Patents by Inventor Wayne Edward Garver
Wayne Edward Garver 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).
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Patent number: 10295089Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer, wherein the multilayer flexible tube has a maximum storage modulus of at least 300 MegaPascal (MPa) at a temperature of about ?10° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, James Ludlow, Gerald H. Ling, Charles S. Golub, Kathryn J. Morris, Mark F. Colton
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Patent number: 9982812Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer. Further provided is a method of making the multilayer flexible tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Gerald H. Ling, Charles S. Golub, Kathryn J. Morris, Mark F. Colton
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Patent number: 9772052Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Publication number: 20170261132Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer, wherein the multilayer flexible tube has a maximum storage modulus of at least 300 MegaPascal (MPa) at a temperature of about ?10° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Wayne Edward GARVER, James LUDLOW, Gerald H. LING, Charles S. GOLUB, Kathryn J. MORRIS, Mark F. COLTON
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Patent number: 9625061Abstract: A flexible tube includes a first layer comprising a polyolefin material having a flexural modulus of not greater than 150 MPa and includes a second layer directly bonded to and in direct contact with the first layer. The second layer comprising a blend of propylenic polymer and styrenic block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Zhizhong Liu, Charles Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Colton, Mark Simon
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Patent number: 9528637Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Publication number: 20160116086Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Patent number: 9221206Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Publication number: 20150252918Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer. Further provided is a method of making the multilayer flexible tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Gerald H. Ling, Charles S. Golub, Kathryn J. Morris, Mark F. Colton
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Publication number: 20150219251Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Patent number: 8956706Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
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Publication number: 20140234561Abstract: A flexible tube includes a first layer comprising a polyolefin material having a flexural modulus of not greater than 150 MPa and includes a second layer directly bonded to and in direct contact with the first layer. The second layer comprising a blend of propylenic polymer and styrenic block copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Zhizhong Liu, Charles Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Colton, Mark Simon
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Publication number: 20140203473Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Patent number: 8747978Abstract: A flexible tube includes a first layer comprising a polyolefin material having a flexural modulus of not greater than 150 MPa and includes a second layer directly bonded to and in direct contact with the first layer. The second layer comprising a blend of propylenic polymer and styrenic block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Zhizhong Liu, Charles Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Colton, Mark Simon
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Patent number: 8679609Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Publication number: 20120177857Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Patent number: 8092881Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or a polyvinylidene difluoride copolymer; (b) an intermediate thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer extruded in tubular form over the inner PVDF layer, and (c) a polyvinyl chloride polymer extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Patent number: 7866348Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); (b) an intermediate polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer or PVDF copolymer layer extruded in tubular form over the inner TPU layer, and (c) a TPU extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. Optionally, a fourth outer layer is included and covers layer (c). The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton
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Publication number: 20100108172Abstract: A flexible tube includes a first layer comprising a polyolefin material having a flexural modulus of not greater than 150 MPa and includes a second layer directly bonded to and in direct contact with the first layer. The second layer comprising a blend of propylenic polymer and styrenic block copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Zhizhong Liu, Charles Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Colton, Mark Simon
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Publication number: 20090286028Abstract: The invention describes a flexible tubular article for transport of volatile hydrocarbons comprising: (a) an inner layer of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); (b) an intermediate ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) or EVOH/TPU blend or an EVOH/ethylene-acrylate blend layer extruded in tubular form over the inner TPU layer, and (c) a TPU extruded in tubular form over the outside surface of the intermediate layer and being coextensive therewith. Optionally, a fourth outer layer is included and covers layer (c). The tubular articles of the invention have a maximum permeation rating of 15 g/m2/day under SAE J1737 test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Mark Fisher Colton