Patents Examined by Prashant J Khatri
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Patent number: 10919283Abstract: A sealing membrane including: a) a thermoplastic polyolefin membrane and b) a barrier film including b1) a barrier layer including at least one polymer selected from ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, polyamide or polyester and b2) an outer layer, wherein the barrier film is laminated over the full surface area or over part of the surface area onto the polyolefin membrane, and so the outer layer is connected directly to the polyolefin membrane, and the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both ethylene-based or the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both propylene-based. The sealing membrane can be produced at low cost and has a stable interconnecting bond. It is suitable in particular for sealing in building construction or civil engineering work.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Stefan Keiser, Yannic Pironato
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Patent number: 10908327Abstract: An optical reflection film may include an optical interference film formed by alternately laminating a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer with a refractive index difference therebetween on a substrate. Among the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers constituting the optical interference film, if a layer disposed closest to the substrate is defined as a lowermost layer, a layer farthest from the substrate is defined as an uppermost layer, and each of layers disposed between the lowermost layer and the uppermost layer is defined as an intermediate layer, the average elastic modulus of the intermediate layers measured by a nano-indentation method is higher than the elastic modulus of the uppermost layer by 2 GPa or more, and the film thickness of the uppermost layer is 1.2 to 7 times the average film thickness of the intermediate layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yoichi Saito
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Patent number: 10902973Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film has a first insulating resin layer and a second insulating resin layer. The first insulating resin layer is formed of a photopolymerized resin, the second insulating resin layer is formed of a thermo-cationically or thermo-anionically polymerizable resin, a photo-cationically or photo-anionically polymerizable resin, a thermo-radically polymerizable resin, or a photo-radically polymerizable resin, and conductive particles for anisotropic conductive connection are disposed in a single layer on a surface of the first insulating resin layer on a side of the second insulating resin layer. The elastic modulus of the anisotropic conductive film as a whole is 0.13 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventor: Kumiko Kitamura
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Patent number: 10894385Abstract: An optical reflective film including refractive index layers containing a water-soluble resin is provided, wherein the film has a small color tone variation and less occurrence of cracks even after a prolonged use. An optical reflective film, including: a substrate; and a dielectric multilayer film formed by alternately laminating a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer, disposed on one surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer is a water-dispersible cationic urethane resin-containing layer, containing: a water-soluble resin; a refractive index adjusting agent; a water-dispersible cationic urethane resin; and a cationic polymer having a tertiary amino group or a cation (salt) thereof or a quaternary ammonium group.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Shota Hatazawa, Yoichi Saito
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Patent number: 10889087Abstract: A polyvinyl acetal poly(vinyl acetal), such as polyvinyl butyral, resin formulation, a method of extruding poly(vinyl acetal) resins, and related materials and products that provide for monolithic poly(vinyl acetal) sheets and glass panes having high Tg of at least 50° C. and high modulus at acceptable rates as indicated by their high melt flow index. This is made possible by a reduction in the amount of plasticizer while using a low molecular weight resin not to exceed 160,000 to obtain a thermoplastic resin having a high melt flow index and high Tg. The articles made with these monolithic interlayer sheets can be used in applications that require good modulus at outdoor temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Solatia Inc.Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Megan L. Szlosek, Yalda Farhoudi
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Patent number: 10882284Abstract: A bonding material is described that is well suited to bonding polymer films, such as polyester films, to other substrates. In one embodiment, for instance, the bonding material can be used to bond a polyester film to a polypropylene article. The bonding material generally comprises an adhesive agent combined with a cross-linking agent. The adhesive agent may comprise a carboxylic acid modified polypropylene homopolymer, copolymer or ionomer. In one embodiment, the adhesive agent comprises a polypropylene modified by an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride. The cross-linking agent, on the other hand, may comprise an oxazoline polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc.Inventor: Michael Daniel Grah
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Patent number: 10882279Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic adhesive composition, a gas barrier film comprising the same, and a method for producing the same. More particularly, the present invention can provide an organic-inorganic adhesive composition capable of improving the adhesion between an inorganic gas barrier layer and various organic materials constituting a device; a gas barrier film which has excellent gas barrier properties even with a simple two-layer structure of an inorganic layer and an organic-inorganic adhesive layer without a surface treatment or an undercoating layer on a substrate, and in which the organic-inorganic adhesive layer improves adhesion between the inorganic layer of the gas barrier film and the organic materials constituting the device, thereby exhibiting excellent adhesion properties, and a method for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TORAY ADVANCED MATERIALS KOREA INC.Inventors: Sang Woo Jin, Jun Woo Park, Kwang Hoi Lee, Sang Yeol Um, Ji Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 10864707Abstract: Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jeffrey Scott Cites, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Chunhe Zhang
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Patent number: 10842211Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat-retaining article exhibiting excellent heat retention. This heat-retaining article (1) is configured so as to be provided with a first sheet (12), a second sheet (13), and a filler material (15) positioned between the first sheet (12) and the second sheet (13), and is characterized by being equipped with a plurality of joining sections (11) for joining the first sheet (12) and the second sheet (13) to one another, and in that the plurality of joining sections (11) are separated from one another and form a dot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: GOLDWIN INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Inoue, Hirotatsu Shibata
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Patent number: 10844230Abstract: The present disclosure relates to highly reflective coating formulations that produce coatings having an average infrared reflectivity ranging from about 75% to about 90% at wavelengths ranging from about 0.5 ?m to about 1000 ?m, methods for making the coatings and coating mixtures, and substrates comprising such coatings.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Peter Babilo, Giuseppe A. Russo
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Patent number: 10843962Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers successively including, starting from the substrate, an alternation of three silver-based functional metallic layers and of four dielectric coatings, so that each functional metallic layer is positioned between two dielectric coatings. The thicknesses of the three functional layers and the thicknesses of the dielectric coatings are selected in order to give the materials solar factor values of less than 20% for a light transmission of the order of 40%.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Jean Carlos Lorenzzi, Thierry Kauffmann
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Patent number: 10821710Abstract: A veneer assembly comprises a face veneer comprising at least one of a wood or a wood composite, and a polyimide backing-layer bonded to the face veneer. The veneer assembly may include an adhesive material boding the face veneer and the polyimide backing-layer. The veneer assembly may be mounted to a substrate to form an aviation veneer panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Farzana Hussain, Christopher L. Chapman
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Patent number: 10815147Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers successively including, starting from the substrate, an alternation of three silver-based functional metallic layers and of four dielectric coatings, referred to, starting from the substrate, as M1, M2, M3 and M4, wherein the thickness of the first functional layer is less than the thickness of the second functional layer and less than the thickness of the third functional layer, the dielectric coatings M1 and M2 each have an optical thickness Eo1 and Eo2 satisfying the following equation: Eo2<1.1 Eo1.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Jean Carlos Lorenzzi, Benoît Georges
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Patent number: 10809421Abstract: A stacked transparent film includes a polymer film including at least one of an amide structural unit and an imide structural unit, wherein the polymer film has a refractive index of about 1.65 to about 1.75 at a 550 nanometer wavelength and an elastic modulus of greater than or equal to about 5.5 gigapascals; and at least one of a first coating layer on a first side of the polymer film and a second coating layer on a side opposite the first side of the polymer film.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun Jin Song, Sang Soo Jee, Boreum Jeong, Hyunjeong Jeon, Chanjae Ahn
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Patent number: 10808095Abstract: In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to macroporous photonic crystal membranes, structures including macroporous photonic crystal membranes, devices including macroporous photonic crystal membranes, methods of using macroporous photonic crystal membranes, methods of making macroporous photonic crystal membranes, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Peng Jiang, Yin Fang, Beverly Ge
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Patent number: 10802178Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low-refractive layer containing a binder resin, and hollow inorganic nanoparticles and solid inorganic nanoparticles which are dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the low-refractive layer includes a first layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire solid inorganic nanoparticles and a second layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire hollow inorganic nanoparticles, and at the time of fitting polarization ellipticity measured by ellipsometry for the first layer or/and the second layer included in the low-refractive layer using a Cauchy model represented by the following General Equation 1, the second layer satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: In Young Song, Jin Seok Byun, Boo Kyung Kim, Seok Hoon Jang, Yeong Rae Chang, Sung Joon Oh
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Patent number: 10800137Abstract: A laminated glazing unit includes one to ten first glass sheets each of thickness included between 1.5 and 22 mm, if needs be adhesively bonded to one another by one or more first adhesive interlayers, and a second glass sheet forming one of the two faces of the laminated glazing unit, of thickness included between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, and adhesively bonded to the first glass sheet(s) by a second adhesive interlayer, the second glass sheet being made of aluminosilicate or soda-lime glass that is chemically toughened, having a surface stress comprised between 300 and 1000 and between 200 and 500 MPa, respectively, and a depth under compression between 20 and 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Pierre Chaussade, Stéphane Daudiffret, Benoît Lubin, Michel Rouby
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Patent number: 10792902Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the substrate. The sheet is configured such that: pressure-sensitive adhesive force N1, occurring after the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is attached to a stainless steel plate (430 BA plate) and is left at 23° C. for 10 seconds, is 1.0 [N/20 mm] or less; pressure-sensitive adhesive force N2, occurring after the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is attached and is aged at 80° C. for 5 minutes, is 3.0 [N/20 mm] or more; and N2/N1 is 5.0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Kanno, Kiyoe Shigetomi
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Patent number: 10792897Abstract: A component comprising a first part and a second part, wherein a third part is positioned between the first and second parts, wherein: (iv) said first part comprises a polymeric material (A) which comprises a repeat unit of formula (XI) wherein t1, and w1 independently represent 0 or 1 and v1 represents 0, 1 or 2; (v) said second part comprises a polymeric material (B) which comprises a repeat unit of formula (XI) wherein t1, and w1 independently represent 0 or 1 and v1 represents 0, 1 or 2; and (vi) said third part comprises a polymeric material (C) which comprises a polymer having a repeat unit of formula —O-Ph-O-Ph-CO-Ph-??I and a repeat unit of formula —O-Ph-Ph-O-Ph-CO-Ph-??II wherein Ph represents a phenylene moiety.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITEDInventors: Stuart Green, Michael John Percy
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Patent number: 10787386Abstract: Described herein are antimicrobial articles having improved antimicrobial efficacy and antireflective properties. Further described are methods of making and using the improved articles. The antimicrobial articles generally include an antimicrobial element and an antireflective element. The antireflective element, in some cases, can be disposed directly on a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic substrate and the antimicrobial element is disposed on the antireflective element. The article can exhibit a reflectance of about 4% or less (and less than 1% in some cases) in the range of about 425 nm to about 725 nm. Further, the article can be characterized with an antimicrobial efficacy by exhibiting at least a 2 log reduction in a concentration of at least Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria under a Modified EPA Copper Test Protocol.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Karl William Koch, III, Wageesha Senaratne
