Patents by Inventor Steven Daniel Gray

Steven Daniel Gray 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117230
    Abstract: Adhesives comprising a silyl-terminated polyether and a tackifying resin provide a considerably reduced tack at relatively slight increases in temperature, undergo purely adhesive failure at such increased temperatures, and have reversible properties (i.e., such properties are substantially retained upon cooling). Such adhesives may be used to reversibly bond a first substrate surface coated with the adhesive to a second substrate surface by adhering the substrate surfaces together at a first temperature; heating the adhesive to a second temperature at least about 20° C. above the first temperature and below the thermal degradation temperature; and separating the substrate surfaces from one another at the second temperature, wherein the adhesive comprises the cured product of a silyl-terminated polyether and a tackifier. Such adhesives may also be cleanly transferred from to a different substrate at such elevated temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Francois COURT, Steven Daniel GRAY, Miao HU
  • Patent number: 11299657
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition made from polypropylene copolymer or polypropylene impact copolymer, a polyolefin elastomer, a low density polyethylene, a tackifying resin, a plasticizer, and a nucleating agent. These adhesives are fast setting yet show an improved balance of mechanical properties making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, Miao Hu
  • Patent number: 10759978
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive made from a blend of a polypropylene-based polymer, a polyolefin elastomer, and an amorphous polyolefin. These adhesives exhibit excellent molten and pre-set flow allowing them to wet out substrates yet develop properties needed to form and maintain strong bonds making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, David Frederic Freund, Richard Edward Hamann, Miao Hu, Fabrice Nicolas-Henri Flores
  • Publication number: 20190202188
    Abstract: Adhesive bleed-through of substrates and build-up of adhesive on process equipment can be reduced or even fully eliminated by increasing the running temperature of circumferential rolls (e.g., nip rollers or idlers) used to compress and adhesively bond the substrates of a laminate structure together, as opposed to the usual cooling of the nip rollers. This method is particularly beneficial when using polyolefin-based hot melt adhesives to form laminates with permeable substrates, such as low basis weight nonwovens, for use in disposable absorbent articles. The method can be used to make a range of laminated structures, such as bi-laminates and tri-laminates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Daniel GRAY, Ronald Frank GRAF, David Frederic FREUND, Miao HU, Russell P. STUCZYNSKI, Richard Edward HAMANN, Jeffery Thomas OLSON
  • Patent number: 10307995
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive using polypropylene impact copolymers that is particularly well suited for elastic attachment and stretch films in diaper structures. The hot melt adhesive composition is a blend of about 2.5% to about 30%, by weight, of a polypropylene impact copolymer; about 2.5% to about 30%, by weight, of an olefin based elastomer; about 10% to about 70%, by weight, of a tackifying resin having a softening point of at least about 80° C. and up to about 140° C.; about 0% to about 60%, by weight, of a plasticizer; and about 0.1% to about 5% of a stabilizer or antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Bostik, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Czaplewski, Steven Daniel Gray
  • Publication number: 20160102230
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive made from a blend of a polypropylene-based polymer, a polyolefin elastomer, and an amorphous polyolefin. These adhesives exhibit excellent molten and pre-set flow allowing them to wet out substrates yet develop properties needed to form and maintain strong bonds making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, David Frederic Freund, Richard Edward Hamann, Miao Hu, Fabrice Nicolas-Henri Flores
  • Publication number: 20150299526
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition made from polypropylene copolymer or polypropylene impact copolymer, a polyolefin elastomer, a low density polyethylene, a tackifying resin, a plasticizer, and a nucleating agent. These adhesives are fast setting yet show an improved balance of mechanical properties making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, Miao Hu
  • Publication number: 20150024649
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive using polypropylene impact copolymers that is particularly well suited for elastic attachment and stretch films in diaper structures. The hot melt adhesive composition is a blend of about 2.5% to about 30%, by weight, of a polypropylene impact copolymer; about 2.5% to about 30%, by weight, of an olefin based elastomer; about 10% to about 70%, by weight, of a tackifying resin having a softening point of at least about 80° C. and up to about 140° C.; about 0% to about 60%, by weight, of a plasticizer; and about 0.1% to about 5% of a stabilizer or antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Bostik, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Czaplewski, Steven Daniel Gray