Patents Examined by Megha M Gaitonde
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Patent number: 11548262Abstract: Embodiment relates to film for bonding, and a light-transmitting laminate including the same and the like, a film for bonding comprising an embossed surface, wherein the embossed surface has an A2/A1 value of 1 or less are disclosed. A film for bonding have improved in deairing stability during formation of a light transmitting laminate, an edge sealing characteristic, and the like by controlling characteristics of a embossed surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SKC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyejin Kim, Kyuhun Kim, Sungjin Chung, Jaechul Han
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Patent number: 11524466Abstract: A composite assembly with a laminate of fibre plies impregnated with a laminate matrix material is disclosed having pad of fibre plies impregnated with a pad matrix material, and a part with a body with protrusions which extend from the body and penetrate at least some of the fibre plies of the pad. The pad is bonded to the laminate by a stepped lap joint or a scarf joint. The assembly is manufactured by pressing the protrusions into the pad, and after the protrusions have been pressed into the pad, curing a pad matrix material impregnating the pad, and bonding the pad to the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Meyer, Philip Nicholas Parkes
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Patent number: 11318719Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass that can, even when having a thickness at the thickest portion of 850 ?m or more, exhibit sufficient deaeration properties in production of a laminated glass to provide a laminated glass with high transparency, and a laminated glass produced using the interlayer film for a laminated glass. Provided is an interlayer film for a laminated glass having a large number of recesses on at least one surface, the interlayer film for a laminated glass having a thickness T (?m) measured in conformity with JIS K-6732 (1996) and a maximum height roughness Ry (?m) measured in conformity with JIS B-0601 (1994) at a thickest portion, the thickness T and the maximum height roughness Ry satisfying the following expressions (1) and (1?): Ry?0.020×T+16.6??(1), T?850??(1?).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiko Nakayama
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Patent number: 11285711Abstract: Methods for adhering a substrate onto a surface of a ceramic component are provided. The method may include applying a first bond coating onto an attachment surface of the substrate, applying a first alumina coating onto the first bond coating on the attachment surface of the substrate, applying a second bond coating onto an outer surface of the ceramic component, applying a second alumina coating onto the second bond coating on the attachment surface of the substrate, applying a cement onto at least one of the first alumina coating and the second alumina coating, and adhering the attachment surface of the substrate onto the outer surface of the ceramic component. Connections between a metal substrate and a ceramic matrix composite component are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel James Aug, Joshua Daniel Brown, Aaron Michael Dziech, Joseph Herbert Fields, Kenneth Michael Gessner
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Patent number: 11274056Abstract: A system and method for sintering a thin, high purity fused silica glass sheet having a thickness of 500 ?m or less, includes a step of rastering a beam of a laser across a sheet of high purity fused silica soot; wherein a pattern of the rastering includes tightly spacing target locations on the sheet such that the laser sinters the soot and simultaneously forms tiny notches on a first major surface of the sheet when viewed in cross-section, wherein the tiny notches are crenellated such that at least some of the notches have generally flat bottom surfaces and at least some respective adjoining caps have generally plateau top surfaces offset from the bottom surfaces by steeply-angled sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Xinghua Li, Gary Edward Merz, John Stone, III
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Patent number: 11247436Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass which can be stored in a stacked state without experiencing autohesion so as to be easily peelable, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses and a large number of projections on a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the recesses on the first surface and the second surface each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent and parallel to each other, the interlayer film for a laminated glass satisfying Formulae (1) and (2): ??10°??(1), R/Sm?0.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Yuusuke Oota, Hirofumi Kitano, Hiroaki Inui
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Patent number: 11247430Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hydrophobic film according to one embodiment is provided. The hydrophobic film includes a flexible substrate and a hydrophobic layer. The flexible substrate comprises a flexible base and a patterned first bulge layer located on a surface of the flexible base. The hydrophobic layer is located on the surface of the patterned first bulge layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuan-Hao Jin, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 11198641Abstract: A coating provides a high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and a low overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) to trap and retain solar heat. The coating and coated article are particularly useful for use in architectural transparencies in northern climates. The coating includes a first dielectric layer; a continuous metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer, the metallic layer having a thickness less than 8 nm; a primer layer formed over at least a portion of the metallic layer; a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the primer layer; and an overcoat formed over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. When used on a No. 3 surface of a reference IGU, the coating provides a SHGC of greater than or equal to 0.6 and a U-value of less than or equal to 0.35.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventor: Andrew V. Wagner
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Patent number: 11186068Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of being enhanced in handling properties at the time of preparing laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, the thickness of the other end is larger than the thickness of the one end, and the glossiness on the surface of a maximum thickness part is 3% or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu Nishino, Etsurou Hirota
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Patent number: 11180819Abstract: Provided is an oriented electrical steel sheet including a groove existing on the surface of the electrical steel sheet and a forsterite layer formed on a part or all of the surface of the electrical steel sheet, in which forsterite which is extended from the forsterite layer and penetrates to a base steel sheet in an anchor form is present on the surface of the side of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: POSCOInventors: Oh-Yeoul Kwon, Seung Gon Lee, Hyun-Chul Park, Jung Hun Park, Seong-Kyu See, Sung-Yeun Won, Jae-Kyoum Kim, Jong-Tae Park, Se Min Park
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Patent number: 11181732Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel and a window member. The flexible display device includes a folding area and a peripheral area disposed adjacent to the folding area. The window member includes at least first and second base layers. The second base layer is overlapped with the first base layer and has a modulus of elasticity that is higher than that of the first base layer. A thickness of a first portion of the first base layer, which is overlapped with the folding area, is greater than a thickness of a second portion of the first base layer, which is overlapped with the peripheral area.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: SeungWook Nam, Kyu Young Kim, Ahyoung Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Kyu-taek Lee, Yong Cheol Jeong, Soyeon Han
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Patent number: 11148349Abstract: Film articles with dual-sided structures are ones in which both of the major surfaces of the film have a structured surface. The structured film articles have a first major surface and second major surface, where each surface has a plurality of spaced apart protrusions forming a repeating pattern. Each repeating pattern has a major axis, where the major axis is one of the major axes in the translational direction of the repeating pattern. The major axis of the repeating pattern on the second major surface forms an oblique angle with the major axis on the first major surface, where the angle is in the range of 10-90% of the angle of rotational symmetry of the repeating pattern. The structured film is a unitary substrate. The structured film articles are prepared by providing a flowable material composition having two major surfaces and simultaneously contacting the major surfaces with a first microstructuring tool, and a second microstructuring tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Graham M. Clarke, Randy S. Bay, Raymond J. Kenney, Kurt J. Halverson, Brent R. Hansen, Michael R. Plumb
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Patent number: 11148392Abstract: A laminate comprising a first ply, a second ply, and a third ply which sandwiching the second ply between the first ply and the third ply. The laminate further includes a first plurality of interfacial modifiers arranged between opposing faces of the first ply and the second ply. The first plurality of interfacial modifiers are arranged in a first pattern. The laminate includes a second plurality of interfacial modifiers arranged between opposing faces of the second ply and the third ply such that the first plurality of interfacial modifiers and the second plurality of interfacial modifiers are arranged on opposite faces of the second ply. The second plurality of interfacial modifiers are arranged in a second pattern. The first pattern and the second pattern are configured to increase crack growth resistance of the laminate by selectively toughening portions of the laminate to control propagation of interfacial cracks within the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Ryan B. Sills, Timothy Briggs, Brian T. Werner, Stacy Michelle Nelson
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Patent number: 11142019Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorated-part comprises a first and second base coat-layer-forming process, a surface coat-layer-forming process and a laser-decorating process. In the first base coat-layer-forming process, the first base coat-layer colored in a highly light color at a lightness-level of 70 or more is formed on the surface of the resin base-material 12. In the second base coat-layer-forming process, the second base coat-layer 21C colored in a chromatic color is formed on the first base coat-layer. In the surface coat-layer-forming process, the surface coat-layer colored in a less-bright color at a lightness-level of 20 or less is formed on the second base coat-layer 21C. In the laser-decorating process, the first laser-processed groove penetrating the surface coat-layer and exposing partially the second base coat-layer is made by irradiating the infrared laser onto such surface coat-layer, thus providing a fine decoration onto the surface of said decorated-part.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Goto, Tadayuki Mizobe, Tokinobu Shimada
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Patent number: 11136473Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a coating film capable of realizing satisfactory sliding properties in addition to water- and oil-repellent properties and wear resistance evaluated by a static contact angle, and a coating composition for obtaining the coating film. The present invention is directed to a fluorine-containing coating film which has a root mean square roughness of less than 3.5 nm and has a perfluoropolyether structure. It is preferred that the coating film has a polysiloxane backbone and further has a structure in which a fluoroalkyl group is directly bonded to a silicon atom of the polysiloxane backbone, and that a sliding angle of 6 ?L of a water droplet is 24.3° or less, or a speed of 20 ?L of a water droplet sliding on a coating film inclined at 32° is 0.1 cm/second or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Sayaka Sakurai, Yasuharu Shimazaki, Hidekazu Yoshida
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Patent number: 11118290Abstract: A water-dispersible nonwoven substrate includes a structured web of fibers. The structured web has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface has substantially filled protrusions extending outwardly from the first surface and connecting regions disposed between the protrusions. The average fiber densities of the protrusions and connecting regions are substantially the same, and the fibers are individualized plant-based fibers, reconstituted cellulosic fibers, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Alan E. Wright, Micheal S. Lerch, Joseph H. Miller, Dean J. Baumgartner, Greg Wendt, Daniel Sumnicht, Leonard E. Duello, David W. White, Tom J. Daul, Kip K. Decker, Samuel C. Baer
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Patent number: 11094226Abstract: A resin molding is provided. The resin molding includes an optically transparent plate-shaped portion, which has a first surface having a smooth surface portion, and a second surface having plural sections, wherein each of the plural sections has a width and includes one or more convex portions which have one or more ridge lines extending in a ridge line direction. The ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of at least one of the plural sections is different from the ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of one or more of others of the plural sections. When the first surface of the resin molding is observed from outside, the resin molding has metallic appearance.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yasuda, Masahide Hioki, Norihiro Kakinuma
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Patent number: 11090912Abstract: In an embodiment, a heat-sealable thermoprintable tape includes an extruded thermoplastic coating having a smooth printable surface on a first side, and an extruded heat-seal polymer layer disposed on a second side of the extruded thermoplastic coating, opposite the first side. The extruded thermoplastic coating is bonded to the heat-seal polymer layer to form the heat-sealable thermoprintable tape. In another embodiment, a method of forming a heat-sealable thermoprintable tape includes providing a support layer having an open structure configured to support an extruded coating, applying a polyurethane coating onto a first side of the support layer and into open spaces of the open structure to form a top surface, and extruding a heat-sealable polymer onto a second side of the support layer opposite the first side and into the open spaces of the open structure. The polyurethane coating bonds to the heat-sealable polymer within the open structure of the support layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TAJ TECH LLCInventor: Theodore A. Jacob, III
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Patent number: 11084250Abstract: According to various embodiments, a display or an electronic device comprising the same comprises: a first layer comprising a first member; a second layer which is formed beneath the first layer, the second layer comprising a second member; and a third layer which is formed between the first layer and the second layer, the third layer comprising an adhesive member. The third layer has a first area which may be formed by using a first adhesive member having a first attribute, and a second which may be formed by using a second adhesive member having a second attribute. In addition, other various embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Inventors: Song Hee Jung, Youngdo Kim, Joohyun Kim, Taesung Kim, Hyunchang Shin, Keunsik Lee
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Patent number: 11046041Abstract: In a decorative sheet, a concavo-convex pattern is provided on a surface of a base material. The concavo-convex pattern includes a first concave, a convex and a second concave. The first concave is a bottomed concave. The convex is adjacent to the first concave. The second concave opens at the bottom surface of the first concave. The second concave is a bottomed concave. The second concave is provided in a first region of the bottom surface of the first concave which is a region spaced apart from a boundary between the first concave and the convex not less than a maximum dimension which is a dimension in an opening direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of an opening end of the second concave which is a side of the bottom surface of the first concave in the thickness direction of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventor: Tatsuya Shirasaki