Coating Or Lining Patents (Class 264/338)
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Patent number: 10730256Abstract: A tire (20) comprises a sidewall (21) and an attachment bead (23) extending the said sidewall (21) and designed to be attached to a rim of a wheel of a motor vehicle. A mould (10) for vulcanizing a tire comprises a lateral part (12) designed to mould the sidewall (21) of the tire and a lower part 13 designed to mould the attachment bead (23). The lateral part 12 and the lower part 13 at least partially delimit a tire receiving space (E) designed to receive the tire that is to be vulcanized in the mould (10). The mould comprises a slot (16) extending the tire receiving space (E) and the slot (16) is at least partially moulded by the lower part 13 of the mould (10).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Establissements MichelinInventors: Bernard Villeneuve, David Dean
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Patent number: 10583590Abstract: A controller is configured to adjust, by increasing or decreasing an amount of a lubricant mixed with the powdery material, an amount of a lubricant applied to an inner circumference of a die bore and tips, or a time to mix the lubricant to be mixed with the powdery material and the powdery material, in accordance with whether or not the molded product has defectiveness, a pressure applied to the lower punch pushing the molded product out of the die bore, a temperature of the die bore, the upper punch, or the lower punch, a temperature of the powdery material, or a humidity of the powdery material.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.Inventors: Naoshige Kitamura, Shinsuke Fushimi
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Patent number: 10501590Abstract: A functionalized carbon fiber having covalently bound on its surface a partially cured epoxy or amine-containing sizing agent, wherein at least a portion of epoxide or amine groups in the sizing agent are available as uncrosslinked epoxide or amine groups, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide or amine groups of no more than about 0.6. Composites comprised of these functionalized carbon fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix are also described. Methods for producing the functionalized carbon fibers and composites thereof are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Frederic Vautard, Soydan Ozcan, Felix Leonard Paulauskas
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Patent number: 10351683Abstract: A method of making a carbon fiber having on its surface a partially cured sizing agent, the method comprising covalently binding on the surface of said carbon fiber a sizing agent comprised of an epoxy resin, and partially curing said sizing agent by contact thereof with a curing agent such that at least a portion of epoxide groups remain uncrosslinked on said surface, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide groups of no more than about 0.6, and further comprising reacting at least a portion of said epoxide groups with a bifunctional molecule that contains first and second reactive groups, the first reactive group being reactive with and forming a covalent bond with the epoxy group, and the second reactive group being unsaturated and accessible for reaction with a carbon-carbon double bond of an unsaturated resin via a vinyl addition reaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Frederic Vautard, Soydan Ozcan, Felix Leonard Paulauskas
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Patent number: 9969510Abstract: This manufacturing method for wrapped moldings (P) comprises a molding process for manufacturing the moldings (P) and a wrapping process for wrapping the moldings (P). The molding cycle from a mold-clamping step to the next mold-clamping step in the molding process is coordinated with the wrapping cycle from a moving step to the next moving step in the wrapping process by delaying the heating initiation time in the heating step, reducing the rate of temperature increase in the heating step, or prolonging the time for the drawing in the drawing step.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATIONInventor: Shota Takamatsu
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Patent number: 9951201Abstract: Provided is a method to produce resin particles having a uniform particle size by a suspension polymerization method, and to provide a method for simply producing resin particles having high dispersibility into an organic binder or an organic solvent, wherein a resin particle assemblage comprises a resin particle assemblage in which an ester moiety constituting a sorbitan fatty acid ester having no polyoxyalkylene group is buried in the resin particles, and a large number of sorbitan moieties bonded with the ester moiety exist on a surface of resin particles, and a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a mean particle diameter of the resin particles forming the resin particle assemblage is in the range of 30% or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Yamamoto, Aya Kokaya, Chie Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 9339951Abstract: Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.Inventors: Akito Kubo, Katsuya Yamada, Kazuaki Ikeda, Yasunori Nagaoka, Kouji Mutou, Noriaki Takami
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Patent number: 9259862Abstract: A method of molding a plastic container body having at least one grip recess includes providing a mold assembly having an internal projection that is constructed and arranged to form the grip recess. A low friction surface is provided on at least a portion of the projection in order to reduce friction between the formable plastic material and the projection during the molding process. The low friction surface permits the formable plastic material to stretch with less resistance before it solidifies to the point where additional stretching is not possible. As a result, molding of features that provide resistance to material distribution during molding, such as deep grip recesses, is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Adam K. Coffman, Michael T. Kelly, Sheldon E. Yourist
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Patent number: 9126255Abstract: A press die and a processing method of the press die surface, and a manufacturing method of a vehicle body of an automobile, are capable of maintaining a high non-defective product rate of works after press processing, even in a case in which foreign matter such as iron filings and the like have adhered to a die surface. A press die for sheet metal forming has a multitude of concave portions on a die surface, and has a roughness (Ry) of a die surface on which the multitude of concave portions has been formed of 30 to 38 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Yagi, Akihiro Matsuyama, Shinichi Koyama, Masato Fukushima, Kinji Takahashi, Kazumichi Tosa, Masashi Seino, Takeshi Terada, Yuu Yamakawa, Motoo Takano
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Patent number: 9102572Abstract: A method of forming a concrete wall having a substantially uniform exterior surface texture. The method includes the initial step of pouring concrete into a wall form. The concrete is poured from a first mixture and is allowed to cure. After the concrete is cured, the wall form is removed from the resultant concrete base structure. A roughened texture is then created on the base structure. A finishing mixture is then applied to the roughened texture. The finishing mixture may be created by separating the aggregate from a portion of the remaining first mixture. The finishing mixture creates a smooth texture on the exterior surfaces of the initially formed base structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Lithocrete, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Shaw, Lee A. Shaw
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Patent number: 9096024Abstract: A UV forming apparatus and method for roll to roll alignment is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an unrolling mechanism (101), a coating mechanism (102), a UV forming mechanism (100), a stripping mechanism (107) and a withdraw roll mechanism (110); wherein the apparatus further comprises an adjusting alignment mechanism (10) comprising a flat mold supporting apparatus (116) and an alignment probe (108), the flat mold supporting apparatus (116) is capable of adjusting the position of the flat mold at three degrees of freedom including horizontal, vertical, and angle; the mold (112) is disposed on the flat mold supporting apparatus, the UV forming mechanism (100) and the adjusting alignment mechanism (10) are fixed to the forming apparatus. The present disclosure eliminates the influence of the cumulative error and the bubbles to patterns in the alignment procedure during production.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: SUZHOU MONS-WAY PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Ying Gu, Yulong Gao, Zheng Cui
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Patent number: 9005500Abstract: When extrusion of a molten resin by means of an extruder is started, a simple polyetherimide resin is melt extruded from a lip portion 7a of a T-die 7, and a film of the simple polyetherimide resin is molded. The molding material is then switched to a resin composition including the polyetherimide resin and a fluorine resin and then a film of the resin composition is continuously extruded and molded from the T-die 7. Having been covered with a very thin film 8a of the simple polyetherimide resin, on a flow passage face of the lip portion 7a of the T-die 7, a resin composition layer 8b including a polyetherimide resin and a fluorine resin, which has affinity with the film 8a, is then formed at a center part.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michimasa Ote, Takashi Gonda, Junya Ishida, Kenro Takizawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Yuzo Morioka
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Patent number: 8986593Abstract: Described are in-mold coated products such as vehicular components, in-mold coating methods, and in-mold coating compositions, involving the use of aqueous acrylic copolymer dispersions, desirably self-crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co.Inventor: Kyle Shane
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Publication number: 20150048561Abstract: A method is described for producing flame-retardant plastic workpieces, the flame retardant being applied to a material mold and being incorporated into the plastic in a targeted manner via injection molding or extrusion blow-molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Sonja Oesterle, Dirk Schmiederer, Ilonka Wachendorfer, Jens Ackermann
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Publication number: 20150045498Abstract: A method for producing a surface-functionalised object involves: (i) providing negative mould (2) with a surface topography complementary to that desired on the object; (ii) applying a functional entity (20) to the mould surface, in an exciting medium; (iii) forming the object (21) in or on the mould (2), the object being in direct contact, as it forms, with the functional entity (20); and (iv) releasing the object (21) from the mould, wherein during steps (iii) and/or (iv), at least some (22) of the functional entity (20) is transferred from the mould to the object, whilst a proportion remains on the mould (2) surface. The method can be used to functionalise the surface of an object as it is cast, and the mould can be re-used to form multiple replicate objects. The invention also provides an object produced using the method, and a surface-functionalised negative mould for use in the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Jas Pal S. Badyal, Hayley G. Andrews
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Patent number: 8945441Abstract: A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photocurable component and a thermal curable component. The cavity can have a broadest dimension of less than 500 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Liquidia Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Benjamin Maynor, Robert Lyon Henn
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Publication number: 20140374948Abstract: Surface retarder coating compositions of the invention are based on the use of at least one non-Ordinary Portland Cement (non-OPC) binder and at least one OPC set retarder agent, which are provided in powder form that can be mixed with water at the construction site. The coating is applied onto the surface of a mould or formwork using roller or spray equipment, and concrete can then be cast within 30-60 minutes against the coating. The OPC set-retarding agent operates to retard setting of the concrete so that it can be de-moulded the next day and its surface can be removed using a high pressure water spray to reveal aggregate embedded beneath the removed surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Dany Vincent, Eric Dananche, Ara Jeknavorian
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Publication number: 20140333010Abstract: The invention comprises a concrete form. The concrete form comprises a first panel having a first primary surface for contacting plastic concrete and a second primary surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first panel is made from a rigid plastic sheet or a metal sheet; and a second panel spaced from the second primary surface of the first panel, wherein the second panel is made from a rigid plastic sheet or a metal sheet. The concrete form also comprises a layer of insulating material disposed between the first panel and the second panel. A method of using the concrete form is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
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Patent number: 8883053Abstract: Method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate and method for fabricating an electronic device are provided. The method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate includes providing a substrate with a top surface. A surface treatment is subjected to the top surface of the substrate, forming a top surface with detachment characteristics. A flexible film is formed on the top surface with detachment characteristics. The flexible film within the top surface with detachment characteristics is cut and isolated.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Dong-Sen Chen, Hsiao-Fen Wei, Liang-You Jiang, Yu-Yang Chang
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Publication number: 20140329040Abstract: Disclosed is a melt processable semicrystalline fluoropolymer comprising: (a) about 0.001 to about 25 weight percent of repeating units arising from a hydrocarbon monomer having a functional group and a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, wherein said functional group is at least one selected from the group consisting of amine, amide, hydroxyl, phosphonate, sulfonate, nitrile, boronate and epoxidehydrocarbon monomer; and (b) the remaining weight percent of repeating units arising from tetrafluoroethylene. This melt processable semicrystalline fluoropolymer is impermeable to fuels and is useful as a lining for petroleum fuel tubing, as well as chemical resistance coating for, or adhesive between, perfluoropolymer and other polymers, metals and inorganics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: RALPH MUNSON ATEN, SHARON ANN LIBERT, CRAIG KING HENNESSEY
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Patent number: 8877290Abstract: A method for producing a liquid-ejection head includes forming molds on or above the substrate, the molds being used as mold members for forming the plurality of liquid chambers; forming the flow-passage-forming member by depositing an inorganic material on or above the substrate and the molds by chemical vapor deposition, the flow-passage-forming member having depressed portions each formed in an area between an adjacent pair of the liquid-chamber side walls in which the molds are not formed; forming a water-repellent layer on the orifice plate; forming filling members in the depressed portions by applying a filling material to the flow-passage-forming member having the water-repellent layer formed thereon to fill the depressed portions with the filling material; forming the ejection ports in the flow-passage-forming member; and removing the molds after forming the ejection ports.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaya Uyama
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Patent number: 8865049Abstract: There are provided a method for producing a transfer structure, in which detachment between a transfer-receiving material and a matrix can be easily achieved without destroying the fine pattern, the transfer pattern of the matrix is satisfactorily transferred to the transfer-receiving material, and the durability of the matrix is maintained for a long time during repeated transfer; and a matrix for use in the method. A film of a silane coupling agent represented by the following formula (I) is formed on a surface of a matrix having a transfer pattern formed on the surface thereof, a transfer-receiving material is applied thereon to transfer the pattern on the surface of the matrix, and the transfer-receiving material is detached from the matrix to obtain a transfer structure formed of the transfer-receiving material.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Tokyo University of Science Educational Foundation Administrative Org.Inventors: Jun Taniguchi, Norio Yoshino
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Patent number: 8851442Abstract: The invention is directed to a patterned aerogel-based layer that serves as a mold for at least part of a microelectromechanical feature. The density of an aerogel is less than that of typical materials used in MEMS fabrication, such as poly-silicon, silicon oxide, single-crystal silicon, metals, metal alloys, and the like. Therefore, one may form structural features in an aerogel-based layer at rates significantly higher than the rates at which structural features can be formed in denser materials. The invention further includes a method of patterning an aerogel-based layer to produce such an aerogel-based mold. The invention further includes a method of fabricating a microelectromechanical feature using an aerogel-based mold. This method includes depositing a dense material layer directly onto the outline of at least part of a microelectromechanical feature that has been formed in the aerogel-based layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Carlson
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Patent number: 8834773Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing composite components. A tool is present for use in manufacturing composite components. The tool comprises an encapsulation layer having a shape, an insulation layer on the encapsulation layer, and an isolation layer on the insulation layer. The isolation layer has an outer surface capable of contacting a composite material laid up on the outer surface. The insulation layer is capable of insulating the encapsulation layer from heat applied to the composite material. The encapsulation layer is capable of maintaining a shape with the composite material laid up on the isolation layer during a curing process to form a composite component from the composite material.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John M. Griffith
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Patent number: 8828301Abstract: An in-mold labeling system includes a molding apparatus having a first mold half and a second mold half that opposes the first mold half, the mold halves defining at least one mold cavity contained within a cavity wall. The in-mold labeling system further comprises a polymeric label receptor fixed to at least a portion of the cavity wall of the at least one mold cavity. The polymeric label receptor has a tacky contact face facing the inside of the at least one mold cavity when the molding apparatus is in the closed position. During a molding process, the tacky contact face of the polymeric label receptor receives a mold-side face of a label. The label is held in position against the tacky contact face during the molding process by surface tension between the mold-side face of the label and the tacky contact face of the polymeric label receptor.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: The Standard Register CompanyInventors: Thomas Furey, Robert Freund
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Patent number: 8815134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Gemma Peters
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Patent number: 8784089Abstract: A tool for use in forming moulded articles, the tool comprising a tool body formed of a foamed material, a resinous material on the tool body and elastomeric material between said tool body and resinous material to inhibit the movement of resin from the resinous material into the tool body. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a tool, a method of moulding articles using such a tool, and elastomeric material for use in forming a tool. One particular application of the tools of the present invention is in the formation or manufacture of moulded articles using curable, resinous composite materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Umeco Structural Materials (Derby) LimitedInventors: Thomas Joseph Corden, Mark Raymond Steele
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Patent number: 8728380Abstract: A lithographic method for forming a pattern within a surface on a substrate includes providing a substrate with a degradable material, molding the material to imprint a pattern thereon, depositing a layer of a second material over the imprinted pattern, removing portions of the layer of the second material to expose portions of the imprinted pattern of degradable material and removing portions of the exposed degradable material to leave an open pattern in the layer of second material.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventor: Stephen Y. Chou
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Patent number: 8709315Abstract: Provided is a process for making thermoplastic polymer pellets. The process has the following steps: (a) melting a thermoplastic polymer to form a polymer melt; (b) extruding the melt through a die to form a substantially continuous molten polymer extrudate wherein the die has a contact surface bearing a polymer coating having a surface energy of less than 25 mN/m at 20° C.; (c) cooling the extrudate to form a cooled extrudate; and (d) pelletizing the cooled extrudate to form a plurality of polymer pellets. Provided is also a polymer pellet shipping system and a stable thermoplastic polymer pellet.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Andy Haishung Tsou, Mohsen Shahmirzadie Yeganeh, Gregory K. Hall
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Patent number: 8658071Abstract: A method for enabling a lining (14) to be applied to a pipe elbow or bend C comprises the steps of connecting a tie member (12) to an end of a flexible elongate mandrel (1), drawing the tie member through the elbow or bend so as to draw the mandrel therethrough and locate opposing ends of the mandrel adjacent to opposing respective ends of the elbow or bend, and securing the mandrel ends in relation to the respective ends of the elbow or bend. The mandrel can be adapted to the elbow or bend by locating the elbow or bend in a given orientation and deriving a profile S of the elbow or bend while in that orientation, removing the elbow or bend and then locating the mandrel in the given orientation, and adjusting the mandrel in relation to the profile of the elbow or bend to adapt it thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Weir Vulco, S.A.Inventors: Ricardo Abarca Melo, Wilfredo San Martin Cisterna, Jaime Ramirez Toledo
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Patent number: 8641941Abstract: An imprint lithography template having a photoactive coating adhered to a surface of the template. Irradiation of the photoactive coating promotes cleaning of the template by decomposition of organic material proximate the template (e.g., organic material adsorbed on the template). An imprint lithography system may be configured such that template cleaning is achieved during formation of a patterned layer on an imprint lithography substrate. Cleaning of the template during an imprint lithography process reduces down-time that may be associated with template maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.Inventors: Edward Brian Fletcher, Frank Y. Xu
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Patent number: 8637587Abstract: Release agents with increased affinity toward nano-imprint lithography template surfaces interact strongly with the template during separation of the template from the solidified resist in a nano-imprint lithography process. The strong interaction between the surfactant and the template surface reduces the amount of surfactant pulled off the template surface during separation of a patterned layer from the template in an imprint lithography cycle. Maintaining more surfactant associated with the surface of the template after the separation of the patterned layer from the template may reduce the amount of surfactant needed in a liquid resist to achieve suitable release of the solidified resist from the template during an imprint lithography process. Strong association of the release agent with the surface of the template facilitates the formation of ultra-thin residual layers and dense fine features in nano-imprint lithography.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.Inventors: Frank Y. Xu, Weijun Liu
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Patent number: 8623258Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making a carbon nanotube film. In the method, a bent flexible substrate having a curved surface and a pressing device are provided. A carbon nanotube array is formed on the curved surface. The bent flexible substrate is at least partially unbent, thereby at least partially unbending the carbon nanotube array. The unbent carbon nanotube array is pressed by the pressing device to slant the carbon nanotubes in the unbent carbon nanotube array, thereby forming the carbon nanotube film.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Beijing FUNATE Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Liang Liu
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Patent number: 8603384Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing of a microneedle array comprising the steps of selecting a soft production mold comprising a set of microscopic incisions defining geometry of the microneedles, said soft production mold being capable of providing the microneedle array integrated into a base plate; using a filler material for abundantly filling the microscopic incisions of the soft production mold thereby producing the microneedle array with pre-defined geometry integrated into the base plate; wherein for the filler material a water or alcohol based ceramic or polymer-ceramic slurry is selected. The invention further relates to a microneedle array, a composition comprising a microneedle array, a system for enabling transport of a substance through a barrier and a system for measuring an electric signal using an electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Stichting Voor de Technische Wetenschappen, Universiteit TwenteInventors: Regina Lüttge, Svetlana Nikolajevna Bystrova, Joost Gerardus van Bennekom, Maciej Domanski, Patrick Wilhelmus Hendrikus Loeters, Rob Gerhardus Hendrikus Lammertink, Aloysius Johannes Antonius Winnubst
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Publication number: 20130281546Abstract: An intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet which is manufactured by a simple method, has an enough practical hardness and is rapidly disintegrated in the buccal cavity and its production method. The intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet is produced by growing a powder material into a granulated material with a fixed particle diameter, the powder material including a sugar alcohol or a saccharide as main ingredient, each of which is first particle having an average particle diameter of not more than 30 ?m, by mixing thus obtained granulated material with an active ingredient and a disintegrant, and by compressing the mixture into a predetermined shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8512621Abstract: In a method for injection molding molten materials, especially plastic, in a mold that has a mold surface which comes into contact with the material, at least one coating on the mold surface and a temperature-control means for the mold surface, the mold surface is cooled by the temperature-control means so that the molten material solidifies at the interface with the coating and an injection-molded part can be removed from the form. During this process the molten material is brought into contact with the coating on the mold surface, the thickness of said coating being selected in coordination with the heat penetration coefficient of the coating material such that a specified 60° gloss level and/or color value L is obtained for the injection-molded part.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: OC Oerlikon Balzers AGInventor: Frank Mumme
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Patent number: 8460594Abstract: An injection molding method includes: providing a mold core which defines a mold cavity, depositing a lubrication layer on an inner surface of the mold cavity, injecting plastic material into the mold cavity, and molding the plastic material into the plastic element.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chia-Ling Hsu
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Patent number: 8444789Abstract: A decorative wall tile mold for the in-situ production on a building, wherein the mold, which can be demolded twice, is a sheet with pierced work, comprises the following detachable lateral structures: an insider layer: a bottom film is set at the bottom surface thereof, the bottom film and the building have a first combinative force; an outer layer: a surface film is set on the exterior surface thereof, a self-adhesive glue section is set up between the inside layer and the outer layer, which makes the outer layer and the inside layer have a second combinative force, and the second combinative force is less than the first combinative force. A method for the in-situ production of decorative patterns on a building is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Qiangte Energy-Saving Materials Co. Ltd.Inventor: Silong Guo
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Patent number: 8444901Abstract: The present application discloses a progressive cavity motor or pump component, either stator or rotor, which provides a high glass transition temperature polymeric surface on the component which becomes resilient at or below the expected operating temperature of the motor or pump, but which remains solid at ambient temperatures, along with a method of fabricating either a stator or a rotor with such surface characteristics. Since the surface becomes resilient, the progressive cavity pump operates efficiently at temperatures above the glass transition temperature of the selected polymeric surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Olivier Sindt, Hossein Akbari, Julien Ramier
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Patent number: 8440118Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device wherein a photolithography technique is replaced by soft lithography is disclosed. The method includes: forming a thin film transistor array substrate; forming a color filter substrate; bonding the thin film transistor array substrate and the color filter substrate; and applying a liquid crystal between the thin film transistor array substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein at least one of the forming the thin film transistor array substrate and the forming the color filter substrate includes a pattern forming method using a soft mold. The pattern forming method may be a soft lithography process that includes: contacting a soft mold having a particular pattern with a surface of a buffer layer and applying a constant heat to the soft mold and buffer layer to transfer the particular pattern onto the buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyoo-Chul Jo, Jin-Wuk Kim, Chang-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 8431066Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making a carbon nanotube film. In the method, a bent flexible substrate having a curved surface is provided. A carbon nanotube array on the curved surface of the bent flexible substrate is fabricated. The bent flexible substrate is at least partially unbent, thereby at least partially unbending the carbon nanotube array. A drawing tool is provided to contact the unbent carbon nanotube array to select a carbon nanotube segment from the carbon nanotube array. The selected carbon nanotube segment is drawn using the drawing tool, thereby forming the carbon nanotube film.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Beijing FUNATE Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Liang Liu
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Patent number: 8408895Abstract: To provide a transferring mold by which fine patterns can be transferred and transcription of a large area can be coped with and a production process of the transferring mold. The transferring mold of the present invention is characterized in that the mold comprises a roll body formed approximately in a column shape, a surface layer (3) formed on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body and a fine structure layer formed on the surface layer (3) and that the surface layer (3) is composed of a material having a refractive index n of not less than 1.3 and not more than 2.0 and an extinction coefficient k of not more than 0.3 at a wavelength of 405 nm.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyuki Furuya, Masaru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130034698Abstract: Disclosed herein are a flexible substrate with surface structure and a method for manufacturing the flexible substrate. The disclosure relates to a low-cost process to manufacturing the flexible substrate that is adapted to the large-area mass production. According to one of the embodiments in the disclosure, the method introduces a mold with surface structure. An isolation material is formed on the mold surface in an earlier stage. Upon the isolation layer, a flexible substrate material is coated. After that, a baking step is employed to cure the flexible substrate material. The flexible substrate with surface structure is therefore formed after de-molding the cured substrate. Another aspect to the disclosure adopts the above-formed substrate to be a base substrate. A second flexible substrate with the surface structure identical to the mold is then formed by performing the above steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: SI-CHEN LEE, CHIEH-HUNG YANG, CHUN-YUAN HSUEH
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Patent number: 8367739Abstract: A composition for promoting the release of bituminous materials and other adhesive materials from a substrate and methods of use thereof. More particularly, a composition comprising a silicone oil-in-water emulsion, which is stabilized by an alkoxylated polysiloxane surfactant, for use as a release agent that can be applied to a substrate, such as a truck bed, prior to use for promoting the free release of a bituminous material, such as asphalt, from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Nael Naguib Zaki, Robert Ernest Troxler
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Forming mold or electroforming mother die having release layer and method for manufacturing the same
Patent number: 8361375Abstract: A forming mold or electroforming mother die including a mold or mother die, and a release layer composed of an organic thin film on a mold surface or mother die surface which is formed by contacting the mold or mother die with an organic solvent solution including a silane surfactant represented by formula [1] Rn—Si—X4-n??[1] where R represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or halogenated hydrocarbon having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group or a halogenated hydrocarbon group having a linking group which has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X represents a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an acyloxy group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3; and a catalyst capable of interacting with the silane surfactant, and a production method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Hidaka, Norifumi Nakamoto, Yoshitaka Fujita -
Patent number: 8349243Abstract: An injection molded product is provided that does not require any separate processes after the injection molding and on a surface of which a beautiful pattern is formed. The injection molded product includes a highly even surface and an irregular minute prominent surface having a profile having an arithmetic mean deviation higher than an arithmetic mean deviation of a profile of the highly even surface, and on which a pattern is formed by a difference in the arithmetic mean deviation of the profile of the highly even surface and of the irregular minute prominent surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Moon-Hee Lee, Jong-Man Park
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Publication number: 20130001831Abstract: A concrete structure kit comprising a dry powdered concrete mixture contained within a shaped container or packaging is provided. In use, the packaged dry concrete mixture is placed in a desired location, water is added to the dry mixture in an appropriate amount, and the concrete is allowed to set in the shape of the container. After the concrete has hardened, the container may be removed from the outside of the concrete structure and discarded. In a second embodiment, a modular concrete mold system is provided, which includes a series of interlocking pieces having various shapes, such as straight sides, curved sides, corners, acute and obtuse angles, and the like. This arrangement allows a user to form a concrete mold into a variety of different shapes, as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventor: James Edward RAY
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Patent number: 8337740Abstract: A complex-shaped, three-dimensional fiber reinforced composite structure may be formed by using counteracting pressures applied to a structural lay-up of wetted fibers. The wetted fibers are arranged on pressurizable members and may be configured to include internal structural features, such as shear webs. A reinforcement stiffener may be located adjacent to at least one of the pressurizable members and the wetted fibers that form the internal structural feature. The reinforcement stiffener includes a modulus of elasticity that is substantially higher than a modulus of elasticity of the resin used to wet the fibers. In one embodiment, the reinforcement stiffener may be received in a pocket of one of the pressurizable members and may include a releasing agent that permits removal of the stiffener after the composite structure has been pressurized and cured.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: William L. Rodman
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Publication number: 20120280430Abstract: Toolings containing a composite having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 5 ppm/° C. are described. The composites contain a matrix material and a carbon nanotube material and are operable for forming a part thereon. Methods for forming such toolings and use of such toolings to form parts thereon are also described. The carbon nanotube material can be a carbon nanotube-infused fiber material. Use of the carbon nanotube material in the tooling allows decreased curing and consolidation process times of the part to be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Applied Nanostructured Solutions, LLCInventor: Melissa L. Jones
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Patent number: 8298467Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods of imprinting substrate-supported or freestanding structures at low cost, with high pattern transfer yield, and using low processing temperature. Such methods overcome many of the above-described limitations of the prior art. Generally, such methods of the present invention employ a sacrificial layer of film.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Agency for Science Technology and ResearchInventors: Yongan Xu, Hong Yee Low