Patents by Inventor Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink
Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink 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: 11661678Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: AVIENT PROTECTIVE MATERIALS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Patent number: 11505879Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Publication number: 20220018040Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Publication number: 20210148011Abstract: The present invention is concerned with filled multifilament yarn comprising a UHMWPE with an intrinsic viscosity, a filler with a diameter of at most 20 ?m in an amount such that the ratio of the mass of filler to the combined masses of UHMWPE and filler is between 0.02 and 0.50 and whereby the intrinsic viscosity is at most 225 times the filler ratio and whereby at least (i) the coefficient of variation in linear density between the filaments of said yarn is at most 12%, (ii) the coefficient of variation in tenacity (ten) between the filaments of said yarn is at most 12%, or (iii) the coefficient of variation of the Tenacity (TEN) of the multifilament yarn is at most 1.0%. The application is further concerned with a method to produce such yarn and articles comprising such yarn.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Christoph HACKER, Roelof MARISSEN
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Publication number: 20200299866Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Patent number: 10711375Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Publication number: 20200131672Abstract: The invention is concerned with filled multifilament yarn according to the present invention whereby the filler ratio, ?, in the yarn is greater than 0.004 times the IV of the UHMWPE present in the multifilament yarn (IVYUH), i.e. ??0.004 g/dL*IVyH* and whereby the tenacity (TEN, in cN/dtex) of the filled multifilament yarn is such that TEN?IVYUH*(1.5-3.25*?), or whereby the tenacity of a filled monofilament in the yarn is ten?IVYUH*(2-4.35*X). The invention is further concerned with a method to manufacture said multifilament yarn and articles comprising said multifilament yarn.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Christoph HACKER, Roelof MARISSEN
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Patent number: 10612892Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Patent number: 10557690Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Patent number: 10557689Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas Jacobs, Roeloef Marissen
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Patent number: 10485900Abstract: High performance polyethylene (HPPE) members include at least 5 wt-% of a radiopaque component. The HPPE members are biocompatible and the radiopaque component is a particulate at least partially arranged inside a HPPE filament of the HPPE members. The radiopaque component may have a particle size of at most 1 ?m, preferably at most 0.5 ?m. Methods of making the HPPE members and various medical devices and repair products which include the HPPE members are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Claudia Maria Vaz, Leonardus Gerardus Bernardus Bremer, Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Marko Dorschu, Jozef Maria Rudi Hendrik Goossens, Harm van der Werff
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Publication number: 20190212100Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Publication number: 20190212099Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Publication number: 20190212098Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Patent number: 10280532Abstract: Suture containing filaments of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE), characterized in that the suture contains a multi-filament yarn that is obtained by a process comprising the steps of: a) Providing a mixture containing UHMwPE, a spinning solvent and a pigment b) Spinning a multi-filament yarn from the mixture by the gel spinning process.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Claudia C. Vaz
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Patent number: 9957643Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing gel-spun ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres having high tensile strengths and improved creep rates wherein the UHMWPE used in said process is characterized by a difference in the phase angle according to Formula 1 ??=?0.001??100??(1) of at most 42°, wherein ?0.001 is the phase angle at an angular frequency of 0.001 rad/sec; and ?100 is the phase angle at an angular frequency of 100 rad/sec as measured with a frequency sweep dynamic rheological technique at 150° C. on a 10% solution of UHMWPE in paraffin oil, provided that ?100 is at most 18°. The invention further relates to gel-spun UHMWPE fibres produced thereof. The gel-spun UHMWPE fibres of the invention have a tensile strength of at least 4 GPa, and a creep rate of at most 5×10?7 sec?1 as measured at 70° C. under a load of 600 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Paulus Antonius Maria Steeman
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Patent number: 9903689Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered material sheet comprising a consolidated stack of unidirectional monolayers of drawn polymer. The draw direction of two subsequent monolayers in the stack differs. Moreover the strength to thickness ratio of at least one monolayer is larger than 4.5.1013 N/m3. The invention also relates to a ballistic resistant article comprising the multilayered material sheet and to a process for the preparation of the ballistic resistant article.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Roelof Marissen, Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Reinard Jozef Maria Steeman, Gijsbertus Hendrikus Maria Calis, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Jean Hubert Marie Beugels, David Vanek, Johann Van Elburg, Alexander Volker Peters, Steen Tanderup, Marko Dorschu
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Patent number: 9863742Abstract: The invention relates to ballistic resistant article having a multilayered material sheet which includes a consolidated stack of unidirectional monolayers of drawn polymer, whereby the draw direction of two subsequent monolayers in the stack differs. At least one monolayer comprises a plurality of unidirectional tapes of the drawn polymer, aligned in the same direction, whereby adjacent tapes do not overlap. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the multilayered material sheet, and to a ballistic resistant article comprising the multilayered material sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Roelof Marissen, Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Reinard Jozef Maria Steeman, Gijsbertus Hendrikus Maria Calis, Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Jean Hubert Marie Beugels, David Vanek, Johann Van Elburg, Alexander Volker Peters, Steen Tanderup, Marko Dorschu
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Publication number: 20170370681Abstract: Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp* DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Jacobus Johannes MENCKE, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas JACOBS, Roeloef MARISSEN
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Publication number: 20170319753Abstract: The invention concerns a high performance polyethylene (HPPE) member comprising at least 5 wt-% of a radiopaque component, the HPPE member is biocompatible and the radiopaque component is a particulate at least partially arranged inside a HPPE filament of the HPPE member. Furthermore, the radiopaque component has a particle size of at most 1 ?m, preferably the radiopaque component has a particle size of at most 0.5 ?m. The invention also concerns a method of making the HPPE member and various medical devices and repair products comprising the HPPE member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Claudia Maria VAZ, Leonardus Gerardus Bernardus BREMER, Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK, Marko DORSCHU, Jozef Maria Rudi Hendrik GOOSSENS, Harm van der WERFF