Patents Examined by Terrel Morris
  • Partially self-adhesively treated article with permanently deformed self-adhesive composition
    Patent number: 6858110
    Abstract: Process for producing partially-self-adhesively treated backing materials comprising partially deformed domes or polygeometric forms of adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Peter Himmelsbach, Peter Jauchen, Klaus Keite-Telgenbüscher, Matthias Lehder, Reiner Leutz, Jens Schreiber
  • Reinforced, laminated, impregnated, and composite-like materials as crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel structures
    Patent number: 6855743
    Abstract: Reinforced, laminated, impregnated, and materials with composite properties as cross linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel structures in bulk or cellular matrix forms that can take essentially any physical shape, or can have essentially any size, degree of porosity and surface texture. They have a wide range of physical properties, unusual and unique combinations of physical properties and unique responses to stress fields, which allows for their use in many end use applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Nanosystems Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Nedeljko Vladimira Gvozdic
  • Multi-component fibers having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 6855422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-component fiber having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof. The multi-component fiber comprises a fiber body formed from a plurality of elongated members, at least one of the elongated members comprising a temperature regulating material dispersed therein. The temperature regulating material comprises a phase change material. The multi-component fiber may be formed via a melt spinning process or a solution spinning process and may be used or incorporated in various products where a thermal regulating property is desired. For example, the multi-component fiber may be used in textiles, apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, buildings, appliances, and other products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventors: Monte C. Magill, Mark H. Hartmann, Jeffrey S. Haggard
  • Dielectric cellular electret film and procedure for its manufacture
    Patent number: 6852402
    Abstract: Film of dielectric material, which film contains gas bubbles preferably of a flat shape. To achieve improved electrical properties, the film is given a large internal unipolar charge, which is created by charging the film by means of an electric field intensive enough to produce partial discharges in the gas bubbles and to cause the charges to move into the dielectric material of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Emfitech Oy
    Inventors: Kari Kirjavainen, Keijo Korhonen, Jyrki Kroger, Lasse Raisanen
  • Insulating composite materials and methods for producing and using same
    Patent number: 6852391
    Abstract: A composite material wherein one or more backing materials are disposed in generally contiguous relation to an insulating material. Methods for forming composite materials comprising securing one or more backing materials to an insulating material such that the backing materials are in generally contiguous relation to the insulating material. Methods for using the composite materials of the present invention wherein a structure is wrapped with a composite material of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventor: Charles Kannankeril
  • Article having a predetermined surface shape and method for preparation thereof
    Patent number: 6849350
    Abstract: An article having a predetermined surface configuration comprising a substrate and a gelled film having a high refractive index, excellent heat resistance, high film hardness and excellent transferability formed on the surface of the substrate. A process for producing an article having a gelled film with a transferred surface on the surface of a substrate by arranging a sol-gel material with close contact between the substrate and a mold in the form of a film and heating it. The sol-gel material contains a metal compound represented by M1Xm, a hydrolyzate thereof or a hydrolysis/polycondensation product thereof, and a metal compound represented by R1M2Yn, a hydrolyzate thereof or a hydrolysis/polycondensation product thereof, wherein at least one of M1 and M2 is a metal atom selected from Ti, Zr, Al, Ge, Sn or Sb and the metal atom accounts for at least 10 atom % of the total of M1 and M2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Minami, Masahiro Tatsumisago, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Atsunori Matsuda, Masahiro Hori, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Koichiro Nakamura
  • Method of manufacturing oxide superconducting wire, oxide superconducting wire, superconducting coil and superconducting apparatus
    Patent number: 6844064
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire which can manufacture the longest possible wire by connecting relatively short wires with each other and is capable of suppressing reduction of a critical current resulting from influence by strain when the wires connected with each other are bent, an oxide superconducting wire, a superconducting coil and a superconducting apparatus are provided. According to the method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire by superposing end portions of two oxide superconducting wires (1, 2) with each other thereby bonding the end portions and connecting the oxide superconducting wires with each other, a junction (L) formed by superposing the end portions with each other is so worked as to reduce the quantity of strain on an end of the junction (L) when the two oxide superconducting wires (1) and (2) connected with each other are bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Ryosuke Hata, Hiromi Takei, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Takeshi Hikata
  • Bi-directional and multi-axial fabrics and fabric composites
    Patent number: 6841492
    Abstract: Bi-directional and multi-axial fabrics, fabric composites, ballistically resistant assemblies thereof, and the methods by which they are made. The fabrics are comprised of sets of strong, substantially parallel, unidirectional yarns lying in parallel planes, one above the other, with the direction of the yarns in a given plane rotated at an angle to the direction of the yarns in adjacent planes; and one or more sets of yarns having lower strength and higher elongation interleaved with the strong yarns. The fabrics of the invention provide superior ballistic effectiveness compared to ordinary woven and knitted fabrics but retain the ease of manufacture on conventional looms and knitting machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Bhatnagar, Elizabeth Stroud Parrish
  • Heat-activated adhesive tape having an acrylic foam-like backing
    Patent number: 6841234
    Abstract: Heat-activated adhesive tape has a backing comprising 88-92% acrylic polymer containing: 35-45% of a first alkyl acrylate monomer with alkyl groups containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 30-40% of a second alkyl acrylate monomer with alkyl groups containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 6-10% a first monoethylenically unsaturated polar copolymerizable monomer, 1-2% a second monoethylenically unsaturated polar copolymerizable monomer, 0.3-0.5% photoinitiator, 1-2% filler, 0.05-0.07% crosslinker/chain extender, and 8-12% hollow glass microspheres; and heat-activated adhesive layer on at least one side. A pressure-sensitive adhesive may be on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Scapa Tapes North America Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Lhila, Kwang-Yol Park, Kaila Delpozzo, Jian Ling Ding
  • Source sheet for stencil printing, plate manufacturing method, and stencil printing method
    Patent number: 6841233
    Abstract: The invention relates a source sheet for stencil printing comprising: a porous support material; a porous resin film formed on a surface of the porous support material; wherein, the porous support material has a maximum air permeability of 90 s/100 cc; and, the porous resin film has a maximum air permeability of 600 s/100 cc; preferably, the air permeability of the porous support material?the air permeability of the porous resin film. According to the source sheet and plate manufacturing method of the present invention, the plate for the stencil printing can be obtained which is superior in the pore block property and in which the thermal deformation of the source sheet during the plate manufacturing is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kinoshita, Yasuo Yamamoto, Tsutomu Nio, Toru Nakai, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Quilting method and system
    Patent number: 6838398
    Abstract: A method of making a quilt includes a batting including a heat activated adhesive coating each side or faces of the batting. The quilt covers are attached to the batting by sequentially placing the covers onto the respective batting faces and heating each cover and adjacent adhesive by moving a hot iron over each cover. The covers are connected to each by a plurality of spaced yarn or other suitable decorative connecting means which extend through the covers and batting to secure the batting in place and may form a desired decorative pattern. The inactive adhesive remains in the quilt or is removed by washing of the quilt. The batting with the inactive adhesive is provided as a commercially available product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: June Tailor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jilene A. Repp, Francis A. Yogerst
  • Creped materials
    Patent number: 6838154
    Abstract: There is provided a resilient, three dimensional material having fibrous texture and appearance and capable of fluid handling. It consists of a top surface and a bottom surface wherein fiber-like elements typically extend from one surface to the other forming flat to undulating surfaces characterized by a multiplicity of interconnected fluid passageways. Deformed, discontinuous film-like or encapsulated regions connect fiber-like elements and stabilize the material. The material of this invention is unique based on the three principle characteristics which are communicated in this application: 1) ff(?)<0.87, 2) SA/VV<186 cm2/cm3, and 3) caliper<0.150 inches. This material is useful for a number of purposes, such as for use as a liner for personal care products like diapers, absorbent underpants, swim wear, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugenio Go Varona, Monica Lynn Bontrager, Jaime Braverman, Kuo-Shu Edward Chang, Michael Allen Daley, Karen Lynn English, Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Hristo Angelov Hristov, Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Tamara Lee Mace, David Michael Matela, Sharon Rymer, Reginald Smith, Roland Columbus Smith, Jr., Michael Donald Sperl
  • Magnetic recording medium having ternary or quaternary alloy seedlayer
    Patent number: 6838188
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic disk includes a NiP or ceramic glass substrate on which a seedlayer is sputtered in a low pressure inert gas atmosphere, the seedlayer comprising a ternary or quaternary alloy formed from a B2 lattice type alloy such as NiAl, CoTi, CoAl, NiTi, FeTi, CoFe, CoHf, CuZn, CoZr, and MnAl. For quaternary alloys in which elements X and Y are added to the B2 type alloy, X can be chosen from one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, V, Mn, and Zn, and Y can be chosen from one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr, Zn, Ag, Au, Pt and Pd. The resulting seedlayer preferably has an A2 lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventor: Bunsen Y. Wong
  • Composite facer for wallboards
    Patent number: 6838163
    Abstract: A composite facer material for use with cementitious wallboards, where the composite facer is embedded in a top and bottom face thereof. The composite facer material, in a most preferred embodiment, comprises two layers. The first layer is preferably a carded polyester nonwoven mat, which is bonded to a second layer comprising preferably a tri-directional laid scrim fabric reinforcement layer made of continuous glass fibers. The two layers are preferably bonded together using an acrylic adhesive, which offers superior adhesion between the layers as well as superior adhesion between the composite facing material and the cementitious core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Smith, George C. McLarty, III, Andrew D. Child, Samuel E. Graham, W. Randolph Hursey
  • Foam pad and process for production thereof
    Patent number: 6838155
    Abstract: A foam pad comprising a surface to which a trim cover can be secured, the surface comprising a channel having a width of up to about 15 mm. Disposed in the channel is one of a male portion or a female portion of a releasably engageable male-female trim cover attachment system. A trim cover having the other of the male or female portion attached thereto may be readily attached to the foam pad. A process and a mold for producing the foam pad are also described. The foam pad is particularly useful as a component of a vehicular seat system (e.g., seat bottom, seat back and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Woodbridge Foam Corporation
    Inventors: Debra Marie Cappucci, Randall Joseph Lansue
  • Adhesive article with progressive adhesive properties and method of using same
    Patent number: 6835452
    Abstract: An adhesive article adapted to attach structures to a substrate and a method of using the same. The adhesive article has a failure mode that minimizes damage to the substrate surface. The adhesive article comprises an adhesive layer having a first adhesive region and a second adhesive region. The first adhesive region is adapted to attach a top portion of the structure to the substrate. The second adhesive region is adapted to attach a bottom portion of the structure to the substrate. The second adhesive region comprises reduced adhesive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Michael D. Hamerski
  • Fire-resistant composite panel and fire-resistant decorative composite panel using the same
    Patent number: 6835676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire-resistant composite panel having superior fire-resistance and impact-resistance, a low dimensional change, and good workability to form a curvature, and it also relates to a fire-resistant decorative composite panel using the same. The composite panel comprises a substrate layer formed by impregnating or coating a substrate material of a woven or nonwoven fabric of inorganic fiber, or a paper, with a resin compound that contains an inorganic filler having less as a component and a thermosetting resin, and a rear layer of an aluminum sheet or a galvanized steel plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Min Kim, Wan-Ho Song, Hyoung-Yool Kim
  • Bonding together surfaces
    Patent number: 6835441
    Abstract: Two surfaces are adhesively bonded together by providing on one of the surfaces a central, single point adhesive contact deposit and providing on one of the surfaces, adhesive extending from a central point deposit in a spoke-like array diagonally across substantially the entire surface. Also provided is the article obtained by the above method as well as the assembly used for bonding the two surfaces together. The surfaces are brought together, one on top of the other, with the adhesive located between the surfaces to cause the adhesive to spread out and cover the surfaces to thereby bond them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Gaynes, Ramesh R. Kodnani
  • Water resistant fabric and method for making
    Patent number: 6833333
    Abstract: Water resistant laminates that can be useful in end uses requiring a water tight membrane comprising a layer of fabric, wherein a first polymer having a certain stress index that is substantially contained within the fabric layer and a second polymer having a higher stress index than that of the first polymer that can be coated onto one or both surfaces of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Reisdorf, Loic Pierre Rolland
  • Low-e coating with high visible transmission
    Patent number: 6830817
    Abstract: Coated articles are provided with an anti-reflection system(s) which enables high visible transmission and/or low visible reflection. Neutral color is also achievable in certain example embodiments. In certain example embodiments, the anti-reflection system(s) is used in conjunction with a double silver (Ag) layer stack which provides low sheet resistance and/or emissivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Grzegorz Stachowiak