Patents Examined by John D. Freeman
  • Patent number: 11446906
    Abstract: A decorative sheet includes a primary film layer; a transparent resin layer; and a surface protective layer, in this order; the surface protective layer is formed of a plurality of layers with a layer located on an outermost surface is a surface protective layer, and a layer underlying the surface protective layer is a second surface protective layer and includes one or more ionizing radiation-curable resins having an erosion rate E in a range of 0.10 ?m/g or more and 0.45 ?m/g or less, and one or more thermosetting resins having an erosion rate E in a range of 0.30 ?m/g or more and 0.6 ?m/g or less, the erosion rate E being measured by using polygonal alumina powder having an average particle size (D50) of 1.2 ?m, and a mass ratio between the ionizing radiation-curable resin and the thermosetting resin (ionizing radiation-curable resin/thermosetting resin) is 95/5 to 40/60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Yamasaki, Mami Nagashima, Masamitsu Nagahama, Masatoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11440291
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling is provided. In some embodiments, the composite material includes a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent. In some embodiments, the surface of the base layer comprises a reflective substrate comprising an adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the base layer via the adhesive layer of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PC Krause and Associates
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • Patent number: 11437163
    Abstract: An insulated wire, containing a conductor and an insulating film provided in contact with the conductor, in which the insulating film provided in contact with the conductor contains a polyimide resin, and the polyimide resin contains a constituting unit (A) derived from 2,2-bis[4-(4-amininophenoxy)phenyl]propane and a constituting unit (B) derived from 9,9-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorene as a diamine-derived constituting unit; the polyimide resin has an imide group concentration of 25.0% or less; and the ratio of the content of the constituting unit (B) occupied in the diamine-derived constituting unit in the polyimide resin is 1 to 40 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuko Hara, Keiichi Tomizawa, Hideo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11421107
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a curable resin composition capable of providing a cured product that has a high glass transition temperature after curing and is excellent in thermal decomposition resistance, adhesiveness, and long-term heat resistance. The present invention also aims to provide a cured product of the curable resin composition, an adhesive containing the curable resin composition, and an adhesive film, a coverlay film, a flexible copper clad laminate, and a circuit board each formed using the curable resin composition. Provided is a curable resin composition containing: a curable resin; an imide oligomer having an imide skeleton in a main chain and a crosslinkable functional group at an end and having a number average molecular weight of 4,000 or less; and a curing accelerator, a cured product of the curable resin composition having an initial adhesive force to polyimide of 3.4 N/cm or more, the cured product after storage at 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka Wakioka, Kohei Takeda, Yuta Oatari, Takashi Shinjo, Masami Shindo
  • Patent number: 11401480
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thin-wall bonded self-lubricating plate, the composite material structure thereof being composed of a surface self-lubricating layer, an intermediate bonding layer, and a metal backing layer. The surface self-lubricating layer includes polytetrafluoroethylene, ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene, etc. The surface self-lubricating layer thereof is thicker than an ordinary sintered self-lubricating material, thereby reducing vibration and prolonging the service life. Components, such as bushings, gaskets, sliding plates, composite bearings and other special-shaped members, made of the thin-wall bonded self-lubricating plate, have broad application prospects in low-speed rotation and relative sliding parts of vehicles, general machinery, office furniture, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MINGYANG TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingxiang Wang, Hu Zhao, Jianxiong Ni
  • Patent number: 11390760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition, a primer coating film, a layered antifouling coating film, a method of producing a substrate with a primer coating film, and a method of producing a substrate with a layered antifouling coating film. The coating composition includes an epoxy resin (A), an amine curing agent (B), a silane coupling agent (C), water (D), and a pigment (E). In the coating composition, the content of the water (D) is 3.5 to 11 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of non-volatile content in the coating composition, and a pigment volume concentration of the coating composition is 37 to 47%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.
    Inventor: Jyunji Niimoto
  • Patent number: 11383485
    Abstract: A plastic laminated film comprising a first layer comprising a polyamideimide copolymer and a second layer provided on at least one surface of the first layer and comprising a polyimide copolymer. The plastic laminated film has both excellent mechanical properties and UV weathering resistance while being colorless and transparent, and can be suitably used as cover films for various flexible or foldable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwan Yeol Paek, Soon Yong Park, Young Ji Tae, Young Seok Park, Bi Oh Ryu, Il Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11383492
    Abstract: Provided is an outer plate of a refrigerator. The outer plate of the refrigerator include a steel plate made of a metal material and having an outer surface on which a hairline is processed, a film layer made of a resin material and attached to a surface of the steel plate on which the hairline is provided, and a primer layer allowing the film layer to adhere to the steel plate. The primer layer includes an adhesion promoter for the adhesion between the steel plate and the film layer and a nano pigment for realizing a color while maintaining transparency of the primer layer, and when viewed from the outside of the refrigerator, the hairline that is visible through the primer layer and the film layer is visible together with the color of the primer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngwoo Kim, Suhyun Lee, Hyesun Jung
  • Patent number: 11377554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chain guide, respectively a chain tensioner for use in a lubricated sliding system, comprising a surface layer or bearing or comprising a sliding element comprising a surface layer, the surface layer being mainly made of a polymeric material containing a matrix polymer and optionally other components dispersed in said matrix polymer, wherein the matrix polymer consists of a semi-crystalline polyamide (SCPA) having a tensile modulus at 140° C. of at least 800 MPa (measured by the method according to ISO 527-1A). The invention also relates to a power train drive system comprising an engine, a transmission differential and a drive shaft system, a drive chain and a plastic component comprising a sliding element in contact with the lubricated drive chain, wherein the chain guide, the chain tensioner, respectively the sliding element has a coefficient of friction (CoF), measured in lubrication oil at 140° C. at a nominal contact pressure of 1 MPa and a speed of 1 m/s, of at most 0.07.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Roy Antoine Hendrikus Wilhelmus Proost, Michael Hubertus Helena Meuwissen, Zhujuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11370884
    Abstract: A composite textile product includes a polyamide textile layer and a polyamide film. The polyamide film is bonded to the polyamide textile layer. A thickness of the polyamide textile layer is between 0.1 mm and 0.3 mm. The polyamide film has an average pore size ranging from 10 ?m to 150 ?m. A thickness of the polyamide film is between 0.01 mm and 0.1 mm. Wherein the polyamide film comprises a copolymer material, and the copolymer material includes a polyamide section and a polyether section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: YIE-CHENG TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 11364715
    Abstract: A laminate includes a polycarbonate substrate and an ultraviolet hard coat film disposed on the polycarbonate substrate. The ultraviolet hard coat film may include a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer, an adhesive interposed between the PET layer and the polycarbonate substrate, and an exterior hard coat disposed on the PET layer opposite the polycarbonate substrate. The exterior hard coat may include UV stabilizers. The laminate may include additional ultraviolet hard coat films stacked on the ultraviolet hard coat film. The laminate may be thermoformed into the shape of a curved vehicle windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart E. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11351763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyamide block copolymer and a polyamide film including the same. The polyamide block copolymer according to the present disclosure makes it possible to provide a polyamide film exhibiting excellent mechanical properties while being colorless and transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bi Oh Ryu, Soonyong Park, Youngseok Park, Young Ji Tae, Kwanyeol Paek, Il Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11345132
    Abstract: An optical sheet of the present invention includes a specific wavelength absorption layer that contains a polycarbonate as a main material and a light absorbing agent that absorbs light of a specific wavelength out of light in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 740 nm, in which the polycarbonate has a viscosity average molecular weight Mv of 20,000 to 30,000. In addition, the specific wavelength absorption layer further includes an ultraviolet absorbing agent that absorbs light in a wavelength range of 100 nm to 420 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Oyama, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11345124
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable multilayer film according to the present invention is obtained by laminating an inner surface layer that contacts contents, an adhesive layer, and an intermediate layer that is adjacent to the adhesive layer, in this order from an inner side to an outer side. The inner surface layer contains an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, the adhesive layer contains an acid-modified ethylene-based copolymer, and the intermediate layer contains a polyamide-based resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Kitada, Tadayoshi Itoh, Shota Nambu
  • Patent number: 11307339
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an optical film 10 including a resin base material 11 and a functional layer 12, wherein a 5-?m square region on the front surface 10A of the optical film 10 is observed to have 1 or more and 50 or less depressions having any shape at least selected from a ring shape, a circular shape, and an irregular shape, when the square region is observed using an atomic force microscope after a rubber eraser abrasion test, in which the front surface 10A is rubbed 4,000 times with a rubber eraser in a reciprocating motion under a load of 500 g; the front surface 10A has a dynamic friction coefficient of 0.70 or less before the test; and the change rate of the dynamic friction coefficient of the front surface 10A between before and after the test is 35%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Ooyari, Yoshimasa Ogawa, Jun Sato
  • Patent number: 11297748
    Abstract: A film shielding against electromagnetic interference comprises an insulating layer, a silver layer, and a conductive adhesive layer. The insulating layer is made of polyimide. The metal layer is formed on the insulating layer. The conductive adhesive layer is coated on the metal layer and is very thin but renders the film less prone to bubbling and rupturing when in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
    Inventors: Fu-Yun Shen, Ming-Jaan Ho, Hsiao-Ting Hsu
  • Patent number: 11273628
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a polyimide resin layer containing a polyimide resin containing two or more components derived from tetracarboxylic dianhydrides and/or two or more components derived from diamine compounds; and at least one solvent selected from a solvent group A consisting of urea-based solvents, alkoxy-group-containing amide-based solvents, and ester-group-containing amide-based solvents in an amount of from about 50 ppm to about 2,000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Wataru Yamada
  • Patent number: 11260635
    Abstract: A resin composition resulting in a cured article which is excellent in balance among mechanical strength, surface smoothness, and light transmittance, a method for producing a cured article, a cured article, and a flexible substrate or flexible display including the cured article. The resin composition includes a polyamic acid having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), a cellulose compound having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or less, and an organic solvent. In the formula (1), A is a tetravalent organic group and B is a divalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Saijo, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Jiro Hikida, Dai Shiota
  • Patent number: 11260627
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible substrate having excellent flexibility and gas barrier properties. A flexible substrate 100 according to the present invention includes: a base material 20 including an inorganic glass 10 and resin layers 11 and 11? placed on both sides of the inorganic glass 10; and an inorganic thin film 12 placed on a side of one of the resin layers where the inorganic glass is not placed, wherein the inorganic thin film 12 is formed on at least a peripheral edge of one surface of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Murashige, Takashi Yamaoka, Daisuke Hattori, Yoshimasa Sakata, Tatsuki Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 11260636
    Abstract: A polyamide acid of the present invention contains, as a diamine component, 2,2-bistrifluoromethylbenzidine and trans-1,4-cyclohexanediamine, and contains, as a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride component, a pyromellitic acid anhydride and a 3,3,4,4-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride. A ratio of the trans-1,4-cyclohexanediamine to a total amount of the diamine is preferably 0.5-40 mol %. A polyimide is obtained by dehydration ring closure of the polyamide acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mari Uno