Patents by Inventor Richard Allen Hessick, Jr.

Richard Allen Hessick, Jr. 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: 5723521
    Abstract: Solventless silicone resins, which exhibit a high degree of reconstitution, are produced in forms such as powders and flakes. The degree of reconstitution is judged by the fact that silicone resin/fluid alloys produced therefrom exhibit only a minor shift in T.sub.g, the glass transition temperature, in comparison to analogous alloys produced from solvent dispersed (virgin) resin. Resin, and preferably virgin resin, is dispersed in a volatile liquid dispersant and blended with a nonvolatile silicone fluid. Thereafter, the volatile liquid dispersant is removed by means such as spray-drying or evaporation, resulting in the solventless resin forms of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Leon Neal Cook, Richard Allen Hessick, Jr., Hongxi Zhang, Randall Gene Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5708098
    Abstract: Solventless, thermoplastic silicone pellets are prepared blending silicone resins (A) of the MQ-type and with predominantly linear silicone fluids (B), such as polydimethylsiloxane liquids and gums, to substantially homogeneity. The blends are heated to a predetermined compression-forming temperature, compression-formed to a densified mass and shaped into a pellet form. The composition of the pellets is balanced such that the pellets exhibit plastic flow at the predetermined compression-forming temperature and resist agglomeration at temperatures at or below a predetermined maximum storage temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Leon Neal Cook, Richard Allen Hessick, Jr., Kevin Edward Lupton, David Joseph Romenesko, Randall Gene Schmidt, Hongxi Zhang