Patents Examined by Tahseen Khan
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Patent number: 12179470Abstract: A laminated structure assembly includes, between an upper transparent substrate and a lower transparent substrate, different combinations of a photovoltaic layer, a light-adjusting layer and a light-emitting layer that are stacked in sequence from top to bottom, and bonding layers are provided to bond adjacent layers. There is also provided a window assembly that includes the laminated structure assembly and a controller electrically connected to the laminated structure assembly. There is also provided a method for adjusting a window assembly, a computer device for control and a computer-readable medium. The laminated structure assembly provides a combination of a plurality of functions, thereby meets requirements of users.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Lu Wang, Siteng Ma
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Patent number: 12179457Abstract: A composite structure for use in tiling surfaces is disclosed. The composite structure can include a fiber matrix impregnated with a water-activated setting material. The composite structure can be wet and then compressed between a tile and an application surface. The composite structure can cure to provide a support surface for the tile.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Thomas Odum, James Burns
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Patent number: 12172350Abstract: A structural component, comprising at least two organo-sheet pieces which at least sectionally lie one on top of the other and which each include a fiber layer, wherein at least in the fiber layers of the organo-sheet pieces at least one pair of mutually aligned holes is formed, at which the organo-sheet pieces are positively connected to each other. There is furthermore proposed a method for manufacturing a structural component.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventor: Michael Thienel
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Patent number: 12173208Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a sintered body that has a light incidence face, a light emission face, and a light reflecting face that is different from the light incidence face and the light emission face, wherein the sintered body contains phosphor particles. The light reflecting face of the sintered body has a plurality of recessed portions. A distribution of the phosphor particles at the light reflecting face is lower than a distribution of the phosphor particles at a cross-section inside the sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
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Patent number: 12163044Abstract: The invention provides a water- and oil-repelling member having a primer layer as a first layer on at least one surface of a base material and further having a water- and oil-repelling layer as a second layer on the outer surface of the primer layer. The primer layer comprises a layer containing nano-diamonds and having a film thickness of 0.5 to 500 nm, the main component being an organic silicon compound having a plurality of silanol groups within a molecule. The water- and oil-repelling layer comprises a layer having a film thickness of 0.5 to 30 nm, the main component being a cured product of a hydrolysable fluorine-containing compound. The water- and oil-repelling member can stably and simply impart a water- and oil-repelling coat having excellent abrasion resistance to various base materials. In addition, the primer layer and the water- and oil-repelling layer can be coated even in a room-temperature (25° C.) process.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Yamane
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Patent number: 12151970Abstract: The present invention refers to a glass composition and a method for the commercial production of a solar control thin green glass mainly for use in the automotive industry such as symmetric-hybrid windshields or asymmetric-hybrid windshields, sidelights and rear windows, which includes a basic composition of soda-lime-silica glass, and consists essentially, in weight percentage: from 1.30 to 2.50% of total iron expressed as Fe2O3; from 15 to 40% of Fe2+ (Ferrous) and from 0.15 to 0.65% of FeO, expressed as Fe2O3; from about 0.05 to about 0.30% of SO3; from about 0.02 to about 1.0% of TiO2; from about 0.0002 to about 0.03% of Cr2O3; and from about 0.0002 to about 0.015% of CuO.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Vidrio Plano de México, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: José Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar, David R. Haskins, Michael Ulizio, DeWitt W. Lampman
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Patent number: 12146063Abstract: Provided are a thermal barrier coating and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the field of coating technology. The thermal barrier coating has a double-layer coating structure, and includes an intermediate layer attached to a surface of a metal bonding layer, and a top layer, wherein the intermediate layer is formed by atmospheric plasma spraying YSZ porous microspheres, and the top layer is formed by atmospheric plasma spraying Yb—Gd codoped YSZ porous microspheres; the intermediate layer is in contact with the surface of the metal bonding layer, and the top layer is directly exposed to a high-temperature gas environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY, CHINA UNITED GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Xiancheng Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhao, Yali Yu, Shantung Tu, Dingwu Zhang, Xiaobo Wang, Junmiao Shi, Weize Wang
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Patent number: 12134581Abstract: A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 50 mol % and less than or equal to 70 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 10 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 1 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 7 mol % and less than or equal to 14 mol % Li2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % Na2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 1 mol % K2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 7 mol % CaO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % MgO; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % ZnO. R2O+R?O is less than or equal to 25 mol %, wherein R2O is the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O and R?O is the sum of CaO, MgO, and ZnO. The glass composition includes at least one of NiO+Co3O4+Cr2O3+CuO is greater than or equal to 0.001 mol %, CeO2 is greater than or equal to 0.1 mol %, and TiO2 is greater than or equal to 0.1 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Xiaoju Guo, Karl William Koch, III, Liping Xiong Smith, Nicole Taylor Wiles
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Patent number: 12134697Abstract: A curable hot-melt silicone composition that is less susceptible to curing inhibition and with excellent storage stability, and a sheet or film containing the same, is provided. The composition comprises: (A) a solid organopolysiloxane resin containing a specific ratio of (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit, and (A2) an organopolysiloxane resin not having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit; (B) a chain organopolysiloxane having a curing reactive functional group that contains at least two carbon-carbon double bonds; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin having a mass loss ratio relative to pre-exposure of 10% or less after exposure to 100° C. for 1 hour under atmospheric pressure; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The composition generally has hot-melt properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: DOW TORAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryosuke Yamazaki, Kouichi Ozaki, Toru Imaizumi
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Patent number: 12134213Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process. The process includes providing a blend containing (A) a first powder including (i) a polyolefin having a density from 0.860 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc, and a melt index from 1.5 g/10 min to 1,000 g/10 min; (ii) from 1 wt % to 15 wt % of a dispersant selected from an acrylic dispersant, a poloxamer, and combinations thereof; and (iii) optionally, a polyolefin wax, the first powder having a mean volume average particle size from 1 ?m to 300 ?m; and (B) a second powder including an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having (i) a density from 0.920 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc; and (ii) a melt index from 1.0 g/10 min to 15 g/10 min, the second powder having a mean volume average particle size from 325 ?m to 4,000 ?m; and rotational molding the blend to form a rotational molded article.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Russell T. Cooper, Kumar N. Sanketh, Yi Fan, Matthew Bishop, Craig F. Gorin, Daniel L Dermody
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Patent number: 12134236Abstract: A method of bonding a first object to a second object includes the steps of: providing the first object including thermoplastic material in a solid state, providing the second object including a proximal surface, applying a mechanical pressing force and a mechanical excitation capable to liquefy the thermoplastic material until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material is flowable and penetrates into structures of the second object, and stopping the mechanical excitation and letting the thermoplastic material resolidify to yield a positive-fit connection between the first and the second object. The second object has a region of low density, wherein the protrusion penetrates the region of low density at least partly before the thermoplastic material is made flowable, and wherein the first object includes a protruding portion after the step of letting the thermoplastic material resolidify, the protruding portion at least partly penetrates the region of low density.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: MULTIMATERIAL-WELDING AGInventors: Jörg Mayer, Patrick Mooser, Gregor Eckhard
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Patent number: 12123088Abstract: The invention provides a substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, comprising in order: (a) the substrate; (b) a thermally insulating layer (e.g. Si3N4); (c) an interfacial layer (e.g. SiC); and (d) one or more layers comprising ta-C; wherein the interfacial layer promotes adhesion of the one or more layers comprising ta-C to the thermally insulating layer; and methods for producing such coatings.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Nanofilm Technologies International LimitedInventor: Xu Shi
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Patent number: 12115510Abstract: High surface area coatings are applied to solid substrates to increase the surface area available for solid-phase synthesis of polymers. The high surface area coatings use three-dimensional space to provide more area for functional groups to bind polymers than an untreated solid substrate. The polymers may be oligonucleotides, polypeptides, or another type of polymer. The solid substrate is a rigid supportive layer made from a material such as glass, a silicon material, a metal material, and plastic. The coating may be thin films, hydrogels, microparticles. The coating may be made from a metal oxide, a high-? dielectric, a low-? dielectric, an etched metal, a carbon material, or an organic polymer. The functional groups may be hydroxyl groups, amine groups, thiolate groups, alkenes, n-alkenes, alkalines, N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-activated esters, polyaniline, aminosilane groups, silanized oxides, oligothiophenes, and diazonium compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bichlien Hoang Nguyen, Karin Strauss, Hsing-Yeh Parker
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Patent number: 12110360Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a curable composition, including a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, a compound selected from the group consisting of a multivalent alcohol and an epoxy compound, and a base amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventor: Koji Arimitsu
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Patent number: 12109766Abstract: Provided are a fiber-reinforced composite molded article prepared by heat-curing, as a molding material of a fiber-reinforced resin material, a resin composition to which an internal mold release agent is added, the fiber-reinforced composite molded article being capable of effectively producing mold releasability even with a small amount of the mold release agent added, and being capable of achieving high productivity, and a method of forming the fiber-reinforced composite molded article. A fiber-reinforced composite molded article prepared by curing reinforcing fibers and a resin composition, the resin composition including an internal mold release agent, wherein the value obtained by normalizing a Poisson-corrected ion intensity derived from the internal mold release agent detected on the surface of the fiber-reinforced composite molded article, by the Poisson-corrected gross positive secondary ion intensity detected in the predetermined area is higher than 0.1, and a molding method therefor.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Chiasa Kitani, Satoshi Matsumoto, Shigeru Kawashima, Atsuki Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 12084798Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a fibrous web, a fibrilla fiber aggregate, or a nonwoven fabric by using a woven fabric, a method for manufacturing a fibrous web, a fibrilla fiber aggregate, or a nonwoven fabric by using the apparatus, and a fibrous web, a fibrilla fiber aggregate, or a nonwoven fabric manufactured by the method, especially, a fibrous web, a fibrilla fiber aggregate, or a nonwoven fabric for use in a hemostatic agent or an anti-adhesive agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SAMYANG HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Hye Sung Yoon, Jin Su Kim
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Patent number: 12078832Abstract: To suppress a phenomenon where an optical axis of the optically anisotropic layer is tilted when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by using a liquid crystalline compound showing smectic phase as a materials showing a higher level of orderliness. An optically anisotropic layer wherein a polymerizable composition, containing one or more polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound showing a smectic phase, is fixed in a state of smectic phase, and a direction of maximum refractive index of the optically anisotropic layer is inclined at 10° or smaller to the surface of the optically anisotropic layer, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate and a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Ayako Muramatsu, Shinnosuke Sakai, Teruki Niori, Shinichi Morishima
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Patent number: 12077695Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive strip which can be detached substantially on the adhesion plane in a residue-free and nondestructive manner by stretching, said strip consisting of one or more adhesive material layers and optionally one or more intermediate carrier layers, at least one of the adhesive materials layers containing at least one filler, the primary particles of which can be individually separated, wherein the primary particles (i) are substantially spherical and (ii) have an average diameter d(0.5) of less than 10 ?m, and the ratio of the average diameter d(0.5) of the primary particles to the thickness of the adhesive material layer in which the primary particles are contained is less than 1:2. The invention also relates to the production and use of said adhesive strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: tesa SEInventors: Michael Mayer, Jan Ole Pöhls, Thomas Schubert
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Patent number: 12078826Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel, and a window member on the display panel, wherein the window member includes a window base material including a flexible portion in which a first area having a first rigidity and a second area having second rigidity that is less than the first rigidity are alternately located, a buffer layer on the window base material and having a refractive index that is smaller than a refractive index of the window base material, and a filler layer on the buffer layer and having a refractive index that is smaller than the refractive index of the buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Hoon Kim, Min Sang Koo, Kyung Man Kim, Yu Ri Kim, Min Hoon Choi, Seong Jin Hwang
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Patent number: 12070932Abstract: Layered nonwoven textile containing a first layer (T) of filaments, which contains endless filaments containing a first carrier polymer (A1) and a first binding polymer (B1), which forms at least a part of surface of said endless filaments and which has a melting temperature at least 5° C. lower than the first carrier polymer (A1), wherein the first layer (T) of filaments contains bonding points in a spaced arrangement, wherein the bonding points interconnect the filaments and are formed by the first binding polymer (B1), a second layer (M) of filaments, which contains filaments containing a carrier material, the stiffness of which is lower than the stiffness of the first carrier polymer (A1), and a second binding polymer (B2), which has a melting temperature at least 5° C., preferably at least 10° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: PFNONWOVENS HOLDING S.R.O., PFNONWOVENS CZECH S.R.O., PFN—GIC A.SInventors: Pavlina Kasparkova, Michael Kauschke, Zdenek Mecl