Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Caster
Kenneth C. Caster 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: 7025851Abstract: A method for bonding a material to a first substrate surface that includes providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface and then contacting that surface with a material that undergoes a metathesis reaction to bond the material to the first substrate surface. There are two embodiments of this method—a coating process and an adhesive process. In the coating embodiment, the metathesizable material is contacted with the catalyst on the substrate surface so that it undergoes metathesis polymerization to form the coating. The adhesive process includes (a) providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface, (b) providing a metathesizable material between the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface, and (c) contacting the catalyst on the first substrate surface with the metathesizable material so that the metathesizable material undergoes a metathesis reaction and bonds the first substrate surface to the second substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Lord CorporationInventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Christopher G. Keck
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Patent number: 6872792Abstract: An adhesive or coating composition prepared by mixing together at least one metathesizable highly-reactive cycloolefin (e.g., a norbornadiene) and a metathesis catalyst. The use of highly-reactive cycloolefins can provide exceptional adherence to a low-surface-tension substrate. Another embodiment is a two-part adhesive or coating system wherein the first part includes at least one first metathesizable material, and the second part includes at least one liquid metathesis oligomer or polymer and a metathesis catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Lord CorporationInventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
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Patent number: 6800170Abstract: An adhesive or coating composition prepared by mixing together at least one metathesizable highly-reactive cycloolefin (e.g., a norbornadiene) and a metathesis catalyst. The use of highly-reactive cycloolefins can provide exceptional adherence to a low-surface-tension substrate. Another embodiment is a two-part adhesive or coating system wherein the first part includes at least one first metathesizable material, and the second part includes at least one liquid metathesis oligomer or polymer and a metathesis catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Lord CorporationInventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
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Patent number: 6777026Abstract: Emissive coatings for flexible substrates, preferably elastomers or elastomers bonded to metal are disclosed The coating composition is formed by combining parts (a) and (b) where part (a) comprises an organic solution or aqueous dispersion of a functional group containing polymer or copolymer and thermal conductive filler; and part (b) comprises a liquid curing component, for example a poly isocyanate, a carbodiimide, or an amino resin. The coating compounds can be applied to an substrate either before or after the substrate has been vulcanized. The coatings can be cured at ambient temperatures and provide heat dissipation over long term service at elevated temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Lord CorporationInventors: James R. Halladay, Frank J. Krakowski, Kenneth C. Caster, Ernest Barritt Troughton, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040068036Abstract: Emissive coatings for flexible substrates, preferably elastomers or elastomers bonded to metal are disclosed The coating composition is formed by combining parts (a) and (b) where part (a) comprises an organic solution or aqueous dispersion of a functional group containing polymer or copolymer and thermal conductive filler; and part (b) comprises a liquid curing component, for example a poly isocyanate, a carbodiimide, or an amino resin. The coating compounds can be applied to an substrate either before or after the substrate has been vulcanized. The coatings can be cured at ambient temperatures and provide heat dissipation over long term service at elevated temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventors: James R. Halladay, Frank J. Krakowski, Kenneth C. Caster, Ernest Barritt Troughton
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Publication number: 20030230598Abstract: An adhesive or coating composition prepared by mixing together at least one metathesizable highly-reactive cycloolefin (e.g., a norbornadiene) and a metathesis catalyst. The use of highly-reactive cycloolefins can provide exceptional adherence to a low-surface-tension substrate. Another embodiment is a two-part adhesive or coating system wherein the first part includes at least one first metathesizable material, and the second part includes at least one liquid metathesis oligomer or polymer and a metathesis catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: LORD CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
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Publication number: 20030058812Abstract: An adhesive or coating composition prepared by mixing together at least one metathesizable highly-reactive cycloolefin (e.g., a norbornadiene) and a metathesis catalyst. The use of highly-reactive cycloolefins can provide exceptional adherence to a low-surface-tension substrate. Another embodiment is a two-part adhesive or coating system wherein the first part includes at least one first metathesizable material, and the second part includes at least one liquid metathesis oligomer or polymer and a metathesis catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Lord CorporationInventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
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Publication number: 20020166629Abstract: A method for bonding a material to a first substrate surface that includes providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface and then contacting that surface with a material that undergoes a metathesis reaction to bond the material to the first substrate surface. There are two embodiments of this method—a coating process and an adhesive process. In the coating embodiment, the metathesizable material is contacted with the catalyst on the substrate surface so that it undergoes metathesis polymerization to form the coating. The adhesive process includes (a) providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface, (b) providing a metathesizable material between the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface, and (c) contacting the catalyst on the first substrate surface with the metathesizable material so that the metathesizable material undergoes a metathesis reaction and bonds the first substrate surface to the second substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: November 14, 2002Applicant: Lord CorporationInventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Christopher G. Keck
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Publication number: 20020015519Abstract: A method for bonding a material to a fibrous substrate surface that includes providing a catalyst at the fibrous substrate surface, then contacting that surface with a material that undergoes a metathesis reaction and then bonding the fibrous substrate surface to a second substrate. There are two embodiments of this method—a coating process and an adhesive process. In the coating embodiment, the metathesizable material is contacted with the catalyst on the substrate surface so that it undergoes metathesis polymerization to form the coating. The adhesive process includes (a) providing a catalyst at the fibrous substrate surface, (b) contacting the catalyst on the fibrous substrate surface with a metathesizable material so that the metathesizable material undergoes a metathesis reaction; and (c) contacting the fibrous substrate surface with a second substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Applicant: Lord CorporationInventors: Edward F. Tokas, Kenneth C. Caster
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Patent number: 4865758Abstract: A paint removing composition comprising lower alkyl-substituted 2-oxazolidinones is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for softening and removing paint which has been applied to a substrate comprising contacting a painted substrate with the above-described paint remover composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1988Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: Union Carbide CorporationInventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Ronald L. Readshaw