Perforating Lamina Patents (Class 156/252)
  • Publication number: 20110054425
    Abstract: The invention provides an ostomy bag assembly including an outer bag and an inner bag secured to one side of a flange. The inner bag is removable to facilitate disposal. The flange has a polymeric backing film and a layer of bioadhesive for securing the ostomy bag assembly to the body of a patient. The flange includes an orifice to enable bodily waste to be received by the inner bag. The outer bag is detachably bonded to a first attachment zone on the flange and the inner bag is secured to a second attachment zone on the flange. The outer bag is mounted to the flange by an annular bonding element is formed from a multilayer polymeric material comprising first and second ethylene vinyl acetate layers and a polymeric support layer interposed there between. A method of fabricating ostomy bags is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: WELLAND MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Rory James Maxwell SMITH, Paul BIRD, Owen MAY
  • Publication number: 20110052864
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal adhesive tape, in which a conductor that generates heat by a high frequency wave is disposed in the middle of the thermal adhesive tape to thereby improve productivity and give strong adhesive strength while thermally adhering materials having a low thermal conductivity with each other. The thermal adhesive tape for a portable terminal, includes a heated sheet made of a conductor; a first melting sheet adhered to one face of the heated sheet; and a second melting sheet adhered to the other face of the heated sheet, wherein the first and second melting sheets are made of a polyester composition, the heated sheet is made of aluminum or copper, and the first and second melting sheets are melted upon heating of the heated sheet by a high frequency induction to adhere the case and the LCD cover with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: IL SHIN TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Ki SON
  • Publication number: 20110044011
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof that can achieve an improved adhesion strength when the electronic component is solder-mounted onto an external substrate and can thereby obtain considerably improved electric properties and reliabilities, etc. An electronic component, which is a capacitor 1, has: a circuit element 5a formed on a substrate 2; an electrode layer 5b connected to the circuit element 5a; passivation layers 6 and 8 that cover the electrode layer 5b; and terminal electrodes 9a and 9b connected to the electrode layer 5b via via-conductors Va and Vb formed through the passivation layers 6 and 8, the terminal electrodes 9a and 9b being formed to cover the side wall of the passivation layers 6 and 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OHTSUKA, Kyung-Ku Choi, Tatsuo Namikawa, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110041829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hob having a cooking surface (2) which is configured to position a cooking vessel thereon and which consists of glass ceramics (3), the cooking surface (2) having a cutout edge section (4) in the glass ceramics (3) in which an insert (5) is arranged. Said insert is produced from a material different from glass ceramics (3) and is permeable to light in the blue spectral range. The invention also relates to a method for producing a hob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERĂ„TE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Martin, Markus Schlegel, Thomas Stein
  • Patent number: 7892392
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an over-current protection device comprises a step of providing at least one current sensitive device and a step of pressing. The current sensitive device comprises a first electrode foil, a second electrode foil and a PTC conductive layer physically laminated between the first and second electrode foils. The pressing step is to press the current sensitive device at a predetermined temperature, thereby generating at least one overflow portion at sides of the PTC conductive layer to form the over-current protection device. The predetermined temperature is higher than the softening temperature of the PTC conductive layer. The over-current protection devices manufactured according to the present invention have superior resistance distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Polytronics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David Shau Chew Wang, Jyh Ming Yu
  • Patent number: 7892371
    Abstract: Transaction cards are provided wherein the foldable transaction cards have internal hinge material disposed within the foldable transaction card and fold lines for folding the transaction cards. In addition, foldable transaction card systems are provided, whereby transaction cards, having the internal hinge material, are provided within housings, cases or carriers. Moreover, methods of making foldable transaction cards are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Priscilla Gandel, Ellen Lasch, Lisa Ann Morrill Webb
  • Patent number: 7887653
    Abstract: A manufacturing device for manufacturing a reclosable-tape-having bag manufactures a reclosable-tape-having bag in which a reclosable tape is mounted on an inner surface of a bag body 10 while an open tape 23 for ripping and opening the bag body 10 is provided between a mounting base 212 and an upper film 11 of the bag body 10. The manufacturing device for manufacturing the reclosable-tape-having bag includes a notching instrument 110 for forming a notch on the bag body 10. The notching instrument 110 includes: a whole-notching instrument 110A for punching the upper film 11, a lower film 12, the open tape 23 and the mounting base 212 to form a tab on a side seal of the bag body 10; and a half-notching instrument 110B for forming an incision on the lower film 12 and a portion of the mounting base 212 corresponding to a position of the open tape 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Goto, Takehiro Iwamoto, Kenichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7887666
    Abstract: A singular ID product including a decorative portion comprising one or more die cut pieces, each die cut piece having a first surface and a second surface, a mask layer covering the one or more die cut pieces, and an adhesive material located between and in contact with the mask layer and with the one or more die cut pieces as well as methods for manufacturing singular ID products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Northern Engraving Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20110030888
    Abstract: A method to manufacture microfluidic sensors, typically including componentizing substrate layers One such method includes providing a plurality of layers of material configured to permit their stacking to form at least a first cap layer, a first channel layer, an interrogation layer, and a second channel layer During assembly, ribbon sections of substrate layers are sandwiched to cooperatively align elements through-the-thickness of the sandwich Individual sensors are then removed from the sandwich ribbon A componentizing step includes forming one or more elements for successive sensors spaced along the axial length of a ribbon Certain elements include electrically conductive patterned structures preferably printed onto a substrate using conductive ink and a printing process, sometimes placing material in operable position to conduct electricity through the thickness of at least one nbbon Other elements may include channels, tunnels, and vias that can be machined, stamped, or cut into a ribbon section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Harold E. Ayliffe, Curtis S. King
  • Patent number: 7883596
    Abstract: A noise absorber carpet comprised of a fabric layer portion and a resinous backing layer portion is provided. The fabric layer portion and the resinous backing layer portion are heat bonded with a press into the noise absorber carpet, and the press includes perforation pins and a cooling medium. The resinous backing layer portion is provided with noise absorbing perforations formed by contact with the perforation pins of the press and cooled by the cooling medium. The perforations having been cooled by the cooling medium with the press simultaneously with the bonding of the resinous backing layer portion with the fabric layer portion and the cooling of the press by the cooling medium, thereby providing for instant curing and fixation of the shape of the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Daiwa, Kabushiki Kaisha Yachiyo
    Inventor: Kohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110027508
    Abstract: An article of manufacture that has at least three layers of sealable material. There is at least one first seal between at least two of the layers in a first area having a first sealing affinity effected at a first sealing parameter. There is also at least one second seal between at least two more layers, where at least one of these two layers is distinct from the at least two layers joined by the first seal, in a second area having a second sealing affinity effected at a second sealing parameter, where the second sealing parameter is different than the first sealing parameter, thereby allowing for sealing of discrete areas of the article in discrete steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Robert J. Mileti
  • Publication number: 20110028007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breadboard (1) for mounting components, particularly optical components, comprising an upper panel (2) for mounting the components on top of the upper panel (2), a lower panel (3) being arranged substantially parallel to the upper panel (2) at a specified distance below the upper panel (2) and at least one spacer (4) being arranged between the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3), wherein the spacer (4) essentially consists of a fibre-reinforced material. Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a breadboard (1). Vibration damping means and fixing elements (5) for fixing components to the panels are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Wolfram Schlossmacher, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff
  • Publication number: 20110025344
    Abstract: A holding member for use in a test includes a base made of silicon or glass and chips in which devices are formed is mountable thereon. Positioning members made of resist sheets are formed on the top surface of the base. A resist film is formed on the bottom surface of the base, and suction grooves (intersection portions, connection portions) and support members are formed in the resist film. Suction holes are formed in regions of the top surface of the base where the chips are mounted, wherein the suction holes are formed through the base and communicate with the suction groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasunori Kumagai, Shigekazu Komatsu
  • Patent number: 7875141
    Abstract: A method of restoring a section of a composite having a honeycomb bonded to a perforated skin includes the steps of separating a first honeycomb from the perforated skin to expose a portion of the perforated skin, inserting pins through perforations in the perforated skin, extending the pins through a repair material, attaching the repair material to the exposed portion of the perforated skin, and attaching a second honeycomb to the repair material. The method may include removing material from the exposed portion of the perforated skin, prior to inserting pins through the perforations, to create a more even bonding surface for attaching the repair material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wiliam F. Bogue, John M. Robertson
  • Publication number: 20110011518
    Abstract: A thermoplastic matrix airframe structure section includes a multitude of thermoplastic matrix frame members and a multitude of thermoplastic matrix beam members which form a substructure, which receives a thermoplastic matrix inner cap grid structure, a thermoplastic matrix outer cap grid structure, and a thermoplastic matrix skin which are in-situ co-bonded to the substructure to significantly strengthen and unify the substructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Carstensen, William V. Forster, Christian A. Rogg
  • Patent number: 7871479
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of label kits is described. Each kit comprises one or more of carrier sheets having one or more labels of specific shape and containing specific information associated with a specific product or parts thereof on which they are to be affixed. The labels have an adhesive backing removably retained on a surface of the carrier sheet. The method uses a digital printer and a laminator die-cutting machine which is computer controlled with the data being automatically printed and labels automatically cut into a web whereby to form detachable labels, some having a UV protected clear or opaque synthetic or paper surface material face sheet. The carrier sheets are cut from the web and individually placed or stacked into kits or piles to form label kits containing a predetermined number of such labels associated with a specific product or part with the carrier sheets potentially containing a tracking code identifying the specific kit to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Duramark Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Garland
  • Publication number: 20100313455
    Abstract: An advertising sheet laminate which for attachment to signboards or windows. The advertising sheet has good print quality to very clearly display advertising contents, has increased light transmission to appear lighter than a prior art advertising sheet, and at the same time, has greatly increased tensile strength to extend the life span thereof. The advertising sheet is formed by bonding a first polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet, which is printed with a predetermined advertisement, to one side of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet using an adhesive, and then pressing the bonded PET sheet and first PVC sheet under heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: SE-KWON KIM
  • Patent number: 7849903
    Abstract: A motorized head for applying fiber composite material to an application surface includes a drive roll and a backup roll for feeding fiber composite material toward the application surface, a compaction roll for pressing fiber composite material onto the application surface, and a restart pinch roll assembly located between the drive roll and the compaction roll for driving fiber composite material received from the drive roll to the compaction roll. The drive roll nip between the drive roll and the backup roll forms a drive zone that grips and drives the composite material, a clamp zone that prevents movement of the composite material after it has been cut, and a free zone that allows composite material to be freely pulled through the head. Two cutters mounted on the drive roll mesh with a single anvil on the backup roll to cut the composite material to the desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Cincinnati Machine, LLC
    Inventor: Milo M. Vaniglia
  • Patent number: 7850812
    Abstract: Described is a method of making a laminated paint roller wherein a perforated strip of thermoplastic material is advanced, the perforated strip having holes there-through. A lubricant is applied to the inner surface of the advancing perforated strip of thermoplastic material. The lubricated, perforated strip of thermoplastic material is helically wound around a cooled mandrel so as to form a helically wound strip wherein the inner surface of the perforated strip faces the cooled mandrel and the outer surface of the perforated strip faces away from the cooled mandrel. The wound perforated strip is advanced along the cooled mandrel. A layer of adhesive is applied onto an outer surface of the wound perforated strip. A strip of composite cover material is helically wrapped about the wound strip and over the layer of adhesive, the outer surface of the composite cover material comprising a pile fabric, and the inner surface of the composite cover material comprising thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Chandra Sekar
  • Patent number: 7846283
    Abstract: A method for reducing cost and weight in paint roller manufacturing processes and other continuous processes for producing tubular goods from polymers. The method may utilize a perforated substrate such as a perforated polypropylene strip or may include a perforating step which removes overage from an unperforated substrate. The perforated substrate is fed onto a mandrel to form a tube. Adhesive is applied upon the outer surface of the perforated substrate. A cover may be applied about the tube, and the resulting product is then cut into finished-size paint rollers. The removal of the overage results in a reduction in the weight of the paint roller. In certain embodiments the overage from a perforation step is collected, and may be reused in a subsequent implementation of the method or resold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Chandra Sekar
  • Publication number: 20100302646
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes: preparing a body having a liquid chamber, a conductive first liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an insulating second liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an electrode kept in contact with the first liquid, and a liquid discharge passage for making the communication between the inside and the outside of the liquid chamber; applying pressure to the first and second transparent substrates to thereby compress the sealing member and discharge the first liquid through the liquid discharge passage to the outside of the liquid chamber; and closing the liquid discharge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: YUICHI TAKAI, TETSUYUKI YOSHIDA, MASAHIRO SHIMASE, HIROAKI ISHIGURO
  • Patent number: 7842150
    Abstract: In order to produce an adhesive binding for bookbinding, in which the sheets, in letter paper format, are perforated on the folding edge, folded, provided with adhesive on the folding edge and assembled to form a book block, the perforating process is carried out on the folding edge in such a manner that two interrupted perforation lines are punched, these perforation lines being parallel at a short distance from one another, offset in a longitudinal direction and forming a widened folding edge. The punch locations of both perforation lines are, along the folding edge, offset by the length of one perforating tooth. The sheets, which are folded on the folding edge and which are assembled and squeezed to form a book block, are provided with the application of adhesive on surfaces, which are formed by the double perforating and which are assigned to one another, between full locations of one perforation line and full locations of the other perforation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Schmidkonz
  • Patent number: 7842156
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: James R. Kline
  • Patent number: 7836932
    Abstract: Taping heads having an applying arm connected to a buffing arm are described. The taping heads include at least one buffing cam and buffing cam guide are described. Taping heads having two buffing cams and two buffing cam guides are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Steven G. Lucht
  • Publication number: 20100288536
    Abstract: A ceramic circuit board for use in packaging an electronic element includes a ceramic-copper plate, and a heat-dissipating unit that is adapted for dissipating heat from the electronic element. The ceramic-copper plate includes a ceramic substrate that has opposite first and second surfaces, and a through-hole formed through the first and second surfaces, a top copper pattern that overlies the first surface of the ceramic substrate and that has at least two conducting portions spaced apart from each other, and a bottom copper layer that underlies the second surface of the ceramic substrate. The heat-dissipating unit includes a heat-dissipating layer that is disposed in the through-hole of the ceramic substrate above the bottom copper layer and that has a thermal conductivity larger than that of the ceramic substrate. A method of making the ceramic circuit board is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: High Conduction Scientific Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Chung Chiang
  • Publication number: 20100276079
    Abstract: A method of connecting a plastic workpiece to a further workpiece and a device for carrying out the method are shown and described. The object of providing a method with which a positive-locking connection between a plastic workpiece and a further workpiece can be produced in a short time and without considerable outlay in terms of apparatus is achieved by a method comprising the following steps: providing a plastic workpiece and a further workpiece, placing the further workpiece against the plastic workpiece, providing a connecting element on a surface of the plastic workpiece, this surface being opposite the surface against which the further workpiece bears, producing a recess in the further workpiece, this recess being provided on the surface bearing against the plastic workpiece, heating the connecting element, so that the material of the connecting element is plasticized, and pressing plasticized material into the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GKSS-FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH
    Inventors: Sergio De Traglia Amancio Filho, Jorge F. Dos Santos, Matthias Beyer
  • Publication number: 20100271924
    Abstract: An optical apparatus according to the present invention comprises an optical base having a bonding surface, and an optical component fixedly bonded to the bonding surface with an adhesive. The optical base has an open hole formed in the bonding surface. The open hole is filled with the adhesive. The optical component contacts the open hole so that a part of the open hole is left unclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Takatoshi Yukimasa, Masahiro Yamazaki, Shinsuke Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 7815761
    Abstract: A method and apparatus enables linered label applicators to use labels on thin liners. Linered labels comprise a composite of an elongate sheet of thin or light-weight temporary liner having a precut label adhered to a low adhesion surface. The cut-out labels on the liner are fed into the linered label applicator. The use of support mechanisms other then vacuum application on rollers enables the use of thinner liner sheets on labels. A die head for cutting or perforating labels comprising adhesive on label stock comprising a die head having at least 80% of its outer surface comprising flat areas between cutting edges, multiple cutting edges on the outer surface, and an internal volume in the die head, the internal volume for carrying coolant liquid into and out of the volume so as to cool the outer surface of the die head when the coolant temperature is at least 10° C. cooler than the outer surface of the die head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Label Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Phillips
  • Publication number: 20100254636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible bag for pourable construction material, particularly a cement bag, which is used for transporting and storing defined portions, preferably at least 15 kg to 50 kg, of the pourable material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said bag for construction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: ABST GmbH-Advanced Bag Technology & Service GmbH Service Gmbh
    Inventor: Ihab Abdalla Radwan Elkhouli
  • Patent number: 7799164
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to flocked articles comprising a metallized film and methods of manufacturing such articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: High Voltage Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Brown Abrams
  • Patent number: 7799157
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 is formed on a release treated surface of a release liner 4, and gas from holes 40 in the release liner 4 is made to move to the outside of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, thus forming through holes 31 in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 and a base material 2 having provided therein gas-passing channels that communicate to the outside of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet are then laminated together such that the gas-passing channels in the base material 2 and the through holes 31 in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 communicate with one another, thus obtaining a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 1. According to the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 1, air entrapment and blistering can be prevented or eliminated while securing adequate adhesive strength and with no marring of the appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Kazuhiro Tsuda, Osamu Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20100230145
    Abstract: The invention provides methods to mass laminate and interconnect high density interconnect circuit layers fabricated through parallel processing. Invention methods employ an inside-out interconnection strategy that eliminates plating of vias and provides defect-free outer circuit layers. Conductive paste and via layers are also key features of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: ORMET CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventor: Ken Holcomb
  • Publication number: 20100224395
    Abstract: A multilayer wiring board includes a first wiring and a second wiring which are provided on both surfaces of an insulating board, a conductor passing through the insulating board for electrically connecting the first wiring to the second wiring, and an anchoring conductor passing through the insulating board. The anchoring conductor suppresses a distortion in the insulating board along the shearing direction of the insulating board and a deforming of the conductor, thus providing the multilayer wiring board with preferable electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Higashitani
  • Patent number: 7785749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of an anode for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), an anode, and a SOFC, in which an anode is formed by stacking sheets having a plurality of holes, and the holes are used as gas diffusion paths through which fuel gas can be facilely diffused, and some of the holes are filled with a reinforcement member or a current collecting member, thereby improving a cell strength and increasing a current collecting performance and thus an efficiency of the SOFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Joongmyeon Bae, Seung-Wook Baek
  • Patent number: 7785438
    Abstract: A multilayer composite vascular access graft and a method of constructing such a graft are disclosed. The mcVAG has improved performance characteristics, which include desirable handling characteristics such as ease of suturing, kink resistance and the ability to serve as a cannulation route soon after the implant procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventor: Bjorn Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100212246
    Abstract: Shingle blanks including a first fold region, a second fold region, a third region, a lower edge and an upper edge are provided. The shingle blank has a length. The first and second fold regions extend substantially across the length of the shingle blank. The second fold region is positioned between the first and third fold regions. A first perforation line is positioned between the second and third fold regions. A second perforation line is positioned between the first and second fold regions. A reinforcement material is positioned over the first perforation line and configured to reinforce the first perforation line. The reinforcement material includes apertures configured to allow an asphalt coating to bleed through the reinforcement material. The first and second perforation lines facilitate folding of the first and second fold regions on top of the third region to form a three layered stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Grubka
  • Publication number: 20100207698
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a glass-sealed package, whereby anodic bonding of a pair of wafers is ensured over substantially the whole area of the wafers, and whereby a vacuum is ensured inside the cavity during the anodic bonding of the wafers. The invention also provides an oscillator having such characteristics. The manufacturing method of a glass-sealed package includes the step of anodically bonding a pair of wafers by applying voltage to positions corresponding to circumferential portions of the wafers stacked in layers, and the step of dividing the pair of anodically bonded wafers into individual pieces. A through hole is formed at a central portion of at least one of the wafers, and the anodic bonding of the wafers is made by applying voltage using a plurality of electrodes disposed at the positions corresponding to the circumferential portions of the wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Tange
  • Patent number: 7776175
    Abstract: A method of sealing an attachment face of a MST device to a mounting surface on a support member, the attachment face having an aperture connected to a first fluid conduit, the attachment face having a second aperture connected to a second conduit, the method comprising the steps of: applying a thermosetting adhesive to the mounting surface; aligning the first aperture with at least part of the second aperture; pressing the MST device and the mounting surface together; and, curing the thermosetting adhesive; wherein, the thermosetting adhesive has a viscosity of between 100 centiPoise and 10,000,000 centiPoise. Using a thermosetting adhesive instead of a thermoplastic adhesive provides a far more reliable seal. The bond between the thermoplastic adhesive and the MST device surface is prone to thermal fatigue and leakage or outright failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, David Charles Psaila, Garry Raymond Jackson, Akira Nakazawa, Jonathan Mark Bulman, Jan Waszczuk
  • Publication number: 20100201649
    Abstract: A protection panel with a touch input function and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed in which a thickness of a protection panel is reduced by using a glass plate as a rear substrate, and at the same time, a risk of generating crack or fracture in the rear substrate is suppressed, when a conductive pin is press-fitted into a through hole of the rear substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kai, Takeshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7771555
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a low-cost tape having excellent gas-barrier properties which is suitable as a strip tape for liquid food containers. Also disclosed is such a tape. Specifically disclosed is a strip tape including an intermediate layer composed of a drawn polyester film, a band-like coating film of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer which is formed on a surface of the intermediate layer in the central zone of the strip tape in the transverse direction, non-coated bands formed on both sides of the coating film, and heat-sealing outermost layers composed of a low-density polyethylene or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Peter Frisk
  • Publication number: 20100181020
    Abstract: An assembly includes a light-permeable film layer, a release liner, and a print pattern. The print pattern includes a base layer. The print pattern sub-divides the film layer into a plurality of discrete base layer areas and/or a plurality of transparent areas. The base layer includes a design imaging surface of a first color. The release liner includes an imperforate material. The release liner includes a release surface. The imperforate material when viewed through said light permeable film layer is a second color contrasting with said first color by the graytone of said second color differing from the graytone of said first color by at least 10%. This contrast may provide a more realistic perception of how the assembly will look in situ (e.g., on a window).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Contra Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: G. Roland Hill, Mark David Godden
  • Patent number: 7758712
    Abstract: An elastic composite article and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The elastic composite article includes a pair of coverwebs, a plurality of elastic filaments located between the pair of coverwebs. One or both of the pair of coverwebs is a nonwoven fibrous coverweb with a tear pattern of weakened areas formed therein. The tear patterns are formed before the coverwebs are attached to each other to form the elastic composite article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Maki, David P. Swanson
  • Publication number: 20100173194
    Abstract: There is provided an electric energy storage device which has a connection structure with a high connection reliability and which can suppress any contact of an outer package body with a connection terminal with a simple structure. The electric energy storage device comprises a battery element 10 retained in an outer package body 20 having a metal layer 21b, a tabular internal lead 31 connected to the battery element 10, a tabular external lead 32, a connection terminal 33 electrically connecting the internal lead 31 with the external lead 32, an internal insulating member 41, and an external insulating member 43. Flanges 33T, 33B at both ends of the connection terminal 33 depress the external insulating member 43, the outer package body 20, and the internal insulating member 41 between the tabular external lead 32 and internal lead 31, and the external insulating member 43 and/or internal insulating member 41 is pressed in between a penetration shaft 33S of the connection terminal 33 and the metal layer 21b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Naoko Fujiya, Shinichi Konno, Kazunori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7749350
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services
    Inventors: Richard K. Bauer, Rudolph J. Klein, James R. Kline
  • Publication number: 20100167288
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and a method for amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences based on continuous flow thermal gradient PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bruce Kent Gale, Niel Davenport Crews, Carl Thomas Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20100156067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a top layer (10) constituting a layer (6) of a gliding device (1), which top layer (10) comprises an external face (18) and an internal face (24) directed towards a core (9) of the gliding device (1). The top layer (10) is provided with at least one hole (20) extending between the external face (18) and the internal face (24). Prior to making the hole (20) through the top layer (10), an adhesive layer (23) is applied to it on the internal face (24) facing away from the external face (18), at least in the region where the hole (20) is to be made, and the hole (20) is made jointly both through the top layer (10) and through the adhesive layer (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Holzer, Georg Klausner
  • Publication number: 20100151166
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming bio-based microperforated packages substantially composed of poly(lactic acid) which are particularly useful for storing respiring products in that the respiration rate (i.e., CO2 and O2 fluxes) can be controlled and the water vapor transmission rates reduced, thus inhibiting weight loss and prolonging the quality and shelf life of such respiring products, by, among other things, varying the amount of microperforations in the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Eva Almenar, Rafael Auras, Hayati Samsudin, Bruce Harte, Maria Rubino, Janice Harte
  • Patent number: 7736458
    Abstract: A method of attaching a MST device to a support member with an adhesive film, the MST device having an attachment face and a first fluid conduit connected to a first aperture in the attachment face; the support member having a mounting face and a second fluid conduit connected to a second aperture in the mounting face; and, the polymer film has an opening for fluid communication between the first aperture and the second aperture, the method comprising the steps of: forming the opening in the polymer film; aligning the opening with at least part of the second aperture; applying heat and pressure to attach the polymer film to the mounting face; and, positioning the MST device such that the opening is aligned with at east part of the first aperture. By pre-drilling the holes in the film, the attachment process is quicker and the resulting fluidic seal in more reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, David Charles Psaila, Garry Raymond Jackson, Akira Nakazawa, Jonathan Mark Bulman, Jan Waszczuk
  • Publication number: 20100142115
    Abstract: Provided are a buried capacitor, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of changing a capacitance thereof. The buried capacitor includes an upper electrode including at least one first hole, a lower electrode including at least one second hole, and a dielectric interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun-Cheol Bae, Kwang-Seong Choi, Ju Yeon Hong, Jong Tae Moon, Yong il Jun
  • Publication number: 20100126798
    Abstract: A process for the production of an acoustically resistive structure that can be inserted in an alveolar structure so as to obtain a coating for the acoustic treatment, whereby the acoustically resistive structure includes at least one porous layer (34) and at least one reinforcement structure (36) assembled by gluing, the process including: applying an amorphous-type adhesive on the at least one reinforcement structure (36), perforating or micro-perforating the reinforcement structure (36) after the application of the amorphous-type adhesive, and applying the at least one porous layer against the face of the reinforcement structure (36) that is coated with amorphous-type adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jacques Lalane, Christophe Menier, Jean-Christophe Bossis, Jean-Marc Poignonec