Patents Examined by Callie E. Shosho
  • Thermosetting adhesive composition, thermosetting adhesive film, and composite film
    Patent number: 10822527
    Abstract: This thermosetting adhesive composition contains as a component (A) a vinyl compound in which a terminal end of a bifunctional polyphenylene ether oligomer is converted to a vinyl group, as a component (B) a maleimide resin, and as a component (C) a thermoplastic elastomer, the equivalent ratio of vinyl groups in the component (A) and maleimide groups in the component (B) being 1.0:0.5 to 1.0:4.0, the proportion of the component (C) in the total weight of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) being 55 to 95% by weight, the ratio of styrene units of the component (C) with respect to the total weight of the component (C) being 10 to 40% by weight, the tensile stress at 100% elongation being 0.1 to 2.9 MPa, and the elongation at break being 100% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Tochihira, Ryu Harada
  • Interlayer for laminated glass and laminated glass
    Patent number: 10814592
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which protrusion of an interlayer film portion in the TD direction can be suppressed at the time of producing laminated glass. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when, in the MD direction of the interlayer film, a birefringence index of the first surface part, a birefringence index of the second surface part, and a birefringence index of the center part are defined as ?nMDA, ?nMDB, and ?nMDC, respectively, ?nMDA, ?nMDB, and ?nMDC each are 0.25×10?3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Izu, Isao Higuchi
  • Glazing comprising a protective coating
    Patent number: 10815148
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one silver-based functional layer, wherein the stack includes a protective coating deposited on top of at least one portion of the functional layer, the protective coating including: a lower protective layer having a thickness of between 1 and 10 nm, a central protective layer based on carbon graphite located on top of the lower protective layer, and an upper protective layer having a thickness of between 1 and 10 nm located on top of the central protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Carlos Lorenzzi, Benoît Georges, Stéphane Laurent
  • High-frequency composite substrate and insulating structure thereof
    Patent number: 10813213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-frequency composite substrate which includes a metal layer and an insulating structure. The insulating structure includes at least one liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layer with dielectric constant ranged from about 2 to about 4. The liquid crystal polymer layer adheres to the metal layer. The high-frequency composite substrate may reduce the adverse effects caused by the Resistor-Capacitor delay (RC delay).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AZOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Jung Lee
  • Self-bonding fluoropolymers and methods of producing the same
    Patent number: 10808054
    Abstract: A method of making expanded fluoropolymer articles thermally bonds portions of expanded fluoropolymers together, without using an adhesive or crushing force, to produce stronger bonds at the joint between the expanded fluoropolymers than the bonds within the constituent expanded fluoropolymers. The method involves placing the portions of expanded fluoropolymers to be thermally bonded together in intimate contact with each other after wet-stretching the expanded fluoropolymers, and removing the wetting agent used to wet-stretch the expanded fluoropolymers, without subsequent expansion or stretching, to yield an expanded fluoropolymer article exhibiting unexpected and superior properties that can be used in a variety of medical and industrial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas M. Swanick
  • Actuator element including fat and oil or water repellent
    Patent number: 10801477
    Abstract: A conductive thin film is composed of a polymer gel including carbon nanotubes, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. At least one selected from the group consisting of fat and oil and a water repellent is included in the polymer gel or in a surface of the polymer gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Takushi Sugino, Kinji Asaka, Isao Takahashi, Tomomasa Takatsuka
  • Bioflavonoid coated materials
    Patent number: 10791735
    Abstract: Polymeric materials are described which have a bioflavonoid coating, the bioflavonoid content of the coating comprising at least naringin and neohesperidin. The use of such coated polymeric materials is also described as well as the process for making the coated polymeric materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: CITROX BIOSCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Howard Thomas, Denis Dowling, Marie G. Katsikogianni
  • Flexible panel and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10788906
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of the flexible panel is provided. Firstly, a carrier substrate is provided. Then, an adhesion layer is formed on the carrier substrate, a flexible substrate is formed on the adhesion layer, and a buffer layer is formed on the flexible substrate. Then, a device layer is formed on the flexible substrate. Next, a separating process is performed for separating the flexible substrate and the device layer from the carrier substrate. According to a relation between a thermal expansion coefficient of the flexible substrate and a thermal expansion coefficient of the carrier substrate, the manufacturing method of the flexible panel selects a pattern of the adhesion layer. The pattern of the adhesion layer includes a frame adhesion structure or a plane adhesion structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: HannStar Display (Nanjing) Corporation, HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Chung Chen, Wei-Chih Hsu, Chen-Hao Su
  • Casting component and method for the application of an anticorrosive layer
    Patent number: 10766064
    Abstract: A casting component and method for the application of an anticorrosive layer to a substrate, such as the casting component, are provided. The casting component for a device for casting a metal melt includes a metallic basic body and a melt contact surface region which is exposed to the metal melt during casting operation. In the casting component, the metallic basic body is provided in the melt contact surface region with an anticorrosive layer which is resistant to the metal melt and which is formed, using microparticles and/or nanoparticles of one or more substances from a substance group which includes borides, nitrides and carbides of the transition metals and their alloys and also of boron and silicon and Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Helmar Dannenmann, Juergen Kurz, Andreas Sydlo, Daniel Gerner
  • Coated film structures with an aluminum oxide intermediate layer
    Patent number: 10766228
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a coated film structure including a substrate layer, an overcoat layer, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the substrate layer and the overcoat layer. The substrate layer includes a polymer film substrate, the overcoat layer includes polyvinyl alcohol, and the at least one intermediate layer includes aluminum oxide. The substrate layer has a thickness from 1 ?m to 120 ?m and the overcoat layer has a dry coat weight of from about 0.05 g/m2 to about 1.5 g/m2. The coated film structure has an oxygen transmission rate of less than about 0.70 cm3/m2/day at 90% relative humidity and 23° C. as measured in accordance with ASTM D3985. Further, the coated film structure has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 1.00 g/m2/day at 90% relative humidity and 37.8° C. as measured in accordance with ASTM E-398.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Michelman, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Jacques, Robin Cooper, Kevin Gillie, Rymma Sushko
  • Method of forming a laminate structure having a plated through-hole using a removable cover layer
    Patent number: 10757819
    Abstract: A core or sub-composite structure is provided including a dielectric layer between a first conductive film and a second conductive film. The first conductive film may include a first peelable/removable cover layer formed on or coupled to a first conductive layer. The second conductive film may include a second peelable/removable cover layer formed on or coupled to a second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SANMINA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Iketani, Dale Kersten
  • Liquid crystal polymer composite and high-frequency composite substrate
    Patent number: 10745621
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer composite is disclosed herein. The liquid crystal polymer composite includes a solvent, a soluble liquid crystal polymer, and an additive. The soluble liquid crystal polymer is dissolved in the solvent. The additive includes an organic polymer or inorganic filler, while the additive is dispersed or dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AZOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Jung Lee
  • Acrylic multilayered film with high weather resistance, and preparation method thereof
    Patent number: 10737472
    Abstract: Provided is an acrylic multilayered film with high weather resistance, comprising an upper film and a lower film, wherein the upper film comprises a polyvinylidene fluoride and a first acrylic copolymer containing a first functional group, and the lower film comprises an acrylic thermoplastic resin and a second acrylic copolymer containing a second functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hwan Seok Park, Chang Hak Shin, Seong Hoon Yue, Jong Hun Lee, Ku Il Park, Deok Ryul Hwang, Yea Ri Song
  • Spiropyran based composition and application thereof as security tag
    Patent number: 10723883
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the spiropyran compound of formula (I), process for preparation thereof and a composition comprising spiropyran compound of formula (I) on a support, wherein said support selected from polymers such as Poly (ethylene oxide), Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Nithyanandhan Jayaraj, Ananthan Alagumalai, Pooja Ramesh Kayasth
  • Conductor composition ink, conductor, laminate, laminated wiring board and electronic equipment
    Patent number: 10717889
    Abstract: A conductor composition ink of the invention includes: (A) a fluorine-containing compound to form a self-assembled monomolecular film; (B) metal particles; and (C) a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kondo
  • Power transmission belt
    Patent number: 10703893
    Abstract: A power transmission belt or hose or other dynamic article with an elastomeric body comprising a rubber composition that includes an ionomeric polymer additive, such as an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer or a butyl ionomer. The rubber body exhibits improved crack growth resistance over the same body composition without the ionomer additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Yuding Feng
  • Corrosion preventative film
    Patent number: 10689524
    Abstract: A process and system to protect an apparatus such as parts, components, equipment, vehicles and the like from environmental effects such as corrosion or rust using the oil-based VCI and a water-based film. In one aspect of the disclosure, the water-based film can be applied on top of a layer of an oil-based VCI that has been applied on an apparatus such as a vehicle (described below). In other aspects of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is mixed in with the water-based film and then applied on top of the apparatus. In still other aspect of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is applied on top of a layer of water-based film that has been applied to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Spangler, Brent Skinner, Anca Marcu, Salwa Batour Zoghbi
  • Corrosion preventative film
    Patent number: 10689525
    Abstract: A process and system to protect an apparatus such as parts, components, equipment, vehicles and the like from environmental effects such as corrosion or rust using the oil-based VCI and a water-based film. In one aspect of the disclosure, the water-based film can be applied on top of a layer of an oil-based VCI that has been applied on an apparatus such as a vehicle (described below). In other aspects of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is mixed in with the water-based film and then applied on top of the apparatus. In still other aspect of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is applied on top of a layer of water-based film that has been applied to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Spangler, Brent Skinner, Anca Marcu, Salwa Batour Zoghbi
  • Interlayer for laminated glass, and laminated glass
    Patent number: 10683694
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass includes first, second, and third layers containing a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer. The cloud point of the first layer is lower than both the cloud point of the second layer and the cloud point of the third layer. Both the absolute value XA of a difference between the cloud point of the first layer and the cloud point of the second layer and the absolute value XB of a difference between the cloud point of the first layer and the cloud point of the third layer are 118° C. or more, and when a content of the plasticizer in the interlayer film for laminated glass relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin in the interlayer film for laminated glass is defined as Y, Y??0.16 XA+60 and Y??0.16XB+60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwamoto, Nami Minakuchi
  • Electrical steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10669432
    Abstract: An insulating coating film obtained by mixing 0.5 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass of a copolymer of a fluoroolefin and an ethylenically unsaturated compound when converted into a solid content with 100 parts by mass in solid content of a mixture composed of a metal phosphate and a specific organic resin or a mixture composed of colloidal silica and a specific organic resin is designed to be provided on a surface of an electrical steel sheet, and in this manner, it is possible to obtain an electrical steel sheet having good corrosion resistance under a wet environment and having good properties related to the insulating coating film such as a space factor and adhesiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takeda, Kenji Kosuge, Tatsuya Takase, Koji Muneda