Patents Examined by Alicia J Sawdon
  • Patent number: 11090906
    Abstract: To provide an apparatus such as an image display device with which extrusion of a curing resin from a prescribed place can be prevented and display failure and contamination of surroundings do not occur. A molding member exhibiting liquid repellency is disposed in an outer circumference part of the surface of a cover plate, a light-shielding part, and a base unit to be the laminating surfaces to prevent extrusion of the curing resin used for lamination and to improve generation of display failures and contamination of surroundings which may be caused by assembling failures of the apparatus such as the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11078378
    Abstract: To provide polyimide films that contain polyimide good in solubility in solvent and excel lent in workability and that are colorless, transparent and excellent in toughness, polyimide varnishes, and products and layered products using the polyimide film, the polyimide film is characterized by containing polyimide expressed by following general formula (1), and containing as A in the general formula (1), a structure expressed by following general formula (A-1), for example, structure expressed by following general formula (A-5). Herein, in the general formula (1), A represents a bivalent organic group, B represents a tetravalent organic group, and n is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kato, Toshiaki Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 11072154
    Abstract: A decorative material that has higher scratch resistance while preventing defects generated during lamination of a gloss-adjusting layer. In a decorative material according to an embodiment of the present invention, a resin component that constitutes a first gloss-adjusting layer is a mixture of a urethane-based thermosetting resin having a polyol and an isocyanate, and an ionizing radiation-curable resin having an acrylic group or a methacrylic group; and the urethane-based thermosetting resin is contained in an amount within a range of 3 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the ionizing radiation-curable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichi Higashikawa
  • Patent number: 11043314
    Abstract: A conductive sheet capable of improving conductivity by suppressing reaggregation of carbon nanotubes, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Also, carbon composite paste and carbon composite filler are provided. The conductive sheet is characterized in that carbon nanotubes and carbon black as conductive materials are dispersed in a resin material. Carbon composite filler, which is composed of the carbon nanotubes in an amount of 10-30 wt. % and the carbon black in an amount of 90-70 wt. %, is dispersed uniformly in the resin material. The conductive sheet is composed of the carbon composite filler in an amount of 10-50 wt. % and the resin material in an amount of 90-50 wt. %, whose surface resistance value is 1-10 ?/sq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA, SEIWA ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kitamura, Kenji Matsuno, Yukihiro Hijiri, Takeshi Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 11028284
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer substrate with a hardcoat layer exhibiting excellent environmental resistance and wear resistance. A polymer substrate (60) is 1-20 mm thick and a hardcoat layer (70, 80) on the surface thereof comprises: an underlayer cured layer (70) with a thickness of 1-20 ?m, and including 10-90 parts by weight of a multifunctional acrylate, and 90-10 parts by weight of inorganic oxide fine particles and/or a silicon compound hydrolytic condensate; and a silicon oxide layer (80) which is in direct contract with the underlayer cured layer, is formed by PE-CVD with an organosilicon compound as the starter material, and satisfies all of the following conditions (a)-(c): (a) the film thickness of the silicon oxide layer is 3.5-9.0 ?m; (b) the maximum indentation depth of the surface of the silicon oxide layer by nanoindentation measurement at a maximum load of 1 mN is 150 nm or less; and (c) the limit compression ratio K of the silicon oxide layer is at most 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ekinaka, Tatsuichirou Kon, Takehiro Suga, Hiroshi Kishimoto, Yume Morita, Satoshi Ogata, Masato Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 11028059
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oxazine compound having a specific structure, which contains a group having an aromatic ring structure and a plurality of specified carbon-carbon triple bond structure. The present invention further provides a composition containing the oxazine compound having a specific structure of the present invention, a cured product containing the composition, and a laminate having a layer of the cured product. The present invention further still provides a composition for a heat-resistant material and a composition for an electronic material, which contain the composition containing the oxazine compound of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shimono, Junji Yamaguchi, Masato Otsu, Kazuo Arita
  • Patent number: 11029077
    Abstract: A method of forming an insulated door panel includes folding side flanges of a metallic sheet to define side edges of a structural outer panel that extend from a front panel. A gap is defined between each set of adjacent side edges. Interior blocks are secured to an interior of the structural outer panel proximate each gap to define adhesive cavities. Exterior blocks are positioned at an exterior surface of the structural outer panel at each gap to further define the adhesive cavities. An adhesive is disposed within each adhesive cavity and is contained therein by the interior and exterior blocks. The adhesive is cured to a solid sealing member that adheres the interior blocks to the interior surface of the structural outer panel to form a sealed structural panel. The exterior blocks are removed and each solid sealing member defines a hermetic seal at each gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Gustavo Frattini, Hua Liu
  • Patent number: 11007755
    Abstract: A self-repairing and self-sealing waterproof membrane, for insulating built structures subjected to hydrostatic pressure, includes a first layer of hermetic polymeric material, which covers a second layer of water-expanding polymeric material, in which additives of polymeric and/or mineral origin are added, arranged in contact with the concrete surface of the structure. The second layer includes a plurality of sublayers which are contiguous and have different expanding actions and mechanical characteristics. The membrane has substantially the shape of a continuous flat sheet, which gives the membrane the appearance of a uniform film, having a thickness between 0.2 and 5.0 mm and being composed of one or more of the following polymers: TPE, TPO, TPU, EVA, EPDM, EPM, HDPE, MDPE, LDPE, PE, PVC and other elastomeric or polymeric polymers, containing optional additions of fillers and other ingredients to give the article the necessary requirements of workability, mechanical strength, and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: VOLTECO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Guderzo
  • Patent number: 10982116
    Abstract: Adhesives including a polyester at 20 to 50 weight percent, a first tackifier at 30 to 60 weight percent, and a first olefin-styrene block copolymer at 5 to 30 weight percent are described. The polyester has a glass transition temperature between ?40° C. and ?10° C., and the adhesive has a heat activation temperature between 20° C. and 100° C. Damping films including at least one layer of the adhesive and including a foamed layer are described. The foamed layer includes a second olefin-styrene block copolymer at 30 to 80 weight percent and a second tackifier at 15 to 60 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Y. Liu, Roger A. Grisle, Benjamin J. Bending, Nathaniel I. Lehn
  • Patent number: 10982065
    Abstract: An optical film including: a film base material; and a matte layer formed on one surface of the film base material, wherein the matte layer is formed from a resin composition containing a polyol resin (A), an isocyanate-based curing agent (B) and an antistatic agent having a hydroxyl group (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genki Harada, Kenji Muneuchi, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 10982117
    Abstract: An adhesive material contains a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylate resin, and an oxidatively polymerizable compound, wherein the adhesive material has a sea-island structure that includes a sea portion containing the styrene resin and an island portion containing the (meth)acrylate resin, and the glass transition temperature of the (meth)acrylate resin is at least 30° C. lower than the glass transition temperature of the styrene resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Shiori Chonan, Yasuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10982382
    Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather dyed with a cationic dye, including: a non-woven fabric of a cationic dyeable polyester fiber having a fineness of 0.07 to 0.9 dtex; and an elastic polymer provided inside the non-woven fabric, wherein the napped artificial leather has L* value?50, a grade of color difference determined in an evaluation of color migration to PVC under a load 0.75 kg/cm at 50° C. for 16 hours, of 4 or more, a tear strength per mm of thickness of 30 N or more, and a peel strength of 3 kg/cm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Murate, Hitoshi Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 10964580
    Abstract: At least one wafer is embedded in a carrier to eliminate or at least reduce edge effect. The wafer reconfiguration is designed to improve a quality not only for spin coating process but also for electric plating process. An edge bead is formed on top of the carrier instead of being formed on top of the wafer so that a full top surface of the wafer can be active to the fabrication of chips and therefore more chips are yielded for a single wafer. The backside of the wafer is not contaminated by the coating according to the present invention. Further, dummy circuits can be made on top of the carrier so that electric plating uniformity for full area of a wafer can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Dyi-Chung Hu
  • Patent number: 10955748
    Abstract: The disclosure illustrates a curve-shaped mask, a curved device having color resist pattern and method for manufacturing the same. The curved device includes a curved substrate and at least two color resist layers. The at least two color resist layers are formed on the curved substrate, and construct a visible pattern together. The curved device is manufactured by a curve-shaped mask, which is a metal-containing material layer formed on the curved substrate and is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-An Hsu, Wen-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 10953633
    Abstract: A glass-polymer laminate structure includes a flexible glass substrate having a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm. A polymer layer is laminated to a surface of the flexible glass substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is at least about 2 times a CTE of the flexible glass substrate. The polymer layer is laminated to the surface of the flexible glass substrate after thermally expanding the polymer layer to provide the flexible glass substrate with an in-plane compressive stress of at least about 30 MPa along a thickness of the flexible glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kiat Chyai Kang, Govindarajan Natarajan, Yu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10950146
    Abstract: A moisture responsive system comprising: a thin film polymer layer, wherein the thin film polymer comprises a hydrophilic polymer; and a substrate polymer layer, wherein the substrate polymer comprises a hydrophobic elastomer; wherein the thin film polymer layer is attached to the substrate polymer layer at a bottom surface of the thin film polymer layer and the thin film polymer layer has a top surface opposing the bottom surface is provided. A method of making a moisture responsive system, comprising: applying a thin film polymer layer to a foundation; applying a substrate polymer layer on the thin film polymer layer; curing the substrate polymer layer to form a thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer; and removing the thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer from the foundation is provided. A method of using such a moisture responsive system by applying moisture to the moisture responsive system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Songshan Zeng, Dianyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10946626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester composite comprising: a polyester foam sheet; and a polyester resin layer laminated on one surface or both surfaces of the polyester foam sheet. The durability and strength of the composite can be improved, the weight of the composite can be reduced, and the composite can be variously utilized as vehicle interior and exterior materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUVIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mee Huh, Kwang Hee Lee, Woo Jin Kim, Seung Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10913725
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oxazine compound which contains a group having an aromatic ring structure and a plurality of specified carbon-carbon double bond structure so as to achieve an object. The present invention further provides a composition containing the oxazine compound of the present invention, a cured product containing the composition, and a laminate having a layer of the cured product. The present invention further still provides a composition for a heat-resistant material and a composition for an electronic material, which contain the composition containing the oxazine compound of the present invention so as to achieve the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Otsu, Tomohiro Shimono, Kazuo Arita, Junji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10894393
    Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer films with high toughness performance, where the films have an elastic ethylene copolymer in the core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Achiel J. M. Van Loon, Danny Van Hoyweghen
  • Patent number: 10894111
    Abstract: A hydrophilic intraocular lens (IOL) with high refractive index comprising at least one copolymer comprising: ((a) a first monomeric subunit comprising (i) a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and an aliphatic carbon moiety comprising at least two hydroxyl substituents or (ii) a polymerized (meth)acrylamide group, (b) a second monomeric subunit different from the first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group, at least one side group comprising (i) an aryloxy moiety comprising at least one halogen, and (ii) an aliphatic carbon moiety linking the aryloxy moiety with the polymerized (meth)acrylate group, wherein the aliphatic carbon moiety comprises optionally at least one hydroxyl substituent, (c) a third monomeric subunit different from the first and second monomeric subunits comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and at least one alkoxyalkoxyalkyl side group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BENZ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.
    Inventors: Patrick H. Benz, Adam Reboul