Patents by Inventor Nick Evan Shepard

Nick Evan Shepard 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: 8084135
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski
  • Patent number: 8013058
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski
  • Publication number: 20110060099
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski
  • Publication number: 20110060092
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dongchan AHN, Nick Evan SHEPARD, Harold Christian FOWLER, Kevin Louis NICHOLS, John Matthew WARAKOMSKI
  • Patent number: 7858197
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski
  • Publication number: 20080177000
    Abstract: A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Nick Evan Shepard, Harold Christian Fowler, Kevin Louis Nichols, John Matthew Warakomski