Patents Assigned to L'Garde, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140147660
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, impact resistance, and fluidity and also excellent color developing properties and residence heat stability. A graft copolymer (A) prepared by graft polymerization of a certain amount of a specific monomer (a2) onto a certain amount of composite rubber (a1) composed of a conjugated diene rubber polymer and a cross-linked acrylic ester polymer. The tetrahydrofuran-soluble portion of the composite rubber (a1) has a weight-average molecular weight of 50000 or more in terms of polystyrene and a degree of swelling in toluene of 7.0 or more, or in the composite rubber contained in the graft copolymer, the number of particles having an equivalent-circle diameter of 150 nm or less is 50% or less of the total number of the composite rubber particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.
    Inventors: Takumi Miyahiro, Masanori Ito, Seiji Tamai, Fumitoshi Takeda, Kazunori Takahashi, Tomoyoshi Akiyama, Hajime Tomita, Haruki Okuno, Shunsaku Kubota, Masaaki Okada, Atsushi Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takada, Nobuyuki Nakashima, Jiichiro Yoshida, Takayoshi Fujiwara, Shouta Kosaka
  • Patent number: 8530244
    Abstract: Ultrafine particles are provided having a core region that has a signal amplifying molecule and a shell region that surrounds the core region. The shell region has at least one antibody affixed to its surface that is specific for at least one antigen. Alternatively, the ultrafine particles may entrap the signal amplifying molecule within its matrix and may also have antibodies affixed to its surface for molecular recognition. Ultrafine particles are also provided having a matrix component that includes a signal amplifying molecule and at least one antibody specific for the antigen or biomaterial. The ultrafine particles of the present disclosure may be used in assays for the detection, including quantification, of one or more antigens present in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Terapia Celular, L'N, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Larsen, Raffett Velarde Ortiz
  • Publication number: 20120322945
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for vehicle lamp housings, includes: 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, and (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers, under the presence of an acrylic ester-based rubbery polymer (a-1) having a weight average particle size of 100 to 400 nm; and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a (co)polymer (B) in which at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers is polymerized, in which a content of total volatiles at 260° C. is no more than 0.7% by weight of the composition overall, and a content of oligomer component having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 is no more than 0.3% by weight of the composition overall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.
    Inventors: Hajime Tomita, Takayoshi Fujiwara, Shunsaku Kubota, Suguru Koba
  • Publication number: 20120264878
    Abstract: A binder for secondary battery electrodes contains a copolymer latex obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition containing 12.0 to 39.5 wt % of an aliphatic conjugated diene-based monomer, 1.5 to 8.5 wt % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester monomer, 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of an ethylene-based unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and 42.0 to 86.4 wt % of a monomer that is copolymerizable therewith, wherein 50 to 100 wt % of the copolymer latex is toluene-insoluble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON A & L INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuyama, Kimio Misaki
  • Publication number: 20110224355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition for a vehicular lamp housing, which is excellent in balance of physical properties with regard to such as impact resistance and fluidity, and of which hot plate weldability, vibration weldability and laser weldability are improved when a vehicular lamp housing is welded with other members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON A&L INC.
    Inventors: Hajime Tomita, Tokuo Tatsuda, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Seiji Tamai
  • Publication number: 20080098962
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus is used to process animal waste in a farm building and to spread the processed animal waste back on the floor of the farm building as the apparatus moves through the farm building. The apparatus includes a processing mechanism that heats the animal waste to a predetermined temperature to eliminate insects, bacteria, and ammonia from the animal waste. The apparatus also includes a spreader mechanism for distributing the processed animal waste onto the farm building floor. The most preferred implementation of the apparatus is a single-pass machine that takes in animal waste in the front using a pickup mechanism, processes the animal waste to sanitize the animal waste, and spreads the sanitized animal waste in the rear, allowing the operator to move the machine through the farm building and thereby sanitize all of the animal waste in a single pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: GREEN-L, INC.
    Inventor: James Wood
  • Patent number: 7341024
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus is used to process animal waste in a farm building and to spread the processed animal waste back on the floor of the farm building as the apparatus moves through the farm building. The apparatus includes a processing mechanism that heats the animal waste to a predetermined temperature to eliminate insects, bacteria, and ammonia from the animal waste. The apparatus also includes a spreader mechanism for distributing the processed animal waste onto the farm building floor. The apparatus may optionally include a pickup mechanism that picks up the animal waste off of the farm building floor and directs the animal waste to the processing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Green-L, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Wood
  • Patent number: 7169459
    Abstract: A collapsible cellular insulation panel for use with mobile shelters is provided. The panel comprises first and second outer sheets with a plurality of intermediate thin flexible membranes. The membranes are secured along first and second edges to inner surfaces of the outer sheets. The membranes are attached to adjacent membranes along strips that are parallel to and intermediate the first and second membrane edges. The interconnected membranes form cells that trap insulating air and break up convective currents between the outer sheets. Supported from underneath on a horizontal surface, the membranes lay substantially flat, such that a thickness of the panel substantially equals the sum of the thicknesses of the membranes and outer sheets. The panel is thus well adapted for use with mobile shelters, because it occupies little volume in the collapsed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: L'Garde, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lichodziejewski, Mitchell Thomas
  • Patent number: 6942704
    Abstract: A prosthetic foot including a ground-engaging base in the form of a generally planar and resiliently flexible foot bed which extends between two or more platforms to form one or more flexible hinges therebetween. The platforms include a toe platform, a mid-section platform and a heel platform. A support shank is disposed above the platforms so as to be generally positioned above an ankle area of the foot. A first spring extends from the toe platform to the support shank. A second spring extends from the support shank to the mid-section platform. A third spring extends from the support shank to the heel platform. Typically, the springs are curvilinear springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: S & L, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Scott Sulprizio
  • Patent number: 6870019
    Abstract: A latex for dip molding which comprises a latex obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture in the presence of alkyl benzene sulfonate containing, based on 100 parts by weight of the monomer mixture, at least 10.0 parts by weight of a C13-20 alkyl benzene sulfonate can be used for production of a high-quality dip molded product that is excellent in oil resistance and mechanical strength, has uniform film thickness, soft feeling to the skin and no pinholes and no shrinkage, and assumes anti-stickiness on the surface thereof after dip molding, as required in medical gloves and fingerstalls etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon A & L Inc.
    Inventors: Yuuichiro Kajiwara, Shigeo Suzuki, Masaaki Tsuji, Takeshi Suetsugu
  • Patent number: 6786456
    Abstract: An inflatable boom for space applications, and a methods of folding and deploying a boom are disclosed. The boom comprises a membrane having a substantially tapered cylindrical shape. A wide end of the membrane is attached to a base, and a narrow end of the membrane is attached to a mandrel. The method of folding a boom comprises forming a plurality of ring-shaped folds in the boom membrane. The method of deploying a boom comprises increasing a gas pressure inside the boom and repeatedly unfolding the outer-most ring fold increase the length of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: L'Garde, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Veal, Arthur Palisoc, William Derbes
  • Publication number: 20040046085
    Abstract: An inflatable boom for space applications, and a methods of folding and deploying a boom are disclosed. The boom comprises a membrane having a substantially tapered cylindrical shape. A wide end of the membrane is attached to a base, and a narrow end of the membrane is attached to a mandrel. The method of folding a boom comprises forming a plurality of ring-shaped folds in the boom membrane. The method of deploying a boom comprises increasing a gas pressure inside the boom and repeatedly unfolding the outer-most ring fold to increase the length of the boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: L'GARDE, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Veal, Arthur Palisoc, William Derbes
  • Patent number: 6703437
    Abstract: A resin composition for electrostatic coating, comprising a rubber-reinforced aromatic vinyl resin (A), a polyamide elastomer (B), a modified vinyl polymer (C) containing at least one functional group selected from among carboxyl, epoxy, amino and amido, and an alkali metal salt (D); a formed resin article excellent in electrostatic coatability which is formed from the resin composition; and a formed resin article having electrostatic coating film which is produced by coating the articles electrostatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: Nippon A & L Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shiro Kamiyama, Katsumi Kohama, Hiromichi Aoki, Hajime Sakano, Yasunobu Takagawa
  • Publication number: 20030183266
    Abstract: A tent frame including: leg posts; a plurality of expandable connectors connected in pairs between adjacent posts, each connector having first and second outer ends and is fixedly connected at the first outer end to the upper end of one post and slidably connected at the second outer end to a lower portion of the same post, each connector movable between extended and folded states; a roof comprising upper poles, each pivotally connected to a post and to a central pole, each upper pole and corresponding central pole are movable between an extended and folded states; and support pole assemblies, each connected at one end to slide with a second outer end and at another end to a central pole so that each connector, upper pole and central pole expand together to the extended state and the support pole assemblies support the central poles to maintain the extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: CARAVAN CANOPY INT' L, INC.
    Inventor: Dong Woog Suh
  • Patent number: D450546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: L'Equip, Inc.
    Inventor: James Pascotti
  • Patent number: D535691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Elsa L, Inc.
    Inventor: Judith M. Robertson
  • Patent number: D538339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: ELSA L, Inc.
    Inventor: Judith M. Robertson
  • Patent number: D473749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: L'Equip, Inc.
    Inventor: James Pascotti
  • Patent number: D491416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: L'Equip, Inc.
    Inventor: James Pascotti
  • Patent number: D602264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Elsa L, Inc.
    Inventor: Odulio Sheridoni