Patents Examined by Z. Jim Yang
  • Patent number: 12365813
    Abstract: A cover window includes a base layer. A first hard coating layer is disposed on a first side of the base layer. A second hard coating layer is disposed on the first hard coating layer. The first hard coating layer comprises an acryl-based organic-inorganic material and the second hard coating layer comprises a silicon-based or epoxy-based organic-inorganic material; or the first hard coating layer comprises the silicon-based or the epoxy-based organic-inorganic material and the second hard coating layer comprises the acryl-based organic-inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Seo, Hui Yeon Shon, Yong Kyu Kang, Ji Hyun Ko, Hyun Kyung Yun, Dong-Sung Lee, Chang Moo Lee
  • Patent number: 12358264
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which double images in laminated glass can be significantly suppressed. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end, and the other end having a larger thickness than the one end, the interlayer film has a region for display corresponding to a display region of a head-up display, and when first partial wedge angles ?1 are calculated in respective first partial regions of 80 mm in the direction connecting the one end and the other end centered at respective selected points, second partial wedge angles ?2 are calculated in respective second partial regions of 40 mm in the direction connecting the one end and the other end centered at respective selected points, and |?1-?2| is calculated from ?1 and ?2 in the first partial region and the second partial region centered at the same point in the direction connecting the one end and the other end, a maximum value among all values of |?1-?2| is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Ryuta Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 12352102
    Abstract: The invention provides an IG unit that includes two glass sheets and an aerogel sheet located between the two glass sheets. The aerogel sheet is adhered to an interior surface of one of the two glass sheets by an adhesive, such that a face of the aerogel sheet is carried alongside the interior surface and has a portion that is devoid of the adhesive. In some cases, the adhesive is outside a vision area of the unit. In some cases, the adhesive securing the aerogel sheet to the interior surface is in contact with the first face of the aerogel sheet, and the adhesive contacts less than 10% of the first face of the aerogel sheet. Furthermore, some embodiments provide a glazing assembly that includes a frame and an IG unit mounted in the frame such that a vision area of the glazing assembly is located inwardly of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Cardinal CG Company
    Inventors: Kellen C. Kitzman, Keith James Burrows, Kari B. Myli
  • Patent number: 12352100
    Abstract: The subject matter of this invention is a polygonal heat-insulating glass panel with straight edges and a flat surface, in which the two parallel flat glass panes (1) enclosing the inner space of the glass panel are connected to each other, at least on one side, by a transparent, hermetically sealed spacer (2), forming a closed frame with the other sides. The transparent spacer (2) is composed of an adhesive mould incorporating a transparent adhesive body (5) and an adhesive flange (6) applied between an outer edge sealing glass strip (4.1) and an inner edge sealing glass strip (4.2), where the width of the outer edge sealing glass strip (4.1) matches that of the glass panel, while the width of the inner edge sealing glass strip (4.2) closing the inner space of the glass panel matches that of the inner space of the glass panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: Guardian Europe S a r l, Hirschler Automotive Glass Kft
    Inventors: Laszlo Hirschler, Viktor Hirschler
  • Patent number: 12345088
    Abstract: High-strength vacuum glass is provided. The vacuum glass includes an air-cooled tempered first glass plate; an air-cooled tempered second glass plate that faces the first glass plate via a depressurized layer; and an outer peripheral sealing portion joining an outer peripheral edge portion of the first glass plate and an outer peripheral edge portion of the second glass plate together so as to seal the depressurized layer. The outer peripheral sealing portion contains solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Akito Takeuchi, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa, Tetsuo Minaai
  • Patent number: 12312281
    Abstract: A coating according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix; a top coat disposed over the bond coat, the top coat includes metal silicate particles; and an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat. The intermediate layer includes hafnium silicate particles and matrix. A concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer is less than a concentration of metal silicate in the top coat. An article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Patent number: 12286559
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-fog coatings, coated substrate comprising an anti-fog coating and a process for preparing such coatings. Said process comprising exposing a surface to be coated in a plasma, said plasma produced by exposing a carrier gas comprising an oxidant (e.g. N2/O2, N2/N2O, or air) and a alkylcyclosiloxane (e.g. tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane) under dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in Townsend's mode at atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉLAVAL, UNIVERSITÉDE MONTREAL
    Inventors: Gaétan Laroche, Ivan Rodriguez Duran, Luc Stafford, Julien Vallade, Antoine Durocher-Jean, Jacopo Profili, Nicolas Gherardi, Raphaël Cozzolino
  • Patent number: 12258179
    Abstract: A tape having a cross sectional profile including first and second thick portions and a thin portion provided between the first and second thick portions is provided. The first and second thick portions and the thin portion are made of a resin composition whose main component is polyethylene. The density of at least a part of the thin portion is higher than a density of the first and second thick portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 12246986
    Abstract: A laminated body includes a transparent substrate having a laminated film. The laminated film includes a dielectric layer containing silicon nitride, a barrier layer composed of a single film or two or more films, and a metal layer containing silver. The barrier layer has a thickness of from 0.1 nm to 10 nm. Each film of the barrier layer includes a material having a crystal structure of a face-centered cubic structure with a lattice constant of from 3.5 to 4.2, a hexagonal close-packed structure with a lattice constant of from 2.6 to 3.3, a body-centered cubic structure with a lattice constant of from 2.9 to 3.2, or a tetragonal crystal with a lattice constant of from 2.9 to 4.4. The metal layer has a thickness of from 7 nm to 25 nm. An orientation index P of the metal layer falls within a range from 4.5 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Shunya Taki, Naoko Okada, Yasuyuki Takimoto, Haruhiko Yoshino
  • Patent number: 12241306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VI G) unit (100) comprising a vacuum insulated glass unit (1) comprising first and second glass sheets (2a, 2b) separated by support structures (3) to provide a gap (4) between the glass sheets (2a, 2b), and an edge-sealing (5) enclosing and sealing said gap (4). An evacuation hole (6) extend to the gap (4) and is arranged in said first glass sheet (2a). A recessed portion (8) may enclose the evacuation hole (6), and a sealing system (7) seals the evacuation hole (6), The sealing system may be arranged in said recessed portion. A lamination layer (11) is arranged between a further sheet (12) and the first glass sheet (2a) comprising said evacuation hole (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Jacob Christian Molbo, Marcus Rudi Frank, Erik Leth Frisenvad, Utku Ahmet Özden, Kristian Damholdt Jørgensen
  • Patent number: 12240781
    Abstract: In aspects, a concentration of lithium oxide at a surface is greater than a concentration of lithium oxide at a midpoint by from about 0.2 mol % to about 2 mol %. In aspects, a concentration of lithium oxide at a surface is from about 0.2 mol % to about 2 mol %. In aspects, a total concentration of potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, cesium oxide, and francium oxide at a surface is from about 5 mol % to about 15 mol %. In aspects, a ratio of the total concentration of potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, cesium oxide, and francium oxide at a surface to a concentration of lithium oxide at the surface is from about 1 to about 20. Methods include immersing a substrate in a molten salt bath at 380° C. or more for from about 1 minute to about 10 minutes or for from about 3 minutes to about 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gabriel Pierce Agnello, Joy Banerjee, Vitor Marino Schneider, Ian David Tracy
  • Patent number: 12227464
    Abstract: An article may include a substrate, such as a silicon-containing ceramic matrix composite, an environmental barrier coating (EBC) layer on the substrate, and a CMAS-resistant EBC layer on the EBC layer. The EBC layer may include at least one rare-earth disilicate (REDS). The CMAS-resistant EBC layer may include at least one rare-earth monosilicate (REMS) configured to react with CMAS to form crystalline reaction products. The CMAS-resistant EBC layer may include a plurality of vertical cracks extending from a surface of the CMAS-resistant EBC layer at least partially into the CMAS-resistant EBC layer. Additionally, or alternatively, the EBC layer may include a plurality of vertical cracks extending from a surface of the EBC layer into at least a portion of the EBC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Matthew T. Kush, Robert Alexander Sean Golden, Jun Shi
  • Patent number: 12221377
    Abstract: A coated glass sheet including a glass substrate and a UV reflecting coating on at least one major surface of the glass substrate. The UV reflecting coating consists of first, second, and third layers in this order moving away from the glass substrate, where the first and third layers include a dielectric material selected from the group consisting of a mixed oxide of titanium and zirconium, and a mixed nitride of zirconium and silicon, and the second layer includes silicon oxide SiOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Stijn Mahieu
  • Patent number: 12209454
    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes: a first substrate including a first glass panel; a second substrate including a second glass panel; and a frame-shaped sealing portion that is hermetically bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealing portion creates an evacuated space between the first substrate and the second substrate. When viewed from a region where the second substrate is positioned with respect to the first substrate, the first substrate includes a part arranged to stick out of an edge of the second substrate. The part includes a mounting portion used to mount the glass panel unit onto a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Hasegawa, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Abe, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12202007
    Abstract: Provided herein is a film and methods of producing the same. The film includes a substrate and a layer adjacent to the substrate, wherein a surface of the layer comprises spaced apart protrusions. The methods include providing a substrate, depositing a layer on at least a portion of the substrate, decomposing the layer to form at least a first phase of material and a second phase of material, and removing at least a portion of the second phase from the decomposed layer to form a structured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Craig Venema, Brent William Barbee, Michael Raymond Greenwald
  • Patent number: 12202764
    Abstract: A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erin Katherine Congdon, Ronald William Davis, Jr., Jason Thomas Harris, Shandon Dee Hart, John Tyler Keech, Naveen Prakash, James Joseph Price
  • Patent number: 12162801
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved drop performance. A glass-based substrate comprises: a glass transition temperature (Tg), a liquid fragility index (m), and fictive temperature (Tf), wherein Tg is less than or equal to 650° C., a value of Tf minus Tg is greater than or equal to ?30° C., and m is greater than or equal to 25. A stress relaxation rate is greater than or equal to 10%, or 20% or more. The articles can comprise a lithium-based aluminosilicate composition and a fracture toughness that is greater than or equal to 0.75 MPa*m0.5. The stress profiles comprise: a spike region extending from the first surface to a knee; and a tail region extending from the knee to a center of the glass-based article, the tail region comprising: a negative curvature region wherein a second derivative of stress as a function of depth is negative; a depth of compression (DOC) that is greater than or equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Kevin Barry Reiman
  • Patent number: 12145346
    Abstract: A microlattice structure may be used for a variety of different applications with a protective helmet assembly. The three-dimensional microlattice layer comprising a plurality of interconnected filaments extending along at least three different directions from a plurality of nodes. The microlattice layer may further comprise at least one material layer extending laterally between and interconnecting at least two or more nodes. The at least one material layer may be configured to transversely and rotationally constrain the nodes to increase the overall compressive strength and stiffness of the microlattice structure. The at least one material layer may comprise a single, continuous layer and/or a plurality of material layer segments. The microlattice layer may comprise a single, continuous layer or a plurality of microlattice layer segments. The microlattice layer may be stacked, the stacked microlattice layers may further comprise one or more material layers and/or one or more impact mitigation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: VICIS IP, LLC
    Inventors: Per Reinhall, John Cagle, Derek Wallin, Jason Neubauer, Valerie Carricaburu, Colin Johnson, Bertrand Didier, Andre H P Stone, Amish Patel
  • Patent number: 12145891
    Abstract: A ceramic structural body includes a substrate that is composed of a ceramic(s), a hole that is opened on a surface of the substrate, and a seal material that is positioned at an opening portion of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Fujio
  • Patent number: 12138692
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-a-bAlaCebN, a is 0.350 or more and 0.650 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, c is 0.40 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of c>a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata