Patents Examined by Michael Zhang
  • Patent number: 11969974
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a surface protection film for a flexible display with which films are not adhered to each other. As a solution, provided is the surface protection film for a flexible display that has a protection layer made of polyurethane as an outermost surface thereof, the polyurethane having a tan ? peak temperature of 20° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kamada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11964457
    Abstract: Disclosed is a release film including a first release film on a supporter in which a first hole is defined, and a second release film below the supporter, wherein, when viewed in a plan view, a first cut region is defined by a first part of the second release film, the first part overlapping the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoseung Kang, Minseop Kim, Hosung Nam, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 11951724
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a fiber-reinforced resin article which includes, on at least one face of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), a plurality of chopped sheets (CS) of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet which is the same as or different from the abovementioned unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), wherein the ratio of the chopped sheets (CS), with respect to 100 parts by mass of the unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), is at least 40 parts by mass and no more than 100 parts by mass; a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin article, said method having a step for positioning a plurality of the chopped sheets (CS), and a step for heating and pressurizing; and a laminate including the fiber-reinforced resin article and a foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kikuchi, Takeharu Isaki
  • Patent number: 11952785
    Abstract: A covering for underlays of flooring includes a membrane with a base from which studs extend which protrude upward with respect to the laying plane, a draining layer which is joined in an upper region to the membrane at the top of the studs, and a layer for anchoring to the underlay of the flooring, joined in a lower region to the membrane at least at the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES SPA
    Inventor: Dennis Bordin
  • Patent number: 11951716
    Abstract: A roofing membrane includes a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) layer and a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer. The TPO layer forms a bottom layer of the roofing membrane, and the PVC layer is positioned atop the TPO layer so that the PVC layer forms a top layer of the roofing membrane. The TPO layer and the PVC layer are configured to be chemically compatible so that the TPO layer and the PVC layer are chemically bonded and function as a single roofing membrane. Compatibilizing includes at least one of (i) adding a compatibilizing agent to at least one of the TPO material and the PVC material prior to extrusion and (ii) positioning at least one compatibilizing film, prior to bonding, between the TPO material and the PVC material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Diego Pedrazzoli, Lichih R Peng, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11939500
    Abstract: Diecuts and methods for closing of holes in metal sheets or in plastics parts are disclosed. The diecuts have a carrier composed of an assembly that comprises a metallic first layer having a thickness of 10 to 40 ?m, a second layer of a woven or laid glass fabric having a basis weight of 30 to 200 g/m2, an optional first adhesive third layer, an unexpanded expandable graphite fourth layer having a thickness of at least 0.2 to 3.0 mm, and a second adhesive fifth layer. The expandable graphite being present in the fourth layer to an extent of at least 80 wt % and fifth layer being formed by an adhesive having a basis weight of 300 to 1800 g/m2 and/or a thickness of 400 to 1800 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Katja Meyer, Tim Baumann, Christoph Nagel
  • Patent number: 11925758
    Abstract: A rotary occlusion valve for tracheotomy is described, used in the medical field, which allows the function of occluding the flow, both inspiratory and expiratory, of a particular patient, depending on his or her clinical condition or ventilatory limitations, thus permitting the execution of the two steps of respiration, inspiration and expiration. The valve consists in a device composed of a main body in the form of a cylinder inside which is a bearing, a safety grille, a tab, and an oxygen connection port. Said main body is joined to a rotary one-way valve containing a spherical ball, an orifice in its center, windows, pillars, and a tab. Finally, the one-way valve contains a membrane consisting of a grip port and a diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Fundación Valle De Lili
    Inventors: Oscar Ivan Quintero Osorio, Diana Marcela Osorio
  • Patent number: 11926117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film of a copolymer polyester having excellent thermal resistance. In particular, the present invention provides an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film that includes multiple skin layers capable of improving thermal resistance formed on a substrate layer capable of providing high shrinkage, and simultaneously has excellent thermal resistance and high shrinkage properties through MD orientation instead of the conventional TD orientation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seol-Hee Lim, Sung-Gi Kim, So-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11909107
    Abstract: A gradient permittivity film comprises (a) a first permittivity layer comprising a first continuous matrix of a first material having a first relative permittivity (?r1) and a second component having a second relative permittivity (?r2) dispersed in the first continuous matrix, the first permittivity layer having a first effective layer relative permittivity (?1) and a thickness (T1); And (b) a second permittivity layer having a second effective layer relative permittivity (?2) and a thickness (T2) disposed on the first permittivity layer. T1=0.8(t1) to 1.2(t1), where t 1 = c 4 ? f ? ? 1 ; ? T 2 = 0.8 ( t 2 ) ? to 1.2 ( t 2 ) , where ? t 2 = c 4 ? f ? ? 2 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohsen Salehi, Stephen J. Etzkorn, Jaewon Kim, Brett J. Sitter
  • Patent number: 11905201
    Abstract: An article includes a carrier including a carrier bonding surface, a sheet including a sheet bonding surface, and a surface modification layer disposed on at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The surface modification layer includes a plasma polymerized material. The plasma polymerized material planarizes the at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface are bonded with the surface modification layer so that the carrier is temporarily bonded with the sheet. A method of making an article includes depositing a surface modification layer on at least one of a carrier bonding surface and a sheet bonding surface. The method further includes bonding the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface with the surface modification layer to temporarily bond the carrier with the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder
  • Patent number: 11884043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate of thermoplastic resin film with vapor-permeable barrier function, wherein the laminate comprises: at least one layer of thermoplastic resin film having a continuous structure in a thickness of 1-120 ?m with vapor-permeable barrier function; and at least one layer of a natural or chemical product layer, wherein the natural or chemical product layer is a discontinuous film, a non-woven product, an adhesive product, and/or a textile fibre product. In the laminate of the present invention, the gram weight of the product is 1-250 g/m2. The laminate of the present invention is desirable in vapour permeability and diffusivity, has a continuous structure, and can block solid dusts with a size of 5 nm or more, aerosols, bacteria, viruses and liquids. Furthermore, the laminate can have a very good blocking effect, thereby having a protective function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN KING WONDER HI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuwei Lin, Yaogen Wu
  • Patent number: 11878500
    Abstract: A heated floor panel assembly for aircraft includes an impact layer made from a 2-D or 3-D woven high temperature thermoplastic fiber matrix impregnated with a resin. The impact layer can further include woven metallic fibers. The assembly also includes a stack of structural layers, a heating layer, and a core layer for absorbing shear stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Waina, Jin Hu, Casey Slane, Nathaniel Ching, Galdemir Cezar Botura
  • Patent number: 11878941
    Abstract: A glass exhibiting non-frangible behavior in a region where substantially higher central tension is possible without reaching frangibility is provided. This region allows greater extension of the depth of compression in which fracture-causing flaws are arrested, without rendering the glass frangible despite the presence of high central tension region in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Delena Lucinda Justice Duffy, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Vitor Marino Schneider, Kristy Lynn Smith
  • Patent number: 11865816
    Abstract: A package system is provided that includes a main body having a bilayer thermoplastic laminated film structure including a first layer and a second layer with an adhesive layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The main body can further include an array of holes and a removable panel disposed on the array of holes. The removable panel can include a plurality of cutouts, where each one of the cutouts corresponds to one of the holes. The removable panel can be configured to be selectively pulled off the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Kenneth F. Flower
  • Patent number: 11858351
    Abstract: A glass article is provided with a cover glass sheet having first and second major surfaces. The second major surface has a first region with a first curve of a first radius of curvature, and a second region that is different than the first region. A frame's support surface has a third region of a first frame material and a fourth region of a different, second frame material. The second major surface faces the support, and the third region includes a second curve that complements the first curve while the fourth region complements the second region. A first adhesive is between the third region and the first region. A second adhesive is disposed between the fourth region and the second region. The first adhesive has a first Young's modulus, and the second adhesive comprising a second Young's modulus that is different than the first Young's modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Carlos Francis Alonzo, Atul Kumar, Jinfa Mou, Christopher Mark Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11833944
    Abstract: A back panel for a vehicle seat is described. The back panel may have an upper layer, a lower layer supporting the upper layer, an adhesive layer arranged between the upper layer and the lower layer and fixing the upper layer to the lower layer, and at least one additional panel member welded to the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Ronald G. Bedro
  • Patent number: 11802001
    Abstract: The rubberized textile material for a belt textile ply is provided on at least one side of a textile web with a peroxidically crosslinkable ethylene-alpha-olefin-diene terpolymer rubber mixture, preferably an EPDM mixture. In this rubberization mixture the third monomer content (diene content) of the EPDM is preferably at least 4% and the rubber mixture contains: a peroxidic crosslinker, a mineral oil having an aromatics proportion of at least 50 percent by weight and at least one reactive phenol and/or reactive phenol resin capable of binding to the double bonds of unsaturated polymers. The reactive phenol and/or phenol resin and the mineral oil are present in the rubber mixture in a content of altogether 5 to 60 phr. The rubberization has an exceptional manufacturing tack coupled with good adhesion and good dynamic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ARNTZ BETEILUNGS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ohlhaeuser, Michael Schaeper, Jens-Thomas Ahlemann
  • Patent number: 11712876
    Abstract: A housing included in a home appliance and used as a decorative housing is shaped like an inverted tray and includes a wood layer, a non-woven cloth layer bonded to the wood layer via a bonding resin layer, and a substrate resin layer fixed to the wood layer while infiltrating gaps between fibers in the non-woven cloth layer. A predetermined cutout pattern is formed on a colored coating film applied to a front surface of the non-woven cloth layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Nissha Co., Ltd., Art & Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Hideharu Johno, Yasuhide Fukada
  • Patent number: 11672380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-metallic articles that can be burner shields having grease flow control and/or chemical resistance. The present disclosure also relates to glass-ceramic burner shields that can have grease flow control and/or chemical resistance, and preferably both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Theodore A. Wegert, Zachary D. Wimmer, Oliver Mühlke, Thomas Sadowsky
  • Patent number: 11643025
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tailgate protector for a vehicle, wherein the protector comprises a pressure absorbent material which has been attached to a body of the protector with an adhesive, wherein the material having pressure absorbent property is a fabric or rubber and provides a soft padded area for protecting a user from injury or discomfort, and the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising styrene, and the body is formed from a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MPA INDUSTRIES PTY LTD
    Inventor: Paul Nardella, Sr.