Patents Examined by Daniel H Lee
  • Film three-dimensional mesh fabric and its manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10618347
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a film three-dimensional mesh fabric has steps of preparing a base cloth, preparing a mesh fabric, preparing a hot-melt film, providing the mesh fabric on the base cloth, providing the hot-melt film on the mesh fabric, heating, compressing and sagging a part of the hot-melt film into a plurality of grids and attaching the part to the base cloth so as to form a sagged portion and a plurality of insert holes, tearing off the base cloth, removing the sagged portion, and generating the film three-dimensional mesh fabric having the mesh fabric, a remaining part of the hot-melt film attached to the mesh fabric without sagging into the plurality of grids and without being attached to the base cloth and the plurality of insert holes corresponding to the plurality of grids and formed on the hot-melt film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GIANT KNITTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ya-Ling Chi
  • Process for producing a metal-plastic hybrid component
    Patent number: 10603872
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing a hybrid component comprising metal and plastic. The process comprises the steps of a) pretreating the metal surface by applying at least one conversion layer, b) applying at least one layer of an adhesion promoter composition and c) bonding the metal to the plastic. The adhesion promoter composition comprises at least one copolyamide-based hotmelt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Gruhn, Karl Kuhmann, Martin Risthaus
  • Polymer coating formulation and application methods
    Patent number: 10604680
    Abstract: A plastisol formulation configured for use in coating substrates. The inventive formulation has exceptional flexibility over a wide range of temperatures. It is comprised of polyvinyl chloride, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, preferably a pigment, and a UV inhibitor/light stabilizer. The formulation is applied to a substrate and then cured by exposing it to an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jon H. Brasher, James Woodham, Christopher Campbell, Stuart Christmas
  • Internally incorporated phenolic resins in water-based (meth)acrylate adhesive compositions, pre-adhesive reaction mixtures, methods, and articles
    Patent number: 10597564
    Abstract: Cationic or zwitterionic polymer adhesives, adhesive articles, aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures, and methods of preparation that include internal incorporation of a phenolic resin. The aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures include one or more cationic (meth)acrylate monomers, one or more low Tg nonionic monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group, optionally one or more anionic (meth)acrylate monomers, and one or more phenolic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ibrahim A. El Hedok, Mahfuza B. Ali, Elizabeth E. Johnson, Mark D. Purgett, You Hoon Kim, Prince P. Antony
  • Adhesive resin laminate, laminate, and method of producing same
    Patent number: 10590317
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive resin laminate having an excellent adhesive force to two adherends, a laminate in which this adhesive resin laminate is laminated with two adherends, and a method of producing them. An adhesive resin laminate having at least a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, in which the first adhesive layer includes a base resin and a crosslinking agent, the base resin is a modified polyolefin resin, the crosslinking agent is an epoxy-based compound, the second adhesive layer includes a polyolefin-based resin, and the first adhesive layer has a viscoelastic modulus measurement value E (150) at 150° C. of 1.0×104 Pa or more and 1.0×108 Pa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Takeda, Nagako Takahashi
  • Resin composition and method of producing laminate
    Patent number: 10590232
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for forming a resin layer of a laminate by coating, the resin composition having a thixotropic index at 25° C. of from 3 to 10, and the laminate includes a pair of members and the resin layer arranged between the pair of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiguchi, Tomoo Nishiyama, Yoshitaka Takezawa
  • Coating metal foil with n-heterocyclic carbene compounds containing organic functionalities for improving metal-to-resin adhesion
    Patent number: 10588222
    Abstract: A carbene-coated metal foil is produced by applying an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) compound to one or more surfaces of a metal foil (e.g., an electrodeposited copper foil having a surface that is smooth and non-oxidized). The NHC compound contains a matrix-reactive pendant group that includes at least one of a vinyl-, allyl-, acrylic-, methacrylic-, styrenic-, amine-, amide- and epoxy-containing moiety capable of reacting with a base polymer (e.g., a vinyl-containing resin such as a polyphenylene oxide/triallyl-isocyanurate (PPO/TAIC) composition). The NHC compound may be synthesized by, for example, reacting a halogenated imidazolium salt (e.g., 1,3-bis(4-bromo-2,6-dimethylphenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride) and an organostannane having a vinyl-containing moiety (e.g., tributyl(vinyl)stannane) in the presence of a palladium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Stretchable waterproof composite material and a method for its use
    Patent number: 10583045
    Abstract: A waterproof composite material that comprises three layers, a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer. The middle layer is made of foam while the top layer and bottom layer can be made from a variety of films. The top layer and the bottom layer are formed in a quilted pattern. The top layer and the bottom layer are bunched up (meaning there is extra material there allowing more stretch). A method of manufacturing the waterproof composite material includes placing the three layers on (or in), stretching the middle layer, and then applying a quilt (or other) pattern (using heat and/or pressure) which causes the quilted pattern on the top layer and the bottom layer. The natural contraction of the middle layer (which was stretched when the composite was formed) causes bunching of the top layer and the bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AquaCast Liner LLC
    Inventor: Danielle Candy
  • Method for bonding, manufacturing method of ink layer formed body, and ink layer formed body
    Patent number: 10576722
    Abstract: Provided is a method for favorable bonding between an adherend and an adhesive body, which is capable of suppressing an ink layer, which is formed by an ultraviolet-curable ink, from being smudged while increasing convenience of a bonding operation between the adherend and the adhesive body, and the like. The method for bonding a medium to a foil body includes an ink layer formation process of spotting an ultraviolet-curable ink, which is ejected from an inkjet head, to a medium and irradiating ultraviolet ray to the ultraviolet-curable ink to cure the same, thereby forming an ink layer; a lamination process of laminating the medium and a foil body with the ink layer being sandwiched therebetween; and a bonding process of heating the ink layer, enabling the ink layer to function as an adhesive, and bonding the medium to the foil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobutaka Matsunaga
  • A-staged thermoplastic-polyimide (TPI) adhesive compound and method of use
    Patent number: 10550299
    Abstract: A compound and method of use thereof consisting of an A-staged thermoplastic-polyimide (TPI) adhesive, a viscous uncured liquid of polyamic-acid polymer (PAA), the TPI precursor, synthesized and dissolved in a polar aprotic organic solvent, and including, as appropriate, combinations of particulate ceramic and/or metallic thermally conducting, electrically insulating, and thermally conducting, electrically conducting fillers for interface-bonding to create a robust joint between surfaces with conventional lamination processes that utilize relatively moderate temperatures and applied pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FRAIVILLIG TECHNOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: James B. Fraivillig
  • System and method for the production of gypsum board using starch pellets
    Patent number: 10532955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for the production of gypsum board using starch pellets. In accordance with the present disclosure, the starch necessary for board formation is provided in the form of starch pellets. These pellets are mixed with a gypsum slurry in a mixer. The pellets are initially insoluble and do not dissolve. However, during subsequent drying stages, the pellets become soluble and dissolve into the gypsum phase. This both provides the desired starch component and also results in the formation of voids within the set gypsum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. College, Shane Libunao, Mark Harris
  • Adhesion promoting composition for an anti-corrosion product
    Patent number: 10526510
    Abstract: An adhesion promoting composition for an anti-corrosion includes about 20% by weight to about 70% by weight of at least one polyolefin selected from polyethylene and/or polypropylene; about 20% by weight to about 65% by weight of at least one butyl rubber; and about 6% by weight to about 35% by weight of at least one elastomer selected from a group comprising ethylene-propylene-rubber and/or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber; each based on the total quantity of the adhesion promoting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO-HOLDING GMBH & CO.
    Inventors: Thomas Markus Kaiser, Oleg Gryshchuk
  • Apparatus and method for tiled display removal
    Patent number: 10518520
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a display from a tiled display arrangement is provided. The apparatus includes a body, a handle coupled to a first side of the body, and an interface material coupled to the second side of the body. The interface material is configured to temporarily bond to a front surface of the display for removing the display from the tiled display arrangement. The interface material is further configured to selectively de-bond from the front surface of the display. In some implementations, the interface material may be selected to result in a bond with high tensile strength and shear strength, as well as low peel strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Kyle Bauman, Daniel Robert Adema, Bryan Russell Hemphill, Alyssa Bruulsema
  • Copolyester hot-melt adhesive and preparation method therefor
    Patent number: 10501666
    Abstract: A novel copolyester hot-melt adhesive and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The preparation method mainly includes the following steps: selecting raw materials according to preset ratios, wherein the raw materials include: bisphenol A, maleic acid, terephthalic acid, another dibasic acid, 1,4-butanediol, another dibasic alcohol, catalysts and a stabilizer; producing a prepolymer under negative pressure in a low-temperature section, completing an esterification process under normal pressure in the low-temperature section, and completing a polycondensation step under negative pressure in a high-temperature section, thereby finally preparing the novel copolyester hot-melt adhesive product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANYANG HOT MELT ADHESIVE CO., LTD, KUNSHAN TIANYANG HOT MELT ADHESIVE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Heji Lei, Zhelong Li
  • Process for cold bonding rubber on metal substrates
    Patent number: 10501592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for cold bonding elastomeric rubber substrates to non-elastomeric substrates of a different material, preferably metal, by use of a rubber treatment, preferably a primer composition and a 2k adhesive, preferably a 2k epoxy adhesive as well as the thus obtained bonded substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Giorgio Zaffaroni, Eleonora Salmoiraghi, Manuela Brusa
  • Epoxy composition containing copolyamide and block copolymer with polyamide and polyether blocks
    Patent number: 10501619
    Abstract: A composition that toughens and impact modifies epoxy resin based compositions comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks. The disclosure also relates to epoxy resin compositions containing the composition comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks and films, adhesives, foamable compositions and foamed compositions containing such a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Duclos
  • Methods for lowering melt viscosity and improving heat-sealability of polyester and for manufacturing a heat-sealed container or package
    Patent number: 10493700
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for lowering the melt viscosity and thereby improving heat-sealability of a polyester. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a heat-sealed container or package from fibrous-based, polyester-coated packaging material, and a method for heat-sealing polyester. The solution according to the invention is subjecting polyester to electron beam (EB) radiation. The lowered melt viscosity allows a lower heat-sealing temperature, and permits sealing of polyester to an uncoated fibrous surface. The preferred polyester for the invention is polylactide, as such or as blended with another polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Kimmo Nevalainen, Ville Ribu, Jari Räsänen, Outi Kylliainen, Ari Rosling, Mohammad Khajeheian, Jurkka Kuusipalo, Sami Kotkamo, Mikko Tuominen
  • Apparatus for bonding flexible part including inclined leads
    Patent number: 10475728
    Abstract: An apparatus for bonding a flexible part including inclined leads is provided, more particularly, an apparatus for bonding a flexible part including inclined leads, which aligns parts to bond the parts is provided. According to the apparatus for bonding a flexible part including inclined leads, an electronic part may be easily bonded to a part having an inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: PROTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moo Sup Shim, Seong Yong Ji, Hyoung Yeon Ju, Chiho Cho
  • Manufacturing method of bonding structure and bonding structure
    Patent number: 10471660
    Abstract: A bonding structure manufacturing method for manufacturing a bonding structure in which a first member and a second member are bonded is provided with: a step for forming a perforation with an opening in the surface of the first member and forming a protrusion that protrudes into the inner circumferential surface of the perforation; a step for disposing the region of the first member where the perforation is formed adjacent to the second member; and step for filling and curing the second member in the perforation of the first member by irradiating a laser on the region of the first member where the perforation is formed from the second member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Akio Sumiya, Satoshi Hirono, Tomoyuki Hakata
  • Low-viscosity polyurethane prepolymer with cyclic carbonate end groups and the use thereof in the production of a multi-component adhesive composition
    Patent number: 10472453
    Abstract: 1) Specific polyurethane prepolymer (PP2) comprising at least two terminal (2-oxo-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl carbamate groups of low viscosity, its preparation process and its use in the manufacture of an adhesive composition. 2) Multicomponent system comprising, as first component (A), a composition comprising at least one such polyurethane prepolymer and, as second component (B), a composition comprising at least one curing agent comprising at least two primary amine (—NH2) groups (B1). 3) Process for assembling materials employing the polyurethane prepolymer (PP2) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BOSTIK SA
    Inventors: Guillaume Michaud, Marjorie Pereira, Frederic Simon