Patents Examined by Ellen S Wood
  • Patent number: 10676610
    Abstract: A fuel pipe for an aircraft having a wall made of a material including a matrix composed of an epoxy copolymer obtained through the reaction of a resin of the bisphenol A diglycidyl ether type with an amine hardener, and from 3 to 5% of an organically modified nanoclay by weight of the epoxy copolymer, the nanoclay including layered magnesium aluminum silicate platelets, and reinforcing fibers embedded in the matrix. In one example, the resin is a bisphenol A epichlorohydrin based resin, a phenol, 4,40-(1-methylethylidene) bis-polymer with (chloromethyl) oxirane; the nanoclay is provided in a 4% weight proportion to the epoxy copolymer, and is a montmorillonite; the amine hardener is an amidoamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Mohsen Jalali, Fidele Moupfouma
  • Patent number: 10626557
    Abstract: A fibrous sheet having a basis weight of between 20 and 1000 g/m2 that disintegrates in water, has 10% to 70% starch on the basis of the total weight of the dry fibrous sheet. The disintegration time in water, measured in accordance with standard NF Q34-020 applied to a specimen of the sheet of 9×8 cm2, is less than 50 seconds. A loss of strength of the sheet measured in accordance with a defined table test corresponds to a loss of strength of a specimen of said sheet forming an angle of at least 85° after having being wetted with water for a duration of 6 seconds, and/or a residual wet strength of the sheet relative to its dry strength, as measured according to a defined ring crush test, is less than 1%. The fibrous sheet may be used for the manufacture of a water disintegrable core in a roll of tissue paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe Colin, Jean-Claude Dozzi, Pierre Probst, Véronique Wiss, Rémy Ruppel
  • Patent number: 10626248
    Abstract: A flexible tube includes a polymer composition of a poly vinyl chloride having a molecular weight greater than about 1.0 inherent viscosity (IV) and a bio-based plasticizer. Further, a method of forming a flexible tube is provided. The method includes compounding a poly vinyl chloride having a molecular weight greater than about 1.0 inherent viscosity (IV) with a bio-based plasticizer to form a polymer composition and extruding the polymer composition into the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Josef E. Guesman, Wayne E. Garver, Kathryn J. Morris, Nathan Klettlinger, Mark F. Colton
  • Patent number: 10569511
    Abstract: A delamination container (1) formed in a shape including a tubular mouth (la) and a trunk (1b), the container (1) including: an outer layer body (2) formed of a resin material; an inner layer body (3) formed of a resin material and disposed on an inner side of the outer layer body (2); and an intermediate layer (4) formed of a resin material different from those forming the outer and inner layer bodies (2) and (3) and disposed between the outer and inner layer bodies (2) and (3). The outer and inner layer bodies (2) and (3) and the intermediate layer (4) are formed by direct-blow molding a laminated parison including resin layers corresponding to them. At an opening end of the mouth (1a), an end portion of the intermediate layer (4) is covered by the outer and inner layer bodies (2) and (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Akiyama, Masakazu Kudo, Shintaro Kutsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10524584
    Abstract: Multilayer furniture protective devices and methods of use are provided herein. An example furniture protective device includes a tubular sleeve having a first open end and a second open end. The tubular sleeve has a layered pair of substrates including an elastomeric sheet stitched to a polymeric fabric sheet. The elastomeric sheet is stitched using a diamond pattern and the polymeric fabric sheet has a stitched diamond pattern that forms cells. Each of the cells has a ruching of polymeric fabric sheet material. The cells can expand when the furniture protective device is stretched due to the ruching of polymeric fabric sheet material allowing the tubular sleeve to expand to encompass an article of furniture. The elastomeric sheet resiliently biasing the tubular sleeve into a conforming relationship around the article of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Elan Basset
  • Patent number: 10485899
    Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene tube is provided and has a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, a tensile elongation at break of 350% or more, and a melting energy of 0.6 J/g or more which is calculated from an endothermic peak at 370° C.±5° C. in a procedure of increasing a temperature in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Nozomi Ohshika, Syunsuke Munakata
  • Patent number: 10434691
    Abstract: Generation of a balloon-shaped air bubble is suppressed. A foam molded article according to a mode of the present disclosure is characterized in that in a situation of being divided into two equal parts in the thickness direction T of the foam molded article, the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the inner surface side A of the foam molded article is 1.2 times ((?1/?1)=1.2) or greater of the average cell diameter ?1 in the thickness direction T on the outer surface side B of the foam molded article and that the surface roughness Sm of the inner surface of the foam molded article is 1000 ?m or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Onodera, Naoto Tani
  • Patent number: 10407238
    Abstract: A package for ice cream, and a process of packaging the food product are disclosed. Particularly, a first structural layer has a cavity and a flexible second layer is inserted therein. A food product such as ice cream is then introduced into the flexible second layer, and in one modification the food product may be covered with a flexible third layer, before freezing the food product. The freezing process fractures the first structural layer while the second and third layers are preferably sealed about a perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CREATIVE EDGE DESIGN GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Soehnlen, Gregory M. Soehnlen, William Soehnlen
  • Patent number: 10384847
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a material impermeable to water vapor and oxygen for packaging dietary products, cosmetics and medicinal specialities. In particular, the present disclosure refers to primary packaging in the form of blister packs or sachets, which comes into direct contact with the formulations of medicinal specialities and dietary products and cosmetics, such as, for example, tablets, pills, pessaries, powders, granules, suppositories, rigid capsules and soft capsules (also known as soft gel capsules).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PROBIOTICAL NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Giovanni Mogna
  • Patent number: 10370524
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following components: A) an ethylene/?-olefin/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer that has the following properties: i) a rheology ratio (V0.1/V100 at 190° C.) greater than, or equal to, 35; ii) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) greater than, or equal to, 200,000 g/mol; and iii) a CCDB (Chemical Composition Distribution Breadth) less than 7; B) a thermoplastic polymer; C) a vulcanization agent; and wherein the interpolymer comprises incorporated oil. The invention also provides a composition comprising the following: A) a first composition comprising: a) a first ethylene/?-olefin/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer; b) a second ethylene/?-olefin/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer; and wherein the first composition has the following properties: i) an MWD less than, or equal to, 3.5, ii) a Mooney Viscosity (ML (1+4, 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiaosong Wu, Colin Li Pi Shan
  • Patent number: 10364376
    Abstract: A starch-based adhesive composition, having a tan ? at 10 Hz and 20° C. of at least 1.40 is provided. The adhesive composition is in particular useful as labelling adhesive. Also provided is a bottle that has a label whereby the label is attached to the bottle by the aforesaid adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ N.V., AGRANA STAERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Kozich, Bernhard Seidl, Bart Levecke, Heiko Lipkens
  • Patent number: 10358263
    Abstract: A supply vessel for dispensing of ultra-high purity chemical reagents, comprising a metal container defining an enclosable interior volume including interior surface structure, wherein the interior surface structure is coated with an ultra-high purity effective polyperfluoroalkoxyethylene coating. Such supply vessel may for example be utilized for storage and dispensing of ultra-high purity chemical reagent to a semiconductor manufacturing tool, or a tool for manufacturing of flat-panel displays, or solar panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn K. Naito, Andy Krell, Mitchell W. McFeron, Steven Jackson, Joel Robison
  • Patent number: 10294388
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Patent number: 10259187
    Abstract: The method is for manufacturing a tube in which a stretching film is fastened for a length of over one turn on both sides of a tube mesh that is only expandable on a circumference thereof. Each film is also fastened to itself. An expandable tube is formed which is expandable to a circumference allowed by the tube mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10259612
    Abstract: A container includes a metal end applied and sealed to an all-thermoplastic container body by a crimp-seaming or double-seaming operation. The metal end has an outer curl joined to a chuck wall that extends down from the curl. One or both of the inner surface of the container side wall and the outer surface of the chuck wall has/have a heat-sealable material thereon. The metal end is crimp-seamed or double-seamed to the container body and the heat-sealable material(s) are heated to soften or melt such that the interface between the chuck wall and the side wall is fused. The interface is oriented along a direction relative to internal pressure exerted on the metal end such that stress on the interface caused by the internal pressure is predominantly shear stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Price, Jeremy Morin
  • Patent number: 10197208
    Abstract: Pipe with an outer diameter of from 90 to 630 mm and a minimum wall thickness of higher than 3.6 mm, having (a) an extrapolated time-to-failure (ASTM F2023 and ASTM F2769-10, performed on 16 mm SDR 7.4 pipe) of at least 50 years (for classification code CL5), (b) a time to failure (ISO 1167, performed on 32 mm SDR 11 pipe) of at least 10000 hours (110° C. under hoop stress of 2.6 MPa), and (c) a resistance to slow crack growth (ISO 13479 (80° C., 9.2 bar, performed on 110 mm SDR 11 pipe)) of at least 5000 hrs. The pipe contains a copolymer of ethylene and an a-olefin, and has (a) a density (D) in the range 933-948 kg/m3, (b) a melt index (MI2) in the range 0.15-2.0 g/10 min, and (c) a melt elastic modulus G? (G?=500 Pa) in the range 40 to 150 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: INEOS EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Dominique Jan, Loic Poullin
  • Patent number: 10186173
    Abstract: A label for a bottle where the label is comprised of a laminate where an outer layer (3) is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when made wet, and an inner layer (5) behind this first layer which is a material that is opaque, and such that it will maintain such opaqueness when wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Collotype Services Pty Ltd., Avery Dennison Materials Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: John Frankhuisen
  • Patent number: 10184043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blown film made of a composition comprising a) a propylene heterophasic copolymer (A) with a matrix propylene polymer and an ethylene-propylene-rubber characterized in that the film has been monoaxially oriented in the machine direction with a stretch ratio of 1:1.1 to 1:10, to a process for making such a film, to the use of said composition in making such a film, and to an article comprising such a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Peter Niedersuess, Manfred Kirchberger, Ole Jan Myhre
  • Patent number: 10166863
    Abstract: A PVC/NBR rubber composition includes (A) 100 PHR polyblend (33-45 ACN) PVC/NBR, (B) 20-50 PHR conductive carbon black, (C) 2-20 PHR rice husk ash containing at least 90% SiO2, wherein the rubber composition has electrical resistivity of less than 1×106? measured according to SAE J2260.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Cristiano Grings Herbert, Cristiane Carla Goncalves, Rodrigo Denizarte de Oliveira Polkowski, Angelo Nogueira Aguiar
  • Patent number: 10160154
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion blow molded tube, which is filled or can be filled by way of its rear end, and the body, shoulder and neck of which are produced in one piece by extrusion blow molding. The tube has an LLDPE-rich layer with an LLDPE content of 50 to 95% by weight, and the average wall thickness of the tube in the region of the body is 0.3 to 0.85 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann Kunz