to form a pre-compounded blend, wherein the pre-compounded blend has a Tg of greater than or equal to about 110° C.; and dry-blending a crystallized polyester with the pre-compounded blend to form the molding composition. Such molding compositions are particularly useful in blow-molding container for liquids such as beer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Bernardus Damman, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20040220335
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprises a resin composition having 50 to about 90 weight percent of a polyester, about 8 to about 48 weight percent of a polyetherimide, about 2 to about 25 weight percent of a high rubber graft impact modifier, each based on the total resin composition, and up to about 15 weight percent of a particulate filler. A making the composition comprises pre-melt compounding a polyester, a polyetherimide, and a high rubber graft impact modifier to form a pre-compounded blend, wherein the pre-compounded blend has a Tg of greater than or equal to about 110° C.; and dry-blending a crystallized polyester with the pre-compounded blend to form the molding composition. Such molding compositions are particularly useful in blow-molding containers for liquids such as beer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Bernardus Damman, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20040166266
    Abstract: A pressurized container for storing gaseous or liquid carbon dioxide for use in pneumatic power devices, and carbonated beverages such as beer, soft drinks, and the like, which has acceptable creep, modulus, and yield strength values, which container is made from fiber-reinforced polyesters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gerrit de Wit
  • Patent number: 6737455
    Abstract: A halogen-free, flame retardant polyester composition comprises, based on the total composition, (a) A poly(ethylene terephthalate) with a molecular weight of at least 50,000 or a blend of poly(ethylene terephthalate) with another polyester, taking into account that the ratio poly(ethylene terephthalate)/other polyester should be at least 55/45. (b) A combination of at least one N-containing compound, selected from the group of triazine, guanidine, or (iso)cyanurate compounds, and at least one P-containing compound, selected from the group of BPA-diphosphates or phosphoramides with the proviso that the ratio of the total amount of P- and N-containing compounds over the total polyester amount should be between 0.3 and 0.6 and the ratio of the P-containing compound over the N-containing compound should be higher than 0.8. (c) An anti-dripping agent in an amount of 0.01-2 weight percent of the total composition. (d) A reinforcing filler in an amount of 0-40 weight percent of the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Gosens, Gerrit de Wit, Tieb Aouraghe
  • Patent number: 6713598
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the preparation of polymeric phosphate flame retardants with a molecular weight of at least about 1500 and a softening temperature of at least about 10° C. comprising the steps of (a) reacting a phosphorus oxyhalide with a monohydroxyaromatic compound, (b) removing substantially all of any remaining phosphorus oxyhalide; (c) reacting the monoaryldichlorophosphate product with a dihydroxyaromatic compound and (d) reacting the product of step (c) with a monohydroxyaromatic compound. The solid polymeric flame retardant has a linear structure and less than 10 ppm halogen bound to phosphorus. Also disclosed are resinous compositions comprising the solid polymeric phosphate made by the method of the invention and at least one other polymeric resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Immanuel I. Selvaraj, Gerrit de Wit, Jan Gosens
  • Patent number: 6710108
    Abstract: A polyester composition includes a poly(butylene terephthalate), a nitrogen-containing flame retardant, and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, such that the weight ratio of the total of the nitrogen-containing flame retardant and the phosphorus-containing flame retardant to poly(butylene terephthalate resin) is at least about 0.70, and the weight ratio of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant to the nitrogen-containing flame retardant is at least about 1.0. The compositions have excellent color stability under ultraviolet light aging, good flame retardance, and high impact strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Luc Govaerts, Sapna Halim Talibuddin, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20040044134
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the preparation of polymeric phosphate flame retardants with a molecular weight of at least about 1500 and a softening temperature of at least about 10° C. comprising the steps of (a) reacting a phosphorus oxyhalide with a monohydroxyaromatic compound, (b) removing substantially all of any remaining phosphorus oxyhalide; (c) reacting the monoaryldichlorophosphate product with a dihydroxyaromatic compound and (d) reacting the product of step (c) with a monohydroxyaromatic compound. The solid polymeric flame retardant has a linear structure and less than 10 ppm halogen bound to phosphorus. Also disclosed are resinous compositions comprising the solid polymeric phosphate made by the method of the invention and at least one other polymeric resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Immanuel I. Selvaraj, Gerrit de Wit, Jan Gosens
  • Publication number: 20030216506
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprises a resin composition having 50 to about 90 weight percent of a polyester, about 8 to about 48 weight percent of a polyetherimide, about 2 to about 25 weight percent of a high rubber graft impact modifier, each based on the total resin composition, and up to about 15 weight percent of a particulate filler. A making the composition comprises pre-melt compounding a polyester, a polyetherimide, and a high rubber graft impact modifier to form a pre-compounded blend, wherein the pre-compounded blend has a Tg of greater than or equal to about 110° C.; and dry-blending a crystallized polyester with the pre-compounded blend to form the molding composition. Such molding compositions are particularly useful in blow-molding container for liquids such as beer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Bernardus Damman, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20030073763
    Abstract: A polyester composition includes a poly(butylene terephthalate), a nitrogen-containing flame retardant, and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, such that the weight ratio of the total of the nitrogen-containing flame retardant and the phosphorus-containing flame retardant to poly(butylene terephthalate resin) is at least about 0.70, and the weight ratio of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant to the nitrogen-containing flame retardant is at least about 1.0. The compositions have excellent color stability under ultraviolet light aging, good flame retardance, and high impact strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Luc Govaerts, Sapna Halim Talibuddin, Gerrit de Wit
  • Publication number: 20030022969
    Abstract: A halogen-free, flame retardant polyester composition comprises, based on the total composition,
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Gosens, Gerrit de Wit, Tieb Aouraghe