Patents Examined by Alicia J Sawdon
  • Patent number: 11565497
    Abstract: A laminate body is provided which contains a thin prepreg having a component (A) containing a matrix of reinforcing fiber, a component (B) containing a thermosetting resin, and a component (C) containing particles of a thermoplastic resin. When molded and cured out of autoclave, the laminate body achieves a fiber-reinforced composite having a low void ratio and providing excellent mechanical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alfred P. Haro, Nobuyuki Arai, Andrew Hideo Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11565451
    Abstract: A resin molded member for a vehicle lamp includes a first resin molded part, a second resin molded part, a bent resin molded part bent and molded to have a groove section between the first resin molded part and the second resin molded part, and a rib wall that is disposed inside the groove section and that is configured to connect between a first inclined wall and a second inclined wall which form the groove section of the bent resin molded part, wherein the rib wall is formed at a position overlapping with a gate mark which is formed on at least one of the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall through injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11565965
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are floor tiles comprising, for instance, a substrate and a surface coating provided on an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the surface coating comprises (i) a base formula comprising a glaze and (ii) solid particles comprising tabular alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron C. Dilbeck, David A. Earl, Terry Adams, Norman Elias, Linda Robledo
  • Patent number: 11554573
    Abstract: A plastic fiber composite material/aluminum laminate having: at least one flat element made of aluminum and/or an aluminum alloy and a plastic fiber composite material comprising a matrix material which has a temporarily flowable and then hardened state initially or at least under a temperature effect. The at least one flat element has etched anchoring structures, the anchoring structures have steps and undercuts, and the anchoring structures are filled and/or enclosed by the matrix material of the plastic fiber composite material. Use of the plastic fiber composite material/aluminum laminate and a method for producing the plastic fiber composite material/aluminum laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
    Inventors: Bjoern Bosbach, Bodo Fiedler, Melike Baytekin-Gerngross, Mark-Daniel Gerngross, Juergen Carstensen, Rainer Adelung
  • Patent number: 11554385
    Abstract: The present invention provides multilayer coated substrates, prepared using primer and/or sealer compositions comprising waterborne curable film-forming compositions, in turn comprising: a) an aqueous dispersion of a pigment and i) polymeric urethane-shell particles having a care-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell comprises a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea polymer; or ii) polymeric acrylic-shell particles having a core-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophilic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers; b) a polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and optionally c) a hydroxyl functional, water dispersible acrylic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul H. Lamers, Casey Marie Sample
  • Patent number: 11524430
    Abstract: The present application provides a structure excellent in sound absorbing performance According to the present invention, provided is a structure comprising a foam molded body and a porous skin sheet, wherein the skin sheet is integrally molded with the foam molded body; the foam molded body and comprises a wide space therein; and Sw/Ft?0.5, where Ft represents the thickness of the foam molded body at a position in which the thickness of the wide space is maximum, and Sw represents the width of the wide space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Minamigawa, Yoshihiro Yamasaki, Yu Igarashi, Tadatoshi Tanji, Ryuichi Ishida
  • Patent number: 11523522
    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: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    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: 11511522
    Abstract: The present invention is an optically clear, curable adhesive including a polyvinylbutyral, a polyurethane (meth)acrylate, a (meth)acrylate monomer, and a photoinitiator. The polyvinylbutyral has a dynamic viscosity of between about 9 and about 13 mPa·s and a polyvinyl alcohol weight percent of less than about 18%. The polyurethane (meth)acrylate includes the reaction product of a diol, at least one diisocyanate, and a hydroxyfunctional (meth)acrylate or an isocyanatofunctional (meth)acrylate. When the optically clear, curable adhesive is placed between two transparent substrates and made into a laminate, the laminate has a haze of less than about 6%, a transmission of greater than about 88%, and an optical clarity of greater than about 98% when cured. The optically clear, curable adhesive also has a peel adhesion of at least about 100 g/cm based on ASTM 3330 when cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Lan Hong Liu, Jianhui Xia, Thomas P. Klun, David A. Kowitz, Audrey A. Sherman
  • Patent number: 11501977
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive layer, a nitride mask layer, a carbon mask layer and an anti-reflective coating stack. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The nitride mask layer is disposed on the conductive layer, wherein the nitride mask layer has a first stress. The carbon mask layer is disposed on the nitride mask layer, wherein the carbon mask layer has a second stress and a difference between the second stress and the first stress is smaller than 200 MPa. The anti-reflective coating stack is disposed on the carbon mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chen-Hao Lien
  • Patent number: 11479501
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article has an improved average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be suppressed by inserting a nanoporous crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, James Joseph Price, Paul Arthur Sachenik
  • Patent number: 11476438
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a display module is provided including a display panel comprising a pixel configured to display an image on a front surface of the display panel. A cover panel is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel. An adhesive film is disposed on the cover panel, and the adhesive film exposes a first portion of the cover panel. A protective film is disposed on the cover panel, and the adhesive film is disposed between the protective film and the cover panel. A step-difference compensation film is disposed between the cover panel and the protective film. The step-difference compensation film covers the first portion of the cover panel exposed by the adhesive film and the step difference compensation film has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kang-Yong Lee, Woosong Kim, Kyungjun Park
  • Patent number: 11458711
    Abstract: A task is to provide a multilayer-structure cloth having excellent water vapor permeability, lightweight properties, stretchability, and thinness, and a method for producing the same and a fiber product. The task is attained by laminating a resin film on single circular knitted fabric which comprises a non-crimped synthetic fiber multifilament having a total fineness of 44 dtex or less, and which has a knitting density that is 45 to 130 course/2.54 cm and 55 to 120 wales/2.54 cm to obtain a multilayer-structure cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogata, Sonomi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11453196
    Abstract: A disclosed reinforcer includes a shrinkable layer able to shrink in a direction of shrinkage, under the effect of a heat-shrink heat treatment, from an initial state to a shrunk state, a first corrugatable layer, which includes a gridwork of filaments added against the shrinkable layer and connected to the shrinkable layer by connection lines spaced apart and extending transversely with respect to the direction of shrinkage, the first corrugatable layer exhibiting a shrinkage that is substantially zero or that is smaller than that of the shrinkable layer, so that, when the shrinkable layer is in the initial state, portions of the first corrugatable layer, each defined between two consecutive connection lines, are bent over and, when the shrinkable layer is in the shrunk state, the portions of the first corrugatable layer are curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Jacques Porcheret, Freddy Macrez, Patrick Ramel
  • Patent number: 11447607
    Abstract: Composite materials include a steel matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber formed of individual fibers penetrating into the matrix to substantial depth. The fibers typically have defined diameters and large ratios of penetration depth to fiber diameter. Specified methods for forming the composite materials have a unique ability to achieve the large ratios of penetration depth to fiber diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
  • Patent number: 11447608
    Abstract: Composite materials include a steel matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated into the matrix, and having unreinforced regions suitable for stamping or other deformation. The composite materials have substantially lower density than steel, and are expected to have appreciable strength within regions having the reinforcing carbon fiber, while having greater deformability in unreinforced regions. Methods for forming composite steel composites includes combining at least two laterally spaced apart reinforcing carbon fiber components, such as a carbon fiber weave, with steel nanoparticles and sintering the steel nanoparticles in order to form a steel matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated therein, and unreinforced regions located in the lateral spaces between carbon fiber components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
  • Patent number: 11426954
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced resin molded article includes a fiber reinforced resin layer, and a functional site made up from a resin layer for molding that does not contain reinforcing fibers. An insert member is retained in an integrated manner in the functional site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Yoshihide Yuza
  • Patent number: 11406927
    Abstract: An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. The air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane. A contact angle of the first porous PTFE membrane with water is in the range of 154° to 165°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Niki, Masaaki Mori, Shiho Wada, Atsushi Daimon, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11407201
    Abstract: A composite member (1) satisfies the following expressions. X/(E×|CTE(B)?CTE(A)|)?50, X/(E×|CTE(B)?CTE(C)|)?50, Y/|CTE(B)?CTE(A)|×L(BA)?50, and Y/|CTE(B)?CTE(C)|×L(BC)?50. X: shear bond strength (MPa) between the heat dissipating base substrate and heat generating member, Y: fracture elongation of the thermoconductive insulating adhesive film, E: modulus of elasticity (MPa) of the thermoconductive insulating adhesive film, CTE(A): linear expansion coefficient (° C.?1) of the heat dissipating base substrate, CTE(B): linear expansion coefficient (° C.?1) of the thermoconductive insulating adhesive film, CTE(C): linear expansion coefficient (° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiichi Sawaguchi, Naohiro Tanaka, Kaori Sakaguchi, Kenji Andou, Hidenobu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11407198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roofing underlay (1), especially one intended for use as roof cladding underlay and/or roof lining membrane, having at least one outer nonwoven layer (2), at least one inner nonwoven layer (3) and at least one microporous membrane layer (4) based on at least one polyolefin plastic, wherein the membrane layer (4) is arranged between the outer nonwoven layer (2) and the inner nonwoven layer. According to the invention, it is provided that at least one further microporous membrane layer (5) based on a polyolefin plastic is provided between the outer nonwoven layer (2) and the inner nonwoven layer and the further membrane layer (5) is separated from the membrane layer (4) by a separating layer (6), wherein the separating layer (6) is water-permeable and/or embodied as a structure made of fibers, especially nonwoven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: EWALD DÖRKEN AG
    Inventors: Ronald Flaig, Thomas Bachon
  • Patent number: 11402148
    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: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Gustavo Frattini, Hua Liu