Patents Examined by Maria Veronica Ewald
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Patent number: 9809005Abstract: Anti-ballistic systems and methods for making same are described. The anti-ballistic systems may be formed from various materials arranged in a structure, such as a wall structure. For example, an anti-ballistic system may be formed from a metal material, a polymer material, and a stone material. In some embodiments, the metal material may include aluminum (for example, an aluminum composite panel), the polymer material may include ethylene vinyl acetate, and the stone material may include granite. The anti-ballistic wall systems may be configured to be resistant to ballistics, blasts, and/or forced entry.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Antiballistic Security and Protection, Inc.Inventors: Richard Grieves, Gilbert Meyer, Leif Lundkvist
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Patent number: 9805868Abstract: A biaxially stretched polypropylene film for capacitors which has protrusions on both sides and has a thickness (t1[?m]) of 1 ?m to 3 ?m, wherein Formulae (1) to (4) are satisfied by an A-side as one film surface and a B-side as another film surface: |Pa?Pb|?200;??(1) 0.350?Pa/SRzA?0.700;??(2) 500 nm?SRzA?1,200 nm;??(3) 50 nm?SRzB?500 nm;??(4) wherein, in Formulae (1) to (4), Pa is a number per 0.1 mm2 of protrusions on the A-side, Pb is a number per 0.1 mm2 of protrusions on the B-side, SRzA is a ten-point average roughness of the A-side, and SRzB is a ten-point average roughness of the B-side.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takanori Nakatsuka, Tetsuya Asano, Masami Sugata
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Patent number: 9777137Abstract: Objects of the present invention are: to obtain a polyimide that is excellent in heat resistance, transparency, and optical isotropy and is soluble in an organic solvent; to provide, by using either a polyimide or a polyamic acid which is a precursor or the polyimide, a product or a member that is highly required to have heat resistance and transparency; and particularly to provide a product and a member both of which are obtained by applying a polyamic acid solution and a polyimide solution of the present invention to the surface of an inorganic substance such as glass, metal, metal oxide, or a single crystal silicon. These objects can be attained by a polyimide acid and a polyimide which are each prepared from an alicyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a monomer having a fluorene structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Mari Fujii, Shinji Ozawa
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Patent number: 9776374Abstract: A smoothly bendable board including a middle layer, a first outer layer attached to the middle layer and a second outer layer attached to the middle layer is disclosed. The second outer layer has a lower bending stiffness according to ISO 5628 than the first outer layer such that the smoothly bendable board is outwardly bendable only in a direction towards which the second layer faces. A method for producing a smoothly bendable board is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: SCA FOREST PRODUCTS ABInventors: Magnus Vistrom, Rickard Hagglund
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Patent number: 9777404Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide epitaxial substrate includes: a step of placing a silicon carbide single crystal substrate within a chamber and reducing a pressure within the chamber; a step of increasing a temperature within the chamber to a first temperature; a step of introducing hydrogen gas into the chamber and adjusting the pressure within the chamber; a step of introducing hydrocarbon gas into the chamber; a substrate reforming step of increasing the temperature within the chamber to a second temperature and holding the temperature at the second temperature for a predetermined time, with the adjusted pressure within the chamber and a flow rate of the hydrogen gas being maintained and the hydrocarbon gas being introduced; and a step of growing an epitaxial layer on the silicon carbide single crystal substrate by introducing silane gas into the chamber with the second temperature being maintained.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Wada, Taro Nishiguchi, Jun Genba
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Patent number: 9765244Abstract: An adhesive film for polarizing plates includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer obtained by polymerizing about 15 wt % to about 30 wt % of a (meth)acrylic monomer having a hetero-alicyclic ring. The adhesive film has a storage modulus (G?) of about 30 kPa or greater as determined from Frequency sweep testing at 85° C. by oscillation at an angular speed of 10?3 rad/s to 102 rad/s. An adhesive composition for the same, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display device including the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Kim, Ri Ra Jung, Irina Nam, Ha Yun Cho, In Cheon Han
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Patent number: 9751799Abstract: A scratch-resistant glass substrate is prepared by forming a hard, scratch-resistant layer over a major surface of the substrate. The layer is formed from an inorganic material such as a metal oxide, metal nitride, metal carbide, or metal boride using, for example, physical vapor deposition such as reactive or non-reactive sputtering at a process temperature of less than 500° C. The inorganic layer is resistant to micro-ductile scratching, which can safeguard the visible appearance of the glass substrate in use. The glass substrate can include chemically-strengthened glass.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Charles Andrew Paulson
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Patent number: 9752021Abstract: The instant invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition suitable for blown film applications, and blown films made therefrom. The ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition suitable for blown film applications according to the present invention comprises greater than 80 percent by weight of units derived from ethylene and 20 percent or less by weight of units derived from one or more alpha olefin co-monomers, wherein said ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.918 g/cm3, a melt index I2 in the range of from 0.5 to 1.1 g/10 minutes, a melt flow ratio I10/I2 in the range of from 8 to 10, a melt strength in the range of from 3 to 6 cN, a highest temperature fraction in the range of from 11 to 14 percent determined by CEF, a highest peak temperature fraction by CEF in range of from 96 to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Mehmet Demirors, Teresa P. Karjala, Julie W. Mckenna, Douglas S. Ginger
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Patent number: 9732224Abstract: The polymer mixture comprises polybenzimidazole (PBI)/polyvinylbutyral (PVB). The weight ratio (PVB:PBI) of this mixture may range from 0.25-50:50-99.75 or 15-85:15-85. The coating is based upon the polymer mixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: PBI Performance Products, Inc.Inventors: John C. Moore, Gregory S. Copeland, Michael Gruender
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Patent number: 9731483Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provide a coated film that can be highly prevented from suffering from deposition of oligomers from a surface of the film when exposed to a high temperature condition, and is excellent in adhesion property to various functional layers. The present invention relates to a coated film comprising a single-layer polyester film having an ester cyclic trimer content of not more than 0.7% by weight or a multilayer polyester film comprising a polyester surface layer having an ester cyclic trimer content of not more than 0.7% by weight, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the single-layer polyester film or multilayer polyester film, the coating layer being prepared from a coating solution comprising a crosslinking agent in an amount of not less than 70% by weight based on the weight of nonvolatile components in the coating solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Kawasaki, Taishi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9725601Abstract: An aerogel fabricated by forming an aqueous suspension including carbon nanotubes and a surfactant, agitating the aqueous suspension, and centrifuging the agitated suspension to form a supernatant including the carbon nanotubes. The supernatant is concentrated to form a concentrated suspension including the carbon nanotubes, and a hydrogel is formed from the concentrated suspension. The hydrogen is contacted with a strong acid to form an acidic hydrogel and to remove surfactant from the hydrogel, and then neutralized. An aerogel is formed from the hydrogel. The aerogel may consist essentially of carbon nanotubes. A composite may be formed from the hydrogel or the aerogel by infiltrating the hydrogel or the aerogel with a polymeric material and curing or pyrolyzing the polymeric material. The composite may be electrically conductive, transparent, flexible, superelastic, or any combination thereof. A device, such as a flexible conductor, sensor, or electrode may include the aerogel or the composite.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Carnegie Mellon UniversityInventor: Mohammad F. Islam
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Patent number: 9694354Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas catalyst that can achieve high purification performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Aoki, Hiromasa Suzuki, Ryota Onoe
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Patent number: 9695627Abstract: A glazing unit includes a substrate having two opposing external faces and a peripheral edge face linking the two faces, as well as a peripheral sealing arrangement added at the border of the substrate against its edge face and its two external faces, wherein the sealing arrangement includes at least two seals cooperating respectively with the two external faces of the substrate, and with the edge face of the substrate, the two seals forming a zone of overlap over one another on the edge face of the glazing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventor: Adrien Duffour
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Patent number: 9694569Abstract: A polyimide metal laminated plate has a first metallic film, a first thermoplastic polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first metallic film, a first thermosetting polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first thermoplastic polyimide film distal from the first metallic film, and a second thermoplastic polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first thermosetting polyimide film distal from the first thermoplastic polyimide film. The polyimide metal laminated plate has no adhesive layer, so the polyimide metal laminated plate not only has good heat resistance, flame resistance, anti-chemical properties, and dimensional stability, but also meets the thinning tendency of FPCB. In addition, by the first thermosetting polyimide film and the second thermoplastic polyimide film having a water vapor transmission rate equal to or more than 170 g-?m/m2-day, the delamination and whitening of the polyimide metal laminated plate is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Taiflex Scientific Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Hung Huang, Kuang-Ting Hsueh, Tzu-Ching Hung, Hui-Chen Huang
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Patent number: 9688051Abstract: A window member includes flexible base films and a protective film. The flexible base films are stacked upon one another. Each flexible base film is substantially transparent. The protective film is disposed on the flexible base films and is substantially transparent. Each of the flexible base films includes protrusions and grooves disposed between adjacent protrusions. Corresponding protrusions of the flexible base films at least partially overlap one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gui Nam Min, Kyu taek Lee, Kyung Woo Han, Soyeon Han, Kyu-young Kim
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Patent number: 9676338Abstract: A structurally reinforced blow molded assembly includes an overmold body bonded to one or more preformed internal stiffening ribs. The reinforcing r ribs are partially encapsulated by o the overmold body in an orientation selected to carry load a forces thereon. The resin mixture used to form the overmold body comprises 10% to 40% by weight short glass having a length less about 15 cm, and 60% to 90% by weight thermoplastic resin. To facilitate recycling the reinforcing ribs comprise 30 to 60% by weight long glass fibers and 40% to 70% of thermoplastic bonding resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: METELIX PRODUCTS INC.Inventors: Tim Chapman, Roger Elgner
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Patent number: 9673282Abstract: A handle substrate of a composite substrate for a semiconductor is provided. The handle substrate is composed of polycrystalline alumina. The handle substrate includes an outer peripheral edge part with an average grain size of 20 to 55 ?m and a central part with an average grain size of 10 to 50 ?m. The average grain size of the outer peripheral edge part is 1.1 times or more and 3.0 times or less of that of the central part of the handle substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Sugio Miyazawa, Yasunori Iwasaki, Tatsuro Takagaki, Akiyoshi Ide, Hirokazu Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9656246Abstract: Multilayer substrates for the growth and/or support of CNT arrays are provided. These multilayer substrates both promote the growth of dense vertically aligned CNT arrays and provide excellent adhesion between the CNTs and metal surfaces. Carbon nanotube arrays formed using multilayer substrates, which exhibit high thermal conductivity and excellent durability, are also provided. These arrays can be used as thermal interface materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Carbice CorporationInventor: Baratunde A. Cola
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Patent number: 9655293Abstract: An electronic device comprising a cover plate is disclosed. The cover plate comprises one or more glass layers and one or more sapphire layers, wherein the layers are refractive index matched. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: GTAT CorporationInventor: Kurt Schmid
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Patent number: 9652059Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent electroconductive laminate which achieves the required transparency or haze characteristic while having a desirable slipperiness in terms of handleability. Further disclosed is a transparent touch panel having said transparent electroconductive laminate. The transparent laminate (10) has a transparent organic polymer substrate (1), a transparent electroconductive layer (2) on one face of the transparent organic polymer substrate, and a cured resin layer (3) with a concavo-convex surface on the other face of the transparent organic polymer substrate, and the transparent touch panel has said transparent electroconductive laminate. The cured resin layer (3) has a concavo-convex surface by being formed from a coating composition which contains two types of polymerizable components which mutually phase-separate on the basis of the physical difference therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, TEIJIN CHEMICALS LTD.Inventors: Haruhiko Itoh, Koichi Imamura