Patents by Inventor William Rosser Nicholson

William Rosser Nicholson 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: 6084002
    Abstract: A cured silicone foam exhibiting high flame resistance and forming hard chars on burning, contains from about 1 to 60 percent by weight of wollastonite mineral, based on the weight of the composition. The silicone foam can be formed from any of the curable polyorganosiloxane foam-forming compositions known in the art. Preferred are those polyorganosiloxane foams cured using a platinum group metal catalyst. In a preferred composition the silicone foam is formed by curing a composition comprising a liquid polyorganosiloxane containing an average of at least two alkenyl radicals per molecule, an organohydrogensiloxane containing at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, a hydroxyl-containing compound, wollastonite, and a platinum catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: William Rosser Nicholson, Lawrence Joseph Rapson, Kiersten Lynn Shephard