Patents by Inventor Ray E. Drumright
Ray E. Drumright 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).
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Patent number: 11932775Abstract: A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and silicone imine resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups and the silicone imine forms an amino-functional silicone in the presence of water. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Siliicones CorporationInventors: Alan M. Piwowar, Ray E. Drumright, Erin B. Vogel, Gary M. Wieber, Patrick J. Fryfogle, Yanxiang Li, Susan M. Machelski, Paul J. Popa, Adam C. Tomasik, Gerald Lawrence Witucki
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Publication number: 20240043700Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of acrylic polymer particles; paraffin wax; graphite particles; and extender particles. The composition is useful for making coatings with low water pickup for liquid applied sound damping applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Ian D. Robertson, Michael W. Leonard, Ray E. Drumright, James C. Bohling
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Publication number: 20240002673Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising metal coated with an aqueous dispersion of polyolefin particles as well as metal coated with a polyolefin film arising from this dispersion. More particularly the polyolefin particles of the present invention are predominantly polypropylene particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Houxiang Tang, David L. Malotky, Nicholas B. Schaffer, Hanze Ying, Bernhard U. Kainz, Cynthia A. Stants, Luqing Qi, Ray E. Drumright, Jonathan F. Mason
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Patent number: 11834584Abstract: A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and amino-functional silicone resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Dow Silicones CorporationInventors: Erin B. Vogel, Susan Machelski, Ray E. Drumright, Paul J. Popa, Gary M. Wieber, Gerald Lawrence Witucki, Patrick J. Fryfogle, Adam C. Tomasik
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Patent number: 11661238Abstract: The instant invention provides a coated container device, and method of making the same. The coated container device according to the instant invention comprises: (1) a metal substrate; and (2) one or more crosslinked coating layers associated with the metal substrate, wherein the one or more crosslinked coating layers are derived from the application of one or more aqueous dispersions to at least one surface of the metal substrate, and wherein the one or more aqueous dispersion comprise: (a) one or more a base polymer; (b) one or more a stabilizing agent; (c) optionally one or more neutralizing agents, (d) one or more crosslinking agents; and (e) water.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Bernhard Kainz, Richard A. Lundgard, David L. Malotky, Jodi M. Mecca, Charles F. Diehl, Ray E. Drumright
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Publication number: 20230151549Abstract: The present invention relates to an article and a method for its preparation; the article comprises a cured polymeric film superposing paper or paperboard. The polymeric film is derived from a dispersion which comprises: a) a dispersant which is a copolymer with an acid value of 130 or less, comprising structural units of ethylene and a carboxylic acid monomer, wherein the copolymer has a melt flow index in the range of from 50 to 2000 g/10 min at 190° C./2.16 kg; wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of structural units of ethylene to carboxylic acid monomer is in the range of from 95:5 to 70:30; and wherein the dispersant has a concentration in the range of from 9 to 50 weight percent based on the weight of polymer solids in the dispersion; b) a base polymer comprising non-functionalized ethylene-co-alkene copolymers, wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of the structural units of ethylene to alkene is in the range of from 99.8:0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Alan M. Piwowar, Ray E. Drumright, Christina N. Ellison, David L. Malotky, Jonathan F. Mason, Hari Katepalli, Luqing Qi, Houxiang Tang, Robert R. Bills
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Patent number: 11643569Abstract: A method for providing a substrate coated with a cured damping coating including: applying a curable liquid damping composition to a substrate, wherein said curable liquid damping composition includes an admixture of certain Michael acceptor(s), certain Michael donor(s), a base catalyst; a rheology modifier; and a solid filler; wherein the filler is a different material than the rheology modifier; wherein the curable damping composition has a PVC of from 20% to 70%; and drying/curing the applied curable damping composition at a temperature of from 0° C. to 250° C. is provided. Also provided is a substrate coated with the cured damping coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Ray E. Drumright, Zhenwen Fu, Justin Gimbal, Craig F. Gorin, Xin Jin
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Publication number: 20230093828Abstract: A curable composition is disclosed. The curable composition comprises (I) an epoxide-functional silicone-acrylate polymer and (II) an aminosiloxane. The epoxide-functional silicone-acrylate polymer comprises acrylate-derived monomeric units comprising siloxane moieties, epoxide-functional moieties, and optionally, hydrocarbyl moieties, and the aminosiloxane comprises an average of at least two amine functional groups per molecule. A method of preparing the curable composition is also disclosed, and includes reacting (A) an acryloxy-functional organosilicon component, (B) an epoxy-functional acrylate component, and optionally (C) an acrylate component, to give the epoxide-functional silicone-acrylate polymer (I), and combining the epoxide-functional silicone-acrylate polymer (I) with the aminosiloxane (II). An aminosiloxane-silicone-acrylate copolymer prepared with the composition, a cured product comprising the same, and methods of preparing the same, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Erin B. VOGEL, Ray E. DRUMRIGHT, Richard COOPER, Jodi M. MECCA, Kangsang LEE, Myoungbae LEE, Matthew JELETIC, Dongchan AHN
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Publication number: 20230086870Abstract: A liquid composition is disclosed. The liquid composition comprises a silicone-acrylate polymer. The silicone-acrylate polymer comprises acrylate-derived monomeric units comprising siloxane moieties, optionally epoxide-functional moieties, and optionally, hydrocarbyl moieties. A method of preparing the silicone-acrylate polymer and the liquid composition is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Erin B. VOGEL, Ray E. DRUMRIGHT, Wesley SATTLER, Tzu-Chi KUO, Jodi M. MECCA, Kangsang LEE
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Patent number: 11485872Abstract: The instant invention is an aqueous based blend composition and method of producing the same. The aqueous based blend composition comprises (a) an aqueous polyolefin dispersion comprising the melt blending product of one or more base polymers and one or more stabilizing agents in the presence of water and optionally one or more neutralizing agents, wherein the polyolefin dispersion has an average volume particle size diameter in the range of from 400 to 1500 nm; and a pH range from 8 to 11; and (b) an acrylic emulsion acrylic solids having an average weight particle size diameter in the range of from 75 to 450 nm; an acid level in the range of from 0.25 to 5 percent by weight of acid monomers based on the weight of the acrylic monomer, and a weight average molecular weight in the range of from 200,000 to 5,000,000 g/mole, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of from 7 to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Denise Lindenmuth, Joceyln Gruver, Ann R. Hermes, Ray E. Drumright
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Patent number: 11401425Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an aqueous dispersion for use in coating applications. The aqueous dispersion includes an aqueous composition and a solid content of a melt blend product having an acid functionalized polypropylene base polymer, a polypropylene copolymer, an acid functionalized polypropylene wax and an acid functionalized polyolefin. The aqueous dispersion is included in a coating composition, where the coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion, a solvent, a crosslinker and a basic water composition having water and a base. The present disclosure also provides for a coated article having a substrate and a coating on the substrate, where the coating includes the coating composition of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Houxiang Tang, David L. Malotky, Ray E. Drumright, Nicholas B. Schaffer, Cynthia Stants, Bernhard Kainz
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Publication number: 20220227536Abstract: The instant invention provides a coated container device, and method of making the same. The coated container device according to the instant invention comprises: (1) a metal substrate; and (2) one or more crosslinked coating layers associated with the metal substrate, wherein the one or more crosslinked coating layers are derived from the application of one or more aqueous dispersions to at least one surface of the metal substrate, and wherein the one or more aqueous dispersion comprise: (a) one or more a base polymer; (b) one or more a stabilizing agent; (c) optionally one or more neutralizing agents, (d) one or more crosslinking agents; and (e) water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Bernhard Kainz, Richard A. Lundgard, David L. Malotky, Jodi M. Mecca, Charles F. Diehl, Ray E. Drumright
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Publication number: 20210348328Abstract: A synthetic leather article comprising a top coating derived from externally emulsified PUD and a 2K non-solvent PU foam is provided. The leather article exhibits high delamination resistance while retaining superior mechanical properties and appearance comparable with those derived from the organic solvent-based PU. A method for preparing the synthetic leather article is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Xiangyang Tai, Chao Zhang, Jiawen Xiong, Ray E. Drumright
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Publication number: 20210261818Abstract: A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and silicone imine resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups and the silicone imine forms an amino-functional silicone in the presence of water. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Alan M. Piwowar, Ray E. Drumright, Erin B. Vogel, Gary M. Wieber, Patrick J. Fryfogle, Yanxiang Li, Susan M. Machelski, Paul J. Popa, Adam C. Tomasik, Gerald Lawrence Witucki
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Publication number: 20210253900Abstract: A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and amino-functional silicone resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Erin B. Vogel, Susan M. Machelski, Ray E. Drumright, Paul J. Popa, Gary M. Wieber, Gerald Lawrence Witucki, Patrick J. Fryfogle, Adam C. Tomasik
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Publication number: 20210155823Abstract: A method for providing a substrate coated with a cured damping coating including: applying a curable liquid damping composition to a substrate, wherein said curable liquid damping composition includes an admixture of certain Michael acceptor(s), certain Michael donor(s), a base catalyst; a rheology modifier; and a solid filler; wherein the filler is a different material than the rheology modifier; wherein the curable damping composition has a PVC of from 20% to 70%; and drying/curing the applied curable damping composition at a temperature of from 0° C. to 250° C. is provided. Also provided is a substrate coated with the cured damping coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Ray E. Drumright, Zhenwen Fu, Justin Gimbal, Craig F. Gorin, Xin Jin
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Patent number: 10759958Abstract: An aqueous based blend composition including (a) an aqueous polyolefin dispersion comprising the melt blending product of one or more base polymers and one or more stabilizing agents in the presence of water and optionally one or more neutralizing agents, having an average volume particle size diameter from 400 to 1500 nm, and a pH from 8 to 11; and (b) from 0.1 to 50 percent by weight based on the solid content of the dispersion one or more crosslinking agents is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Dow Global Technologies, LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Denise Lindenmuth, Joceyln Gruver, Ann R. Hermes, Ray E. Drumright
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Patent number: 10640581Abstract: A waterborne sound and vibration damping composition including a waterborne emulsion polymer, the polymer having a calculated acid number of from 2 to 100; from 0.1% to 50%, solids based on emulsion polymer solids, of certain liquid compounds having a boiling point greater than 150° C.; and a solid filler at a level of from 25% to 85% PVC; wherein the waterborne damping composition has a water content of from 6% to 25% by weight is provided. A method for providing a coated substrate using the waterborne damping composition and a substrate so coated are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Kiran K. Baikerikar, Ray E. Drumright, Zhenwen Fu, Justin Gimbal, Craig F. Gorin, Mark Langille
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Publication number: 20200123393Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an aqueous dispersion for use in coating applications. The aqueous dispersion includes an aqueous composition and a solid content of a melt blend product having an acid functionalized polypropylene base polymer, a polypropylene copolymer, an acid functionalized polypropylene wax and an acid functionalized polyolefin. The aqueous dispersion is included in a coating composition, where the coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion, a solvent, a crosslinker and a basic water composition having water and a base. The present disclosure also provides for a coated article having a substrate and a coating on the substrate, where the coating includes the coating composition of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Houxiang Tang, David L. Malotky, Ray E. Drumright, Nicholas B. Schaffer, Cynthia Stants, Bernhard Kainz
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Patent number: 10584261Abstract: A coating composition including a blend of at least two or more epoxy resins, wherein at least one of the epoxy resins comprises (i) a CHDM epoxy resin having less than about 2 wt % total chlorine content; and wherein at least one of the epoxy resins comprises (ii) at least one other epoxy resin other than the epoxy resin in component (i); a curable coating composition including (a) the above blend of epoxy resins and (b) at least one amine curing agent; a thermoset coating product prepared from the above curable composition; and a process for preparing the above compositions and a coating therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Blue Cube IP LLCInventors: Christian Piechocki, Ray E. Drumright, Sandrine Sinsoulieu, Erin B. Vogel, Yinzhong Guo