Patents Examined by Zachary M Davis
  • Patent number: 11985774
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a folding area, a plate which is under the display module and includes a bending portion corresponding to the folding area and a plurality of openings defined in the bending portion, a first plate and a second plate portion extending from opposing sides of the bending portion, a support layer which is under the bending portion and includes a first support member and a second support member spaced apart from each other, and a cushion layer including a first cushion member corresponding to the first plate portion and a second cushion member corresponding to the second plate portion. Each of the first support member and the second support member has a modulus greater than a modulus of each of the first cushion member and the second cushion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaiku Shin, Sung Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 11981787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated expanded sheet excellent in strength and formability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a laminated expanded sheet comprising a laminate of a resin expanded layer and a resin non-expanded layer, wherein the resin expanded layer is provided as an outermost layer, the laminated expanded sheet has a bending strength of 5 MPa or more, and an arithmetic average roughness of a surface formed of the resin expanded layer is 3 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Endo, Eiji Fukuyama, Ayano Mori
  • Patent number: 11981291
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a luggage room board that reliably produces a cushioning effect during opening and closing operations, whereby the impact is not applied during the opening and closing operations. The luggage room board 1 includes the luggage room board main body 2 made of resin and is configured to be opened and closed. For example, a tape-shaped cushioning material (non-woven fabric) is attached to the luggage room board main body 2 along two sides orthogonal to a rotation center line serving as the rotation center of the opening and closing operations. At one of ends 20a of a non-woven fabric 20, a concave portion 30 is provided on a surface of the luggage room board main body 2 to which the non-woven fabric is attached, and the end 20a of the non-woven fabric 20 is attached so as to enter the concave portion 30. The concave portion 30 is formed such that a depth gradually increases toward the end 20a of the non-woven fabric 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwasaki, Sho Nakajima, Yoshitaka Matsubara, Yuki Harasawa
  • Patent number: 11981116
    Abstract: An anisotropic composite material assembly comprising a first layer with a tensile modulus different from its compressive modulus and that exhibits variable modulus behavior. The first layer elastically buckle under compressions. A second layer has a tensile modulus substantially the same as its compressive modulus. The first and second layers are joined together, and the assembly is bendable in a first direction with an outer surface of the first layer being in compression and the assembly has a first bending stiffness during bending in the first direction. The assembly is bendable in a second direction opposite the first direction with the outer surface of the first layer being in tension, and the assembly has a second bending stiffness greater than the first bending stiffness during bending in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Carbitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Junus Ali Khan, Tyler Andre Kafentzis, Kevin Lynn Simmons, Keshava Bhamidipaty
  • Patent number: 11975515
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a surface-protective film which is excellent in terms of antiglare property, scratch resistance, and oil resistance. Provided as a means for solving the problem is a surface-protective film which comprises a protective layer constituted of a polyurethane, both surfaces of the protective layer being flat, and a hardcoat layer formed on one of the surfaces of the protective layer, wherein the hardcoat layer has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of equal to or greater than 0.1 and equal to or less than 0.8 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kamada, Hiroki Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11980000
    Abstract: A back film for a display device and the display device are provided in the present disclosure. The back film includes an opening region and a non-opening region, and the back film includes a first flexible material layer and a polyimide layer laminated one on another. An opening penetrating through the first flexible material layer and the second flexible material layer is formed in the back film, and a region corresponding to the opening is the opening region. The back film further includes a protection member covering the camera region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao Huang, Yuanyou Qiu, Yudiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11969856
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a wafer with a notch includes: polishing principal surfaces of the wafer; mirror-polishing a notch chamfered portion of the notch; mirror-polishing an outer-periphery chamfered portion of an outer peripheral portion of the wafer; and finish-polishing one of principal surfaces of the wafer, the finish-polishing being performed after performing the mirror-polishing of the notch chamfered portion, the polishing of the principal surfaces, and the mirror-polishing of the outer-periphery chamfered portion in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kantarou Torii
  • Patent number: 11969955
    Abstract: A component made of a fiber-reinforced plastic, having a first surface portion, a second surface portion and a transition portion, which is enclosed by the first surface portion and the second surface portion, wherein surface tangents to the first surface portion and the second surface portion are not parallel, at least in regions adjacent to the transition portion. The transition portion has a curvature adjoining the adjacent surface portions in a tangentially constant manner, wherein an arrangement of at least two layers made of a fiber-reinforced plastic extends from the first surface portion, over the transition portion, onto the second surface portion, and fibers at least of one of the layers run with an unchanging orientation on the first surface portion and the second surface portion and, on the transition portion, run in a laterally offset, inflected or curved manner along the running direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Born, Dirk Elbracht, Konstantin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11964921
    Abstract: A method for applying a coating 1 to a surface 2 of a mullite material 3 is specified, which comprises pretreating the surface 2 of the mullite material 3 by means of a plasma-chemical process in which molecular hydrogen is excited in such a way that plasma-activated hydrogen is produced S1, and applying an aluminum oxide-containing layer 4 by means of a PVD process to the pretreated surface 2 of the mullite material 3 S2. Furthermore, a mullite material 3 with a coating and a gas turbine component with such a mullite material 3 are specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Werner Stamm, Simone Friedle, Juergen Ramm
  • Patent number: 11958963
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates rubber sheeting materials. Specifically, the disclosure relates to ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) membranes that include maleic anhydride grafted EPDM. The EPDM rubber membranes may be used for weatherproofing buildings, and in particular, as a membrane for building façade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CARLISLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Majid Karimi Nejad, Michael O'Toole, William J. Schneider, Anil Shenoy
  • Patent number: 11952712
    Abstract: A synthetic leather has high flame retardance in addition to excellent mechanical strength and durability, which may yield a covered article having an excellent texture, and a covered article which has been covered with the synthetic leather. The covered article includes a synthetic leather and a covered article covered with the synthetic leather, the synthetic leather having a fiber base material layer including a non-woven fabric containing: a non-melting fiber A having a high-temperature shrinkage rate of 3% or less, and a thermal conductivity, conforming to ISO22007-3 (2008), of 0.060 W/m·K or less; and a thermoplastic fiber B having an LOI value, conforming to JIS K 7201-2 (2007), of 25 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru Harada
  • Patent number: 11948779
    Abstract: A component for a plasma processing apparatus, and a plasma processing apparatus are highly resistant to plasma and are highly durable. The component includes a substrate containing a first element that is a metal element or a semimetal element, and a film located on the substrate and containing yttrium oxide as a main constituent. The film contains yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with a deviation angle of ±10° from a {111} direction of a crystal lattice plane of yttrium oxide. The yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with the deviation angle have an area ratio of 45% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11939270
    Abstract: A method of producing a copper/ceramic bonded body, the copper member having a composition having a Cu purity of 99.96 mass % or more, a balance of inevitable impurities, a P content of 2 mass ppm or less, and a total content of Pb, Se and Te of 10 mass ppm or less, the method includes bonding the laminated copper member and the ceramic member by pressing and heating, wherein an average crystal grain size of the copper member before bonding is 10 ?m or more, an aspect ratio is 2 or less, and a pressing load is 0.05 MPa or more and 1.5 MPa or less, a heating temperature is 800° C. or higher and 850° C. or lower, and a holding time at the heating temperature is 10 minutes or longer and 90 minutes or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Nishimoto, Satoshi Takakuwa
  • Patent number: 11932001
    Abstract: This specification relates to a decoration member including: a substrate; and a decoration layer provided on the substrate in which there are one or more combinations of viewing angles ? and ? in which a contrast parameter Cn represented by Equation 1 is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Suk Song, Jungdoo Kim, Sangcholl Han, Song Ho Jang, Ki Hwan Kim, Pilsung Jo
  • Patent number: 11932987
    Abstract: A synthetic leather has excellent flame retardance and an article covered with the synthetic. The synthetic leather includes a fiber base material layer formed of a non-woven fabric sheet, wherein the non-woven fabric sheet includes at least one flameproof layer formed of a web including a non-melting fiber A having a high-temperature shrinkage rate of 3% or less and a thermal conductivity, conforming to ISO22007-3 (2008), of 0.060 W/m·K or less and is formed by bonding the flameproof layer to a scrim layer including a carbonized heat-resistant fiber B having an LOI value, conforming to JIS K 7201-2 (2007), of 25 or more, and a resin layer is laminated on a surface of the scrim layer, and a covered article covered with the synthetic leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru Harada
  • Patent number: 11904592
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersible adhesively bonded wet tissue laminate and more particularly a dispersible wet wipe comprising two or more adhesively bonded tissue plies. Generally, the wipe comprises first, and second tissue plies adhesively bonded to one another by an adhesive, particularly a triggerable binder, disposed at the interface of the plies. The first and second tissue plies preferably comprise fibrous tissue plies and more preferably wet-laid tissue plies consisting essentially of conventional papermaking fibers. The adhesively bonded laminates are generally strong enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean wet tensile strength (GMWT) greater than about 250 g/in, but disperse quickly in water, such as having a Slosh Time less than about 60 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Robert S. Monson, Nicholas S. Wolter, Daniel M. Piette
  • Patent number: 11898215
    Abstract: The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a base steel sheet (1), an intermediate layer (4) disposed to be in contact with the base steel sheet (1), and an insulation coating (3) disposed to be in contact with the intermediate layer (4), and the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a surface of the base steel sheet (1) having a groove (G) which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1), in which in a cross-sectional view of a plane parallel to the rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction of the base steel sheet (1), when a region between end portions of the groove (G) is defined as a groove part (RG), an average thickness of the intermediate layer (4) of the groove part (RG) is 0.5 times or more and 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinji Yamamoto, Fumiaki Takahashi, Hideyuki Hamamura, Shinsuke Takatani, Masaru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11878494
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier polyamide film excellent in water resistance adhesiveness (water resistant laminate strength), impact resistance and pinhole resistance. The gas barrier polyamide film is characterized in comprising a stretched polyamide film, wherein the stretched polyamide film comprises A Layer: a base layer and B Layer: an easily adhesive layer on at least one surface of the A Layer, C Layer: an inorganic thin film layer is laminated on the surface of the B Layer in the stretched polyamide film, the A Layer comprises 65 mass % or more of Polyamide 6, the B Layer comprises 60 to 100 mass % of a Polyamide 6 copolymer and 0 to 40 mass % of Polyamide 6, and a ratio of a copolymer component in the Polyamide 6 copolymer is 3 to 35 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Endo, Kosuke Hama
  • Patent number: 11872689
    Abstract: One aspect is an apparatus including an additively manufactured component including a surface with an end effector feature, the end effector feature co-additively manufactured with the additively manufactured component and configured to be gripped by a corresponding end effector on a robot. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a recess in the surface. In another aspect, the recess includes an angled face. In an aspect, the recess has a teardrop shape. An aspect further includes an identification feature. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a plurality of recesses in the surface. In another aspect, the end effector feature enables a 3-point kinematic self-aligning positive control lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Oussama Rawas, Roy Smith, Alex James Hamade, Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Keith Allen Fleming, Eahab Nagi El Naga, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli
  • Patent number: 11859034
    Abstract: A curable composition for an electronic device, includes a curable material; and an oxide-containing complex; wherein the oxide-containing complex includes i) an oxide core and ii) an organic group chemically bound to an atom on a surface of the oxide core, the organic group includes a) a curable group reactable with the curable material and b) a linking group linking the atom on a surface of the oxide core to the curable group, and the oxide core includes an aluminum oxide, a silicon oxide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Myongji University Industry And Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Sanggu Lee, Junhyup Lee, Yoongook Park, Intae Son, Onnuri Kim, Hoyun Byun, Younghye Son