Patents by Inventor Yunli FANG

Yunli FANG 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).

  • Process to incorporate wet natural fiber and starch into thermoplastics
    Patent number: 10087291
    Abstract: The present relates to a process for incorporating of wet natural fiber and starch into thermoplastics and the composite produced. The process for producing the composite comprises steps of: providing a wet natural fiber; providing a starch; providing a plasticizer; providing a thermoplastic; mixing the wet natural fiber, the starch and the plasticizer with water to produce a paste, and compounding the paste with the thermoplastic to produce the composite. The composite in a preferred embodiment comprises 50 weight % natural fiber/starch and a plasticizer; 50 weight % thermoplastic; a tensile modulus greater than 1450 MPa and a tensile strength greater than 41 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FPInnovations
    Inventors: Zhirun Yuan, Michael Paleologou, Qingkai Meng, Changbin Mao, Yunli Fang
  • PROCESS TO INCORPORATE WET NATURAL FIBER AND STARCH INTO THERMOPLASTICS
    Publication number: 20170204229
    Abstract: The present relates to a process for incorporating of wet natural fiber and starch into thermoplastics and the composite produced. The process for producing the composite comprises steps of: providing a wet natural fiber; providing a starch; providing a plasticizer; providing a thermoplastic; mixing the wet natural fiber, the starch and the plasticizer with water to produce a paste, and compounding the paste with the thermoplastic to produce the composite. The composite in a preferred embodiment comprises 50 weight % natural fiber/starch and a plasticizer; 50 weight % thermoplastic; a tensile modulus greater than 1450 MPa and a tensile strength greater than 41 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Zhirun YUAN, Michael PALEOLOGOU, Qingkai MENG, Changbin MAO, Yunli FANG