Patents Examined by Brian Handville
  • Patent number: 12208605
    Abstract: A method for making a laminated glazing panel is described. A bolt having a head portion and a stem portion extending therefrom is positioned in a hole in a sheet of glazing material so that a first surface of the head portion is faces in the direction of a first major surface of the sheet of glazing material and the stem portion extends beyond a second major surface of the sheet of glazing material. A sheet of adhesive interlayer material is positioned on the first major surface of the sheet of glazing material to cover the first surface of the head portion. Suitable lamination conditions are used to laminate the sheet of adhesive interlayer material to the sheet of glazing material. During lamination, fluid trapped between the first surface of the head portion and the sheet of adhesive interlayer material is removed via a fluid pathway associated with the stem portion. Laminated glazing panels made using the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventor: Michael John Davidson
  • Patent number: 12195339
    Abstract: A graphene structure can include multiple graphene layers stacked into a perturbed symmetry. A first graphene layer can be situated a first rotational angle with respect to a rotational axis extending perpendicularly through the first graphene layer, and a second graphene layer can be situated atop the first graphene layer at a second rotational angle with respect to the rotational axis. A third graphene layer can be situated atop the second graphene layer at a third rotational angle with respect to the rotational axis, and the third rotational angle can be different than the second rotational angle. Additional graphene layers can be successively stacked onto the graphene structure, with each layer being set at a different rotational angle than the previous layer. Six total graphene layers can be stacked. The relationship of the ratios between all rotational angles can forms an arithmetic, geometric, or Fibonacci sequence, or another pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Physics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gianni Martire
  • Patent number: 12180627
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber article includes: a contact step of, while transferring a plurality of first fibers, bringing a plurality of resin particles formed of high molecules that can be fiberized into contact with the plurality of first fibers; a first processing step of applying an external force to the plurality of first fibers brought into contact with the plurality of resin particles and narrowing gaps between fibers; and a second processing step of, by relieving the external force applied to the plurality of first fibers brought into contact with the plurality of resin particles, forming second fibers from the plurality of resin particles, the second fibers each having an outer diameter that is smaller than each of the first fibers and is set to a value in a range of 30 nm or more to 1.0 ?m or less, and forming a fiber composite including the first fibers and the second fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaya Omura, Junko Makino, Yuki Tsukamoto, Fuai Uehara, Hiroaki Shintani
  • Patent number: 12173128
    Abstract: The invention has as its object the provision of a metal-fiber reinforced plastic composite able to more reliably prevent occurrence of an electrolytic corrosion action when forming a composite of a metal member and a fiber reinforced plastic layer comprising reinforcing fiber (carbon fiber) and a matrix resin. A metal-fiber reinforced plastic composite 1 according to the present invention comprises a metal member 10, an insulating layer 30 arranged on at least part of a surface of the metal member 10 and comprising a first matrix resin 31 containing nonconductive fiber 32, and a CFRP layer 40 arranged on at least part of a surface of the insulating layer 30 and comprising a second matrix resin 41 containing carbon fiber 42, wherein, when viewing the surface of the metal member 10 from vertically above, the CFRP layer 40 is positioned at the inside of a region where the insulating layer 30 is present and an outer edge of the CFRP layer 40 and an outer edge of the insulating layer 30 are 0.2 mm or more apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Koori, Kohei Ueda, Atsuo Koga, Masaharu Ibaragi, Noriyuki Negi, Masafumi Usui
  • Patent number: 12171322
    Abstract: A hair holder (1) of the present invention has a tubular body (2) which has: a first opening (21) located at one end; and a second opening (22) located at the other end, and which is configured to allow a lock of hair (H) to be inserted from the first opening (21) toward the second opening (22) and to be capable of being rolled up. The tubular body (2) has a longitudinal direction and a width direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The tubular body (2) has two sheets that form outer surfaces. At least one of the two sheets is formed of a color-changeable sheet that satisfies conditions (1) and (2) below: (1) an L* value in an L*a*b* color coordinate space is 90 or less; and (2) a color difference ?E*ab value in the L*a*b* color coordinate space between before and after impregnation with a standard hair treatment agent is 1.0 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kibe, Takehiko Tojo
  • Patent number: 12150498
    Abstract: Disclosed are body impact protection systems. The body impact protection system may comprise at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network. Another embodiment may be directed to a protection system comprising at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network overlapping and adjacent to at least one liner or gel. Further embodiments may comprise the combination of multiple body impact protection systems in a single protective garment or device. Impact protection systems may be designed to protect various body features, such as for example, the head, shoulders, elbows, arms, wrists, hands, chest, torso, thighs, knees, shins, ankles, feet, and the like. The inventive body impact protection system affords more protection from the force of an impact and comfort than conventional body impact protection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: PINWREST DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Foster, Mark Panko, Stacy Weiland
  • Patent number: 12145715
    Abstract: A composite element and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite element comprises a first skin plate and second skin plate, which are manufactured as separate pieces and are assembled in a separate phase. At least the first skin plate comprises several protrusions on an outer surface of the plate. The protrusions serve as local stiffeners and are further stiffened by means of one or more additional composite structures arranged inside the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Patria Aerostructures Oy
    Inventor: Mika Mustakangas
  • Patent number: 12140182
    Abstract: A composite shaft has a fiber orientation that is a combination of fibers perpendicular to each other and a longitudinal axis of the shaft; and a second composite layer disposed at an angle ranging between 25 to 45 degrees+/?3 degrees from the fibers in the first composite layer; a third composite layer disposed at an angle ranging between 7 to 13 degrees+/?3 degrees from the fibers in the second composite layer and each subsequent transition layer(s); a fourth composite layer disposed at an angle ranging between 25 to 45 degrees+/?3 degrees from the fibers in the third composite layer(s); and a fifth composite generally perpendicular +/?3 degrees to each other and the fibers in the fourth composite layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Scott David Poster, Steven Kirk Spears
  • Patent number: 12138887
    Abstract: A dynamic multi-pane insulating assembly and system including methods for dynamically maintaining the thermal resistance value of the assembly and system. The dynamic multi-pane insulating assembly and system includes an interior pane and first and second exterior panes. The first exterior pane and a first side of the interior pane defines an evacuated gap in communication with a vacuum source and a second side of the interior pane and the second exterior pane defines a pressurized gap in communication with the source of pressurized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kattmann Elias, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Tyler Kattmann, Christian Michael Elias, Christopher Ryan Price
  • Patent number: 12128649
    Abstract: A laminated glass pane, such as a front pane for a motor vehicle, includes at least two glass layers including a first glass layer and a second glass layer. The laminated glass pane includes a film disposed between the first and second glass layers. The laminated glass pane includes a metallic layer disposed on the first glass layer or the second glass layer, in which the metallic layer includes a recess. The laminated glass plane includes a first black print grid at least partially covering the recess of the metallic layer. The laminated glass plane includes an antenna structure disposed between the first and second glass layers, in which the antenna structure is covered by the first black print grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Lars Reichardt
  • Patent number: 12112866
    Abstract: A stacked structure for a stretchable device includes a stretchable layer including an elastic polymer, and a conductive layer on the stretchable layer and including a metal, wherein the stretchable layer includes a first depth region and a second depth region sequentially disposed in a depth direction from a surface of the stretchable layer that is in contact with the conductive layer and the first depth region includes the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeongjun Lee, Joo Young Kim, Youngjun Yun, Hyun Bum Kang, Jong Won Chung
  • Patent number: 12104028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ionic gel film preparation method, a chemical sensor and preparation method thereof, relating to the field of sensor technology. The preparation method of ionic gel film includes: blending a vinyl-free ionic liquid with a vinyl-containing ionic liquid and a specified additive to obtain a homogenous solution, taking a predetermined amount of the homogenous solution and dropping it onto a first substrate equipped with interdigital electrodes, flattening the homogenous solution on the first substrate using a second substrate, curing the flattened homogenous solution on the first substrate using ultraviolet light of a preset wavelength, and curing until the vinyl-containing ionic liquid polymerizes in situ to form an ionic gel film. The preparation method of ionic gel film, chemical sensor, and preparation method thereof of the present disclosure have the advantages of good device consistency, high conductivity, and good sensing performance when using the ionic gel film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Tongji University
    Inventors: Jia Huang, Li Li, Tongrui Sun
  • Patent number: 12104296
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a flap-equipped knitted fabric including a flap part, which is configured such that the flap part moves when wet, allowing for changes in the air permeability or appearance of the flap-equipped knitted fabric, and also a textile product. As a means for resolution, for example, in a flap-equipped knitted fabric including a ground structure part and a flap part, the flap part is pouch-shaped, and the flap part contains a conjugate fiber obtained by joining a polyester component and a polyamide component in a side-by-side manner or an eccentric sheath-core manner, thereby making the flap part movable upon wetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogata, Takanori Harage, Sonomi Shibata
  • Patent number: 12090722
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present subject matter, a method of forming a linear panel includes drawing a multi-layer panel material assembly having differing inner and outer material layers along a processing path. The method also includes heating the panel material assembly. In addition, the method includes forming the heated panel material assembly into a desired shape as the assembly is drawn along the processing path. Additionally, in another aspect of the present subject matter, a linear panel includes a body formed from a multi-layer panel material assembly having differing inner and outer material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Pieter van Rees
  • Patent number: 12084153
    Abstract: A lightweight and portable seat step includes a series of laminated flexible layers with a void defined inside of a middle flexible layer to accommodate a thin but very stiff or rigid sheet of material as compared to the flexible layers. The stiff sheet is surrounded by the remainder of the flexible material of the layer that forms a flexible perimeter and the adjacent layers of material. Together, the flexible layers and stiff sheet function as a monolithic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick McNaughton
  • Patent number: 12011872
    Abstract: A process for making a layered multi-material structural element having controlled mechanical failure characteristics. The process includes the steps of: supplying a cementitious layer and forming a polymer layer on the cementitious layer by additive manufacture such that the polymer layer has a first thickness and the cementitious layer has a second thickness, wherein the polymer layer comprises a polymer and the cementitious layer comprises a cementitious material; and allowing the polymer from the polymer layer to suffuse into the cementitious layer for a period of time to obtain a suffused zone in the cementitious layer such that the suffused zone has a third thickness that is less than half the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
  • Patent number: 11999515
    Abstract: Provided herein is a furniture wrapping system. The furniture wrapping system includes a film roll support configured to unroll a first film across a path of the furniture article in a first direction, such that the film roll support positions a film barrier across the path. The furniture wrapping system includes a conveyor mechanism configured to carry the furniture article along the path and into the barrier. The furniture wrapping system includes a sealer configured to extend across the path to form a seal such that the furniture article is partially enclosed in the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
  • Patent number: 11993002
    Abstract: A process for making a layered multi-material structural element having controlled mechanical failure characteristics. The process includes the steps of: supplying a cementitious layer and forming a polymer layer on the cementitious layer by additive manufacture such that the polymer layer has a first thickness and the cementitious layer has a second thickness, wherein the polymer layer comprises a polymer and the cementitious layer comprises a cementitious material; and allowing the polymer from the polymer layer to suffuse into the cementitious layer for a period of time to obtain a suffused zone in the cementitious layer such that the suffused zone has a third thickness that is less than half the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
  • Patent number: 11993003
    Abstract: A process for making a layered multi-material structural element having controlled mechanical failure characteristics. The process includes the steps of: supplying a cementitious layer and forming a polymer layer on the cementitious layer by additive manufacture such that the polymer layer has a first thickness and the cementitious layer has a second thickness, wherein the polymer layer comprises a polymer and the cementitious layer comprises a cementitious material; and allowing the polymer from the polymer layer to suffuse into the cementitious layer for a period of time to obtain a suffused zone in the cementitious layer such that the suffused zone has a third thickness that is less than half the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
  • Patent number: 11975998
    Abstract: A component of glass or glass ceramic having predamages arranged along at least one predetermined dividing line is provided. The dividing line has a row of predamages lying one behind the other. The predamages pass continuously through the glass or the glass ceramic with at least 90% of the predamages being cylindrically symmetrical. The glass or the glass ceramic has a material compaction of at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about a longitudinal axis of respective pre-damaged points. The relative weight loss per pre-damaged point is less than 10% and the component has a thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Ortner, Jonas Schatz, Michael Kluge