To Polymerize Or Cure Material In Work Patents (Class 156/275.5)
  • Patent number: 11932786
    Abstract: A method of bonding substrates having different coefficients of thermal expansion, especially in the shell construction of modes of transport or white goods, using a one-component thermosetting epoxy resin composition containing toughness improvers based on terminally blocked polyurethane prepolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Urs Rheinegger, Elyes Jendoubi, Dominique Gallo, Christian Krüger
  • Patent number: 11633921
    Abstract: A microwave heating device includes a variable frequency microwave power supply, a waveguide launcher, and a fixture to contain a material to be heated, with the fixture located directly adjacent to the end of the launcher. All heating occurs in the near-field region. This condition may be insured by keeping the thickness of the fixture or workpiece under one wavelength (at all microwave frequencies being used). The launcher is preferably a horn or waveguide configured to apply the microwave power to a small area to perform spot curing or repair operations involving adhesives and composites. The spot curing may secure components in place for further handling, after which a thermal or oven treatment will cure the remaining adhesive to develop adequate strength for service. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Expert Tooling and Automation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Iftikhar Ahmad, Keith R. Hicks, Andrew Cardin, Clayton R. DeCamillis, Richard C. Hazelhurst, Angelo Luciano, Andrew Bools, Robert J. Schauer
  • Patent number: 11460063
    Abstract: A method for adhesively bonding components, in particular a lamp holder on a mounting, wherein the method includes at least the following steps: producing a load-bearing adhesive bond by means of introducing a slowly curing adhesive into or onto an adhesive receptacle between the components; arranging at least one light-transparent fixing element in physical contact with at least one of the components; adhesively bonding the fixing element to at least one of the components by means of introducing a fixing adhesive at fixing bonding points; transmitting light from a light source through the fixing element to cure the fixing adhesive at the fixing bonding points; and long-time curing of the slowly curing adhesive of the load-bearing adhesive bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Heinz-Michael Dirks, Miguel Lebrato-Rastrojo, Thomas Albert Roebbecke, Simone Rohrberg, Christian Wieck
  • Patent number: 11456273
    Abstract: A bonding head for performing a thermal compression process including a base body. A bonding heater is disposed on the base body that generates a melting heat. A bonding tool is disposed on the bonding heater that compresses a bonding object against a bonding base while transferring the melting heat to the bonding object to thereby bond the bonding object to the bonding base by the thermal compression process. A heat controller is disposed at the bonding tool, and a thermal conductivity of the heat controller is less than a thermal conductivity of the bonding tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaecheol Kim, Gilman Kang, Yongdae Ha
  • Patent number: 11365280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable resin composition that has good fabricability, and that exhibits superior flexibility, fracture resistance, and water resistance in the form of a cured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11328937
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include device packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, the method of forming a device package may comprise forming a reinforcement layer over a substrate. One or more openings may be formed through the reinforcement layer. In an embodiment, a device die may be placed into one of the openings. The device die may be bonded to the substrate by reflowing one or more solder bumps positioned between the device die and the substrate. Embodiments of the invention may include a molded reinforcement layer. Alternative embodiments include a reinforcement layer that is adhered to the surface of the substrate with an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Omkar G. Karhade, Nitin A. Deshpande, Debendra Mallik, Bassam M. Ziadeh, Yoshihiro Tomita
  • Patent number: 11278433
    Abstract: A powered ankle-foot prosthesis, capable of providing human-like power at terminal stance that increase amputees metabolic walking economy compared to a conventional passive-elastic prosthesis. The powered prosthesis comprises a unidirectional spring, configured in parallel with a force-controllable actuator with series elasticity. The prosthesis is controlled to deliver the high mechanical power and net positive work observed in normal human walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Jeff A. Weber, Kwok Wai Samuel Au, Bruce Wayne Deffenbaugh, Lee Harris Magnusson, Andreas G. Hofmann, Benjamin B. Aisen
  • Patent number: 11248149
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyvinyl acetal resin composition that is moldable by an extrusion method and capable of exhibiting excellent heat resistance after molding, an adhesive sheet containing the polyvinyl acetal resin composition, and a method for producing the adhesive sheet. The present invention relates to a polyvinyl acetal resin composition including: a polyvinyl acetal; a reactive diluent; and a photopolymerization initiator, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a storage modulus G? at 200° C. before irradiation with light of 8×104 Pa or lower and a storage modulus G? at 200° C. after irradiation with light of 8×103 Pa or higher, with the storage modulus G? at 200° C. after irradiation with light being higher than the storage modulus G? at 200° C. before irradiation with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juichi Fukatani, Kiyomi Uenomachi, Takazumi Okabayashi, Ryousuke Ebina, Atsushi Wada
  • Patent number: 11228020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display back plate and a display device. The display back plate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the non-display area is provided with at least one circle of first cofferdam surrounding the display area, a first thin film encapsulation layer is arranged on the first cofferdam, and the non-display area is provided with a fan-out area, a second cofferdam is arranged on one side of the first cofferdam close to the fan-out area, the second cofferdam is provided with a first bonding pattern including a plurality of protrusions, and the first thin film encapsulation layer at least partially covers the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11226521
    Abstract: A liquid crystal dimming film includes two substrates, two conductive layers, two free radical resisting layers and a liquid crystal layer. After the two conductive layers are electrically conducted, the electric field generated by the conductive layer can change the liquid crystal light transmission state of the liquid crystal layer. In addition, the free radical resisting layers are coated and photo-cured on both surfaces of the liquid crystal layer respectively. When the two liquid crystal layers are situated in a lighting environment, the free radical resisting layer can capture the free radicals produced by the liquid crystal layer to prevent the free radicals from affecting the conductive layer, thereby maintaining good photoelectric properties of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: ELITE OPTOELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Chien Chin
  • Patent number: 11198283
    Abstract: A laminating machine includes UV curing elements within the process chamber to cure a UV curable adhesive in a laminating stack while being heated in an autoclave. In an automated process, the laminating machine applies pressure to the stack for pressure sensitive adhesion, then autoclave heating and simultaneous UV curing. The UV curing elements are disposed in the body of the process chamber, the lid of the process chamber, or a separate appliance. The appliance can be releasably attached to the process chamber body or lid. The laminating machine is programmed for specific autoclave and UV exposure profiles specific to the UV curable adhesives being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Nemeth, Cameron T. McCalley, Ryan N. Klaassen, James D. Sampica
  • Patent number: 11195970
    Abstract: An LED panel including a substrate, multiple first pixels, multiple second pixels, multiple first protrusion structures and second protrusion structures is provided. The first pixels and second pixels each disposed in a display area of the substrate has at least one light emitting element. The second pixels are positioned on at least one display edge of the display area and positioned between the first pixels and a substrate edge. Each first protrusion structure is positioned on the periphery of the at least one light emitting element of one corresponding first pixel. Each second protrusion structure is positioned on the periphery of the at least one light emitting element of one corresponding second pixel. The orthogonal projection contour of each first protrusion structure on the substrate is different from that of each second protrusion structure on the substrate. A tiling display apparatus adopting the light emitting diode panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fang-Cheng Yu, Wen-Wei Yang, Pin-Miao Liu
  • Patent number: 11104085
    Abstract: A composite laminate structure includes a cellular core and a first laminate layer coupled to the cellular core. The first laminate layer includes a first thermoplastic layer and a first fiber-reinforced polymer layer, where a first surface of the first fiber-reinforced polymer layer is thermally consolidated to a second surface of the first thermoplastic layer. A first surface of the first thermoplastic layer is directly in contact with and bound to a first surface of the cellular core by temperature reduction of the first thermoplastic layer below a glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer while the cellular core is pressed against the first thermoplastic layer when the first thermoplastic layer is above the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer and the cellular core is below a temperature where materials of the cellular core flow or degrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Harold Childers, Nicholas Sondker, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner
  • Patent number: 11057992
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing connection structure, the method includes arranging conductive particles and a first composite on a first electrode located on a first surface of a first member, arranging a second composite on a region other than the first electrode of the first surface, arranging the first surface and a second surface of a second member where a second electrode is located, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, pressing the first member and the second member; and curing the first composite and the second composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MIKUNI ELECTRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sakae Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11015091
    Abstract: A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Christine Tonhauser, Christoph Kiener, Peter Preishuber-Pfluegl, Andrea Kuntz
  • Patent number: 10988646
    Abstract: An adhesive composition, having: a polyalkylene oxide-added polyfunctional epoxy compound (a) represented by formula (A); a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (b), and a photo-acid generator (c); a method of bonding the adherends and a method of producing a stack, each of which uses the same: wherein R designates a lower alkylene group (e.g. an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms); X designates a divalent linking group having a ring structure and 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a lower alkylene group (e.g. an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms); and m and n each are 0, or a positive number, independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mieda, Takumi Asanuma, Yasushi Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 10960653
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing a display apparatus are provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a support; a first stage arranged on the support, the first stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a film member thereon, a second stage spaced apart from the first stage, and arranged on the support, the second stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a display panel thereon. an adhesive belt spaced from the support, the adhesive belt being configured to selectively adhere to the film member, a tension maintenance portion arranged on the support, the tension maintenance portion being configured to ascend and descend and to maintain a tension of the adhesive belt, and a pressing portion under the tension maintenance portion, the pressing portion being configured to move linearly and to press the adhesive belt toward one of the first stage and the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeonghyun Kim, Myungsoo Kyung, Seungjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10906754
    Abstract: This application discloses an apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel. The manufacturing apparatus includes a vacuum attaching station, a pneumatic transmission mechanism and a sealant curing station, the vacuum attaching station is configured to support the liquid crystal panel on which sealant coating and substrate attaching have been completed, the pneumatic transmission mechanism is disposed at the vacuum attaching station and between the vacuum attaching station and the sealant curing station, the pneumatic transmission mechanism is provided with a plurality of air holes, and an angle included between an air discharging direction of the air holes and the liquid crystal panel is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Liu, Jingchen Yan
  • Patent number: 10890765
    Abstract: Systems, articles, and methods that integrate photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses are described. One or more hologram(s) may be recorded into/onto the photopolymer film to enable the lens to be used as a transparent holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display employing an image source, such as a microdisplay or a scanning laser projector. The methods of integrating photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses include: positioning photopolymer film in a lens mold and casting the lens around the photopolymer film; sandwiching photopolymer film in between two portions of a lens; applying photopolymer film to a concave surface of a lens; and/or affixing a planar carrier (with photopolymer film thereon) to two points across a length of a concave surface of a lens. Respective lenses manufactured/adapted by each of these processes are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Frederick Holland, Matthew Bailey
  • Patent number: 10843448
    Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing an image display device of the present invention, a photo-curable resin composition in a liquid state is applied to a surface of a light-transmitting cover member including a light-shielding layer or a surface of the image display member to a thickness greater than that of the light-shielding layer. Then, in this state, the photo-curable resin composition is irradiated with a UV ray to be pre-cured, thereby forming a pre-cured resin layer. Next, the image display member and the light-transmitting cover member are stacked via the pre-cured resin layer and thereafter, the pre-cured resin layer is irradiated with a UV ray to be completely cured, thereby forming a light-transmitting cured resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Ogawa, Yoshihisa Shinya, Naoki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 10815406
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition for optical use, the adhesive composition including: a monofunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based oligomer; and a polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based oligomer, in which a weight ratio of the monofunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based oligomer and the polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based oligomer is 1:2 to 1:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Huh, Kyung Joon Yoon, Bo Ra Yeon, Hyun Mee Kim, Jang Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 10775657
    Abstract: A transparent substrate includes a first principal surface; a second principal surface as a principal surface on the opposite side of the first principal surface; a lateral surface extending between the first principal surface and the second principal surface; and a first boundary surface disposed between the first principal surface and the lateral surface and having a plurality of concave portions; wherein the first boundary surface is configured such that each of the concave portions has a bottom with a curvature and that the frequency of a maximum curvature is less than 3% in a frequency distribution of the curvatures of the concave portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Inoue, Atsushi Inoue, Ryou Hokari, Kensuke Fujii
  • Patent number: 10775664
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel including a display area where an image is displayed and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a light blocking layer disposed in the non-display area and on the display panel, and a primer layer disposed between the display panel and the light blocking layer, and configured to planarize the display panel. Thus, it is possible to provide a borderless display device having an excellent appearance with minimized defects in a bezel pattern caused by foreign materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SungHee Kim, JinWuk Kim
  • Patent number: 10759156
    Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing an image display device of the present invention, a photo-curable resin composition in a liquid state is applied to a surface of a light-transmitting cover member including a light-shielding layer or a surface of the image display member to a thickness greater than that of the light-shielding layer. Then, in this state, the photo-curable resin composition is irradiated with a UV ray to be pre-cured, thereby forming a pre-cured resin layer. Next, the image display member and the light-transmitting cover member are stacked via the pre-cured resin layer and thereafter, the pre-cured resin layer is irradiated with a UV ray to be completely cured, thereby forming a light-transmitting cured resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Ogawa, Yoshihisa Shinya, Naoki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 10718945
    Abstract: Systems, articles, and methods that integrate photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses are described. One or more hologram(s) may be recorded into/onto the photopolymer film to enable the lens to be used as a transparent holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display employing an image source, such as a microdisplay or a scanning laser projector. The methods of integrating photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses include: positioning photopolymer film in a lens mold and casting the lens around the photopolymer film; sandwiching photopolymer film in between two portions of a lens; applying photopolymer film to a concave surface of a lens; and/or affixing a planar carrier (with photopolymer film thereon) to two points across a length of a concave surface of a lens. Respective lenses manufactured/adapted by each of these processes are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: North Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Frederick Holland, Matthew Bailey
  • Patent number: 10700317
    Abstract: A battery module includes a housing having an opening and an electrochemical cell disposed in the housing. The electrochemical cell includes a first cell surface having electrode terminals and an second cell surface substantially opposite the first cell surface. The battery module also includes a heat sink integral with the housing and disposed substantially opposite the opening of the housing and a thermally conductive adhesive bonded to the second cell surface and a heat sink surface that is facing the second cell surface. The thermally conductive adhesive includes a bonding shear strength and bonding tensile strength between the electrochemical cell and the heat sink of between approximately 5 megaPascals (MPa) and 50 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Tyler, Xugang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10668183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyurethane bone-tendon graft biomaterial and method of making the bone-tendon graft biomaterial. The biomaterial has a gradient of mechanical properties through photocrosslinking such that a first end of the biomaterial is crosslinked at a higher degree than a second end, and the first end of the biomaterial has mechanical properties of bone and the second end of the biomaterial has mechanical properties of tendon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dai Fei Elmer Ker, Yunzhi Yang
  • Patent number: 10619080
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition for optical use, including a polyester-based urethane acrylate oligomer, an acrylate-based monomer, a photoinitiator, and a Anti-hydrolysis agent, and an optical device equipped with an adhesive layer including photocured products of the adhesive composition for optical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Soon Kim, Kyung Jun Yoon, Hong Beom Yoon, Min Kyeong Pyo, Jin Young Huh
  • Patent number: 10526797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bamboo floor, in particular to a composite bamboo floor. The composite bamboo floor comprises a floor surface board provided with a body, a pressed surface, a connecting surface connected with the core board, at least one cut surface board side face and surface board end faces, and the core board arranged under the floor surface board and provided with a core board surface connected with the floor surface board, a core board bottom surface, core board side faces and core board end faces, and the positions of the core board side faces or the core board side faces and the surface board side faces are provided with notch structures processed in two sides in the length direction of the composite bamboo floor. The composite bamboo floor is high in strength, high in processing efficiency and low in production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG YONGYU BAMBOO JOINT-STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangang Song, Yongxing Chen, Fuqing Liu, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 10411218
    Abstract: A display device is provided in the present disclosure, which has a plurality of conductive particles in a packaging region to form an electrical connection between a plurality of first metal terminals on a surface of an array substrate and a plurality of second metal terminals on a surface of an IC chip after the array substrate and the IC chip are pressed to be bonded through a conductive adhesive. At least three of the conductive particles are distributed between the first metal terminals and the second metal terminals. A plurality of quasi-crystalline conductive particles are used to be the conductive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: WUHUN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 10410763
    Abstract: Provided is a wire harness in which waterproofness of an exposed conductor portion can be ensured, and even when at least one of insulated wires is exposed to a high temperature, a rubber stopper of a waterproofing terminal can be kept from coming off. An outer peripheral surface of an exposed conductor portion where partially exposed conductors of a plurality of insulated wires are joined together, and outer peripheral surfaces of coating material end portions adjacent to the exposed conductor portion, is continuously covered with a waterproofing agent. A gap between adjacent insulated wires is sealed with the waterproofing agent at the coating material end portions adjacent to the exposed conductor portion. At least one insulated wire of the plurality of insulated wires has a flow path through which gas flows, the flow path being created in gaps between strands that constitute a conductor of the insulated wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Itou, Takashi Takada
  • Patent number: 10410764
    Abstract: A wire harness can ensure waterproofness of an exposed conductor portion, and even when at least one of insulated wires is exposed to a high temperature, can suppress loosening of a rubber stopper of a waterproofing terminal. An outer periphery of a region containing an exposed conductor portion and coating material end portions is continuously covered with a protective film. At each of the coating material end portions, a gap between a coating material and the protective film covering the coating material is sealed with a waterproofing agent. At least one insulated wire has a flow path through which gas flows, the flow path being created in gaps between strands that constitute a conductor of the insulated wire and reaching from a coating material end portion opposite to the coating material end portion adjacent to the exposed conductor portion to a splice portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Itou, Takashi Takada
  • Patent number: 10400133
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition from which a conductive coated film and an antistatic coated film with excellent toughness are obtained; and a conductive coated film and an antistatic coated film formed by curing the curable composition. The curable composition of the present invention contains at least one polyfunctional (meth)acrylamide compound selected from the group consisting of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylamide compound represented by Formula (I) and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylamide compound represented by Formula (II); a ?-conjugated conductive polymer; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 10391722
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of molding composite material aerofoil, comprising steps of (i) providing a mold having the desired three-dimensional shape; (ii) providing a first layer over the mold that adheres to the mold and has a non-adhesive outer surface; (iii) applying composite material over the first layer; (iv) laying a moldable sheet over the composite material; (v) curing the resulting assembly and (vi) removing the moldable sheet and mold to leave an intact one-piece aerofoil structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
    Inventors: Solrun Traustadottir, Andri Orrason
  • Patent number: 10307985
    Abstract: The present invention is a two-part adhesive layer including a first, optically clear adhesive composition and a second, light-blocking adhesive composition substantially surrounding the first, optically clear adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Audrey A. Sherman, Robert R. Kieschke, Scott M. Tapio
  • Patent number: 10274676
    Abstract: An optical waveguide device is provided. The optical waveguide device includes: a substrate; a first clad layer formed on the substrate; a core layer formed on the first clad layer; and a second clad layer formed on the first clad layer so as to cover the core layer. The second clad layer includes an uncured photosensitive resin covering a first portion of the core layer, and a cured photosensitive resin covering a second portion of the core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10244880
    Abstract: A beverage container includes a base, a stem, and a bowl. The base has a base lateral dimension parallel to the horizontal supporting plane. The stem extends upwardly from a stem lower end coupled to the base to a stem upper end. The stem has a heat pipe extending between the stem lower end and the stem upper end. The stem has a stem lateral dimension smaller than the base lateral dimension. The bowl is coupled to the stem upper end and extends upwardly of the stem. The bowl defines a liquid chamber having an upper opening. Other beverage containers, systems, methods, and heat transfer pads are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: John Robert Mumford
  • Patent number: 10199366
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method including forming a hole that penetrates an interconnect substrate; providing a first carrier substrate below the interconnect substrate; providing a semiconductor chip in the hole; forming a molding layer by coating a molding composition on the semiconductor chip and the interconnect substrate; adhering a second carrier substrate onto the molding layer with an adhesive layer; removing the first carrier substrate to expose a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip and a bottom surface of the interconnect substrate; forming a redistribution substrate below the semiconductor chip and the interconnect substrate; detaching the second carrier substrate from the adhesive layer; and removing the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungwon Kim, Su-Jin Kwon, Junwon Han, Hyunwoo Kim, Byung Lyul Park
  • Patent number: 10068712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass material for sealing a large-area dye-sensitized solar cell and, more specifically, to a glass material which does not react with an electrolyte and allows uniform and high-strength binding even on a large area. According to the present invention, the glass material is expected to produce action effects of improving reliability and lifetime of solar cell products since it can uniformly seal a dye-sensitized solar cell, is chemically stable due to the absence of the reaction with an electrolyte, and has physical strength appropriate for large-area binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Orion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woon-Jin Chung, Han-Sol Lee, Jae-Kwun Cho, Jae-Kwun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10026370
    Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other and bonded with sealing material, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a pixel electrode provided in a display region of the first substrate, a counter electrode provided to oppose the pixel electrodes in the second substrate, and a peripheral electrode provided in the first substrate between the display region and the sealing material in plan view, in which a signal, which is an alternating potential which inverts a polarity with respect to a reference potential in a first period and which is the reference potential in a second period, is applied to the peripheral electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9975986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition obtained by blending a polythiol compound (A), an isocyanate group-containing compound (B) and a radical generator (C), wherein the polythiol compound (A) is at least one compound selected from an aliphatic polythiol and an aromatic polythiol each of which has a thiol group binding to a primary carbon atom and may contain a hetero atom. The present invention thus provides a composition capable of bonding a rubber member, particularly a vulcanized rubber member, strongly, readily and within a short time, an adhesive and an adhesive sheet using the composition, and a laminate produced by bonding a rubber layer using at least one of these adhesive composition and adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenobu Ishihara, Shuuyou Akama, Atsushi Hara, Akiko Gondoh
  • Patent number: 9956722
    Abstract: There are provided a method and device for thermocompression bonding of possibly preventing any warping of a resin member to be caused by thermocompression bonding, and of possibly reducing the time to be taken for processing. The method for thermocompression bonding, includes: preheating a resin member using an infrared radiation section; and subjecting the resin member to thermocompression bonding using a heating section and a pressurization section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: STRATEC CONSUMABLES GMBH
    Inventor: Murota Tsukasa
  • Patent number: 9938438
    Abstract: A heat activatable adhesive and associated method of use, suitable for permanently bonding any kind of display graphic to any mounting substrate at a temperature setting of 110-130 F in a roll or vacuum press laminator. The preferred adhesive is a combination of polyvinyl acetate ethylene emulsion (VAE) and polyurethane dispersions (PUD), each with very different bonding attributes when considered alone. When the adhesive is on a smooth mounting surface such as a coated foam board or the like for bonding against a smooth coated surface of display item, a multiplicity of micro perforations are provided through the adhesive whereby air between the opposed smooth surfaces can escape into the foam board during lamination. Other aspects include a process for manufacturing a foam board for mounting display items, having a perforated adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: The Gilman Brothers Company
    Inventor: Donald R. Dressler
  • Patent number: 9932493
    Abstract: Disclosed are one-component compositions that include: (1) an isocyanate-functional urethane acrylate and (2) a polyisocyanate containing allophanate and/or uretdione groups, wherein the one-component composition has a viscosity of less than or equal to about 800 mPa·s and an isocyanate content of greater than about 5% by weight, based on the weight of the one-component composition. Also disclosed are circuit boards and electronic components that are coated with such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Allnex Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Abdullah Ekin, Michael J Dvorchak
  • Patent number: 9918898
    Abstract: Low-friction coatings and glass articles with low-friction coatings are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a coated glass article may include a glass body comprising a first surface and a low-friction coating positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. The coated glass article may be thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 260° C. for 30 minutes. A light transmission through the coated glass article may be greater than or equal to about 55% of a light transmission through an uncoated glass article for wavelengths from about 400 nm to about 700 nm. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Patent number: 9914261
    Abstract: A transfer device that transfers a fine transfer pattern formed on a master mold to a molded material, includes a first transfer unit that transfers the fine transfer pattern formed on the master mold to a replica mold made from a material that transmits light; and a second transfer unit that transfers a fine transfer pattern formed on the replica mold by the first transfer unit to the molded material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Sugiura, Mitsunori Kokubo, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hidetoshi Kitahara, Yu Murofushi, Isao Matsuzuki, Takato Baba, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9877393
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes a main body composed of a stacked body in which dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately laminated, and an external electrode disposed on an outer surface of the stacked body so as to make electrical connection with the internal electrode layers; and a first joining member and a second joining member which are provided on a first face side located in a stacking direction of the dielectric layers and the inner electrode layers. The first joining member and the second joining member are provided on a first side and second side which constitute the first face, respectively, and located in a region which includes midpoints thereof but does not include a vertex of the main body. By mounting such a laminated electronic component to a substrate via the joining members, acoustic noise can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Michiaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9865558
    Abstract: A semiconductor device connected by an anisotropic conductive film, the anisotropic conductive film having a differential scanning calorimeter onset temperature of 60° C. to 85° C., and a elastic modulus change of 30% or less, as calculated by Equation 1, below, Elastic modulus change(%)={(M1?M0)/M0}×100??[Equation 1] wherein M0 is an initial elastic modulus in kgf/cm2 of the anisotropic conductive film as measured at 25° C., and M1 is a elastic modulus in kgf/cm2 of the anisotropic conductive film as measured at 25° C. after the film is left at 25° C. for 170 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ju Shin, Kyoung Ku Kang, Ji Yeon Kim, Kyoung Soo Park, Young Woo Park, Byeong Geun Son, Kyoung Hun Shin, Kwang Jin Jung, Jae Sun Han, Ja Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 9858875
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a first and second substrate, a sealant, a liquid crystal layer, and a first and second electrode. The first substrate includes a display region in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are aligned in a matrix. The second substrate includes a common electrode. The sealant is disposed between the first and second substrate so as to surround the display region. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealant. The first electrode is disposed between the display region and the sealant. The second electrode is disposed between the display region and the first pixel electrode. The first electrode is supplied a first signal. The second electrode is supplied a second signal. The pixel electrodes are supplied an image signal. A frequency of each of the first and second signals are lower than a frequency of the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Tomikawa
  • Patent number: 9809017
    Abstract: To allow short time spreading for adhesive, verifying whether the adhesive is spread out to a member end. In obtaining a bonded member by applying the adhesive to a surface of one of two members and bonding the members with a member bonding device, a tilt adjusting device acquires with a camera an image of spreading state of the adhesive in the members' bonding surface, and adjusts the tilt of the bonded member when a non-spreading part of the adhesive between ends of the bonded member and the adhesive has a size bias so that the adhesive moves to the larger side of the part, and a spreading adjustment device controls a pushing amount and a pushing time interval of a pressing-side member to adjust spreading of the adhesive so that the part size reduces to a predetermined size depending on the part size acquired with the camera, and cures the adhesive in the bonded member edge with the non-spreading part eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuto Yamashita, Tomoyuki Saito, Masahiro Sudo