Patents Examined by Megha M Gaitonde
  • Patent number: 10815545
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel plate of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a groove formed on a surface, wherein a curvature radius RBb at a position where a depth of the groove is maximum is 0.2 ?m to 100 ?m, and a curvature radius RSb on the groove surface from the position where the depth of the groove is maximum to a quarter-way position of the depth D of the groove is 4 ?m to 130 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Oh-Yeoul Kwon, Won-Gul Lee, Seong-Cheol Hong, Gyoo-Taek Lee, Jong-Tae Park, Choong Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 10800143
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass laminate structure comprising a non-strengthened glass sheet, a strengthened glass sheet, and at least one polymer interlayer intermediate the external and internal glass sheets are disclosed. The strengthened glass sheet can have a thickness ranging from about 0.3 mm to about 1.5 mm, the non-strengthened glass sheet can have a thickness ranging from about 1.5 mm to about 3.0 mm, and the polymer interlayer can have a first edge with a first thickness and a second edge opposite the first edge with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The glass laminate structures provide advantageous optical properties. The glass laminate structure can be employed to provide a transparent display screen that minimizes image offset between two images formed by two reflections at two surfaces of the strengthened internal glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Douglas Edmon Goforth, Richard Sean Priestley, ChuanChe Wang, Aramais Zakharian
  • Patent number: 10787293
    Abstract: Implementations described herein include films with maintained or decreased light transmittance despite a reduction in gauge. In particular, one or more implementations include a multi-layer film with each layer having differing opacity agents. The combination of the two different opacity agents in two different layers can have a synergistic effect that provide decreased light transmittance. Indeed, in one or more embodiments a multi-layer film with differing opacity agents in each layer has a decreased light transmittance despite a reduction in gauge and opacity agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventor: Michael G. Borchardt
  • Patent number: 10752183
    Abstract: A laminated composite interior part includes a first member made of synthetic resin and having a mating surface; and a second member made of elastically deformable synthetic resin and having a plate portion substantially parallel to the mating surface. The plate portion has integrally-formed and interspersed protrusions protruding toward the mating surface. The second member is placed on the first member with distal end portions of the protrusions being in contact with the mating surface. Cushioning properties are provided by elastic deformation of the protrusions, caused as the protrusions' distal end portions are relatively pressed against the mating surface. Flexural rigidity of each of the protrusions against a compressive load is anisotropic about its axis, so that the protrusion is flexurally deformed in one direction about its axis with the distal end portion thereof sliding on the mating surface. Surface roughness of the mating surface is less than 0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Miyashita, Kenichi Yoshida, Kenji Onuma, Takeshi Taniguchi, Masamori Hirose, Hideaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 10717250
    Abstract: Provided is an embossed product on which a deep bumpy design is formed and which is also excellent in terms of a bumpy design shape-imparting property and cushioning performance and durability thereof. A composite material for embossing is a composite material in which a flexible polyurethane foam sheet is laminated on one surface of a skin material, in which the flexible polyurethane foam sheet has a thickness of 3 to 15 mm and a compression percentage of 5% to 40% in a temperature range of 100° C. to 150° C. In addition, an embossed product is obtained by embossing a surface of the skin material of the composite material for embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiren Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaru Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10714247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferrite sintered plate having a composition comprising 47 to 50 mol % of Fe2O3, 7 to 26 mol % of NiO, 13 to 36 mol % of ZnO, 7 to 12 mol % of CuO and 0 to 1.5 mol % of CoO, as calculated in terms of the respective oxides, in which the ferrite sintered plate has a volume resistivity of 1×108 to 1×1012·cm and a thickness of 10 to 60 ?m; and a ferrite sintered sheet comprising the ferrite sintered plate on a surface of which a groove or grooves are formed, and an adhesive layer and/or a protective layer formed on the ferrite sintered plate, in which the ferrite sintered sheet has a magnetic permeability at 500 kHz a real part of which is 120 to 800 and an imaginary part of which is 0 to 30, and a product (?m) of the real part of the magnetic permeability at 500 kHz of the ferrite sintered sheet and a thickness of the ferrite sintered plate is 5000 to 48000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Yoji Okano, Makoto Sadai, Shingo Honda, Mitsunori Kurumada, Akihiro Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Kawato
  • Patent number: 10658096
    Abstract: A multilayer magnetic sheet is described which comprises a plurality of stacked magnetic component layers separated by first electrically insulating layers. Each of the plurality of magnetic component layers comprises a plurality of isolated magnetic sublayers having a magnetic layer thickness of less than one micron. The multilayer magnetic sheet has a magnetic fraction between about 5% and about 80%; a total magnetic thickness of greater than or equal to 5 microns; and a relative composite permeability of greater than about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Xiaoming Kou, Michael S. Graff, Jeffrey M. Florczak, Steven L. Johnson, Rui Yang, Carlos A. Barrios, Steven D. Theiss, Kevin W. Gotrik
  • Patent number: 10654239
    Abstract: The cellulose product comprises at least a first ply of embossed cellulose material and a second ply of embossed cellulose material, glued together. The first ply comprises: a first series of embossing protuberances with a first height (H?1) and a top surface to which a glue is applied which bonds the first ply and the second ply to one another; a second series of micro-embossing protuberances with a second height (H?2) lower than the first height (H?1); a third series of micro-embossing protuberances with a third height (H?3) lower than the second height (H?2). The protuberances of the first series are distributed over areas of the first ply, where the micro-embossing protuberances of the second series and the micro-embossing protuberances of the third series are absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SOFIDEL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Emi Stefani
  • Patent number: 10639746
    Abstract: A ceramic-based component including laser-etched markings, an electronic device including a ceramic-based component, and methods of forming the same. The ceramic-based component may include an outer surface, and a laser-etched marking formed on the outer surface. The laser-etched marking may include a recess having a substantially uneven surface formed in the outer surface. The recess may have a material composition distinct from a material composition of the outer surface. The method of forming the ceramic-based component may include laser etching an outer surface of a ceramic-based component, and in response to the laser etching, forming a laser-etched marking on the outer surface of the ceramic-based component. The method may also include altering the optically reflective properties of the laser-etched marking and/or altering a material composition of the laser-etched marking relative to a distinct material composition of the outer surface of the ceramic-based component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael S. Nashner, Peter N. Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: 10645824
    Abstract: There are provided an electronic component housing package and the like which have high efficiency of heating by infrared rays. An electronic component housing package includes an insulating substrate including a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of each other, an upper surface of the insulating substrate being provided with an electronic component mounting section. The plurality of insulating layers each contain a first material as a major constituent. The electronic component housing package comprises one or more infrared-ray absorbing layers disposed between the plurality of insulating layers and/or disposed on an upper surface of uppermost one of the plurality of insulating layers. The one or more absorbing layers contain a second material which is higher in infrared absorptivity than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noritaka Niino
  • Patent number: 10632712
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a vehicular windshield having a laminated glass structure in which an interlayer film for laminated glass is interposed between at least a pair of glass plates, which contains few air bubbles remaining between the glass plates and the interlayer film for laminated glass to have an excellent appearance and is less likely to cause ghosting when external rays of light are seen through the vehicular windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kitano, Manabu Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10607589
    Abstract: The application relates to a nonwoven composite containing a lofty nonwoven layer and a film. The lofty nonwoven layer contains a plurality of primary fibers and defines a plurality of peak regions and a plurality of valley regions. The film contains a thermoplastic polymer and has a peak film thickness in the peak regions of the layer. The film is present on at least a majority of the second surface of the nonwoven layer. Within the valley regions, the film encapsulates a plurality of fibers from the nonwoven layer. The cross-sectional area fraction of total fibers in the film within the valley regions is at least about 8% and the cross-sectional area fraction of total fibers in the film within the peak regions is less than about 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Arvidson, Ryan W. Johnson, Randolph S. Kohlman, Patrick A. Petri
  • Patent number: 10590032
    Abstract: A substrate having inner and outer major surfaces, a plurality of edge surfaces, and a plurality of corner surfaces; and at least one of: (i) a coating applied over a limited area of the outer major surface of the substrate to produce a composite structure, (ii) an intermediate layer applied to the inner major surface of the substrate, and (iii) an elongate discontinuity disposed at one or more corners of the substrate, each of which operates to reduce catastrophic failures in the substrate resulting from a dynamic sharp impact to the outer major surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Petr Gorelchenko, Jason Thomas Harris, Guangli Hu, Khaled Layouni, Po-Jen Shih, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10590559
    Abstract: Substrates having laser textured surfaces and methods for forming the same are described. The methods involve using a laser to form three-dimensional features on a surface of the substrate. The laser three-dimensional features can be designed to interact with incident light to create unique visual effects. In some embodiments, the substrate is further treated with a pre-anodizing process and an anodizing process to form a protective metal oxide coating. In some cases, the type of pre-anodizing and anodizing process are chosen based on the geometry of the three-dimensional features and to enhance the visual effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Max A. Maloney, Michael S. Nashner, Sean R. Novak
  • Patent number: 10570048
    Abstract: A system and process for making a thin, soot particle or glass sheet is provided. The system includes a soot deposition plate having a deposition surface and a glass soot generating device spaced from the deposition surface along a first axis. The glass soot generating device is configured to generate glass soot particles and to deliver the glass soot particles through an outlet and on to the deposition surface in a layer having a thickness of less than 5 mm. At least one of the soot deposition plate and the glass soot generating device is movable to cause relative movement between the deposition surface of the soot deposition plate and the glass soot generating device. A thin soot or sintered soot sheet is also provided. The soot sheet has a variable surface topography that varies along at least two axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Warren Hawtof
  • Patent number: 10563354
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an industrial roll, comprising: a substantially cylindrical metallic core; a base layer that is adhered to and circumferentially overlies the core; a polymeric topstock layer that circumferentially overlies the base layer; and a hydrophobic and/or amphiphobic coating that circumferentially overlies the topstock layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC
    Inventors: Chris Tyson, Charles Hunter, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 10556398
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microarray structure including a substrate material layer, a continuous three-dimensional (3D) surface layer on the substrate material layer that is capable of functionalisation for use as an array, and an inert material wherein the structure includes accurately defined and functionalisable isolated areas which are millimeter to nanometer in size. The functionalised areas are part of the continuous 3D surface layer and are isolated by the inert material and are interconnected within the structure by the continuous 3D surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Digital Sensing Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Haynes, David James Bates, Ashton Cyril Partridge, Karthik Kannappan
  • Patent number: 10518484
    Abstract: A bonded structure includes a first fiber part (12) and a second fiber part (14) arranged between a first member (10) and a second member (20). The first fiber part (12) and the second fiber part (14) are bonded so as to connect the first member (10) and the second member (20) to each other. The first fiber part (12) and the second fiber part (14) are arranged so that the fibers constituting the first fiber part (12) and the second fiber part (14) are oriented in a direction from the first member (10) toward the second member (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Shu Minakuchi, Nobuo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10500608
    Abstract: A display device according to one or more exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a display panel; a window on the display panel; an active surface layer on the window; and a hard coating layer on the active surface layer and having a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Sik Kim, Young Do Kim
  • Patent number: 10470854
    Abstract: Pre-sintered blanks based on lithium disilicate glass ceramic are described which are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Harald Bürke, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger