Nadeem A Bokhari

US Patent:

20090088530, Apr 2, 2009

Filed:

Sep 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/864309

Inventors:

Billy Ray BODIFORD - White Oak TX, US
Nadeem A BOKHARI - Troy MI, US
Sanjay Patel - Canton MI, US

International Classification:

C08L 23/06

US Classification:

525240

Abstract:

The present invention is related to novel polyolefin polymer compositions and methods of use thereof, in particular use in passenger and driver airbag cover applications for vehicles, wherein airbag covers are required to perform at extreme temperatures with no failures, brittle or ductile fractures. The polyolefin polymer includes: a first component having at least one polypropylene copolymer or homo propylene polymer present in the range of up to about 70% by weight of the polymer composition; a second component having at least one ethylene/octene copolymer present in the range of up to about 85% by weight of the polymer composition; and optionally, a third component having at least one metallocene elastomer comprising ethylene and a co-monomer. A method of forming an airbag cover from the polyolefin polymer is also described.

US Patent:

20100190915, Jul 29, 2010

Filed:

Apr 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/755739

Inventors:

Billy Ray Bodiford - White Oak TX, US
Nadeem A. Bokhari - Troy MI, US
Sanjay Patel - Canton MI, US

International Classification:

C08L 23/14

US Classification:

524528, 525240

Abstract:

The present invention is related to novel polyolefin polymer compositions and methods of use thereof, in particular use in passenger and driver airbag cover applications for vehicles, wherein airbag covers are required to perform at extreme temperatures with no failures, brittle or ductile fractures. The polyolefin polymer includes: a first component having at least one polypropylene copolymer or homo propylene polymer present in the range of up to about 70% by weight of the polymer composition; a second component having at least one ethylene/octene copolymer present in the range of up to about 85% by weight of the polymer composition; and optionally, a third component having at least one metallocene elastomer comprising ethylene and a co-monomer. A method of forming an airbag cover from the polyolefin polymer is also described.

US Patent:

20110065865, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Sep 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/559223

Inventors:

Nadeem Akhtar Bokhari - Troy MI, US
Kousuke Ohtani - Ichihara-shi, JP
Yasuhito Ijichi - Sodegaura-shi, JP

International Classification:

C08L 53/00

US Classification:

525 99

Abstract:

The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of component (A), 10 to 100 parts by weight of component (B), 50 to 200 parts by weight of component (C), and 5 to 30 parts by weight of component (D). Component (A) is a propylene polymer having a melting point of 155 C. or more. Component (B) is a crystalline propylene-ethylene copolymer. Component (C) is an ethylene-α-olefin rubber having Mooney Viscosity of 30 to 100(ML, 125 C.). Component (D) is a hydrogenated product of block copolymer comprising blocks of aromatic vinyl compound units and blocks of conjugated diene compound units.

US Patent:

20110218283, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/716036

Inventors:

Nadeem Akhtar Bokhari - Troy MI, US
Kousuke Ohtani - Ichihara-shi, JP
Yasuhito Ijichi - Sodegaura-shi, JP

International Classification:

C08K 5/20
C08L 23/08
C08K 5/09
C08K 5/10

US Classification:

524210, 525240, 524300, 524301, 524315

Abstract:

A thermoplastic elastomer composition is disclosed comprising about 100 parts by weight of component (A) and about 20 to about 100 parts by weight of component (B). Component (A) is a polypropylene resin comprising about 60 to about 90% by weight of component (i) and about 40 to about 10% by weight of component (ii). Component (i) is a propylene homopolymer or copolymer of propylene and at least one monomer group consisting of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms. Component (ii) is an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer comprising about 20 to about 50% by weight ethylene units. Component (B) is an ethylene-α-olefin elastomer comprising about 60 to about 85% by weight ethylene units and about 40 to about 15% by weight of α-olefin units. Component (B) has a Mooney stress relaxation area of from 180 to 300.

US Patent:

20120001406, Jan 5, 2012

Filed:

Feb 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/148110

Inventors:

Donald J. Paxton - Romeo MI, US
Nadeem Bokhari - Troy MI, US
Raimund Nebel - Obermeitingen, DE

International Classification:

B60R 21/20
B32B 5/16
G09F 3/00
C09K 11/02
B60R 21/16
G09F 13/20

US Classification:

2807283, 2807281, 40542, 4029901, 25230136, 428323

Abstract:

Methods for illuminating (backlighting) an emblem on a steering wheel cover or other indicia within a vehicle include the use of a material that is self-illuminated without electricity. This can involve using self-luminous microspheres or phosphorescent additive materials. Such materials will not be illuminated during the daylight, but when night falls (or other periods of relative darkness), they will illuminate the emblem or other indicia. These materials may be added directly to the plastic that is used to make the emblem.