Patents by Inventor Robert Earl Fuller

Robert Earl Fuller 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).

  • Fuel management systems having a fluororubber component in contact with biodiesel fuel
    Publication number: 20080276524
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel management system having at least one fluororubber component in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein said 5 fluororubber component comprises i) a peroxide cured fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and at least one other fluoromonomer, said fluoroelastomer having cure sites selected from the group consisting of iodine and bromine atoms, and ii) 0 to 5000 parts by weight of an inorganic acid acceptor per million parts fluoroelastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller
  • Composition for improving adhesion of base-resistant fluoroelastomers to metal, ceramic or glass substrates
    Patent number: 6852417
    Abstract: Adhesion promoting primer compositions comprising mixtures of a) an epoxy-silane, b) a polyhydroxy compound, and c) an organo-onium compound improve the adhesion between metal, ceramic or glass surfaces and base-resistant polyhydroxy or peroxide curable fluoroelastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: DuPont Dow Elastomers, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller
  • Composition for improving adhesion of base-resistant fluoroelastomers to metal, ceramic or glass substrates
    Publication number: 20030225189
    Abstract: Adhesion promoting primer compositions comprising mixtures of a) an epoxy-silane, b) a polyhydroxy compound, and c) an organo-onium compound improve the adhesion between metal, ceramic or glass surfaces and base-resistant polyhydroxy or peroxide curable fluoroelastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller
  • Composition for improving adhesion of elastomers to polymer compositions
    Patent number: 6416834
    Abstract: Adhesion promoting compositions comprising mixtures of carboxylated unsaturated polymers and a) amines; b) amine derivatives; or c) mixtures of hydroxy compounds and quaternary phosphonium salt accelerators or quaternary ammonium salt accelerators are useful as components of curable elastomer compositions. The curable compositions exhibit excellent adhesion to fluoropolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller
  • Laminates of composition for improving adhesion of elastomers to polymer compositions
    Patent number: 6057014
    Abstract: Adhesion promoting compositions comprising mixtures of carboxylated unsaturated polymers and a) amines; b) amine derivatives; or c) mixtures of hydroxy compounds and quaternary phosphonium salt accelerators or quaternary ammonium salt accelerators are useful as components of curable elastomer compositions. The curable compositions exhibit excellent adhesion to fluoropolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller