Patents by Inventor Nicolas Sauty

Nicolas Sauty 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).

  • System and method for processing guayule rubber
    Patent number: 11767380
    Abstract: A guayule rubber processing system and method involves mixing a guayule rubber and at least one solvent blend in an extruder, in order to remove resin found in the guayule miscella and to precipitate the guayule miscella to form a precipitate. The at least one solvent blend has a first solvent configured to precipitate the guayule rubber, and a second solvent configured to swell the resulting precipitate. In particular, a series of the solvent blends may be used at different locations along a length of the extruder and may further include distinct blends of the first solvent and the second solvent, introduced at the different locations, and having different ratios of the first solvent and the second solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Howard Colvin, Nicolas Sauty
  • Guayule latex extrusion
    Patent number: 11440977
    Abstract: A latex processing system and method involves mixing a latex and at least one solvent blend in an extruder, in order to remove resin found in the latex and to coagulate the latex to form a coagulum. The at least one solvent blend has a first solvent configured to coagulate the latex, and a second solvent configured to swell the resulting coagulum. In particular, a series of the solvent blends may be used at different locations along a length of the extruder, and may further include distinct blends of the first solvent and the second solvent, introduced at the different locations, and having different ratios of the first solvent and the second solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Sauty, Brittney Sunday, Howard Colvin
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GUAYULE RUBBER
    Publication number: 20210054115
    Abstract: A guayule rubber processing system and method involves mixing a guayule rubber and at least one solvent blend in an extruder, in order to remove resin found in the guayule miscella and to precipitate the guayule miscella to form a precipitate. The at least one solvent blend has a first solvent configured to precipitate the guayule rubber, and a second solvent configured to swell the resulting precipitate. In particular, a series of the solvent blends may be used at different locations along a length of the extruder and may further include distinct blends of the first solvent and the second solvent, introduced at the different locations, and having different ratios of the first solvent and the second solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Howard Colvin, Nicolas Sauty
  • Process for producing epoxidized polymers
    Patent number: 10836841
    Abstract: A process for forming an epoxidized rubber including dissolving a rubber in a solvent and epoxidizing the rubber in the presence of an epoxidation reagent. The solvent is selected such that the rubber is soluble therein but the epoxidized rubber precipitates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Sauty, Howard Colvin
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EPOXIDIZED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20190127495
    Abstract: A process for forming an epoxidized rubber including dissolving a rubber in a solvent and epoxidizing the rubber in the presence of an epoxidation reagent. The solvent is selected such that the rubber is soluble therein but the epoxidized rubber precipitates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Nicolas Sauty, Howard Colvin
  • GUAYULE LATEX EXTRUSION
    Publication number: 20180230243
    Abstract: A latex processing system and method involves mixing a latex and at least one solvent blend in an extruder, in order to remove resin found in the latex and to coagulate the latex to form a coagulum. The at least one solvent blend has a first solvent configured to coagulate the latex, and a second solvent configured to swell the resulting coagulum. In particular, a series of the solvent blends may be used at different locations along a length of the extruder, and may further include distinct blends of the first solvent and the second solvent, introduced at the different locations, and having different ratios of the first solvent and the second solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Sauty, Brittney Sunday, Howard Colvin