Patents by Inventor Kimberly L. Young

Kimberly L. Young 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).

  • Fiber reinforced TPU composites
    Patent number: 9068076
    Abstract: A catalyst masterbatch is disclosed, which when used with a rigid TPU polymer, will cause the rigid TPU to depolymerize during melt processing and repolymerize as the melt is being cooled. This feature is of particular interest in a pultrusion process to create TPU/fiber composites. The catalyst masterbatch contains a relative soft TPU polymer where the catalyst has been swelled or absorbed into the soft TPU polymer. A carrier, such as a plasticizer, can be used to aid the transport of the catalyst into the soft TPU polymer. The catalyst masterbatch is used as an additive to the rigid TPU in a pultrusion process to make the composites. The catalyst masterbatch can also be used in non-fiber reinforced rigid TPU compositions to increase the Mw of melt processed rigid TPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome J. Blayne, Kemal Onder, Shane R. Parnell, Kimberly L. Young
  • Fiber Reinforced TPU Composites
    Publication number: 20110143031
    Abstract: A catalyst masterbatch is disclosed, which when used with a rigid TPU polymer, will cause the rigid TPU to depolymerize during melt processing and repolymerize as the melt is being cooled. This feature is of particular interest in a pultrusion process to create TPU/fiber composites. The catalyst masterbatch contains a relative soft TPU polymer where the catalyst has been swelled or absorbed into the soft TPU polymer. A carrier, such as a plasticizer, can be used to aid the transport of the catalyst into the soft TPU polymer. The catalyst masterbatch is used as an additive to the rigid TPU in a pultrusion process to make the composites. The catalyst masterbatch can also be used in non-fiber reinforced rigid TPU compositions to increase the Mw of melt processed rigid TPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jerome J. Blayne, Kemal Onder, Shane R. Parnell, Kimberly L. Young