Patents Examined by Jeremy R. Pierce
  • Laser printable dry-erase substrates and methods of their manufacture and use
    Patent number: 9849717
    Abstract: Laser printable, dry-erase substrates, along with their methods of formation and use, are provided. The laser printable, dry-erase substrate can include a base sheet defining a surface and a dry-erase coating on the surface of the base sheet. The dry-erase coating comprises a film-forming polymeric material (e.g., a polyacryl, a polymethacryl, a polyurethane-polyacryl mixture, a polyurethane-polymethacryl mixture, an urethane-acryl copolymer, or a mixture thereof) and a wetting agent (e.g., a nonionic surfactant that has a polyethylene oxide chain and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic group). The film-forming polymeric material melts and flows at a laser printing temperature so as to bond to toner ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Neenah Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Ganesh Deka
  • Friction drive belt and manufacturing method therefor
    Patent number: 9822842
    Abstract: In order to allow a friction drive belt to have an effect of reducing slip noise produced between the belt and pulleys for a long period even when the belt gets wet with water or suffers from wearing out, a V-ribbed belt B as the friction drive belt includes a belt body 10 made of a rubber composition and configured to be wrapped around the pulleys to transmit power. The surfaces of V-shaped ribs 15 serving as a pulley contact-side surface of the belt body 10 are covered with a fabric layer 16 which is integrated with the surfaces of V-shaped ribs 15, and the fabric layer 16 retains powder 17 embedded between fibers of the fabric layer 16 and integrally stuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoshida, Sungjin Kim
  • Acoustic air flow resistive article and method of making
    Patent number: 9767782
    Abstract: An acoustic air flow resistive article and a method of making same. The acoustic air flow resistive article can include melt blown fibers having a fiber diameter of no greater than 10 ?m and binder fibers dispersed amongst the melt blown fibers and at least partially melt-adhered to the melt blown fibers. The melt blown fibers can be formed of a resin having a first melting point, and the surface of the binder fibers can be at least partially formed of a resin having a second melting point that is less than the first melting point. The method can include mixing the melt blown fibers and the binder fibers to form a web, and pressing the web at a temperature that is less than the first melting point and greater than the second melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Satoshi Takeda
  • Mounting mat for a pollution control device
    Patent number: 9765458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting mat (30) for mounting a pollution control element (20) or monolith in a pollution control device (10), said mounting mat comprising a layer having a mixture of long and short fibers wherein said short fibers have a length of not more than about 13 mm and wherein said long fibers have a length of at least about 20 mm and wherein the amount of said short fibers is at least about 3% by weight based on the total weight of said mixture of long and short fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Claus Middendorf, Juergen Strasser, Knut Schumacher
  • Black coloring for fibers
    Patent number: 9765446
    Abstract: Fibers, especially black, brown or gray fibers, comprising IR-transparent colorants. IR-transparent colorants may be di-, tri- or polychromatic dyes or pigments, especially perylene pigments. The fibers may comprise perylene pigments which comprise one of the isomers of the formula Ia or Ib in which the R1 and R2 radicals are each independently phenylene, naphthylene or pyridylene, each of which may be mono- or polysubstituted by C1-C12-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, hydroxy and/or halogen, or a mixture of the two isomers. Useful fiber materials include plastics or glass. The fibers find use, among other uses, in heat management or for production of textiles or fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Guenter Scherer
  • Sea-island composite fiber
    Patent number: 9758904
    Abstract: A sea-island composite fiber includes island component fibers having a circumscribed circle diameter of 10 to 1000 nm, a circumscribed circle diameter variation of 1 to 20%, a non-circularity of 1.2 to 5.0, and a non-circularity variation of 1 to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Masuda, Akira Kishiro, Joji Funakoshi, Yoshitsugu Funatsu, Seiji Mizukami
  • Glass fiber-silsesquioxane composite molded article and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9753186
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glass fiber-silsesquioxane composite molded article containing glass fibers and a cured material of a silsesquioxane polymer composited therewith, wherein the silsesquioxane has a polyhedral structure or a partially polyhedral structure. The glass fiber-silsesquioxane composite molded article is preferably obtained by impregnating glass fibers with a composition containing at least one of silsesquioxanes represented by formula (A-1) to (A-3) and at least one of a curing agent, a polymerization initiator, and a hydrosilylation catalyst, or the silsesquioxane polymer and allowing a curing reaction to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Ikeno, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Unitary fluid intake system for absorbent products and methods of making same
    Patent number: 9724250
    Abstract: A unitary fabric structure for use within a personal care absorbent article includes a composite of at least two functional components for fluid intake. The two functional components include a fibrous, liner functional component and at least one fibrous, surge functional component. The functional components are positioned immediately adjacent one another within the composite and held together directly to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret G. Latimer, John H. Conrad, Andrea S. Clewley
  • Method of producing polypropylene spunbond fibers
    Patent number: 9702060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing spunbond fibers comprising melt blending a polypropylene having a melt flow rate (230/2.16) of from 10 to 30 dg/min with a peroxide visbreaker such that the resulting melt flow rate of the visbroken polypropylene is from 50 to 100 dg/min; melt extruding the visbroken polypropylene through a die block such that filaments of the visbroken polypropylene being produced are exposed to a cabin pressure of from 4500 to 7000 Pa; and forming fibers of from less than 6.0 denier. Nonwoven fabrics and multiple-layer structures can be made from the fibers described herein that are useful for filtering and absorption related articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Ferry, Galen C. Richeson
  • Adhesive tape with textile carrier for cable bandaging
    Patent number: 9695339
    Abstract: Adhesive tape consisting of a textile carrier and of an adhesive layer applied to at least one side of the carrier, the carrier being colored with a mixture of dyes and/or pigments, characterized in that at least one of the dyes and/or one of the pigments is based on anthraquinone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Inga Auktun, Michael Siebert
  • Material for molding, shaped product therefrom, and method for manufacturing the shaped product
    Patent number: 9688854
    Abstract: There is provided a material for molding including: carbon fiber bundles which are easily impregnated including carbon fibers and at least one impregnation aid in an amount of 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the carbon fibers, the at least one impregnation aid satisfying specific requirements; and a polycarbonate is adhered thereto in an amount of 50 to 2000 parts by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hodaka Yokomizo, Takeshi Matsuda, Takashi Ito, Ikko Furukawa
  • Elastomeric materials
    Patent number: 9669606
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention include elastomeric films with a basis weight of about 40 gsm or less or about 25 gsm or less. Other embodiments include elastomeric laminates comprising the elastomeric film bonded to one or more substrates (such as nonwoven fabrics). Methods of making the elastomeric films and elastomeric laminates are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: CLOPAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Iyad Muslet, David G. Bland, Leopoldo V. Cancio
  • Housing manufacturing method, composite board, and housing
    Patent number: 9662861
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a housing manufacturing method including: providing a first fiberglass plate; coating a first glue on the first fiberglass plate; providing a second fiberglass plate; covering the second fiberglass plate onto the first glue; and curing the first glue to become a cushion adhesive layer, in which the first fiberglass plate, the cushion adhesive layer, and the second fiberglass plate constitute a composite board. The disclosure further discloses a housing manufactured by the foregoing composite plate manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Sheng Teng, Ching-Fu Hsu, Yen-Chi Liu
  • Low haze transparent conductive electrodes and method of making the same
    Patent number: 9655252
    Abstract: A transparent conductive electrode comprising metal nanowires and method of making is described, wherein the transparent conductive electrode has a pencil hardness more than 1H, nanoporous surface having pore sizes less than 25 nm and surface roughness less than 50 nm. The transparent conductive electrode further comprises an index matching layer, having a refractive index between 1.1-1.5 and a thickness between 100-200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SUZHOU NUOFEI NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hakfei Poon
  • Heat-resistant laminated conveyer belt
    Patent number: 9643347
    Abstract: A heat-resistant laminated conveyer belt includes a fluororesin-coated core and a reinforcement layer which is formed on the core through an adhesive layer. The core is obtained by impregnating an aramid fiber woven fabric in a fluororesin dispersion and drying and sintering the fabric. The reinforcement layer is obtained by impregnating an aramid fiber woven fabric to which stretch properties are applied in a fluororesin dispersion and drying and sintering the fabric. The aramid fiber woven fabric of the core is a woven fabric by a plain-weave seamless loom or a circular loom. The aramid fiber woven fabric of the core includes an S-twist weft yarn and a Z-twist weft yarn which are alternatively arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd., Chukoh Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nitta, Kazuki Mizushima, Hideo Imazato, Tomomi Haraguchi, Keigo Futatsuki, Kimihiro Yamakawa
  • Gel-wipe for personal care and household cleansing
    Patent number: 9622944
    Abstract: Gel-wipes suitable for use in personal care and household cleansing applications are disclosed, which include a substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface and a body disposed between and defined by the first and second surfaces, fibers having an outer surface and an inner core, a polymeric gel distributed throughout the substrate such that a substantial portion of the fibers contain the polymeric gel distributed throughout the inner core of the fibers; and a liquid cleansing composition, wherein the inner core of a substantial portion of the fibers and the polymeric gel are substantially free of the liquid cleansing composition; as well as methods of making the gel-wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bruning, Gabriella Marie DeMarco, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Claudia Kaminski, Kevin Lahey, Prithwiraj Maitra, Selina Moses, Delores Santora
  • Carbon-containing arc-resistant aramid fabrics from dissimilar yarns
    Patent number: 9598797
    Abstract: A woven fabric suitable for use in arc protection and article of thermal protective clothing comprising the fabric, the fabric having a warp yarn dissimilar to a fill yarn, wherein a majority of the a face of the fabric is a first yarn and a majority of the opposing face of the fabric is a second yarn, wherein the second yarn comprises 25 to 100 parts aramid fiber containing 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete homogeneously dispersed carbon particles and 0 to 75 parts aramid fiber free of discrete carbon particles; and wherein the first yarn comprises aramid fiber being free of discrete carbon particles; the fabric having a total content of 0.5 to 3 weight percent discrete carbon particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Reiyao Zhu
  • Cord for reinforcing rubber, method of manufacturing the cord, and rubber product using the cord
    Patent number: 9593445
    Abstract: A reinforcing cord for rubber reinforcement of the present invention that is used for reinforcing a rubber product is provided with a plurality of strands. The strand includes bundled fibers and a coating layer formed so as to cover the bundled fibers. The plurality of strands are in tight contact with one another via the coating layer. The coating layer contains a material that is crosslinkable by thermal treatment. A method of manufacturing the reinforcing cord for rubber reinforcement includes the steps of (i) forming strands that include bundled fibers and a coating layer formed so as to cover the bundled fibers, and (ii) bringing the strands into tight contact with one another via the coating layer by twisting the strands together. The coating layer contains a material that is crosslinkable by thermal treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Akiyama, Naoya Mizukoshi, Keisuke Kajihara
  • Textiles and process for making textiles and dyes from tobacco plants
    Patent number: 9587352
    Abstract: A textile and a dye manufactured from fibers that are derived from tobacco plants and a process for making the textile and dye from the tobacco plants. In a preferred embodiment, the tobacco is organically grown and the entire tobacco plant, including stem and leaves, is utilized to produce the tobacco plant fiber used for making a textile and a natural dye utilized to color the textile or other textiles. One or more secondary material fibers can be mixed with the tobacco plant fiber to produce the textile. The process percolates a hot liquid solution onto tobacco plant material to cause a chemical reaction with the tobacco plant material to produce the tobacco plant fiber. Preferably, the process is a closed-loop system that minimizes the impact on the environment and utilizes less material, fuel and other resources. The dye does not require a mordant to bind with the textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventor: Suzanne M. DeVall
  • Label and related method
    Patent number: 9576508
    Abstract: A label and related method of manufacture that includes a fabric made of yarn. The yarn includes a fiber that has been recycled, that is recyclable, that is organic, that is biodegradable, and/or that can be derived from a material that is known to be environmentally friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Amy Stiel, Terence Leung, Barry Van Dyk