Patents Examined by Chinessa T Golden
  • Porous body, and method for producing porous body
    Patent number: 10640623
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a porous body comprising a porous silicone substrate having communicating pores and a three-dimensional network silicone skeleton which forms the pores and which is formed by a copolymerization of a bifunctional alkoxysilane and a trifunctional alkoxysilane, and a polymeric cover material covering at least a part of a surface of the silicone skeleton, and an a method for producing the porous body. The porous body of the present invention has high flexibility and is strong to tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjiro Saomoto, Naoyuki Matsuo
  • Aerogel containing foam board
    Patent number: 10633855
    Abstract: An insulative construction product includes a polyurethane foam core and a mixture of Aerogel and carbon black that is disposed within the polyurethane foam core. The mixture of Aerogel and carbon black includes between 90 and 99 weight percent Aerogel and between 1 and 10 weight percent carbon black. The polyurethane foam core includes between 10 and 90 percent by volume of the of Aerogel and carbon black mixture and the construction product has an R-value of at least 8.0 R/inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Guodong Zheng, Luke S Weith, Malay Nandi, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Coating slips for paper and cardboard containing a dextrin with a high amylopectin content
    Patent number: 10619305
    Abstract: Coating colors having a dextrin having high amylopectin content. When such a dextrin is used in the form of an adhesive, it confers an excellent stability on the adhesive. When the adhesive is subsequently incorporated in the coating color, it makes it possible to adjust the Brookfield viscosity thereof, while providing a good compromise between water retention and rheological behavior at high shear gradient. Also, the use of such dextrin for the manufacture of a coating color. Further, a process for the manufacture of a paper or of a cardboard coated on at least one its face with a coating color, and papers and cardboards thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Christian Bouxin, Ludivine Onic, Timo Pajari
  • Structural panels for exposed surfaces
    Patent number: 10611478
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a foam layer, a coating layer and an elastomer. The foam layer includes a first surface for coupling the apparatus to a surface exposed to weather, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of pores within the foam layer. The coating layer is deposited on the second surface of the foam layer. The elastomer is deposited within the plurality of pores within the foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Bullock, Vernecia Sharaé Meredith, Charles J. Novak
  • Lattices for use in aircraft seat assemblies
    Patent number: 10611278
    Abstract: Cushion components for use in an aircraft and methods of making thereof. The cushion components having a lattice that is open celled, breathable, and has a compressibility profile that mimics an indentation load deflection (ILD) and spring rate of foam. In certain aspects, the elastomeric lattice is formed of interconnected cuboid structures that include, for example, interconnected face-centered cube (FCC) structures, interconnected body-centered cube (BCC) structures, or interconnected kagome structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler N. Pardue, Ryan J. Suhre, Daniel I. Udriste, Stephen A. Puglisi
  • Composite panel
    Patent number: 10612237
    Abstract: A composite panel for use in applications such as mobile homes, boats, busses, RVs, or other panels used typically in transportation applications, where a single piece, water resistant, lightweight panel with patterned high-strength areas is needed. The composite panel generally includes internal preforms made of low-density material such as urethane foam, which create patterned structural portions of the panel during the molding process. The patterned structural portions are formed by a maze-like region within a mold, into which composite matrix material is infused. The patterned structural portions have high strength compared to the other regions of the panel, and can be used for structural support or for retaining fasteners for appliances, walls, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Composite Technologies International, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen S. Gleason
  • Insulating material for coil
    Patent number: 10601275
    Abstract: A stator-core-side expansive additive layer and a coil-side expansive additive layer include foam materials foaming by heating. A foam material included in the stator-core-side expansive additive layer has such a foaming characteristic that an increase characteristic of a foaming rate along with a temperature rise is shifted to a cold side relative to the increase characteristic of a foam material included in the coil-side expansive additive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Kawanishi
  • Coated paper-based substrate for containers and process for making the same
    Patent number: 10590606
    Abstract: A coated paper-based substrate for manufacturing a container and a method for preparing the same. The coated paper-based substrate comprises a cellulosic fiber-based substrate coated on a first surface with a coating A and coated on a second surface with a coating B. The coating A comprises at least one layer of an extruded or laminated polymeric film or of a laminated foil. The coating B comprises at least one layer obtained by applying an aqueous dispersion of at least one polymer or copolymer capable of providing a water and/or moisture barrier to the second surface of the paper-based substrate once coated. The extruded or laminated polymeric film and the polymer or copolymer of the aqueous dispersion are different. The coating A and the coating B are heat sealable to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CASCADES SONOCO INC.
    Inventors: Yvon Mongrain, Émilie Allen
  • Panel made of composite material having a layered structure
    Patent number: 10583638
    Abstract: A panel (1) has a layered structure including: a first outer layer (2), an intermediate layer (3), and a second outer layer (4). The second outer layer (4) has a buckling stress lower than a buckling stress of the first outer layer (2), and the first outer layer (2) and the second outer layer (4) each have a compression failure stress higher than the buckling stress of the second outer layer (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Composite Research S.R.L.
    Inventors: Eugenio Fossat, Nicola Giulietti
  • Fluorescence light source apparatus
    Patent number: 10571107
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a fluorescence light source apparatus which provides a high emission efficiency of a fluorescent plate and a sufficiently high fluorescence intensity. According to the present invention, the fluorescence light source apparatus includes a fluorescent plate that receives excitation light to emit fluorescence, and a heat dissipation substrate that dissipates heat generated in the fluorescent plate, the fluorescent plate and the heat dissipation substrate being bonded via a solder layer, wherein the solder layer has a void ratio of not more than 75% and a maximum void diameter of not more than 0.4 mm. The solder layer may preferably have a void ratio of not more than 50% and a maximum void diameter of not more than 0.2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Kitamura, Masaki Inoue
  • Thermally expandable sheet and thermally expandable sheet production method
    Patent number: 10562263
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material, wherein the second thermally expandable material further contains white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Yuji Horiuchi
  • Glass sheet and system and method for making glass sheet
    Patent number: 10562811
    Abstract: A method includes impregnating a region of a glass sheet with a filler material in a liquid state. The glass sheet includes a plurality of glass soot particles. The filler material is solidified subsequent to the impregnating step to form a glass/filler composite region of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Nathan Michael Hill, Eric Yun Kuei Lynn, Catherine Michiko Magee, Brenton Allen Noll, Daniel Roberto Shneyer, Steven Bryan Shooter
  • High stable and environment-friendly two-layer parquet and production method thereof
    Patent number: 10562279
    Abstract: The invention discloses a high stable and environment-friendly two-layer parquet and a production method thereof. The parquet comprises a face board and multiple solid wood boards below the face board, the solid wood boards comprise multiple solid wood strips inserted side by side; any adjacent two solid wood strips of the same solid wood board are arranged tightly and alternately, and the face board and solid wood boards are closely bonded with each other by an adhesive. The length directions of the solid wood strips of any adjacent two solid wood boards are vertical to each other; and the length direction of the solid wood strips of the solid wood boards at the two ends of the parquet is vertical to the length direction of the parquet. The invention can effectively reduce the use of high-quality solid wood, save the wood resources and has high stability and high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG FUMA FLOOR HEATING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yong Zhang
  • Medical devices coated with shape memory polymer foams
    Patent number: 10561765
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a system comprising: a substrate of a medical device; an un-foamed polyurethane coating directly contacting the substrate and fixedly attached to the substrate; a thermoset polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foam, having first and second states, which directly contacts the polyurethane coating and fixedly attaches to the polyurethane coating; wherein the polyurethane coating fixedly attaches the SMP foam to the substrate. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Rachael Muschalek, Keith Hearon, Landon D. Nash, Duncan J. Maitland
  • Lightweight baffle or reinforcement element and method for producing such a lightweight baffle or reinforcement element
    Patent number: 10549792
    Abstract: A baffle or reinforcement element for sealing and/or reinforcing a cavity, in particular a cavity of a vehicle, including a carrier element and an expandable element supported by the carrier element, the expandable element including an expandable material, incorporating a plurality of gas bubbles forming a microcellular structure. Further presented is the process of manufacturing such a baffle or reinforcement element and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Vincent Belpaire
  • Composite material and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 10549461
    Abstract: There is provided a composite material including scaly fillers made of an inorganic material and a binding resin that is a thermosetting resin which binds the fillers. The composite material 1 is a foaming material in which a plurality of voids is dispersed therein, and the fillers accumulate on inner walls of the voids so that flat surfaces of the fillers overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Nakanishi
  • Method of manufacturing a timber composite, the timber composite obtained and decorative panels comprising such timber composite
    Patent number: 10538064
    Abstract: A timber composite with timber layers and an adhesive matrix, wherein the timber layers include a wood grain with both summer wood grain and spring wood grain, wherein at least one surface of the timber composite includes raised portions and depressed portions, wherein the raised portions correspond to the summer wood grain and the depressed portions correspond to the spring wood grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUSTRAILIAN EUCALYPTUS TIMBER FLOORING CO LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Chan
  • Oil and grease resistant paperboard
    Patent number: 10519604
    Abstract: A coated paperboard including a paperboard substrate having a first side and a second side, and a coating having one or more layers in contact with the first side of the paperboard substrate, the coating having a coat weight of at least 6.4 lbs per 3000 ft2 and comprising binder and pigment and containing substantially no fluorochemical or wax, wherein the coated paperboard has a 3M Kit test value of at least 5, is at least 99% repulpable, and has no tendency toward blocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLC
    Inventors: Jiebin Pang, Steven Parker, Natasha G. Melton
  • Glass-fiber-reinforced spacer for insulating glazing unit
    Patent number: 10508486
    Abstract: A spacer for insulating glazing units is presented. The spacer has a polymeric main body with features that include two parallel side walls that are connected to one another by an inner wall and an outer wall. The side walls, the inner wall, and the outer wall surround a hollow chamber. According to one aspect, the polymeric main body has a glass fiber content of 0 wt.-% to 40 wt.-%, to which 0.5 wt.-% to 1.5 wt.-% of a foaming agent is added to form hollow spaces that provide a weight reduction of the polymeric main body of 10 wt.-% to 20 wt.-%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Egbert Schwerdt, Walter Schreiber, Martin Rigaud
  • Internally reinforced aerogel and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10500557
    Abstract: Internally reinforced aerogels, articles of manufacture and uses thereof are described. An internally reinforced aerogel includes an aerogel having a support at least partially penetrating the aerogel and having the aerogel penetrating the porous structure of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BLUESHIFT MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Sakaguchi, Garrett Poe, Michael Merwin