Patents by Inventor Joseph Trentacosta

Joseph Trentacosta 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).

  • Publication number: 20070172594
    Abstract: A process of treating a woven fabric by applying to the fabric a viscous polymer in a 5 to 40 wt % solution with a solvent, wherein the polymer has a Tg in the range of about minus 40 to about 0° C. and a zero shear melt viscosity of about 2×106 to about 1013 poise when measured at 20° C. and then evaporating the solvent such that the polymer only partially penetrates the fabric and penetrates to in and between fiber bundles before the polymer solidifies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Bryan Sauer, Kalika Samant, Joseph Trentacosta, Minshon Chiou, James Davis
  • Publication number: 20060280906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous adaptive membrane structure that has movable membranes. The structure can be made to change its gas, liquid or particulate permeability in response to surrounding environmental conditions. The application of this invention is includes protective apparel that is comfortable to wear wherein the level of protection provided is based on conditions in the environment. Hence, the protective apparel is highly breathable and comfortable in a non-hazardous environment but impermeable or only semipermeable in a hazardous environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Trentacosta, Vivek Kapur
  • Publication number: 20050282007
    Abstract: A fiber structure made of fiber and about 1 to about 15 wt % of a polymer that has a Tg in the range of ?60 to about 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Bryan Sauer, Kalika Samant, Joseph Trentacosta
  • Publication number: 20050282450
    Abstract: A fibrous structure made from a fiber and about 1 to about 15 wt % of a high viscosity polymer that has a glass transition temperature of about minus 40 to about 0° C. and useful for making bullet resistant articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Bryan Sauer, Kalika Samant, Joseph Trentacosta
  • Publication number: 20050249917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous adaptive membrane structure that has movable membranes. The structure can be made to change its gas, liquid or particulate permeability in response to surrounding environmental conditions. The application of this invention is includes protective apparel that is comfortable to wear wherein the level of protection provided is based on conditions in the environment. Hence, the protective apparel is highly breathable and comfortable in a non-hazardous environment but impermeable or only semipermeable in a hazardous environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Joseph Trentacosta, Vivek Kapur