Patents Assigned to UNILIN BV
  • Patent number: 12385260
    Abstract: A floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, includes a male coupling part and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements to be interconnected by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element. At least one of the coupling parts, either the male coupling part or the female coupling part, is made as least partially in a filled synthetic material composite, such as extruded wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventor: Mark Cappelle
  • Patent number: 12385258
    Abstract: A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate has MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, where the side edge is treated both with an impregnation agent and/or a sealing agent based on a superabsorbing material. Also a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventors: Dieter D'Hondt, Aaron Shaw
  • Patent number: 12385259
    Abstract: A floor panel is of synthetic material and forms a layer-shaped substrate with first and second pairs of opposite edges. The first pair of opposite edges has coupling parts forming a first mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, and forms a second mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking transverse to the plane of the panels. The coupling parts on the first pair of opposite edges are realized substantially in the material of the floor panel itself. The floor panel is provided with an edge configuration on the second pair of edges allowing two of such floor panels to be positioned with their respective edge alongside each other and free from mechanical horizontally active locking systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventors: Laurent Meersseman, Luc Vanhastel, Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Publication number: 20250249698
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative foil may involve providing a thermoplastic carrier layer. An ink receiving layer may be provided to the carrier layer. A decorative pattern may be formed on the carrier layer by performing a digital printing operation wherein droplets of aqueous inks having a volume smaller than 100 pL are jet to the ink receiving layer. The ink receiving layer may include a binding agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventors: Benjamin CLEMENT, Sam LEDEGEN
  • Publication number: 20250249699
    Abstract: A method may be provided for manufacturing a panel having a support and a top layer that includes a printed motif. The method may involve providing a printable substrate. The printable substrate may be provided with an inkjet receiver coating that has an absorbing substance content below 10% wt. The printed motif may be provided by inkjet printing with an ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventor: Benjamin CLEMENT
  • Publication number: 20250235894
    Abstract: A method may involve supplying a substrate having an upper side. A layer may be applied onto the upper side and irradiated to cure at least a part of the layer and form the panel. The layer may include a liquid coating on substantially the entire upper side and a substance which is digitally printed locally on the upper side. The substance and the liquid coating may cooperate such that either (1) the coating and the substance react with each other, wherein the substance is a liquid that is printed on the upper side before the coating is applied, and wherein the substance and the coating have different surface tensions, or (2) the coating is non-curable or only curable to a limited extent by the irradiation, wherein the substance makes the coating curable by the irradiation at locations where the coating and the substance meet each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventors: Benjamin CLEMENT, Bruno VERMEULEN
  • Patent number: 12365161
    Abstract: A floor panel including at least one substrate and a top layer, where the substrate includes at least one first layer of a first thermoplastic material and a second layer of a second thermoplastic material. The second layer is adjacent to a first side of the first layer and the second layer provides the floor panel with its underside. The first layer is characterized by a first colour with saturation value S 1 in the HSL colour space and the second layer is characterized by a second colour with saturation value S2 in the HSL colour space, where S 1 is less than S2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventor: Kristof Van Vlassenrode
  • Patent number: 12359446
    Abstract: A panel including at least a substrate of thermoplastic material and a top layer with a printed decor and a translucent or transparent wear layer. The substrate has a thickness larger than one half of the thickness of the entire panel, and the substrate at least includes two layers, where the two layers each include thermoplastic material. A first one of the two layers further includes at least 60 percent by weight of filler materials and a second one of the two layers includes less fillers or is not filled, and is situated above the first one of the two layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventors: Martin Segaert, Christophe Naeyaert
  • Publication number: 20250223455
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative foil, for being used in decorative panels, may involve providing a thermoplastic foil. At least one side of said foil may be coated with an inkjet receiver coating. A decorative pattern may be printed by jetting one or more inks on the inkjet receiver coating using an inkjet printer. The ink may be a water-based pigment containing ink. An adhesion layer may be provided on top of the decorative pattern. The ink may include a polymeric binder in an amount below 3% weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventor: Benjamin CLEMENT
  • Patent number: 12350926
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper layer having a printed pattern, to be used in the manufacturing of panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the treated paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles. The depositing may involve firing droplets of pigment containing inks from the nozzles onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Unilin, BV
    Inventors: Benjamin Clement, Luc De Boe
  • Patent number: 12351722
    Abstract: Ceramic ink for digital printing comprising a solid part provided with at least one ceramic component and a liquid part provided with at least one first vehicle, wherein said first vehicle is selected from the group comprising: esterified terephthalates, cyclohexane dicarboxylates, citrates, trimethylolpropane esters, fatty acid esters of aromatic alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: UNILIN BV, SICER S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marcaccioli, Christian Menato, Mariano Paganelli
  • Patent number: 12337576
    Abstract: A decorative panel including a substrate material and decorative top layer, wherein the decorative top layer includes at least one timber layer, wherein the timber layer is a compressed timber layer with a permanent increased density as compared to an original timber layer, wherein the decorative panel is a square or rectangular floor panel which, at, at least one pair of opposite edges, or at both pairs, includes mechanical coupling allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other such that a locking is created in a vertical direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a coupled edge and in the plane of the coupled panels, the mechanical coupling being in the substrate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventor: Peter Chan
  • Patent number: 12331528
    Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Pieter Devos
  • Patent number: 12331530
    Abstract: Floor element comprising a top layer (102) attached to a substrate layer (104), in which the top layer (102) is itself layered, the top layer (102) comprising: —an optional backing layer (122) made of flexible polymer, —a flexible or semi-rigid polymer layer (124), onto or into which optionally at least one reinforcing layer (126) is attached or embedded, and —a finishing layer comprising a decorative layer (132), a wearing layer (134) thereon and optionally a coating (136) thereon; the substrate layer (104) being a rigid substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Unilin BV
    Inventors: Kristof Van Vlassenrode, Jurgen Goessens
  • Patent number: 12331529
    Abstract: A floor, wall or ceiling panel comprises a core and a decorative top layer provided on the core. The core comprises a magnesium oxide-based board material, and wherein the aforementioned panel, on at least two opposite edges, is provided with coupling means allowing that two of such panels can be interlocked at the respective edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventor: Jan De Rick
  • Patent number: 12325259
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing decorative panels, where the panel includes a panel substrate material and a top decorative layer. The method includes applying the top decorative layer to the panel substrate material at least through additive manufacturing techniques, more particularly through material jetting. The process further concerns panels obtained or obtainable through such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventors: Laurent Meersseman, Benjamin Clement
  • Patent number: 12325148
    Abstract: A process for the production of particle board, MDF board or HDF board includes the step of recycling particle board material, MDF and/or HDF board material in which recycled chips and/or recycled wood fibers are produced. The process includes the step in which the particle board material, the MDF and/or HDF board material is wetted, heated and pressurized, such that this material is kept under pressure and at an elevated temperature for a certain time. The process involves the step of supplying the recycled chips and/or the recycled wood fibers as base material in a production process of particle board, MDF board or HDF board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN, BV
    Inventors: Laurens Allaert, Geert Coudenys, Veronique Hoflack, Jan Goeminne, Koen Nel
  • Patent number: 12325099
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing panels such that the panels are subjected on at least one side to an operation with cutting tools. The position and/or orientation of each panel is determined prior to the operation, and the position and/or orientation of each panel is adjusted prior to the operation and/or the position of the tools is potentially adjusted, such that at least one part of each panel concerned takes a fixed orientation and position in relation to the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventor: Christophe Naeyaert
  • Publication number: 20250178331
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing panels having a substrate and a decorative top layer that may include a printed motif and a transparent or translucent protective layer formed there above. The method may involve providing the substrate including the printed motif. A first finishing layer may be applied for forming a first portion of the protective layer. Recesses may be formed at a surface of the first finishing layer. A second finishing layer may be applied on top of the first finishing layer for forming a second portion of the protective layer. Recesses may be formed at a surface of the second finishing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventor: Bruno VERMEULEN
  • Publication number: 20250178344
    Abstract: A method is provided for printing onto a décor paper and/or a décor foil that may be suitable for being used in decorative panels. The method may involve providing a printable substrate. At least two printed patterns, or at least two groups of printed patterns, may be printed on the printable substrate. The patterns, or the groups of patterns, may be printed by ejecting droplets of ink using at least one inkjet printing head. During the printing, a relative movement between the printable substrate and the inkjet printing head in a printing direction may be performed. A technical area between the two printed patterns or between the two groups of printed patterns may be formed. The technical area may have a length in the printing direction that is lower than 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Unilin, BV
    Inventor: Benjamin CLEMENT