Patents Examined by Scott R Walshon
  • Patent number: 11254101
    Abstract: A film including a resin layer comprising a structured major surface opposite a second major surface, the structured major surface including a plurality of features; a barrier layer on the structured major surface; and a first adhesive layer on the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brett J. Sitter, David J. Rowe, John P. Baetzold, Bill H. Dodge, Evan L. Schwartz, Kevin W. Gotrik, Christopher S. Lyons, Ta-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11248148
    Abstract: Methods for securely transferring and attaching electrically conductive particles filled in openings to a binder resin layer. The methods include a step of filling a solvent and electrically conductive particles in a plurality of openings formed on a surface of a substrate in a predetermined pattern, a step of pasting a surface on which a binder resin layer is formed of an adhesive film having the binder resin layer formed on a base film on a surface on which the openings are formed of the substrate, and a step of peeling off the adhesive film from the surface of the substrate and transferring and attaching the electrically conductive particles filled in the openings to the binder resin layer while heating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasushi Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11248097
    Abstract: Articles useful as graphic films are presented. Specifically, the present disclosure is directed to an article comprising a film layer, the film layer comprising a polymer blend comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a polyvinyl butyral, and an adhesive layer adjacent the film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald S. Steelman, Keith R. Lyon
  • Patent number: 11230649
    Abstract: The electrically conductive adhesive film comprises a metal particle (Q), a resin (M), and at least one of a prescribed organic phosphine (A) and a prescribed sulfide-based compound (B), the resin (M) comprises a thermosetting resin (M1), and has a storage elastic modulus at 1 Hz measured in a state after sintering of 20 GPa or less and a thermal weight loss ratio when heated for 2 hours at 250° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere of less than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki Mihara, Noriyuki Kirikae, Jirou Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11230089
    Abstract: A wash-off label includes a face film. According to an embodiment the face film is at least uniaxially oriented and comprises at least one of the polyolefins: cyclic olefin copolymer, propylene terpolymer, propylene random copolymer, propylene homopolymer, heterophasic polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene. The face film has density between 0.85 and 0.94 g/cm3 at room temperature (23±2° C.). Further the invention relates to a labelled item comprising the wash-off label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • Patent number: 11180682
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a device and/or a system of cast vinyl film and, more particularly, to a method and system to provide a repositionable translucent cast vinyl film with an air-egress adhesive layer. In one aspect, a method includes mixing a solvent based polyvinyl chloride (PVC) organosol with a stabilizer and an additive to get a desired shade of pellucid tint of a translucent thermoplastic stretch wrap film. Further, the method includes casting the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) organosol onto a film carrier and moving the film carrier through a plurality of ovens at varying temperatures to cure into a solid film. The cured solid film is laminated to an air-egress liner casted with a solvent-borne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive to provide ease of installation. The adhesive includes an air release patterning to allow escape of air from back of the film while repositioning the film around a complex shaped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Voxel Evolution, LLC
    Inventor: John Schurman
  • Patent number: 11161998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered body having high hardness and excellent flexibility and useful as a substitute material for glass, and the layered body includes a substrate film, a hard coat layer on one face of the substrate film, and a resin-cured layer on the other face of the substrate film. The layered body is not cracked when wound on a 30 mm-diameter cylinder and has a hardness of 0.5 to 1.5 GPa when an indenter is pushed in 500 nm by a nano-indentation method and/or a hardness of 0.29 to 1.10 GPa at 500 mN load using a micro-hardness tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horio, Jun Sato
  • Patent number: 11149171
    Abstract: A thermally-conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing thermally-conductive particles. One side of the sheet is an adhesive face, and the other side is a non-adhesive face. The thermally-conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet may include a non-adhesive layer on or over only one side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. In this case, the ratio of the thickness of the non-adhesive layer to the thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably 0.04 to 0.6. The thermally-conductive pressure sensitive adhesive sheet preferably has a thermal resistance of 6 K·cm2/W or less. The thermally-conductive pressure sensitive adhesive sheet preferably has a total thickness of 50 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Furuta, Yoshio Terada
  • Patent number: 11148400
    Abstract: Liner having an induction heat sealable layer for sealing to a rim of a container, and a pull tab for ease of removal of the liner from the container rim. A folded insert disposed between multilayer upper and lower components, has a heat bondable polyolefin layer that is thermally laminated to polyolefin layers of the upper and lower components, forming a pull tab between the integrated polyolefin layers. The resulting composite resists delamination and can be formed in a single thermal lamination step, avoiding the multiple lamination steps, associated high equipment costs, and complex layer constructions of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip D. Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 11130890
    Abstract: An adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive performance such as curved surface adhesiveness to low-polarity adherends and constant load peeling properties in high-temperature environments, and also an adhesive sheet and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tone, Toru Oya, Tetsuya Natsumoto, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Naoki Takeuchi, Yutaro Kato
  • Patent number: 11104584
    Abstract: A method for making an oil- and water-resistant nanocomposite material includes preparing F-doped TiO2 nanorods, dispersing the F-doped TiO2 nanorods into a transparent adhesive to obtain a nanocomposite adhesive, and treating a surface of the nanocomposite adhesive to roughen the surface and expose some of the F-doped TiO2 nanorods. A transparent nanocomposite material suitable for use as transparent packaging for example is thereby obtained. The present disclosure also provides the nanocomposite material, and an encapsulating structure using the nanocomposite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., GENERAL INTERFACE SOLUTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Yu-Chieh Tu
  • Patent number: 11091671
    Abstract: A high-refractive adhesive film includes: a thermosetting resin matrix; and high refractive particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin matrix. The refraction index of the high-refractive particles is higher than that of the thermosetting resin matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Chan-Oh Yoon, Sung-Chan Park, Jang-Soon Kim, Eun-Kyung Park, Bu-Gi Jung, Won-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11072671
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for making PTFE having a standard specific gravity of less than 2.160 g/cm3 comprising: polymerizing a tetrafluoroethylene monomer in an aqueous medium comprising an emulsifier and an initiator in a reaction vessel and contacting the aqueous medium with a fluorinated polyether. Also described herein are the polymerizable compositions and articles thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Oliver Frey, Klaus Hintzer, Wolfgang Neumann, André Streiter
  • Patent number: 11066576
    Abstract: A joint tape to be applied to wallboard is provided and includes a base substrate having opposing sides. In certain embodiments, a first adhesive layer is applied to one of the sides of the base substrate and a second adhesive layer is applied to the first adhesive layer, where the first adhesive layer is different than the second adhesive layer. In certain other embodiments, two different adhesives are used in a single adhesive layer. In use, the joint tape is positioned over and removably secured to a joint or corner between adjacent wallboard panels using the first adhesive layer. After the joint tape is in position, joint compound is applied to the joint tape, and the water in the joint tape activates it to form a secure bond with the wallboard panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventors: Guy Rosenthal, Pamela L. Hargrove, Joseph Adcock, Robert Negri
  • Patent number: 11053415
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprises a backing layer having a first and a second surface; and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer affixed to the first surface; wherein the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an adhesive strength of 2.0 N/10 mm to 9.0 N/10 mm in absence of a solvent and the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a tensile strength in longitudinal direction of 45 N/15 mm to 80 N/15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO MATERIALS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD., NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lee Lee Chai
  • Patent number: 11034777
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to carboxylated spherical crystalline chitin nanoparticles (SChNPs) having an average diameter of about 18-20 nm or less; and a process for producing same from the chitinous material, comprising contacting a chitinous material with an Oxone monopersulfate reagent (Formula (II)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: 9802622 CANADA INC.
    Inventor: John Ha-Thanh Luong
  • Patent number: 11027311
    Abstract: A flow aid for an infusion arrangement for infiltrating a resin into a fiber material, wherein at least two different resin-permeable plies, which lie atop one another and are joined to one another in the region of their faces lying atop one another, with one ply being a peel ply which on its exposed face is covered sectionally or over the full area with an adhesive agent, which is covered with a removable protective ply, or which can be activated after the mounting of the flow aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Eleftherios Gerolymos
  • Patent number: 11011283
    Abstract: Cables having a conductor with a polymeric covering layer and a non-extruded coating layer made of a material based on a liquid composition including a polymer resin and a fatty acid amide. Methods of making cables are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Friedman, Alben D. Roland, Xi Zhang, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar, Subramanya Kishore Avadhanula Venkata
  • Patent number: 10995247
    Abstract: A silicone adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-curable silicone, 1.2 to 3.2 parts by weight of an organic peroxide curing agent, and 2 to 9 parts by weight of an addition reaction-curable silicone rubber. An adhesive tape includes a base and an adhesive layer placed on the base, the adhesive layer being formed from the above silicone adhesive composition. The adhesive composition exhibits high load bearing capacity even in higher-temperature environments than ever before. The adhesive tape exhibits high load bearing capacity and good shelf life even in such high-temperature environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kigami, Yoshinori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10997877
    Abstract: A facestock for an adhesive label, an adhesive label and an adhesive label laminate including an uniaxially in machine direction oriented facestock is disclosed. According to an embodiment a core layer includes the following components: propylene homopolymer; a modifier consisting of at least one of the following: olefin elastomer, olefin plastomer and olefin block copolymer; and low density polyethylene. Further the use of the adhesive label for labelling of an article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner