Patents by Inventor Zachary Peterson

Zachary Peterson 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: 20240400828
    Abstract: A silicone-polyolefin composition is disclosed. The silicone-polyolefin composition comprises (A) a polysiloxane, (B) In a functionalized polyolefin, (C) a polyolefin that is not reactable with components (A) or (B), and (D) a curable silicone comprising at least one of an elastomer component or a liquid rubber. The polysiloxane (A) comprises an average of at least one functional group X per molecule, and the functionalized polyolefin (B) comprises an average of at least one functional group Y per molecule, where the functional group X and functional group Y are reactable to form a bond therebetween. A silicone-polyolefin blend, a curable composition comprising the silicone-polyolefin blend, a cured product of the curable composition, and methods of preparing the silicone-polyolefin blend, curable composition, and cured product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary KEAN, Dongchan AHN, Noel Mower CHANG, Jin WANG, Kacee B. ENDER, Peter WALLER, Thomas PETERSON, Marc-Andre COURTEMANCHE
  • Patent number: 12071539
    Abstract: A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Jabil Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
  • Publication number: 20240270905
    Abstract: A semicrystalline poly ketone powder useful for additive manufacturing may be made by dissolving a polyketone having differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) monomodal melt peak, at a temperature above 50° C. to below the melt temperature of the polyketone, precipitating the dissolved polyketone by cooling, addition of a nonsolvent or combination thereof. The method may be used to form polyketones having a DSC melt peak with an enthalpy greater than the starting polyketone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, John G. Eue, Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Nicholas John Dippel, Mathew Artin Torosian
  • Publication number: 20240247103
    Abstract: In one instance a semicrystalline polyketone powder useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a bimodal melt peak determined by an initial differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scan at 20° C./min and a D90 particle size of at most 300 micrometers and average particle size of 1 micrometer to 150 micrometers equivalent spherical diameter. In another instance, A composition is comprised of a semicrystalline polyketone powder having a melt peak and a recrystallization peak, wherein the melt peak and recrystallization peak fail to overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Nicholas John Dippel, Mathew Artin Torosian, Thomas Fry
  • Publication number: 20240042677
    Abstract: A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
  • Patent number: 11845833
    Abstract: Useful thermoplastic polymer powders are formed by a method comprising: cooling a foam comprised of a thermoplastic foam below the brittleness temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foam has an average strut dimension of 10 to 500 micrometers, and comminuting the cooled foam to form a thermoplastic polymer powder. The method allows for the efficient grinding of the thermoplastic polymer having improved morphology and desirable characteristics such as dry flow without flow aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Jabil Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dippel, Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Mathew Artin Torosian, John Gordon Eue, Thomas Fry
  • Publication number: 20230159703
    Abstract: An end capped condensation polymer may be formed by heating a condensation polymer in the presence of an end capping compound to form cleaved condensation polymer reacting at least a portion of the cleaved condensation polymer with the end capping compound to form the end capped condensation polymer. The end capped condensation polymers may be used to form additive manufactured articles having high solids loading and improved processing due to improved rheological behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch, Luke Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20230097954
    Abstract: An additive manufactured condensation polymer article with improved build or Z direction strength may be formed by physically mixing or depositing thereon a chain extender that extends and chemically bonds the polymer chains within and between layers upon heating and fusing during the additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Luke Rodgers, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
  • Publication number: 20230073319
    Abstract: Copolymers of condensation polymers are formed by a method of cleaving and reacting with a chain extender to form an end capped cleaved condensation polymer that is further reacted with a second compound that may be comprised of a further chain extender and condensation polymer that react with a reactive group still remaining in the chain extender capping the cleaved condensation polymer. The method allows the formation of block copolymers, branched copolymers and star polymers of differing condensation polymers bonded through the residue of a chain extender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Levi Loesch, Zachary Peterson, Luke Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20230027896
    Abstract: Compositions useful for making additive manufactured articles are comprised of a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, the styrenic thermoplastic elastomer being comprised of a block copolymer being comprised of at least two blocks of a vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one block of a conjugated diene monomer, and a solid particulate filler dispersed therein, wherein the filler has a surface area of 0.05 m2/g to 120 m2/g. The compositions may be formed into filaments for use in fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing. The filaments display good printability without drying or storage under dry conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
  • Publication number: 20220380565
    Abstract: Useful thermoplastic polymer powders are formed by a method comprising: cooling a foam comprised of a thermoplastic foam below the brittleness temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foam has an average strut dimension of 10 to 500 micrometers, and comminuting the cooled foam to form a thermoplastic polymer powder. The method allows for the efficient grinding of the thermoplastic polymer having improved morphology and desirable characteristics such as dry flow without flow aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dippel, Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Mathew Artin Torosian, John Gordon Eue, Thomas Fry
  • Publication number: 20220363825
    Abstract: In one instance a semicrystalline polyketone powder useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a bimodal melt peak determined by an initial differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scan at 20° C./min and a D90 particle size of at most 300 micrometers and average particle size of 1 micrometer to 150 micrometers equivalent spherical diameter. In another instance, A composition is comprised of a semicrystalline polyketone powder having a melt peak and a recrystallization peak, wherein the melt peak and recrystallization peak fail to overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Nicholas John Dippel, Mathew Artin Torosian, Thomas Fry
  • Publication number: 20220363826
    Abstract: A semicrystalline polyketone powder useful for additive manufacturing may be made by dissolving a polyketone having differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) monomodal melt peak, at a temperature above 50° C. to below the melt temperature of the polyketone, precipitating the dissolved polyketone by cooling, addition of a nonsolvent or combination thereof. The method may be used to form polyketones having a DSC melt peak with an enthalpy greater than the starting polyketone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Jabil Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, John Gordon Eue, Steven Kubiak, Zachary Peterson, Nicholas John Dippel, Mathew Artin Torosian
  • Publication number: 20220332938
    Abstract: A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
  • Publication number: 20140026537
    Abstract: The Multiple Use Plug Hybrid (for) Nanosats (“MUPHyN”) prototype thruster is being developed to fill a niche application for NanoSat scale spacecraft propulsion. The MUPHyN thruster uses safe-handling and inexpensive nitrous oxide (N20) and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) as propellants. The MUPHyN thruster can provide an enhanced propulsive capability that will enable multiple NanoSats to be independently repositioned after deployment from the parent launch vehicle. Because the environmentally benign propellants are mixed only within the combustion chamber once the ignition is initiated, the system is inherently safe and can be piggy-backed on a secondary payload with no overall mission risk increase to the primary payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shannon D. Eilers, Stephen Whitmore, Zachary Peterson
  • Publication number: 20080091934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for sharing sensitive data. A trusted operating system is configured to securely execute boot instructions for one or more hardware component. A virtual operating system in communication with the trusted operating system is configured with one or more security policies defining access rights associated with the one or more hardware component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Zachary Peterson, Adam Stubblefield, Stephen Bono, Matthew Green