Patents Assigned to 3M
  • Base film for producing a graphic film
    Patent number: 10668692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing lifting of a graphics film from a substrate, the graphic film having a polymeric film layer having on one major side thereof an adhesive layer, wherein lifting is reduced by applying the graphic film to the substrate with an intermediary base film, the base film comprising a backing layer having opposite first and second major sides, the first major side having an adhesive layer and the graphic film being adhered to the second major side of the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Viktor Dannewitz
  • FORMULATIONS OF ABALOPARATIDE, TRANSDERMAL PATCHES THEREOF, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200164045
    Abstract: Disclosed are abaloparatide formulations for transdermal delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of abaloparatide, as well as transdermal patches prepared using these formulations, methods of preparing the disclosed formulations and patches, and methods of using these formulations and patches to treat osteoporosis, osteopenia, osteoarthritis, and/or bone fracture, improve bone mineral density (BMD), improve trabecular bone score (TBS), and treat, prevent, and/or reduce bone fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: Radius Health, Inc., 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gary Hattersley, Alan Harris, Jamal Saeh, Ehab Hamed, Kenneth Brown, Daniel Dohmeier, Joan Moseman, Ying Zhang, Lisa Dick
  • Push-to-fit earplug having an array of cavities
    Patent number: 10660797
    Abstract: The present description provides an earplug. One exemplary earplug described herein includes a stem and a sound attenuating body attached to the stem. The sound attenuating body includes a leading end, a base end, a tip region positioned rearward of the leading end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the leading end and the base end. An array of cavities is positioned within the tip region and spaced around the longitudinal axis and provides a collapsible volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Hamer, Kenneth F. Teeters, Ravi Thomas
  • Pipette device
    Patent number: 10661266
    Abstract: A pipette device, including a container having a predetermined space therein, in one end of which a nozzle is formed and the other end of which is opened; a first fixing member whose one end is detachably coupled to the other end of the container; a second fixing member coupled to the other end of the first fixing member; and a pumping member that is inserted into the second fixing member such that an opened end portion faces the other end of the container and delivers internal air into the container by changing shape when it is pressed, wherein the opened end portion of the pumping member is fixed between the first fixing member and the second fixing member by coupling of the first fixing member and the second fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Seong Il Kang, Seung Youb Oh, In-Hwan Lee
  • Acoustic headset with integrated two-way digital and analog communication components
    Patent number: 10667054
    Abstract: In some examples, an acoustic headset for providing hearing protection, includes: a first auditory cup; a second auditory cup; at least one of a stirrup or headband interconnecting the first and second auditory cups; at least one speaker integrated within at least one of the first auditory cup or the second auditory cup; a microphone that receives sound, wherein the microphone is coupled to the acoustic headset; and wherein at least one of the first and second auditory cups comprises a digital component for transmission and receipt of digital wireless audio communications, and wherein at least one of the first and second auditory cups comprises an analog component for transmission and receipt of analog wireless audio communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karl S. I. Hilding, Marcus J. Ekblad, Petter M. Igede
  • Decorative film and article integrated therewith
    Patent number: 10661597
    Abstract: A decorative film that can handle various adherend shapes and application methods and has a visual effect that changes according to viewing angle. The decorative film of one embodiment includes a substrate layer, a photoluminescent layer that is adjacent to the substrate layer and has an unevenly-shaped surface, a transparent resin layer adjacent to the photoluminescent layer, and an outermost layer. A storage elastic modulus of at least the substrate layer or the transparent resin layer is 1×106 Pa to 1.5×108 Pa in a temperature range of 100° C. to 150° C. when measured under conditions of a frequency of 10 Hz and a shearing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Norihito Shibahara, Akihiko Nakayama
  • 360 degree privacy film
    Patent number: 10663630
    Abstract: Light control films are provided that confine light transmitted therethrough to be within a 360° view region and block light outside of this view region. The light control films can provide security in all directions including right-and-left and up-and-down of the films, without compromising light transmittance compared to one-dimensional light control films. The light control films include an array of light transmissive, tapered posts and absorptive regions disposed between the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy K. Larsen, Kurt J. Halverson, Jeffrey L. Solomon
  • Electrical ribbon cable
    Patent number: 10665366
    Abstract: Ribbon cables including a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel conductors extending along a length of the cable and arranged along a width of the cable, and first and second insulative layers disposed on opposite sides of and substantially coextensive with the plurality of conductors along the length and width of the cable are described. Each insulative layer may be adhered to the conductors and may include alternating substantially parallel thicker and thinner portions extending along the length of the cable. The thicker portions of the first and second insulative layers are substantially aligned in one to one correspondence. Each corresponding thicker portion of the first and second insulative layers have at least one conductor in the plurality of conductors disposed therebetween. The thicker portions may have an effective dielectric constant less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Douglas B. Gundel
  • Cable support
    Patent number: 10665368
    Abstract: A cable support for receiving and supporting a cable that includes a plurality of conductors extending along the length of the cable and arranged along the width of the cable, includes: a cane-shaped base having a substantially straight base portion and a curved base portion. The cane-shaped base includes a cable-side major surface and an opposing back-side major surface. At least a first portion of the back-side major surface in the curved base portion faces a second portion of the back-side major surface in the straight base portion. A plurality of discrete spaced apart side walls are disposed on the cable-side major surface along each longitudinal edge of the cane-shaped base. At least one side wall is disposed on the straight base portion and at least one side wall is disposed on the curved base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Dennis L. Doye
  • Fluorochemical piperazine carboxamides
    Patent number: 10662165
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel partially fluorinated piperazine carboxamide compound, and polymer composition comprising the fluorinated compound and a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer. The polymer composition is useful in preparing shaped articles such as fibers and films which have desirable oil- and water repellency properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Georgiy Teverovskiy, Chetan P. Jariwala, Ajay K. Vidyasagar, David S. Hays
  • Method of enumerating coliform colonies
    Patent number: 10662460
    Abstract: A method of enumerating gas-producing coliform bacteria present in a cultured dairy product is provided. The method can comprise forming a mixture that comprises a predefined quantity of the dairy product and a predefined volume of a diluent; inoculating a thin film culture device with the mixture to form a hydrogel comprising a nutrient medium for growing coliform bacteria, an effective concentration of lactose, and an effective concentration of MOPS; incubating the inoculated thin film culture device under conditions that facilitate growth of a coliform bacterium; and identifying and counting a gas-producing colony present in the inoculated culture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick A. Mach
  • Penetration firestop system
    Patent number: 10662644
    Abstract: Described herein is a firestop for construction assemblies comprising a penetration wherein a packing material and a non-porous adhesive article are used to fill and seal the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John C. Hulteen, George W. Frost, Richard J. Haffner, Ernst L. Schmidt
  • Mounting mat for a pollution control device
    Patent number: 10662560
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting mat for mounting a pollution control element or monolith in a pollution control device, said mounting mat comprising a layer having a mixture of long and short fibers wherein said short fibers have a length of not more than about 13 mm and wherein said long fibers have a length of at least about 20 mm and wherein the amount of said short fibers is at least about 3% by weight based on the total weight of said mixture of long and short fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Claus Middendorf, Juergen Strasser, Knut Schumacher
  • Optical system
    Patent number: 10663745
    Abstract: Light emitting systems and optical systems including a light emitting system and a lens system are described. The light emitting system includes a pixelated light source having a plurality of discrete spaced apart pixels, and includes a plurality of light redirecting elements, each light redirecting element corresponding to a different pixel in the plurality of pixels. The light redirecting elements may be adapted to alter one or both of a central ray direction and a divergence angle of light received from the corresponding pixel. A lens system disposed to receive light from the light emitting system may include a reflective polarizer and a partial reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Jo Anne Etter
  • Application method for a film
    Patent number: 10661544
    Abstract: An application method of applying a film F having a main portion 71, an extended portion 72 connected to a first end 71x of the main portion 71, and an extended portion 73 connected to a second end 71y opposing the first end 71x in the main portion 71 to a base material by an application device having an application mechanism, including the steps of: pressing the extended portion 72 using the application mechanism; applying the main portion 71 to the base material by moving the application mechanism that presses the extended portion 72 from the extended portion 72 to the extended portion 73 via the main portion 71; and stopping the application mechanism moved to the extended portion 73 and separating the application mechanism from the extended portion 73.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kubota, Taishi Tokunaga, Takayoshi Fujino, Katsunori Sakai, Hiroki Wakamatsu
  • Camera
    Patent number: 10663727
    Abstract: A camera including an aperture, an image recording device, a reflective polarizer disposed between the aperture and the image recording device, a partial reflector disposed between the reflective polarizer and the image recording device, and a quarter wave retarder disposed between the reflective polarizer and the partial reflector. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong, Erin A. McDowell, Gregg A. Ambur
  • Low dielectric content twin-axial cable constructions
    Patent number: 10665363
    Abstract: A ribbon cable with a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel insulated conductors. The parallel insulated conductors extend along a length of the cable and arranged along a width of the cable. Each insulated conductor has a central conductor surrounded by a structured insulative material formed directly onto the central conductor along substantially the entire length of the cable. The structured insulative material has a plurality of ridges extending from the central conductor along different azimuthal directions. Each pair of adjacent ridges define an angle ? there between greater than about 10 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Alexander W. Barr
  • Heat transfer fluids and methods of using same
    Patent number: 10662359
    Abstract: An apparatus for heat transfer includes a device and a mechanism for transferring heat to or from the device. The mechanism for transferring heat includes a working fluid that includes a hexafluoropropylene trimer having Structural Formula (1) The hexafluoropropylene trimer having Structural Formula (1) is present in the working fluid in an amount of at least 85% by weight, based on the total weight of hexafluoropropylene trimer in the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: William M. Lamanna
  • Respirator having elastic straps having openwork structure
    Patent number: 10653901
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a respirator are disclosed. The respirator can include a mask body and one or more elastic straps that are secured to the mask body on opposing sides. The elastic straps can have an openwork construction and can include a netting that has an array of polymeric strands periodically joined together at bond regions throughout the array. In one or more embodiments, the openwork elastic straps are lighter and more breathable than conventional straps. This improvement in breathability can make the respirator more comfortable to wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nhat Ha T. Nguyen, Ronald W. Ausen, Thomas J. Xue, Seyed A. Angadjivand
  • Monitoring device
    Patent number: D885209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Alonso M. Hernandez