Tire, Rubber & Polymer Expert Services

Joseph A. Incavo, Ph.D.

936.697.7827

Expert Witness and Consulting Services

Education

Ph. D., Analytical Chemistry, The Ohio State University

University of Pennsylvania, studied Chemical Engineering

B. A., Chemistry, College of Wooster

Corporate Experience

HMH, Baker Hughes, Director of Elastomer Center of Excellence, Houston, TX

General Electric Oil & Gas, Senior Scientist, Hydril Technical Center, Houston TX

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Scientist, Program Leader, Tire Innovation Center, Akron, OH

Occidental Chemical Corp., Research Technology Center, Grand Island, NY

Union Carbide, Corp., Corporate Technology Center, Industrial Gas Division, Tonawanda, NY

Professional Publications Summary

20 patents filed internationally

Authored numerous publications in peer reviewed journals; Journal of Physical Chemistry, Analytica Chemica Acta, Industrial & Engineering Research, Journal of Adhesion, Chromatographia,

Peer review articles for publication in various journals

Awards

Inventor of the Year Award  

President's Award (2X)

Corporate Engineering Award

Professional Organizations

Six Sigma , Instructor of Six Sigma and Quality Systems

ASTM Committee Member (American Society of Testing Materials)

RMA Committee Member (Rubber Manufacturers Association) 

American Chemical Society  

ACS Rubber Division

Research Society of Sigma Xi

International Patents & Publications

CN111936718A Hardfaced metal surface and method of manufacture

EP2839972A1 Tire having laminated innerliner with reinforced splice

CN104981583 Dual compound variable ram packer

US 8,597,449 Method for recovering uncured rubber and tire including reclaimed rubber

US 9,616,713 Composite material

EP1932622 Method for building a puncture sealant tire and tire obtained thereby

US 8,617,334 Method and apparatus for making a compartmentalized tire sealant strip, Incavo J,  Marks P, Fuhrig T.

US 8,597,449  Method for recovering uncured rubber and tire including reclaimed rubber, Incavo JDeren K, Busch W.

US 8,534,331  Tire containing layered composite of sealant and air permeation resistant film, Dubos L,  Andre N, Incavo J, Lechtenbochmer A, Agostini G.

US 8,430,142 BRP10901932  Environmentally resistant assembly containing an electronic RFID device for use in a tire, Incavo J, Busch W, Tubb G.

US 8,293,049  Tire sealant and tire with sealant containing silica and balanced organoperoxide depolymerized butyl rubber, Incavo J.

US 8,156,979 Tire with zoned built-in sealant layer, Incavo; J, Fuhrig T, Busch W, Marks P.

US 7,674,344  BRP10704497 Pneumatic tire with depolymerized butyl rubber-based built-in sealant prepared with activated organoperoxide, D'Sidocky R, Wall J, Varner J, Keith D, Incavo J, Lay D.

US 7,407,637  Oxygen scavenging material and use  thereof for reducing oxygen content in air cavities of mounted tires,  Incavo J, Woodcock  R, Johnson E,  Lukich L.

US 6,733,702  MXPA02003550 Tire mold and a method of rapidly depressurizing the mold, Incavo J, Ciesa J, Fortin J, Porter M.

US 6,401,524  BR0100310 MXPA01012161 Method of detecting steam expansion vessel leakage;  Incavo J, Dutt W.

US 6,330,821 Curing bladder leak detection system for a tire press;  Incavo J, Arnold W.

US 6,267,015  FR2802641 Sampling device for condensable gases;  Incavo J.

US 5,627,329   Determination of diffusion coefficient; Krishnan  C, Qi, Incavo J,  Reuter W, Jain V.

Company Trade Secret 1998.

Company Trade Secret 1999.

Company Trade Secret 2002.

Simplified method for the  determination of N-nitrosamines in rubber vulcanizates;  Incavo, J.A., Schafer, M.A.  2006 Analytica Chimica Acta 557 (1-2),  pp. 256-261  1.

Investigation of polyimidesiloxanes for use as adhesives by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis;  Zhuang, H., Gardella Jr., J.A., Incavo, J.A., Rojstaczer, S., Rosenfeld, J.C.  1997 Journal of Adhesion 63 (1-3), pp. 199-214  6.

Investigation of hexane  diffusion in HDPE particulates for drying applications;  Qi, J.S., Krishnan, C., Incavo, J.A.,  Jain, V., Rueter, W.L.  1996  Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 35 (10), pp. 3422-3430  1.

Determination of partition  coefficients and residual solvent for polymer drying applications;   Incavo, J.A., Jain, V., Qi, J.S.,  Krishnan, C.  1996 Chromatographia  43 (1-2), pp. 31-38  7.

A detailed quantitative study of 1,2-dichloroethane cracking to vinyl chloride by a gas chromatographic pyrolysis device;  Incavo, J.A.  1996 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 35 (3), pp. 931-937  4.

Zeolite host-guest interactions: Optical spectroscopic properties of tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) in zeolite Y cages; Incavo, J.A., Dutta, P.K.  1990 Journal of Physical Chemistry 94 (7), pp. 3075-3081  49.

Photoelectron transfer from tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) to methylviologen in zeolite cages: A resonance Raman spectroscopic study;  Dutta, P.K., Incavo,  J.A.  1987 Journal of Physical Chemistry;   91 (17), pp. 4443-4446.

Vibrational spectra including matrix isolation and conformations of  1,1,2-trichloro-2,2,3-trifluorocyclobutane, Gatia A, Klaeboe P, Nielsen C, Sablinskas V, Powell D, Kondow A, Incavo J, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1993 (295) 73-94.