Patents Examined by Arti Singh
  • Dip-formed article and protective glove
    Patent number: 11234469
    Abstract: A dip-formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer is laminated on a fiber base material. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.2 to 0.8 mm, the rubber constituting the rubber layer penetrates into the fiber base material, the maximum depth to which the rubber has penetrated into the fiber base material is 0.1 to 0.3 mm, and the maximum stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro Igari, Shinji Kato, Tetsuya Akabane, Tomoya Taniyama
  • Moisture management support garment with a denier differential mechanism
    Patent number: 11214898
    Abstract: A moisture management fabric using denier differential to facilitate the movement of sweat away from the wearer's body is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment constructed from an exemplary moisture management fabric is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment is a moisture transporting sport bra. A denier differential is employed to provide superior moisture transporting and evaporation of perspiration from a wearer during exertion. The denier differential relies upon a facing layer and a back layer with substantially different yarn thickness and fabric porosity to achieve fluid transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Rebecca P. Hurd, Susan L. Sokolowski
  • Low permeability and high strength fabric and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11214895
    Abstract: An uncoated woven fabric of yarn formed from synthetic fibers woven in the warp direction and weft direction to form a top surface and a bottom surface wherein at least a portion of the yarn on the top surface or at least a portion of the yarn on the bottom surface has fibers with a permanently modified cross-section and that are fused together is provided. Methods for production and use of this fabric in application to products such as automobile airbags, sailcloths, inflatable slides, temporary shelters, tents, ducts, coverings and printed media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: INV PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Hunt, Varunesh Sharma
  • Airbag module
    Patent number: 11203828
    Abstract: An airbag textile containing a woven textile having an inner side and an outer side, a primer layer on the outer side of the textile and a gas barrier layer on the primer layer. The primer layer contains a first thermoplastic polymer and has a surface roughness and a plurality of holes extending at least partially through the thickness of the primer layer. The gas barrier layer contains a second thermoplastic polymer and at least partially fills in the surface roughness and holes of the primer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventor: Ramesh Keshavaraj
  • Fabric for electric-arc protective clothing, and electric-arc protective clothing
    Patent number: 11198957
    Abstract: A fabric for arc-protective garments includes first yarns and second yarns different from the first yarns. The first yarns include first modacrylic fibers, and the first modacrylic fibers contain an infrared absorber in an amount of 2.5 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the first modacrylic fibers. The weight of the infrared absorber per unit area in the fabric for arc-protective garments is 0.05 oz/yd2 or more. An arc-protective garment includes the fabric for arc-protective garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Sato, Yoshitomo Matsumoto, Tatsuro Ohzeki, Wataru Mio, Yasunori Tanaka, Yuto Utsunomiya, Tomoya Matsushima
  • Vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable, corrosion-inhibiting composites and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11193236
    Abstract: Vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable, corrosion-inhibiting composites are disclosed herein. For instance, disclosed herein are composites comprising a first layer comprising a first nonwoven; and a second layer adjacent to and mechanically integrated with the first layer, the second layer comprising a polymer having a melt flow index of about 10 g/10 mins to about 200 g/10 mins, and a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the composite has a moisture vapor transmission rate of from about 25 g/m2/day to about 1000 g/m2/day when measured at about 23° C. and about 50% relative humidity. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Andrew Hickie
  • Three-dimensional woven preforms for omega stiffeners
    Patent number: 11192312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a 3D woven omega-shaped stiffener by flat weaving a plurality of layers of interwoven warp and weft fibers to form a flat woven fabric having a cap portion, a first and a second web portion, a first and second foot portion, and an inner wrap portion. The 3D woven fabric is woven so that least some of the weft fibers are continuous across a juncture between the web portion and the foot portions. The flat woven fabric is then formed into the omega shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Goering
  • Composite having optically transparent resin layer
    Patent number: 11162213
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a composite includes a substrate and an optically transparent resin layer formed on the substrate. The substrate includes a woven fabric and a composition layer formed on the woven fabric and including tetrafluoroethylene resin and silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Chukoh Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Tamura, Yuto Yamaguchi
  • Expandable and flexible garment yoke and garment with same
    Patent number: 11154096
    Abstract: A garment has a yoke attached to the garment body, wherein the yoke is formed from a material having stretch and recovery in at least two directions thereof. The material may be formed from a fusible substrate combined with a particular fabric having stretch properties. The yoke may have an inner piece and an outer piece having substantially the same shape and size as the inner piece, and wherein at least one of the inner piece and the outer piece is formed from a material formed from a fusible substrate combined with a particular fabric having stretch properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Talon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Sydney Roup
  • Skin material
    Patent number: 11131060
    Abstract: In a skin material, a front face of a first fibrous base material is a first color and a front face of a second fibrous base material is a second color. The second fibrous base material is laminated on a back face of the first fibrous base material. A through hole of the first fibrous base material penetrates the first fibrous base material in a laminating direction. A dimension of the through hole in a first direction is set to a first value (N1). A dimension of the through hole in a second direction is set to a second value (N2). A dimension of the through hole in the laminating direction is set to a third value (N3). The first value (N1) and the second value (N2) are set to be 0.38 times or more and 12 times or less with respect to the third value (N3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Yusuke Wanibuchi
  • Fabric for airbag, coated fabric for airbag, and airbag using same
    Patent number: 11130467
    Abstract: An airbag fabric comprising a synthetic fiber, the fiber having a total fineness of 200 to 400 dtex, and the fabric having an average edgecomb resistance retention in the warp and weft directions after heating at 210° C. for 30 seconds of 60% or more and a residual shrinkage of 1.5% or less in both the warp and weft directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Kamimura, Tsutomu Akechi
  • Fabric and protective product
    Patent number: 11118287
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth and a protective product that have lightweight properties, wearing comfort, and further protection performance against electric arcs. A means for resolution is a cloth including a spun yarn containing a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, wherein the cloth has a lightness index L-value of 25 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimada, Kenji Iwashita
  • Fire protection element having a carrier fabric
    Patent number: 11103734
    Abstract: A fire-protection element includes a carrier material having a carrier fabric; an intumescent material, which is applied to at least one surface of the carrier material and which forms elongated structures when heat is applied. The carrier material has a carrier fabric having loops for receiving the elongate structures of the intumescent material that arise when heat is applied and for hooking together with said elongated structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HILTI ATIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Christian Foerg
  • Garment
    Patent number: 11104106
    Abstract: A garment has an excellent feel as well as cold protective properties and waterproof breathable performance. The garment includes a multi-layer woven fabric comprising a face-side fabric, a back-side fabric, a filling packed between the face-side fabric and the back-side fabric, and a waterproof breathable membrane, the face-side fabric and the back-side fabric being woven together to form the multi-layer woven fabric, the waterproof breathable membrane being provided on one surface of the multi-layer woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Hajime Takayanagi
  • Process for forming an airbag
    Patent number: 11098426
    Abstract: An airbag textile containing a woven textile having an inner side and an outer side, a primer layer on the outer side of the textile and a gas barrier layer on the primer layer. The primer layer contains a first thermoplastic polymer and has a surface roughness and a plurality of holes extending at least partially through the thickness of the primer layer. The gas barrier layer contains a second thermoplastic polymer and at least partially fills in the surface roughness and holes of the primer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventor: Ramesh Keshavaraj
  • Elastic laminates, method of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 11090916
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multilayer laminate comprising a film comprising an ethylene-based elastomer; a first non-woven layer in contact with a first surface of the film; and a second non-woven layer in contact with a second surface of the film; wherein the second surface of the film is opposedly disposed to the first surface of the film; wherein at least one of the first non-woven layer or the second non-woven layer comprises a non-woven web; and wherein the non-woven web is formed from a bicomponent fiber having a first component comprising an polyethylene-based polymer and a second component comprising a polymer having a melting point that is higher than the polyethylene-based polymer, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the bicomponent fiber comprises the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jacquelyn A. Degroot, Vivek Kalihari, Adriana M. Velasquez, Selim Bensason, Fabricio Arteaga Larios
  • Engineered composite systems
    Patent number: 11090898
    Abstract: A system for providing improved engineered-composite materials, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Roland Joseph Downs, Christopher Michael Adams, Jon Michael Holweger, Wesley Edward Hatcher, Keith Joel McDaniels
  • Hygiene product
    Patent number: 11083817
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hygiene product comprising at least one layer of a nonwoven wherein the nonwoven layer comprises man-made cellulosic fibers wherein the layer or the layers has or have a rewet value of equal to or less than 30% and a liquid strike through time of equal to or less than 6 seconds for the use in disposable hygiene products, such as diapers, feminine pads and incontinence products or in wet wipes like toilet wipes, facial wipes, cosmetic wipes, baby wipes and sanitary wipes for cleaning and disinfection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Shayda Rahbaran, Bianca Schachtner
  • Flexible composite systems and methods
    Patent number: 11072143
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an improved flexible-composite material is described that comprises at least one scrim constructed from at least two unidirectional tape layers bonded together and at least one woven fabric, non-woven fabric, or membrane bonded to the scrim. In various embodiments, the unidirectional tape layers comprise a plurality of parallel fiber bundles comprising monofilaments within an adhesive resin. In various embodiments, the fiber bundles are separated by gaps that can be filled in by adhesive or non-adhesive resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Adams, Wesley Edward Hatcher, Keith Joel McDaniels
  • Metalized fiber mat
    Patent number: 11076514
    Abstract: Conductive, lightweight, corrosion-resistant fiber mats are described herein. More particularly a metalized fiber mat of non-woven fibers has a conductive metal coating of a uniform thickness and a corrosion-resistant metal coating of a uniform thickness. Methods of producing such fiber mats are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Anant K. Singh, Peter S. Schuler