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).

  • Patent number: 7025851
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Christopher G. Keck
  • Patent number: 6872792
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
  • Patent number: 6800170
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
  • Patent number: 6777026
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Halladay, Frank J. Krakowski, Kenneth C. Caster, Ernest Barritt Troughton, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040068036
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: James R. Halladay, Frank J. Krakowski, Kenneth C. Caster, Ernest Barritt Troughton
  • Publication number: 20030230598
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: LORD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
  • Publication number: 20030058812
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kendall, Kenneth C. Caster
  • Publication number: 20020166629
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Christopher G. Keck
  • Publication number: 20020015519
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Tokas, Kenneth C. Caster
  • Patent number: 4865758
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Caster, Ronald L. Readshaw