Patents by Inventor Robert J. Kinney

Robert J. Kinney 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).

  • Fluxing compositions
    Publication number: 20030111519
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a chelate fluxing agent, its use in fluxing compositions, and its use in soldering methods. The fluxing agents as described herein, when combined with a resin such as thermosetting resins, thermoplastic resins or a combination thereof, afford compositions suitable for use as underfill adhesives. The present invention also provides for an electrical component assembly and methods for producing an electrical component assembly including such underfill adhesive compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Kinney, Michael A. Kropp, Scott B. Charles
  • No-flow flux adhesive compositions
    Patent number: 6528169
    Abstract: The invention provides adhesives and adhesive compositions that comprise epoxy resin and non-volatile anhydride. One embodiment further comprises a hydroxyl containing compound that is insoluble in the epoxy resin/anhydride blend at mixing temperatures which reacts with the anhydride at solder reflow temperatures to form a fluxing agent in-situ. Another embodiment further comprises catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Scott B. Charles, Robert J. Kinney, Michael A. Kropp, Roger A. Mader
  • No-flow flux adhesive compositions
    Publication number: 20020032280
    Abstract: The invention provides adhesives and adhesive compositions that comprise epoxy resin and non-volatile anhydride. One embodiment further comprises a hydroxyl containing compound that is insoluble in the epoxy resin/anhydride blend at mixing temperatures which reacts with the anhydride at solder reflow temperatures to form a fluxing agent in-situ. Another embodiment further comprises catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Scott B. Charles, Robert J. Kinney, Michael A. Kropp, Roger A. Mader
  • Oil-tolerant reinforcement strip
    Patent number: 6191055
    Abstract: A diaper construction is provided with an external porous reinforcement strip at the front part of the outside of the diaper, which strip provides reinforcement against an adhesive fastening tab and provides an oil contamination tolerant adhesion surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Boyer, III, Robert J. Kinney, Ramsis Gobran, Ruben E. Velasquez Urey, Roland R. Midgley
  • Methods for making lithium vanadium oxide electrode materials
    Patent number: 6136476
    Abstract: A method of making vanadium oxide formulations is presented. In one method of preparing lithium vanadium oxide for use as an electrode material, the method involves: admixing a particulate form of a lithium compound and a particulate form of a vanadium compound; jet milling the particulate admixture of the lithium and vanadium compounds; and heating the jet milled particulate admixture at a temperature below the melting temperature of the admixture to form lithium vanadium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignees: Hydro-Quebec Corporation, 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Scott M. Schutts, Robert J. Kinney
  • Laminate preventing transmissions of viral pathogens
    Patent number: 5981038
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of preventing transmission of viral pathogens between a source of viral pathogens and a target of said viral pathogens comprising positioning between said source and said target a microporous membrane material comprising (1) a thermoplastic polymer or polytetrafluoroethylene and (2) a water- and oil-repellent fluorochemical compound which provides said membrane with oleophobic, hydrophobic and viral barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: William K. Weimer, Gretchen E. Keenan, Robert J. Kinney, James S. Mrozinski, Philip D. Radovanovic
  • Method for laminating a viral barrier microporous membrane to a nonwoven web to prevent transmission of viral pathogens
    Patent number: 5935370
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of preventing transmission of viral pathogens between a source of viral pathogens and a target of said viral pathogens comprising positioning between said source and said target a microporous membrane material comprising (1) a thermoplastic polymer or polytetrafluoroethylene and (2) a water- and oil-repellent fluorochemical compound which provides said membrane with oleophobic, hydrophobic and viral barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: #M Innovative Properties Company Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: William K. Weimer, Gretchen E. Keenan, Robert J. Kinney, James S. Mrozinski, Philip D. Radovanovic
  • Oil-tolerant reinforcement strip
    Patent number: 5885269
    Abstract: A diaper construction is provided with an external porous reinforcement strip at the front part of the outside of the diaper, which strip provides reinforcement against an adhesive fastening tab and provides an oil-contamination tolerant adhesion surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Charles E. Boyer, III, Robert J. Kinney, Ramsis Gobran, Ruben E. Velasquez Urey, Roland R. Midgley
  • Method for preventing transmission of viral pathogens
    Patent number: 5738111
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of preventing transmission of viral pathogens between a source of viral pathogens and a target of said viral pathogens comprising positioning between said source and said target a microporous membrane material comprising (1) a thermoplastic polymer or polytetrafluoroethylene and (2) a water- and oil-repellent fluorochemical compound which provides said membrane with oleophobic, hydrophobic and viral barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William K. Weimer, Gretchen E. Keenan, Robert J. Kinney, James S. Mrozinski, Philip D. Radovanovic
  • Microporous membrane material for preventing transmission of viral pathogens
    Patent number: 5690949
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of preventing transmission of viral pathogens between a source of viral pathogens and a target of said viral pathogens comprising positioning between said source and said target a microporous membrane material comprising (1) a thermoplastic polymer or polytetrafluoroethylene and (2) a water- and oil-repellent fluorochemical compound which provides said membrane with oleophobic, hydrophobic and viral barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William K. Weimer, Gretchen E. Keenan, Robert J. Kinney, James S. Mrozinski, Philip D. Radovanovic
  • Process of making zone orientated continuous web
    Patent number: 5424025
    Abstract: A continuous web with longitudinaly displaced thick and thin zones. The thin zones being uniaxially orientated. The web is useful in forming diaper backsheet films where the thick zones act as a reinforced zone for attachment of a pressure-sensitive fastening tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Hanschen, Dennis L. Krueger, Stanley C. Erickson, Robert J. Kinney