Patents Examined by Frank J Vineis
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Patent number: 10814957Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composite panel member for an airframe of an aircraft or spacecraft, the composite panel member having a laminated or sandwich structure including: a first outer layer extending over a first side of the panel member; a second outer layer extending over a second side of the panel member; a core layer between the first and second outer layers; and at least one support element configured as an electrical conductor and provided within the core layer between the first and second outer layers. In this regard, the at least one support element extends within the core layer substantially parallel to the first and second outer layers.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Ichwan Zuardy, Oliver Bullinger, Claudio Vultaggio
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Patent number: 10807445Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of window panels arranged with at least one pair of adjacent window panels. Adjacent edge portions of the adjacent window panels are joined by a respective molded joining element. The molded joining element is at least partially overmolded and joined at the respective edge portions of the adjacent window panels. The adjacent edge portions joined by the respective molded joining element are offset or non-coplanar. The window panels are formed such that the adjacent edge portions and the molded joining element provide a selected pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Troy F. Tooker, David K. Johnson, Julie L. Quinones
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Patent number: 10807913Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond element includes a polycrystalline diamond table having a body of bonded diamond particles with interstitial regions. A first volume of the body includes an interstitial material and a second volume of the body has a lower concentration of interstitial material within the interstitial regions than the first volume. The polycrystalline diamond element includes an element face and a peripheral surface. The first volume is adjacent to a central portion of the element face and the second volume is adjacent to the peripheral surface. A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond element includes forming a concave region in the polycrystalline diamond element, exposing at least a portion of the concave region to a leaching solution, and removing at least a portion of the polycrystalline diamond material that was exposed to the leaching solution from the polycrystalline diamond element.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Joshua Adam Hawks, Ryan LeRoy Woodland, Jason Keith Wiggins, David Paul Miess, Mark Pehrson Chapman, Trevor Allen Olsen, Trent Neil Butcher, Michael James Gleason, Matthew Sinclair Brown, Julie Ann Kidd
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Patent number: 10772396Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative piece comprising a support produced in a material which does not include plastic deformation and in which at least one hollow is provided, characterised in that said hollow being filled with a first material being an at least partially amorphous alloy forming a substrate in which at least one housing is provided, said at least one housing being designed so that at least one aesthetic element can be housed therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Omega S.A.Inventors: Stephane Lauper, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler, Alban Dubach, Stewes Bourban, Alexandre Netuschill, Lionel Blaser
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Patent number: 10767290Abstract: The invention relates to a fibrous tape comprising fused polymeric fibers, said fibrous tape having a tape thickness and a tape width and being characterized by a coefficient of variation (CV) of the tape thickness across the tape width of at most 6%.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Roelof Marissen, Koen van Putten, Antoon Maria Verspagen
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Patent number: 10754067Abstract: A self-cleaning film system includes a substrate and an anti-reflection film disposed on the substrate. The anti-reflection film includes a first sheet formed from titanium dioxide, a second sheet formed from silicon dioxide and disposed on the first sheet, and a third sheet formed from titanium dioxide and disposed on the second sheet. The system includes a self-cleaning film disposed on the anti-reflection film and including a monolayer disposed on the third sheet and formed from a fluorinated material selected from the group consisting of fluorinated organic compounds, fluorinated inorganic compounds, and combinations thereof. The self-cleaning film includes a first plurality of regions disposed within the monolayer such that each of the first plurality of regions abuts and is surrounded by the fluorinated material and includes a photocatalytic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter, Gayatri V. Dadheech
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Patent number: 10744744Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass which includes two or more resin layers laminated together and which has excellent deaeration properties in the manufacturing process of a laminated glass and prevents ghosting. The present invention also aims to provide a laminated glass comprising the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass which includes two or more resin layers laminated together and has many minute recesses and many minute protrusions on at least one surface thereof. The recesses have a groove shape with a continuous bottom. The recesses are formed in a regular manner, and recesses adjacent to each other being parallel. Recesses adjacent to each other are spaced less than 750 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Kitano, Taiki Katayama
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Patent number: 10719176Abstract: A transparent laminated film comprising a transparent substrate layer and a surface-smooth layer on one side of the transparent substrate layer is disposed on a display surface of a pen-input device. The surface-smooth layer comprises a cured product of a curable composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate and a leveling agent, and the coefficient of static friction, the coefficient of dynamic friction, and the difference between the coefficient of static friction and the coefficient of dynamic friction (the coefficient of static friction—the coefficient of dynamic friction) are adjusted to 0.2 to 0.4, 0.1 to 0.3, and a range of larger than 0.05, respectively. The curable composition may further comprise a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate. The leveling agent may comprise a silicone-series leveling agent and/or a fluorine-containing leveling agent. When used for a pen-input device, the film permits input like writing on paper with a ballpoint pen.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shota Shimosugi
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Patent number: 10710341Abstract: The present invention concerns a shaped composite material and a method for producing it. More specifically, the invention concerns a disc for a disc brake made from ceramic composite materials, usually known as “CMC”, i.e. “Carbon Material Ceramic” or “CCM”, i.e. “Carbon Ceramic Material”. These materials consist of carbon matrices containing carbon fibres usually infiltrated with silicon and a product of reaction between C and Si, silicon carbide (SiC). More specifically, the invention concerns a shaped composite material comprising a inner layer (3; 103) of CCM C/SiC/Si material comprising disorderly short filaments consisting mainly of carbon and respective outer layers (2, 2?; 102, 102?) of C/SiC/Si material and having an orderly fabric structure of mainly carbon fibres.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Petroceramics S.p.A.Inventor: Massimiliano Valle
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Patent number: 10710326Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sandwich structure having an open cellular core and a fluid-tight seal surrounding the core includes coupling a mold to a first facesheet to define a reservoir. The method also includes irradiating a volume of photo-monomer in the reservoir with a series of vertical collimated light beams to form a cured, solid polymer border extending around a periphery of the first facesheet. The method also includes irradiating a remaining volume of photo-monomer in the reservoir with a series of collimated light beams to form an ordered three-dimensional polymer microstructure core defined by a plurality of interconnected polymer optical waveguides coupled to the first facesheet and surrounded by the cured, solid polymer border. The method further includes coupling a second facesheet to the ordered three-dimensional microstructure core and the cured, solid polymer border to form the sandwich structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventors: Jacob M. Hundley, Alan J. Jacobsen, Sophia S. Yang, Zak C. Eckel, Christopher S. Roper, William Carter
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Patent number: 10703879Abstract: A ceramic bonding material including at least one fibrous material, a flux agent and a thickening agent wherein the ceramic bonding material fired at a set temperature to bond the two adjacent substrate faces.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Tab H. Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
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Patent number: 10696008Abstract: Techniques for joining textile materials are provided. In one non-limiting form, a system includes a woven structure having a first woven layer and at least a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first fringe portion and a first set of fibers, and the second section includes a second fringe portion and a second set of fibers. The fibers of the first and second sets of fibers are configured in the first and second fringe portions to provide an interlocking arrangement between the first and second sections. Further embodiments, forms, features, and aspects shall become apparent from the description and drawings.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventor: Andrew Joseph Lazur
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Patent number: 10676403Abstract: Protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications and methods for fabricating such protective coating systems are provided. An exemplary protective coating system includes a substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, a first coating layer formed directly on to the substrate and comprising an oxygen barrier material, a compliance material, or a bonding material and a second coating layer formed directly on to the first coating layer and comprising a thermal barrier material. The exemplary protective coating optionally includes a third coating layer partially formed directly on to the second coating layer and partially formed within at least some of the plurality of pores of the second coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Reza Oboodi, Eric Passman, Bahram Jadidian
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Patent number: 10662648Abstract: Gypsum board having a core, said core having at least one side covered with a non-woven fabric; characterized in that the inner side of the non-woven fabric, which is in contact with the core of the gypsum board, has a surface roughness Ra of from 25 to 60 micrometers, preferably from 25 to 50 micrometers, advantageously from 25 to 40 micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Ahlstrom-Munksjö OyjInventors: Emmanuel Faynot, Marc Berlioz, Samuel Merlet, Claude Leclercq
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Patent number: 10626268Abstract: There is provided a pressure sensitive adhesive foam comprising a foam comprising a non-syntactic foam blend of styrenic block copolymer and acrylic copolymer wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive foam has an elongation of greater than 600%, wherein the non-syntactic foam blend is a hot melt formed foam. There is also provided multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive foams, pressure sensitive adhesive foam tapes and articles made using such pressure sensitive adhesive foam.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Andrew Satrijo, Kyle P. Erickson, Jingjing Ma, Damian A. Marshall, Richard L. Peloquin, Sharon Wang, Michael C. Martin
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Electromagnetic wave absorbing body and method for manufacturing electromagnetic wave absorbing body
Patent number: 10617046Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic wave absorbing body which is a sheet-like electromagnetic wave absorbing body in which particles including a soft magnetic material are dispersed in a matrix including a non-metal material, in which the electromagnetic wave absorbing body satisfies a relationship: ???, in which ? is a parameter given by Equation (1): ?=Ad(??)0.5/(??+???/?), in which d is a thickness of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, ?, ??, ?, and ?? are a permittivity of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, a loss term of ?, a permeability of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, and a loss term of ?, respectively, and A is equal to 8×104/?(?/m).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Saito, Yu Nakama, Mikiko Tsutsui, Tadashi Hattori -
Patent number: 10605400Abstract: An exemplary sheetlike insulation material precursor and an exemplary insulation material are disclosed that can feature a particularly high thermal conductivity. The insulation material precursor can be characterized in that a layer of resin on each of two outer sides of a core laminate of interconnected polyester nonwovens and a polyester film is at the B-stage and has a weight fraction of at least 5% of boron nitride.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: ABB AGInventors: Jörg Nelges, Jörg Bohnenberger
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Patent number: 10589474Abstract: Variously configured sub-laminate modules are provided, which comprise at least a first ply and a second ply, the first ply comprising fibers extending in a first orientation, the second ply comprising fibers extending in a second orientation. The second orientation is offset relative to the first orientation, which offset defines an acute angle between the two orientations. The acute angle is less than 90 degrees and in at least one embodiment, the acute angle is approximately 25°. In certain embodiments, the acute angle further defines an unbalanced structure of the sub-laminate module. In certain embodiments, the first and second plies may be further secured relative to one another in a non-crimped configuration. Composite laminated structures formed from various embodiments of the sub-laminate modules are also provided, at least some of which may be homogenized. Various methods of manufacturing the sub-laminate modules and the composite laminated structures are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignees: Compagnie Chomarat, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Stephen W. Tsai, Michel Cognet, Philippe Sanial
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Patent number: 10583428Abstract: A self-cleaning film system configured for reducing a visibility of a contaminant includes a substrate and a film. The film includes a monolayer defining a plurality of cavities and formed from a first material having a first surface energy, and a plurality of patches disposed within the plurality of cavities. Each of the patches is formed from a photocatalytic material having a second surface energy that is higher than the first. The film has a touchpoint area having a first use frequency, and a second area having a second use frequency that is less than the first. The patches are present in the touchpoint area in a first concentration and are configured to direct the contaminant towards the second area. The patches are present in the second area in a second concentration that is higher than the first and are configured to reduce the visibility of the contaminant.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter, Gayatri V. Dadheech
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Patent number: 10576715Abstract: A flooring board having a plurality of layers may have a sufficiently high modified Janka hardness rating for use in general flooring applications. The flooring board may comprise a fiberboard core layer having a thin veneer layer of a natural wood species adhered to a surface of the core layer. The veneer layer may be a gymnosperm (softwood) or angiosperm (hardwood) having a low Janka hardness rating. Surprisingly, the flooring board has a high modified Janka hardness rating significantly higher than the Janka hardness rating of the natural wood species and sufficient for use in general flooring applications when the veneer layer is sufficiently thin.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Aladdin Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Harry Bogner, Dick Quinlan