Patents Examined by Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 8932710
    Abstract: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film that can satisfy durability even when a thin pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed. A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film comprising an optical film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one side of the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed by a pressure-sensitive adhesive, comprising: a (meth)acrylic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,500,000 to 2,800,000; containing, as a monomer component, 3 to 10% by weight of a heterocyclic ring-containing acrylic monomer; 0.5 to 5% by weight of a carboxyl group-containing monomer; 0.05 to 2% by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing monomer; and 83 to 96.45% by weight of an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, and a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inoue, Kohei Yano, Masayuki Satake, Yutaka Moroishi
  • Patent number: 8877337
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet comprising a PVC film (support) provided with PSA layer formed of an aqueous dispersion-type PSA composition, which exhibits a smooth unwinding motion. The PVC film can be obtained by molding a PVC composition comprising PVC and a metal soap. The metal soap comprises an alkali earth metal soap and zinc soap. At least part of the alkali earth metal soap is a stearate and at least part of the zinc soap is zinc laurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishijima, Masato Shirai
  • Patent number: 8846197
    Abstract: An impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer including an impact-absorbing layer. A side surface of the impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a tapered surface; and the tapered surface has a taper angle of 65° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Noguchi, Atsushi Hino, Kanji Nishida, Kazuo Kitada, Takaichi Amano
  • Patent number: 8828537
    Abstract: A reinforcing tape for imbedding in a joint compound, has reinforcing yarns defining openings for passage of the joint compound, wherein; the openings are bounded by the yarns; the yarns are provided with one or more coatings adding tensile strength and resistance to pull out of the yarns from the joint compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain ADFORS Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark J. Newton, Mark W. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8828534
    Abstract: The method comprises: using chemical vapor infiltration to form a first continuous interphase on the fibers of a fiber structure made of refractory fibers, the interphase having a thickness of no more than 100 nanometers; impregnating the fiber structure with a consolidation composition comprising a carbon or ceramic precursor resin; forming a fiber preform that is consolidated by shaping the impregnated fiber structure and using pyrolysis to transform the resin into a discontinuous solid residue of carbon or ceramic; using chemical vapor infiltration to form a second continuous interphase layer; and densifying the preform with a refractory matrix. This preserves the capacity of the fiber structure to deform so as to enable a fiber preform to be obtained that is of complex shape, while nevertheless guaranteeing the presence of a continuous interphase between the fibers and the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Herakles
    Inventors: Eric Philippe, Eric Bouillon
  • Patent number: 8828535
    Abstract: Provided is a cover tape that has a small range of stripping strength and generates little static electricity when stripped at a high speed. The cover tape according to the present invention comprises at least a substrate layer, an intermediate layer, a charge transfer layer, and a heat seal layer, characterized in that (A) the charge transfer layer containing an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a conductive agent, and (B) the heat seal layer containing (a) a thermoplastic resin component composed of an acrylic resin, and (b) a styrene-conjugated diene copolymer or a hydrogenated resin thereof, the mass ratio of the two components ((a)/(b)) being 20/80 to 80/20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Tokunaga, Yusuke Tanazawa
  • Patent number: 8815389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly abrasionproof and sound-absorbing strip for armoring cable harnesses, especially in motorcars, said strip consisting of a backing comprising a first covering layer A that is joined to a second layer C over the entire surface of the covering layer A in a fixed manner. According to the invention, the covering layer A consists of suede, a non-woven fabric, a woven fabric or a knitted fabric, especially a PET filament fabric or a polyamide fabric, and the layer C consisting of a porous flat structure such as a textile having an open, but stable, three-dimensional structure, a foam or an expanded film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Klaus Külper, Matthias Von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Andreas Wahlers
  • Patent number: 8802228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blister top foil for sealing with respect to an existing blister bottom foil, wherein the blister top foil comprises at least the following layers, seen from the outside to the inside of the finished pack: possibly a layer of printing undercoat lacquer (c), a layer of printing primer (d), a layer of adhesive (e), a layer of plastic film (f), a layer of possibly peelable adhesive (g), a layer of aluminum (h) and a layer of heat sealing lacquer (i). The invention is characterized in that the printing primer layer (d) is an aluminum layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Constantia-Patz Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventor: Johannes Piesslinger
  • Patent number: 8771830
    Abstract: Substrate having a silver-ion containing titanium oxide coating having a silver content of greater than or equal to 0.2 of Ag/l of Ti to less than or equal to 0.4 of Ag/l of Ti, wherein the coating is X-ray amorphous and the hydrophobicity of the coating can be reduced persistently by illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fachhochschule Kiel
    Inventor: Mohammed Es-Souni
  • Patent number: 8765259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier film for mounting a polishing workpiece. The carrier film comprises a surface substrate and a buffer substrate. The surface substrate consists of first elastomer, the first elastomer comprising a plurality of first holes; wherein the first holes have a drop shape, and each of the first holes has an opening. The buffer substrate consists of second elastomer, the second elastomer comprising a plurality of second holes. The surface substrate and the buffer substrate are adhered with adhesive comprising the first or the second elastomer. A method for making the carrier film is also provided. When polishing, the carrier film provides a good buffer property to conduct and release down force applied on the polishing workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: San Fang Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Chih Feng, I-Peng Yao, Lyang-Gung Wang, Yung-Chang Hung
  • Patent number: 8709592
    Abstract: A retro-reflective sensor coating arrangement comprises a base layer of luminescent sensor material and an outer layer of optical bodies, such a spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Colin Bird
  • Patent number: 8703297
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an antistatic optical film having excellent antistatic effect and high light transmittance, wherein an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film. An antistatic optical film having an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, wherein rubbing treatment is performed on a surface of the optical film on which the antistatic layer is laminated, and a conductive polymer in the antistatic layer is aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inoue, Masayuki Satake, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Akiko Ogasawara, Akira Ootani
  • Patent number: 8685534
    Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention provides for a high thermal conductivity resin that comprises a host resin matrix 32 a high thermal conductivity filler 30. The high thermal conductivity filler forms a continuous organic-inorganic composite with the host resin matrix, and the fillers have an aspect ratio of between 3-100. The fillers are substantially evenly distributed through the host resin matrix, and are aligned in essentially the same direction. In some embodiments the resins are highly structured resin types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: James David Blackhall Smith, Gary Stevens, John William Wood
  • Patent number: 8673441
    Abstract: The invention relates to antimicrobial plastics products which comprise, as the antimicrobially active component, silver orthophosphate or particles of partly reduced silver orthophosphate. The plastics products have a very good antimicrobial efficacy. The production process achieves the effect that the plastics products, in spite of their content of silver orthophosphate or partly reduced silver orthophosphate, are not discolored under the action of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Spiegelberg (GmbH & Co.) KG
    Inventors: Christoph Cichos, Irmgard Cichos
  • Patent number: 8663798
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises: an optical film comprising a transparent base film and an optical compensation liquid crystal layer provided on one side of the transparent base film; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the optical compensation liquid crystal layer; and an undercoat layer that is interposed between the optical compensation liquid crystal layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and contains a polymer and an antioxidant. The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film can suppress window frame unevenness when a backlight is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kayo Oohira, Yuusuke Toyama, Masayuki Satake, Minoru Miyatake
  • Patent number: 8647740
    Abstract: A method for labeling fabrics, such as fabric garments, and a heat-transfer label well-suited for use in said method. In one embodiment, the heat-transfer label comprises (i) a support portion, the support portion comprising a carrier and a release layer; (ii) a wax layer, the wax layer overcoating the release layer; and (iii) a transfer portion, the transfer portion comprising an adhesive layer printed onto the wax layer and an ink design layer printed onto the adhesive layer. Preferably, at least a portion of the ink design layer is printed using a variable printing technique, such as thermal transfer printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Ming He, Liviu Dinescu, Kuolih Tsai, Dong-Tsai Hseih, Li Shu, Yi-Hung Chiao, Alan Morgenthau, Ramin Heydarpour
  • Patent number: 8603628
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a turbine blade includes providing a multilayer polymeric film. The multilayer polymeric film includes a first layer including an acrylic-based adhesive, a second layer disposed over the first layer, and a third layer disposed over the second layer. The second layer includes a blend of an acrylic polymer and fluoropolymer. The third layer has at least a portion with a smooth surface. The third layer includes fluoropolymer. The method further includes laminating the multilayer polymeric film over at least a portion of a turbine blade work piece. The first layer contacts the turbine blade work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Gaurav Verma, Vincent Garreau
  • Patent number: 8603629
    Abstract: A laminate tape that has a bottom layer of aggressive adhesive formulated to have sufficient adhesion to construction materials to as low as 20 degrees F. The adhesive is applied in a layer of about 2 to 5 mils. A second layer that is about 10 to 60 mils thick is made of rubberized asphalt, which provides self-sealing capabilities. In one embodiment, the first layer has strips of adhesive and sections of rubberized asphalt. The third layer is a film, which can be a thin, contiguous polymer, fabric or particulate. The laminate can be used where a strong adhesive is needed that will adhere to construction materials at or near 20 degrees Fahrenheit, while still retaining self-sealing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: MFM Building Products Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Simpson, Michael L. Wright, Whitney J. Croft
  • Patent number: 8580367
    Abstract: An adhesive layer included in an adhesive-type optical film forms a portion located on the inside of a edge line of an optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Masaaki Kawaguchi, Noboru Itano, Akiko Ogasawara, Osamu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8580217
    Abstract: An insulating material for an electrical machine that insulates coiled windings is provided. The insulating material includes a carrier material and adhesive coatings on the front and back of the carrier material. The adhesive coatings are mounted and aligned on the front and back of the carrier material in such a way that in the carrier material in the insulation state a direct frictional connection is developed between the adhesive coatings on the front and back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens AG Österreich
    Inventors: Gyula Hipszki, Gerhard Wruss