Patents Examined by Walter Aughenbaugh
  • Patent number: 10654241
    Abstract: Provided are a paper material for fibrous casing enabling a fibrous casing to deliver favorable performance, a production method thereof, and a fibrous casing employing the paper material for fibrous casing. The paper material for fibrous casing of the present invention is used as a food packaging material in heat processing of a foodstuff, and is formed from pulp as a principal component, with one face being a glossy face and another face being a matte face. The fibrous casing of the present invention comprises: a paper layer that is arranged as an innermost layer and formed from a paper material; and a synthetic resin layer that is overlaid on an outer face of the paper layer, the paper material being the paper material for fibrous casing. The matte face of the paper material is preferably directed inward. The glossy face of the paper material is also preferably directed inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION, OCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyunya Toyota, Yoshihisa Okamura, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 10625487
    Abstract: A coated metal pipe for use as an automotive fluid transport tube and including any of a single or double walled tubing formed into a circular cross sectional profile. An intermediate primer layer is applied over the tubing. A polyamide incorporating a graphene powder is further applied over the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Martinrea International US Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Kerin, Jr., Anindya Banerji
  • Patent number: 10624434
    Abstract: A piece of luggage, especially a suitcase with a container where the container features or has on one exterior side a base layer and at least one cover layer. An easily customizable piece of luggage is provided, where the container features on one exterior side a base layer and at least one cover layer. The base layer and at least one cover layer, respectively, being non-transparent and of various colors, where the cover layer is formed from an abradable material, where at least one cover layer features a lower resistance to abrasion than the base layer, where through traces of use at least one cover layer is at least partially abradable so that the subjacent base layer and/or each subjacent base layer may be exposed in the area of the traces of use and at least one motif template positioned between the outer cover layer and the base layer, where the motif template facilitates a detachment of the outer cover layer in the shape of the motifs formed by the motif templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Martin Josifov
  • Patent number: 10618244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube product (1) with a base tube (10) made of a steel alloy with an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface, wherein the base tube (10) has a coating system (100) on at least part of the circumference surfaces, which has the following layer structure: zinc layer (11) with a predominant zinc portion; passivation layer (12), which is Cr-VI-free; sealing layer (13) characterized in that the zinc layer (11) comprises at least three tiers (110), the sealing layer (13) has organic compounds which are based on plastics and the sealing layer (13) on the passivation layer (12) has a layer thickness between 0.5 and 15 ?m. Furthermore the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such tube product (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Müller
  • Patent number: 10624217
    Abstract: A housing for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The housing is composed of yttria-sensitized zirconia. Yttria-sensitized zirconia has from about 1.5 to about 2.5 mole percent yttria, and more typically about 2 mole percent yttria, and most typically 2 mole percent yttria, in zirconia. Yttria-sensitized zirconia is both tough and able to limit the formation and propagation of micro-cracks. Methods for manufacturing yttria-sensitized zirconia composed housings are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Matsuyuki, Dale N. Memering, Theodore A. Waniuk, Kazuya Takagi, Colin M. Ely
  • Patent number: 10576708
    Abstract: A complementary paper tube adapted to fill a remaining space on a cargo pallet includes sidewall portions, a straight auxiliary tearing line and circular auxiliary tearing lines. The side wall portions are disposed adjacently to each other. The straight auxiliary tearing line surrounds the sidewall portions. The circular auxiliary tearing lines are disposed on the sidewall portions and respectively connected to the straight auxiliary tearing line. A portion of the area surrounded by the circular auxiliary lines is adapted to be torn away, so as to form circular openings. The complementary paper tube is adapted to be torn into an upper tube and a lower tube. In addition, a flat plate adapted to form the complementary paper tube is also mentioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Charlie C L Lee
  • Patent number: 10569493
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an enclosure comprises walls forming the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises an internal space; an inhibiting element disposed in at least one wall, the inhibiting element having an internal inhibiting surface exposed to the internal space, wherein the inhibiting element has a transparency of greater than or equal to 20%; and a condensing element disposed in at least one other wall, the condensing element having an internal condensing surface exposed to the internal space; wherein at least one of the inhibiting element and the condensing element comprise a phase change material configured to form a temperature differential between an internal inhibiting surface temperature and an internal condensing surface temperature over a temperature range, and wherein when the temperature differential is formed, the internal inhibiting surface temperature is greater than the internal condensing surface temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Steven Marc Gasworth
  • Patent number: 10562259
    Abstract: A structural object includes a substrate integrally clad with a metallic glass sheet by adhering, welding or joining the metallic glass sheet on the substrate for a low-cost, flexible and convenient fabrication, assembly, processing or construction of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Taichi Metal Material Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuan-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10544248
    Abstract: OBJECT An object is to provide a resin composition capable of forming a crosslinked product that is excellent in hot water resistance and excellent in interlayer adhesiveness when formed into a multilayered structure. SOLUTION The resin composition contains an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a crosslinking agent (B) with the crosslinking agent (B) in an amount of 0.6 to 15 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), the crosslinking agent (B) being a powder obtained by impregnating a porous body (BS) with a crosslinkable compound (BL) having three or more polymerizable groups and a melting point of no greater than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KURRAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Edgard Chow, Robert Armstrong, Kentaro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10543656
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shrink film comprising a polyester composition comprising: (1) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 70 to about 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) about 0 to about 30 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (b) a diol component comprising: (i) about 0.01 to about 30 mole % neopentyl glycol residues; (ii) about 0.01 to about less than 15 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues; (iii) about 50 to 90 mole % ethylene glycol residues; and (iv) about 2 to 15 mole % total diethylene glycol residues in the final polyester composition; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the diol component is 100 mole %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mark Allen Peters, James Carl Williams, Rondell Paul Little, Jr., James Wesley Peer, Jacob E. Napierala
  • Patent number: 10543665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container precursor comprising a wall, wherein the wall a) surrounds an interior region, and b) comprises a first wall region and a second wall region; wherein the first wall region comprises a first layer sequence comprising a first wall layer, a second wall layer and a third wall layer as overlying layers from the interior region outwards; wherein, in the first wall region, a second carrier layer is characterised by a smaller layer thickness than a first carrier layer, or a third carrier layer, or both; wherein the second wall region comprises a second layer sequence comprising first wall layer, a second wall layer and a third wall layer as overlying layers from the interior region outwards; wherein, in the second wall region, the second wall layer is connected to the third wall layer; wherein, in the second wall region, the third carrier layer is characterised by a larger layer thickness than the first carrier layer, or the third carrier layer, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Alef, Ingo Jumpertz, Frank Muller, Richard Leufen
  • Patent number: 10538049
    Abstract: A shape-formable apparatus comprising locking sheets. The apparatus can have a first state in which the apparatus is formable, and a second state in which the apparatus has the desired shape and is substantially less formable than in the first state. The apparatus can further include an envelope defining a chamber, a port positioned to fluidly couple the chamber with ambience, and at least two locking sheets positioned in the chamber in an at least partially overlapping configuration. Each locking sheet comprises a major surface, and at least a portion of each locking sheet can be patterned to include solid regions and open regions, the solid regions being movable with respect to one another within the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas R. Corrigan, Marc A. Egeland
  • Patent number: 10537494
    Abstract: An article is described including an article surface and a coating set comprising an optional tie coating or layer, a barrier coating or layer, and a pH protective layer. The respective coatings or layers can be applied by chemical vapor deposition of a polysiloxane or polysilazane precursor in the presence of oxygen. Examples of such an article are a thermoplastic syringe, vial, or blood collection tube with a coated interior portion containing a pharmaceutical preparation or other fluid with a pH of 4 to 8, alternatively 5 to 9. The barrier coating or layer prevents oxygen from penetrating into the thermoplastic syringe, vial, or blood collection tube. The tie coating or layer, if present, and the pH protective coating or layer protect the barrier layer from the contents of the syringe, vial, or blood collection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Weikart, Becky L. Clark, Adam Stevenson, John T. Felts
  • Patent number: 10526105
    Abstract: A composite container having a paperboard hollow body with top and bottom open ends. The body is formed by a sidewall with inner and outer surfaces. The composite container includes a body liner extending peripherally about the inner surface of the body and a base connectable to the bottom open end of the hollow body. The base includes a sidewall sized and shaped to fit snugly within the bottom open end of the body. The sidewall is permanently coupled to a bottom portion of the liner. The composite container also includes a collar connectable to the top open end of the hollow body. The collar has a peripheral portion that abuts the top open end and an inner circumferential flange sized and shaped to fit snugly within the top open end of the body. The inner circumferential flange is permanently coupled to a top portion of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Guertin
  • Patent number: 10525655
    Abstract: A composite material for a pharmaceutical packaging is provided that includes a substrate and a protective layer. The substrate has a contact region in contact with the protective layer. The contact region includes a contact area between the substrate and the protective layer and a region of the substrate close to the surface. The substrate is made of glass or of a cyclic olefin polymer or a cyclic olefin copolymer, while the protective layer is made of ceramic material. The substrate in the contact region is different from the substrate outside the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Manfred Lohmeyer, Tanja Woywod
  • Patent number: 10525680
    Abstract: Flexible packaging materials with electrophotographically printed images or information, and processes for preparing such flexible packaging materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Asaf Salant, David Idan, Raia Slivniak, Albert Teishev, Amnon Levi
  • Patent number: 10518509
    Abstract: Flexible packaging materials with electrophotographically printed images or information, and processes for preparing such flexible packaging materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: David Idan, Albert Teishev, Amnon Levi, Raia Slivniak, Asaf Salant
  • Patent number: 10517338
    Abstract: This invention relates to an elastomeric article with improved lubricity and donnablity and reduced stickiness/tackiness. According to the methods of the invention, the internal surface of the elastomeric article is coated with a polyisoprene coating. The coating of the invention is formed from synthetic polyisoprene rubber that may or may not contain minor amounts of other components. The coating is preferably directly bonded to the underlying elastomeric article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Fong Chen, Shiping Wang, Wei Cheong Wong, Chuang Sim Chong
  • Patent number: 10518498
    Abstract: A packaging bag for packaging a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen, the packaging bag including a film having a water vapor permeability of 10 g/m2/day or less. Accordingly, when a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen is packaged with the packaging bag, the storage stability of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen can be improved, and hence an aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen, the solution being reduced in insoluble matter content, can be obtained even after long-term storage thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirosato Takahashi, Yukitoshi Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 10493716
    Abstract: A heat stake for a plastic part includes a body having a proximal end, a flared section and a distal end. The proximal end has a first cross-sectional area A1 and the flared section has a second cross-sectional area A2 where A1<A2. The distal end has a dual taper. That plastic part incorporating the heat stake is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Liying Qi, Jeffrey Peter Webb, Frank Qiukui Liu, Linh Doan