Patents Assigned to 3M
  • Framed pleated air filter with upstream bridging filaments
    Patent number: 9174159
    Abstract: A framed pleated air filter, including a non-self-supporting, compressible, pleated air filter media with a plurality of oppositely-facing pleats and with a plurality of upstream pleat tips and downstream pleat tips, the pleated air filter media further including a plurality of bridging filaments that are bonded to at least some of the upstream pleat tips. The framed pleated air filter does not include any support member on the downstream face of the pleated air filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Sanocki, Andrew R. Fox, Jonathan M. Lise, John J. Rogers, Kannan Seshadri
  • Flexible LED device with wire bond free die
    Patent number: 9179543
    Abstract: An article includes a flexible polymeric dielectric layer having first and second major surfaces. The first major surface has a conductive layer thereon and at least one cavity therein. The at least one cavity contains a conductive material including electrically separated first and second portions supporting and electrically connecting a light emitting semiconductor device to the conductive layer on the first major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ravi Palaniswamy, Arokiaraj Jesudoss, Alejandro Aldrin Il Agcaoili Narag, Siang Sin Foo, Fong Liang Tan, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Justine A. Mooney
  • Method for applying elongate strip to door frame of vehicle
    Patent number: 9175190
    Abstract: There is provided a method of attaching an elongate strip to a door frame of the body of a vehicle comprising application of the elongate strip by means of a device comprising: i. a drive means; ii. an application head; iii. a stress control unit positioned between the drive means and application head and comprising one of more sensor units; iv. and a control unit for controlling the drive means, the elongate strip comprises an adhesive tape comprising a foam layer having first and second major sides and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer associated with one of the major sides of the foam layer, the pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a cross-linked rubber and the foam layer comprises an acrylic polymer of one or more alkyl acrylates having an average of 3 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, the foam layer having a density of at least 540 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Volker Paschmann, Siegfried K. Welke, Klaus Malecki, Detlef Richert
  • High melting PFTE polymers for melt-processing
    Patent number: 9175113
    Abstract: Provided are a tetrafluoroethylene copolymers having a melting point of at least 317° C., a melt flow index (MFI) at 372° C. and a 5 kg load (MFI 372/5) of from about 0.60 g/10 min up to about 15 g/10 min. Also provided are methods of forming a shaped article using the copolymers described above, shaped articles made with those copolymers and compositions containing such copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Ludwig Mayer, Tilman C. Zipplies
  • Arm for supporting a sensor
    Patent number: 9179209
    Abstract: A sensor support arm, adapted for use with a breathing mask such that the arm is extendable underneath a sealing surface of a breathing mask is disclosed. The arm is adaptable at one end for fixing on to equipment worn by a user, having a sensor disposed at an opposing end positionable in the interior of a breathing mask. The arm has lead connections necessary for the sensor extending along the arm. The arm has a greater width than thickness and comprises a flexible material such that it is flexible about both longitudinal and transverse axes. The arm is provided with a substantially planar side. A breathing mask having a freely self-supporting sensor arm is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Niklas D. B. Emilsson
  • Dental composition, method of producing and use thereof
    Patent number: 9173820
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition comprising a) compound (A) being characterized by at least the following features: comprising a backbone unit (U) comprising a tricylclic hydrocarbon moiety, two spacer units (S) each comprising a hydrocarbon chain (G) being directly connected to the backbone unit (U) via an urethane moiety, and at least two reactive groups (M) being connected to the hydrocarbon chain (G) via an ester linkage, with (G) being a non-branched hydrocarbon chain having a length of at least 3 carbon atoms, (G) not comprising ether moieties, and (M) being selected from acroyl and methacroyl, b) initiator (B) and c) optionally filler (C), the composition being a dental composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Adrian S. Eckert, Christoph Thalacker, Karsten Dede
  • Electrical connectors for solid state light
    Patent number: 9175813
    Abstract: A light having integrated light and thermal guides and separable electrical connectors. The light has a base for connection to a power supply, a light circuit electrically connected with solid state light sources such as LEDs, and a driver circuit for receiving power from the power supply and providing power to drive the light sources. A light guide is coupled to the light sources for receiving and distributing light from the light sources, and a thermal guide is integrated with the light guide for providing thermal conduction from the light source for cooling the light. The separable connectors include a first connector for providing an electrical connection between the driver circuit and light circuit, a second connector for providing an electrical connection between the power supply and driver circuit, and a third connector for providing a ground connection to the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles N. DeVore, Kayla A. Hagens, Wesley A. Raider, Larry A. Schleif, Steven Feldman, Steven A. Neu
  • Pressure sensitive adhesive article
    Patent number: 9174237
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article including a substrate, a first layer adjacent the substrate, the first layer having a silicone-containing pressure sensitive adhesive and a thickness of less than about 5 um, and a second layer adjacent the first layer and opposite the substrate, the second layer having a pressure sensitive adhesive. The silicone-containing pressure sensitive adhesive can include a copolymer of a vinyl polymeric backbone having polysiloxane moieties grafted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties, Co.
    Inventor: Audrey A. Sherman
  • Chemical indicator compositions, indicators and methods
    Patent number: 9176103
    Abstract: Chemical indicator compositions comprising a bismuth compound; elemental sulfur; and a compound with relatively high water solubility which makes the composition alkaline when exposed to water vapor at an elevated temperature; a chemical indicator comprising a substrate and the composition coated on at least a portion of a major surface of the substrate; and methods of making and using the chemical indicator are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David A. Whitman, David M. Read, Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Kevin D. Landgrebe, Anthony E. Bennett
  • Microneedle array applicator and retainer
    Patent number: 9174035
    Abstract: An applicator that has an elastic band to snap a microneedle array against skin with a predetermined force and velocity. The microneedle array, which may be pre-loaded with drug(s), is attached to the elastic band such that the band can be secured in place (e.g., wrapped around a person's arm), pulled away from the arm, and released from a suitable distance so that the microneedle array snaps back against the arm with sufficient force to cause an intended amount of penetration of microneedles. Also, a microneedle application device has an elastic band, a microneedle device, and a structure attaching the band to the microneedle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ted K. Ringsred, Franklyn L. Frederickson
  • Moisture-curable polysiloxane coating composition
    Patent number: 9175188
    Abstract: A moisture-curable polysiloxane composition consists essentially of (a) at least one polyorganosiloxane, fluorinated polyorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least one hydrosilyl moiety; and (b) at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof; wherein the curable composition is non-foaming and has an average condensation-curable, reactive silane functionality greater than two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Richard S. Buckanin, Richard M. Flynn
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE-BACKED WEATHERSTRIP
    Publication number: 20150306945
    Abstract: A device for applying an adhesive-backed elongated seal (e.g., a weatherstrip seal) to a surface of a substrate. The device comprises a release liner removal tool having a stripper portion. The stripper portion comprises a spacer and a release liner guide surface. The spacer has a leading edge, an angled trailing edge, a central axis and a thickness profile that separates the adhesive on the back of the seal from the substrate surface while allowing the body of the seal to contact the substrate surface, when the stripper portion is positioned between the seal and the surface. The angled trailing edge has a transverse radius of curvature allowing the release liner to be removed from the adhesive, bent-backwards-over the trailing edge, and pulled-off along a portion of the guide surface, while the seal is adhered along its length to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY,
    Inventors: Mark R. Gabel, Benjamin D. Belknap
  • NANOSTRUCTURED WHISKER ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20150311536
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a first article comprising nanostructured whiskers having a first layer thereon comprising an organometallic compound comprising at least one of Ru or Ir. Optionally, the first layer further comprises an complex comprising at least one of Ru or Ir. Typically, the article includes at least one or more additional layers (e.g., a second layer comprising at least one of metallic Ir, Ir oxide, or Ir hydrated oxide on the first layer). Articles described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell catalysts (i.e., an anode or cathode catalyst).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ljiljana L. Atanasoska, Radoslav Atanasoski, Gregory M. Haugen, George D. Vernstrom
  • MEDICAL SEALANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20150306273
    Abstract: A medical sealant composition and method for coupling the medical article to skin using the medical sealant composition. The medical sealant composition can include an unsaturated rubber hydrocarbon having at least one hydrosilyation-crosslinkable functional group and a crosslinking agent having at least one SiH group per molecule. The medical sealant composition can cure at 35 degrees C. in less than 20 minutes. The method can include applying the composition to one or both of a medical article and skin when the composition is in an uncured state; applying the medical article to the skin; and allowing the composition to cure to form a sealant between the medical article and the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: NAIMUL KARIM, HAE-SEUNG LEE
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RULE-BASED ANIMATED CONTENT GENERATION
    Publication number: 20150310658
    Abstract: At least one aspect of the present disclosure describes a system for facilitating generation of animated content. The system includes a rule management module and a content generation module. The rule management module is configured to receive a plurality of content generation rules. The content generation module is communicatively coupled to the rule management module and configured to generate an animated content configuration in accordance with the plurality of content generation rules. The animated content configuration specifies at least two content elements to be rendered on a display and their relationships to one another, and a transition, which modifies a attribute of a content elements over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Frederick J. Arsenault
  • Decorative display
    Patent number: D742124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jacob P. Vanderheyden, Judd D. Olson, Stephan A. Hawthorne, Thomas W. Floyd
  • Sanding article with pattern
    Patent number: D742195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATION PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: David R. Dow, Brian D. Gale
  • Sanding article with pattern
    Patent number: D742196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: David R. Dow, Brian D. Gale
  • Utility knife
    Patent number: D742198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michitomo Kugimiya, Yasuyuki Daigo, Yo Suzuki
  • Respirator mask
    Patent number: D742504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David M. Blomberg, William A. Mittelstadt