Patents by Inventor Nicole Swanson

Nicole Swanson 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).

  • Polybutadiene graft copolymers as coupling agents for carbon black and silica dispersion in rubber compounds
    Patent number: 10472449
    Abstract: Coupling agents useful for preparing vulcanized composition with filers such as silica and carbon black are provided. The coupling agents include fluorine substituted styrene compounds and styrene compounds containing a hydrocarbyloxysilane functional group. The coupling agents may be grafted onto polydiene polymers or added into a vulcanizable composition as an oligomer. The use of one or both of fluorine substituted styrene compounds and styrene compounds containing a hydrocarbyloxysilane functional group may improve the strength, rolling resistance, and/or cure rate of a vulcanized polymer compared to a vulcanized polymer without a coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Coleen Pugh, Sadhan C. Jana, Nicole Swanson, Prasad Raut, Hamad Albehaijan
  • POLYBUTADIENE GRAFT COPOLYMERS AS COUPLING AGENTS FOR CARBON BLACK AND SILICA DISPERSION IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170298166
    Abstract: Coupling agents useful for preparing vulcanized composition with filers such as silica and carbon black are provided. The coupling agents include fluorine substituted styrene compounds and styrene compounds containing a hydrocarbyloxysilane functional group. The coupling agents may be grafted onto polydiene polymers or added into a vulcanizable composition as an oligomer. The use of one or both of fluorine substituted styrene compounds and styrene compounds containing a hydrocarbyloxysilane functional group may improve the strength, rolling resistance, and/or cure rate of a vulcanized polymer compared to a vulcanized polymer without a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Coleen Pugh, Sadhan C. Jana, Nicole Swanson, Prasad Raut, Hamad Albehaijan