Patents Represented by Attorney Allan M. Wheatcraft
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Patent number: 8349747Abstract: An article useful as an architectural fabric having (a) a plurality of segments of fabric having a first surface and a second surface made of polytetrafluoroethylene fibers; and (b) a fluoropolymer coating disposed on at least the first surface of the fabric, and (c) at least one seam formed by an overlap of two of said segments, said seam having a seam warp strip tensile strength that is substantially equal to said nominal warp strip tensile strength at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kelmartin, Martin Rodriguez
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Patent number: 8307483Abstract: Shoe upper having a lower end of the upper, an outer material with a lower end (19) of the outer material, a waterproof functional layer (16), which has a lower end region of the functional layer with a functional layer zone (20) not covered by outer material, and a connecting band (17), which extends in the direction of the periphery of the upper, has a upper longitudinal side (23) of the connecting band, joined to the end (19) of the outer material, and a lower longitudinal side (25) of the connecting band, at least partially overlaps the functional layer zone (20) and consists of liquefiable sealing material or of material through which liquid sealing material (37; 41) can flow, the connecting band (17) having at points of curvature of the lower end (19) of the outer material an arcuate shape corresponding to the local radius of curvature, with different degrees of curvature of the two longitudinal sides (23, 25) of the connecting band, in such a way that, for an arc sector lying in the respective curvaturType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Inventor: Franz Haimerl
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Patent number: 8281502Abstract: Shoe upper having a lower end of the upper, an outer material with a lower end (19) of the outer material, a waterproof functional layer (16), which has a lower end region of the functional layer with a functional layer zone (20) not covered by outer material, and a connecting band (17), which extends in the direction of the periphery of the upper, has a upper longitudinal side (23) of the connecting band, joined to the end (19) of the outer material, and a lower longitudinal side (25) of the connecting band, at least partially overlaps the functional layer zone (20) and consists of liquefiable sealing material or of material through which liquid sealing material (37; 41) can flow, the connecting band (17) having at points of curvature of the lower end (19) of the outer material an arcuate shape corresponding to the local radius of curvature, with different degrees of curvature of the two longitudinal sides (23, 25) of the connecting band, in such a way that, for an arc sector lying in the respective curvaturType: GrantFiled: December 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventor: Franz Haimerl
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Patent number: 8241814Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte membrane having (a) an ion exchange material and (b) dispersed in said ion exchange material, a hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst bound to a carbon particle support, wherein the hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst comprises (i) polyvinylphosphonic acid and (ii) transition metal with multiple oxidation states or a lanthanide metal with multiple oxidation states.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Vincent A. Durante, William E. Delaney
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Patent number: 8187733Abstract: An article useful as an architectural fabric consisting of (a) a layer of fabric having a first surface and a second surface made of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers that are densified or contain a filler or both; and (b) a fluoropolymer coating disposed on at least the first surface of the fabric.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kelmartin, Greg Rusch
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Patent number: 8071702Abstract: An ionomer and a process for forming the ionomer such that the ionomer has (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably between 625 and 850, and most preferably between 675 and 800) and (2) high conductivity (greater than 0.13 S/cm). In another embodiment, the invention is an ionomer having (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably between 625 and 850, and most preferably between 675 and 800) and (2) acceptably low hydration (less than about 120 weight percent). These ionomers are capable of being processed into thin film and are extremely well-suited for low humidity or high temperature fuel cell applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, Xin Kang Chen
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Patent number: 7989115Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte membrane having (a) an ion exchange material and (b) dispersed in said ion exchange material, a hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst bound to a carbon particle support, wherein the hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst comprises (i) polyvinylphosphonic acid and (ii) cerium.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Vincent A. Durante, William E. Delaney
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Patent number: 7978070Abstract: The present invention relates to a tamper respondent covering (10) wherein the covering (10) is adapted for mounting on a surface having at least one item (14, 16) disposed thereon, said tamper respondent covering (10) comprising a covering member defining a recess (28), and at least one non-metallic detecting element having an electrical characteristic disposed on said covering member, wherein said covering member is adapted for mounting on the surface and covering and protecting said at least one item (14, 16) on the surface such that damage to said at least non-metallic detecting element results in a detectable variation to said electrical characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd.Inventor: Stephen B. Hunter
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Patent number: 7923054Abstract: A substrate comprising a microporous microstructure, an interlayer over at least a portion of the microstructure and a functional layer attached to the interlayer, the functional layer having functional sites with a density of at least 50 nanomoles/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Anit Dutta, Heidi Flannery, William P. Mortimer, Jr.
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Patent number: 7892468Abstract: A slit yarn wherein both side parts of the slit yarn are folded one or more times, and the folded width is substantially uniform along the direction of length of the yarn. In this slit yarn, when the width is measured at 20 or more points at intervals of 0.5 m, and the fluctuation coefficient X shown in the following Equation (1) is calculated on the basis of the average value W(avg) and the standard deviation W(?), this X is (for example) approximately 4% or less. Furthermore, in the slit yarn of the present invention, the abovementioned folded parts are ordinarily shape-set.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Japan Gore-Tex Inc.Inventor: Kazumasa Yoshida
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Patent number: 7872611Abstract: The invention relates to a leaky coaxial antenna (10) comprising an inner conductor (1), a dielectric (2) around the inner conductor (1), and a first shield conductor (4) disposed around the dielectric (2), the first shield conductor having openings (41) distributed in longitudinal direction of the inner conductor (1) and being adapted in that electromagnetic energy passes through the openings (41). A second shield conductor (5) is disposed around or underneath the first shield conductor (4), the second shield conductor (5) being adapted to cover or mask at least a number of the openings (41) of the first shield conductor in a shielded section (S1-S12). The second shield conductor (5) is arranged discontinuously In the longitudinal direction of the antenna (10) defining uncovered or unmasked portions (AS1-AS12) of the first shield conductor (4) in the longitudinal direction of the antenna which are adapted in that electromagnetic energy passes through the uncovered portions (AS1-AS12).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Inventor: Joachim Müller
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Patent number: 7787256Abstract: A tamper respondent system having: a physical volume containing an electronic device to be protected; an at least partially conductive surface proximate to the electronic device; and a tamper respondent sensor over the electronic device (the sensor comprising: a flexible, dielectric substrate; conductive traces on the substrate; a porous insulating layer having pores over the conductive traces; and adhesive within said pores of said porous insulating layer), wherein the adhesive is in contact with both the substrate and the at least partially conductive surface through the porous insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Karl Chan, Brent Lewis, Harold Wylie, Dale Murray
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Patent number: 7771495Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electric double layer capacitor comprising polarizable electrodes formed from a carbon material having graphite-like microcrystalline carbon, wherein said carbon material is stored for a predetermined period of time while holding said carbon material in contact with an electrolytic solution, and thereafter, at a temperature higher than room temperature, said capacitor is charged at least once with an end-of-charge voltage higher than an expected operating voltage of said capacitor, while applying to said electrodes, at the start of said charging, a pressure that is necessary to keep said carbon material from expanding in a thickness direction thereof during said charging.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Japan Gore-Tex Inc.Inventors: Kotaro Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Minami
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Patent number: 7760086Abstract: A tamper respondent enclosure including (a) a circuit board; (b) an enclosure surrounding the circuit board; (c) a tamper respondent sensor having (i) a substrate with first and second sides; (ii) a first layer of conductive traces on the first side; (d) wherein the tamper respondent sensor is wrapped around the enclosure with at least one overlap region; and (e) wherein only at the at least one overlap region the tamper respondent sensor has a second layer of conductive traces on the second side. Preferably, the substrate is insulating and made of opaque PET, and the first layer is adjacent the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, IncInventors: Steve B. Hunter, John A Voltz, Brent W. Lewis, Harold S. Wylie
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Patent number: 7713650Abstract: The invention is a method of reducing catalyst dissolution in the cathode of a membrane electrode assembly fuel cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a membrane electrode assembly comprising an anode, a cathode and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode; (b) assembling a fuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly; (c) applying a fluid comprising an oxidant to the cathode of the membrane electrode assembly; (d) applying a fluid comprising a fuel to the anode of the membrane electrode assembly; and (e) supplying a sufficient quantity of reducing agent to the cathode to maintain the average open-circuit voltage of the cathode at less than about 0.98 V.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Ronald M. Reid
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Patent number: 7709741Abstract: A flat cable having at least two conductor planes, in which a number of electrical conductors running in the longitudinal direction of the cable are arranged, in which the electrical conductors in the flat cable thickness direction and/or in the flat cable width direction are kept at a defined distance from each other by means of a central insulation layer of predetermined thickness acting as a spacer insulator and are electrically insulated and positioned relative to each other and to the flat cable exterior by means of an outer insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates GmbHInventors: Rudolf Reichert, Joachim Mueller
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Patent number: 7700872Abstract: A center conductor having an effective outer diameter; a dielectric material around the center conductor, a semi-conductive layer around the dielectric material, an outer conductor, or shield, around the dielectric material; the shield having an effective inner diameter; wherein the center conductor has a cross-sectional area of 3.141×10?4 in2 or less; wherein the cable has a capacitance of about 15 pF/ft or less; wherein the cable maintains electrical continuity under a tensile force of 25 lbf or greater; wherein the cable has a flex life of greater than about 30,000 cycles; and wherein the cable is a musical instrument cable.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: John C Allen, Edward Neitzel, Craig Theorin
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Patent number: 7670720Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte composite for an electrochemical reaction apparatus that possesses satisfactory ion conduction properties and has excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance, is provided. The solid polymer electrolyte composite is characterized in that a solid polymer electrolyte is contained in the continuous pores of an expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet which has continuous pores and in which the inner surfaces defining the pores are covered with a functional material such as a metal oxide. An electrochemical reaction apparatus containing an electrolyte, wherein said electrochemical reaction apparatus is characterized in that the aforementioned solid polymer electrolyte composite is used as this electrolyte is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1998Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Buerger, Peter Hertel, Manfred Wendl
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Patent number: D614584Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Edward Neitzel, Robert Bernstine
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Patent number: D626091Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Edward Neitzel, Robert Bernstine