Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Cassutt

Thomas R. Cassutt 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).

  • Underwater curing of epoxy resin and amine-terminated liquid polymer and product thereof
    Patent number: 4260700
    Abstract: A mixture of an amine-terminated liquid polymer and a non-cycloaliphatic epoxy resin cures rapidly at ambient temperatures under water while displacing water from substrate surfaces and bonding strongly thereto. The mixture comprises (A) 1 equivalent of at least one non-cycloaliphatic epoxy resin, (B) from about 0.01 to about 1.5 equivalents of at least one amine-terminated liquid polymer having a carbon-carbon backbone, (C) optionally, a chain extender or crosslinker, (D) optionally, a curing agent, and (E) optionally, other compounding ingredients. The mixture is useful as an underwater repair putty, adhesive, coating or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: The B.F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Cassutt, James W. Messerly, Ronald L. Senderling