Patents by Inventor James L. Huff

James L. Huff 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).

  • Apparatus and method for direct injection of additives into a polymer melt stream
    Patent number: 6455612
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and method for injecting an additive directly into a polymer melt stream. The method comprises supplying a melt flow of a polymeric host material to a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly and injecting at least one additive into at least one predetermined location in a cross-section of the melt flow of the polymeric host material while the melt flow passes through the die assembly. The method achieves uniform dosing of the one or more additives in the extrusion direction in the polymeric host material without homogeneously mixing the one or more additives and the polymeric host material. The apparatus for directly injecting one or more additives into a polymer melt stream comprises a pumping system, a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly, and a distribution line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Helms, Jr., Dominick A. Burlone, James L. Huff, Thomas Kessler, Herman Brandt, Walter Gotz, Jürgen Hofmann
  • Methods of making multiphase elongate polymeric extrudates by directing additives into a cross-sectional location thereof
    Patent number: 6391239
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and method for injecting an additive directly into a polymer melt stream. The method comprises supplying a melt flow of a polymeric host material to a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly and injecting at least one additive into at least one predetermined location in a cross-section of the melt flow of the polymeric host material while the melt flow passes through the die assembly. The method achieves uniform dosing of the one or more additives in the extrusion direction in the polymeric host material without homogeneously mixing the one or more additives and the polymeric host material. The apparatus for directly injecting one or more additives into a polymer melt stream comprises a pumping system, a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly, and a distribution line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Helms, Jr., Dominick A. Burlone, James L. Huff, Thomas Kessler, Herman Brandt, Walter Gotz, Jürgen Hofmann
  • Apparatus and method for direct injection of additives into a polymer melt stream
    Patent number: 6289928
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and method for injecting an additive directly into a polymer melt stream. The method comprises supplying a melt flow of a polymeric host material to a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly and injecting at least one additive into at least one predetermined location in a cross-section of the melt flow of the polymeric host material while the melt flow passes through the die assembly. The method achieves uniform dosing of the one or more additives in the extrusion direction in the polymeric host material without homogeneously mixing the one or more additives and the polymeric host material. The apparatus for directly injecting one or more additives into a polymer melt stream comprises a pumping system, a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly, and a distribution line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Helms, Jr., Dominick A. Burlone, James L. Huff, Thomas Kessler, Herman Brandt, Walter Gotz, Jürgen Hofmann
  • Apparatus and method for direct injection of additives into a polymer melt stream
    Publication number: 20010009941
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and method for injecting an additive directly into a polymer melt stream. The method comprises supplying a melt flow of a polymeric host material to a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly and injecting at least one additive into at least one predetermined location in a cross-section of the melt flow of the polymeric host material while the melt flow passes through the die assembly. The method achieves uniform dosing of the one or more additives in the extrusion direction in the polymeric host material without homogeneously mixing the one or more additives and the polymeric host material. The apparatus for directly injecting one or more additives into a polymer melt stream comprises a pumping system, a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly, and a distribution line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: BASF Corporation.
    Inventors: Charles F. Helms, Dominick A. Burlone, James L. Huff, Thomas Kessler
  • Apparatus and method for direct injection of additives into a polymer melt stream
    Publication number: 20010000234
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and method for injecting an additive directly into a polymer melt stream. The method comprises supplying a melt flow of a polymeric host material to a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly and injecting at least one additive into at least one predetermined location in a cross-section of the melt flow of the polymeric host material while the melt flow passes through the die assembly. The method achieves uniform dosing of the one or more additives in the extrusion direction in the polymeric host material without homogeneously mixing the one or more additives and the polymeric host material. The apparatus for directly injecting one or more additives into a polymer melt stream comprises a pumping system, a die assembly having a thin-plate assembly, and a distribution line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: April 12, 2001
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Helms, Dominick A. Burlone, James L. Huff, Thomas Kessler