Patents Examined by Dhirajlal S. Nakarani
  • Patent number: 8846193
    Abstract: Glass sheets according to the invention, in particular lacquered glass sheets, are covered with a coating of enamel. This coating comprises between 11 and 40% of organic material. Such glass sheets may be heat treated and, before heat treatment, may be handled and transported without damaging the coating, may be cut and ground without causing the coating to peel off or to be damaged at the borders of the cutting line, and offer a good resistance under running water, avoiding the peeling off or destruction of the coating during edges grinding or storage or transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Ronny Pieters, David Pierre
  • Patent number: 8784992
    Abstract: An interlayer film for a laminated glass and a laminated glass, which do not cause an increase in a haze value due to moisture absorption and have excellent moisture resistance are provided. An interlayer film for a laminated glass which contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a moisture resistance improver is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juichi Fukatani, Bungo Hatta
  • Patent number: 8771834
    Abstract: The present invention is a formed article sequentially comprising a base layer, a primer layer that includes a hydroxyl group-containing polymer, and a gas barrier layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. According to the present invention, provided is a formed article, a method for producing the same, an electronic device member including the formed article, and an electronic device including the electronic device member, with an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Kazue Uemura, Takeshi Kondo, Yuta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8741439
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an intermediate film for laminated glass which, in the case of being used for constituting a laminated glass, enables to improve the sound-insulating property of the obtained laminated glass, and a laminated glass. The intermediate film 1 for laminated glass of the present invention comprises a first layer 2 which contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, and the polyvinyl acetal resin and the first plasticizer are a polyvinyl acetal resin and a first plasticizer which have a cloud point of 5° C. or lower when the cloud point is measured using a solution prepared by dissolving 8 parts by weight of the polyvinyl acetal resin in 100 parts by weight of the first plasticizer; and the laminated glass 11 of the present invention comprises first and second components for laminated glass, and the intermediate film 1 for laminated glass sandwiched between the first and second components for laminated glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Shimamoto, Shota Matsuda, Sinyul Yang, Kohei Kani, Tatsuya Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8741438
    Abstract: Composite glass laminates having low tendency to creep contain a softening agent-containing polyvinyl acetal film wherein the polyvinyl acetal has a polyvinyl alcohol content of 12 to 16 weight percent, a molecular weight greater than 110,000 g/mol, and a solution viscosity of more than 80 mPas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Keller, Martin Steuer
  • Patent number: 8709605
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which enables production of laminated glass having a high visible transmittance and excellent heat-shielding properties, and enables the laminated glass to retain the high visible transmittance for a long period of time; and provides laminated glass including the interlayer film. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first heat-shielding layer and at least one second heat-shielding layer. The first heat-shielding layer includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one component selected from a phthalocyanine compound, a naphthalocyanine compound, and an anthracocyanine compound. The second heat-shielding layer includes a thermoplastic resin and metal oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kitano, Juichi Fukatani, Daizou Ii, Takazumi Okabayashi, Ryuta Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8617704
    Abstract: A coated medical implant, such as a coated dental component, is provided, the coated medical implant including a substrate surface formed of a material comprising available hydroxyl groups and a silicon oxide coating layer chemisorbed on the substrate surface. A method for the preparation of such coated implants is also provided, the method involving application of the silicon oxide coating layer to the substrate surface by chemical vapor deposition. A dental structure is also provided, which includes a first dental component having a substrate surface formed of a material comprising available hydroxyl groups; a silicon oxide coating layer chemisorbed on the substrate surface; a silane coupling agent overlying and covalently attached to the silicon oxide layer; a dental cement overlying and coupled to the silane coupling agent; and a second dental component having a surface bonded to the dental cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Research Triangle Institute, Nova Southeastern University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Piascik, Jeffrey Yates Thompson, Sonia Grego, Brian R. Stoner
  • Patent number: 8580361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high thermal efficiency, insulated glass unit structure sealed with a cured composition containing, inter alia, moisture-curable linear silylated resin and organic nanoclay, the cured composition exhibiting low permeability to gas(es).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Shayne J. Landon
  • Patent number: 8557394
    Abstract: A laminate for a laminated glass which is used as a head-up display (HUD) and is not deteriorated even if exposed to light, and with which a laminated glass having excellent impact resistance can be prepared, wherein an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a retardation element sandwiched between adhesive layers are laminated, the interlayer film for a laminated glass contains a thermoplastic resin and an ultraviolet absorber, the interlayer film for a laminated glass contains, as the ultraviolet absorber, a benzotriazole compound or a benzophenone compound, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a malonic ester compound, an oxanilide compound and a triazine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Polatechno Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juichi Fukatani, Izumi Omoto, Seiko Ichikawa, Kouichi Tanaka, Mayu Kameda
  • Patent number: 8475929
    Abstract: A laminated material having a barrier film containing a barrier layer on at least one surface of a substrate film that is a silicon oxide film having an atomic ratio in a range of Si:O:C=100:140 to 167:20 to 40, peak position of infrared-ray absorption due to Si—O—Si stretching vibration between 1060 to 1090 cm?1, a film density in a range of 2.6 to 2.8 g/cm3, and a distance between grains of 30 nm or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Komada, Yoshihiro Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 8409385
    Abstract: A transparent laminate is produced by preparing a pair of transparent substrates, forming a sealing portion along the periphery on one of the transparent substrates for sealing a curable resin composition, supplying the curable resin composition in a region on the transparent substrate surrounded by the sealing portion, overlaying the other transparent substrate on the supplied curable resin composition in a reduced pressure atmosphere so that the curable resin composition is sealed as it is sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates, and subsequently curing the curable resin composition in an atmosphere having a higher pressure than the pressure of the atmosphere in which the composition is sandwiched, to produce the transparent laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshige Ito, Satoshi Niiyama, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8277945
    Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) at least one glass substrate; (ii) a first coating layer on at least a portion of at least one side of the glass substrate wherein the first coating layer comprises an organic polymer or a cured silicone resin composition selected from a hydrosilylation cured silicone resin composition, a condensation cured silicone resin composition, or a free radical cured silicone resin composition; and (iii) a second coating layer on top of at least a portion of the first coating layer wherein the second coating layer comprises an organic polymer or a cured silicone resin composition selected from a hydrosilylation cured silicone resin composition, a condensation cured silicone resin composition, or a free radical cured silicone resin composition with the proviso that at least one of the first coating layer or the second coating layer comprises a cured silicone resin composition and with the proviso that when the first coating layer and second coating layer are both cured silicone
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Anderson, Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8247037
    Abstract: A coating for metals containing a polysilazane solution or a mixture of polysilazanes of the general formula (I) —(SiR?R?-NR??)n—??(1) wherein R?, R? and R?? are identical or different and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl radical, wherein n is a whole number and n is dimensioned in such a way that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 150 000 g/mol, in a solvent and at least one catalyst. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.L.
    Inventors: Stefan Brand, Andreas Dierdorf, Hubert Liebe, Andreas Wacker
  • Patent number: 8158229
    Abstract: An automotive glazing (10) comprising a single ply of annealed or semi-toughened glass (12) having a film of plastic material (16) bonded to a major surface of the glass ply by a contact adhesive (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventor: Brian Edward Clieve
  • Patent number: 8129027
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin, which is able to be easily adhered to a glass and is capable of constituting a laminated glass excellent in transparency, and also provides a laminated glass using the interlayer film. An interlayer film for a laminated glass comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl acetal resin and 60 to 100 parts by weight of a plasticizer, wherein 50 to 100% by weight of the plasticizer is a diester compound represented by the formula (1) below. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are each an organic group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 is —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH(CH3)—, —CH2—CH2—CH2— or —CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—, and n is an integer of 4 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Marumoto
  • Patent number: 8124241
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a multilayer polyimide film, uniform in film thickness and rate of dimensional change in the width direction of the film, which has a thermoplastic polyimide layer or the like serving as an adhesive layer. The object is attained by a method for manufacturing a multilayer polyimide film by width-spreading and flow-casting at least two types of polyimide resin solutions or polyimide precursor resin solutions fed into a multilayer coextrusion die including a plurality of flow channels, the method being characterized in that the thickness of each layer of the multilayer film is controlled by adding a solvent to the resin solutions to be fed into at least one of the flow channels and by adjusting, independently of the amounts of the resin solutions to be fed, the amount of the solvent to be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yanagida, Kenji Ueshima, Yuzuru Saito
  • Patent number: 8104469
    Abstract: A medicinal inhalation device having applied to surface thereof a composition comprising a monofunctional polyfluoropolyether silane and a non-fluorinated cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Rudolf J. Dams
  • Patent number: 8092913
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for obtaining a hydrophobic/oleophobic coating on a substrate of a glass, ceramic or vitroceramic material by applying a priming layer obtained from a priming agent of formula: (X1)3-q(R1)qSi—R3-Si(X2)3-q,(R2)q, the variables of which are defined in the specification and then depositing a hydrophobic coating containing a fluorinated alkylsilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Nathalie Rohaut, Arnaud Huignard, Anne Berend Dros
  • Patent number: 8034439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic substrate having a multi-layer structure and a method for preparing the same. The plastic substrate of the present invention comprises plastic films attached to each other, and a first buffering layer of an organic-inorganic hybrid, a layer of gas barrier, and a second buffering layer of an organic-inorganic hybrid which are stacked on both sides of the plastic films in an orderly manner, each layer forming a symmetrical arrangement centering around the plastic films. Because the plastic substrate of the present invention has a small coefficient of thermal expansion, excellent dimensional stability, and superior gas barrier properties, it can replace the brittle and heavy glass substrate in display devices. Also, it can be used for a variety of packaging or container materials in applications requiring superior gas barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Ryul Kim, Gi-Cheul Kim, Sang-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 4978579
    Abstract: The present invention provides film structures for creating two identical webs of film. Preferably, the so created webs of film include a sterile surface. The webs of film are suitable for being processed into flexible containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventor: Larry A. Rosenbaum