Patents Examined by Elizabeth E Mulvaney
  • Patent number: 11576268
    Abstract: A display device, including a folding region, and first and second non-folding regions at opposing sides of the folding region, includes: a display module; a support member on the display module; and a bonding layer between the display module and the support member. The support member includes a first support member in the first non-folding region and a part of the folding region, and a second support member in the second non-folding region and a part of the folding region. The bonding layer is over the folding region and the first and second non-folding regions. The bonding layer includes first to third portions in the first non-folding region, in the second non-folding region, and in the folding region, respectively. Adhesive force of the first portion to the support member is less than adhesive force of the second portion to the first support member or the second support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyo Park, Han Sun Ryou, Seung Hwa Ha, Min Sung Kim, Hyo Yul Yoon
  • Patent number: 11566344
    Abstract: A wafer having relaxation moduli different by 450 GPa or less, as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis, when loaded to 1 N and 18 N with a loading rate of 0.1 N/min at a temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SENIC INC.
    Inventors: Jong Hwi Park, Jongmin Shim, Eun Su Yang, Yeon Sik Lee, Byung Kyu Jang, Jung Woo Choi, Sang Ki Ko, Kap-Ryeol Ku, Jung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11560330
    Abstract: A patterned article that includes: an alkali silicate glass substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface, the substrate having a bulk composition; a patterned region defined by at least a portion of the primary surface; and a compressive stress region that extends from the at least a portion of the primary surface to a first depth within the substrate. The patterned region comprises a surface roughness (Ra) from about 1 nm to about 600 nm and at least one of a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions. Further, each of the compressive stress region and the patterned region comprises a concentration of at least one alkali metal ion that is different than the concentration of the at least one alkali metal ion in the bulk composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hongmei Hu, Yuhui Jin, Richard Alan Quinn
  • Patent number: 11548354
    Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention is a windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield including an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryohei Ogawa, Kazuki Chiba, Hisashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11548754
    Abstract: A winding core with improved beam and hoop strength and diminished friability and method for manufacturing such a core are provided, the winding core comprising: an extruded wood fiber core member; and at least one preformed paper shell member having a split seam parallel to its major axis, the shell being adhered to an exterior surface of the extruded wood fiber core member and a secondary shell of wooden staves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Souhegan Wood Products Inc.
    Inventor: Randolph A Dunn
  • Patent number: 11548356
    Abstract: A protective barrier affixable to a curved substrate comprises a stack of two or more lenses, each of the two or more lenses including a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, a hard coat on a first side of the PET film, and an adhesive layer on a second side of the PET film opposite the first side. The stack of two or more lenses may have a modulation transfer function that exhibits a contrast value greater than 75% for a spatial resolution of one line-pair per 0.0003 radians at 65 degrees angle of incidence. Heat and pressure may be applied to conform the stack of two or more lenses to the shape of the curved substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart E. Wilson, Stephen S. Wilson, Seth Wilson
  • Patent number: 11546973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacture of a product or in completion of a product. A flexible mat (20) is manufactured from an incompletely cured thermo-setting plastic, wherein the mat comprises an article (10) of electrically conductive material. The incompletely cured mat (20) including the article (10) is then formed as a function of a forming tool or to lie against or for contact with a product, whereafter final curing of the mat (20) is executed by supplying electric power to the article (10) or by external heat application or ultraviolet light. The invention also relates to an arrangement and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Kjell Lindskog
  • Patent number: 11547031
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber includes an electromagnetic wave-absorbing layer (10) and an adhesive layer (20). The adhesive layer (20) is disposed on at least one surface of the electromagnetic wave-absorbing layer (10). The electromagnetic wave absorber is capable of being adhered to a surface having a step in such a manner that the adhesive layer (20) is in contact with the surface. The adhesive layer (20) has a thickness equal to or greater than a reference height determined by subtracting 0.1 mm from the height of the step. In the electromagnetic wave absorber, a return loss ?R defined by ?R=Rt?Rr is 15 dB or more. Rt is a reflection amount of a 76-GHz electromagnetic wave and is measured for a reference specimen. Rr is a reflection amount of a 76-GHz electromagnetic wave and is measured for a specimen obtained by adhering the electromagnetic wave absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei
  • Patent number: 11543746
    Abstract: There is provided an embossed film in which the frequency of loss of concavities is smaller, the embossed film including: a film main body; and a plurality of concavities formed on a surface of the film main body. A diameter of an opening surface of the concavity is larger than a visible light wavelength, an arrangement pattern of the concavities has periodicity along a length direction of the film main body, and the difference between the rate of loss of concavities in one end portion of the film main body and the rate of loss of concavities in the other end portion of the film main body is 10 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Muramoto, Masanao Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11535009
    Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
  • Patent number: 11535014
    Abstract: A single ply napkin food wrapper is moisture resistant on the food side but moisture absorbent on the outside. The wrapper is used to wrap food when delivered to the customer and the wrapper can later be used as a napkin by the customer. Delivery of a napkin is thus ensured with each food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Julio Cesar Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11535008
    Abstract: A laminated glass having an interlayer between a glass plate on an exterior side of a vehicle and a glass plate on an interior side of the vehicle, includes a heat generator on a principal surface on a vehicle-exterior side of the glass plate that is on the interior side of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the glass plate on the exterior side of the vehicle and the glass plate on the interior side of the vehicle has a wedge shape in cross section, and wherein a maximum value of a layer thickness of the interlayer is less than or equal to 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tokihiko Aoki, Shunsuke Sadakane
  • Patent number: 11529789
    Abstract: In order to satisfy a demand for various shapes of windows of a mobile terminal and manufacture a mobile terminal with a low price, provided is a mobile terminal comprising a display panel and a window assembly disposed on the front surface of the display panel, wherein the window assembly comprises: an outer window forming a front outer appearance; an inner window disposed on the rear surface of the outer window while having a space between the outer window and the inner window; and a resin disposed in the space to fix the outer window to the inner window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dohyung Kwon, Donghyun Kim, Jinsu Nam, Sangwook Park, Sanghwon Jung, Bumoh Park, Sukho Hong
  • Patent number: 11524484
    Abstract: A transparent heat-insulating film is provided, wherein the transparent heat-insulating film includes a base layer including a first surface and a second surface, a hard-coat layer, a silver nanowire layer, and a protective layer including an inner surface and an outer surface. The hard-coat layer and the silver nanowire layer are disposed between the first surface of the base layer and the inner surface of the protective layer. A temperature of the second surface of the base layer is T1 (° C.), a temperature of the outer surface of the protective layer is T2 (° C.), and a temperature difference between T1 and T2 (T1?T2) is ?T. When T1=50-100° C. and the base layer and the protective layer reach thermal equilibrium, ?T=0.15T1?0.35T1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Hsiao, Siou-Cheng Lien, Ko-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 11511516
    Abstract: Provided is a display device using an adhesion control layer, which has excellent scratch-resistance, easily discharges air bubbles, allows proper attachment and detachment, and is stably attached regardless of whether a surface is flat or curved. The device comprises: an adhesive member; an adherend member to which the adhesive member is attached; a detachable layer disposed on one of the adhesive member and the adherend member; and an adhesion control layer to which the detachable layer is detachably attached and which is disposed on one of the adhesive member and the adherend member. The adhesion control layer is disposed on one surface of one of the adhesive member and the adherend member and includes a flat layer covering the whole of the surface and a pattern layer disposed on the flat layer, and the flat layer and the pattern layer have different adhesive forces with respect to the detachable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Young Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11505136
    Abstract: An automobile interior trim includes: a resin core member formed to have a predetermined shape; a surface member bonded to a front surface of the resin core member; a plurality of reinforcement ribs provided at a back surface of the resin core member in a width direction of the resin core member; and a recess formed at an upper end surface of each of the reinforcement ribs as means for setting a terminal part of the resin core member as a base point of rupture so that, when a side airbag deploys on the back surface side of the resin core member, the terminal part of the resin core member ruptures by force of the deployment. A slit is formed at the terminal part of the surface member adjacent to the base point of the rupture of the resin core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomonari Sakuma
  • Patent number: 11492811
    Abstract: Ceramic tile having a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer including a printed pattern, where the surface of the ceramic tile has a relief having structural features corresponding to the printed pattern. The relief being basically formed as a plurality of excavations present in the generally plane upper surface of the ceramic tile and the structural features have a depth such that they are completely situated above the ceramic base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Christine Walmsley-Scott, Bart Van Der Stockt
  • Patent number: 11492515
    Abstract: The present invention is an assembly layer for a flexible device. The assembly layer is derived from precursors that include about 0 to about 50 wt % C1-C9 alkyl(meth)acrylate, about 40 to about 99 wt % C10-C24 (meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 30 wt % hydroxyl(meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 10 wt % of a non-hydroxy functional polar monomer, and about 0 to about 5 wt % crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jason D. Clapper, Ross E. Behling, Christopher J. Campbell, Albert I. Everaerts
  • Patent number: 11485677
    Abstract: A method is described herein of making a textured glass article where the method includes: providing a glass substrate having an initial primary surface and an opposing primary surface; disposing a protective coating on at least one of the initial primary surface or the opposing primary surface; and etching the glass substrate with a hydrofluoric acid-free etchant having a pH of about 7 or less to form a leached layer in the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert Alexander Castillo, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11479023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a luminous vehicle sunroof that includes a first glazing with first and second main faces, a light-emitting element such as an OLED or QLED and a collimating optical system with one or more optical films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Mathieu Berard, Olivier Delrieu, Pascal Bauerle