Patents Examined by Catherine A. Simone
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 12030292
    Abstract: A decorative material that can give an excellent three-dimensional effect, and has a good expression of a natural object is provided. The decorative material comprising, on a first principal surface side, a plurality of independent recesses (A), and a groove-shaped parallel recess and projection pattern group (B) that is arranged in at least a part of a spot where the plurality of independent recesses (A) do not exist, wherein when an average depth of the plurality of independent recesses (A) is defined as XA, and an average depth of recesses of the groove-shaped parallel recess and projection pattern group (B) is defined as XB, a relationship of XB<XA is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironaga Usui, Yoshio Sukegawa, Hideo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12024467
    Abstract: Disclosed is an article provided with a glaze layer having a mat tone surface having excellent texture. This article is provided with a substrate and a glaze layer provided on the surface of the substrate. The 60° glossiness of the surface of the glaze layer is greater than 20 and equal to or less than 50. The article has properties such that: the coefficient of variation of the root mean square slope (R?q) of the roughness curve is 0.4-1 inclusive which is obtained by using a stylus type surface roughness measuring device according to JISB0651(2001) under a condition separately specified in JISB0601(2001); and the arithmetic average roughness (Ra) is 0.0-0.5 ?m inclusive. The article has softness and warmness, is sensed to be moisturized and have high quality, and has improved touch feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Ayako Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12018439
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-ply embossed tissue products having improved softness, strength, embossment clarity and/or embossment height compared to prior art embossed tissue products. The multi-ply tissue products may comprise an embossed tissue ply having a basis weight less than about 25 grams per square meter (gsm) and relatively deep embossments, such as an embossment height from about 500 to about 1,000 ?m and relatively narrow bottom portions compared to top portions. The combination of these elements provides an aesthetically pleasing and well-defined embossment, while improving important tissue product properties such as sheet and roll bulk and softness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tsutama Satake Neto, Jorge Alonso Duran, Patricia Câmara Mileo
  • Patent number: 12004578
    Abstract: A protective guard for a hand, finger or thumb includes a first thermoplastic layer heat welded to second thermoplastic layer. The second thermoplastic layer has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the first thermoplastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Protospheric Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Sorrels
  • Patent number: 12006634
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a paper for total heat exchange element, which has both of the heat transfer property and the moisture permeation property and is also excellent in the gas barrier property, and the present invention relates to a paper for total heat exchange element including a base paper containing a beaten natural pulp and a hygroscopic agent applied to the base paper, wherein a ratio of a fine fraction having a fiber length of 0.05 mm or less in the beaten natural pulp is from 10 to 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 11987917
    Abstract: A through-air thermally bonded nonwoven fabric is provided. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein at least one of the surfaces has a TS7 value of less than about 15 dB V2 rms, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value that is higher than the second surface TS7 value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman, Adrien Grenier, Martin Ian James, Stefano Michele Sinigaglia
  • Patent number: 11987021
    Abstract: Multilayer riblet appliques are disclosed. An example riblet applique includes a fluorosilicone riblet structure including riblet ridges and a base from which the riblet ridges extend, and a support layer proximate the fluorosilicone riblet structure. The support layer includes a vacuum-plasma-treated polymer film having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a polymer sub-layer proximate the second surface of the polymer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: George Michael Granger, Mitchell Nakaki, Maribel G. Locsin, Denise A. Blohowiak, Kelcey D. Sterling
  • Patent number: 11981111
    Abstract: An auxetic member for load bearing structures has a section including a plurality of structural units, and a top layer provided at a top end of the section and a bottom layer provided at a bottom end of the section. The structural units includes ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces and the ribs with parallel surfaces of the structural units are oriented at an angle ? relative to a horizontal plane, the structural unit including a void enclosed by the ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces. The member is characterized in that the void of the structural units is filled with a packing material for improving load bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    Inventors: Balakrishnan Shankar, Hariprasad Mohan Prasanna, Shammo Dutta, Hrishikesh Gopakumar Menon