Patents Examined by Jennifer Chriss
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Patent number: 9318712Abstract: An organic light-emitting device that realizes high-emission efficiency and low-driving voltage is provided. The organic light-emitting device contains a xanthone compound represented by general formula [1].Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Horiuchi, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Kengo Kishino, Kenichi Ikari, Akihito Saitoh
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Patent number: 9312496Abstract: Provided are a novel nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound and an organic electronic device using the compound. Specifically provided is an organic electroluminescent device, including a plurality of organic layers between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound represented by the following formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Sawada, Masanori Hotta, Megumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9312053Abstract: Disclosed is a composite insulator (1) having a core (2), in particular made of a fiber-reinforced duromer, and a protective layer (8) which surrounds the core (2) and is made in particular of an insulating elastomer. In some sections, especially on the bottom side of screens (4), the protective layer (8) specifically includes particles (7) that influence the field of the insulator (1).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Lapp Insulators GmbHInventors: Volker Hinrichsen, Jens Seifert
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Patent number: 9290640Abstract: An aqueous binder composition is provided that includes a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent. In exemplary embodiments, the carbohydrate-based binder composition may also include a catalyst, a coupling agent, a process aid, a crosslinking density enhancer, an extender, a moisture resistant agent, a dedusting oil, a colorant, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and combinations thereof. The carbohydrate may be natural in origin and derived from renewable resources. Additionally, the carbohydrate polymer may have a dextrose equivalent (DE) number from 2 to 20. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the carbohydrate is a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextrin or maltodextrin and the crosslinking agent is citric acid. Advantageously, the carbohydrates have a low viscosity and cure at moderate temperatures. The environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free binder may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven chopped strand mats.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Hawkins, Jesus M. Hernandez-Torres, Liang Chen
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Patent number: 9287513Abstract: In certain embodiments, the invention provides boron-nitrogen heterocycles having Formula (I): wherein one of the E1 and E2 is N, and one of the E1 and E2 is B; wherein E3 and E4 is carbon; wherein ring Y and ring Z are 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic ring fused to ring X; wherein R2 and R3 represent mono, di, tri, tetra substitutions or no substitution; wherein R2 and R3 are each independently selected from various substituents; and wherein any two adjacent R2, and R3 are optionally joined to form a ring, which may be further substituted. In certain embodiments, the invention provides devices, such as organic light emitting devices, that comprise such boron-nitrogen heterocycles.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Universal Display CorporationInventors: Chuanjun Xia, Chun Lin
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Patent number: 9284474Abstract: The present disclosure relates to additives used in conjunction with adhesives to give enhanced performance. Engineered composite wood materials and methods of making such materials are also provided by the subject application. A reinforced adhesive includes an adhesive and an additive material comprising nanoscopic and microscopic materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Siqun Wang, Cheng Xing
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Patent number: 9281098Abstract: A dry type electrical insulation is provided. The insulation includes a base fiber having an outer surface and a first melting point and a binder material, coated onto the outer surface of the base fiber, having a second melting point. In this insulation, the second melting point is lower than the first melting point. A dry type insulation matrix is also provided. The insulation matrix includes a plurality of composite fibers having a base fiber having a first melting point and a binder material co-extruded therewith, having a second melting point. In this insulation matrix, the second melting point is lower than the first.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Golner, Shirish P. Mehta, H. Jin Sim
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Patent number: 9278856Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible sensing material made from (a) at least one flexible polymeric layer and (b) at least one conductive, curable coating layer containing about 0.01 wt. % to about 5 wt. % of multi-walled carbon nanotubes having a diameter of greater than about 4 nm, about 10 wt. % to about 99 wt. % of an aliphatic urethane acrylate and about 0.1 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of a photoinitiator, wherein the weight percentages are based on the weight of the formulation, wherein the coating layer is curable by exposure to radiation and wherein the cured coating layer has a surface resistivity of about 102?/? to about 1010?/?. The inventive sensing material may prove useful for sensing one or more of pressure, temperature and moisture and find use in a wide variety of applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Covestro LLCInventors: Robert N. Hunt, Charles Todd Williams
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Patent number: 9263614Abstract: In a fiber there is provided a fiber matrix material having a fiber length; and an array of isolated in-fiber filaments that extend the fiber length. The in-fiber filaments are disposed at a radius in a cross section of the fiber that is a location of a continuous filament material layer in a drawing preform of the fiber. As a result, there is provided a fiber matrix material having a fiber length; and a plurality of isolated fiber elements that are disposed in the fiber matrix, extending the fiber length, where the plurality is of a number greater than a number of isolated domains in a drawing preform of the fiber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Daosheng Deng, Nicholas D. Orf, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Yoel Fink
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Patent number: 9249826Abstract: A cable for operation with a complex stranded construction may include a core strand stranded with a plurality of element wires and a plurality of side strands on which a plurality of element wires are respectively stranded are stranded. A tightening percentage may be 4 to 11%. The pre-forming percentage may be 65 to 90%. The stranding length of the inner cable for operation is 9 to 18-fold against the outer diameter of the inner cable for operation and an angle of the element wires composing the side strand appearing at the outermost lay against an axis line of the inner cable is ?3 degrees to 3 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Hi-Lex CorporationInventor: Akira Tsuda
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Patent number: 9252381Abstract: There is provided an organic electronic device that can exhibit a long lifetime while having a facilitated production process. An organic electronic device and a method for producing it, wherein the organic electronic device comprises two or more electrodes facing each other on a substrate, and an organic functional layer that includes at least a hole injecting layer and/or a hole transporting layer situated between two electrodes, wherein the hole injecting layer and/or hole transporting layer is formed as a thin-film from a fluid material that comprises anionic metal oxide clusters that include at least one metal element selected from among elements of Group 5, Group 6 or Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table, the metal oxide clusters being polyoxometalates, dissolved or uniformly dispersed or mixed in an aqueous solvent.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Ueno, Masato Okada, Makoto Komukai, Masato Asou, Takeshi Matsuhashi, Kazunari Ikeda
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Patent number: 9238720Abstract: This invention relates to a prepreg having a low thermal expansion coefficient in plane direction and a high rigidity, and more particularly to a prepreg comprising a glass cloth (A), and a resin composition including a cyanate ester resin (B), a non-halogen based epoxy resin (C) and an inorganic filler (D), wherein the glass cloth (A) is characterized that when the weight per 1 m2 is W (g/m2), the thickness is t (?m), the number of warp threads per inch is X (thread/inch), and the number of weft threads per inch is Y (thread/inch), the total of X and Y is 150 to 240, t is 17 to 35, and the value of W/t as the apparent density is 1.1 to 1.5, and that the volume fraction of the glass cloth (A) in the prepreg is 32% to 42%.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Masayoshi Ueno, Yoshihiro Kato, Takeshi Nobukuni
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Patent number: 9221583Abstract: The present technology provides a bisphenol A capture system for food and beverage containers which include BPA-containing coatings. The capture system is made of one or more materials which bind any BPA eluting from the BPA-containing coating. The present capture system therefore reduces or prevents BPA from migrating from the can coating into the food or beverages stored in the can. The present technology further provides methods of manufacturing and using such coatings.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Fujiko Ozawa, Takahisa Kusuura
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Patent number: 9221955Abstract: A prepreg containing a carbon fiber [A] and a thermosetting resin [B], and in addition, satisfying at least one of the following (1) and (2). (1) a thermoplastic resin particle or fiber [C] and a conductive particle or fiber [D] are contained, and weight ratio expressed by [compounding amount of [C] (parts by weight)]/[compounding amount of [D] (parts by weight)] is 1 to 1000. (2) a conductive particle or fiber of which thermoplastic resin nucleus or core is coated with a conductive substance [E] is contained.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Nobuyuki Arai, Norimitsu Natsume, Kenichi Yoshioka, Junko Kawasaki, Hiroshi Takezaki
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Patent number: 9211654Abstract: To provide continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic pellets having a good dispersion property of a reinforcing fiber bundle in injection molded articles and capable of achieving a satisfactory outward appearance of the injection molded articles and satisfying a mechanical strength of the injection molded articles by fully exerting the reinforcing effect, and a manufacturing method of the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Naoyuki Tashiro, Atsushi Yamamoto, Takayasu Fujiura, Naoki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9208920Abstract: A unitary graphene matrix composite comprising: (a) a unitary graphene matrix containing an oxygen content of 0.001% to 10% by weight, obtained from heat-treating a graphene oxide gel at a temperature higher than 100° C. and contains no discrete graphene platelets derived from the graphene oxide gel; (b) a carbon or graphite filler phase selected from carbon or graphite fiber, carbon or graphite nano-fiber, carbon nano-tube, carbon nano-rod, meso-phase carbon particle, meso-carbon micro-bead, exfoliated graphite flake with a thickness greater than 100 nm, exfoliated graphite or graphite worm, coke particle, needle coke, carbon black or acetylene black particle, activated carbon particle, or a combination thereof. The carbon or graphite filler phase is preferably in a particulate, filamentary, or rod-like form dispersed in and bonded by the unitary graphene matrix.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Mingchao Wang, Wei Xiong, Bor Z. Jang
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Patent number: 9200405Abstract: The invention relates to cord (20) comprising a number of filaments twisted together. The peripheral surface of the cord (20) is at least partially coated with an adhesion promoting coating (24). The adhesion promoting coating (24) comprises at least a first layer comprising a silicon based coating, a titanium based coating, a zirconium based coating or a combination thereof. The invention further relates to a composite material comprising such a cord (20) embedded in a polymer material. Furthermore the invention relates to a method to manufacture such a cord (20).Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Tom Baekelandt, Roland Groenen, Kris Van Hege
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Patent number: 9186864Abstract: Light weight composites with high flexural strength comprise epoxy foam sandwiched between two layers of facing material have high strength and low weight and can be used to replace steel structures. The facing layer may be fibrous material especially glass or carbon fibers, the facing material is preferably embedded into the epoxy matrix. Alternatively they may be matching box structures or concentric metal tubes. The sandwich structures may be prepared by laying up the fiber; coating and/or impregnating the layer with epoxy resin, laying a layer of heat activatable foamable epoxy material, providing a further layer of the fibrous material optionally coated and/or impregnated with epoxy resin on the foamable material and heating to foam and cure the epoxy materials. Alternatively they may be formed by extrusion of the foamable material between the surface layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Eric Le Gall, Frederic Ostrowsky, Denis Souvay
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Patent number: 9174410Abstract: A prepreg comprising resin and at least one fiber layer and further comprising an electrically insulating layer and an electrically conducting layer is provided, and particularly wherein the conductive layer is at or near the top surface, beneath that is the insulating layer and beneath that is a fiber/resin interleaf structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: Hexcel Composites Limited, Technical Fibre Products LimitedInventors: Martin Simmons, Michael Jeschke
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Patent number: 9168719Abstract: Methods for modifying high tenacity fibers without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers. More particularly, methods for modifying fibers with a plasma treatment or a corona treatment without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Thomas Yiu-Tai Tam, Ralf Klein, Henry Gerard Ardiff, John Armstrong Young, Mark Tallent