Patents Examined by Michael C. Miggins
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11294101
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11294100
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Coating composition comprising a thermoset resin and a thermoplastic resin
    Patent number: 11286401
    Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising: a) a thermoset resin comprising an acid functional polyester material, b) a thermoplastic resin and c) a crosslinker material, wherein the coating composition is substantially free of bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and bisphenol F diglycidyl ether (BFDGE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Retsch, Jr., Anthony M. Chasser, Edward R. Millero, Jr., John M. Dudik
  • Extrudable antifog copolyester heat seal resins
    Patent number: 11273627
    Abstract: A semicrystalline copolyester resin composition formed by twin screw extrusion of various ingredients includes copolyester resins, antiblock, slip and antifog additives. This semicrystalline copolyester resin can be extruded on to PET film or coextruded with PET resin to form clear PET films with antifog properties. These films with antifog properties are produced in a single step without the use of solvent and does not involve any secondary step for coating a separate antifog layer. This minimizes the cost and time required by a converter to make such clear antifog films. These films containing the heat seal copolyester resin can be heat sealed to clear APET trays. Contents within the trays, such as food, can be seen without fogging on the inside of the film that is used to seal the tray. The seals are strong and the peels are smooth giving a very good packaging performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bostik, Inc.
    Inventor: Deepa Puthanparambil
  • Peelable absorbent food package
    Patent number: 11273969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a peelable microwavable food package capable of absorbing undesired liquids released from packaged food products during storage, display, or heating, including microwave cooking. The present invention provides a peelably sealed microwavable food package in any packaging format including pouches, flow-wrap, horizontal form fill seal (HFFS), vertical form fill seal (VFFS), gas-flushed, vacuum-packaged, sealed rigid plastic containers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: BEMIS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew C. Peterka, Otacilio T. Berbert
  • Wrappable end fray resistant woven protective textile sleeve and method of construction thereof
    Patent number: 11268217
    Abstract: An end fray resistant textile sleeve includes an elongate wall having warp yarns extending generally parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns extending circumferentially about the sleeve. The warp yarns include at least two different types of yarns, with one of the types of warp yarns including activateable yarns and another of the types of yarns including non-activateable yarns. The activateable yarns can be provided as being activateable by at least one of heat, fluid and/or pressure, such that upon being activated, the yarns are caused to bond with the adjacent non-activateable warp yarns, as well as with the weft yarns with which they make contact. As such, the activateable yarns, upon being activated, become fixed with abutting warp yarns and weft yarns, thereby inhibiting end fray from resulting during a subsequent cold-cutting operation as well as in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Alexa A. Woodruff, Michael D. Knudson, Tianqi Gao, Cassie M. Malloy
  • Extrudable polymer composites with membrane barrier properties
    Patent number: 11267182
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to extrusion die systems. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the cyclical extrusion of materials to generate small sized grain features, generally in the range of nanosized grain features, in a tubular or profile shape, in which the individual nanolayers possess pores and/or polymer crystals oriented parallel to the extrusion flow direction and including products with enhanced permeation properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Guillemette, Robert Peters, Christopher Hummel
  • Multilayer polymer film
    Patent number: 11260622
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a multilayer polymer film includes a first transparent, colorless polymer layer comprising a polyimide, a polyamide imide, or a block copolymer of a polyimide and a second transparent, colorless polymer layer comprising a polyimide, a polyamide imide, or a block copolymer of a polyimide. An elastic modulus of the first transparent, colorless polymer layer is different than an elastic modulus of the second transparent, colorless polymer layer. The first and second transparent, colorless polymer layers are bonded by consolidation. In a second aspect, a cover window for a display includes the multilayer polymer film of the first aspect. The first transparent, colorless layer of the multilayer polymer film is the layer farthest from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kostantinos Kourtakis, Gene M Rossi, Leopoldo Alejandro Carbajal, Mark Allan Lamontia, Mobin Yahyazadehfar
  • Laminate and packaging bag comprising same
    Patent number: 11260634
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a packaging bag which is produced from a laminate, which is excellent in straight cut property and which hardly cause a parting, even if the laminate contains a biaxially stretched PBT film having a large distortedness of a molecular orientation axis. The laminate has a biaxially stretched film substrate consisting of a polyester resin composition and a sealant film consisting of a polyolefin resin composition, and has a straight cut property in a longitudinal direction of 5 mm or less. The polyester resin composition contains 60 wt % or more of a polybutylene telephthalate resin, and the polyolefin resin composition contains 40 wt % to 97 wt % of a propylene-ethylene block copolymer, 3 wt % to 10 wt % of an ethylene-propylene copolymer elastomer, and 0 wt % to 50 wt % of an ethylene-?olefin random copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wakato Tomatsu, Takamichi Goto, Tadashi Nishi
  • Sheet, laminate, pipe, riser tube, and flowline
    Patent number: 11260637
    Abstract: A sheet containing a carbon fiber and a fluororesin layer disposed around a carbon monofilament constituting the carbon fiber. A fluororesin constituting the fluororesin layer is polyvinylidene fluoride. Further, the sheet has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher. Also disclosed is a laminate including a first layer and a second layer that is disposed on the first layer and that includes the sheet; a pipe including the laminate; a riser tube including the pipe and a flowline including the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Kuwajima, Hayato Tsuda
  • Composite material body for impact absorption and articles comprising the body
    Patent number: 11254069
    Abstract: A composite material body (10) includes a first material layer (20) and a second material layer (30) overlapping the first material layer (20). The first material layer (20) and the second material layer (30) are wound to form a flexible and circular rod. Impact absorption is effectively improved and impact resisting strength is enhanced because energy-absorber or damping material or its composition is attached into the composite material body (10). Technical characteristics, effects and objects of this invention are achieved thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Topkey Corporation, Xiamen Keentech Composite Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chuang, Wan-Ting Chung, Yen-Ta Lu
  • Multilayer polymer film
    Patent number: 11254094
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a multilayer polymer film includes a first polymer layer having a first elastic modulus and a second polymer layer having a second elastic modulus. The first polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The second polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The first elastic modulus is different from the second elastic modulus. The first and second polymer layers are bonded by consolidation. In a second aspect, a cover window for a display includes a hard coat layer and the multilayer polymer film of the first aspect. The first polymer layer of the multilayer polymer film is the layer farthest from the display and is adhered to the hard coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kostantinos Kourtakis, Gene M Rossi, Leopoldo Alejandro Carbajal, Mark Allan Lamontia, Mobin Yahyazadehfar, Ross S Johnson, Weiying Gao, Aref Samadidooki
  • Flex-crack resistant and thermally resistant aseptic bulk bags for flexible packaging
    Patent number: 11254109
    Abstract: This invention relates to inner-plies for bulk-bags that surprisingly offer not only high thermal resistance, but also high flex-crack resistance. This invention also relates to such bulk-bags made for packaging of flowable materials, aseptic or otherwise, and the process for improving their flex-crack and thermal resistance. Preferably, the packaging is aseptic. More specifically, the inner-ply of the invention comprises a resin blend comprising the Exceed® XP resin; an LDPE resin or an ethylene—?-olefin copolymer (EAO copolymer); or a blend of said LDPE resin and said EAO copolymer, with flex-crack resistance improved in both machine direction and transverse direction, in conjunction with an improved thermal resistance. Thus, in addition to possessing good flex-crack resistance, the bulk-bags can withstand steam sterilization and/or aseptic packaging conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nicholas Farkas
  • Composite material body for impact absorption and articles comprising the body
    Patent number: 11247412
    Abstract: A composite material body (10) includes a first material layer (20) and a second material layer (30) overlapping the first material layer (20). The first material layer (20) and the second material layer (30) are wound to form a flexible and circular rod. Impact absorption is effectively improved and impact resisting strength is enhanced because energy-absorber or damping material or its composition is attached into the composite material body (10). Technical characteristics, effects and objects of this invention are achieved thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Topkey Corporation, Xiamen Keentech Composite Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chuang, Wan-Ting Chung, Yen-Ta Lu
  • Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, melt-forming material, multilayer structure, and multilayer pipe
    Patent number: 11241869
    Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an antioxidant; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition; wherein the weight ratio (B)/(C) of the antioxidant (B) to the sorbic acid ester (C) is 500 to 1,000,000. The resulting ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is less susceptible to coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Usui, Minako Ikeshita
  • Barrier film with enhanced formability and a method for making thereof
    Patent number: 11235503
    Abstract: A film comprises an outer heat sealable layer mainly made of a (co)polyolefin with the Vicat softening temperature not exceeding 130° C., at least one heat resistant layer mainly made of at least one polar (co)polymer selected from the group including predominantly aliphatic (co)polyamides and aromatic (co)polyesters, and at least one core adhesive layer from a material capable of adhering both to (co)polyolefins and to polar (co)polymers. The heat resistant layer comprises not less than 15% of at least one predominantly aliphatic copolyamide with the melting temperature not exceeding 205° C. A method comprises the stages of coextrusion, biaxial stretching, annealing and winding up of the resulting film into a roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: OBSCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU “PROIZVODSTVENNO-KOMMERCHESKAVA EIRMNA ATI ANTIR-PAK”
    Inventors: Sergey Vladimirovich Verin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Kostrub, Vadim Yurievich Biryukov, Igor Vladimirovich Burykin, Boris Vladimirovich Golyanskiy
  • Printer assembly low friction roller liner
    Patent number: 11220120
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a low friction roller liner for a printer assembly that may include a core layer, a first outer layer overlying a first surface of the core layer, a second outer layer overlying the first outer layer, a first inner layer overlying a second surface of the core layer that is opposite of the first surface of the core layer, and a second inner layer overlying the first inner layer. The first outer layer and the first inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material and may have a melt flow rate of at least about 2 g/10 min at 372° C. The second outer layer and the second inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material distinct from the fluoropolymer material of the first outer layer and may have a surface coefficient of friction of not greater than about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian McNamara, Ian D. Hutcheson, Gerard T. Buss, David A. Rich
  • Fluid line
    Patent number: 11220084
    Abstract: A fluid line includes a pipe of a multilayered plastics material. The pipe surrounds an interior space. The pipe has an inner, first layer of polyamide 9T (PA9T), a second layer of polyamide 12 (PA12), a third layer of polyamide 612 (PA612), a fourth layer of polyamide 6 (PA6) and an outer, fifth layer of polyamide 612 (PA612). The inner, first layer bounds the interior space. A fluid line that has a reduced dissolution of material, a reduced permeability to volatile substances, and nevertheless maintains sufficient mechanical properties for a connection to other components of a line, is hence provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Norma Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Carolin Kohl, Christoph Steinkamp, Andreas Bauer, David Schoumacher, Olivier Piovesan
  • Packaging, barrier packaging material, and packaging bag
    Patent number: 11208245
    Abstract: A packaging is provided including: a base layer including at least one layer of a biaxially oriented resin film; and a sealant layer including at least a first thermoplastic resin layer and a second thermoplastic resin layer, in which the base layer, the first thermoplastic resin laser, and the second thermoplastic resin layer are laminated in this order, a density of a first resin forming the first thermoplastic resin layer is higher than a density of a second resin forming the second thermoplastic resin layer, the density of the first resin is 0.90 g/cm3 or higher, the density of the second resin is 0.92 g/cm3 or lower, and the second thermoplastic resin layer contains 200 to 2000 ppm of a lubricant including at least one of a fatly acid amide lubricant and a fatty acid ester lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kudo, Nobuhiko Imai, Minoru Kawasaki, Osamu Takemoto
  • Hydroxy functional alkyl polyurea crosslinkers
    Patent number: 11203701
    Abstract: A hydroxy functional alkyl polyurea is disclosed having the formula presented in claim 1, wherein R comprises an isocyanurate moiety, biuret moiety, allophonate moiety, glycoluril moiety, benzoguanamine moiety, polyetheramine moiety, and/or polymeric moiety different from a polyetheramine and having an Mn of 500 or greater; wherein each R1is independently a hydrogen, alkyl having at least 1 carbon, or a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons and at least one R1 is a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons; and n is 2-6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Shanti Swarup, Hongying Zhou, Anthony M. Chasser, Edward R. Millero, Jr., Christopher P. Kurtz, John M. Dudik, Xiangling Xu, William H. Retsch, Jr., Tien-Chieh Chao, Benjamin Kabagambe, Jr., Ronald Kralic