Patents Examined by Alicia J Sawdon
  • Patent number: 11724423
    Abstract: Provided is a mold release film capable of transferring a concave-convex structure to the surface of an adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Sasaki, Yoshihide Sato
  • Patent number: 11718071
    Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicle interior system and associated processes are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a curved glass article disposed on the curved surface. The curved glass article includes a high modulus adhesive layer located on the second major surface. The high modulus adhesive layer has a modulus of elasticity of at least 500 MPa. The high modulus adhesive layer provides crack resistance to the glass article. Methods for forming such glass articles and vehicle interior systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Atul Kumar, Arpita Mitra, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11713499
    Abstract: Composite materials include a steel matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated into the matrix. The composite materials have substantially lower density than steel, and are expected to have appreciable strength. Methods for forming composite steel composites includes combining a reinforcing carbon fiber component, such as a woven polymer, with steel nanoparticles and sintering the steel nanoparticles in order to form a steel matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
  • Patent number: 11701868
    Abstract: A carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure has a low surface roughness and has reduced deformation due to residual stress, changes in temperature, etc., and a processing apparatus that uses the structure, are disclosed. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure (CFRP structure) includes a carbon fiber reinforced plastic member (CFRP member), and a resin layer formed on a first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member, the resin layer including an opposite surface that is opposite to a surface facing the first surface, the opposite surface having a surface roughness that is less than a surface roughness of the first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoneta Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11690932
    Abstract: Multilayer thermoplastic films, and laminates and articles comprising the films, wherein the film comprises at least one inner layer and at least two outer layers, wherein the inner layer comprises a polymeric composition comprising from about 55% to about 95% of one or more non-hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers, olefinic block copolymers, or combinations thereof; and each outer layer comprises at least 20% polypropylene and has a thickness of from about 5% to about 15% of the total film thickness, and further wherein the film has a constant force tear propagation of about 20% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Berry Film Products Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Iyad Muslet
  • Patent number: 11692760
    Abstract: A method of forming an insulated door panel includes folding side flanges of a metallic sheet to define side edges of a structural outer panel that extend from a front panel. A gap is defined between each set of adjacent side edges. Interior blocks are secured to an interior of the structural outer panel proximate each gap to define adhesive cavities. Exterior blocks are positioned at an exterior surface of the structural outer panel at each gap to further define the adhesive cavities. An adhesive is disposed within each adhesive cavity and is contained therein by the interior and exterior blocks. The adhesive is cured to a solid sealing member that adheres the interior blocks to the interior surface of the structural outer panel to form a sealed structural panel. The exterior blocks are removed and each solid sealing member defines a hermetic seal at each gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Gustavo Frattini, Hua Liu
  • Patent number: 11673295
    Abstract: Provided is a mold release film capable of transferring a concave-convex structure to the surface of an adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Sasaki, Yoshihide Sato
  • Patent number: 11673363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rollable display panel. The rollable display panel includes a first structure layer, a second structure layer, and a first adhesive layer stacked between the first structure layer and the second structure layer. The rollable display panel is divided into a rollable area, a strain accumulation area, and a flat area distributed in sequence along a rolling direction. A thickness of a part of the first adhesive layer located in the strain accumulation area is greater than a thickness of a part of the first adhesive layer located in the rollable area or the flat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongxiang Shi, Paoming Tsai, Xuekai Yang, Xiongnan Zhang, Shuang Du, Jiahao Zhang, Ziang Han
  • Patent number: 11667102
    Abstract: A preform includes a stack of a plurality of fiber materials. The fiber materials each include a first fiber layer including a reinforcing fiber and having a sheet shape, in which the reinforcing fiber has a melting point and a tensile strength that are higher than a melting point and a tensile strength of an aliphatic polyamide fiber, and a second fiber layer including the aliphatic polyamide fiber and having a sheet shape, and provided on at least one of surfaces of the first fiber layer. The aliphatic polyamide fiber includes a first polyamide resin and a second polyamide resin having a melting point higher than a melting point of the first polyamide resin by 7 degrees centigrade to 50 degrees centigrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sekine, Keisuke Hamada
  • Patent number: 11655573
    Abstract: Novel fibrous structures that contain filaments, and optionally, solid additives, such as fibers, for example wood pulp fibers, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures, and methods for making such fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Michael Donald Suer, Christopher Michael Young, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Mattias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11649588
    Abstract: Paper with a grammage of 10-100 g/m2 including at least 20 wt. % of microfilaments and at least 20 wt. % of a non-resinous binder, the microfilaments having an average filament length in the range of 2-25 mm and titer less than 1.3 dtex, the non-resinous binder comprising at least one of fibrid or pulp. The paper shows high strength and other attractive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.
    Inventors: Fresia Alvarado Chacon, Richard Visser, Ernst Michael Winkler
  • Patent number: 11642874
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a laminate being excellent in chemical resistance, wear resistance, vibration absorption properties and flame resistance, and having high mechanical strength; and a method for its production. A laminate 1 comprises a fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 which comprises a reinforcing fiber base material and a resin component containing at least 50 vol % of a specific fluororesin, wherein the ratio of the reinforcing fiber base material to the total volume of the reinforcing fiber base material and the resin component is from 0.30 to 0.70, and a specific substrate 10, wherein at least one outermost layer is the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20, and the ratio of the total thickness of the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 to the total thickness of the substrate 10 is from 1/99 to 30/70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Ozawa, Tomoya Hosoda, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 11628922
    Abstract: Provided are stiffened stringer panels with integrated plank structures. An example composite panel comprises a skin member having an inner surface, and a plank on the inner surface. The plank comprises a set of layered laminate plies and extends from a first side to a second side. Each laminate ply of the set of layered laminate plies is sized to form a desired geometric profile for each of the first side and the second side. The composite panel further comprises a stringer including a cap portion that spans from the first side of the plank to the second side of the plank to form a first flange portion and a second flange portion, respectively, on the inner surface of the skin member. Base segments of the cap portion conform to the desired geometric profile of respective first and second sides of the plank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Gregory L. Clark
  • Patent number: 11627670
    Abstract: A display device includes a cover window including a curved portion, and a panel member laminated on the cover window. A method of manufacturing a display device includes mounting a cover window including a curved portion on a first jig including a curved portion, mounting a panel member on a second jig that conforms to a surface of the first jig, and laminating the cover window to the panel member by moving a first one of the first jig or the second jig to a first other one of the first jig or the second jig. An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a first jig including a mount surface that is partially curved to conform to a surface of a cover window, a second jig including a surface conforming to the mount surface and configured to contact a panel member, and a driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Su Lee, Kwan-Young Han, Jong-Hwan Kim, Yong-Youl Cho, Young-Sik Kim, Yang-Han Son, Dae-Hyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11618718
    Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond element includes a polycrystalline diamond table having a body of bonded diamond particles with interstitial regions. A first volume of the body includes an interstitial material and a second volume of the body has a lower concentration of interstitial material within the interstitial regions than the first volume. The polycrystalline diamond element includes an element face and a peripheral surface. The first volume is adjacent to a central portion of the element face and the second volume is adjacent to the peripheral surface. A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond element includes forming a concave region in the polycrystalline diamond element, exposing at least a portion of the concave region to a leaching solution, and removing at least a portion of the polycrystalline diamond element that was exposed to the leaching solution from the polycrystalline diamond element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Adam Hawks, Ryan LeRoy Woodland, Jason Keith Wiggins, David Paul Miess, Mark Pehrson Chapman, Trevor Allen Olsen, Trent Neil Butcher, Michael James Gleason, Matthew Sinclair Brown, Julie Ann Kidd
  • Patent number: 11608410
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film and a laminate comprising the same. The LCP film has a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, and a Kurtosis (Rku) of the first surface ranges from 3.0 to 60.0. With the Rku, the LCP film is able to improve the peel strength with a metal foil and ensure that a laminate comprising the same maintains the merit of low insertion loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Pang Tu, Chia-Hung Wu, Chien-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 11607869
    Abstract: The invention relates to multilayer polymer structures having at least three layers. These layers include a polar capstock layer other than an acrylic, an olefinic substrate layer, and a tie layer. The tie layer is selected from olefinic acrylate copolymers, a block copolymer of vinyl aromatic monomer with an aliphatic conjugated diene or a derivative thereof, a copolymer of olefin and (meth)acrylic acid partially or fully in the salt form, a high impact polystyrene, and/or a vinyl cyanide-containing compound. Each layer could contain multiple sub-layers. The multilayer structure exhibits excellent structural integrity, excellent surface appearance, high impact strength, high scratch resistance, and excellent resistance to UV rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Trinseo Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Charles C. Crabb, Thomas H. Richards, Steven B. Lacock, Florence Mehlmann
  • Patent number: 11591498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible film, more specifically, to a flexible film that not only exhibits high hardness, but also has excellent flexibility. According to the flexible film of the present invention, flexibility, bendability, high hardness, scratch resistance, and high transparency are exhibited, and there is no concern for damage of the film even when bended repeatedly or folded for a long time, and thus, it may be usefully applied for the front panels, display parts of bendable, flexible, rollable, or foldable mobile devices, display devices, various instrument panels, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Kuk Lee, Jin Young Park, Soon Hwa Jung, Yeong Rae Chang, Jung Hyun Seo, Hye Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11584681
    Abstract: A glass composition comprises: 50.0 mol % to 70.0 mol % SiO2; 10.0 mol % to 25.0 mol % Al2O3; 0.0 mol % to 5.0 mol % P2O5; 0.0 mol % to 10.0 mol % B2O3; 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li2O; 1.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na2O; and 0.0 mol % to 1.0 mol % K2O. The sum of all alkali oxides, R2O, present in the glass composition may be in the range from greater than or equal to 11.0 mol % to less than or equal to 23.0 mol %. The sum of Al2O3 and R2O present in the glass composition may be in the range from greater than or equal to 26.0 mol % to less than or equal to 40.0 mol %. The glass composition may satisfy the relationship ?0.1?(Al2O3—(R2O+RO))/Li2O?0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shuo Cui, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jian Luo
  • Patent number: 11571873
    Abstract: A stitched fabric including a foam core and a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the foam core, where the yarn extends over at least a majority of a width and a length of the stitched fabric. In some cases, the yarn and the foam core are free from contact by another layer on either side of the foam core. In some cases, a barrier layer is disposed over at least one side of the foam core and a melted portion of the barrier layer fills a portion of the stitch holes. In some cases, the foam core is a closed cell aerogel foam core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SWNR Development, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin English, Timm Smith, Daniel L. English