Patents Examined by Nancy R Johnson
  • Patent number: 12138957
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative member including a substrate and a decorative layer provided on the substrate, wherein the decorative member has a depth parameter value ?1m represented by Formula 1 of 0.15 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Suk Song, Sangcholl Han, Yong Chan Kim, Nansra Heo, Jeong Woo Shon, Pilsung Jo
  • Patent number: 12133571
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a shoe that can be of high quality and easily produced, by forming an outsole with a thermoplastic elastomer showing specific complex viscosities at 140° C. and 180° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Yamade
  • Patent number: 12128652
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ceramic package for quantum computing and a method for preparation. The ceramic package for quantum computing may include a first ceramic plate, a vacuum tube, and a second ceramic plate connected sequentially from bottom to top, wherein the first ceramic plate is installed with a first light window, the second ceramic plate is installed with a second light window, the first light window and the second light window cover a signal inlet and a signal outlet of the vacuum tube, respectively; the first ceramic plate is provided with a lead wire on a side depart from the vacuum tube and configured to lead a signal into a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HEFEI SHENGDA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Feng, Lili Jia, Lei Yang, Chunlei Geng, Yujun Zhang
  • Patent number: 12128654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-gloss decorative sheet having an appropriately low level of wiping resistance, and thereby enables strongly adhering grime to be easily wiped off, thus being excellent in terms of easy cleanability. The present invention provides a decorative sheet comprising a base material sheet and at least a surface-protecting layer on the base material sheet, (1) the base material sheet being a thermoplastic resin sheet, (2) the surface-protecting layer having a surface free energy of 40 mJ/m2 or more, (3) an arithmetic average roughness (Ra0.08) measured on the surface side of the surface-protecting layer at a cutoff value of 0.08 mm with an evaluation length of 0.4 mm by a measurement method in accordance with JIS B0601:2001 being 0.60 ?m or less, and (4) a specular glossiness on the surface-protecting layer side of the decorative sheet at an incident angle of 60° being 23 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuhei Shinbara, Toshinaru Kayahara, Tomoyuki Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12103285
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film and a laminate comprising the same. The LCP film has a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, and a ratio of a ten-point mean roughness relative to a maximum height (Rz/Ry) of the first surface is from 0.30 to 0.62. By controlling Rz/Ry of at least one surface of the LCP film, the peel strength of the LCP film stacked to a metal foil can be increased, and the laminate comprising the same can still maintain the merit of low insertion loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Pang Tu, Chia-Hung Wu, Chien-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 12102883
    Abstract: A game ball including a leather cover secured about a solid core, wherein the leather cover includes an inner surface contacting the solid core and an opposing outer surface and wherein the game ball is characterized by including polyacrylate particles dispersed on but not encased about the outer surface of the leather cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Joseph Hoefler, Michaeleen L. Pacholski
  • Patent number: 12099220
    Abstract: A retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer. At least some of the retroreflective elements include a reflective layer that is embedded between the transparent microsphere and the binder layer. At least some of the embedded reflective layers are localized reflective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kui Chen-Ho, Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz, Michael A. McCoy, Shri Niwas, Matthew S. Stay, Ramasubramani Kuduva Raman Thanumoorthy, Ying Xia
  • Patent number: 12054882
    Abstract: A modular ambulatory surface exhibits terrain variations for emulating a walking surface for ambulatory rehabilitation. Ambulatory mobility, or basic walking from alternated leg movements, is one of the most basic capabilities enjoyed by humans, and therefore can be devastating if suddenly compromised. A number of modular surfaces each exhibit different terrain qualities, and are joined together according to a prescribed sequence of desired, rehabilitative terrain. A flexible or resilient walking surface encapsulates shaped, load bearing elements that define the rehabilitative walking surface. Joinable edges have a pattern of protrusion, receptacles or similar fixtures for coupling to an adjacent module. A series of joined, modular surfaces allows simulation of an outdoor surface and variations thereof that are otherwise difficult to provide in a modern commercial facility with fixed planar flooring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine Mary Muise, Michelle Jane Mailloux
  • Patent number: 12037513
    Abstract: The antiglare film of the present invention is provided with an antiglare layer having a haze value in a range from 50% to 99%, and in a state where the antiglare film is mounted on a surface of a display, a standard deviation of luminance distribution of the display is a value in a range from 0 to 6, and transmission image clarity at an optical comb width of 0.5 mm is a value in a range from 0% to 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Hayashi, Yoshitaka Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12030279
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a laminated glazing having variable light transmission comprising two glass sheets, an external glass sheet and an internal glass sheet, that are joined by at least one thermoplastic interlayer sheet, an assembly of a functional film, which is incorporated into the laminate between the two glass sheets. According to the invention, the at least one thermoplastic interlayer sheet has a roughness with a Rz comprised between 50 and 400 ?m and a Ra comprised between 15 and 90 ?m and preferably with a Rz comprised between 100 and 400 ?m and a Ra comprised between 30 and 90 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Yuji Masaki
  • Patent number: 12012353
    Abstract: A method for increasing the tactile feel of a glass-ceramic article includes (a) performing a first etching of a surface of the glass-ceramic article with a first etchant to create a plurality of features on the surface, wherein the first etchant comprises hydrofluoric acid and an inorganic fluoride salt, and the plurality of features comprises protrusions and recesses and (b) performing a second etching of the surface with a second etchant different from the first etchant to enlarge a distance between adjacent features of a same type, wherein the second etching occurs after the first etching, after the second etching an average distance between adjacent features of a same type is in a range from 0.5 ?m to 20 ?m and a density of features of the same type is in a range from 9,000 to 25,000 features/mm2, and a tactile feel of the surface after the second etching is greater than the tactile feel of the surface before the first etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandon Allen Bazemore, Jun Hou, Yuhui Jin, Eungsik Park, Tammy Lynn Petriwsky
  • Patent number: 11992001
    Abstract: A textured window film has a prismatic effect that allows a substantial amount of incoming light to pass through a window while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images. The result is a window film that is brighter and more vibrant while also providing visual privacy. The textured window film can therefore better simulate real textured and colored glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ARTSCAPE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Hicks, Michael Kyne
  • Patent number: 11844409
    Abstract: The present application relates to a decoration member including a substrate layer having a convex structure or a concave structure arranged two-dimensionally, and a method for preparing the decoration member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Pilsung Jo, Jin Suk Song, Song Ho Jang, Ki Hwan Kim, Yong Chan Kim, Nansra Heo, Jeong Woo Shon
  • Patent number: 11802436
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit includes an array of spacers provided between at least a pair of substrates, such as glass substrate. Certain example embodiments relate to a VIG window unit including spacers (e.g., pillars) of or including a metal alloy. The metal alloy of the spacer may be an amorphous metal alloy (e.g., Zr and/or Cu based amorphous alloy). Such metal alloy spacers advantageously reduce the thermal conductivity of the spacer array and can increase the center of glass R-value of the VIG window unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Blush, Jason Theios, Timothy Hodapp
  • Patent number: 11782262
    Abstract: A light converter and method of manufacture is provided. A light conversion layer (301), comprising light conversion particles (301a) in a binding material (301b) is provided for generating emission light from excitation light incident on the light conversion layer (301). A planarization layer (304) is on a surface of the light conversion layer (301) and at least one optical coating (305) is part of or on a surface of the planarization layer (304) that is relatively smooth in comparison with the surface of the light conversion layer (301).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Zhang, Ying Cao, Lennon Li, Shengyuan Bai
  • Patent number: 11693157
    Abstract: Provided is a fine concave-convex laminate that is reduced in thickness, has excellent antireflection performance, and can suppress scattering and absorption of short-wavelength light. A fine concave-convex laminate comprises a substrate, a first transparent organic layer, and a second transparent organic layer laminated in the stated order, wherein the first transparent organic layer has a fine concave-convex structure at a surface facing the second transparent organic layer, the second transparent organic layer has fine concave-convex structures at both surfaces, and a thickness of a composite layer composed of the first transparent organic layer and the second transparent organic layer is 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kajiya, Kazuya Hayashibe, Naoki Hanashima, Hiroshi Sugata
  • Patent number: 11639047
    Abstract: A window pane includes at least one structural substrate referred to as interior substrate, intended to face toward a host structure within which the window pane is intended to be fixed, and having a face, referred to as interior face, wherein the interior face of the substrate includes, projecting therefrom and at the edge or near the edge and along at least one of the sides of the window pane, at least one male or female retaining element intended to collaborate with at least one respectively female or male retaining shape arranged in the host structure of the window pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Tondu, Jérôme Barbier
  • Patent number: 11634605
    Abstract: Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Linda M. Van den Bossche, Joe J. Thoppil, Catherine A. V. Quintin
  • Patent number: 11614568
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate and an anti-reflection structure that can be thinned, are excellent in anti-reflection performance and can keep reflection chromaticity neutral. In the laminate according to the present disclosure, a part of a light shielding film has a non-light shielding portion without a light shielding film; an anti-reflection structure is formed in the non-light shielding portion through an adhesion layer, and a fine uneven structure has an uneven period that is equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light; and a color difference (?E) between a reflected light by the light shielding film and a reflected light by the anti-reflection structure expressed in the formula shown below is equal to or less than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sugata, Shunichi Kajiya
  • Patent number: 11584111
    Abstract: Methods for stretch-forming a thermoplastic film comprises: stretching the thermoplastic film between a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first the roller rotates at a first peripheral velocity and the second roller rotates at a second peripheral velocity that is higher than the first peripheral velocity; and advancing the thermoplastic film from the second roller to a third roller, wherein the third roller rotates at a third peripheral velocity that is lower than the second peripheral velocity, wherein a ratio of the third peripheral velocity to the second peripheral velocity is no larger than 0.95. The resulting breathable thermoplastic films may have a basis weight of no larger than 15 g/m2 and a shrinkage of no larger than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventors: Martin Backmann, Karsten Golubski