Patents Examined by Yan Lan
  • Panel connector devices
    Patent number: 11230325
    Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Quaderer, David Kosal, Kurt Lilley, Blake Synnestvedt, Kevin Hicks, Thomas Kleino
  • Armor using shear-thickening fluid
    Patent number: 11226178
    Abstract: Armor for protection against projectiles, shrapnel, blades, and other penetrants has an inner container subdivided into cells, with the cells being filled with a slurry made of dilatant (shear-thickening fluid) and hard particles. The opposing outer surfaces of the container are shielded by ballistic fabric layers and hard outer plates, with the container, fabric layers, and plates then preferably being bound together by an outer envelope. The various layers of the armor cooperate to provide high protection against penetrants, while at the same time providing lightweight and easily repairable armor suitable for cladding of personnel, vehicles, buildings, and other structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: John R. Goepfert
  • Packaging for solid dosage forms of melatonin with a high citric acid concentration
    Patent number: 11208247
    Abstract: Melatonin tablets with a high concentration of citric acid are packaged in a blister package that enhances storage stability. Such a packaging material includes a blister film forming a cavity holding the tablet therein. The blister film includes a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film having a thickness of 180 ?m to 270 ?m coated with a polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) coating having a coating weight of 110 g/m2 to 130 g/m2. An aluminum foil lid closes the cavity and encapsulates the tablet within the blister film and lid. The lid has a thickness of 20 ?m to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
    Inventors: Syed M. Shah, Daniel Hassan, Fred Hassan
  • Additive manufactured object with passage having varying cross-sectional shape
    Patent number: 11192207
    Abstract: A passage incorporated into an additively manufactured object, the object and a related method are disclosed. The object has an additive manufacture build direction. The passage includes: a first portion aligned along an axis oriented less than approximately 45° from the build direction; and a second portion aligned along an axis oriented greater than approximately 45° from the build direction, the second portion including at least one self-supporting top surface portion including at least one edge aligned no greater than approximately 45° from the build direction. The passage having varying cross-sectional shape along a non-linear length accommodates additive manufacture regardless of build direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Clarence Jones, Zachary John Snider
  • Ion exchangeable, transparent gahnite-spinel glass ceramics with high hardness and modulus
    Patent number: 11192818
    Abstract: A transparent gahnite-spinel glass ceramic is provided. The glass ceramic includes a first crystal phase including (MgxZn1?x)Al2O4 where x is less than 1 and a second crystal phase including tetragonal ZrO2. The glass ceramic may be ion exchanged. Methods for producing the glass ceramic are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, John Philip Finkeldey, Alexandra Mitchell, Charlene Marie Smith, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Contact lens package and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 11181753
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a silicone hydrogel contact lens, a packaging container composed of a polypropylene, and a packaging solution containing a nonionic surfactant, the nonionic surfactant including a linear alkyl moiety having 12 or more carbon atoms and an oxyethylene moiety, the average addition mole number of oxyethylene being 30 or more per mole of the nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Azusa Obata, Susumu Ogawa, Masaki Baba
  • Resin frame and fitting
    Patent number: 11167501
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Information carrying card comprising crosslinked polymer composition, and method of making the same
    Patent number: 11170281
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a core layer for an information carrying card, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same. A core layer for an information carrying card comprises at least one thermoplastic layer having at least one cavity, an inlay layer, and, and a crosslinked polymer composition. At least one portion of the inlay layer is disposed inside the at least one cavity of the at least one thermoplastic layer. The crosslinked polymer composition is disposed over the at least one thermoplastic layer and contacting the inlay layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Idemia America Corp.
    Inventor: Mark A. Cox
  • Cooling a surgical robotic arm
    Patent number: 11147639
    Abstract: A surgical robotic arm drape for enveloping a portion of a robotic arm, the drape comprising: an exterior sheet defining an elongate cavity for housing a portion of a robotic arm; and a duct defined at least in part by material integral with the exterior sheet, the duct defining a fluid path along the longitudinal extent of the cavity to channel fluid to or from a robotic arm housed within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
    Inventor: Luke David Ronald Hares
  • Visually identifiable electrical structural wiring system
    Patent number: 11145438
    Abstract: The present invention provides an identifiable armored cable sheath. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an identifiable armored cable sheath comprising: an armored cable sheath having an outer surface, and a visual indicia applied on the outer surface of the cable sheath in a patterned arrangement, wherein the visual indicia possesses visibility features in low light. Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of making an identifiable armored cable sheath comprising: providing an armored cable sheath, and applying a visually distinctive tape to the outer surface of the sheath in a patterned arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHERN CABLES INC.
    Inventors: Josef Brunner, Shelley Bacon, Kevin Charlebois
  • Polyester-based coating composition for metal substrates
    Patent number: 11142374
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel packaging articles, e.g., food and beverage cans, having a novel coating composition applied to at least a portion of a surface thereon. In preferred embodiments, the coating composition includes at least a film-forming amount of a copolyester resin having a backbone that includes one or more soft segments and a plurality of hard segments. The copolyester resin preferably has a glass transition temperature from about from about 10° C. to about 50° C. The present invention also provides a method for making coated articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Benoit Prouvost, Paul Stenson
  • Resealable packaging device and method for packaging food product
    Patent number: 11136177
    Abstract: A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable food product(s) and thereby, maintaining good internal and external food quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of atmospheric control attributes that modulates or controls the atmosphere within the packaging device as the food product(s) respire in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the food product and the maintenance of the quality and desirable marketable characteristics of the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Packaging material for sterilization
    Patent number: 11117725
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel packaging material for sterilization which has processing suitability as a packaging material, is compatible with all sterilization processing methods such as those performed under high-temperature conditions, has small variation in shapes and dimensions, and is capable of maintaining an internal sterilized condition. This packaging material for sterilization is configured from at least two layers of laminated non-woven fabrics comprising a non-woven fabric layer (I) formed of continuous long fibers having an average fiber diameter of 5-30 ?m and a non-woven fabric layer (II) formed of ultra-fine fibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.1-4 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Kusakabe, Masaaki Mori, Seiichi Amano, Kazufumi Kato
  • Aluminium barrier laminate and barrier liner at shoulder for container
    Patent number: 11110687
    Abstract: A laminate sheet, particularly an aluminium-based laminate comprises polyethylene having a density of 0.90-0.96 g/cc, a polyethylene-based film having a melting temperature of less than 240° C.; low density polyethylene in order to provide high adhesion; an aluminium barrier film, and a polyethylene-based film having a sealing property. Furthermore, the laminate sheet may further comprise a blown film or a dry laminate for making a tube and a tube shoulder in order to prevent flavor loss of the products packaged therein and without stress crack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KIMPAI LAMITUBE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sumet Limatibul
  • Packaging container
    Patent number: 11097880
    Abstract: A packaging container having excellent water repelling properties on the outer or inner surface of the packaging container includes at least an outer resin layer, a paper core layer, and an inner resin layer. Minute protrusions are formed on the surface of the outer resin layer or the inner resin layer, and the minute protrusion structure has a fractal dimension of 1.08 to 1.17, wherein the fractal dimension is a numeric value calculated by the box count method at a resolution at which the length per one pixel is 0.5-1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventor: Kazuya Ono
  • Thermoplastic elastomer composition, extrusion molded article, and medical tube
    Patent number: 11078357
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic elastomer composition capable of molding a medical tube excellent in the transparency and kink resistance. The present invention is related to a thermoplastic elastomer composition including a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) wherein the copolymer has at least two polymer blocks P composed mainly of an aromatic vinyl compound unit and at least one polymer block Q composed mainly of a conjugated diene compound unit; the total content of aromatic vinyl compound units is from 8 to 25% by mass; and the copolymer contains a high-MFR hydrogenated block copolymer and a propylene polymer (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MCPP Innovation LLC
    Inventor: Kanae Karube
  • Drug container
    Patent number: 11077252
    Abstract: A drug container includes a container body formed of a thermoplastic resin containing a cyclic polyolefin as a main component. The thermoplastic resin contains, as a lubricant, at least one compound selected from among a metal soap compound, an organic fatty acid ester compound, a synthetic wax compound, and a fatty acid amide compound. The lubricant content of the thermoplastic resin is 0.3 to 2.0 ?g/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sayaka Maruyama, Yoshihiko Abe
  • Resin case
    Patent number: 11077982
    Abstract: Strength of a resin case is improved. A continuous fiber sheet includes a bottom surface portion which forms a bottom surface of the resin case, an erected wall portion which is erected from the bottom surface portion and forms a peripheral wall of the resin case, and a stepped portion in which the continuous fiber sheet connecting the bottom surface portion and the erected wall portion to each other is bent like steps along the peripheral wall. A resin member includes a rib portion which is bonded to the stepped portion and extends from the stepped portion toward an outer edge of the resin case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Ueno, Masataka Asai
  • Polymer compositions
    Patent number: 11067204
    Abstract: Polymer compositions comprising at least two polyethylene polymers, for example, recycled polymer compositions, methods for the production thereof, the use of functional fillers in said compositions, and articles formed from the polymer compositions. Pipe having at least one wall, the pipe having a nominal inside diameter of at least about 400 mm and a SN of at least about 4, and wherein the at least one wall comprises at least about 25% by weight of recycled polymer, based on the total weight of the at least one wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ImerTech SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Benoit Papillon, John Slater, Fatima Rebih
  • Device and production method for the same
    Patent number: 11045574
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device including a substrate and a gel layer made of a hydrophilic polymer having a hydroxyl group. The gel layer is fixed to at least a part on a surface of the substrate in a thickness of 1 nm to 3,000 nm and an elastic modulus of a device surface is 6.00×103 Pa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rumiko Kitagawa, Masataka Nakamura