Patents Examined by Z. Jim Yang
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Patent number: 11685237Abstract: The invention refers to a light-transmissive plastic plate structure suitable for vehicle sunroof with curved surface and a method for fabricating the same. By using polymer material formulation, UV resistant coating formulation and precision coating technology, the wear resistance of polymer surface of plastic substrate can be improved to the same level as glass, and the original optical and physical properties after various environmental tests can also be maintained. The plastic substrate is first formed into a curved plastic plate through a hot pressing process, and then a connecting structure is formed and fixed on the plastic plate by an insert-molding injection process, in order to replace the traditional car sunroof mechanism which is assembled by glass plate bonded with metal connecting parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Enflex CorporationInventors: Hsin Yuan Chen, Jui Lin Hsu, Lung Hsiang Peng, Teng Hsiang Wei, Yong-Xin Chen, Zong Yang Li
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Patent number: 11685688Abstract: The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent glass substrate, and a coating, which comprises at least one functional metal Ag alloy coating layer. The alloy coating layer consists essentially of Ag with an alloying agent selected from a group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Hf, Ta or W. An alloying agent concentration is 0.15-1.35 at. %, preferably 0.20-1.00 at. % or 0.25-0.80 at. % of the Ag alloy coating layer, the rest being Ag, and the Ag alloy coating layer has a thickness of 5-20 nm, preferably 8-15 nm or more preferably 8-12 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: MIMSI Materials ABInventors: Viktor John Elofsson, Mattias Samuelsson, Sankara Pillay
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Patent number: 11685135Abstract: A vehicle sandwich component with a layered construction having a honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure may have a first lower honeycomb layer and a second upper honeycomb layer, the first lower honeycomb layer has at least one edge portion protruding laterally in the transverse direction beyond the second upper honeycomb layer, and a central honeycomb layer region or compression region which has a reduced thickness, achieved by compression, in relation to the edge portion and on which the second upper honeycomb layer is provided. Also, method for producing a vehicle-sandwich component of this type.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Matthias Baumann, Frank Kiesewetter, Dirk Legler, Jan Wokoeck
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Patent number: 11673367Abstract: Embossed fibrous structures containing a plurality of filaments and methods for making same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Scott Kraus, David William Cabell
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Patent number: 11673828Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one silver-based functional metallic layer, at least one blocking layer located directly in contact with a silver-based functional metallic layer, and at least one zinc-based metallic layer located above or below this silver-based functional metallic layer, directly in contact or separated by one or more layers having a total thickness of less than or equal to 20 nm.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Denis Guimard, Johann Skolski, Romain Hivet, Joël Bellemin
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Patent number: 11660837Abstract: A composite glass pane that contains two glass panes or two polymer panes or one glass pane and one polymer pane and has at least one polymer film bonded therebetween, wherein a first type of polymer film having a first stiffness is arranged in a first, larger areal region of the composite glass pane and a second type of polymer film having a second, higher stiffness than the first polymer film is arranged in at least one second areal region.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Martin Lakshmanan, Claire Barras
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Patent number: 11647581Abstract: A ceramic electronic component that includes an electronic component body having a superficial base ceramic layer; a surface electrode on a surface of the electronic component body, a peripheral section of the surface electrode having an opening therein; and a covering ceramic layer covering the peripheral section of the surface electrode and the opening therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Takemori
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Patent number: 11639048Abstract: Disclosed generally herein is a laminated vehicle glazing including first and second glass sheets and a polymer interlayer interposed therebetween. The interlayer includes a major part and a stiff part adjacent to the major part. The stiff part does not surround the major part, such that the major part is along at least one edge of the laminated vehicle glazing. The stiff part includes at least one layer made of a material that has a higher Young's modulus than that of the material used in the major part. Young's modulus in the thickness direction of the stiff part is higher than that of the major part.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.Inventor: Wladislaw Bronstein
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Patent number: 11639445Abstract: A high-haze anti-glare film is disclosed. The high-haze anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer on the substrate. The anti-glare layer comprises acrylate binder, amorphous silica microparticles and spherical organic polymer microparticles, wherein the spherical organic polymer microparticles are monodispersity and the average particle size thereof is smaller than that of the amorphous silica microparticles. The total haze (Ht) of the anti-glare film is more than 40%, and the total haze is the sum of the surface haze (Hs) and the inner haze (Hi) of the anti-glare film, and the inner haze (Hi) and the total haze (Ht) satisfy the relation 0.25<Hi/Ht<0.75. The present high-haze anti-glare film provides high anti-glare and anti-sparkling properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: BenQ Materials CorporationInventors: Che-Yu Ying, Yu-Wei Tu, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
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Patent number: 11641712Abstract: A ceramic electronic component that includes an electronic component body having a superficial base ceramic layer; a surface electrode on a surface of the electronic component body; and a covering ceramic layer covering a peripheral section of the surface electrode. The peripheral section of the surface electrode that is covered by the covering ceramic layer has a thin portion located on a central side of the surface electrode and which is thinner than a central section of the surface electrode, and a width of the thin portion is 20% or more of a width of the peripheral section of the surface electrode that is covered by the covering ceramic layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Takemori
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Patent number: 11635622Abstract: A nanovoided spacer material that is used as a mechanical buffer between at least two optical components. The optical components may include gratings (e.g., Bragg gratings, moth-eye surfaces, etc.) having sensitive and fragile surfaces (e.g., patterned surfaces). The nanovoided spacers may have a predetermined thickness and concentration of nanovoids to provide a given optical property (e.g., a reflection coefficient at an interface between two optical elements). The nanovoided spacer may include a multilayer structure (e.g., two or more layers) of varying refractive index (e.g., to reduce reflections between surfaces of the optical elements). The nanovoided spacer may include from about 10% to 90% nanovoids by volume and may have an average index of refraction of about 1.15. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and materials are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Katherine Marie Smyth
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Patent number: 11630243Abstract: Durable and scratch resistant articles including low-reflectance optical coating with gradient portion. In some embodiments, an article comprises: a substrate comprising a first major surface; and an optical coating disposed over the first major surface. The optical coating comprises: a second major surface; a thickness; and a first gradient portion. A refractive index of the optical coating varies along a thickness of the optical coating. The difference between the maximum refractive index of the first gradient portion and the minimum refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.05 or greater. The absolute value of the slope of the refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.1/nm or less everywhere along the thickness of the first gradient portion. The article exhibits a single side photopic average light reflectance of 3% or less, and a maximum hardness from 10 GPa to 30 GPa.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price
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Patent number: 11624858Abstract: Provided is an antireflective member that has a water- and oil-repellent layer on a multi-layered antireflective layer and is capable of exhibiting excellent surface lubricity, water- and oil-repellent properties, and durability. The surface of the multi-layered antireflective layer on a base material has a root-mean-square surface roughness of 0.8 nm to 2.0 nm. The water- and oil-repellent layer has a thickness of 1 to 30 nm and is a cured product of water- and oil-repellents having as principal components a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer modified organosilicon compound with the numerical average molecular weight of 4,500 to 10,000 of a fluoropolymer part and/or partial hydrolysis condensate thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yamane, Lisa Katayama, Ryusuke Sakoh, Takashi Matsuda
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Patent number: 11607860Abstract: The application relates to a composite part which comprises a cell core, a connecting layer, a planar glass and optionally a further flexible layer. The cell core is filled with a hardened polymer, such that the composite part can be produced in a one-shot process.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbHInventors: Guillaume Basquin, Othmane Faik
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Patent number: 11609360Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate that can eliminate adsorption defects of a substrate caused by warping of the substrate and enables electronic devices to be manufactured at high yield. The present invention pertains to a laminate that is provided with a support base material, an adhesion layer, and a substrate in said order. The substrate is provided with a dielectric multilayer film in which dielectric layers having different refractive indexes are alternately laminated on an outer surface of the substrate. The substrate provided with the dielectric multilayer film is disposed on the adhesion layer such that the dielectric multilayer film adheres in a peelable manner to the adhesion layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Tatsuzo Miyagoe, Teruo Fujiwara
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Patent number: 11597183Abstract: The present disclosure relates to films having at least a first profiled layer and a second layer having an inverse profile of the first layer. Those films can be used as protection tapes for various surfaces. Exemplary uses of the films of the present disclosure include leading edge protection tapes for rotor blades.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Michael Benton Free, Stephen A. Johnson, William T. Fay, Troy J. Anderson, Derek W. Patzman
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Patent number: 11591259Abstract: An article includes a substrate with two main faces defining two main surfaces separated by edges, the substrate carrying a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of a main surface and a temporary protective layer deposited over at least a portion of the coating. The temporary protective layer has a thickness of at least 1 micrometer. The temporary protective layer made of polyfuran resin is obtained from a liquid composition comprising furfuryl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Bertrand Heurtefeu, Stéphane Lohou
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Patent number: 11591918Abstract: An article includes a substrate, a ceramic barrier coating, and a layer of networked ceramic nanofibers. The ceramic barrier coating is disposed on the substrate and has a porous columnar microstructure. The layer of networked ceramic nanofibers is disposed on the ceramic barrier layer and seals the pores of the porous columnar microstructure.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zhongfen Ding, Elisa M. Zaleski
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Patent number: 11565968Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one silver-based functional metallic layer, at least one zinc-based metallic layer, located above and/or below a silver-based functional metallic layer, and at least one nickel oxide-based layer located above and/or below this silver-based functional metallic layer and separated from this layer by at least one crystallized dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Denis Guimard, Johann Skolski, Joël Bellemin
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Patent number: 11554574Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the visibility can be made uniform over the whole area of laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and a heat shielding compound and has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end and having a thickness thicker than the one end, the absolute value of a difference between the thickness of a thickest portion and the thickness of a thinnest portion is 0.1 mm or more, and in a sheet of laminated glass prepared by sandwiching the interlayer film between two sheets of heat ray-absorbing plate glass with a thickness of 2.1 mm, the absolute value of a difference between the visible light transmittance at the thickest portion of the interlayer film and the visible light transmittance at the thinnest portion of the interlayer film is 4% or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Masaki Matsudou, Daizou Ii, Ryuta Tsunoda