Patents Examined by Christine X Nisula
  • Patent number: 11926957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to textile fibre products having a coating comprising polymers based on ethylenically polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° and a coating method for coating fibre products with an aqueous polymer dispersion, wherein an aqueous polymer dispersion based on vinyl polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° C. is firstly provided, and this is brought into contact with a fibre product and then dried. The invention also relates to the use of corresponding polymer dispersions for the coating of fibre products, correspondingly coated fiber products, use thereof to reinforce mineral matrices, and corresponding fibre-composite materials, in particular textile-concrete composite materials. In particular, the invention relates to a coating means that can be applied to a textile fabric in a continuous, water-based process and enables an optimal introduction of force from the mineral matrix into the textile reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CHT GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Amon-Elias Klausmann, Jan-Valentin Rolle, Ulrike Henkel, Michael Hees
  • Patent number: 11926932
    Abstract: The invention relates to multi-component shape memory threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes, which includes at least two shape-memory polymeric (SMP-N) components. Each of the at least two SMP-N components is of at least 1% of the total weight, and N is a positive integer starting from 1, and the SMP-N components have a selectively engineered shape recovery temperature (Tr) between approximately 0° C. to 130° C. Also, when TrN and TrN+1 are higher than room temperature, the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes are configured to assume a substantially helical configuration upon heating to above TrN and lower than TrN+1 by a stimulus when an elongation of the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes is approximately 30% to approximately 300%, and having a coil diameter from 0.5 to 10 mm and a number of the turns per cm from 5 to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Yong Zhu, Song Wang, Jianping Han, Chenmin Liu
  • Patent number: 11913165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite material that is formed from a textile substrate having a surface, the textile substrate formed from a yarn, where the yarn is formed from a plurality of fibres or filaments, such that the yarn has a core region of fibres or filaments surrounded by a peripheral region of fibres or filaments; and a cured elastomeric material layer laid over the whole or part of the textile substrate surface, where the cured elastomeric material penetrates into the yarn and is attached to the fibres or filaments in the peripheral region of the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAS INNOVATION (PRIVATE) LIMITED
    Inventors: Achala Sajeeva Satharasinghe, Madushi Hansika Medagedara, Dinushka Deshappriya, Bimal Cooray, Anushka Darshana, Nadeekha Michelle Leanage, Manoj Jayamal, Shashika Maduranga
  • Patent number: 11904518
    Abstract: [Problem] The objective of the present invention is to provide a sheet expressing a good tactile sensation and a molded product thereof. [Solution] A sheet expressing a good tactile sensation and a molded product thereof are provided by configuring a thermoplastic resin sheet having a base layer and hairlike bodies arranged regularly on at least one surface thereof, wherein a continuous phase is formed without a structural boundary between the base layer and the hairlike bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Junpei Fujiwara, Yasushi Hirokawa, Tomohiro Osawa
  • Patent number: 11895983
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mat for a companion animal, and the mat includes an outer cover surrounding an outside of the mat; a double-layered fabric disposed on an inside of the outer cover to prevent contraction or bursting thereof; a cool gel made of an edible material, which is disposed on an inside of the double-layered fabric to maintain a low temperature state thereof; and coating layers coated on a surface of the outer cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: OCEANFLOW INC.
    Inventor: Bada Yoo
  • Patent number: 11866851
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid of a carbon fiber precursor treatment agent contains a carbon fiber precursor treatment agent and water, the carbon fiber precursor treatment agent containing an amino-modified silicone and a particular nonionic surfactant having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 1.05 to 1.50. The amino-modified silicone may have a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 50 to 4,000 mm2/s. The carbon fiber precursor treatment agent is adhered to a carbon fiber precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAKEMOTO YUSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishigawa, Akihiro Doi
  • Patent number: 11858245
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11851812
    Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-finished leather-like sheet including a polyurethane skin film containing a polyether-based polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane skin film contains a quinacridone-based red pigment, and is colored in a red color having an L* value of ?80, an a* value of ?20, and a b* value of ?15 in an L*a*b* color system, and the number of cycles of a flexing endurance test at which cracking occurs in a surface of the polyurethane skin film is 100000 or more, when the flexing endurance test is performed on the grain-finished leather-like sheet under an environment of 20° C. using a flexometer after the grain-finished leather-like sheet has been irradiated with carbon arc at a black panel temperature of 63° C. for 100 hours with an irradiance of 500±50 W/m2, using ultraviolet carbon arc lamp light compliant with JIS B 7751.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ashida, Kansai Hara
  • Patent number: 11840474
    Abstract: Heat resistant separation fabric consisting out of yarns, wherein the yarns comprise metal fibers; wherein the heat resistant fabric comprises boron nitride particles distributed throughout the complete thickness of the fabric; wherein boron nitride particles are present between metal fibers in the yarns; wherein the amount of the boron nitride particles present on the surface of the fabric is not more than the amount of the boron nitride particles present in the bulk of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Jos Vleurinck, Frank De Ridder, Véronique Vergote
  • Patent number: 11760055
    Abstract: A stitchbonded washable towel made from a stitchbonded fabric having a cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers, and an integrated nonwoven sheet of an outer sublayer of wood pulp fibers, and an inner layer of textile fibers substantially entangled with the wood pulp fibers, and confronting the cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers. The stitchbonded fabric as uses a pattern of stitching yarns that fixes the cellulosic nonwoven sheet to the integrated nonwoven sheet. A post-treatment of the stitchbonded fabric in a heated aqueous solution containing soil release polymer gathers the fabric into the towel, and provides stain and soil re-deposition resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AMTEX INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Maxwell James Lee, Robert Charles Busch
  • Patent number: 11723319
    Abstract: A greenhouse screen strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product, wherein at least some of the strips comprise a film material in the form of a single- or multilayer polyester film is disclosed. The film material has a transparency of at least 93.5% and is provided with at least a first anti-reflective coating or layer on a first side of the film material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: AB LUDVIG SVENSSON
    Inventors: Per Holgerson, Daniel Asplund
  • Patent number: 11707912
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11701858
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, comprising fibrous structures, and more particularly articles comprising fibrous structures comprising a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved consumer relevant properties, for example improved bulk and absorbent properties, compared to known articles and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11703289
    Abstract: Devices for radiative cooling and optical waveguiding are provided, wherein the devices comprise a fabric including one or more fibers extending for a length in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of void structures positioned within each of the one or more fibers and extended over the length of each of the one or more fibers. Each of the plurality of void structures is configured to scatter at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation received thereon to thereby radiatively cool the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Nanfang Yu, Norman Shi, Meng Tian
  • Patent number: 11691380
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11686042
    Abstract: A surface covering for use as a moss covering or patch of grass via application to a surface or substrate. The surface covering provides a decorative and durable and easily maintained surface covering. The covering is fabricated using groups of fibers, such as metallic, plastic, or other material fibers, e.g., stainless steel fibers or strands available commercially as steel wool or the like. The fibers or strands provide a core of a body of each blade or piece of the surface covering, which is useful to replicate a blade of grass or moss or to mimic a strand of hair. Each body of the strands further includes an outer layer or coating, which can be formed by painting, e.g., with an epoxy or other useful material that may be colored, the mesh of metal fibers to provide a durable body with a desired look and feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Porter
  • Patent number: 11685138
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11673365
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, comprising fibrous structures, and more particularly articles comprising fibrous structures comprising a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved consumer relevant properties, for example improved bulk and absorbent properties, compared to known articles and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11667103
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, James Roy Denbow
  • Patent number: 11629456
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a kind of functional fabric coating that may be applied (or coated) on a synthetic fabric that can effectively alter the opacity (i.e., transparency, sheer proof, light shielding) and hydrophilicity (i.e., wicking, moisture management) of the finished fabric, without significantly affecting the synthetic fabric's physiochemical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Paradise Textiles Ltd
    Inventors: Achala Herath Mudiyanselage, Sunil Prakash, Ashok Mahtani