Patents Examined by Donald M Flores, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10870452
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic component includes a three-dimensional component plastic member and at least one reinforcement fiber rod. The three-dimensional component plastic member determines at least parts of a shape of the plastic component. The three-dimensional component plastic member has at least one void which is open to at least one side and in which the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Hogger
  • Patent number: 10864704
    Abstract: A molded product includes a body including a flat part and a projection protruding from the flat part, a design member including a design surface, and an adhesive member sticking the design member to the body. The adhesive member includes a buffer portion formed by cutting off a part of the adhesive member at a position corresponding at least to the projection. Thus, the adhesive member negates differences in level on the body, allowing the design surface to be smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUNARROW LTD
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Yuichi Takahashi, Tomoomi Kiyomiya
  • Patent number: 10858741
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising one or more channels and a multi-layer protective coating on the one or more channels. The multi-layer protective coating includes an anodization layer comprising a plurality of cracks and a plurality of pores, a sealing layer on the anodization layer, and a top layer on the sealing layer. The sealing layer comprises a metal oxide, the seals the plurality of cracks and the plurality of pores, and has a porosity of approximately 0%. The top layer comprises a rare earth oxide, a rare earth fluoride, or a rare earth oxyfluoride, has a different material composition than the sealing layer, and has a porosity of approximately 0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-Ming He, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 10814936
    Abstract: A core layer suitable for a multilayer composite including at least one surface layer and one core layer, the surface layer arranged to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point. In one embodiment, a wood element of zig-zag-shaped form may be adhesively bonded to a planar wood element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: WOOD INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Eckstein, Achim Moeller, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Patent number: 10767277
    Abstract: A ScAlMgO4 single crystal substrate having less collapse of crystal orientation, and a method for producing the single crystal substrate. A ScAlMgO4 single crystal substrate is provided, wherein, when a center of the substrate is designated as coordinates (0,0) and a measurement beam width is set to 1 [mm]×7 [mm] to conduct analysis according to an X-ray diffraction method at respective coordinate positions of (x?m,0) to (xm,0) at an interval of 1 [mm] in an x-axis direction and (0,y?n) to (0,yn) at an interval of 1 mm in a y-axis direction, wherein m and n are each an integer falling within the range so that the measurement beam is not stuck out from the substrate, a worst value of a full width at half maximum of a rocking curve at each of the coordinate positions is less than 20 [sec.].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Miyano, Naoto Yanagita, Naoya Ryoki, Takehiro Asahi, Masaki Nobuoka
  • Patent number: 10766237
    Abstract: The polyester film is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent component is ethylene terephthalate. The polyester film has two or more layers that include at least one fold holding layer, which is present on at least one of the film surfaces and has a total of at least one monomer component that can form an amorphous component of 12-30% by mol in all monomer components of the fold holding layer and a difference in amount of an amorphous component of 4-30% by mol obtained by deducting an amount of an amorphous component in a layer other than the fold holding layer from the amount of the amorphous component in the fold holding layer. The polyester film has a fold holding angle of 20-70 degrees and a heat shrinkage rate of 0-15% in the longitudinal and width directions when treated in 80° C. hot water for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 10770874
    Abstract: A flexible covering for wires, cables, and the like includes a flexible sleeve in a partially rolled natural state and capable of being unrolled, and at least one pliable rod or insert running through an entire length of the flexible sleeve capable of firmly holding the flexible sleeve in a bent shape while allowing the flexible sleeve to remain wrapped around a bundle of wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Dale Kim
  • Patent number: 10770678
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a cover for a flexible display panel, including an organic film including a recessed portion, a reinforcing layer disposed in the recessed portion, and a first and second rigid structure adjacent to each other disposed on the organic film, the first rigid structure includes a first joint portion, and the second rigid structure includes a second joint portion, the first joint portion and the second joint portion being configured to be separated from each other when the reinforcing layer is bent, and to be joined to form a one-piece structure when the reinforcing layer is not bent. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, by providing on the organic film a reinforcing layer and rigid structures that can be joined and separated, the cover may exhibit enhanced surface hardness, impact resistance and user's feel while the bending of the cover can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao Hu
  • Patent number: 10758428
    Abstract: A stretchable sheet 10 includes: a plurality of attached portions 3 spaced apart from each other in the direction of stretch Df, wherein the first surfaces 1f and 2f of a pair of sheets 1 and 2 are attached to each other by being welded without using an adhesive, at the attached portions 3, the attached portions 3 hold elastic members F, and the attached portions 3 extend in a direction Dp crossing the direction of stretch Df of the elastic members F; and a plurality of folds P that appear between the attached portions 3 while the elastic members F are shrunk, wherein a width W3 of the attached portions 3 in the direction of stretch Df is set to be 0.2 mm or more and less than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakamura, Miwa Koshijima
  • Patent number: 10759513
    Abstract: A floor panel for installation in an aircraft includes a plurality of thermoplastic C-shaped stringers, a consolidated thermoplastic deltoid filler, a thermoplastic upper facing sheet, and a thermoplastic lower facing sheet. The stringers are disposed in a parallel arrangement with one another. The deltoid filler is disposed within a longitudinally-extending notch defined by a pair of adjacent stringers. The upper facing sheet covers an upper surface of the stringers and the deltoid filler. The lower facing sheet covers a lower surface of the stringers and the deltoid filler. The stringers, the deltoid filler, and the upper and lower facing sheets are integrally consolidated forming a unitary construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SCIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Max Gross, Joseph Bruno
  • Patent number: 10727195
    Abstract: Several embodiments of the present technology are directed to bonding sheets having enhanced plasma resistant characteristics, and being used to bond to semiconductor devices. In some embodiments, a bonding sheet in accordance with the present technology comprises a base bond material having one or more thermal conductivity elements embedded therein, and one or more etched openings formed around particular regions or corresponding features of the adjacent semiconductor components. The bond material can include PDMS, FFKM, or a silicon-based polymer, and the etch resistant components can include PEEK, or PEEK-coated components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Technetics Group LLC
    Inventors: Jason Wright, Angus McFadden
  • Patent number: 10704266
    Abstract: A roofing component formed of polyethylene thermoplastic treated to prevent degradation due to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light and an apparatus and method of forming the same. The UV treatment may include one or more of a UV absorber and a UV inhibitor. In one embodiment, the UV absorber comprises carbon black that is mixed with the polyethylene thermoplastic. The roofing component can comprise step flashing or a shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Michael John McDonough
  • Patent number: 10703067
    Abstract: A device and method for reinforcing, baffling or sealing a vehicle structure, comprising the steps of providing a flexible carrier and plurality of parallel strips located on opposing surfaces of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZEPHYROS, INC.
    Inventor: Dean Quaderer
  • Patent number: 10703036
    Abstract: An article comprising: a carrier (12), activatable material (14) disposed on the carrier, one or more carrier extensions (16) extending from the carrier; wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within a structure's cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZEPHYROS, INC.
    Inventors: Dean Quaderer, Erin White, Keith Novak, Blake Synnestvedt
  • Patent number: 10702948
    Abstract: A method provides for producing modifications in or on a transparent workpiece using a laser processing device. The laser processing device has a short pulse or ultrashort pulse laser that emits laser radiation having a wavelength in the transparency range of the workpiece and which has a beam-shaping optical unit for beam shaping for focusing the laser radiation. The transparent workpiece is composed of a material that has a plurality of phases, of which at least two phases have different dielectric constants, of which in turn the one phase is a phase embedded in the form of particles, which phase is substantially surrounded by the other phase, and wherein the product of the volume of the particles specified in cubic nanometers and the ratio of the absolute value of the difference of the two different dielectric constants to the dielectric constant of the surrounding phase is greater than 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, Niklas Bisch, Fabian Wagner, Albrecht Seidl, Frank-Thomas Lentes
  • Patent number: 10694798
    Abstract: An insulating material and a method using that material for preventing perioperative hypothermia in hospital patients. Hospital blankets, hospital gowns and thermal wraps are made with the insulating material, which comprises in one embodiment an inner layer and an outer layer of a nonwoven material and a middle layer of a polymer laminate material. The nonwoven material is a bicomponent coextruded spunbond nonwoven polypropylene and polyethylene textile and the polymer laminate material comprises polyethylene and metallised polyethylene terephthalate. The nonwoven material is arranged with an elastic such that the insulating material can change between a first configuration wherein the elastic is stretched such that the primary material lies adjacent to it, and a second configuration wherein the elastic is relaxed such that the primary material is bowed with respect to it, forming at least one cavity for entrapping air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Blizzard Protection Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Derek Ryden
  • Patent number: 10676587
    Abstract: A heat conductive sheet comprising a cured product layer of a heat conductive silicone composition on one or both surfaces of a glass cloth sealed using a cured product of a heat conductive resin composition. The heat conductive silicone composition includes an organic silicon compound component and an aspherical heat conductive filler. The amount of the heat conductive filler is 250 to 600 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the organic silicon compound component, and the heat conductive filler has a DOP oil absorption of not more than 80 ml/100 g. The heat conductive sheet can be continuously manufactured by coating molding and wound into a roll even with the use of an inexpensive aspherical heat conductive filler, and has high heat conductivity, low thermal contact resistance, and high insulating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Yasuhisa Ishihara, Toru Tsuchiya, Hisaharu Yamaguchi, Masahiro Moteki, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10668699
    Abstract: A core layer is provided which is suitable for a multilayer composite that includes at least one cover layer and the core layer. The cover layer is arranged so as to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto. The multilayer composite includes the core layer, the core layer having layers which have corrugated wooden elements. The corrugated wooden elements are arranged in an oriented manner in at least one layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Wood Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Achim Moller, Thomas Eckstein, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Patent number: 10654202
    Abstract: Provided is a resin molding in which two types of substrates have a connection part constituted of a thin part provided from the one substrate to the other substrate with a boundary defined by end surfaces of the respective substrates, wherein the density of the one substrate in the connection part is higher than the density of a base part excluding the connection part. The resin molding can have a configuration in which the one substrate is a plate-like substrate including reinforcing fibers and a first thermoplastic resin binding the reinforcing fibers to each other and the other substrate is an injection-molded member connected along the plate face direction of the one substrate from an end surface of the one substrate. Moreover, it is preferred that the connection part have, on the side thereof closer to the other substrate, a section gradually thinned from a position at which the connection part extends and the connection interface be located at an intermediate part of the part that is gradually thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Kamiya, Masanori Hashiba
  • Patent number: 10647090
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel motherboard, a method of manufacturing a display panel, and a display apparatus. The display panel motherboard includes a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other. The first substrate has a plurality of first zones and a plurality of second regions, each of the plurality of first zones has a first display region and a first packaging material pattern on a periphery of the first display region, each of the plurality of second zones has a second packaging material pattern, and the second packaging material pattern is at at least one side of the first packaging material pattern facing away from the first display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ang Xiao, Fuyi Cui, Fujiang Jin, Quanqin Sun, Xiangnan Wang