Patents by Inventor Raymond Lee Utley

Raymond Lee Utley 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: 6150473
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising one or more polyetherimide resins; one or more polyester resins; at least one epoxy compound having one or more epoxy functional groups per molecule in an amount effective to improve at least one of impact resistance, hydrolytic resistance, and tab-bending performance of a molded specimen of the composition; and optionally, at least one catalyst in an amount effective to improve at least one of impact resistance, hydrolytic resistance, and tab-bending performance of a molded specimen of the composition as compared to the same composition not containing the catalyst. It was unexpectedly found that the compositions exhibited enhanced heat, impact, hydrolytic resistance, and/or enhanced tab-bending performance over other compositions known in the art. In a preferred embodiment, the epoxy compound contains 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate and the catalyst contains sodium stearate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sterling Bruce Brown, Yimin Jin, James F. Kelley, Jun Liao, Michael Teruki Takemori, Raymond Lee Utley