Patents by Inventor Sassan Hozhabr-Ghelichi

Sassan Hozhabr-Ghelichi 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: 5188784
    Abstract: In a laminar extrusion, overlapping layers of an EVOH phase are dispersed into a PP or MAPP matrix phase incompatible with the EVOH phase to form a vapor, gas and/or organic liquids barrier. When the matrix phase is a PP phase, MAPP can be added to improve adhesion between the overlapping layers and the matrix phase. MEPR and/or PE can also be mixed with the EVOH and/or PP phase to adjust the mechanical properties of the extrusion. In order to produce the extrusion, a molten polymer blend including bodies of the EVOH phase dispersed in the PP or MAPP phase is first prepared and then extruded through a die unit. In the die unit, a converging extensional flow is produced to lengthen the dispersed bodies of EVOH phase in a first direction while a diverging extensional flow lengthens these bodies in a second direction transversal to the first one. Such lengthening of the bodies produces in the extrusion the overlapping layers of EVOH phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University)
    Inventors: Musa R. Kamal, Gunter Lohfink, Laurent Arghyris, Sassan Hozhabr-Ghelichi