Patents by Inventor Kent R. Miller

Kent R. Miller 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: 12103209
    Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kent R Miller, Michael P. Kowalski, Bruce M. Mulholland
  • Publication number: 20240075664
    Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kent R. Miller, Michael P. Kowalski, Bruce M. Mulholland
  • Patent number: 11801625
    Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Kent R. Miller, Michael P. Kowalski, Bruce M. Mulholland
  • Publication number: 20200290247
    Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kent R. Miller, Michael P. Kowalski, Bruce M. Mulholland
  • Patent number: 9545611
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of initiating chain reaction in a chain reaction medium including (a) a macroinitiator and (b) chain reactants selected from monomers, reactive oligomers, reactive diluents and derivatives thereof and mixtures of the forgoing. The macroinitiator includes a multidentate anchor segment coordinated with a magnetic nanoparticle through more than one bond, and a chain reaction initiator segment bound to the multidentate anchor and providing a weak bond that can be cleaved to initiate a chain reaction. The method further comprises subjecting the chain reaction medium to an alternating current magnetic field to vibrate the magnetic nanoparticle and thereby cleave the weak bond, the cleavage resulting in the initiation of a chain reaction involving the chain reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Mark D Soucek, Kent R Miller
  • Publication number: 20150225567
    Abstract: A polymer composition that comprises a polyarylene sulfide, inorganic fibers, impact modifier, and a functionalized coupling system is provided. The functionalized coupling system includes a disulfide compound and an organosilane compound. The weight ratio of organosilane compounds to disulfide compounds is from about 0.1 to about 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Kent R. Miller, Xiaoyan Tu, Rong Luo, Xinyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140054162
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of initiating chain reaction in a chain reaction medium including (a) a macroinitiator and (b) chain reactants selected from monomers, reactive oligomers, reactive diluents and derivatives thereof and mixtures of the forgoing. The macroinitiator includes a multidentate anchor segment coordinated with a magnetic nanoparticle through more than one bond, and a chain reaction initiator segment bound to the multidentate anchor and providing a weak bond that can be cleaved to initiate a chain reaction. The method further comprises subjecting the chain reaction medium to an alternating current magnetic field to vibrate the magnetic nanoparticle and thereby cleave the weak bond, the cleavage resulting in the initiation of a chain reaction involving the chain reactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Mark D. Soucek, Kent R. Miller
  • Patent number: 5266368
    Abstract: A biodegradable low density packing material, comprising an expanded wheat and starch product having high dimensional stability at high humidity and temperature ambient conditions. The invention also includes a method of preparing a low density biodegradable packaging material having a blended mix of wheat, amylose starch and amylopectin starch with approximately 1% gelatin being added after the initial mixing of the product at temperatures of 300.degree. to 350.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: International Grain & Milling Company
    Inventor: Kent R. Miller