Strands, Rods, Tubes Or Sticklike Bodies To Each Other Only Patents (Class 156/296)
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Publication number: 20140236120Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter that has adjustable stiffness that enables a user to select the stiffness of at least one region of the catheter during insertion and navigation through a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention works in combination with a guidewire to enable placement of the catheter at a position within the vascular system, for example, to enable treatment of a variety of medical conditions. The catheter can include segments that undergo relative movement in response to actuation by the user to adjust the flexibility of the at least one region, preferably located at or near the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Leo Lee Tsai, Yuyin Chen, Vyas Ramanan
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Publication number: 20140208947Abstract: An air separation module includes a housing, a bundle of hollow fiber membranes, and a clam shell axial support assembly. The axial support assembly includes two supportive elements, each supportive element including a flow-through component. The flow-through component includes a plurality of openings through which a supply of fluid (e.g. oxygen enriched air) may pass. The axial support assembly is secured around the bundle of hollow fiber membranes at a position radially inward from the housing and radially outward from the fiber bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., PATENT SERVICES M/S AB/2BInventor: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., PATENT SERVICES M/S AB/2B
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Patent number: 8784587Abstract: Building panels and a method to produce such panels including a solid decorative surface having a decorative wear layer including fibers, binders, color substance and wear resistant particles. A method of manufacturing a building panel having a decorative surface connected to a core wherein the surface has at least two homogenous layers, a lower sub layer and an upper decorative layer, the upper decorative layer including fibers, a first color substance a binder and wear resistant particles, the lower sub layer including fibers, a second color substance, and a binder, whereby the method including the steps of applying the layers comprising a mix of fibers, binder, wear resistant particles and color substance on a core wherein the layers comprise different colors, displacing particles from their original position such that particles from the sub layer are visible on the decorative surface, and curing the layers by providing heat and pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Valinge Innovation ABInventors: Kent Lindgren, Jan Jacobsson, Darko Pervan
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Patent number: 8778123Abstract: A carbon fiber tubular pole and method of construction thereof. The pole includes a left in place lightweight mandrel, preferably formed of tubular polyvinylchloride or cardboard, which substantially reduces cost of manufacture. A socket is formed in the carbon fiber tubular pole for receiving an adjacent carbon fiber tubular pole.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventors: Nanette L Hultgren, Steven C Austin
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Publication number: 20140137738Abstract: A non-woven textile based filter media is produced from polyester fiber generated using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage bottles, and that non-woven textile based filter media is used to make an air filter. By controlling the diameters and lengths of the PET derived polyester fibers, a non-woven textile based filter media that exhibits a natural Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) of about 8 (without requiring electrostatic treatment) and a pressure drop of 2.9 PSI or less can be achieved. A related exemplary embodiment is an air filter fabricated entirely from recycled materials, including a recycled cardboard frame, the non-woven textile based filter media made from recycled PET derived polyester fibers, and a support structure made of recycled plastic or metal wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Jerry M. Brownstein, Kathy Brownstein
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Publication number: 20140127439Abstract: A cable, which may be produced by the method described herein, comprises a cable with a core jacket comprising a predetermined cable length where the core jacket comprises a thermoplastic material comprising a memory characteristic which changes based on temperature, a set of core components, disposed within the core jacket, which comprise the predetermined length, and a strength member disposed within the core jacket intermediate the core components and the core jacket. The strength member comprises a selectively activated pre-impregnated uncured synthetic material adapted to be cured while in production, the strength member comprising a length substantially equal to the predetermined length.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.Inventor: Brett Howard Kline
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Patent number: 8715452Abstract: A sleeve for a protective garment, such as a medical gown, includes a knit, woven, or non-woven layer and a seamless layer that are laminated together. The knit, woven, or non-woven layer can be a circularly knit seamless layer, or alternatively can have seams. The seamless layer can be water or vapor impermeable or resistant so as to prevent microorganisms, pathogens, liquids, or other substances from passing through the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventor: Megan Walsh
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Publication number: 20140102971Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane module and a method for preparing a hollow fiber membrane module. A hollow fiber membrane module includes a header, and a sheet block inserted into the header, and the sheet block includes a hollow fiber membrane block, wherein the hollow fiber membrane block comprises a plurality of hollow fiber membranes arranged at regular intervals in a vertical direction of the header; and a resin block formed at an end of the hollow fiber membrane blocks and contacting an inner wall of the header to be secured thereto, and a potting agent is filled between hollow fiber membranes of the hollow fiber membrane blocks in a space between an upper side of the resin block to an inlet of the header to secure the hollow fiber membranes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Hyoung Wook AHN, Young Lim KOO
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Patent number: 8679270Abstract: A pipe or hose composed of a polyamide moulding composition whose molecular weight has been increased by condensation, via addition of a compound having at least two carbonate units in a quantitative proportion of from 0.005 to 10% by weight, based on polyamide, where a) a starting polyamide moulding composition was provided, b) a mixture of the starting polyamide moulding composition and of the compound having at least two carbonate units was produced, c) the premix was, if desired, stored and/or transported, and d) the premix was then processed to give the moulding, this step being the first in which the increase of molecular weight by condensation occurred, the moulding being a pipe or hose whose external diameter is at least 25 mm is used as inliner for a pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Andreas Dowe, Rainer Goering, Christian Baron
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Publication number: 20140065341Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to for incorporating virgin or recycled thermoplastic resin materials into architectural thermoplastic panels that have ordered and reproducible geometric patterns. More specifically, at least one implementation provides a method for fusing thermoplastic elongated members, such as circular rods and rectangular bars, sourced from recycled thermoplastic resin to form the architectural thermoplastic panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Matthew T. Sutton, John E.C. Wilham, Charles H. Moore
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Publication number: 20140051315Abstract: The present invention relates to fibers comprising at least 98 wt % of a propylene polymer having, in particular, a specific molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn and xylene solubles content. The present invention also relates to nonwovens, laminates and composites comprising such fibers. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for producing such fibers, nonwovens, laminates and composites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUYInventors: Alain Standaert, Hugues Haubruge, GuilLaume Pavy, Jerome Gromada
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Publication number: 20140041789Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: MARKEL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert E. Jerman, Cornelius Brown, JR., Kenneth Donald Hobbs, Carlos Ruano, Charles Edward Wolanski
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Publication number: 20140041788Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: MARKEL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert E. Jerman, Cornelius Brown, JR., Kenneth Donald Hobbs, Carlos Ruano, Charles Edward Wolanski
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Publication number: 20130263961Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite pipe having improved bonding strength between heterogeneous materials, which provides continuous bonding strength by chemical bond between heterogeneous materials, thereby preventing separation between the heterogeneous materials even at a high temperature and a high pressure, so as to replace a metal-based pipe used in fields of industry demanding heat resistance and chemical resistance, and an apparatus and a method of manufacturing the composite pipe. Accordingly, strong bonding strength according to chemical bond in the unit of nano between the heterogeneous materials is achieved, so that separation between the heterogeneous materials is not generated even at a high temperature and a high pressure, thereby being capable of further expanding the applicable fields of industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: LORDO AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Kyung Wook Ahn
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Publication number: 20130263739Abstract: An array of hollow fibers including a plurality of hollow fibers of a predetermined diameter configured to receive a gas having oxygen therein and transfer the oxygen to a fluid and/or transfer carbon dioxide in the fluid to a gas. The array is configured in a predetermined pattern having a predetermined packing density that is a fraction of a total cross-sectional area of the array occupied by the hollow fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Anna M. Galea, Kristen LeRoy, Nicholas Vitale
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Patent number: 8540081Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device and its method of manufacture are disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Markel CorporationInventors: Robert Edward Jerman, Cornelius Brown, Jr., Kenneth Donald Hobbs, Carlos Ruano, Charles Edward Wolanski
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Publication number: 20130240242Abstract: A method of making a wire array includes the step of providing a tube of a sealing material and having an interior surface, and positioning a wire in the tube, the wire having an exterior surface. The tube is heated to soften the tube, and the softened tube is drawn and collapsed by a mild vacuum to bring the interior surface of the tube into contact with the wire to create a coated wire. The coated wires are bundled. The bundled coated wires are heated under vacuum to fuse the tube material coating the wires and create a fused rod with a wire array embedded therein. The fused rod is cut to form a wire array. A wire array is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: John T. SIMPSON, Joseph P. CUNNINGHAM, Brian R. D'URSO, Troy R. HENDRICKS, Daniel A. SCHAEFFER
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Publication number: 20130240445Abstract: A filtration membrane is coated with a polymer made from a compound comprising a benzenediol or a substituted phenol, such as catechol. The polymer deposition process comprises exposing the membrane to the compound in an aqueous alkaline solution. A membrane module may be immersed in the solution. Optionally, the solution is aerated. The polymer coating is reasonably durable in aqueous environments but may be removable. In an example, a module of PVDF based outside-in hollow fiber membranes was coated with poly(catechol). The membranes had a reduced fouling rate and could be maintenance cleaned with water or a dilute oxidant solution. The polycatechol coating could be oxidized by cleaning the membrane with a hypochlorite solution and re-coated. The modified membranes may be used, for example, in water or wastewater treatment. A filtration process includes steps of oxidizing and re-applying the coating after the membrane has been in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kristof VIZVARDI, Zoltan A. FEKETE
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Publication number: 20130244525Abstract: An insulation blanket includes a blend of a first component and a second component. The first component is a first fiber material selected from a group consisting of glass fibers, mineral fibers, basalt fibers, natural fibers and mixtures thereof. The second component is made of a second material selected from a group consisting of thermoplastic copolymer bi-component fibers, monofilament fibers, a thermal setting resin and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Jacob T. Chacko, Jeffrey A. Tilton
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Patent number: 8529717Abstract: The invention relates to a structural mat for reinforcing a wind turbine blade structure. The structural mat comprises two or more groups of bonded fibers, the fibers being bonded by a matrix substantially preventing relative movement of said fibers and wherein said groups are connected to each other by connection means limiting the relative movement of said groups. The invention further relates to a wind turbine blade and a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Andrew Hedges, Tomas Vronsky
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Publication number: 20130228281Abstract: It is prepared to be an elastic net which is elastic in the cross machine direction and non-elastic in the machine direction. A combined sheet is obtained by joining the net and a filamentous web. The filamentous web comprises of drawn thermoplastic continuous filaments which are oriented in a machine direction. A laminated web is obtained by laying a fibrous web of staple fibers on the combined sheet. A high-pressure liquid flow is applied to the laminated web. The staple fibers are entangled among, and with the net. A method for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: JX NIPPON ANCI CORPORATION, UNITIKA LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Miyagawa, Hideo Kumehara, Shigehisa Nakazawa, Atsushi Matsunaga, Noriko Yoshida, Nobuyuki Takawa
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Publication number: 20130220474Abstract: An insert, a pipe assembly, and a method for forming a pipe assembly are disclosed. The pipe assembly includes a hollow body and an insert bonded to the hollow body. The insert spans a knit line defined in the hollow body. The insert is formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The fibers are generally anisotropic, and preferably unidirectional, and the insert is oriented such that the fibers extend at an angle to the knit line and thus span the knit line. Preferably, the fibers extend perpendicularly to the knit line. The use of an insert having such an orientation reinforces the hollow body, particularly at the knit line. Thus, the use of such an insert bonded to a hollow body according to the present disclosure produces a pipe assembly having increased pressure ratings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Ticona LLCInventor: David Michael Sheridan
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Patent number: 8500942Abstract: A method for forming a textile fusible sheet material includes producing a fibrous web from fibers on a laydown apparatus so as to form a backing ply and applying a mixture of a binder and a thermoplastic polymer to selected areal regions of the fibrous web. The method further includes thermally treating the fibrous web so as to dry and bond the fibers of the fibrous web using the binder to form a bonded fibrous web nonwoven fabric and so as to sinter the thermoplastic polymer with a surface of the bonded fibrous web nonwoven fabric.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KGInventors: Peter Grynaeus, Oliver Staudenmayer, Hans Rettig
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Publication number: 20130193063Abstract: The present invention provides a novel nonwoven felt fabric, which is made of at least one low-melting-point short fiber and at least one high-melting-point short fiber of same type or different types, wherein the fabric is stiff enough to be self-sustaining and have the ability of shape maintenance. The felt fabric exhibits excellent pleatability, moldability and compressive strength. The invention also provides a method for producing the felt fabric, and a filter comprising the felt fabric used as the material of a filter medium of the filter, wherein the filter medium requires no support structure to stand alone and persistently retains its shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Ying Yuk Ng, Gilbert Craig
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Publication number: 20130189637Abstract: A combined graphite tube is combined by stacking a plurality of graphite short-tubes together, where each graphite short-tube includes a upper coupling portion and a lower coupling portion, the upper coupling portion is positioned on a top face of a upper side of the graphite short-tube; and the lower coupling portion is positioned on a bottom face of a lower side of the graphite short-tube, and corresponds to the upper coupling portion, allowing the upper coupling portion of each graphite short-tube to be propped against the lower coupling portion of another graphite short-tube; the graphite short-tubes are fused and coupled together by means of a sintering treatment after the graphite short-tubes are stacked together. Whereby, the combined graphite tube of the present invention may be utilized in silicon smelting, and may be coupled to an enough length of graphite tube depending on requirements or derive a graphite crucible, capable of improving silicon smelting efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: SUN POWER SILICON CO., LTD.Inventor: SUN POWER SILICON CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130186987Abstract: A graphite nozzle is combined by stacking a plurality of graphite tubes together, applied in polysilicon refining cyclic vacuum equipment or used as a lining of fireproof or refractory material, where each graphite tube includes a upper coupling portion and a lower coupling portion, the upper coupling portion is positioned on a top face of a upper side of the graphite tube; and the lower coupling portion is positioned on a bottom face of a lower side of the graphite tube, and corresponds to the upper coupling portion, allowing the upper coupling portion of each graphite tube to be propped against the lower coupling portion of another graphite tube; the graphite tubes are fused and coupled together by means of a sintering treatment after the graphite tubes are stacked together.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: SUN POWER SILICON CO., LTD.Inventor: SUN POWER SILICON CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130171441Abstract: Composite materials are provided that include nanostructures bound together by a binder material in a manner that provides the composite material with high strain capability and toughness. The nanostructures and binder material form a matrix material in which long fiber reinforcements may be embedded to form a structural composite material. The nanostructures may have relatively low aspect ratios, preventing entanglement during processing. The nanostructures can be arranged in an interconnected network to form a high free-volume skeletal structure within the matrix material that allows the nanostructures to flex and return to their original shapes. As applied to ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials, this tough, flexible matrix material allows for full bonding of the matrix material with the fiber reinforcements so that CMC materials can realize the full potential of the reinforcing fibers and possess superior inter-laminar strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Daniel H. Hecht, William R. Garver
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Publication number: 20130152792Abstract: A non-woven textile based filter media is produced from polyester fiber generated using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage bottles, and that non-woven textile based filter media is used to make an air filter. By controlling the diameters and lengths of the PET derived polyester fibers, a non-woven textile based filter media that exhibits a natural Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) of about 8 (without requiring electrostatic treatment) and a pressure drop of 2.9 PSI or less can be achieved. A related exemplary embodiment is an air filter fabricated entirely from recycled materials, including a recycled cardboard frame, the non-woven textile based filter media made from recycled PET derived polyester fibers, and a support structure made of recycled plastic or metal wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: XEXTEX CORPORATION, USAInventor: Xextex Corporation, USA
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Patent number: 8454790Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hard wood strand product, comprising the steps of harvesting logs of eucalypts from plantation trees having an age between 8 years and 12 years, forming strands from the logs, adding a binder including a polymeric methane di-isocyanate resin and a wax to the strands, forming a mat with the strands, and pressing and heating the mat using a press to form the strand product.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Lignor LimitedInventors: Peter Edward Burton, Graham Thomas Coulthard
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Publication number: 20130133829Abstract: An internal ring coupler for fusing and sealing abutted ends of two pipes is provided. The ring coupler formed by a plastic ring having a substantially flat outer surface with at least two bands of thermoplastic welding rod encircling the outer surface of the plastic ring is provided. The coupling is placed on the inner circumference of two abutted plastic pipe ends. An electrical current is applied to the bands fusing the ring coupler to the interior of the ends of the two pipes to fuse the welding rod between the pipes and the coupler forming a seal over the pipe join.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventor: Robert Pinder
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Publication number: 20130133353Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to cooling fabrics having an array of cooling elements coupled to a base fabric, and in particular to methods and fabrics that utilize an array of cooling elements coupled to a base material to absorb heat while also maintaining desired properties of the base material. In some embodiments, the cooling elements may include a cooling gel or polymer or a phase change material, and the cooling elements may undergo a chemical or physical change when exposed to moisture, thereby absorbing heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Columbia sportswear north america, inc.
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Patent number: 8449706Abstract: A process for manufacturing a deaerating hollow fiber module with no core, including the steps of wrapping a sheet containing a multiplicity of hollow fibers around a temporary core; retaining in tubular form the sheet wrapped around the temporary core; and removing the temporary core from the sheet retained in tubular form.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: DIC CorporationInventors: Youhei Suganuma, Misao Takeuchi, Shigeaki Fujieda, Toshikazu Suganuma, Kouji Kawase
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Publication number: 20130126088Abstract: A method and a device for welding plastic pipes (1) made of thermoplastic material by a butt-welding method, wherein the pipes (1) are held in a coaxial position in relation to one another by clamping points (2), are trimmed by a trimmer (3), which can be brought between the clamping points (2), and are heated up by heated tools (6), which can be fitted in place of the trimmer (3), wherein the heating of the free pipe ends (8) to be welded has the effect of forming a melting region which forms a bead when pressing occurs, the pipe projection (5) of the pipes (1) being trimmed to a defined size.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: GEORG FISCHER ROHRLEITUNGSSYSTEME AGInventor: Joerg Wermelinger
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Patent number: 8444800Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of silicon seed rod in which two silicon seed rods are joined into one long silicon seed rod by welding, having: an upper seed rod holding part holding an upper silicon seed rod vertically; an elevating device holding a lower silicon seed rod which faces a lower end of the upper silicon seed rod in a state in which the lower silicon seed rod is movable vertically; an induction-heating coil being arranged around the lower end of the upper silicon seed rod; a preheating ring being disposed below the induction-heating coil; and a moving device of the preheating ring that moves the preheating ring between a heat position in which the preheating ring is induction-heated around an upper end of the lower silicon seed rod by the induction-heating coil and a wait position which is distant from the heat position.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Akimichi Nagaura, Mamoru Nakano
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Patent number: 8440042Abstract: A method of fabricating shell purfling strips having sufficient flexibility to be placed within a curved configuration. The shell purfling strips may be placed, as a single unit, in curved channels which require the strip to bend. The flexibility results from a laminated structure comprising a layer of binding material overlain by an organic shell layer, with a bonding agent attaching the layers together. The organic shell layer comprises a plurality of precisely placed breaks along its length. The binding material retains the individual fragments of the shell layer in the strip, but because the binding material comprises a flexible material, such as rubber, the layer of binding material is sufficiently flexible to allow the purfling strip to flex longitudinally and transversely. The shell purfling strips may be attached in parallel relationship to other perfling components allowing installation as a unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Inventor: Kevin Ryan
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Publication number: 20130112336Abstract: The method comprises the following steps: provide a first part (5) with a first protruding relief (29); provide a second part (7) with a first orifice (31); insert the first protruding relief (29) through the first orifice (31). The second part (7) has a second protruding relief (35) located in proximity to the first orifice (31), with the first protruding relief (29) and the second protruding relief (35) melted and, after cooling off, assembling together the first and second parts (5, 7) to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Stéphane Robin, Pascal Juan, Merry Morel
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Publication number: 20130112214Abstract: A method for forming a filter rod may include providing a bale of crimped tow band having about 10 denier per filament or greater and about 20,000 total denier or less, the crimped tow band comprising a plurality of cellulose acetate filaments; and placing the crimped tow band in an apparatus so as to form a filter rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Celanese Acetate LLCInventors: Christopher M. Bundren, William S. Sanderson, Paul Busby, Edward J. Clark
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Publication number: 20130110086Abstract: Among other things, a catheter assembly including a main catheter portion and a deformable tip portion is disclosed. Embodiments of the catheter have a lumen extending between distal and proximal ends. The deformable portion is configured to transform from a compact shape to an expanded shape when it is inserted into a patient. The cross-sectional sizes and shapes of the deformable portion and catheter are similar or about the same; therefore, the compact shape mimics a traditional distal tip of a catheter during insertion into a patient. The physician can use a standard catheter insertion technique. As the deformable portion warms to the patient's body temperature, the deformable portion bulges to the expanded shape. The expanded shape helps attain laminar flow and increases the flow rate through the catheter. To activate the deformable portion to return to the compact shape, cold liquid is passed through the deformable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Neha S. Bhagchandani, Michael R. Kurrus, Ryan Nowicki
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Patent number: 8430988Abstract: A reinforced multi-lumen catheter and method of manufacturing the same. An assembly for manufacturing the multi-lumen catheter includes a proximal catheter body substrate including a septum, a first and second distal catheter body substrate, a first and second mandrel, a reinforcing element and a sleeve. The reinforcing element is positioned over the proximal catheter body substrate and at least a proximal region of the first and second distal catheter body substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Ryan C. Patterson, Walter H. Shang
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Publication number: 20130089689Abstract: A decorative laminate includes a laminate substrate coated with an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is a layer of a physically setting, solvent-free adhesive material including an acrylic polymer. The adhesive layer is self-adhesive at room temperature. The adhesive-coated laminate substrate has a peeling-off force of at least 0.2 N/mm2, after application on a carrier. A method for the production of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate, its use as a coating material, and a composite of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate and a carrier material are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Wilsonart LLCInventor: Wilsonart LLC
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Patent number: 8414806Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of fabricating a membrane made of a nanostructured material and its use.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Darren Delai Sun, Xiwang Zhang, Jianghong Alan Du, James O Leckie
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Patent number: 8402642Abstract: In a pocket coil spring structure assembling apparatus, a row-of-pocket-coil-springs auxiliary feed stock mechanism and a row-of-pocket-coil-springs delivery mechanism are connected together in series so as to form a row-of-pocket-coil-springs supply unit, a plurality of row-of-pocket-coil-springs supply units are disposed on an upstream side with respect to a sealing/cutting mechanism, a control apparatus is allowed to alternatively select a row-of-pocket-coil-springs supply unit to face the sealing/cutting mechanism from the plurality of row-of-pocket-coil-springs supply units, and a row-of-pocket-coil-springs supply unit alternatively selected is moved to face the sealing/cutting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Matsushita Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshinori Kujuro, Hiroyuki Etoh
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Patent number: 8382935Abstract: A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the distal shaft section formed by an outer tubular member having an opening in a sidewall, and an inner tubular member having a distal portion in the outer tubular member and a proximal portion extending through the sidewall opening and along an outer surface of a portion of the outer tubular member located proximal to the sidewall opening, with polymeric filler material around the outer surface of at least the proximal portion of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member preferably comprises a polymeric tube having a reinforcing coiled member embedded therein. Preferably, a crescent shaped portion of the inflation lumen extends along side the proximal portion of the inner tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: John A. Simpson, Jessie Delgado, Robert Alcantara, Jason Phillips
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Patent number: 8366863Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder for the production of bonded mineral wool, wherein a phenol-formaldehyde-binder is applied onto the still hot fibers after the fiberization of a mineral wool, using a binder that comprises hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol with the following general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or branched alkylether with 1-50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units; and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon wType: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Hagen Huenig, Eva Wagner
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Publication number: 20130025159Abstract: An article of footwear or other product may include a material element having a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and at least one strand. The second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, and the second layer is formed from a thermoplastic polymer material. The strand is located between the first layer and the second layer, and the strand lies substantially parallel to the second layer for a distance of at least five centimeters. In this configuration, the thermoplastic polymer material may join the first layer and the third layer to the second layer. The thermoplastic polymer material may also join the strand to the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: NIKE, Inc.
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Patent number: 8343302Abstract: There is disclosed a method for preparing a honeycomb segment joined body in which a plurality of honeycomb segments are arranged in directions parallel to a first flat surface and a second flat surface of an installation reference jig to install the honeycomb segments in predetermined positions via a paste-like joining material on the installation reference jig by use of the installation reference jig having the first flat surface and the second flat surface forming a right angle therebetween, and then the joining material is dried and cured to join the plurality of honeycomb segments together. In the preparation method, in at least a part of a process of successively installing the plurality of honeycomb segments in the predetermined positions, when a new honeycomb segment is installed, at least a part of the installed honeycomb segments is pressurized and held in the predetermined positions so that the already installed honeycomb segments are not displaced.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Akifumi Nishio, Takao Tani, Jun Inoue
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Publication number: 20120310213Abstract: A medical catheter for inserting into a body includes a bump tubing section with proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal end is configured to mate with a hub. The bump tubing section has an intermediate portion extending away from the proximal end with a substantially constant outer diameter and thickness, and a taper portion adjacent the distal end with generally decreasing inside and outside diameters to provide a gradually increasing flexibility toward the distal end of the bump tubing section. The bump tubing section is comprised of a polymer having a predetermined flexural modulus. A tip section is disposed distally of the distal end of the bump tubing section comprising a distal liner and a distal cover such that at least a majority of the tip section has a substantially constant stiffness and a flexural modulus substantially equal to or greater than the predetermined flexural modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Alex M. Kronfeld, Derek L. Norton, Robin M. Young
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Patent number: 8316906Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for impregnating filaments, wherein the filaments form a roving. The device comprises a barrel (10) having at least one groove (12) formed in circumferential direction of the barrel, an inner space formed along the center axis of the barrel, and at least one recess (16) which forms a connection between the inner space and the groove. The recess includes a cylindrical section (16a), a conical section (16b) and a pocket section (16c). By means of said device and according to the method, a polymer material can be pressed successively from the inner space through at least the cylindrical section and the conical section into the groove to impregnate the filaments of the roving which is drawn through the groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Borealis Technology OyInventors: Hermann Prokschi, Siegfried Westmüller
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Patent number: 8287684Abstract: By providing a high speed welding system for fusing adjacent foam profiles in a continuous manufacturing operation, a unique, integrated, foam welding and profile manufacturing system is attained which is capable of producing virtually any desired foam product from foam extrusions without requiring the use of expensive molds or forming components, and which significantly reduces expensive scrap found in prior art construction systems. In accordance with the teaching of the present invention, any desired cross-sectional shape or configuration is capable of being manufactured in fully automated, high-volume, rapid production conditions, with virtual ease and simplicity. Furthermore, by employing the present invention, foam profiles which previously were unattainable due to their structural configurations, are quickly and easily constructed in a mass production operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Nomaco Inc.Inventors: Randal Henderson, Eduardo Lauer, Julian Young, Mark Stearly
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Patent number: 8282763Abstract: A method for making a composite magnetic-dielectric disc assembly includes forming a dielectric ceramic annular cylinder, forming a magnetic ceramic rod, assembling the magnetic ceramic rod coaxially inside the dielectric ceramic cylinder, joining the magnetic ceramic rod to the dielectric ceramic cylinder using an adhesive comprising a ceramic material to form a rod-and-cylinder assembly, and slicing the rod-and-cylinder assembly to form a plurality of composite magnetic-dielectric disc-shaped assemblies. The magnetic-dielectric disc assemblies can be used as components of, for example, circulators, isolators, or similar electrical assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Dave Cruickshank, Tri M. Ly, Jingmin Zheng