Methods of preparing a composite having elastomer and filler

US12247114B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Beyond Lotus LLC · US

Inventors

• Yakov E. Kutsovsky · Arlington, US
• Martin C. Green · Boxborough, US
• Ping Zhang · Hudson, US
• Dhaval A. Doshi · Lexington, US
• Jiaxi Li · Nashua, US
• Michael D. Morris · Ann Arbor, US
• Brian N. Hult · Arlington, US
• Ralph E. Dickinson · Dracut, US
• Irina S. Yurovskaya · Ingleside on the Bay, US
• Frederick H. Rumpf · Billerica, US
• Satyan Choudhary · Billerica, US
• Hassan M. Ali · Andover, US
• Ani T. Nikova · Winchester, US
• Jincheng Xiong · Boxborough, US
• Michael R. Beaulieu · Chicopee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2024
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/86
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods of preparing composites from solid elastomer(s) and wet filler(s), as well as products, including composites, vulcanizates, and articles therefrom. The wet filler can have a liquid content of at least 15%. A resulting composite comprises the filler dispersed in the elastomer at a loading of at least 20 phr with a filler yield loss of no more than 10%, wherein the composite has a liquid content of no more than 10% by weight based on total weight of said composite.