Patents Assigned to Performance IT
  • Publication number: 20120240970
    Abstract: A portable shelter may be provided with ground assembly, flex poles, and a cover assembly. The ground assembly may include a ground sheet or pad having rigid elements, such as metal ground poles along opposite sides. The ground poles may extend through sleeves on the ground sheet. The ends of the flex poles can be attached to fittings on the ends of the ground poles, with the flex poles flexed into an arc when the shelter is set up. The cover assembly includes a flexible cover made for example of fabric effective at blocking sunlight. Flex pole attachment devices, such as snap-on clamp fittings, may be spaced apart along opposite ends of the cover for attaching the cover onto the flex poles. Ground pole attachment devices may be spaced apart along opposite sides of the cover for attaching the cover to the ground poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: PRO PERFORMANCE SPORTS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: WILLIAM PARSONS, ALLEN HOLLAND
  • Patent number: 8272074
    Abstract: A restraint device for controlling the head of a driver during a high-performance vehicle collision. The device includes a support member having a back portion and shoulder portions that extend at least partially over the shoulders of the driver; a tether for attaching the support member to the driver's helmet; and at least one anchor strap attached at one end to the support member and at the other end to the vehicle's seat belt assembly, driver's truck, and/or driver's legs, which serves to anchor the device and oppose forward and rearward movement of the driver's head during a collision event, reducing the likelihood of injury. The shoulder portions are configured to engage the vehicle's shoulder belts, which improves the restraint device's ability to resist forward movement and downward rotation of the driver's head that is caused by a collision event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Simpson Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Trevor P. Ashline
  • Publication number: 20120237752
    Abstract: Disclosed are photoluminescent fibers containing photoluminescent phosphorescent materials and photoluminescent fluorescent materials which emit electromagnetic energies to give an emission signature. Also disclosed are the use of the inventive fibers, fabrics made therefrom, and objects containing the fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Performance Indicator, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy E. Bortz, Satish Agrawal, James G. Shelnut
  • Publication number: 20120228668
    Abstract: This layered element (11) for encapsulating an element (12) that is sensitive to air and/or moisture, especially an element that collects or emits radiation such as a photovoltaic cell or an organic light-emitting diode, comprises a polymer layer (1) and a barrier layer (2) against at least one face (1A) of the polymer layer. The barrier layer (2) has a moisture vapor transfer rate of less than 10?2 g/m2 per day and consists of a multilayer of at least two thin hydrogenated silicon nitride layers (21, 22, 23, 24) having alternately lower and higher densities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Thoumazet, Fabrice Abbott, Fabienne P. Piroux
  • Publication number: 20120228641
    Abstract: This substrate (11) for a device (50) that collects or emits radiation comprises a transparent polymer layer (1) and a barrier layer (2) on at least one face (1A) of the polymer layer. The barrier layer (2) consists of an antireflection multilayer of at least two thin transparent layers (21, 22, 23, 24) having both alternately lower and higher refractive indices and alternately lower and higher densities, wherein each thin layer (21, 22, 23, 24) of the constituent multilayer of the barrier layer (2) is an oxide, nitride or oxynitride layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Thoumazet, Emmanuel Valentin, Stephanie Roche
  • Patent number: 8263669
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a siloxane having the formula: M1D M2 wherein M1=(R1)(R2)(R3)SiO1/2; M2=(R4)(R5)(R6)SiO1/2 and D=(R7)(Z)SiO2/2 where R1, R2, R3 R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of 1 to 4 carbon monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 4 to 9 carbons containing an aryl group; Z is a pendant hydrophilic ionic group selected from the group consisting of R8—RA, R9 Rc and R10—RZ; RA being an anionic substituent, Rc a cationic substituent or Rz a zwitterionic substituent on the D group wherein the composition is resistant to hydrolysis under either basic or acidic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Leatherman, George A. Policello, Wenging N. Peng, Liping Zheng, Roland Wagner, Suresh K. Rajaraman, Xia Zijun
  • Patent number: 8261496
    Abstract: The invention describes extruded member systems to which a photovoltaic device is secured to an architectural surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine M. Sahlin, Marcel Dery, Michael P. Cushman
  • Publication number: 20120225231
    Abstract: A particulate-filled rubber composition contains at least one silane-reactive particulate filler and a mixture of at least one blocked mercaptosilane coupling agent possessing two thioacyl groups and at least one blocked mercaptosilane possessing a single thioacyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials, Inc
    Inventor: William M. York
  • Publication number: 20120225284
    Abstract: A composite article includes a core layer and an upper layer overlying the core layer. The upper layer is made of perfluoroalkoxy polymer (PFA) and a photocatalytic material (PM), wherein the PM defines at least about 25% of a total area of an exterior surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine M. Sahlin, James R. Greno, Michael P. Cushman, Robert C. Hobbs, James M. McMartin
  • Publication number: 20120223069
    Abstract: A resistance heater is shown and described. The resistance heater may include a body. The body may include at least one heating surface, the heating surface being generally smooth and generally flat and a recess formed in the body, at least a portion of the body having a cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of: generally U shape, generally I-shape, and generally H-shape, and where the cross-sectional shape extends along at least a portion of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Morikawa, Yoshihiko Matsui, Akinobu Otaka, Takeshi Higuchi, Kensuke Fujimura, Zhong-Hao Lu
  • Publication number: 20120225984
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel sulfur-containing silane coupling agents, and organic polymers containing carbon-carbon double bonds. These novel silanes can be carried on organic and inorganic fillers. The invention also relates to articles of manufacture, particularly tires, made from the elastomer compositions described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. CRUSE, W. Michael YORK, Eric R. POHL, Antonio CHAVES, Prashant JOSHI
  • Patent number: 8258681
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device for lightings includes a light source module, a heat sink, and a converter. The heat sink has a substrate and a plurality of heat dissipating fins extending outward from the substrate. A plurality of channels is formed between the heat dissipating fins. Insides of the channels respectively have a port open to the center of the heat sink. Thereby, the channels of the heat sink can effectively direct the airflow into the center of the heat sink, enhancing the heat dissipating effect of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Elements Performance Materials Limited
    Inventors: Tsung-Lung Lee, Kuo-Sung Huang, Cheng-Tao Lee
  • Patent number: 8258080
    Abstract: Provided are methods of applying a tissue marking to a tissue and rendering said tissue marking colorless when desired, comprising implanting into the tissue an amount of the tissue marking in sufficient quantity to form a detectable marking, said tissue marking comprising at least one colored compound comprising a thermally activatable fragmentation group and at least one infrared absorbing compound, wherein the at least one colored compound is capable of being rendered colorless by unimolecular fragmentation of the thermally activatable fragmentation group when the tissue marking is non-imagewise exposed by a source of infrared radiation and applying sufficient infrared radiation to a sufficient amount of the tissue marking to render the tissue marking colorless when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Performance Indicator, LLC
    Inventors: Satish Agrawal, Roger Boggs
  • Patent number: 8257805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high thermal efficiency, insulated glass unit structure sealed with a cured composition containing, inter alia, diorganopolysiloxane(s) and organic nanoclay(s), the cured composition exhibiting low permeability to gas(es).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Shayne J. Landon, David A. Williams, Vikram Kumar, Edward J. Nesakumar, Indumathi Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20120219802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel copolycarbonates containing repeating units A and B respectively of the formulae: (A)—[R1OC(?O)O]—, and (B)—[(R2O)n-C(?O)—O]—, wherein the molar ratio of units (A) to units (B) is in the range of from about 9:1 to about 1:9, and wherein R1 is a divalent C8 to C12 alicyclic group, and R2 is ethylene or propylene, and n is an integer ranging from 4 to 40. Also disclosed are silicone hardcoat compositions containing the copolycarbonates and their derivatives. Upon cure, these silicone hardcoat compositions exhibit improved flexibility as compared to that of the conventional hardcoats while at the same time maintain the abrasion resistance of conventional silicone hardcoats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Hilgers, Anantharaman Dhanabalan, Narayana Padmanabha Iyer, Shayne Joseph Landon
  • Publication number: 20120219803
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a primer composition comprising an inorganic UV absorbing agent and a polymer selected from (i) a copolycarbonate, and (ii) a polyurethane obtained by reaction of a polyisocyanate and a copolycarbonate diol. Also disclosed is a coated article comprising a polymeric substrate, a primer layer disposed on at least one surface of said substrate, and an abrasion-resistant layer disposed on said primer layer, where the primer layer is made from the primer composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Honnaiah Mallesha, Anantharaman Dhanabalan, Robert F. Hayes, Narayana Padmanabha Iyer, Marc Schaepkens
  • Publication number: 20120220791
    Abstract: A composition includes a non-crosslinked reaction product of an oxirane or oxetane compound (I) comprising at least two oxirane or oxetane groups; a compound (II) comprising silicon and one or more amino groups; and optionally a polyamine (III); and a secondary amine (IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Kalman Koczo, Benjamin Falk, Antonio Palumbo, Monjit Phukan
  • Patent number: 8251851
    Abstract: An auxiliary oil pumping system for an automatic transmission includes an auxiliary oil pump, the auxiliary oil pump being separate from an internal oil pump of the transmission but connected to an oil circuit of the automatic transmission to circulate oil in the system. An oil pump motor is connected to the auxiliary oil pump and selectively connectable to a power source for driving the auxiliary oil pump when a vehicle engine is off and the internal oil pump is not operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Beattie, Jr.
  • Patent number: D666248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products, LLC
    Inventors: Ozhan Karacal, Christopher F. Richards
  • Patent number: D666313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Performance Contracting, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Yoder, Frank Robert Dellaguzzo