Layer Or Component Removable To Expose Adhesive Patents (Class 428/40.1)
  • Patent number: 11964292
    Abstract: A method of use protects a door hinge from splattered paint while allowing movement of the door, because the barrel portion is covered by the non-adhesive central portion of a masking tape. Use of a specialized roll of painter's masking tape includes the steps of having a longitudinal narrow region in the center without adhesive, in between two outer left and right regions which include adhesive. This non-adhesive center region is sized to match the circumference of the pin barrel exposed on the front of the hinge when opened flat. The tape is cut at predetermined lengths to form disposable masks for masking door hinges. The same tape is used for masking at least a portion of both the front butt plates as well as all of the back pin barrel side of the hinge. The front mask does not impede movement of the attached door, which can be pivotably opened to 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: David Rivera
  • Patent number: 11953706
    Abstract: Wavelength-selective films are visibly apparent under the selective wavelength. Wavelength-selective films typically reflect off axis the selected wavelength and therefore can provide high-contrast against a background when applied in a pattern on a substrate. However, it is difficult to apply unique patterned embedded images from film. Disclosed is a cost-effective method and construction of a patterned wavelength-selective image to a substrate. In the disclosed wavelength-selective image, wavelength-selective film particles are applied to an adhesive pattern to create the wavelength-selective image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kui Chen-Ho, Kenneth L. Smith, Douglas S. Dunn, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, John A. Wheatley, Bryan T. Whiting, Taylor J. Kobe, Anthony F. Schultz, Duane D. Fansler, Jonah Shaver
  • Patent number: 11938713
    Abstract: A protective film is provided. The protective film includes a release film, a base film which is disposed on the release film and comprises a protective part and a first pull tab part protruding from a first side surface of the protective part, and a first dummy film which is disposed on the release film, does not overlap the base film in a plan view, and comprises a part partially surrounding the first pull tab part, where edges of the base film and edges of the first dummy film are disposed inside edges of the release film in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Bok Lee, Hang Gyun Park, Jin Woo Park, Sung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11939773
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing composites. In some embodiments, the roofing composite includes a first layer having a top surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first layer comprises a first embossed surface portion, a second embossed surface portion, and a flat surface portion between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the flat surface portion is between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the roofing composite is configured to attach to a roof structure, such as a roof deck. Methods of forming roofing composited are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Bernard Rufus, Adem Chich, Richard Chin, Michael Dougherty
  • Patent number: 11900836
    Abstract: A label web and method utilize a substrate, first and second longitudinally spaced label arrays each including two or more double-sided adhesive labels removably attached to the substrate, and a peelable protective covering web extending generally coextensive with the substrate. The label arrays and the peelable protective web are configured such that the peelable protective web is selectively removable to expose the first label array while remaining removably attached to the second label array, with both the first and second label arrays remaining removably attached to the substrate, to thereby facilitate removal of all labels in the first label array as a group while the peelable protective covering web remains in place over the second label array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Kenco Label & Tag Co., LLC
    Inventor: Aharon A. Karan
  • Patent number: 11881125
    Abstract: A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cut portion in the liner are adapted to allow the label to be removed from the label-liner combination and applied to a surface by digits of a hand without touching an adhesive coating on the backside of the label and adapted to maintain proper printer waste liner spool operations when the liner is wound after application of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventors: Shane Lamb, Timothy Darren Livingston
  • Patent number: 11858222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a material (30) to a fiber composite component within an application region (13) of the fiber composite component, the fiber composite component being produced from a fiber composite material having a fiber material (11) and a matrix material (12), the method comprising the following steps: —providing at least one monofilament woven fabric (20), in which a plurality of or all threads each consist of a single filament, —arranging the at least one monofilament woven fabric (20) on a fiber preform (10) in the application region (13), which fiber preform is formed from the fiber material (11) of the fiber composite material, —curing, in a common process step, the matrix material (12) of the fiber composite material, which matrix material embeds the fibers material (11) of the fiber preform (10), and a matrix material (12) embedding the monofilament woven fabric (20), thereafter the matrix material (12) of the fiber preform (10) and the matrix material (12) of the mon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT—UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventor: Lennert Heilmann
  • Patent number: 11853829
    Abstract: Cards made in accordance with the invention include a decorative layer attached to a core layer, where the decorative layer is designed to provide selected color(s) and/or selected texture(s) to a surface of the metal cards. At least one of the decorative layers is a layer derived from plant matter (e.g., wood). The cards may be dual interface smart cards that can be read in a contactless manner and/or via contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: John Herslow, Adam Lowe, Luis Dasilva
  • Patent number: 11845834
    Abstract: Compositions including a polyamide, and compaction rollers for an automated fiber placement machine incorporating the composition are provided. The polyamide may be a reaction product of at least one diamine and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, a hydroxy benzoic acid, or their respective ester or acyl halide derivatives. The at least one diamine may include an amino terminated perfluorinated alkyl ether polymer or oligomer. The composition may have a thermal conductivity of from about 0.2 to about 50 Watts per meter Kelvin (Wm?1K?1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, United States Government, as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Sayata Ghose, Marcus Anthony Belcher, John W. Connell
  • Patent number: 11833740
    Abstract: An example technique may include depositing, on or adjacent a substrate, a first volume of a polymeric material using an additive manufacturing technique. The first volume of the polymeric material has a first degree of polymer orientation associated with a first deposition rate and a first temperature. The example technique may include depositing, on or adjacent the substrate or the first volume of material, at least one second volume of the polymeric material. The second volume of the polymeric material has a second degree of polymer orientation associated with a second deposition rate and a second temperature. The first volume and the second volume are configured to respond to a shape change stimulus by exhibiting a respective first change in dimension and a second change in dimension. The first change in dimension is different from the second change in dimension by a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Quinlan Yee Shuck
  • Patent number: 11818847
    Abstract: A resist layer forming method includes a process of laminating a resist layer on a base at a first pressure using a laminate roller having a first temperature, and a process of pressing the resist layer against the base at a second pressure higher than the first pressure using a metal plate having a second temperature lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kanbe, Toyoaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11814784
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a closed porous composite material includes 1) preparing a mixture that has 30 to 70 parts by weight of water-dispersed resin, 10 to 300 parts by weight of unexpanded thermal expansion microspheres, and 100 to 550 parts by weight of water, and stirring the mixture thoroughly; 2) preparing a carrier; 3) coating the carrier with the mixture acquired in step 1; 4) heating the carrier so that the unexpanded thermal expansion microspheres expand; and 5) repeating steps 3 and 4 multiple times to acquire a closed porous composite material. The closed porous composite material has a large number of closed cavities and polymer walls separating the closed cavities. The closed cavity is 20 ?m to 800 ?m in size. The ratio of a total volume of the closed cavities to a total volume of the polymer walls is greater than 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jinbang Zhong
  • Patent number: 11795021
    Abstract: A method for assembling an information handling system display may include attaching a first side of a strip of double-sided tape to a display panel cover. A display panel may then be aligned with the display panel cover, and, when aligned, the display panel may be in contact with a release paper attached to a second side of the double-sided tape. The release paper may then be removed from the double-sided tape while the display panel is in contact with the release paper. A first surface of the display panel may be attached to the second side of the double-sided tape as the release paper is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chin-Chung Wu, Tsai Chien Lin, James Gossett, Wan Li Chen, Jing-Tang Wu, Hung-Chun Huang
  • Patent number: 11798436
    Abstract: A sealing film, comprising a carrier film and a plurality of functional layers comprising at least two color display layers and at least two adhesion-controlling layers, the sealing film having an adhesive layer for fastening to a base surface, the carrier film being at least partially detachable from the functional layers in order to bring the sealing film from a first state into a second state, at least one symbol arrangement being optically visible at least in a remainder in the second state, which at least one symbol arrangement is arranged in a first subregion and a second subregion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SECURIKETT ULRICH & HORN GMBH
    Inventor: Marietta Ulrich-Horn
  • Patent number: 11767673
    Abstract: A roofing composite membrane includes a base layer including a first thermoplastic polyolefin. A weight of the base layer is between 5 and 25 grams per square foot. A coating layer at least partially coats the base layer. The coating layer includes at least one inorganic additive, and a second thermoplastic polyolefin including polypropylene and having a melt flow rate between 0.5 grams per 10 minutes and 12 grams per 10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Li-Ying Yang, Jeffrey Avitabile, Joseph Nigro, Daniel Podewils, Brian A. Davis, Eric R. Anderson, Matthew Gimpert, Yan Zheng, Brian E. Duffy, Yixi Xiao
  • Patent number: 11749300
    Abstract: Described are methods for processing microelectronic device substrates by a lapping step, e.g., a final lapping step, wherein the step includes the use of an elastomeric pressure-sensitive adhesive to secure the microelectronic device substrate to a carrier that holds the substrate to a surface of the carrier during the lapping step, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive can be a non-polysilicone based adhesive having mechanical properties that include a tan delta that is below about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Zubair Ahmed Khan, Dat Quach, Andrew Habermas, Joel William Hoehn
  • Patent number: 11737251
    Abstract: A base tape includes an accommodating section having a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped, and the base tape includes a surface layer including a carbon layer. The accommodating section includes a bottom surface portion, a side wall portion including a plurality of surfaces, and an opening portion. The side wall portion includes at at least one surface thereof an edge portion located between the bottom surface portion and the opening portion and an electrical discharge path portion inclined from the edge portion toward the opening portion. An electronic component array includes the base tape, an electronic component accommodated in the accommodating section of the base tape, and a cover tape that covers the accommodating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11731395
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel which is bent at opposing ends thereof and includes a flat area and a bent area which extends bent from the flat area, a panel protective film facing both the flat area and the bent area of the display panel, and a release film removably attached to the panel protective film. The release film includes a first release film facing both the flat area and the bent area of the display panel with the panel protective film therebetween, a second release film facing the display panel with the first release film therebetween, a third release film between the first release film and the second release film and corresponding to the bent area, and a first adhesive layer between the third release film and the second release film and attaches the third release film to the second release film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dohyung Ryu, Wu Hyeon Jung, Daehyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11694284
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventor: Jerry Butler
  • Patent number: 11679578
    Abstract: A nanofiber sheet includes: a substrate layer; and a nanofiber layer located on one surface side of the substrate layer and containing nanofibers of a polymer compound. A peripheral edge of the nanofiber layer has a thickness of from 0.1 to 10 ?m. The nanofiber layer includes a gradation region having a thickness that gradually increases inward from the peripheral edge. The distance W1 between the peripheral edge of the nanofiber layer and a maximum thickness portion where the thickness becomes the greatest in the gradation region is at least 3 mm. A nanofiber sheet manufacturing method involves depositing nanofibers onto a collecting unit by moving at least either a nozzle or the collecting unit, to thereby manufacture a predetermined nanofiber sheet including a gradation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Ikeyama, Hideo Kobayashi, Takehiko Tojo, Koji Saito, Yuting Yang, Shunetsu Yonaiyama, Ikuo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11680409
    Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material comprising (a) a coated substrate having a top surface and a back surface, and (b) a plurality of roofing granules applied to the top surface of the coated substrate. The plurality of roofing granules comprises from 50% to 100% of unitary, uncoated, non-mineral based particles. This invention, in embodiments, further relates to a method of preparing such roofing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Daniel E. Boss, Ming Shiao, Luis Duque
  • Patent number: 11661532
    Abstract: Adhesives for use in polishing pads in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) applications are described. The adhesives include an adhesive component and exhibit particular properties. Also described are transfer tapes containing the adhesives, CMP pads utilizing the adhesives, and related methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Josh M. Bogner, Dong-Tsai Hseih
  • Patent number: 11635724
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a removable information sheet includes: forming a toner image on a recording medium; applying an energy-ray-curable pressure-sensitive composition precursor onto the medium to form an energy-ray-curable pressure-sensitive composition precursor layer; irradiating, with an energy ray, the medium to cure the layer and form an energy-ray-curable pressure-sensitive composition; and attaching faces with the composition and pressure-bonding the faces. A region size of a toner-image flat part is 200 ?m or less in the image, which is determined by a measurement method including: defining a site at a depth of 2 ?m or more from a surface of a solid part of the image as a recess; defining a site other than the recess as the flat part; acquiring and binarizing a micrograph of the solid part; drawing circles out of contact with the recess; and defining a largest circle diameter as the size of the flat part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kabata, Kaori Hemmi, Akira Azami, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11608399
    Abstract: Curable adhesive compositions are provided that can be cured using ultraviolet or visible light radiation. These curable adhesive compositions, which contain a curable (meth)acrylate copolymer, have a creep compliance that is less than 5(10?4) inverse Pascals at 25° C., a creep compliance that is greater than 1(10?3) inverse Pascals at 70° C., and a shear storage modulus greater than 40 kiloPascals when measured at 25° C. at a frequency of 1 radian/second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ross E. Behling, Jason D. Clapper, Albert I. Everaerts, Chun-Yi Ting, Mark F. Ellis, Karl E. Benson, Jianhui Xia
  • Patent number: 11607891
    Abstract: A method for preparing a material for use as a surface of a medical device may include printing, with an ink jet printer and using ink that is curable with ultraviolet light, content onto a surface of material that includes woven ticking fabric laminated with polyurethane. The method may also include curing the ink with the ultraviolet light. The method may also include cutting a section of the material in registration to the content printed on the surface for use in a medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Knittie, Genaro Guajardo, Taylor Franklin, James Evans
  • Patent number: 11610515
    Abstract: A label including a first strip including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first strip includes an opaque material. The first strip further includes a first area proximate the first end. The first area includes a first length along a longitudinal axis common to the first strip. The label also includes a second strip including a third end and a fourth end opposite the third end, wherein the second strip includes a transparent material. The second strip is laminated over the first strip such that the third end is disposed outside the first area. The fourth end extends beyond the second end a distance at least equal to the first length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Platinum Press, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Miller
  • Patent number: 11608240
    Abstract: An assembly is disclosed. The assembly has an adhesive layer, a protective film layer that is fused to a first side of the adhesive layer along a first length, and a cover layer that is fused to a second side of the adhesive layer along a second length. The first length is longer than the second length. The adhesive layer is wound in a roll. The second side of the adhesive layer faces outwardly from a center of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL FILM SOURCE LLC
    Inventor: Johannes Blok
  • Patent number: 11579339
    Abstract: Implementations described herein generally relate to flexible display devices and cover lens assemblies with flexible cover lens. In one or more embodiments, a cover lens assembly is provided and includes a first flexible cover lens, a second flexible cover lens, and a sacrificial adhesion disposed between the first flexible cover lens and the second flexible cover lens. The first flexible cover lens includes a first hard coat layer having a hardness in a range from about 4H to about 9H and a first substrate. The second flexible cover lens includes a second hard coat layer having a hardness in a range from about 2H to about 9H. The first substrate is disposed between the first hard coat layer and the sacrificial adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Manivannan Thothadri, Ali Salehpour, John D. Busch, Robert Jan Visser
  • Patent number: 11562605
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sensing a tire parameter from a rotating wheel are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes: a rotatable component configured to rotate; a piezoelectric transducer disposed along a circumference of the rotatable component, where the piezoelectric transducer is configured to generate an offload voltage based on a mechanical deformation of the piezoelectric transducer; and at least one processor in communication with the piezoelectric transducer, the at least one processor configured to determine a temperature value based on the offload voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rakesh Sethi
  • Patent number: 11518153
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide an antifouling film equipped with protective film having an antifouling layer with excellent antifouling characteristics even after aging, and to a method for manufacturing same. [SOLUTION MEANS] An antifouling film equipped with protective film in which protective film is laminated on an antifouling layer of an antifouling film having an antifouling layer on a substrate film X, the antifouling film equipped with protective film being such that, when the protective film is detached from the antifouling film, a contact angle of water with respect to a surface of the protective film that had been in contact with the antifouling layer of the antifouling film is 90° to 115°. And also a method for manufacturing the aforementioned antifouling film equipped with protective film in which aging is carried out under certain temperature conditions while the protective film is laminated to a surface of the antifouling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Nishio, Akinori Terada
  • Patent number: 11485119
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide an antifouling film equipped with protective film having an antifouling layer with excellent antifouling characteristics even after aging, and to a method for manufacturing same. [SOLUTION MEANS] An antifouling film equipped with protective film in which protective film is laminated on an antifouling layer of an antifouling film having an antifouling layer on a substrate film X, the antifouling film equipped with protective film being such that, when the protective film is detached from the antifouling film, a contact angle of water with respect to a surface of the protective film that had been in contact with the antifouling layer of the antifouling film is 90° to 115°. And also a method for manufacturing the aforementioned antifouling film equipped with protective film in which aging is carried out under certain temperature conditions while the protective film is laminated to a surface of the antifouling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Nishio, Akinori Terada
  • Patent number: 11479029
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a roll of stock material for making a label having a shelf portion with pressure sensitive adhesive and a bib portion with deadened adhesive is provided. The shelf portion includes a layer of polymer. A continuous layer of paper is bonded to a continuous layer of polymer with applied strips of catalyzed adhesive from a roller. Unbonded strips of polymer are kiss-cut and removed to expose the paper between bonded strips of polymer. A continuous layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is applied over the polymer and exposed paper. Strips of deadening agent are applied over the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive that overlays the exposed paper. The pressure sensitive adhesive and deadening agent are cured and a release layer is applied over them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAR-CO PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Eversole, Charles Eversole, Walter R. Fish
  • Patent number: 11466448
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a water drainage-promoting wrap for applications such as housewrap and roofing underlayment. A substrate, which may be breathable or non-breathable, is conveyed through a nip between a rotating sleeve and a roll, the sleeve having a plurality of apertures therein. A fluid resin composition is fed into the sleeve and is fed out through the apertures in the sleeve as it rotates and as the substrate moves through the nip, forming spaced-apart spacer elements on a face of the substrate. The spacer elements are then dried or cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Milne, Martin Vido
  • Patent number: 11443656
    Abstract: A label may include an electrically insulating label layer, an electrically conductive backing layer, and an electrically conductive adhesive. The label layer may include a front side including visible and/or scannable information and a back side. The electrically conductive backing layer may extend beyond an outer edge of the label layer in at least one direction parallel to the back side of the label layer. The electrically conductive backing layer may include a front side coupled to the back side of the label layer and a back side. An adhesive may be disposed on the back side of the backing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Spot Tracker, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Merle Greenhoe, Jason Thomas Dunn
  • Patent number: 11428394
    Abstract: Light boards including one or more light emitting elements (e.g. light emitting diode (LED) devices) for use in lighting fixtures are disclosed. In one example implementation, a light board includes a first layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The light board includes one or more light emitting elements disposed on the first surface of the first layer. The light board includes one or more circuit elements located on the second surface of the first layer. The one or more circuit elements are associated with powering the one or more light emitting elements. The light board includes a second layer disposed on the second surface of the first layer such that the one or more circuit elements are located between the second surface of the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas N. Clawson, Derek Bruce Baker
  • Patent number: 11391046
    Abstract: An exemplary shingle includes at least one coated shingle sheet defining a headlap portion and a tab portion each having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a first thermally activated adhesive material. A second line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a second thermally activated adhesive material having a minimum activation temperature less than a minimum activation temperature of the first thermally activated adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Aschenbeck, James E. Loftus, Donn R. Vermilion, Lawrence J. Grubka, Carmen Anthony LaTorre, Bert W. Elliott, Christopher Kasprzak, Edward Richard Harrington, Jr., Christina Marie Wise, William Edwin Smith, Shu Situ-Loewenstein, Jonathan M. Verhoff, Benjamin Barszcz, David Michael Ploense
  • Patent number: 11371974
    Abstract: There is described an indicator device comprising: an indicator section comprising an indicator material that displays different visible properties in response to the presence or absence of an activating agent; an activator section comprising an activating agent that effects a change in the visible properties of the indicator material; and a barrier section comprising a barrier layer that is substantially impermeable to the activating agent, the barrier section being located between the indicator section and the activator section; wherein at least part of the barrier layer is configurable to allow the activating agent and the indicator material to come into contact with each other, thereby effecting a visible change. The device may be used to detect or report the passage of time and can be applied to perishable goods and/or associated packaging to show that packaging has been compromised and/or that the device has been compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: INSIGNIA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Erik Smyth, Graham Alexander Skinner
  • Patent number: 11348362
    Abstract: A kit for protecting a display screen of an electronic device having an in-screen fingerprint sensor is provided. The kit includes a screen protector at least partially formed from a transparent material and an interface coupler configured to be positioned between the screen protector and the display screen proximate the in-screen fingerprint sensor. The interface coupler includes a transparent carrier layer, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is positioned on a first surface of the transparent carrier layer and configured to be affixed to the display screen of the electronic device, the first adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive or a gel or a gel-like material. The second adhesive layer is positioned on a second surface of the transparent carrier layer and configured to be affixed to the screen protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Casey K. Fukunaga, Gregory C. Cortese, Anastacio Quinto, Richard W. Grant, III, Zachary W. Zupancic, Jennie-Rose Barrella, Sarah E. Chin
  • Patent number: 11349174
    Abstract: A matrix of battery cell modules includes a flexible printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) for a conformal wearable battery (CWB) with a plurality of attachment sections for each of a plurality of battery cells that are arranged in a grid-like pattern on a same side of the flexible PCBA. Each battery cell may be joined with a flexible PCB via a welding process. The flexible PCBA is configured to fold along a bend axis so that the flexible PCBA is folded approximately in half. When affixed to the flexible PCBA, the plurality of battery cell modules and a circuitry module form a grid of physical components. When folded, the flexible PCBA forms a three-dimensional grid of physical components comprising at least the battery cell modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Inventus Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilyas Ayub, William Mark Batts, Timothy James Vallaro, Elijah Brett Goldin, Anvin Joe Manadan
  • Patent number: 11338500
    Abstract: Systems and methods for applying a protective layer to an outer surface of a mobile device. A system may include a protective layer for an outer surface of a mobile device and an alignment layer coupled to the protective layer. A frame may define a cavity configured to receive the mobile device. The frame may include a surface positioned outside of the cavity and configured to support the alignment layer and configured to be depressed relative to the mobile device to reduce a distance between the protective layer and the outer surface of the mobile device when the mobile device is positioned in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vivian Wei-Fen Chou, Eugene Chun
  • Patent number: 11319470
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive includes an acryl-based base polymer. The acryl-based base polymer contains an acryl-based segment and a urethane-based segment. In the acryl-based base polymer, the content of the urethane-based segment is 3 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acryl-based segment. A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet can be obtained by applying a pressure sensitive adhesive composition on a substrate in a layer form. The pressure sensitive adhesive composition may be curable and may include a polymerization initiator. In formation of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, the curable pressure sensitive adhesive composition may be, as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahito Niwa, Itsuhiro Hatanaka, Taiki Shimokuri, Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Keisuke Hirano, Fumika Kawatake, Mika Ikemura
  • Patent number: 11319462
    Abstract: The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet is a sheet shaped pressure sensitive adhesive including an acryl-based base polymer. The acryl-based base polymer contains an acryl-based segment and a urethane-based segment, and a content of the urethane-based segment is 3 to 30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acryl-based segment. The urethane-based segment includes at least one urethane chain selected from the group consisting of a polyether urethane and a polyester urethane. The content of the urethane-based segment other than the polyether urethane-based segment is 15 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the acryl-based segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itsuhiro Hatanaka, Masahito Niwa, Taiki Shimokuri, Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Keisuke Hirano, Fumika Kawatake, Mika Ikemura
  • Patent number: 11312167
    Abstract: A method of forming an image on a print media including releasably securing a fabric layer to a carrier layer, the carrier layer including a first surface including a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity, the fabric layer including a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and including a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity, and a first adhesive, wherein the fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface, applying a first liquid marking material to a first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer, and drying the first liquid marking material to the first portion of the third surface with a first dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eliud Robles Flores, William G. Osbourne
  • Patent number: 11304882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to energy-releasable beauty care products. The products are capable of absorbing energy, for example, from an electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, light, or heat source, which alters the physicochemical state of the beauty care product such that it is easily removable through the utilization of the energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Audrey Vogel, David Vogel
  • Patent number: 11295192
    Abstract: Disclosed is a destructible RFID Tag that may include a far field antenna, a near field loop having an RFID chip, and an attachment adhesive configured to bond the destructible RFID Tag to an object. In at least one nonlimiting example embodiment the far field antenna and the near field loop are inductively coupled in a manner that allows the near field loop to send a long distance signal via the far field loop, and wherein the destructible RFID Tag destructs when the destructible RFID Tag is removed from an object after the attachment adhesive is bonded to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: METALCRAFT, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Bermel, Colynn Black, Mark Maliszewski, Joshua Martinson
  • Patent number: 11238548
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventor: Jerry Butler
  • Patent number: 11236264
    Abstract: A wellbore fluid may include a gemini surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant; an activator, and an aqueous base fluid. The gemini surfactant may have a structure represented by formula (I): where R1 is a C1-C6 hydrocarbon group or a monovalent cation, R2 is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, m is an integer ranging from 1 to 4, n is an integer ranging from 8 to 12, and X is a monovalent anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Khalid Alnoaimi, Nour Baqader, Nisar Ullah, Muhammed Mansha
  • Patent number: 11180597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, an optical laminate and a display device, and can provide a polymer composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has excellent workability, durability and dimensional stability and is capable of effectively alleviating the bending phenomenon of the display, through a polymer capable of forming a physically cross-linked structure together with a chemically cross-linked structure. In addition, the present invention can provide an optical laminate comprising a cross-linked product of the polymer composition and a display device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Ae Yoon, Su Jeong Kim, Sung Soo Yoon, Han Na Chi, Sang Ha Son, Su Jee Kwon, Chang Hwan Ju, Geun Ho Park, Kyung Oh Kim
  • Patent number: 11148403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet having higher designability and weatherability over a long period of time by adding an organic ultraviolet absorbent and an inorganic ultraviolet absorbent each provided as organic ultraviolet absorbent vesicles and inorganic ultraviolet absorbent vesicles, respectively, to at least one of a top coat layer and a transparent resin layer. A decorative sheet of an aspect of the present invention includes a top coat layer as an outermost layer, and a transparent resin layer as an underlayer of the top coat layer, wherein an organic ultraviolet absorbent and an inorganic ultraviolet absorbent are added to at least one of the top coat layer and the transparent resin layer, and the organic ultraviolet absorbent and the inorganic ultraviolet absorbent are each encapsulated in vesicles having a monolayer outer membrane and provided as organic ultraviolet absorbent vesicles and inorganic ultraviolet absorbent vesicles, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mami Kudo, Eiichi Higashikawa, Masamitsu Nagahama, Akira Sato, Masatoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11123962
    Abstract: A multilayer thermoformable film to protect the surface of a workpiece includes an underlayer having first and second faces. The underlayer is made from an adhesive material configured to adhere to the surface of the workpiece by the first face. At least one layer of polymer material is attached to the second face of the adhesive underlayer. The layer of polymer material is resistant to erosion by solid particles and to erosion by liquid particles. It is formed from a polymer material chosen from a polyurethane, a polyether ether ketone and a polyethylene having a very high molecular weight, with a Shore D hardness of between 50 and 65 D. A method of surface protection of the workpiece includes thermoforming the film in a shape adapted to match the shape of at least a portion of the workpiece and applying the film thermoformed onto the surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: AIRBUS, ADHETEC
    Inventors: Elisa Campazzi, Marie-Paule Guillou, Nicolas Mouyen