Patents Examined by Jeffrey A Vonch
  • Patent number: 11046420
    Abstract: An aircraft flap is constructed of nested layers of composite material in the aircraft flap that include an inner layer, a middle layer and an outer layer. The aircraft flap is constructed with the inner layer laid up around a central mandrel, the middle layer laid up around the middle layer and the outer layer laid up around the middle layer. The inner layer, the middle layer and the outer layer are co-cured on the mandrel, removed from the mandrel and then assembled together with the inner layer formed in a folded over configuration around a hollow interior volume of the aircraft flap, the middle layer formed in a folded over configuration over the inner layer, and the outer layer formed in a folded over configuration around the middle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Walker, Perlas G. Martinez
  • Patent number: 11027312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer construction containing a support or frame composed of a nontransparent polymer as layer c) and a transparent layer b) based on a thermoplastic polymer having a solar transmittance TDS of more than 20%, determined in accordance with ISO 13837:2008 at a layer thickness of 4 mm, and a siloxane-based protective layer a) which is applied to layer c) and layer b), wherein the siloxane layer a) is selectively postcured in selected regions by means of ultrashort-wave UV radiation, and to a method for selective surface treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Hinzmann, Timo Kuhlmann, Peter Capellen
  • Patent number: 11020940
    Abstract: A lining plate having an outer decorative layer, a support layer having at least magnesium oxide or magnesium oxide with perlite and/or vermiculite and/or cellulose, a barrier membrane to reduce or avoid water and moisture intrusion, and a self-adhesive foam material layer with an adhesive surface to be placed on a surface to be lined, the layer being provided with a plurality of perforations. The support layer has a non-homogeneous density in its thickness, distinguishing a first thickness, following the decorative layer, and a second thickness, between the first thickness and the barrier membrane, in which the density in the first thickness is greater than the density in the second thickness. The support layer is provided with a reinforcing structure formed by meshes or by a fabric of a composite material located within the second thickness of the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: EURO TRADE FLOORING, S.L.
    Inventor: David Granados Pelaez
  • Patent number: 10995492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are plaster boards that include first and second layers of hardened plaster material, a liner attached to the first layer of hardened plaster material, and a first material (e.g., a polymer material such as a viscoelastic polymer) adhered between the liner and the second layer of hardened plaster material. The liner includes one or more structurally weakened regions each extending substantially from a first edge to a second opposing edge of the plaster board. The structurally weakened regions of the liner may facilitate creation of a fissure that propagates substantially within a plane within the plaster board. Methods for making the plaster boards may involve drying wet plaster material while it is in contact with a liner having structurally weakened regions, processing a liner to form its structurally weakened regions while in contact with wet plaster material, or processing a liner to form its structurally weakened regions while in contact with hardened plaster material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dimitrakopoulos, Vincent Infante, John Bridenstine, David William Pugh, David Hagelgans, Ying Wang, Xuejuan Xu
  • Patent number: 10960646
    Abstract: A window member includes a transparent substrate, wherein in plan view of the window member, the transparent substrate itself includes a first region, and a second region having higher radio-wave transmissivity than the first region. The transparent substrate may include a first glass sheet, and a second glass sheet which is laminated to the first glass sheet via an intermediate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Kagaya, Masaru Shiina, Kotaro Enomoto, Kazuhiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 10946629
    Abstract: Diecuts are configured for permanent closing of holes and have a carrier comprising an assembly of at least two polymeric films. An upper film of the at least two polymeric films has a basis weight of at least 1.0 kg/m2 and a lower film of the at least two polymeric films consisting of at least two layers, wherein a first layer is in the form of a polymeric film and faces the upper film, and a second layer is in the form of a functional layer with a side of the lower film, facing away from the upper film, bears an applied adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Katja Meyer, Matthias Seibert
  • Patent number: 10933609
    Abstract: Composite materials having superior material properties useful as impact absorbing devices can be fabricated by embedding a lattice structure (e.g., polymer lattice structure) within a foam, so that the foam reinforces the lattice structure under impact. Materials and dimensions of the foam and the lattice structure may be selected to achieve composite materials having tailored impact absorbing elastic and/or viscoelastic responses over a wide range of temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Vijay Gupta, Brian Jouse Ramirez, Utkarsh Misra
  • Patent number: 10933608
    Abstract: A surfacing material includes a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A matte surface is formed on the bottom side thereof, wherein the matte surface of the surfacing material is a coating of an electron beam radiation curable material applied to the bottom side of the substrate. The coating is an epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic laid upon the substrate. The epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic is irradiated with UV-radiation to produce a UV-radiation layer wherein the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic is neither hardened nor is an entire layer of the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic crosslinked but rather the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic only crosslinked on the surface thereof, which produces a matting surface through the effects of a micro-convolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Wilsonart LLC
    Inventors: Muyuan M Ma, Rajesh Ramamurthy, Jin Chao
  • Patent number: 10919260
    Abstract: In an example, a composite structure having a variable gage is described. The composite structure includes a first end having a first gage, a second end having a second gage, which is less than the first gage, a plurality of continuous plies, and a plurality of drop-off plies. Each continuous ply extends from the first end to the second end. Each drop-off ply includes a tip having a blunt-end shape. Each drop-off ply extends from the first end to a respective position of the tip of the drop-off ply between the first end and the second end. The plurality of drop-off plies are separated from each other by at least one of the plurality of continuous plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Jiangtian Cheng
  • Patent number: 10919256
    Abstract: In an example, a composite structure having a variable gage is described. The composite structure includes a first end having a first gage, a second end having a second gage, which is less than the first gage, a plurality of continuous plies, and a plurality of drop-off plies. Each continuous ply extends from the first end to the second end. Each drop-off ply includes a tip having a tapered shape. Each drop-off ply extends from the first end to a respective position of the tip of the drop-off ply between the first end and the second end. The tips of the plurality of drop-off plies are arranged in a monotonically-inward pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Jiangtian Cheng
  • Patent number: 10913215
    Abstract: In an example, a composite structure having a variable gage is described. The composite structure includes a first end having a first gage, a second end having a second gage, which is less than the first gage, a plurality of continuous plies, and a plurality of drop-off plies. Each continuous ply extends from the first end to the second end. Each drop-off ply includes a tip having a tapered shape. Each drop-off ply extends from the first end to a respective position of the tip of the drop-off ply between the first end and the second end. The plurality of drop-off plies are separated from each other by at least one of the plurality of continuous plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Jiangtian Cheng
  • Patent number: 10914868
    Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate excellent in durability. A polarizing plate (100) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizer (10); and a protective film (21 and 22) arranged on at least one side of the polarizer (10). The polarizing plate (100) has a dimensional change ratio of ?0.2% or more in a transmission axis direction thereof when the polarizing plate (100) cut into a size measuring 100 mm by 100 mm is bonded to a glass plate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and the following operation is repeated 100 times: the polarizing plate (100) bonded to the glass plate is left to stand under an atmosphere at ?40° C. for 30 minutes and then left to stand under an atmosphere at 85° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Naotaka Higuchi, Kota Nakai, Shinobu Nagano, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 10906273
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the penetration resistance of laminated glass can be heightened. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes one end and the other end on an opposite side of the one end, the other end has a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end, the interlayer film does not contain or contains alkali metal, the interlayer film does not contain or contains alkali earth metal, and the interlayer film contains magnesium. Further in the interlayer film for laminated glass, a content of magnesium in a surface portion of a first region on the one end side of the interlayer film after heated at 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuusuke Oota
  • Patent number: 10899117
    Abstract: A decorative sheet including a substrate layer, and one or more layers of at least one of a transparent resin layer and a top coat layer provided on one surface of the substrate layer, the one or more layers being provided as a front surface layer, wherein at least one layer of the transparent resin layer and the top coat layer contains a radical scavenger, and the radical scavenger is contained in a form of radical scavenger vesicles, which encapsulate the radical scavenger within an outer membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Shibayama, Masamitsu Nagahama, Akira Sato, Masatoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10889049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a workpiece having a shape produced by thermoforming from at least one sheet (3) of plastic material, such as polycarbonate, and at least one applied element (6, 8; 7, 9) that is applied to the at least one sheet and secured there, characterised in that the securing of the at least one applied element to the at least one sheet takes place at least partially by means of crimping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: APLIX
    Inventors: Laurent Jean Michel Torlay, Thierry Marche
  • Patent number: 10879488
    Abstract: An encapsulation structure, an encapsulation method and an electronic device are provided. The encapsulation structure includes an inorganic layer, an aluminum carbon layer and an organic layer. The aluminum carbon layer is on the inorganic layer and contacts with the inorganic layer; the organic layer is on the aluminum carbon layer and contacts with the aluminum carbon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingying Song
  • Patent number: 10869513
    Abstract: A composite structure for stab protection includes layers of flat structures placed on top of each other, and an embedding material, wherein, in at least some of the layers placed on top of each other, the flat structures of adjacent layers are offset relative to one another, the flat structures of the composite structure are at least partially embedded in the embedding material, and the composite structure includes separated connecting elements, wherein before they are separated, the separated connecting elements have connected at least some of the flat structures of adjacent layers with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: Deutsche Institute für Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf, W + R GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stegmaier, Andreas Scherrieble, Hannes Junger
  • Patent number: 10869413
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating component, and a method for manufacturing the same, the component provided with a composited portion including a plate-shaped molded body containing silicon carbide, and hole-formation portions formed in a peripheral edge portion of the composited portion; through-holes being formed in the hole formation sections; the hole-formation portions containing inorganic fibers; the molded body and the inorganic fibers being impregnated with an aluminum-containing metal; and the hole-formation portions forming a part of the outer peripheral surface of the heat-dissipating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyakawa, Motonori Kino
  • Patent number: 10828670
    Abstract: A component (10) for a motor vehicle has a main body (12) produced from a magnesium material. The main body (12) has a visible surface (14) with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 1 to 40 ?m. A clear lacquer coating (40) is disposed on the visible surface (14) of the main body (12) and has a layer thickness of at most 60 ?m. The clear lacquer coating (40) is applied so that the surface structure (15) of the main body (12) that is disposed below the clear lacquer coating (40) is distinguishable in a visible and haptic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Silke Golob, Dieter Jungert, Marc-Lieven Heth
  • Patent number: 10820652
    Abstract: One variation of a method for fabricating a dermal heatsink includes: fabricating a substrate defining an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and an open network of pores extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface; activating surfaces of the substrate and walls of the open network of pores; applying a coating over the substrate to form a heatsink, the coating comprising a porous, hydrophilic material and defining a void network; removing an excess of the coating from the substrate to clear blockages within the open network of pores by the coating; hydrating the heatsink during a curing period; heating the heatsink during the curing period to increase porosity of the coating applied over surfaces of the substrate; and rinsing the heatsink with an acid to decarbonate the coating along walls of the open network of pores in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Omius Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Cadena Schlam, Michel Romero Flores