Patents Examined by Frank J Vineis
  • Patent number: 11685136
    Abstract: A composite product substantially reduced the impact force imposed by hard impactor which travelled at the speed in the range of 400 m/s to 1400 m/s simultaneously damping the vibrations and shocks appeared therein is disclosed. At the same time it is light weight with the weight lower than that of 22 to 38 kg/m2and is flexible to adopt the shape suitable for the end applications. A method of manufacturing the composite product of the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SP Advanced Engineering Materials Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventor: Arindam Mukherji
  • Patent number: 11685587
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a packaging composite material comprising polarizing films, the packaging composite material comprising: a polarizing layer, comprising two or more layers of polarizing film, wherein polarization directions of at least two layers of polarizing film have an included angle which is not 0°. The packaging composite material of the present invention has a simple structure, strong light-blocking properties, a high light-blocking rate, and a broad-spectrum light-blocking effect. Also disclosed in the present invention are the use of the packaging composite material in packaging, and the use of the packaging composite material in a label. When used as packaging or a label, the packaging composite material can extend the shelf life of products which need to be stored in the dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Xun Ma, Zhiheng Zhao, Zhijun Cheng, Wen Zeng, Huan Xiong
  • Patent number: 11673372
    Abstract: A laminated vehicle includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer and an opaque polymeric film that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the opaque polymeric film has at least one cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Marcel Klein, Michael Kolf, Valentin Schulz
  • Patent number: 11672141
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a bent area between a first area and a second area, and bent about a bending axis, a display unit over an upper surface of the substrate at the first area, and a protective film over a lower surface of the substrate that is opposite to the upper surface, and including an opening corresponding to the bent area, wherein an inner side surface of the opening is inclined with respect to the lower surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Han, Kwansu Kim, Yongjin Kim, Jiseok Ryu, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11634264
    Abstract: A foil-wrapped vacuum insulation panel having a core, and an air-tight envelope in the form of a wrapping foil surrounding the core made of powder or granulate, wherein between the core made of powder or granulate and the air-tight wrapping foil, there is provided at least one intermediate layer of cardboard and/or paperboard, which completely envelopes the core made of powder or granulate in a powder-tight manner and is formed cuboid box which has approximately the same shape as the finished vacuum insulation element, wherein the powder or granulate is filled into the cuboid box in such an amount that the body is completely filled up to its very top, and the shape of the vacuum insulation element is acquired only via the cuboid box and not by the powder or granulate, while the structural integrity of the core is not sufficient to retain the shape of the core on its own without the surrounding cardboard or paperboard box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Roland Caps
  • Patent number: 11629457
    Abstract: An automobile instrument panel surface material includes a microfiber having an average single fiber diameter of 0.3 to 7 ?m; and polyurethane, the automobile instrument panel surface material having nap formed of the microfiber, the automobile instrument panel surface material having, of light fastnesses measured according to a light fastness measurement method of JIS L 0843:2006 under conditions of a xenon arc intensity of 110 MJ/m2, a fading by gray scale evaluation of grade 3.5 or higher, the automobile instrument panel surface material having a glass haze of 10.0% or less as measured according to a glass haze evaluation method of ISO 6452:2007 under conditions of a heating temperature of 100° C. and a heating time of 20 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yanagisawa, Akihiro Tanabe, Makoto Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11613101
    Abstract: A magnetic piece, a multilayer magnetic piece and a multilayer core with an adhesive agent of excellent saturation magnetic flux density are provided. The magnetic piece includes a soft magnetic amorphous alloy ribbon 1 and a resin layer 2 provided on at least one surface of the soft magnetic amorphous alloy ribbon. The resin layer contains a resin whose Shore D hardness is not more than 60. The resin may have a Shore D hardness of not more than 25 or may have a Shore D hardness of not less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio Uchikawa, Nakao Moritsugu, Daichi Azuma
  • Patent number: 11603611
    Abstract: Described is a composite made from a woven fabric, a non-woven fabric, or a knitted face fabric and a non-woven fabric. The woven fabric, the non-woven fabric, or the knitted face fabric is needle punched such that fibers protrude into the non-woven fabric. The woven fabric, the non-woven fabric, or the knitted face fabric has a first polymer having a first melting point and a second polymer having a second melting point being higher than the first melting point. The nonwoven backing material comprises a third polymer having a third melting point and a fourth polymer having a fourth melting point being higher than the third melting point. The woven fabric, the non-woven fabric, or the knitted face fabric is further bonded to the nonwoven backing material applying heat to at least partially melt or soften the first polymer and the third polymer such that they bond together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: James T. Burns, Thomas Odum, Derek S. Bass
  • Patent number: 11584685
    Abstract: To provide a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, in which a stress depth DOLzero of the compressive stress layer, at which the compressive stress is 0 MPa, is 45 to 200 ?m, a compressive stress CS on an outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 400 to 1400 MPa, and CS×DOLzero, which is a product of the compressive stress CS on the outermost surface and the stress depth DOLzero (?m), is 4.8×104 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OHARA INC.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Yagi, Kohei Ogasawara, Yuki Motoshima, Reika Kojima, Yutaka Yamashita, Naoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11577989
    Abstract: To provide a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, where a stress depth DOLzero of the compressive stress layer, at which the compressive stress is 0 MPa, is 45 to 200 ?m, a compressive stress CS on an outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 400 to 1400 MPa, and a central stress CT determined by using curve analysis is 55 to 300 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: OHARA INC.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Yagi, Kohei Ogasawara, Yuki Motoshima, Reika Kojima, Yutaka Yamashita, Naoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11571839
    Abstract: A web of impregnated fibrous material(s) including N individual tapes of fibrous material(s) stacked and/or joined in relation to one another, in which said N tapes adhere to each other and can overlap at least partially. The tapes of fibrous material(s) include continuous fibers impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer, and optionally a chain extender. The web has a surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, S, that is substantially equal to the sum of the surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, of each initial individual tape, denoted Sth, Sth being equal to N×l×Ep, wherein l represents the average width of a tape and Ep represents the average thickness of a tape, N being between 2 and 2000, and the average thickness of each individual tape being less than or equal to 150 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Thibaut Savart, Gilles Hochstetter, Anthony Florencie, Patrice Gaillard, Axel Salinier, Arthur Pierre Babeau
  • Patent number: 11571879
    Abstract: A film for laminated glass, the film including a surface embossing pattern formed on at least a portion of one side of the film, wherein the surface embossing pattern comprises convexities, and concavities separating the convexities from one another, each of the convexities is surrounded by some of the concavities, and an average area of the convexities is 0.01 mm2 to 4.00 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haksoo Lee, Sungjin Chung
  • Patent number: 11560714
    Abstract: A building construction product with an electroconductive surface, the building construction product comprising a core with one or more surfaces covered by an electroconductive paper comprising carbon fibers, the electroconductive paper being attached to the one or more surfaces of the core. Methods and materials for producing the building construction products with an electroconductive surface and products and methods for shielding an area from electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventors: Suman Sinha Ray, Salvatore C. Immordino, Jr., Mark Joseph, Terry Rosenstiel, William White
  • Patent number: 11554575
    Abstract: Implementations for composite display cover are described and provide improved protection and durability to device displays as compared with conventional display protection technologies. The described composite display cover, for instance, utilizes an ultra-thin glass layer with a polymer film applied directly to the glass layer and a hard coat applied to the polymer film. The polymer film, for instance, is applied to the glass layer without an adhesive. Further, the composite display cover can be attached to a display, such as via an adhesive layer that adheres the glass layer to a surface of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Deborah M. Paskiewicz, Alberto R. Cavallaro
  • Patent number: 11535555
    Abstract: Glass articles with infrared reflectivity and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, glass article having infrared reflectivity includes a first surface, a second surface and a body extending between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of discrete layers of metallic silver are formed in the body creating at least one optical cavity in the body. Each discrete layer may have a thickness T such that 100 nm?T?250 nm and may be spaced apart from adjacent layers of metallic silver by a spacing S?500. The glass article reflects at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm and transmits at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 390 nm to 750 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Karl William Koch, III, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III
  • Patent number: 11539030
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) encapsulation structure, a protective film therefor, and a manufacturing method of the protective film, the protective film includes a base film and an auxiliary film disposed on at least two opposite sides of the base film, and connected to the base film, wherein the auxiliary film is softer than the base film, and when the protective film covers the OLED encapsulation structure, the base film covers a top portion of the OLED encapsulation structure, and the auxiliary film covers at least two opposite sides of the OLED encapsulation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiayou Cheng, Chienlin Wu
  • Patent number: 11529790
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a joint body of different materials, and a method of manufacturing the same. The joint body includes a metal layer; and a resin layer provided on and in contact with one surface of the metal layer. The metal layer comprises two or more etching grooves and two or more burrs provided on a surface of the metal layer adjacent to the etching grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Mi Jung, Yu Jin Jeong, Bu Gon Shin, Tae Hwan Roh, Sung Gon Kim, Jung Jin Han
  • Patent number: 11500424
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a first member, a window on the first member, a first adhesive layer between the first member and the window, and a light blocking layer between the window and the first adhesive layer, the window including a first window portion contacting the first adhesive layer and including a bending portion and a non-bending portion, and a second window portion connected to the bending portion, the second window portion being spaced from the non-bending portion and contacting the light blocking layer, wherein the first adhesive layer includes, a first adhesive portion including a first sub-adhesive portion contacting the bending portion, and a second sub-adhesive portion contacting the non-bending portion, and a second adhesive portion contacting the light blocking layer, and wherein the first sub-adhesive portion has a modulus less than a modulus of each of the second sub-adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongsuk Lee, Donghun No, Soyeon Eom, Kyungsu Lee, Jinhwa Jeon, Youngkuil Joo
  • Patent number: 11492758
    Abstract: Fibrous structures having thereon a surface softening composition containing a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester, sanitary tissue products made from such fibrous structures and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi, Beth Ann Schubert, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Patent number: 11486114
    Abstract: Protective shields configured to prevent projection against projectiles, such as during excavating and/or mining operations, are provided. The protective shields include a base layer comprising one or more transparent polycarbonate layers, a sacrificial polycarbonate layer comprising a transparent polycarbonate, and an air gap positioned directly between at least a portion of the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer. The sacrificial polycarbonate layer is directly or indirectly attached to the base layer in a manner to provide the air gap positioned between the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: EQUIPMENT ARMOR, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy David Nickodemus