With Reshaping Or Surface Embossing Of Formed Article Patents (Class 264/119)
  • Patent number: 11773512
    Abstract: A fiber collection tool for collecting a fiber spun by electrospinning is described. The fiber collection tool has a size holdable by the hand of a user, and includes, in its interior, an electroconductive section. Preferably, the fiber collection tool further includes a surface section outside the electroconductive section. In a fiber deposit production method, a user collects, with the fiber collection tool, a fiber spun by the user by performing electrospinning using an electrospinning device having a size holdable by the hand of the user, and thereby produces a film including a deposit of the fiber on a surface of the fiber collection tool. The fiber collection tool, having the deposit formed thereon, is pressed against a surface of an object, and the deposit is transferred onto the surface of the object, to form a film including the fiber deposit on the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonari Okada, Masayuki Uchiyama, Naomi Amari, Yuko Wakahara, Takehiko Tojo, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11732383
    Abstract: A fiber collection tool for collecting a fiber spun by electrospinning is described. The fiber collection tool has a size holdable by the hand of a user, and includes, in at least a portion of the surface thereof, an electroconductive section having a surface electrical resistivity of 1011 ?/cm2 or less, or a hydrophilic section having a water contact angle of preferably from 15° to 90° at 25° C. A user collects, with the fiber collection tool, a fiber spun by the user by electrospinning using an electrospinning device having a size holdable by the hand of the user, and thereby produces a film including a deposit of the fiber on a surface of the fiber collection tool. The fiber collection tool, having the deposit formed thereon, is pressed against a surface of an object, and the deposit is transferred onto the surface of the object, to form a film including the fiber deposit on the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Amari, Masayuki Uchiyama, Yuko Wakahara, Tomonari Okada, Takehiko Tojo, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11479889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for making a fibrous web comprising a plurality of first areas comprising hydroentangled fibers, the first areas being discrete in a machine direction and/or a counter-machine direction, wherein the process comprises subjecting a fibrous web to a first hydroentanglement process directing water jets from a water injection means comprising a plurality of orifices on to the fibrous web; blocking at least one water jet from the water injection means discontinuously by use of a first blocking member positioned between the water injection means and the fibrous web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaoxin Liu, Shrish Yashwant Rane, Gerald Alain Viens
  • Patent number: 11365495
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process and apparatus for formation of a fluid-entangled laminate web. The laminate web includes a support layer and a nonwoven projection web having a plurality of projections which are preferably hollow. The laminate web also includes a plurality of apertures interspersed with the projections. As a result of the fluid-entangling process, entangling fluid is directed through the support layer and into the projection web which is situated on a forming surface. The force of the entangling fluid causes the two layers to be joined to one another and the fluid causes a portion of the fibers in the projection web to be forced into openings present in a forming surface thereby forming the hollow projections. The force of the entangling fluid also causes the fibers of the two layers to be moved around protrusions present in the forming surface thereby forming the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Beitz, Stacy E. Evenson, Andrew T. Hammond, Sarah Kleuskens, Amy Q. Feng, Patrick D. Abney, Kevin G. Dolan, Robert M. Hill, Kroy D. Johnson, Niall Finn, Andy Butler, Danielle Kirby, Phil Penaia
  • Patent number: 11236022
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a composite article includes a monofilament feed track adapted to carry a spaced array of ceramic monofilament strands, a fiber yarn feed track adapted to carry a spaced array of fiber yarn tows impregnated with a plurality of glass particulates, a mandrel, and a heater assembly. The mandrel is adapted to wind together individual glass-impregnated fiber yarn strands and individual ceramic monofilament strands to form a dual-fiber weave. The heater assembly is adapted to heat at least the glass particulates such that pressure from the wound array of ceramic monofilaments is sufficient to consolidate the glass particulates and the dual-fiber weave into a dual-fiber ceramic matrix composite (CMC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Jarmon, William K. Tredway
  • Patent number: 10843386
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a web forming unit that forms a web in which at least fiber and resin are deposited in the air; a pressing unit that presses the web; and a heating and pressing unit that heats and presses the web on a further downstream side than the pressing unit in a transport direction of the web, in which a pressing force of the pressing unit is greater than a pressing force of the heating and pressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhito Gomi
  • Patent number: 10780843
    Abstract: Doors for motor vehicles include door trim panel assemblies having multiple door trim panels held together at attachment points. A door trim panel includes a weakened perimeter formed from a series of apertures in the panel, creating a predetermined breakaway point where the assembly will rupture in the event a load is applied. Methods for tuning the durability of a trim panel assembly include a repeatable cycle in which pins are selected and inserted in a mold at varying positions. During injection molding, the pins form apertures to create a predetermined breakaway point. Changing the size, shape, and location of the pins allows tuning of the durability and properties of the breakaway point. Injection molds have variable pin placement capability to facilitate the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Burke, Jaime N. Moore
  • Patent number: 10601361
    Abstract: A solar panel mount includes a plate, a compression spacer, a mounting shaft, and a mounting member. The plate includes a first edge and a first surface. The plate defines at least one opening spaced from the first edge. The mounting member is between the plate and the compression spacer, defines at least one channel aligned with the at least one opening of the plate to receive the mounting shaft through an opening of the at least one opening and a corresponding channel of the at least one channel. The compression spacer receives the mounting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Solar Slate Solutions
    Inventor: David Tomolillo
  • Patent number: 10577468
    Abstract: Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) polymers that have an average molecular weight of at least 500,000 g/mol and an enthalpy of at least 190 J/g is provided. The UHMWPE polymer may include at least one comonomer. The UHMWPE polymer is used to form a membrane, that when expanded, has a node and fibril structure. The UHMWPE membrane has an endotherm of about 150° C. associated with the fibrils in the membrane. The membrane has a percent porosity of at least 25%, and in exemplary embodiments, the percent porosity is at least 60%. Additionally, the UHMWPE membrane has a thickness less than 1 mm. An UHMWPE membrane may be formed by lubricating the UHMWPE polymer, subjecting the lubricated polymer to pressure at a temperature below the melting point of the UHMWPE polymer to form a tape, and expanding the tape at a temperature below the melting temperature of the UHMWPE polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: W L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy A. Sbriglia
  • Patent number: 10392481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of high strength and high modulus polyethylene products/laminates consisting of steps such as providing a pre-dried, at least 50% disentangled ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) powder, feeding the UHMWPE powder having temperature ranging from ?15° C. to 50° C., at the nip of at least one pair of heated, polished counter rotating calendaring rollers, rotating at different roller speeds to obtain at least one pre-laminate and hot stretching the pre-laminate(s) at a pre-determined temperature and pre-determined stretching speed to obtain high strength laminates. The laminates provided by the present disclosure have tensile strength ranging between 0.5 GPa and 3.0 GPa and tensile modulus ranging between 40 GPa and 200 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Reliance Industries Limited
    Inventors: Ajit Behari Mathur, Satya Srinivasa Rao Gandham, Uma Sankar Satpathy, Krishna Renganath Sarma, Yogesh Popatrao Patil, Nanubhai Fuljibhai Patel, Gaurang Manilal Mehta, Raksh Vir Jasra
  • Patent number: 10272000
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is described herein. The topsheet includes an array of apertures and a first array of structures which are disposed adjacent the array of apertures. A first plurality of the array of apertures is disposed generally parallel to a longitudinal axis, a second plurality of apertures has a first Absolute Feret angle, and a third plurality of apertures has a second Absolute Feret angle. The first Absolute Feret angle is different than the second Absolute Feret angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Timothy Ian Mullane, Jill Marlene Orr, Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Jennifer Schutte, Donald Carroll Roe, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, John Brian Strube, Amanda Margaret Bicking
  • Patent number: 10238953
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly composite material for use in the manufacture of professional grade skateboard decks and other high quality equipment and sporting gear. In the one embodiment, a skateboard deck is manufactured from a composition of recycled hard rock maple wood fibers, a polyvinyl acetate adhesive, a cross-link catalyst and water. The malleable nature of the composite material prior to curing, allows the skateboard deck to attain virtually any desired shape. Differing composites and adhesives may be employed to achieve the a similar product when properly cured. Once cured, the composite material is light weight, strong, durable, and requires no lacquers or other sealers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Gangemi
  • Patent number: 10105880
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing of high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) product. The process includes feeding UHMWPE through rollers to obtain a pre-laminate which is further hot stretched to obtain the oriented UHMWPE product having high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity. The temperature of stretching is maintained below the melt temperature of the UHMWPE throughout the entire process. There is also provided a high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented UHMWPE product prepared by the process of the present disclosure. The oriented UHMWPE product is characterized in the axial thermal conductivity in the range of 70 to 200 W/mK, transverse direction thermal conductivity in the range of 0.022 to 0.045 W/mK and heat capacity in the range of 6 to 25 MJ/m3K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Reliance Industries Limited
    Inventors: Ajit Behari Mathur, Shivaji Vijay Kadam, Satya Srinivasa Rao Gandham, Uma Sankar Satpathy, Krishna Renganath Sarma, Nanubhai Fuljibhai Patel, Gaurang Manilal Mehta, Yogini Maheshbhai Amin, Amit Kumar Punamchand Shah, Viral Kumar Patel, Raksh Vir Jasra, Devesh Kumar Shukla, Ashishkumar Indravadan Parekh
  • Patent number: 10065390
    Abstract: An insulated fiberfill comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer. The first fiber layer comprises an inner surface and multiple connecting portions arranged on the inner surface and spaced from each other. The second fiber layer is mounted on the inner surface, and comprises multiple joining portions respectively connected with the connecting portions and multiple folding portions inclined toward a same direction. Each of the folding portions is formed between two adjacent joining portions, leans against an adjacent folding portion, and covers at least one of the joining portions. Accordingly, the insulated fiberfill is beneficial for enhancing the capability of the coat and sleeping bag to keep the human body warm. Also, the fabricating steps of the coat and sleeping bag are simplified, and the fabricating time of the same is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHINIH ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Fu Chien
  • Patent number: 10036490
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to pipe-like hollow articles made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) tapes and a thermoplastic and/or thermoplastic elastomer, whereby in the article, the tapes are wound to create the article, whereby the tapes have a tensile strength of greater than 1.5 GPa according to ASTM D882-00, a modulus of greater than 100 GPa according to ASTM D882-00, and a 200/110 uniplanar orientation parameter of at least 3, whereby the main extension direction of at least one tape in the article is in an angle of 20 to 100° with regard to the main extension direction of the article. Further aspects pertain to two processes for manufacturing such an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.
    Inventors: Sanjay Rastogi, Marinus Journee
  • Patent number: 9825257
    Abstract: A light extraction substrate for an organic light-emitting device (OLED) which can improve the brightness of a display or an illumination system to which an OLED is applied by improving light extraction efficiency and a method of manufacturing the same. The light extraction substrate for an OLED includes an oxide or nitride thin film formed on a substrate body. The oxide or nitride thin film includes a base layer formed on the substrate body, a first texture formed on the base layer, the first texture having a plurality of first protrusions which protrude continuously or discontinuously from the base layer, and a second texture having a plurality of second protrusions which protrude continuously or discontinuously from each outer surface of the first protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: June Hyoung Park, Young Zo Yoo, Tae Jung Park, Seo Hyun Kim, Il Hee Baek, Gun Sang Yoon, Eun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9744714
    Abstract: An UHMWPE film having a tensile strength of at least 2.0 GPa, a tensile energy to break of at least 30 J/g, an Mw of at least 500 000 gram/mole, and a Mw/Mn ratio of at most 6, and a film width of at least 5 mm. The film may be manufactured via a process which comprises subjecting a starting UHMWPE with a weight average molecular weight of at least 500 000 gram/mole, an elastic shear modulus determined directly after melting at 160° C. of at most 1.4 MPa, and a Mw/Mn ratio of at most 6 to a compacting step and a stretching step under such conditions that at no point during the processing of the polymer its temperature is raised to a value above its melting point. The film may be used as starting material in any applications where high tensile strength and high energy to break are important. Suitable applications include ballistic applications, ropes, cables, nets, fabrics, and protective applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.
    Inventors: Joris Eem Van Der, Anton Peter De Weijer, Sanjay Rastogi
  • Patent number: 9695291
    Abstract: A porous polytetrafluoroethylene film comprising a fluororesin containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component, wherein an envelope surface area of resin fibers included per film having an area of 1 m2 and a thickness of 25 ?m is 4,000 m2 or more, and a melting point peak is 333° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hayashi, Aya Murata, Hiroyuki Tsujiwaki, Atsushi Uno
  • Patent number: 9656624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag including an inflating part having gas inflatability, a non-inflating part supporting the inflating part, a combined part constituting a boundary between the inflating part and the non-inflating part, and an ultrasonic fusion bonded part located between the combined part and the end part of an inflator from which a gas at a high pressure spurts when a car crashes, and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hyung-Keun Kim, Hee-Jun Kim, Dong-Jin Kwak, Sang Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9598803
    Abstract: A method for forming cushions including the following four steps: (1) a compression step in which the structure (2) is compressed in a mold (3); (2) a thermal softening step in which the structure (2) is thermally softened by means of a heating medium; (3) a curing step in which the structure (2) directly undergoes forced cooling in a cooling medium, and is then cured; and (4) a mold release step in which the structure (2) is released from the mold (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: C-ENG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9555442
    Abstract: A composite material includes a carrier material, wherein the carrier material is coated on a first surface with a first coating material and on a second surface with a second coating material, the composite material has links of coating material which run from the first surface of the carrier material to the second surface of the carrier material, and the links of coating material start from 1% to 90% of at least one of the surfaces of the carrier material. A method includes producing a composite material of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MEHLER TEXNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Franz Callhoff, Ellen Keulen, Carina Erdmann
  • Patent number: 9505183
    Abstract: A process for rolling and stretching of a sheet into a tape is provided. A sheet may be rolled into a rolled sheet in the nip between two rolls of the calender and the rolled sheet is stretched immediately thereafter into a tape on the surface of one of the two calender rolls. The speed of the rolled sheet on the surface of the calender roll may be higher than the speed of the calender roll. The position of the start of the neck-down of the rolled sheet and the rate of neck-down can be easily controlled by the proposed process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Van De Hee, Dennis Wilbers
  • Patent number: 9505932
    Abstract: A synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to less than 45 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene; 50 wt % to 35 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.15 to 0.21 g/ cm3 and a mean fiber length of 101 to 189 ?m in which 19 to 29% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 ?m or less, and 9 to 20% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 ?m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: BEIJING SHENGSHENG CULTURE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Takeyasu Kikuchi, Kazumasa Morita, Yuichiro Nakamura, Koji Higashi
  • Patent number: 9441088
    Abstract: VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymers having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000,000 g/mol and a melt temperature less than about 240° C. The VDF copolymer contains at least about 50 mol % VDF monomer and may include an amount of at least one other monomer. The VDF copolymer may be used to form a membrane that has a node and fibril structure. The membrane has a percent porosity of at least 25%. A VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymer membrane may be formed by lubricating the VDF copolymer, subjecting the lubricated polymer to pressure at a temperature below the melting point of the VDF copolymer to form a preform material, and expanding the preform material at a temperature below the melting temperature of the VDF copolymer. Dense VDF copolymer articles, filled VDF copolymer membranes, and VDF copolymer fibers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Sbriglia, Gregory J. Shafer
  • Patent number: 9327433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for compacting a polymeric powder in a press, wherein the polymeric powder is supported during compaction by a powder carrier, characterized in that said powder carrier comprises a layer of thickness (T), said layer comprising a material with a static coefficient of friction (COF), and wherein T×COF is at least 10 ?m. The invention also relates to a compacted polymeric powder obtainable with the above process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Antonius Van Es, Niels Hubertus Maria Eussen, Ronny Jacob Jensz
  • Patent number: 9284691
    Abstract: This is a method and composition for a paper pulp product used to create formable or moldable products from the paper pulp that cures with significant rigidity, stability and strength. The composition includes a mixture of raw paper, calcium carbonate (marble dust), starch, polyvinyl alcohol and water. Bleach may be added to create a substantially white or neutral product. The pulp composition is particularly suitable to molding and can be used to manufacture picture frames, small items of furniture and the like. The resulting product is highly suitable to art paper, arts and crafts. The process is extremely easy and results in a product that is highly adaptable for numerous uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FRIENDS OF ABILITIES FIRST, INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Petefish
  • Patent number: 9278463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filler material for a floor, comprising a natural base material and a mixture containing loess and a resin in powder or pellet form, as well as to a method for producing the filler material. The filler material uses the natural base material and is thus environmentally-friendly and not harmful to the human body. The resin emulsion of the filler material prevents the natural base material from generating dust, thus preventing dust from entering the human body via the respiratory organs of the human body. Further, the filler material of the present invention can be easily produced through a simple process. Therefore, mass production of the filler material can be accomplished even without employing experts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventors: Mi Suk Jung, Bo Jung Park
  • Patent number: 9212436
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a method of easy production of a nonwoven fabric having at least one projection and at least one recess and to a method of easy processing of a nonwoven fabric. A method of producing a nonwoven fabric having at least one projection and at least one recess, comprising the steps of non-homogeneous stretching a nonwoven fabric so as to form a nonwoven fabric with high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions, and forming a nonwoven fabric having at least one projection and at least one recess by placing the nonwoven fabric with high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions on a support and spraying a fluid onto the nonwoven fabric with high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions for treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Mitsuno
  • Patent number: 9145496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite product. According to the invention, the composite product contains a polymer based material and an organic natural fiber material, and the organic natural fiber material has a form, and the form of fibers of the organic natural fiber material is a flake, and the organic natural fiber material in the form of the flakes has been mixed with the polymer based material. Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite product, a material component, a use of a composite product and a final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harri Kosonen, Kari Luukko, Sami Turunen, Jere Salminen, Stefan Fors, Petri Myllytie
  • Patent number: 9144943
    Abstract: A fiber filling box divided into compartments by slotted divider walls, preferably comb-like divider fences with vertical tines extending downwardly from a top frame, is lowered onto an air-permeable conveyor over at least one vacuum box in a fiber filling station. A multi-axis controlled nozzle blows fiber material to different depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. The divider fences allow continuous intertwining of fibers between adjacent compartments, but sufficiently contain the fibers to maintain well-defined boundaries between different fiber depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. Hold-down plates are lowered onto the fiber material, the fiber filling box is lifted away, and then the hold-down plates are lifted to release a shaped fiber mass, which is then heated and compacted in a heating station to form a fiber preform. The hot fiber preform is then molded, compressed and cooled in a molding station to produce a molded fiber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: OLBRICH GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 9061449
    Abstract: A process for producing a fluororesin sheet containing a filler includes a step of rolling a sheet-forming resin composition including a fluororesin, a filler and a processing aid at a roll temperature of from 40 to 80° C. The processing aid includes at least 30% by mass of a petroleum hydrocarbon solvent having a fractionating temperature of not higher than 120° C. based on 100% by mass of the amount of the processing aid. The fluororesin sheet so produced provides high stress relaxation properties along with high hermetic sealing properties even when the content of the fluororesin is low and the content of the filler is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20150140240
    Abstract: A calendering roller used to manufacture textured nonwoven fabric including papermaking fibers is disclosed. The calendering roller includes a positive pattern that includes a basic element having a ring shape and a repetition of said basic element along multiple rows and columns substantially overall a peripheral surface of the calendaring roller. The ring defines an apex relatively to a center portion of the ring defining a cavity and a grinded surrounding zone. The ring includes at least one radial channel putting in communication the cavity and the grinded surrounding zone so as to define a discontinuous calendering surface. The repetition is regular except for multiple substantially longitudinally and transversally oriented regions. The regions are of limited size with respect to a calendering roller size and randomly distributed so as to define multiple random longitudinal and transverse lines in the textured nonwoven fabric including papermaking fibers, generating a cloth-like visual texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Emilie Pleyber, Jean-Louis Jehl, Pierre Laurent, Christian Bourret, Xavier Caresmel, Benoît Hoeft
  • Publication number: 20150101509
    Abstract: The method of making a compressed biocomposite body includes compressing a mass of biocomposite material comprised of discrete particles and a network of interconnected glucan-containing mycelia cells in the presence of heat and moisture into a compressed body having a density in excess of 18 pcf. Compression may take place batch wise in a press or continuously in a path of narrowing cross-section defined by a series of heated rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Gavin R. McIntyre, Jeffrey D. Betts, Gregory Tudryn, Liam Mooney
  • Patent number: 9005498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a soundproofing material by finely crushing a discarded car seat, mixing the crushed car seat with polyester fiber, low-melting polyester fiber such as LM PET, polypropylene fiber and hemp, and carding the resulting mixture, and a soundproofing material composition prepared thereby. The disclosed method allows recycling of polyurethane foam of the discarded car seat into a soundproofing material composition having superior appearance quality and soundproofing performance. The disclosed method also prevents generation of excessive static electricity and allows preparation of a soundproofing material with smooth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Mo Koo, Kyungnam Kim, June Ho Yang, Young-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 8951453
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes mixing a plurality of carbon fibers in a liquid carrier to form a mixture, depositing the carbon fiber mixture in a layer, forming a plurality of corrugations in the carbon fiber layer, and rigidifying the corrugated carbon fiber layer to form a corrugated carbon fiber preform. In another example, a method includes substantially aligning a first ridge on a first surface of a first corrugated carbon fiber preform and a first groove on a first surface of a second corrugated carbon fiber preform, bringing the first surface of the first corrugated carbon fiber preform into contact with the first surface of the second corrugated carbon fiber preform, and densifying the first corrugated carbon fiber preform and the second carbon fiber preform to bond the first corrugated carbon fiber preform and the second carbon fiber preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. La Forest, Slawomir T. Fryska
  • Publication number: 20150007751
    Abstract: A method for making a low-alkali fly ash cement includes forming a mixture of class C fly ash and an aqueous solution and forming low-alkali fly ash cement from the mixture. The aqueous solution has an alkali at a molar concentration between about 0.002 M and about 2 M. A low-alkali fly ash cement includes class C fly ash and an alkali activating agent. The low-alkali fly ash cement contains between about 3×10?4 wt % alkali activating agent and about 2 wt % alkali activating agent. A method for making fly ash cement includes forming a mixture of class C fly ash and water, wet pressing the mixture and forming fly ash cement from the mixture by curing the mixture at a temperature between about 60° C. and about 90° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Surojit Gupta, M. Faisal Riyad
  • Patent number: 8926777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an optical sheet comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a transfer film having a single roughened side by coating one side of a first substrate with resin component comprising 100 parts by weight of binder resin and 70 to 130 parts by weight of spherical organic polymer beads, followed by drying; (b) laminating the transfer film preparing in step (a) with an ultraviolet-curable (UV-curable) resin-coated layer, which prepared by coating one side of a second substrate with UV-curable resin, such that the roughened side of the transfer film is facing the UV-curable resin-coated side of the second substrate; and (c) forming a roughened diffusive layer on the single-side of the second substrate having refractive index of 1.41 to 1.59 by curing the laminate obtained in step (b), followed by separating and removing the transfer film, wherein the roughened side of the transfer film has a segment angle of 130 to 150°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SKC Haas Display Films Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Duck Suh, Hyun Doo Lee, Sang Hun Lee, Kyoung-IL Lee, Jong Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 8906275
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a textured element may include (a) collecting a plurality of filaments upon a textured surface to form a non-woven textile and (b) separating the non-woven textile from the textured surface. Another method of manufacturing a textured element may include depositing a plurality of thermoplastic polymer filaments upon a first surface of a polymer layer to (a) form a non-woven textile and (b) bond the filaments to the polymer layer. A textured surface may then be separated from a second surface of the polymer layer, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and the second surface having a texture from the textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Carrie L. Davis, Bhupesh Dua, James A. Niegowski
  • Patent number: 8900492
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of thermal insulation sheets fashioned from certain unseparated mixtures of post-consumer plastic articles and the article, itself, is disclosed. The mixtures of such articles contain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS) and optionally also articles made of high density polyethylene (HDPE). An unseparated mixture of such articles is provided. This mixture is crushed and shredded to form plastic flakes, and these plastic flakes are then homogenized. Homogenization of the flakes can be carried out either by melt-blending them or by further comminution to produce very fine particles of the mixed plastics. The resulting homogenized mixture of plastic types is then compression molded into sheets ranging in thickness from about 3 to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Fares D. Alsewailem
  • Publication number: 20140327170
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a film of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin includes (a) feeding an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with a weight average molecular weight of at least 500,000 gram/mole as a powder having a bulk density below 0.5 g/cm3 to a compaction zone of an isobaric double belt press; (b) subjecting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder in the compaction zone to an isobaric pressure to form a single layer sheet of compacted polyethylene at a temperature that is below the melting point of the polyethylene under process conditions and that is maintained within a temperature window of 2° C.; and (c) subjecting the sheet of compacted polyethylene to a rolling step and at least one stretching step at a temperature below the melting point of the polyethylene under process conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Gemma PETERS
  • Patent number: 8871123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article including a absorbent core having a plurality of first regions and a second region, each one of said first regions being arranged in spaced relationship from each of the other first regions and each of the first regions being entirely surrounded by the second region. The present invention also relates to a method of making such a core structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Ind. E Com. Ltda.
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Márcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Maria Márcia R. Caldas Salles
  • Patent number: 8821774
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, including subjecting a polyethylene tape with a weight average molecular weight of at least 500,000 grams/mole, a Mw/Mn ratio of at most 6, and a 200/110 uniplanar orientation parameter of at least 3 to a force in the direction of the thickness of the tape over the entire width of the tape. A polyethylene fiber having a Mw of at least 500 000 gram/mole, a Mw/Mn ratio of at most 6, and a 020 uniplanar orientation value of at most 55°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.
    Inventors: Anton Peter De Weijer, Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Gemma Peters, Joris Eem Van Der, Hendrik Van De Hee
  • Publication number: 20140242178
    Abstract: Disclosed are taste-masked pharmaceutical formulations of raltegravir comprising coated API granules mixed with a screened powder excipient blend in either tablet or sachet form. The core and coated granules are produced using a Wurster process for enhanced control of particle size. Also disclosed are methods of treating HIV, e.g., in pediatric populations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Karen Cassidy Thompson, Kimberly Nicole Kaighn, Indra Neil Mukherjee, Catherine Elizabeth Diimmler, Hedy Teppler Weiser, Christopher Mancinelli
  • Patent number: 8815134
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a film of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin comprising: (a) subjecting a starting ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin with a weight average molecular weight of at least 500 000 gram/mole in powder form to a compacting step using an isobaric press; and (b) subjecting the compacted polyolefin to a rolling step and at least one stretching step under such conditions that at no point during the processing of the polymer its temperature is raised to a value above its melting point. The process allows for the manufacture of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin films of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Gemma Peters
  • Patent number: 8808846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film made of a vinyl chloride polymer mixture that, in addition to the conventional additives, contains 0.1 to less than 5 wt % of a semicrystalline or amorphous polyester, has a good thermal formability, and is suitable for the packaging of bulk goods. The film is produced by extruding or by calendering the plastified vinyl chloride polymer mixture, optionally followed by inline/offline stretching and, optionally, thermally formed immediately thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kloechner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guenther Deiringer, Bernd Schmidt, Sascha Juergens
  • Patent number: 8808591
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite article by injecting at least two composite materials comprising metal carbides into a mold to form a green compact is disclosed. The composite materials may be metal powders comprising a binder metal, a hard particle. The composite material may further comprise a plastic binder. The two different composite materials are injected into the mold to form the green compact. Additionally, the composite materials may be injected through a die before entering the mold. In a specific embodiment, the die forms at least one internal channel within the green compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash K. Mirchandani, David J. Wills, Michale E. Waller, Jeffrey L. Weigold, Billy D. Swearengin
  • Patent number: 8784587
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Kent Lindgren, Jan Jacobsson, Darko Pervan
  • Publication number: 20140196840
    Abstract: Provided is a method including: a step A of extruding a mixture containing a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fine powder having a standard specific gravity (SSG) of 2.19 or less and a liquid lubricant into a sheet using a flat die so as to obtain a PTFE sheet; a step B of rolling the PTFE sheet by passing the sheet between a pair of rolls in a longitudinal direction of the sheet; a step C of stretching the rolled PTFE sheet in a transverse direction of the sheet; a step D of removing the liquid lubricant from the PTFE sheet; and a step E of stretching the PTFE sheet, from which the liquid lubricant has been removed, both in the longitudinal direction of the sheet and in the transverse direction of the sheet, for example, at an area stretch ratio of 150 to 700, so as to make the sheet porous. According to this production method, it is possible to increase the PF value of the porous PTFE membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoko Ishii, Seiji Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20140194455
    Abstract: A thermoformed pharmaceutical dosage form having a breaking strength of at least 300 N, said dosage form comprising a pharmacologically active ingredient (A), a free physiologically acceptable acid (B) in an amount of from 0.001 wt.-% to 5.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the pharmaceutical dosage form, and a polyalkylene oxide (C) having a weight average molecular weight Mw of at least 200,000 g/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: GRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Lutz BARNSCHEID, Eric GALIA, Sebastian SCHWIER, Ulrike BERTRAM, Anja GEISSLER, Kornelia GRIESSMANN, Johannes BARTHOLOMÄUS
  • Patent number: 8771565
    Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method for a disc brake pad using a forming die to form a final inclined surface on a friction material, where the resulted friction material is entirely uniform even if the flowability of the powdered raw friction material is insufficient. The method for manufacturing a disc brake pad includes the steps of preliminarily forming a preliminarily formed product by pressurizing without heating the powdered raw materials in a metal preliminarily forming die, and forming the final inclined surface on the friction material using a metal forming die with an inclined surface, the step of preliminarily forming including forming a temporary inclined surface, having a larger angle than the final inclined surface of the friction material, on the preliminarily formed product at an opposite side thereof to be fixed to a back plate, and forming a recess portion on the preliminarily formed product at a side thereof to be fixed to the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Brake Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Toshima, Sakae Yoshihara