US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on March 25 for "Readily process-able, oil-resistant thermoplastic vulcanizates" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,471, issued on March 25, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Readily process-able, oil-resistant thermoplastic vulcanizates" was invented by Tonson Abraham (Avon, Ohio), Aditya Jindal (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Michael P. Mallamaci (North Canton, Ohio) and Taylor L. Wilson (Valley View, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising a plastic phase and a rubber phase and process for preparing such thermoplastic vulcanizates, wherein the plastic phase comprises a thermoplastic polymer and the rubber phase comprises a carboxylated nitrile rubber."

The patent was filed on July 13, ...