Patents Examined by Lawrence D. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11810700
    Abstract: A CoPt-oxide-based in-plane magnetized film having a magnetic coercive force of 2.00 kOe or more and remanent magnetization per unit area Mrt of 2.00 memu/cm2 or more. The in-plane magnetized film for use as a hard bias layer of a magnetoresistive element contains metal Co, metal Pt, and an oxide. The in-plane magnetized film contains the metal Co in an amount of 55 at % or more and less than 95 at % and the metal Pt in an amount of more than 5 at % and 45 at % or less relative to a total of metal components of the in-plane magnetized film, and contains the oxide in an amount of 10 vol % or more and 42 vol % or less relative to a whole amount of the in-plane magnetized film. The in-plane magnetized film has a thickness of 20 nm or more and 80 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Kim Kong Tham, Ryousuke Kushibiki, Masahiro Aono, Yasunobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11801657
    Abstract: A flexible display module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The flexible display module includes a substrate, a second glue layer, and a display panel disposed in a stack. Wherein, the display panel includes a bending area, and a first groove is defined in a third area of the substrate corresponding to the bending area and filled with a first glue layer. More deformation can be provided and bending stresses can be reduced by the first glue layer and the second glue layer, thereby improving bending resistance of the flexible display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhitao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11800652
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area adjacent along a first direction, a support layer facing the display panel with a barrier layer therebetween, openings defined in the support layer and corresponding to the folding area, a cushion layer facing the display panel with the support layer therebetween, and a barrier adhesive layer between the barrier layer and the support layer, the barrier adhesive layer including a first barrier portion and a second barrier portion spaced apart from each other along the first direction with the plurality of openings of the support layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaiku Shin, Dongjin Park, Dongwoo Seo, Sung Chul Choi, Sojeong La, Jihye Shin, Seokchan Lee
  • Patent number: 11794456
    Abstract: It is provided that the laminated stretched polyamide film having excellent water-resistant adhesiveness (water-resistant lamination strength), shock resistance, and pinhole resistance. A laminated stretched polyamide film that is a biaxially stretched polyamide film comprising three layers including layer B: an easily adhesive layer, layer A: a base layer, and layer C: a slippery layer in this order, wherein the layer A contains not lower than 65% by mass of polyamide 6, the layer B contains 0 to 40% by mass of polyamide 6 and 60 to 100% by mass of a polyamide 6 copolymer in which a ratio of a copolymerization component in the copolymer is 3 to 35% by mass, and the layer C contains not lower than 70% by mass of polyamide 6 and 0.05 to 1% by mass of fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Endo, Kosuke Hama
  • Patent number: 11794447
    Abstract: A composite material structure includes a first fiber layer, a second fiber layer, and a third fiber layer. The first fiber layer is composed of a first long fiber and a first resin material. The second fiber layer is composed of a second long fiber and a second resin material. The third fiber layer is disposed between the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer. The third fiber layer is composed of a short fiber and a third resin material. A length of the first long fiber and a length of the second long fiber are both greater than a length of the short fiber, and the length of the short fiber is less than or equal to 25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Ching Huang, Jung-Chin Wu, Kuo-Nan Ling, Sheng-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 11795611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered composite film made of plastic and in the form of a surface coating for an article, wherein the composite film is at least partly transparent, i.e. is transparent in partial regions, has at least one outer transparent top layer which is optionally provided with a transparent coating, and has, on the rear side of the top layer, one or more further transparent plastic layers and also a transparent carrier layer, wherein arranged inside the layer composite is an opaque layer which is in the form of a sheet-like masking or diaphragm provided with openings and is transparent only in the openings of the masking or diaphragm, wherein the opaque layer adjoins the rear side of the top layer in the direction of the carrier layer, wherein the base material of the opaque layer is the same as that of the top layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Benecke-Kaliko AG
    Inventors: Maik Thiel, Martin Köhl, Doreen Herzog, Karl Buchkremer
  • Patent number: 11794442
    Abstract: A superposition interior component includes a base, an outer layer member, which covers the base, and a middle member, which is made of a soft plastic and disposed between the base and the outer layer member. The superposition interior component is formed by stacking the base, the middle member, and the outer layer member together. The middle member includes a plate-shaped body, first protrusions, and second protrusions. The first protrusions protrude from a first surface of the body, which faces the base. The second protrusions protrude from a second surface of the body, which faces the outer layer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshida, Osamu Miyashita, Hideaki Sakai, Masamori Hirose, Kenji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11794439
    Abstract: A means of making a multi ply structural panel by eliminating the top liner in the corrugating process. The present invention is made possible through modification to the corrugating rolls of the singlefacer. The design modification to the rolls involves incorporation of slots that run around the circumference of one roll and mating creasing tools incorporated around the circumference of the other of the corrugated roll set. These slots and creasing tools are incorporated across the existing flutes of the corrugating rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Semi Corr Containers, Inc.
    Inventor: James Alan Cummings
  • Patent number: 11780209
    Abstract: A wallpaper includes a support portion having a flat surface, and a functional layer disposed on the flat surface of the support portion. The functional layer includes a metallic film and has an emissivity of greater than zero and equal to or less than 0.6. The wallpaper further includes a particulate layer disposed on the functional layer and including a polymer body and inorganic particles dispersed in the polymer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: EENOTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Sidi Huang
  • Patent number: 11785834
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate; a display layer, disposed on the flexible substrate; a reinforcement layer, disposed on a side of the display layer distal to the flexible substrate; and a protective layer, disposed on a side of the reinforcement layer distal to the flexible substrate; wherein material of the reinforcement layer comprises glass and a thickness of the reinforcement layer ranges from 10 ?m to 150 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Liu, Shan-Chen Kao, Weifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11771199
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: a first layer; a second layer; a pocket formed between the first layer and the second layer to receive a fingertip of a user; and an elastic layer disposed over a portion of the first layer or the second layer to secure the fingertip of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: REA.DEEMING BEAUTY, INC.
    Inventors: Rea Ann Silva, Brittany Blass, Kayla Lastella
  • Patent number: 11773302
    Abstract: Disclosed are a soft solvent-free flame-retardant polyurethane synthetic leather and a preparation method therefor. The soft solvent-free flame-retardant polyurethane synthetic leather comprises an antifouling layer, a surface layer, an intermediate layer, a bonding layer and a base cloth in sequence from top to bottom, wherein the bonding layer is prepared from component A and an isocyanate; the molar ratio of —NCO in the isocyanate to —OH in the component A is 0.85-0.93; and the component A is composed of a polyhydric alcohol, an inhibition-type catalyst, a flame retardant, a filler and a viscosity modifier in parts by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ANHUI ANLI MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heping Yao, Yuanzhou Song, Yanwu Wang, Wanli Huang, Yifeng Wang, Kejian Yao, Ruilin Wang, Sen Wang, Yundong Luo, Yongzhi Chen
  • Patent number: 11772358
    Abstract: A filler-containing film has a structure in which fillers are held in a binder resin layer. The average particle diameter of the fillers is 1 to 50 ?m, the total thickness of the resin layer is 0.5 times or more and 2 times or less the average particle diameter of the fillers, and the ratio Lq/Lp of, relative to the minimum inter-filler distance Lp at one end of the filler-containing film in a long-side direction, a minimum inter-filler distance Lq at the other end at least 5 m away from the one end in the film long-side direction is 1.2 or less. The fillers are preferably arranged in a lattice form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiji Tsukao, Shinichi Hayashi, Seiichiro Shinohara, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11766093
    Abstract: Foamed articles including a foamed thermoplastic elastomeric material, methods of making the articles, and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear, apparel, and athletic equipment incorporating the articles are provided. One exemplary method for making a foamed article comprises placing an article comprising a foamable material and carbon dioxide in a vessel, the foamable material; maintaining the vessel at a first pressure and first temperature at which the carbon dioxide is a liquid and carbon dioxide is soluble in the foamable material; optionally exposing the infused article to a second temperature and second pressure; and subjecting the article to a third pressure and third temperature at which the infused carbon dioxide phase transitions to a gas, thereby expanding the foamable material into a foamed material and forming the foamed article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Yihua Chang, Lyle R. Hanson, Petr Khlyabich, Richard L. Watkins
  • Patent number: 11760064
    Abstract: Laminated steel having a low interface bubble rate, comprising: a substrate with a surface roughness of 0.15-0.25 ?m and a modified flexible polyester film thermally laminated onto the surface of the substrate. The modified flexible polyester film is obtained by copolymerization modification of ethylene terephthalate with a low-molecular-weight aliphatic polyester. A method for manufacturing the laminated steel having an extremely low interface bubble rate, comprising the steps of: (1) preheating and then heating the substrate; (2) uncoiling the modified flexible polyester film at room temperature, and then thermally laminating same onto the substrate; and (3) cooling and squeeze-drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhangwei Wang, Junsheng Wei, Long Xie, Hongxing Chen
  • Patent number: 11745478
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent elastic composite film, which includes a first film layer; a thermoplastic polyurethane layer; and a second film layer; wherein the first film layer and the second film layer have a crosslinked network structure; the first film layer includes acrylic resin and aliphatic polyisocyanate, wherein the acrylic resin includes hydroxyl-containing acrylic resin, and a weight ratio of the acrylic resin to the aliphatic polyisocyanate is 1/1 to 1/1.2, and a weight ratio of the hydroxyl-containing acrylic resin to the acrylic resin is 0.1/1 to 0.18/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Chung Wu, Mei-Ru Lin, En-Yu Pan
  • Patent number: 11745477
    Abstract: A multilayer film that includes at least a first polymeric layer comprising a polyolefin-based polymer and a second polymeric layer comprising a blend of a polar polymer and a silicon (Si) containing material comprising a silane having at least one alkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms (C6) is disclosed. Methods of using and making the multilayer film is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Anantharaman Dhanabalan, Mohamed Ashraf Moideen, Venkata Ramanarayanan Ganapathy Bhotla
  • Patent number: 11745480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite film (1), preferably intended for use in the construction industry and/or preferably for use as a construction film, having at least one functional layer (2), at least one outer protective layer (3) and at least one inner protective layer (4), the functional layer (2) being arranged between the outer protective layer (3) and the inner protective layer (4). According to the invention, it is provided that the functional layer (2) is formed as at least a single-layer membrane layer, that the outer protective layer (3) is formed as a nonwoven layer comprising polyolefin and the inner protective layer (4) is formed as a nonwoven layer comprising polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: EWALD DÖRKEN AG
    Inventor: Thomas Bachon
  • Patent number: 11746464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet structure comprising a carrier layer and a foamed cover layer which contains polyvinyl chloride, lignocellulosic based components and hollow microspheres, and a method for producing the sheet structure. The sheet structure can be used as an artificial leather, e.g. for flexible automotive interiors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TMG—Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos Para a Indústria Automóvel, S.A.
    Inventors: Ana Francisca de Sousa Marques Gonçalves Coelho, Elizabete Peixoto de Pinho, Luis Filipe Carvalho da Silva
  • Patent number: 11738543
    Abstract: A multilayer structure includes a protective layer, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer, a heat seal resin layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer and the heat seal resin layer and containing a polypropylene resin, wherein the intermediate layer further contains a hydrocarbon resin having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 3,000, and a softening point of not less than 60° C. and less than 170° C. The multilayer structure satisfies requirements for a lower water vapor permeability and a sufficient heat seal strength, and provides a standup pouch having a smaller gas barrier property change rate after retort treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Oura, Shinji Nakanishi, Mei Takatsuka, Yoshitaka Matsumura