Patents Examined by Kristen A Dagenais
  • Patent number: 10955743
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a film forming part configured to form a metal-containing film on a front surface of a substrate; a film cleaning part configured to clean the metal-containing film formed on a peripheral edge portion of the substrate; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the film forming part so as to form the metal-containing film on the front surface of the substrate, and control the film cleaning part so as to supply a first chemical liquid and a second chemical liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizunoura, Yohei Sano, Shinichiro Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10941522
    Abstract: A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Buist, Vincent Roy, Colin Ruemmele, Daniel Glover, Richard Lusk, Philip Hoekstra
  • Patent number: 10941319
    Abstract: Process for printing an adhesive pattern on a polymer brush extending at the surface of a support (1), forming a nanometric anti-fouling layer (2), the process comprising the following steps: —placing the layer (2) in contact with a first aqueous solution (4) containing a benzophenone, —then illuminating the layer with radiation (3) at a wavelength within the absorption spectrum of benzophenone, according to the pattern and according to a surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: ALVEOLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX
    Inventor: Vincent Studer
  • Patent number: 10934623
    Abstract: Introduced here is a plasma polymerization apparatus and process. Example embodiments include a vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical shape to a central axis. A rotation rack may be operable to rotate about the central axis of the vacuum chamber. Additionally, reactive species discharge mechanisms positioned around a perimeter of the vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical manner from the outer perimeter of the vacuum chamber may be configured to disperse reactive species into the vacuum chamber. The reactive species may form a polymeric multi-layer coating on surfaces of the one or more devices. Each layer may have a different composition of atoms to enhance the water resistance, corrosion resistance, and fiction resistance of the polymeric multi-layer coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGSU FAVORED NANOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jian Zong
  • Patent number: 10927495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an eco-friendly artificial leather by treating a polyurethane artificial leather with an aqueous stain resistant coating agent, and an aqueous stain resistant coated polyurethane artificial leather produced thereby. Without organic solvents in the stain resistant treatment process therefor, the artificial leather is eco-friendly and exhibits a uniform stain resistant effect thereacross uniformly due to the uniform and rapid drying of the stain resistant coating layer even in the absence of heating at a high temperature, and thus the coating layer is not thermally strained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Soon Kie Jung, Maeng Sang Cho
    Inventors: Soon Kie Jung, Maeng Sang Cho
  • Patent number: 10906061
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coating method for suppressing variations in a coating amount, a coating apparatus and a method for manufacturing a component. A coating method is employed, which includes: discharging a coating needle adhering to an adhesive from a nozzle; separating the adhesive into the tip of the coating needle and the nozzle; and adhering the adhesive to a first member. A coating apparatus is employed, which includes: a nozzle which holds the adhesive; a coating needle which is discharged from the nozzle in a state where the adhesive is adhered to the tip; and a control unit which controls moving speed of the coating needle to separate the adhesive into the tip of the coating needle and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsumi Itou, Hiroshi Ebihara
  • Patent number: 10894267
    Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirobe, Yutaka Matsumoto, Masato Ushikusa, Toshihiko Takeda, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Katsunari Obata, Takashi Takekoshi
  • Patent number: 10858728
    Abstract: A phase-transition type vanadium oxide material and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes the following steps: providing a vanadium oxide base material, and implanting gaseous ions into the vanadium oxide base material, to obtain a phase-transition type vanadium oxide material having a preset phase-transition temperature. Subsequently, optionally, further annealing may be performed to adjust a bubble generation status in vanadium oxide after the gaseous ions are implanted, to further adjust the stress and strain and the phase-transition temperature. The method for preparing a phase-transition type vanadium oxide material consistent with the present invention has simple steps, desirable process reproducibility, high flexibility, and the phase-transition temperature of vanadium oxide can be continuously adjusted by changing an implantation dosage of the gaseous ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
    Inventors: Xin Ou, Qi Jia, Kai Huang, Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 10850310
    Abstract: A pipe conditioning tool comprising a drive unit to move the tool along a pipe and a work head rotatable about an axis of the pipe to condition a surface of the pipe, the drive unit includes a frame extending to opposite sides of the pipe, the frame having legs extending radially beyond the work head to provide support for the tool upon removal from said pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Automatic Coating Limited
    Inventor: Brad Bamford
  • Patent number: 10828664
    Abstract: A coating head includes a coating device and at least a first flexible blade that is capable of being shaped into contact with a solvent-containing film on a substrate upon pressing the first flexible blade against the film, thereby providing contact between the blade and the film over a contact distance when the coating head is drawn over the substrate. The coating device and the blade are separated by a spacing distance such that partial loss of solvent occurs from a starting film formed on the substrate by the coating device as the coating head is drawn over the substrate, the partial solvent loss forming the solvent-containing film. A method of producing a film having a hierarchical structure includes drawing a coating head across a substrate to form on the substrate via the coating device a starting film including a solvent and a material for forming the hierarchical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: Cameron Shelton, Thomas H. Epps, III
  • Patent number: 10814669
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a printed panel, comprising the following steps: a) providing a flat carrier; b) optionally applying a resin layer to the flat carrier; c) optionally applying a paper layer or nonwoven layer to the flat carrier; d) optionally calendering the produced layer structure, in particular at a temperature between ?40° C. and ?250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Carsten Buhlmann
  • Patent number: 10807396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a bezel pattern using inkjet printing, and according to the present invention, there is an advantage in that it is possible to form a bezel pattern which is smooth without a curing shrinkage when the bezel pattern is formed and has excellent adhesion strength to a base material, and accordingly it is possible to provide a bezel pattern which has excellent performance, durability, and chemical resistance and a display substrate including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Yoo, Mi-Kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10808138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to composite material comprising a matrix and a metallic layer located at at least one surface of said composite material, said matrix comprising at least one polymer and a first population of particles of at least one electronically conducting metal, said layer comprising a second population of particles of at least one electronically conducting metal, a method for preparing such composite material and applications thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE ALSACE
    Inventor: Lavinia Maria Balan
  • Patent number: 10773998
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber wire includes applying ultraviolet curable resin onto the outer periphery of a traveling optical fiber, cooling the ultraviolet curable resin applied to the optical fiber using first cooled inert gas, and curing the ultraviolet curable resin by radiating ultraviolet rays on the ultraviolet curable resin that is cooled by the first cooled inert gas through an ultraviolet transparent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Suyama, Yoshihiro Arashitani, Zyunpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10755942
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the fabrication of polymeric topcoat via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) or photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition (piCVD) in conjunction with directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers to generate high resolution patterns. A topcoat deposited by iCVD or piCVD allows for conformal, ultra-thin, uniform, pinhole-free coatings. iCVD or piCVD topcoat enables the use of a diversity of block copolymer (BCP) materials for DSA and facilitates the direct and seamless integration of the topcoats for a pattern transfer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago
    Inventors: Do Han Kim, Hyo Seon Suh, Priya Moni, Karen K. Gleason, Paul Franklin Nealey
  • Patent number: 10745532
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a generalized method for producing a vertically oriented block copolymer film, a block copolymer film with controlled orientation obtained thereby, and a method for producing a self-assembled pattern. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to form a crosslinked layer, which is mechanically stable and undergoes no chemical change, by subjecting the block copolymer surface to plasma treatment using a filter. It is also possible to obtain a vertically oriented block copolymer film by annealing the block copolymer film having such a crosslinked layer. The method for producing a vertically oriented block copolymer film according to the present disclosure is advantageous in that it can be applied for general purpose regardless of the chemical structure, type and morphology of a block copolymer, and the method can be applied generally to the conventional directed self assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeong Gon Son, Jinwoo Oh, Sang-Soo Lee, Heesuk Kim, Min Park, Jong Hyuk Park, Seungjun Chung, Tae Ann Kim
  • Patent number: 10738217
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an organopolysiloxane A comprising at least one (meth)acrylate group, said process comprising the following steps: a) the following are reacted at a temperature of between 50 and 140° C., optionally between 70 and 130° C.: at least one organopolysiloxane B comprising at least one epoxy group, with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of the two, in the presence of a catalyst C which is a complex of iron in the oxidation state (III), of formula (1) below: [Fe(L1)3]??(1) in which the symbols L1, which may be identical or different, represent a ligand chosen from the group made up of: a ?-dicarbonylato anion or the enolate anion of a ?-dicarbonyl compound, a carboxylate anion and an alkoxide anion, and of at least one solvent, and b) the product obtained, which is said organopolysiloxane A or a mixture containing predominantly said organopolysiloxane A, is isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Elkem Silicones France SAS
    Inventor: Christian Maliverney
  • Patent number: 10711396
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tufted surface covering includes incorporating tuft fiber into a backing to form the tufted surface covering, wherein the tufted surface covering includes an underside and a pile surface; coating the underside with a colloidal latex coating, wherein the colloidal latex coating has an exposed surface; wetting the exposed surface with an anti-blistering agent; and heating at least the underside to cure the colloidal latex coating into a solid latex coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH, EOC Belgium
    Inventors: Stephan Sick, Dirk Sander, Thomas Leszinski, Bernd Jansen, Quintin Keil
  • Patent number: 10703674
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for increasing the scratch resistance of a glass substrate by implantation of simple charge and multicharge ions, comprising maintaining the temperature of the area of the glass substrate being treated at a temperature that is less than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the glass substrate, selecting the ions to be implanted among the ions of Ar, He, and N, setting the acceleration voltage for the extraction of the ions at a value comprised between 5 kV and 200 kV and setting the ion dosage at a value comprised between 1014 ions/cm2 and 2.5×1017 ions/cm2.The invention further concerns glass substrates comprising an area treated by implantation of simple charge and multicharge ions according to this process and their use for reducing the probability of scratching on the glass substrate upon mechanical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc., QUERTECH INGENIERIE
    Inventors: Benjamine Navet, Pierre Boulanger, Lionel Ventelon, Denis Busardo, Frederic Guernalec
  • Patent number: 10697566
    Abstract: The present invention may manufacture a composite pipe by forming an adhesive layer and a resin layer on an outer surface of a metal pipe, and although the composite pipe is wound in a ring shape after the composite pipe is manufactured, a circular cross sectional shape may be maintained without deformation, and after the composite pipe is straightened for the purpose of construction, separation or buckling may be prevented, resulting in excellent transportability and constructability of a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KUMKANG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manhyuk Bang