Patents by Inventor Jeffrey H. Peet
Jeffrey H. Peet 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).
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Patent number: 11795684Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to vapor retarding building materials and methods for making them. The present inventors have found simple and cost-efficient materials that have low water vapor permeability at low relative humidities and that can be provided as a coating on a building material substrate. Notably, in many embodiments, the materials can have high water vapor permeability at high relative humidities. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides vapor retarding articles comprising a building material substrate; and a polymeric coating layer coated on the building material substrate, the polymeric coating layer comprising an inorganic hydrophilic particulate filler dispersed in a continuous organic phase comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the content of the filler is from about 30% to about 85% by weight of the polymeric coating layer, the vapor retarding article configured to have a water vapor permeance of no more than about 1 Perm at 25% relative humidity.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLCInventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Valerio Massara, Kenneth D. Knapp
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Patent number: 11753335Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Publication number: 20230193095Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive may include a silicone based pressure sensitive adhesive component, and an iron oxide filler mixture. The content of the iron oxide filler mixture may be at least about 0.5 wt. % and not greater than about 10.0 wt. % for a total weight of the pressure sensitive adhesive. The pressure sensitive adhesive may have a peel adhesion of at least about 600 g/in when measured at 25° C., and the pressure sensitive adhesive may further have a UL 94 rating of VTM-0, a UL 94 rating of V-0, or a UL 94 rating of both VTM-0 and V-0 when attached to a backing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Dahlia Amato, Gerald A. Elliott, Jeffrey H. Peet, Rachel Brown, Fei Wang
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Publication number: 20220243391Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Matthew Gacek, Nancy E. Brown, Jeffrey H. Peet, Lucas Giardella, Tao Yu
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Publication number: 20220154011Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to flame retarding building materials and methods for making them. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to flame retarding building materials that have both flame retardant character and desirable water vapor permeability values. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a flame retardant vapor retarding membranes comprising: a building material substrate sheet having a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s; and a polymeric coating layer disposed on the building material substrate layer, wherein the coating layer has a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Nicholas David Orf
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Patent number: 11332881Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLCInventors: Matthew Gacek, Nancy E. Brown, Jeffrey H. Peet, Lucas Giardella, Tao Yu
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Publication number: 20220098853Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to vapor retarding building materials and methods for making them. The present inventors have found simple and cost-efficient materials that have low water vapor permeability at low relative humidities and that can be provided as a coating on a building material substrate. Notably, in many embodiments, the materials can have high water vapor permeability at high relative humidities. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides vapor retarding articles comprising a building material substrate; and a polymeric coating layer coated on the building material substrate, the polymeric coating layer comprising an inorganic hydrophilic particulate filler dispersed in a continuous organic phase comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the content of the filler is from about 30% to about 85% by weight of the polymeric coating layer, the vapor retarding article configured to have a water vapor permeance of no more than about 1 Perm at 25% relative humidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Valerio Massara, Kenneth D. Knapp
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Patent number: 11236237Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to flame retarding building materials and methods for making them. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to flame retarding building materials that have both flame retardant character and desirable water vapor permeability values. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a flame retardant vapor retarding membranes comprising: a building material substrate sheet having a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s; and a polymeric coating layer disposed on the building material substrate layer, wherein the coating layer has a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLCInventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Nicholas David Orf
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Patent number: 11230648Abstract: A polymer material including a fluorinated component and a silicone component can exhibit improved performance, such as increased thermal stability. An article can include the polymer material. For example, a coated fabric including the polymer material can exhibit improved dielectric strength. A composition for forming the polymer material can include a dispersion comprising a fluorinated component and an emulsion comprising a reactive silicone component. In an embodiment, a single pass film formed from the composition can have an increased critical crack thickness. A method can include forming a polymer material from the composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Gacek, Jeffrey H. Peet, Florence Py
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Patent number: 11136755Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to vapor retarding building materials and methods for making them. The present inventors have found simple and cost-efficient materials that have low water vapor permeability at low relative humidities and that can be provided as a coating on a building material substrate. Notably, in many embodiments, the materials can have high water vapor permeability at high relative humidities. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides vapor retarding articles comprising a building material substrate; and a polymeric coating layer coated on the building material substrate, the polymeric coating layer comprising an inorganic hydrophilic particulate filler dispersed in a continuous organic phase comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the content of the filler is from about 30% to about 85% by weight of the polymeric coating layer, the vapor retarding article configured to have a water vapor permeance of no more than about 1 Perm at 25% relative humidity.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Valerio Massara, Kenneth D. Knapp
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Publication number: 20210197342Abstract: Systems and methods include providing a coated abrasive article with a substrate formed from a plurality of hygroscopic fibers, an abrasive layer comprising a make coat, a size coat, a supersize coat, or combinations thereof disposed on a first side of substrate, and an anti-curl layer disposed on a second side of the substrate. The polymer-based anti-curl layer allows the coated abrasive article to achieve a change in curl between ?5 millimeters and 25 millimeters, the change in curl being expressed as the curl of the coated abrasive article in millimeters at 90% relative humidity minus the curl of the coated abrasive article in millimeters at 20% relative humidity. The coated abrasive article exhibits substantially no loss of grinding performance, burst speed, or a combination thereof as compared to coated abrasive articles free of the anti-curl layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Doruk O. Yener, Charles G. Lester, Darrell K. Everts, Yunshang Ma
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Patent number: 11020946Abstract: A building board, particularly a gypsum board, can have a high fastener sealability if protected by the combination of thin layers of an extruded polymer film and a thermoplastic coating layer. The combination of extruded polymer film and thermoplastic coating layer is designed such that the gypsum board can also tolerate overdriven fasteners, thus exceeding the requirements of ASTM D1970-15.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Artemis Agelaridou-Twohig, Michael J. Lemberger, Todd P. DiNoia, Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy
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Patent number: 10995032Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Patent number: 10988630Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to coating compositions, coated articles, and methods in which the coated article is adapted to exhibit a particular permeance profile, such as, for example, a variable water vapor perm rating of about 1 perm or less at 25% average RH and about 15 perms or more at 95% average relative humidity, as tested by ASTM E96 at 21° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Sam Yuan, Timothy J. Coogan
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Publication number: 20200223751Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey H. PEET, Nancy E. BROWN, Tao YU, Gary Charles HILDRETH
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Publication number: 20200123406Abstract: A polymer material including a fluorinated component and a silicone component can exhibit improved performance, such as increased thermal stability. An article can include the polymer material. For example, a coated fabric including the polymer material can exhibit improved dielectric strength. A composition for forming the polymer material can include a dispersion comprising a fluorinated component and an emulsion comprising a reactive silicone component. In an embodiment, a single pass film formed from the composition can have an increased critical crack thickness. A method can include forming a polymer material from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Matthew GACEK, Jeffrey H. PEET, Florence PY
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Patent number: 10584059Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Patent number: 10508435Abstract: A weather resistive barrier (WRB) for the exterior protection of building substrates can have a water vapor permeability that decreases with increasing temperature. In an embodiment, the WRB includes a coating comprising a LCST polymer, and may further include a second polymer. The WRB can be part of a building assembly, part of a sheet, or a sheet itself, the sheet having an air permeability of less than 0.02 L/(s m2) at a pressure of 75 Pa. Furthermore a liquid coating composition can include a LCST polymer and a second polymer, wherein the liquid coating composition can be adapted that a solid coating formed by the liquid coating composition has an air permeability of less than 0.02 L/(s m2) at a pressure of 75 Pa and a water vapor permeability that decreases with increasing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Bertrand Heurtefeu, Nicole Love, Antoine Diguet
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Building assembly containing a water barrier coating film and method of making the building assembly
Patent number: 10472293Abstract: A building assembly can include a substrate and a water barrier coating film. The water barrier coating film can include a thermoplastic polymer and microporous particles, such as microporous glass beads. The water barrier coating film can provide a good protection towards liquid water but may allow water vapor flow from the substrate through the coating film. The water vapor permeability of the water barrier coating film can be at least 2 US perms as tested according to ASTM E96 (2014) at 21° C. and 50% average relative humidity.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Michael J. Lemberger, Natacha Huynh, Nicole Love -
Publication number: 20190211500Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Matthew GACEK, Nancy E. BROWN, Jeffrey H. PEET, Lucas GIARDELLA, Tao YU