Patents Examined by Monique R. Jackson
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Patent number: 11976178Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions including a carbon fiber material comprising one or more of an acyclic olefin group or a thiol disposed thereon; and a thermosetting polymer or a thermoplastic polymer. The present disclosure further provides metal substrates including a composition of the present disclosure disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides vehicle components including a metal substrate of the present disclosure. The present disclosure further provides methods for manufacturing a vehicle component, including contacting a carbon fiber material with a carbon-containing zinc-titanium or a thiol to form a coated carbon fiber material; and mixing the coated carbon fiber material with a thermosetting polymer or a thermoplastic polymer to form a composition. Methods can further include depositing a composition of the present disclosure onto a metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Patrick J. Kinlen
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Patent number: 11965224Abstract: This steel sheet for a can is a steel sheet for a can containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% to 0.050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% to 0.03%, Ti: 0% to 0.03%, B: 0% to 0.0020%, and a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which, when the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less is indicated by a, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 2 ?m is indicated by b, a/b satisfies a range of the following formula (1), a fracture strain is 1.6 or more, and a sheet thickness is 0.10 to 0.30 mm a/b<0.12??. . . (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Toru Yonebayashi
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Patent number: 11950376Abstract: There is provided a copper-clad laminate in which transmission characteristics exhibited by a resin layer can be further improved while sufficient peel strength between a copper foil and the resin layer is ensured. The laminate includes a copper foil; an adhesive layer including a polyphenylene ether resin, a polyimide resin, an olefin-based resin, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyester resin, a polystyrene resin, a hydrocarbon elastomer, a benzoxazine resin, an active ester resin, a cyanate ester resin, a bismaleimide resin, a butadiene resin, a hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated styrene butadiene resin, an epoxy resin, a fluororesin, a vinyl-group-containing resin, or the like; and a resin layer. The maximum height Sz at a copper foil surface on the adhesive layer side is 6.8 ?m or less. The dielectric loss tangent value of the adhesive layer at 1 GHz, ?a, is equal to or less than that of the resin layer, ?r.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Hosoi, Toshifumi Matsushima
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Patent number: 11944997Abstract: A surface decoration structure includes an undercoat film, a silver mirror film layer, and a topcoat film formed on a surface of a substrate. The silver mirror film layer includes a film of stacked nanometer-sized silver particles having surfaces coated with a polymer dispersing agent, and the topcoat film includes, as a solvent, at least one member selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound, an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound solution including 10% by mass or less of an aromatic compound, and diisobutyl ketone. The undercoat film and/or the topcoat film may include a corrosion inhibitor. The silver mirror film layer may further include a corrosion inhibitor. The surface decoration structure includes the silver mirror film layer with improved luster and corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasushi Nishimura, Akio Nagai, Wataru Yamauchi, Kazumi Yasuda, Hiroyuki Arimoto, Mai Ooe
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Patent number: 11905383Abstract: A gas barrier film includes: a substrate; and a gas barrier layer located on at least one surface of the substrate, the gas barrier layer containing an aqueous polyurethane resin that contains an acid group-containing polyurethane resin and a polyamine compound, a water soluble polymer, and an inorganic layered mineral, wherein, when a region from a top to a bottom of a cross-section of the gas barrier layer in a thickness direction, which is defined as a first region, is equally divided in the thickness direction into 11 strip regions, and a region different from the first region from a top to a bottom of a cross-section of the gas barrier layer in the thickness direction, which is defined as a second region.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Sayaka Hoshi, Junichi Kaminaga, Yuki Omura, Yuka Nomoto
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Patent number: 11897230Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-treated metal sheet for polyolefin resin bonding having a metal substrate and an adhesive layer laminated on at least one surface of the metal substrate with a chemical conversion coating film interposed between the metal substrate and the adhesive layer. This surface-treated metal sheet for polyolefin resin bonding is characterized in that a coating liquid for forming the chemical conversion coating film contains an acid-modified polyolefin resin, a colloidal silica, and a silane coupling agent; a coating amount of the chemical conversion coating film is 0.05 to 3 g/m2 in terms of dry mass; the adhesive layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin resin; and the adhesive layer has a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Hirano, Takeshi Watase, Tetsuya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11884789Abstract: A method of manufacturing a prepreg composition includes disposing a plurality of core/shell quantum dots on or in a resin matrix of the prepreg composition. The quantum dots may include an inner core that when excited by light of a first wavelength emits a detectable luminescent signal, and an outer shell that blocks light of the first wavelength from reaching the inner core when the outer shell is intact. A method of determining the suitability of a pre-impregnated composite fiber material for incorporation into a composite structure and a method of detecting damage to a prepreg composition due to ultraviolet radiation exposure utilizing the core/shell quantum dots are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Morteza Safai
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Patent number: 11876030Abstract: There are provided a clad material and a method for producing the same, the clad material being capable of preventing cracks from being formed and preventing the separation of layers thereof from being caused, even if it is punched by press-working (even if a high shearing force is applied thereto by thermal shock. After each of Mo—Cu layers 10, which has a metal film 10a of a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ti, Pd, Pt and Ni on at least one side thereof is arranged on a corresponding one of both sides of a Cu-graphite layer 12, which is obtained by sintering a graphite powder having a Cu film on the surface thereof, so as to allow the metal film 10a to contact the Cu-graphite layer 12, the layers are heated while a pressure is applied between the Cu-graphite layer 12 and the Mo—Cu layers 10.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: DOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., THE GOODSYSTEM CORPORATIONInventors: Tomotsugu Aoyama, Hiroto Narieda, Ilho Kim, Meoung whan Cho
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Patent number: 11875922Abstract: An insulated electric wire is composed of a conductor, and a covering layer disposed around an outer circumference of the conductor. The covering layer has a plurality of flame retardant layers composed of a flame retardant resin composition, and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame retardant layers. The insulating layer is made of a resin composition including a resin component, and the resin component includes 40% by mass or more of a resin having a melting point of 125 degrees C. or higher of 100% by mass of the resin component.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Tamotsu Kibe, Motoharu Kajiyama, Masafumi Kaga
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Patent number: 11840047Abstract: A metal-clad laminate, a printed circuit board using the same and a method for manufacturing the metal-clad laminate. The metal-clad laminate comprises: a first dielectric layer, comprising a first dielectric material and not comprising a reinforcing fabric, the first dielectric material comprising 20 wt % to 60 wt % of a first fluoropolymer and 40 wt % to 80 wt % of a first filler; a second dielectric layer disposed on one side of the first dielectric layer and comprising a reinforcing fabric and a second dielectric material formed on the surface of the reinforcing fabric, wherein the thickness of the reinforcing fabric is not higher than 65 ?m and the second dielectric material comprises 55 wt % to 100 wt % of a second fluoropolymer and 0 to 45 wt % of a second filler; and a metal foil disposed on the other side of the second dielectric layer that is opposite to the first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shi-Ing Huang, Shur-Fen Liu, Kai-Hsiang Lin
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Patent number: 11840455Abstract: A composition comprising at least one inorganic particulate material such as calcium carbonate, use of a said composition in a barrier coating composition or in a paper coating composition, a method for making said composition, a method for making a paper coating composition and a method for making a coated product.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: ImerTech SASInventors: Matthew Cheeseman, Janet Preston, Graham M. Pring
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Patent number: 11827766Abstract: Provided is a resin material capable of effectively improving the insulating properties and the thermal conductivity, and further effectively controlling the variation in dielectric breakdown strength, and further effectively increasing the adhesion. A resin material according to the present invention includes first inorganic particles, second inorganic particles, and a binder resin, and a ratio of a compressive strength at 10% compression of the first inorganic particles to a compressive strength at 10% compression of the second inorganic particles is 2.5 or more, the second inorganic particles have a compressive strength at 10% compression of 1.5 N/mm2 or less, and the second inorganic particles include primary particles having an aspect ratio of 7 or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuko Kawahara, Keigo Oowashi, Kouji Ashiba, Masataka Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11822104Abstract: The invention relates to a reflective composite material (V) having a carrier (1) consisting of aluminum, having an interlayer (2) which is present on a side (A) on the carrier (1) and is composed of a varnish, and having an optically active multilayer system (3) which has been applied atop the interlayer (2) and consists of at least three layers, wherein the upper layers (4, 5) are dielectric and/or oxidic layers, and the lowermost layer (6) is a metallic layer which consists of silver and forms a reflection layer (6). To increase the aging resistance, it is proposed that the interlayer (2) comprise an organic layer-forming varnish or be formed entirely from such a varnish that has been cured in an ionic photopolymerization and crosslinking or that has been cured after UV irradiation by free-radical photopolymerization and crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ALANOD GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Frank Templin, Stefan Ziegler, Carmen Wülfing, Thorsten Göschel, Renè Püschl, Alexander Peetsch, Tobias Titz
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Patent number: 11814543Abstract: A composition suitable for coating a metallic substrate that is susceptible to corrosion is disclosed. The composition comprises a carrier medium and graphene platelets in which the graphene platelets comprise between 0.002 wt % and 0.09 wt % of the coating, and the graphene platelets comprise one of or a mixture of two or more of graphene nanoplates, bilayer graphene nanoplates, few-layer graphene nanoplates, and/or graphite flakes in which the graphite flakes have one nanoscale dimension and 25 or less layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: APPLIED GRAPHENE MATERIALS UK LIMITEDInventors: William Weaver, Matthew David Sharp, Gaven Johnson
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Patent number: 11801666Abstract: A structure formed from composite material and method of forming a composite structure is disclosed in which one or more metal layers are disposed on a composite structural member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventor: Matthew Cross
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Patent number: 11794453Abstract: The present invention is related to a heat-sealable multilayer packaging film comprising: a support layer, and a peelable seal layer comprising a polymer blend, said polymer blend comprising: from 40 to 85% by weight of one or more first amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass-transition temperature of at least 120° C., from 10 to 55% by weight of one or more second amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass-transition temperature of less than 120° C., and from 0.5 to 15% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one elastomeric copolymer comprising at least one polymerized monovinylarene and at least one polymerized acyclic olefin.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Amcor Flexibles Kreuzlingen AGInventors: Ingeborg Verlodt, Tony Malfait
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Patent number: 11787158Abstract: A sheet laminate for being used as a puncturable top web for a blister package, comprising: an aluminium base sheet layer; at least one tie layer comprising polyolefin; a welding layer comprising polyester or polypropylene; wherein the welding layer and the tie layer are coextrusion coated on the base sheet layer so that the at least one tie layer is disposed between the base sheet layer and the welding layer, whereby the welding layer is attached to the base sheet layer by the at least one tie layer. A blister package, wherein the sheet laminate is attached to a bottom web with product cavities. A method of manufacture of the sheet laminate and of the blister package, wherein the coextrusion coating step of the manufacture of the blister package is carried out simultaneously with extrusion lamination of a paper layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Danapak Flexibles A/SInventors: Torben Fogtmann, Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen
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Patent number: 11780987Abstract: Provided are a light-blocking member, a black resin composition, and a black resin molded article in which the optical density per predetermined thickness is increased. In a light-blocking member (1) comprising a substrate (2) and a light-blocking membrane (3) provided on at least one surface of this substrate (2), the light-blocking membrane (3) containing a binder resin (31), a first black pigment (32) having an average particle diameter D50 of 0.4 to 2.5 ?m, and a second black pigment (33) having an average particle diameter D50 smaller than this is employed. The average particle diameter D50 of the second black pigment (33) is preferably 0.01 to 0.3 ?m. The optical density of the light-blocking membrane (3) is preferably 0.54 to 2.00 (?m?1) in terms of thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KIMOTO CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nagahama
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Patent number: 11773275Abstract: Metal salt based stabilizers are described that are effective to improve stability of sparse metal conductive films formed with metal nanowires, especially silver nanowires. Specifically, vanadium (+5) compositions can be effectively placed in coatings to provide desirable stabilization under accelerated wear testing conditions. Sparse metal conductive films can comprise fused metal nanostructured networks. Cobalt (+2) compounds can be incorporated as stabilization agents within nanowire inks to provide a high degree of stabilization without significantly interfering with the fusing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: C3 Nano, Inc.Inventors: Xiqiang Yang, Yongxing Hu, Ajay Virkar, Arthur Yung-Chi Cheng, Faraz Azadi Manzour, Ying-Syi Li
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Patent number: 11768041Abstract: Polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures are provided which include a selectively emissive layer of a polymer or a polymer matrix composite material. Exemplary selective radiative cooling structures are in the form of a sheet, film or coating. Also provided are methods for removing heat from a body by selective thermal radiation using polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures, and a cold collection system comprising a plurality of the polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, University of WyomingInventors: Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin, Gang Tan, Dongliang Zhao, Yaoguang Ma, Yao Zhai