Patents Assigned to 3M
  • Low dielectric optically clear adhesives for flexible electronic display
    Patent number: 11827819
    Abstract: The present invention is an assembly layer for a flexible device. The assembly layer is derived from precursors that include about 0 to about 50 wt % C1-C9 alkyl(meth)acrylate, about 40 to about 99 wt % C10-C24 (meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 30 wt % hydroxyl (meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 10 wt % of a non-hydroxy functional polar monomer, and about 0 to about 5 wt % crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jason D. Clapper, Ross E. Behling, Christopher J. Campbell, Albert I. Everaerts
  • Frictional connection of components and process for making a frictional connection
    Patent number: 11820925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a frictional connection comprising a connecting element and two components, the two components being frictionally joined with the connecting element. The present disclosure further relates to a process for making said frictional connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Florian T. Grimm
  • Touch screen sensor
    Patent number: 11822750
    Abstract: A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew H. Frey, Michael J. Robrecht, George F. Jambor
  • Display device and infrared light cut-off film
    Patent number: 11822075
    Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to have display information and emits visible light having a continuous spectrum; an infrared cut-off part configured to transmit the visible light from the display unit and to reduce the amount of infrared light striking the display unit; and a reflecting part configured to reflect the visible light having passed through the infrared cut-off part. The infrared cut-off part includes a first polymer film and a second polymer film, the first polymer film includes an infrared cut-off layer configured to reduce infrared light transmission, and the second polymer film includes a high-retardation polyester film and is disposed between the first polymer film and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuji Saito, Noboru Iwata, Atsushi Ono, Kentaro Tamura
  • Printing system and method including printing roll having elastically deformable and compressible thick inner layer
    Patent number: 11820125
    Abstract: A printing system (200) including a printing roll (220) is provided. The printing roll (220) includes an elastically deformable and compressible inner layer (224) and a thin outer shell (222) to cover the inner layer (224). The thin outer shell (222) includes a pattern of raised print features (223) to receive ink material thereon. The inner layer (224) is softer and thicker than the thin outer shell (222), and optionally, the thin outer shell (222) is removable from the inner layer (224). The inner layer (224) of the printing roll (220) has a thickness, a compression force deflection value and an elastically-deformable compressibility such that the raised print features (223) of the printing roll (220) do not slide or deform with respect to the printed web (2) in an amount to generate a substantially visible dot gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kara A. Meyers, Shawn C. Dodds, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Tyler J. Rattray, James N. Dobbs, Samad Javid, Matthew S. Stay
  • Charge-modified particles and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11820844
    Abstract: A charge-modified particle comprising the inorganic core and a shell surrounding the inorganic core, wherein the shell comprises a copolymer comprising monomeric units corresponding to free-radically polymerizable monomers, and wherein at least one of the monomeric units comprises a substituted benzotriazolylphenolate salt. Methods of making the charge-modified particle by admicellar polymerization are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nathan E. Schultz, Mikhail A. Belkin, Gerry A. Hoffdahl, Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Tien T. Wu
  • Flexible hardgoods with enhanced peel removability
    Patent number: 11819146
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive mounting articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced contribution of a hardgood to the peel force generated by the adhesive article during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a hardgood that is flexible in a peel direction and rigid in a weight hanging direction. Such hardgoods may include a plurality of minimally connected body segments arranged about the transverse axis of the hardgood body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Payam Khodaparast, Erik M. Anderson, Kevin W. Weber
  • Fall-protection system with monitoring system
    Patent number: 11819714
    Abstract: A fall-protection system including a harness and a fall-protection apparatus with a lifeline bearing a connector configured to be connected to the harness; and, a fall-protection monitoring system with a base unit and with at least one sensor module configured to sense a condition of the connector and to communicate a signal indicative of the condition of the connector to the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Lauren K. Carlson, Scott E. Brigham, Christopher W. Coyle, Heidi Lopez-Hidalgo, Jonathan J. Lepp, Stephen D. Shaver, Jeffrey T. Keacher
  • Method and adapter for conveying plural liquid streams
    Patent number: 11813581
    Abstract: A method and an adapter for improving the efficiency of a static mixer being used to mix reactive fluids such as epoxy adhesives. This allows either a small static mixer to be employed, or a smaller purge flow during dispensing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Patrick R. Connelly, Marc A. Egeland, Gregory P. Moriarty
  • Machines systems and methods for making random fiber webs
    Patent number: 11814763
    Abstract: Methods apparatuses and systems of forming a random fiber web using pneumatic fiber feeding system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method can optionally comprise: providing a plurality of moveable apparatuses including a lickerin and a feeder, the lickerin configured to remove a plurality of fibers from a fibrous mat delivered to adjacent the lickerin by the feeder; doffing the plurality of fibers from the lickerin at a doffing location within the system; communicating an air supply to entrain the plurality of fibers with the air supply after the doffing; and collecting the plurality of fibers from the air supply to form the random fiber web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William P. Klinzing, Warren D. Eaton, Jon A. Lindberg, David C. Raithel, Kyle J. Baumgartner, James C. Breister, Joseph A. Dunbar, Blake R. Griffith, Cristobal Martin Bernia, Jesse R. Seifert, Joshua D. Tibbits
  • Machines systems and methods for making random fiber webs
    Patent number: 11814754
    Abstract: Methods and systems of forming a random fiber web using pneumatic fiber feeding system are disclosed. The method can optionally comprise: providing a plurality of moveable apparatuses including a lickerin and a feeder, the lickerin configured to remove a plurality of fibers from a fibrous mat delivered to adjacent the lickerin by the feeder; doffing the plurality of fibers from the lickerin at a doffing location within the system; communicating an air supply to entrain the plurality of fibers with the air supply after the doffing; and collecting the plurality of fibers from the air supply to form the random fiber web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William P. Klinzing, Warren D. Eaton, Jon A. Lindberg, David C. Raithel, Kyle J. Baumgartner, James C. Breister, Joseph A. Dunbar, James P. Endle, Blake R. Griffith, Sylvain M. Lalonde, Cristobal Martin Bernia, Jesse R. Seifert, Joshua D. Tibbits
  • Automatic darkening filter with simplified set-up
    Patent number: 11813200
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic darkening filter 20 which is suitable for darkening for protection from light, in particular from high intensity light, with a simplified set-up, as well as to a set-up device 40 for setting up parameters of a such filter 20. The present disclosure also relates to a system 100, 100? comprising such an automatic darkening filter 20 and such a set-up device 40, in particular a welding device 110. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a method for setting up such an automatic darkening filter 20 as well as to a headgear 10 with such an automatic darkening filter 20 and to a welding device 110 with such a set-up device 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christian A. Ripken, Markus Glocker
  • Fall arresting device connector
    Patent number: 11813487
    Abstract: Connectors for coupling fall arresting devices to a safety harness. The connectors may include a first pin configured to lock into a first side of a base portion using one or more locking mechanisms. The first pin may be used to engage with one or more fall arresting devices to attach the one or more fall arresting devices to the connector. In some such examples, the locking mechanisms may be positioned within interior portions of the first side of the connector so as to allow the one or more fall arresting devices to pivot freely about the ends of the connector. In some examples, the connectors may include a second pin configured to lock into a second side of the base portion using one or more locking mechanisms. The second pin may be used to conveniently and releasably attached the connector to a safety harness of a worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Matthew S. Stephenson, Rick G. Miller
  • System and method for risk classification and warning of flashover events
    Patent number: 11816971
    Abstract: A system, wearable device and management device provided for predicting a flashover event. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wearable device for predicting a flashover event is provided. The wearable device includes at least one thermal sensor configured to generate thermal data associated with an environment, and processing circuitry configured to: determine a risk of ignition of at least one combustible gas in the environment based on the thermal data, and trigger at least one action based on the determined risk of ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew Long, Panagiotis D. Stanitsas, Jerome Shanko, Jr., Wesley M. Barbee, Matthew M. Shettel, Matthew Shannon, Johnathan R. Graves, James W. Howard, James B. Snyder, James L. C. Werness, Jr., Jason Patterson, Ravi Raagav Srinivas, Payas Tikotekar
  • Image based novelty detection of material samples
    Patent number: 11816946
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting/identifying novel material samples are provided. A test sample image is processed with a trained transformation function to obtain a transformed matrix. A measure of similarity of the test image based on the transformed matrix is compared to a threshold to determine whether the test sample is novel to a batch of material samples that are provided to train the transformation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Asendorf, Jennifer F. Schumacher, Muhammad Jamal Afridi, Himanshu Nayar, Golshan Golnari
  • DISINFECTING DEVICE FOR LUER ACTIVATED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230355948
    Abstract: A disinfecting device for a Luer-activated device having a septum is disclosed. The disinfecting device includes a cap, a plunger including a standoff and a face, and a disinfectant. When the Luer-activated device is secured to the disinfecting device, the Luer-activated devices engaged with the standoff but Luer-activated device septum does not contact the standoff or the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: ALAN R. DOMBROWSKI
  • Self-resealing magnet closure
    Patent number: 11806204
    Abstract: A syringe for dispensing a flowable material. The syringe has a cartridge with a cartridge front end and at least a first dispensing nozzle arranged at the cartridge front end. The syringe further has closure for openably closing the first dispensing nozzle. The closure includes a cap and at least a first seal. The cap is telescopically placeable on the cartridge front end. The closure or the cartridge has a first magnet for establishing a magnetic attraction between the closure and the cartridge. In a situation in which the closure is placed on the cartridge front end, the closure and the cartridge can be positioned in a sealing position in which the first seal spaces the cap and the cartridge front end away from each other against a magnetic attraction that urges the cap and the cartridge toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc Peuker, Andreas J. Boehm
  • Robot end effector
    Patent number: D1003959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Aaron K. Nienaber, Brett R. Hemes, Thomas J. Strey, Christie L. Vitale, Nathan J. Herbst, Jonathan B. Arthur
  • Sheet with slits
    Patent number: D1004290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas R. Corrigan
  • Mountable device holder
    Patent number: D1006028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Emi Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Aihara