Patents Examined by Christopher M Polley
  • Composite members and methods of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10864697
    Abstract: The present application relates to composite members and to methods of manufacturing a composite member. In an aspect, a composite member (10) is formed as a longitudinal structure capable of being coiled about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the member. The composite member (10) comprising plural layers (p1-p5) of material bonded together to form a laminate. At least one layer (p3) of material has a boundary (30) partway along the longitudinal extent of the member and extending between the sides of the member. The boundary (30) is angled with respect to the transverse axis (18) of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: RTL Materials Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew Daton-Lovett
  • Plate with printed layer, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
    Patent number: 10843497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer containing: a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and a printed layer formed on the first main surface, in which the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Minamidate, Toru Ikeda, Yosuke Takeda, Azusa Takai
  • Directly printed panel having a two-layer design
    Patent number: 10829933
    Abstract: A panel and a method for manufacturing of such a panel with a carrier plate, comprising a front side and a back side, and wherein the carrier plate comprises a layer system at least at the front side that is built from various polymer layers with different hardness values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Xylo Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dieter Döhring
  • Methods of forming a self-assembled block copolymer material
    Patent number: 10828924
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating stamps and systems for patterning a substrate, and devices resulting from those methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan B. Millward, Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Floor panel and method for manufacturing floor panels
    Patent number: 10829942
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a top layer of laminate, which floor panel, at one or more edges, is provided with a lower edge region, wherein the laminate extends in one piece from the actual upper surface of the substrate over the lower edge region at least up to a point, wherein the laminate surface is situated at a level in a horizontal plane which intersects the substrate, and that the substrate material, at the location of the lower edge region, has the same or a lower density than at the actual upper surface of the substrate material. The invention also relates to a method for realizing such floor panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: UNILIN, BVBA
    Inventor: Christof Vandevoorde
  • Surface having properties that reduce light scattering by water condensation and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 10807907
    Abstract: Surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation, wherein the antifog means consist in atomic aggregates adhered to and dispersed over the surface, wherein the aggregates are selected among the transition metals and the silicon. It is also related to a method for obtaining a surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation a wavelength selected in the range from 100 nm to 50 micrometers, comprising the steps of selecting the wavelength, obtaining a glass or polymer surface that has been subjected to optical polishing and adhering to the surface atomic aggregates which are selected among the transition metals and the silicon with a separation between them being lower than or having an order of the selected wavelength selected. Thus a durable antifogging surface is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, ADVANCED NANOTECHONOLOGIES, S. L.
    Inventors: Enric Bertrán Serra, Roger Amade Rovira
  • Advanced high temperature environmental barrier coating systems for SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composites
    Patent number: 10807912
    Abstract: Advanced environmental barrier coating bond coat systems with higher temperature capabilities and environmental resistance are disclosed. These bond coat systems can be applied to ceramic substrates such as SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite substrates, and can provide protection from extreme temperature, mechanical loading and environmental conditions, such as in high temperature gas turbines. Example bond coat systems can include either an advanced silicon/silicide component, an oxide/silicate component, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Dongming Zhu, Janet B. Hurst
  • Method for machining the edges of glass elements and glass element machined according to the method
    Patent number: 10807902
    Abstract: A method for the production of glass or glass ceramic elements from flat glass or glass ceramic parts is provided where the edges of the glass or glass ceramic elements are treated by a combination of two processes. The flat glass or glass ceramic element with an edge surface connecting the two side surfaces is produced. The edge surface has at least one first elongated, strip-shaped edge region and at least one second elongated strip-shaped edge region, which are formed by a ground edge. The edge regions extend in the longitudinal direction along the edge surface and along the side surfaces. The first edge region has elongated parallel filamentary damages that are parallel and adjacent to one another and, in particular, spaced apart equidistantly, in the longitudinal direction thereof extending transversely to the side surfaces and along the surface of the first edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Volker Plapper, Fabian Wagner, Andreas Ortner, Albrecht Seidl, Frank-Thomas Lentes
  • Methods of preparing articles by electrodeposition and additive manufacturing processes
    Patent number: 10781524
    Abstract: Articles prepared by additive manufacturing of preforms that are coated by electrodeposition of nanolaminate materials, and methods of their production are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MODUMETAL, INC.
    Inventors: John D. Whitaker, Richard J. Caldwell, Chad Jennings
  • Directly printed panel having a two-layer design
    Patent number: 10774532
    Abstract: A panel and a method for manufacturing of such a panel with a carrier plate, comprising a front side and a back side, and wherein the carrier plate comprises a layer system at least at the front side that is built from various polymer layers with different hardness values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Xylo Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dieter Döhring
  • Processed slabs, and systems and methods related thereto
    Patent number: 10773418
    Abstract: This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cambria Company LLC
    Inventors: Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II, Martin E. Davis
  • Seat structure made of bio fiber composite material
    Patent number: 10766388
    Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a back panel and a load carrier component attached to the back panel. The back panel includes a first polymeric matrix and a first plurality of fibers disposed therein. The load carrier component includes a second polymer matrix and a second plurality of fibers disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Festag, Klaus Raab
  • Optical material, optical element and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10768341
    Abstract: An optical member to be arranged in an optical path of a light, includes an optical medium made of an insulator or a semiconductor; a first element provided at a first position in the optical medium and made of a first electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than a wavelength of the light, the first position being a position in the optical path; and a second element provided at a second position, in the optical medium, different from the first position, and made of a second electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than the wavelength of the light, the second position being a position in the optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi Owa, Shunji Watanabe, Junji Suzuki, Kazuhiro Kido, Hidemitsu Toba
  • Method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment for an aircraft cabin
    Patent number: 10766621
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment for an aircraft cabin, including providing a shell part extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the shell part has a first edge at the first end and a second edge at the second end. A first end wall and a second end wall are provided. The shell part and the first and second end walls are assembled, wherein the first edge is attached to the first end wall and the second edge is attached to the second end wall, such that the shell part, the first end wall and the second end wall together surround an interior space. An object, to provide a simple and fast method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment, wherein possibly little handwork is required, is achieved in that the first end wall and/or the second end wall include an undirected long fiber reinforced plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Fette, Ingo Roth
  • System and method for a bonded layer flooring component
    Patent number: 10760286
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a luxury vinyl tile. The system includes a heater, a belt, and a wrapping machine. The heater is configured to heat a base layer of the luxury vinyl tile. The belt is configured to support and transfer the base layer through the system. The wrapping machine is configured to receive the base layer on the belt therethrough. The wrapping machine includes an adhesive dispenser and a series of rollers. The adhesive dispenser is configured to apply an adhesive onto a top surface of the base layer as the base layer travels through the wrapping machine. The series of rollers is configured to apply a decorative layer on top of the adhesive to bond the decorative layer to the top surface of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Next Dimension Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Rhine J. Blake, Matthew H. Russell
  • Polygonal display and method for forming the same
    Patent number: 10755605
    Abstract: In one example, a triangular display includes a first substrate, a second substrate coupled to and disposed in opposition to the first substrate, a first line of weakness formed along an axial direction of the first substrate to define a first section and a second section, a second line of weakness formed along an axial direction of the second substrate to define a third section and a fourth section and a former having a first side, the former extending between the first section and the third section, and in a deployed position, at least one of the first section or the second section has rotated about the first line of weakness and at least one of the third section or the fourth section has rotated about the second line of weakness to place the second section and the fourth section adjacent to the first side of the former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: Carlos Enriquez
  • Drape attachment to sterile adapters for use in a robotic surgical system
    Patent number: 10736706
    Abstract: Generally, a sterile adapter for use in robotic surgery may include a frame configured to be interposed between a tool driver and a surgical tool, a plate assembly coupled to the frame, and at least one rotatable coupler supported by the plate assembly and configured to communicate torque from an output drive of the tool driver to an input drive of the surgical tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.
    Inventor: Charles J. Scheib
  • Photosensitive film, photosensitive element, cured product and touch panel
    Patent number: 10717893
    Abstract: A mobile phone including a touch panel including a base material; a sensing region including at least one electrode provided over the base material; and a frame region provided at a periphery of the sensing region, the frame region including metal wiring provided over the base material and being electrically connected to the at least one electrode; and a cured product of a photosensitive resin composition disposed at least on the metal wiring, the photosensitive resin composition contains a component (A): a binder polymer, a component (B): a photopolymerizable compound, and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator; and the component (B) includes a di(meth)acrylate compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicyclopentanyl structure and a dicyclopentenyl structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Sato, Koji Abe, Hideo Takahashi
  • Heat transport structure and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10710333
    Abstract: In order to provide a thermal transport structure excellent in bendability, heat dissipation property, and lightweight property and also a thermal transport structure having a high reliability against vibrations and an excellent heat transport performance, used is a thermal transport structure (5, 201) including stacked graphite sheets (1, 213). This thermal transport structure (5, 201) includes a fixing portion (10, 202, 301) in which the stacked graphite sheets (1, 213) are fixed to each other; and a thermally conductive portion (11, 203) in which the stacked graphite sheets (1, 213) are not fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kutsumizu, Satoshi Oku, Yusuke Kato, Yasushi Nishikawa
  • Fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear
    Patent number: 10702016
    Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber is provided and includes a first barrier layer, a second barrier layer, a foam structure, and a tensile member. The second barrier layer is secured to the first barrier layer to define an interior void between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer. The interior void contains a predetermined volume of fluid. The foam structure and the tensile member are disposed within the interior void, whereby the tensile member includes a plurality of fibers extending in a first direction between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan K. Youngs