Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Thomas Fields

Jeffrey Thomas Fields 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).

  • Building materials, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 9157242
    Abstract: Building materials include a dampening layer which contains a plaster, and hollow microspheres, such as polymeric microspheres. Methods of making a sound dampening material include providing a plaster mixture. The mixture may include hollow microspheres. The plaster mixture is combined with water to form a slurry. The slurry is applied to a surface so that it sets to form a sound dampening layer. Methods of dampening sound through a structure include disposing a dampening layer on a surface of or within a wall, door, floor, ceiling, roof, or floor/ceiling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Jeffrey Thomas Fields
  • Building materials, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 8926855
    Abstract: Building materials include a dampening layer which contains a plaster and a viscoelastic polymer, such as polyvinyl butyral. The dampening layer may also include a barium salt. Methods of making a sound dampening material include providing a plaster mixture. The mixture may include a viscoelastic polymer and/or a barium salt. The plaster mixture is combined with water and/or a viscoelastic polymer dispersion, to form a slurry. The slurry is applied to a surface and set to form a sound dampening layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Jeffrey Thomas Fields
  • BUILDING MATERIALS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140175322
    Abstract: Building materials include a dampening layer which contains a plaster, and hollow microspheres, such as polymeric microspheres. Methods of making a sound dampening material include providing a plaster mixture. The mixture may include hollow microspheres. The plaster mixture is combined with water to form a slurry. The slurry is applied to a surface so that it sets to form a sound dampening layer. Methods of dampening sound through a structure include disposing a dampening layer on a surface of or within a wall, door, floor, ceiling, roof, or floor/ceiling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Jeffrey Thomas Fields
  • BUILDING MATERIALS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140175320
    Abstract: Building materials include a dampening layer which contains a plaster and a viscoelastic polymer, such as polyvinyl butyral. The dampening layer may also include a barium salt. Methods of making a sound dampening material include providing a plaster mixture. The mixture may include a viscoelastic polymer and/or a barium salt. The plaster mixture is combined with water and/or a viscoelastic polymer dispersion, to form a slurry. The slurry is applied to a surface and set to form a sound dampening layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Vincent B. Thomas, Jeffrey Thomas Fields