Patents Examined by Angela Ortiz
  • Patent number: 8043984
    Abstract: An elastic laminate capable of being rolled for storage and unwound from a roll when needed for use, includes an elastic layer of an array of continuous filament strands with meltblown deposited on the continuous filament strands, and a facing layer bonded to only one side of the elastic layer. The meltblown layer may include an elastic polyolefin-based meltblown polymer having a degree of crystallinity between about 3% and about 40%. The laminate suitably has an inter-layer peel strength of less than about 70 grams per 3 inches cross-directional width at a strain rate of 300 mm/min. Alternatively or additionally, the continuous filament strands and/or the facing layer may include an elastic polyolefin-based meltblown polymer having a degree of crystallinity between about 3% and about 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan J. Stadelman, Braulio A. Polanco, Joerg Hendrix, Peter M. Kobylivker, Peiguang Zhou, Bryon P. Day, Wing-Chak Ng, Steven R. Stopper
  • Patent number: 8039069
    Abstract: A composite part including a fibrous assembly including at least two preforms each of which includes layers of fibrous cloths. Each preform includes at least one opening or protruding structure which is substantially complementary to the structure of the other preform. The first and second preforms are engagement with one another and are firmly connected by a polymer matrix being injected around the preforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: SKF Aerospace France
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Buchin, Michel Genot
  • Patent number: 8038408
    Abstract: A composite blade (26) comprises a three-dimensional arrangement of reinforcing fibres (58) and a matrix material (60) infiltrated around the three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (60). The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (58) defines a plurality of cavities (56) within the aerofoil (28). The composite blade (26) comprises an aerofoil portion (38) and a root portion (36). The aerofoil portion (38) comprises a leading edge (44), a trailing edge (46), a concave pressure surface wall (50), a convex suction surface wall (52) and a tip (48). The aerofoil portion (36) comprises a plurality of webs (54) extending between, and being secured to, the concave pressure surface wall (50) and the convex suction surface wall (52) to produce a Warren girder structure. The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (58) are arranged to produce the concave pressure surface wall (50), the convex suction surface wall (52) and the plurality of webs (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Alison J. McMillan
  • Patent number: 8039110
    Abstract: A composite material, useful in producing wood-based materials, comprises (a) at least one cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing material and (b) at least one aminoalkylsilane, or at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and at least one further functional silane, or an aqueous solution which contains the at least one aminoalkylsilane or the at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and the at least one further functional silane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Jenkner, Burkhard Standke, Jaroslaw Monkiewicz, Roland Edelmann, Alireza Kharazipour, Lars Kloeser
  • Patent number: 8034431
    Abstract: There is provided a laminate of a thermoplastic backing to a fibrous web. This laminate, for example, could be used as a loop laminate for use in a hook and loop fastening system or an intermittently bonded elastic fibrous laminate. The laminate comprises a thermoplastic backing layer, having a first face and a second face. The backing layer has a plurality of projections extending from at least the first face of the backing. A fibrous web is attached to the backing at the location of at least some of the projections. The thermoplastic material of the backing, at the location of the projections, penetrates into the fibrous web encapsulating at least in part fibers of the fibrous web. The fibrous web preferably penetrates into at least some of the projections. The fibrous web is generally not attached, or very lightly attached, to the backing layer over at least some portion of the distance between adjacent projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jayshree Seth, Leigh E. Wood, Ronald W. Ausen, Randall L. Alberg, Dennis L. Becker, Katherine A. S. Graham, Byron M. Jackson, Janet A. Venne
  • Patent number: 8034442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prepreg made by impregnating a resin composition into a fiber reinforcing material, the resin composition comprising 50 to 60 parts by weight of an aromatic bismaleimide (A), 30 to 40 parts by weight of an alkenylphenol ether compound (B) expressed by a specific general formula, 5 to 15 parts by weight of an alkenyl aromatic comonomer (C), and 1 to 10% by weight of a thermoplastic resin (D) soluble in (B) or (C) based on the total amount of (A), (B) and (C), the aromatic bismaleimide (A) including 90% by weight or more of bismaleimide diphenylmethane, and a composite material having a glass transition temperature of 260 to 350° C. obtained by heat-curing the prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toho Tenax Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kaneko, Shusuke Sanai
  • Patent number: 8025985
    Abstract: A metallized composite sheet having low emissivity formed by coating a metallized moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one outer inorganic coating layer, wherein the moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michel Nutz, Aloyse Nicolas Wilmes
  • Patent number: 8026664
    Abstract: To provide a novel fluoranthene derivative and an organic light emitting device having the fluoranthene derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Patent number: 8026663
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound represented by general formula (I) below, a method of manufacturing the same and an organic electroluminescent device employing the same: where R1 to R6 are independent of one another and are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent represented by general formula (II) below, and at least one of R1 to R6 is a substituent represented by general formula (II): —C?C—SiRaRbRc??(II) where Ra, Rb and Rc are independent of one another and are each an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aromatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: National University Corporation Gunma University
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsumoto, Soichiro Kyushin, Keisuke Negishi, Youhei Ono, Manabu Uchida, Hidefumi Oomori
  • Patent number: 8025986
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element which is superior in luminance, reliability, and thermal stability and is capable of selectively emitting light with comparative long wavelengths such as red and good color purity and a light-emitting device or display device incorporated therewith. The organic electroluminescent element consists of a glass substrate (1), an anode (2), a hole transporting layer (10), an emitting layer (11), an electron transporting layer (12), and a cathode (3), which are sequentially laminated on top of the other. The emitting layer (11) is formed from a mixture composed of at least one species of the styryl compound represented by the general formula [I] below and a material with charge transporting capability. Y—CH?CH—X ??General formula [I] (where X denotes an aryl group (such as phenyl group) which has a substituent group (such as cyano group and methyl group), and Y denotes a group having a skeleton of aminophenyl group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Ishibashi, Mari Ichimura, Shinichiro Tamura, Naoyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 8026662
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an organic light-emitting element having two or more light-emitting layers, wherein degradation of each constituent material for the light-emitting layer is reduced to improve reliability of the element. The present invention provides an organic light-emitting element having a laminated structure with a first mixed light-emitting layer 4 composed of a hole transport material, an electron transport material and a dopant which determines a color of an emitted light, and a second mixed light-emitting layer 5 composed of a hole transport material, an electron transport material and a dopant which determines a color of an emitted light, and also provides an image display device which uses the organic light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Ishihara, Sukekazu Aratani, Masaya Adachi, Takayuki Ouchi
  • Patent number: 8026665
    Abstract: Disclosed are a novel deuterated aryl amine compound capable of enhancing thermal stability, hole transporting capability, luminescence efficiency, etc. of an organic light emitting diode at the time of being used as a hole-injecting layer, a preparation method thereof, and an organic light emitting diode using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Doosan Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoung-soo Kim, Tae-hyung Kim, Kyu-man Youn, Hyeon-jin Seo, Myung-soo Ko, Sang-hoon Lee, Dong-wan Ryu, Yeong-eun Kim
  • Patent number: 8022617
    Abstract: An organic compound having excellent heat resistance, an excellent amorphous nature, an excellent ability to transport charges, highly excited singlet and triplet states, and excellent solubility in an organic solvent is an organic compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or an optionally-substituted alkyl group; Ar2 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and Q is represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2): wherein Ar3 to Ar5 each represent an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and Ar3 and Ar4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Iida, Yuichiro Kawamura, Tomoyuki Ogata, Masayoshi Yabe, Misako Okabe, Masako Takeuchi, Kazuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 8021744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a friction material having a fully fibrous content fibrous base material. The base material has dispersed therethrough, in a penetrating gradient, a desired amount of friction modifying particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Lam, In Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 8017253
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element having members such as an organic EL layer formed highly precisely in a pattern with preferable light emission characteristic of the organic EL layer, and a photocatalyst containing coating solution to be used for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Iizumi, Kiyoshi Itoh, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Norihito Ito
  • Patent number: 8017228
    Abstract: Composite materials with a polymer matrix, low resistivity graphite coated fillers having exfoliated and pulverized graphite platelets coated on an outer surface of high resistivity fillers, are provided. The fillers can be fibers or particles. The composite materials incorporating the graphite coated fillers as reinforcements can be electrostatically painted without using a conductive primer on the polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Drzal, Wanjun Liu, Hiroyuki Fukushima, InHwan Do
  • Patent number: 8012404
    Abstract: A new type of composite with wooden quality, which contains a plastic inner layer and an outer envelope is described. The plastic inner layer is crosslinked with the outer envelope, the latter of which is made up from a plastic material containing a 5-20 wt. % of wood flour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: Xinggeng Chen
  • Patent number: 8012607
    Abstract: Provided are a cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light emitting device employing the same. Here, Y and Ar are described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hoon Park, O-hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 8013160
    Abstract: A fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers described above comprises the above fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure in the form of a single component or a mixed component. The organic electroluminescence device has a high luminous efficiency, and the fluorene-based derivative materializes the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ito, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Hachiya, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8012889
    Abstract: The following disclosure provides a low-density fire retardant structural board. The board has a body of fibrous material, a binder and fire retardant agent. The body of fibrous material includes a weight, first and second ends, first and second sides and a thickness. The fibrous material is dispersed throughout the thickness of the body. The binder is also dispersed throughout the thickness of the body. The fire retardant agent is dispersed between individual fibers of the fibrous material and throughout the thickness of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: FlexForm Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Garry E. Balthes, Darrell R. Eggers, Gregg B. Baumbaugh