Patents Examined by Brian Handville
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Patent number: 12208605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Pilkington Group LimitedInventor: Michael John Davidson
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Patent number: 12195339Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Applied Physics, Inc.Inventor: Gianni Martire
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Patent number: 12180627Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaya Omura, Junko Makino, Yuki Tsukamoto, Fuai Uehara, Hiroaki Shintani
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Patent number: 12173128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masumi Koori, Kohei Ueda, Atsuo Koga, Masaharu Ibaragi, Noriyuki Negi, Masafumi Usui
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Patent number: 12171322Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kibe, Takehiko Tojo
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Patent number: 12150498Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: PINWREST DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLCInventors: Bruce Foster, Mark Panko, Stacy Weiland
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Patent number: 12145715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Patria Aerostructures OyInventor: Mika Mustakangas
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Patent number: 12140182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Scott David Poster, Steven Kirk Spears
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Patent number: 12138887Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Kattmann Elias, LLCInventors: Thomas Tyler Kattmann, Christian Michael Elias, Christopher Ryan Price
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Patent number: 12128649Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Lars Reichardt
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Patent number: 12112866Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeongjun Lee, Joo Young Kim, Youngjun Yun, Hyun Bum Kang, Jong Won Chung
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Patent number: 12104028Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Tongji UniversityInventors: Jia Huang, Li Li, Tongrui Sun
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Patent number: 12104296Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki Ogata, Takanori Harage, Sonomi Shibata
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Patent number: 12090722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.Inventor: Pieter van Rees
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Patent number: 12084153Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventor: Patrick McNaughton
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Patent number: 12011872Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
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Patent number: 11999515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCInventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
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Patent number: 11993002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
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Patent number: 11993003Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Peter Boul, Muhammad Rahman, Carl Thaemlitz, Pulickel Ajayan
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Patent number: 11975998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Ortner, Jonas Schatz, Michael Kluge