Patents Examined by Ellen S Wood
  • Patent number: 9694629
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a self-repairing article comprising an inflatable component comprising one or more material layers wherein at least one material layer comprises an elastomer. It also describes a self-repairing article comprising a sealed flexible package disposed within or between material layers of the inflatable component, and a repair composition disposed in the sealed flexible package, wherein the sealed flexible package comprises a metal foil and is configured to release the repair composition upon puncture of the inflatable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Carolyn M. Dry
  • Patent number: 9682526
    Abstract: A RF weldable tubing is provided. The tubing has inner layer including a PVDF copolymer, or an ethylene alpha-olefin homopolymer, or an ethylene alpha-olefin polymer that may include a grafted polyethylene. The tubing may have an inter gas barrier layer sandwiched between the outer layer and an outermost layer including a TPU copolymer. The inter gas barrier layer may include an EVOH copolymer. A method of making such a tubing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Julien
  • Patent number: 9662869
    Abstract: A RF weldable film is provided. The film has outer layer including a PVDF copolymer or an alpha-olefin polymer and backing layer including a TPU copolymer. The film may have a gas barrier layer attached to the backing layer. The backing layer may include an EVOH copolymer. A method of making such a film is also provided. Containers made from such film are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Julien
  • Patent number: 9663601
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder which can be processed into molded articles high in thermal stability, chemical resistance and transparency and for which the extrusion pressure can be lowered. The present invention is a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder, wherein the cylinder extrusion pressure at a reduction ratio of 1600 is not higher than 50 MPa and the haze value of molded article a for measurement formed therefrom is not higher than 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Taira, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Taketo Kato, Yasuhiko Sawada
  • Patent number: 9662866
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cover tape which comprises at least a base layer (A), an intermediate layer (B), a peeling layer (C), the primary component of which is a thermoplastic resin, and a heat seal layer (D), the primary component of which is a thermoplastic resin that can be heat sealed to a carrier tape. The tensile storage modulus (c) of the thermoplastic resin that constitutes the peeling layer (C) is within the range of 1×106 Pa to 1×108 Pa. The tensile storage modulus (d) of the thermoplastic resin that constitutes the heat seal layer (D) is within the range of 1×108 Pa to 1×1010 Pa. The ratio of (c) and (d) satisfies 1×104?(d)/(c)?1×10. This kind of cover tape has the appropriate peel strength and sufficiently low fluctuation in peel strength when heat sealed to a thermoplastic resin carrier tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Hisatsugu Tokunaga, Tetsuo Fujimura
  • Patent number: 9664312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer hose for compressed air comprising, in this order: an outer layer (1) made of polyamide, optionally an intermediate layer (2) of a polymer having a flexural modulus of less than 500 MPa, an inner layer (3) of a polymer having a flexural modulus of greater than 1100 MPa, the inner layer (3) being in contact with the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Gaelle Bellet, Nicolas Amouroux, Thibaut Montanari
  • Patent number: 9656418
    Abstract: A method of processing a polyester composition without changing the intrinsic viscosity of the polyester polymer by more than 0.025 dL/g such as injection molding a PET resin to form a bottle perform and blow molding a container from the bottle preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: DAK AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. Kezios, Helen Codd, Kevin Richard Harrison
  • Patent number: 9649412
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as stents, fabricated at least in part from a polymer composite including a biodegradable elastomeric phase dispersed within a biodegradable polymeric matrix are disclosed. The composite is composed of a polyurethane block copolymer including soft polymer blocks and a hard polymer blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovasculary Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Yunbing Wang
  • Patent number: 9630371
    Abstract: A magnetizable ink suitable for a packing material for forming food packages is disclosed. The ink comprises magnetizable particles; a solvent; and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Ann-Charlotte Klint, Martin Berntsson, Fredrik Erikson
  • Patent number: 9623154
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tube which can be easily torn and has a large heat-shrinkability at a low temperature. The tube of the present invention is a heat-shrinkable tube having tearability, including a mixture of a fluorine resin and a different kind of resin from the fluorine resin, in which an amount of change in loss energy, ?E loss, with change in temperature from 175° C. to 185° C. is a positive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Junkosha Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Kohei Yuri, Masaru Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 9616642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer pipe which comprises (in the following order, from the inside of the pipe outwards): optionally, a layer C1 of a fluoropolymer; a layer C2 of a fluoropolymer onto which at least one unsaturated monomer has been radiation-grafted, optionally blended with a fluoropolymer; optionally, an adhesion tie layer C3, this layer C3 being directly attached to the layer C2 containing the radiation-grafted fluoropolymer; a layer C4 of a polyolefin optionally blended with a functionalized polyolefin, directly attached to the optional layer C3 or else to the layer C2; optionally, a barrier layer C5; and optionally, a layer C6 of a polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Anthony Bonnet, Michael Werth
  • Patent number: 9604429
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a coloring agent that is substantially more apparent in the ribs than in the web, such that a contrast in color and/or color intensity between the ribs and the web is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Borchardt, Theodore J. Fish, Kenneth E. Cisek, Robert T. Dorsey
  • Patent number: 9599512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyamide comprising at least one repeat unit corresponding to the general formulation: X·Y in which: X represents a cycloaliphatic diamine and Y represents an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid chosen from dodecanedioic (C12) acid, tetradecanedioic (C14) acid and hexadecanedioic (C16) acid, characterized in that said dicarboxylic acid comprises organic carbon of renewable origin, determined according to Standard ASTM D6866. The invention also relates to a composition comprising this polyamide and also to the use of this polyamide and of such a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Guillaume Lê, Julien Jouanneau, Benjamin Saillard
  • Patent number: 9588256
    Abstract: A color material dispersion liquid comprising a color material represented by the following general formula (I), a dispersant, and a solvent having a solubility of the color material of 0.1 (mg/10 g solvent) or less at 23° C., having excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color resin composition for color filters, which can form a color layer that has high contrast, excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color filter formed with the color resin composition for color filters; a liquid crystal display device having the color filter; and an organic light-emitting display device having the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Okada
  • Patent number: 9587147
    Abstract: The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions which comprise (A) base resin, (B) the first multifunctional compound and (C) the second multifunctional compound that can react with the first multifunctional compound and realizes an interpenetrating network structure in the cured state, and relates to polarizers and liquid crystal displays comprising the same. The invention shows excellent durability under high temperature and/or high humidity condition and good properties such as machinability, removability and workability. The invention can provide the adhesive compositions efficiently suppressing light leakage generated in the liquid crystal displays. In particular, the adhesive compositions of the invention prevent light leakage even when being used in large display devices of 20 inches or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: No Ma Kim, In Ho Hwang, Jeong Min Ha
  • Patent number: 9580575
    Abstract: A polyethylene article comprises crystalline polyethylene in an orthorhombic unit cell. The b-axes of the crystalline polyethylene are substantially aligned with the machine direction of the article. In particular, the Herman's index of the b-axes in the machine direction is greater than zero and greater than the Herman's indices of the b-axes in both the transverse and normal directions. The unique physical attributes exhibited by a polyethylene article having this new morphology are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Darin L. Dotson, Chi-Chun Tsai, Haihu Qin, John W. Miley, Mary Angela Cooley, Sanjeev K. Dey, Eduardo Torres, Francisco Alvarez
  • Patent number: 9575230
    Abstract: A color filter comprising a cured layer of a photosensitive resist composition comprising a highly reactive polyacrylate monomer and a process for the preparation thereof are provided. The color filter is especially useful for low temperature applications such as electrophoretic displays, polymer dispersed liquid crystal displays, OLED devices and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerardus De Keyzer, Liliana Craciun, Michael Kuepfert, Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung
  • Patent number: 9566768
    Abstract: The invention has for its object to provide a heat-shrinkable laminated film for deep drawing, which has an increased carbon dioxide transmission rate (CO2TR) and an enhanced ratio (CO2TR/O2TR) of carbon dioxide transmission rate-to-oxygen transmission rate (O2TR), and is less susceptible to pinholes. In the inventive heat-shrinkable laminated film for deep drawing, a polyamide resin composition layer (a) containing a polyamide resin mixture comprising 60 to 95% by mass of an aliphatic polyamide resin (A) and 5 to 40% by mass of a polyamide base resin (B) having a heat of crystalline fusion of 5 to 40 J/g is laminated onto a heat-sealing resin layer (a) containing a polyolefin resin via an adhesive resin layer (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Ibe, Tadayoshi Itoh, Hitoshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 9567478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sealant composition, a liquid crystal device and a method for preventing liquid crystal contamination using the sealant composition. The sealant composition consists of 20-30 parts by weight of an ultraviolet polymerizable double bond monomer, 15-20 parts by weight of a heat polymerization monomer, 5-20 parts by weight of a polymerizable oligomer, 0.1-5 parts by weight of a photoinitiator, 10-20 parts by weight of a heat curing agent and 0-20 parts by weight of a particulate additive, wherein said polymerizable oligomer is poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate or derivatives thereof. Through the reaction between the polymerizable oligomers and the polymer of the ultraviolet polymerizable double bond monomers to generate a reticular high molecular polymer, the anchoring effect of the polymer on the surrounding unreacted heat polymerization monomers is effectively enhanced, thereby reducing the contamination of the crystal liquid by the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renwei Guo, Dong Chen
  • Patent number: 9566760
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a voiding agent in the ribs of the skin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Borchardt, Theodore J. Fish, Kenneth E. Cisek, Robert T. Dorsey