Patents Examined by Catherine A. Simone
  • Patent number: 12145345
    Abstract: Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Individual rods include aligned unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. A plurality of rods are loosely attached, e.g. knitted, together with a coupling that allows for each rod to be axially displaced, e.g. slideable, relative to another rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TPI Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Nolet, James Hannan
  • Patent number: 12138367
    Abstract: The present invention provides a scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method of manufacturing the same. The scaffold for tissue regeneration of the present invention includes grooves and ridges formed on one surface thereof, wherein the grooves or ridges have a plurality of nanopores formed thereon, thereby providing an environment suitable for attachment, differentiation, growth, and migration of cells. Therefore, the scaffold may be effectively used as a material for tissue regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jangho Kim, Woochan Kim
  • Patent number: 12128659
    Abstract: A laminate vial includes a first laminate sheet including an outer paper layer and a middle barrier layer joined with the outer layer, the middle barrier layer joined with an inner layer formed of a plastic material. Also included is a second laminate sheet including an outer paper layer and a middle barrier layer joined with the outer layer, the middle barrier layer joined with an inner layer formed of a plastic material. The first laminate sheet is joined to the second laminate sheet to define a seal and a cavity. Recycled materials may be used in all of the layers of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: R. Charles Murray
  • Patent number: 12128293
    Abstract: A ski, snowboard, or other gliding board for snow sports includes a horizontally-laminated core of at least first and second wooden layers overlying a low-friction base, and a layer of high-modulus non-wooden material, such as carbon fiber composite, overlying the core. The second wooden layer overlies at least a portion of the first wooden layer and preferably has a flexural modulus that is greater than a flexural modulus of the first layer. The wooden materials and dimensions of the first and second layers are selected to provide improved vibration damping. Manufacturing methods resulting in reduced waste and improved vibration damping performance are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Drake Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Laakso, James Eckels, Nick Pascoe, Seth Payne, Stephan Drake, Peter Turner, Kam K. Leang
  • Patent number: 12128650
    Abstract: Laminated automotive glazing, once limited to just the windshield, is finding more and more application in other positions in vehicles due to its ability to reduce weight, as well as to improve passenger safety, security and comfort. Designing a laminate that can serve as a direct replacement for tempered glass can be challenging Tempered glass is 4 to 5 times stronger than annealed glass and the lamination process has limitations that are not present with tempered. In particular, it is difficult to produce thin laminated glazing with holes. The laminate of the invention comprises strengthened thin glass layers in combination with laminated inserts to provide a thin laminated glazing with holes that has all of the advantages inherent in a laminate while retaining the reliability and utility of a tempered part and further can serve as a direct replacement for a tempered part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AGP America S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Iván Cornejo, Osmar Curi, Jurgen De Schepper
  • Patent number: 12128653
    Abstract: A display device includes a support member including a through-hole, a polymer film disposed above a support member, a display panel disposed above a polymer film, a protective layer disposed above a display panel, and an electronic module. The polymer film includes a protrusion portion protruding toward the support member. The electronic module is disposed in a position corresponding to the through-hole and facing the protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ohjune Kwon, Chanho Moon, Junghan Seo, Sunghoon Yang
  • Patent number: 12122184
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative material having a stereoscopic visual effect and a better feel. A decorative material comprising at least a base material, comprising a first region and a second region within a plane of the decorative material when seen in planar view, wherein the first region includes a peelable ink decoration layer disposed on the base material and a first recess formed immediately above the peelable ink decoration layer, and the second region includes a second recess deeper than the first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Nishine, Takeru Ogasawara, Takaho Saito
  • Patent number: 12122908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite material comprising glass fiber and a polymer blend comprising polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS), wherein the composite material comprises about 10 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of glass fibre, and wherein the polymer blend comprises about 20 wt-% to about 60 wt-% of PLA and about 40 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of PBS. The disclosure also relates to an article comprising the reinforced composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ARCTIC BIOMATERIALS OY
    Inventors: Timo Lehtonen, Mika Laakkonen
  • Patent number: 12104368
    Abstract: A composite panel exhibiting high flexural strength while reducing mass as compared with conventional composite panels is provided. The improved panel includes a rigid frame having outer edges defining a perimeter of the panel and inner edges defining a perimeter of a structural filler chamber, wherein the frame has a thickness at its outer edges that is narrower than at its inner edges; first and second sheet-like material layers bonded to opposite sides of the rigid frame to define, together with the inner edges of the rigid frame, a volume of the structural filler chamber; and a structural filler disposed in the chamber to provide compressive strength between the sheet-like material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Merged Materials
    Inventor: Randolph Woellper
  • Patent number: 12104673
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an inflatable shock-absorbing cellular structure (1) which consists of two sealed sheets (10, 11) welded together along weld lines (100) that define inflatable cells (2), said inflatable cells (2) being arranged according to at least one two-dimensional matrix (MA) of n rows (L1-L6) and m columns (C1-C6) of cells (2), n and m being the same or different integers, each greater than or equal to 2, a peripheral cell (2) of the matrix (MA) being connected to an inflation nozzle (4). Said structure is characterised in particular in that: —the cells (2) are not contiguous; —the cells (2) of the row and/or column to which the peripheral cell (2) connected to the inflation nozzle (4) belongs communicate with one another through a channel (3) forming a constriction, while each remaining cell (2) of the matrix (MA) is also connected to at least one of the neighbouring cells (2) of the same row and/or the same column through a communication channel (3) forming a constriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: PRO SHOP RXR
    Inventor: David Schuller
  • Patent number: 12103273
    Abstract: A floor, wall, or ceiling panel and to a method for producing same. The panel has a base made of a wood material and an upper veneer. The base and the veneer are hot-pressed together while incorporating a resin layer. During the pressing process, pores, cracks, and/or gaps in the veneer are filled with resin. In particular, the pressing process is carried out such that the veneer is saturated with resin, and the resin can be seen on the surface of the veneer after the pressing process. The adhesion of the veneer to the base and the smoothing of the veneer are thus carried out in one operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Guido Schulte
  • Patent number: 12097676
    Abstract: Core element for sandwich elements, wherein the core element has at least two hemisphere panels which are combined with one another, wherein each hemisphere panel has, between planar portions, and spaced apart from one another, uniform hemispherical elevations, wherein the two or in each case two hemisphere panels face one another by way of their elevations, wherein, with two or in each case two hemisphere panels combined with one another, the elevations of one hemisphere panel each bear with their apexes or apex surfaces against a planar portion of the other hemisphere panel, and wherein two hemisphere panels are connected to one another by virtue of the elevations being connected, in the region of their apexes or apex surfaces, to the planar portion of the other or another hemisphere panel against which they bear. Moreover, the invention also relates to the use of a core element and to a method for producing a core element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Bieler
  • Patent number: 12090690
    Abstract: Provided are a foamed product with a high level of design, and the like. The problem is solved by a foamed product including: a foam medium with a first part protruded by foaming and a second part that is lower than the first part; and a decorative part with a plurality of decorative particles, formed only in the second part of the first part and the second part, and a manufacturing method for a foamed product, including: a first step of foaming a foam medium to form, in the foam medium, a first part protruded by the foaming and a second part that is lower than the first part; and a second step of fixing a plurality of decorative particles only to the second part of the first part and the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Yamada, Isao Kurashima
  • Patent number: 12083776
    Abstract: An adhesive wrapping system is provided. The adhesive wrapping system has a flexible sheet of material which has a planar layer and an opposing padding layer. The padding layer comprises a plurality of concave recessions, which when mated with the planar layer, forms gas-filled bubbles that provide a cushioning surface. The sheet of material further comprises a plurality of perforations which are linearly disposed across the sheet to provide a user with the ability to select a size and shape of material to be used. An adhesive is also disposed along at least one length of the sheet of material which secures the material to a desired surface, such as the sheet of material itself. A removable adhesive covering is disposed over the adhesive to preserve the adhesive until the adhesive is exposed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Dana Price
  • Patent number: 12077962
    Abstract: The invention relates to plate that comprises an upper strip (1), a lower strip (2), both of which are flat, and a multidirectionally folded, curved or undulate intermediate structure (3) arranged between the upper strip (1) and the lower strip (2), and which is joined to the upper (1) and lower (2) strips at contact zones or connection points (4) and (5), intermittently located and distributed, such that it defines at least two chambers, channels or hollow spaces, interstitial (6) and (7) and continuous, which extend throughout the plate in at least two different directions. This way, a lightweight plate is obtained that is structurally, acoustically and thermally resistant, easy to systematically manufacture or mount and can be efficiently used as an integral system for constructing slabs and similar, since the inner holes can also be used as integrated accessible channels for installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Fernandez Herrero
  • Patent number: 12076972
    Abstract: In order to thermally cure a thermosetting adhesive quickly and with less energy, the bonded article (10) according to the present invention comprises an adherend member (1) having a thermal conductivity of 1 w/m·K or more, an adherend member (2) made of a material which can adhere to the adherend member (1), and an adhesion portion that is formed of a cured product of a thermosetting adhesive (3) and that is in contact with both the adherend member (1) and the adherend member (2), wherein the adherend member (1) has a heat transfer-inhibiting structure (4) which inhibits the transfer of heat from a portion thereof in contact with the adhesive (3) to a peripheral portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Hiramitsu, Takekazu Komori
  • Patent number: 12071080
    Abstract: A leather material suitable for being attached to a touch display panel such as a vehicle dashboard is provided. The leather material includes a foam layer and a fabric layer. The foam layer is foamed to provide a leather feel. The fabric layer is disposed on the foam layer, and the fabric layer is color-matched and embossed to present a leather pattern. Base materials of the foam layer and the fabric layer are both at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), and polyolefin (PO). The leather material in entirety has a visible light transmittance of between 40% and 70% and has a resistivity of not less than 1010 ?cm. A vehicle dashboard composite structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Chun-Che Tsao, Jhen-Rong Syu
  • Patent number: 12053971
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module; a support plate; the support plate including support bars; an opening defined between the support bars adjacent to each other; and a first support portion and a second support portion spaced apart from each other, the support bars being disposed between the first support portion and the second support portion; a support film disposed between the display module and the support plate; and a foam layer disposed on at least one of a first upper surface and a first lower surface of the support film, the foam layer including a core layer having a first modulus and a first thickness; and a skin layer disposed on at least one of a second upper surface and a second lower surface of the core layer, having a second modulus greater than the first modulus, and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Chang Kim, Chanhui Han
  • Patent number: 12053964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ply of a linerboard for corrugated board, which ply exhibits high strength properties and which enables the production of lightweight linerboards. The ply of the invention comprises 20-80 wt % CTMP from wood fibers and 80-20 wt % chemical pulp, calculated on the total fiber weight of said ply and strength additives chosen from the group of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), anionic or cationic polymers and starch or combinations thereof. The ply exhibits a geometric SCT index of above 22 Nm/g and a density of below 680 kg/m3, preferably of below 650 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Seppo Lampainen, Frank Peng, Atso Laakso, Ari-Pekka Määttänen
  • Patent number: 12036776
    Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a laminate including resin layers including a first resin layer and a second resin layer that are laminated, a via conductor in the first resin layer, and a joint portion that includes at least a portion in the second resin layer and is joined to the via conductor. The joint portion is more brittle than the via conductor. A linear expansion coefficient of the second resin layer is larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the via conductor and a linear expansion coefficient of the joint portion, and is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the first resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamitsubo, Tsuyoshi Katsube, Ryosuke Takada