Patents Examined by Nicole T Gugliotta
  • Patent number: 10005207
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a molded part (10) with a visible surface and a rear surface (S1, S2), wherein the molded part (10) features: a substrate (20) of hot-pressed fibrous molding material (21); a coating (30) of at least one polymer material (34, 35); wherein the surface (33) of the coating (30) has at least sectionally a center line average height Ra in the range of 10 to 80 ?m, as well as to a method for manufacturing the molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Friedhelm Kastell, Peter Günther, Jochen Reichhold
  • Patent number: 9985246
    Abstract: A cover window for a display device, including a base film; and a coating layer on the base film, the coating layer including a first region and a second region having different hardnesses, the second region having a hardness less than that of the first region, and the base film including the coating layer being slidable from the second region in a direction toward the first region and in a direction from the first region toward the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Cheol Jeong, Seung Wook Nam, Sang Wol Lee, Ah Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9975805
    Abstract: Glass articles with infrared reflectivity and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, glass article having infrared reflectivity includes a first surface, a second surface and a body extending between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of discrete layers of metallic silver are formed in the body creating at least one optical cavity in the body. Each discrete layer may have a thickness T such that 100 nm?T?250 nm and may be spaced apart from adjacent layers of metallic silver by a spacing S?500. The glass article reflects at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm and transmits at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 390 nm to 750 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Karl William Koch, III, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III
  • Patent number: 9962982
    Abstract: A graphics medium may have an ink receiving layer with at least fifty percent hydrogel by weight and an opacity control layer with a polymer embedded with at least one filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Christine E. Steichen, Lokendra Pal
  • Patent number: 9955787
    Abstract: A composite core furniture item can include a multi-layered core (optionally including both metallic and non-metallic layers) that provides exterior major surfaces for application of top and bottom wood veneer layers or other exterior veneer layers via a heat catalyzed adhesive or other bonding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Halcon Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Edward Snowbarger
  • Patent number: 9893336
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched microporous film includes band-like polyethylene material having a film width of not less than 300 mm wherein distribution of physical properties in the film width direction and the thickness variation is less than 1.00 ?m and air permeability variation is not greater than 50 seconds/100 mL. The polyethylene microporous film has excellent planarity and uniformity of physical properties required when used in a large-area configuration as a separator film of a lithium ion battery for automobiles or consumer electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi, Toshiya Saito
  • Patent number: 9872543
    Abstract: A touch fastener loop material has a non-woven web of fibers forming both a base and a field of high-tenacity hook-engageable loops extending outward from one broad side of the base. The fibers are arranged with a particularly low density while maintaining hook-engageability and usefulness as a fastening material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Velcro BVBA
    Inventors: Christopher M. Gallant, Mark A. Clarner
  • Patent number: 9862041
    Abstract: An abrasive article comprising an elongated body, a bonding layer overlying a surface of the elongated body, and abrasive grains contained within the bonding layer at an average abrasive grain concentration within a range between about 0.02 ct/m and about 0.30 ct/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Susanne Liebelt, Vincent Tesi, Theodor Von Bennigsen-Mackiewicz
  • Patent number: 9845418
    Abstract: Transparent, impact-resistant, anti-icing coatings are disclosed. In some variations, a transparent anti-icing coating comprises: a continuous matrix of a hardened material; asymmetric templates that inhibit wetting of water, wherein the asymmetric templates have a length scale from about 10-300 nanometers; porous voids surrounding the asymmetric templates, wherein the porous voids have a length scale from about 15-500 nanometers; and nanoparticles that inhibit heterogeneous nucleation of water, wherein the nanoparticles have an average size from about 5-50 nanometers. Disclosed coatings have transparencies of 90% or higher light transmission. These coatings utilize lightweight and environmentally benign materials that can be rapidly formed into coatings. A uniform distribution of particles and asymmetric templates throughout the coating allows it to be abraded, yet retain its anti-icing function as well as transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Adam F. Gross, Andrew P. Nowak
  • Patent number: 9844928
    Abstract: Laminate structure suitable as electrical insulation comprising a mica-aramid layer of 35-55 wt % mica, 20-60 wt % binder, and 5 to 25 wt % aramid floc, the mica distributed uniformly in the mica-aramid layer; and an aramid layer comprising 35-75 wt % binder and 25-65 wt % aramid floc, the aramid layer being essentially free of mica; wherein the mica-aramid layer has a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 37% or greater, and the aramid layer has a LOI of 30% or less and having a tensile strength and elongation greater than the mica-aramid layer; and the mica-aramid layer being homogeneously and continuously bound to the aramid layer; the laminate structure having a thickness of at least 0.10 mm, a LOI greater than 32%, and when exposed to a flame to determine LOI, the laminate burns as one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jean Claude Duart, Serge Rebouillat, Radoslaw Szewczyk, Roger Curtis Wicks
  • Patent number: 9840779
    Abstract: A jet-black coating that resists wear; first, at least one DLC layer with a high degree of hardness is applied to a component and then a gradient layer, whose density decreases in the direction toward the surface, is applied to this DLC layer. By means of the refraction index progression that this produces in the gradient layer, the gradient layer functions as a reflection-reducing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Sebastien Guimond, Manfred Wurzer, Franz Widowitz
  • Patent number: 9834354
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sealing solutions for sealing water-soluble films, in particular aqueous mixtures including one or more polymeric solvents such as polyols. Aqueous sealing solutions including a relatively dilute solvent for one or more polymeric components of the water-soluble film (e.g., water-soluble polymeric components thereof, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH)) can exhibit one or more benefits, including a reduction in dissolution of the film by the sealing solution and an increase in seal strength. Also disclosed are sealed articles formed with the sealing solutions, for example water-soluble packets containing various liquid or solid compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Sumeet Kumar, Percy Bromby, II, David M. Lee
  • Patent number: 9816028
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rapid process for the preparation of gadolinium oxysulfide having a general formula of Gd2O2S, referred to as GOS, scintillation ceramics by using the combination of spark plasma primary sintering (SPS) and hot isostatic pressing secondary sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Yanchun Wang, Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Jianping Chang, Shuqing Zhao, Wenjian Zhang, Yongqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9804428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite sheet, to a substrate for a display element including same, and to a display device including same. More specifically, the composite sheet comprises: a reinforcement-impregnated matrix; a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the matrix; and a barrier layer formed on at least one surface of the coating layer, wherein, if an elastic modulus of the matrix is E2 at a temperature of 25° C. and an elastic modulus of the coating layer is E3 at a temperature of 25° C., the ratio of the elastic modulus, i.e. E3/E2, is approximately 5×104 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Ha Chung, Tae Ho Kim, Sung Kook Kim, Young Kwon Kim, Sang Keol Lee, Byeong Do Kwak, Sung Han Im, Eun Hwan Jeong, Seok Won Choi, Tae Jung Kim, Woo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9797087
    Abstract: An article comprises a substrate, a first functional polymeric phase change material, and a plurality of containment structures that contain the first functional polymeric phase change material. The article may further comprise a second phase change material chemically bound to at least one of the plurality of containment structures or the substrate. In certain embodiments, the article further comprises a second phase change material and a binder that contains at least one of the first polymeric phase change material and the second phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OUTLAST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Hartmann, Aharon Eyal, Carmi Raz
  • Patent number: 9776913
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provide for: a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, and an elastic modulus; and layer(s) having a thickness between first and second opposing surfaces thereof, the first surface of the layer contacting the second surface of the substrate, forming an interface. The layer may exhibit one or more of: a first elastic modulus proximate to the first surface thereof and a second elastic modulus proximate to the second surface thereof, the second elastic modulus being substantially higher than the elastic modulus value, the first elastic modulus being lower than the elastic modulus of the substrate, the second elastic modulus being higher than the elastic modulus of the substrate, and the layer exhibiting an increasing elastic modulus gradient through the thickness thereof from the first elastic modulus to the second elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhanjun Gao, Guangli Hu, Ralph Edward Truitt
  • Patent number: 9764981
    Abstract: Low CTE glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same are described. In one embodiment, a glass composition includes from about 60 mol. % to about 66 mol. % SiO2; from about 7 mol. % to about 10 mol. % AI2O3; and from about 14 mol. % to about 18 mol. % B2O3 as glass network formers. The glass composition may further include from about 9 mol. % to about 16 mol. % alkaline earth oxide. The alkaline earth oxide includes at least CaO. The CaO may be present in the glass composition in a concentration from about 3 mol. % to about 12 mol. %. The glass composition is free from alkali metals. The glass composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is less than or equal to 40×10?7/° C. averaged over the temperature range from about 20° C. to 300° C. The glass composition is particularly well suited for use as a glass cladding layer in a laminated glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 9761815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly provides a flexible substrate, an OLED device including the flexible substrate and a defect detecting method for the same. The flexible substrate comprises a bottom plate and a barrier layer arranged above the bottom plate, wherein the flexible substrate further comprises a crack detection layer, which is arranged adjacent to the barrier layer; the crack detection layer produces a crack when the barrier layer produces a crack; and the color of the crack detection layer with a crack is different from that of the crack detection layer without a crack in a power-on state. The flexible substrate and the OLED device have relatively high detection efficiency, and can ensure the accuracy of detection, so that the rate of qualified products of the flexible substrate and the OLED device are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Liu, Mingzhe Xie, Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9738013
    Abstract: A multi-chemistry structure includes: a plurality of interconnected polymer struts arranged in a lattice; a first layer of the lattice including a first array of first unit cells; a second layer of the lattice including a second array of second unit cells; at least one region of the lattice being formed of a first polymer; and at least one region of the lattice being formed of a second polymer different from the first polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Sophia S. Yang, Alan J. Jacobsen, Zak C. Eckel, Jacob M. Hundley, William Carter
  • Patent number: 9718249
    Abstract: A cover glass for an electronic display comprises a plurality of layers of sapphire material, each of the layers having a substantially single crystal plane orientation, with adjacent layers having different substantially single crystal plane orientations. One or more interface layers are defined between adjacent layers of the sapphire material, with the adjacent layers of sapphire material bonded together at the one or more interface layers. A display window is defined in the cover glass, and configured for viewing a viewable area of the electronic display through the plurality of layers of the sapphire material bonded together at the one or more interface layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Kelvin Kwong