Patents Examined by Zachary M Davis
  • Patent number: 11714456
    Abstract: A foldable display module is provided. The foldable display module includes a folded region and non-folded regions located on two sides of the folded region, and a flexible display panel and a flexible support layer disposed on a rear portion of the flexible display panel. A thickness of the flexible support layer ranges from 150 micrometers to 1000 micrometers, and a thickness of the flexible support layer corresponding to the folded region is less than a thickness of the flexible support layer corresponding to the non-folded regions. The present invention effectively reduces material and manufacturing costs of current foldable devices by thinning a portion of the flexible support layer corresponding to the folded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiyuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11698476
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film stacked on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the polarizer includes a hydrophobic polyvinyl alcohol resin, the polarizer has a surface roughness (Ra) of about 10 nm or less on a surface thereof facing the protective film, and the polarizing plate has a maximum metal ion-infiltration length of about 400 ?m or less between the polarizer and the protective film when metal powder-containing pastes are deposited on a surface of the polarizing plate in a thickness direction thereof and left at 60° C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 240 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Won Kim, Han Saem Kang, Kwang Ho Shin, Sung Man Cho, Eun Sol Cho, Seon Oh Hwang
  • Patent number: 11697748
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dust-purifying adhesive layer, a dust-purifying film, and a dust-purifying film sleeve. The dust-purifying adhesive layer comprises a substrate layer, an optically clear adhesive (OCA) layer, and a dust-purifying layer, the dust-purifying layer and the OCA layer respectively disposed on two sides of the substrate layer, wherein the dust-purifying layer is adapted for dust-purifying and air bubbles elimination. Compared with the prior art, the dust-purifying adhesive layer comprises a dust-purifying layer having functions of dust-purifying function and anti-foaming and when the dust-purifying film is arranged on the screen of the electronic device, the dust-purifying layer is in direct contact with the screen, and during the film-pasting process, air bubbles can be quickly eliminated, so that no air bubbles are generated during the film-pasting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LANHE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11697141
    Abstract: Provided herein is a hierarchical superhydrophobic surface comprising an array of first geometrical features disposed on a substrate comprising a first material and a terminal level disposed on the second features, wherein the terminal level comprises a second material, the second material being different from the first material. The second material has a hydrophilicity different from the hydrophilicity of at least one of 1) the hydrophilicity of the second material and 2) hydrophilicity induced by the hierarchical structure. The present disclosure further includes methods of preparing hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces and medical devices comprising the hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BVW Holding AG
    Inventors: Michael Milbocker, Lukas Bluecher
  • Patent number: 11685815
    Abstract: To provide a vinylidene-fluoride resin film having low cloudiness and good visibility of a pattern and the like of a decorative film of a lower layer although having a matte tone with low glossiness. The vinylidene-fluoride resin film comprises crosslinked acrylic acid ester resin particles, in which the crosslinked acrylic acid ester resin particles have an average particle diameter of 5% or more and 40% or less to the thickness of the vinylidene-fluoride resin film and the arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) of the vinylidene-fluoride resin film is 0.4 ?m or more and less than 2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouta Nagaoka, Tadashi Sawasato, Keiji Takano
  • Patent number: 11673369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite including a plurality of stacked thermoplastic layers, and a plurality of carbon fiber reinforcing layers interposed between the thermoplastic layers, wherein the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite further comprises a stitching part stitched with an upper yarn and a lower yarn from outside of the thermoplastic layers at a folding location of the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Wook Lee, Yongtak Kim, Ki Hyun Ryu, Wonjin Na, Jaesang Yu, Minkook Kim, Cheol-Min Yang
  • Patent number: 11670566
    Abstract: A thermal interlace material for transferring heat by interposing between two materials may include a graphite film. The graphite film may have a thickness T of 200 nm to 3 ?m, and a ratio Ra/T of an arithmetic average roughness Ra on a surface of the graphite film to the thickness T of the graphite film, may be 0.1 to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsuaki Murakami, Atsushi Tatami, Masamitsu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11667531
    Abstract: A thermal interface material for transferring heat by interposing between two materials may include a graphite film. The graphite film may have a thickness of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, a density of 1.40 g/cm3 to 2.26 g/cm3, a thermal conductivity of 500 W/mK to 2000 W/mK in a film plane direction, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m on a surface of the graphite film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsuaki Murakami, Atsushi Tatami, Masamitsu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11643259
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a packaging material, more specifically a packaging material having gas and/or moisture barrier properties, wherein the material comprises a barrier material comprising a layer comprising at least 50% of a zinc ionomer, a layer of polyethylene and a layer that forms a gas barrier. The invention is also directed to packaging products using said barrier material. Such products are in particular packages suitable for cosmetics and personal care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Ville Ribu, Paula Hirsilä, Kaj Backfolk
  • Patent number: 11642868
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersible adhesively bonded wet tissue laminate and more particularly a dispersible wet wipe comprising two or more adhesively bonded tissue plies. Generally, the wipe comprises first, and second tissue plies adhesively bonded to one another by an adhesive, particularly a triggerable binder, disposed at the interface of the plies. The first and second tissue plies preferably comprise fibrous tissue plies and more preferably wet-laid tissue plies consisting essentially of conventional papermaking fibers. The adhesively bonded laminates are generally strong enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean wet tensile strength (GMWT) greater than about 250 g/in, but disperse quickly in water, such as having a Slosh Time less than about 60 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Monson, Nicholas S. Wolter, Daniel M. Piette
  • Patent number: 11629226
    Abstract: A laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one layer comprising at least one copolyamide wherein the copolyamide is prepared by polymerizing the following components: (A) 15% to 84% by weight of at least one lactam, (B) 16% to 85% by weight of a monomer mixture (M) comprising the following components: (B1) at least one C32-C40 dimer acid and (B2) at least one C4-C12 diamine, where the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) are each based on the sum total of the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) and wherein the laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one further layer, where the at least one further layer is selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one further polymer (FP) selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, poly(ethylene-vinyl alcohols), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetates), polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinylidene chlorides, maleic anhydride-grafted polyolefins, polyesters and ionomers and (ii) aluminum metal a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Eric S Noon, Joao Costa, Patrick Stephen Gale, Michael Daniel Doyle, Rolf Minkwitz
  • Patent number: 11576461
    Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member formed by at least two types of polymer compositions, a first composition and a second polymer composition, including: a first part formed by the first polymer composition; a second part formed by the second polymer composition; and a third part formed by a mixture of the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition between the first part and the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihito Tanaka, Shintaro Nagata, Takuro Kamimura, Hideyuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11565480
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a metal-resin composite which includes a resin member and a metal member having a roughened surface in at least a portion of the surface thereof, the resin member being joined so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the roughened surface. The method includes a step of joining the resin member and the metal member by melting the resin member with the frictional heat generated in the surface of the metal member on its side opposite to the resin member in a state where the metal member and the resin member are superposed. The method includes making adjustment so that when the roughened surface is measured at arbitrary five points by using a confocal microscope according to ISO 25178, the developed area ratio (Sdr) is 5 or more in terms of number-average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Tomomichi Kanda, Hideaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11566091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin composition, an EVOH film formed therefrom, and a multilayer structure containing the same. The core height difference (Sk) of the surface of the EVOH resin composition is between 0.6 and 2.0 ?m, and the overall standard deviation of Sk is between 0.05 and 0.55. The invention can reduce the torque output during processing to achieve the effect of energy saving, and can also improve the stability during output to obtain a better film appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Hsiu Li, Hou Hsi Wu, Wen Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11570910
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module which is foldable and includes a first non-folding area, a folding area and a second non-folding area, in order, a first plate corresponding to the first non-folding area, a second plate corresponding to the second non-folding area and spaced apart from the first plate, and a cover film facing the display module with both the first plate and the second plate therebetween. The cover film includes a first film corresponding to each of the first non-folding area, the folding area and the second non-folding area, the first film attached to each of the first and second plates, and at the folding area, a second film attached to the first film. The display module which is folded disposes the second film between the first film and the first plate and between the first film and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Hansun Ryou, Sanghyo Park, Heonjung Shin, Hyoyul Yoon, Jae Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11560749
    Abstract: An insulating glazing includes a first pane, a second pane, an inner spacer frame arranged between the panes, which, together with the panes, delimits an inner interpane space, a surrounding outer spacer frame arranged between the panes, which is arranged on the outward facing side of the inner spacer frame, wherein the inner spacer frame consists substantially of a first hollow profile spacer and the outer spacer frame consists substantially of a second hollow profile spacer, the inner spacer frame and the outer spacer frame are in each case connected together to the first pane and the second pane via a primary sealant, an outer interpane space between the outer side of the outer spacer frame and the first pane and the second pane is filled with a secondary sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Marcus Neander, Bianca Bergs
  • Patent number: 11548268
    Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first and a second glass sheet that are bonded by a first interlayer adhesive layer, a peripheral zone of the laminated glazing being covered by a stepped metal element, the laminated glazing including a heating network of wires and/or a heating electrically conductive layer that is provided with busbars, a plurality of probes and other optional electrical elements that are linked to an electrical power supply via the connector of the laminated glazing, an electrical conductor linking the stepped metal element to a busbar of the heating network of wires and/or of the heating electrically conductive layer; and/or to the cap of the connector of the laminated glazing, which is linked to the ground of the structure for mounting the laminated glazing; and/or to a contact of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Marie-Hélène Debrus, Thomas Tondu, Hugo Canales, Franck Flourens, Catherine Unfer, Osmin Delverdier
  • Patent number: 11542192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable multilayered glass panel and an encapsulating material for achieving the highly reliable multilayered glass panel. The encapsulating material includes lead-free low melting glass particles containing vanadium oxide and tellurium oxide, low thermal expansion filler particles, and glass beads as a solid content. A volume fraction of the glass beads in the solid content is not less than 10% to not more than 35%, and a volume fraction of the lead-free low melting glass particles in the solid content is larger than a volume fraction of the low thermal expansion filler in the solid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Hironori Suzuki, Taigo Onodera, Tatsuya Miyake, Akitoyo Konno
  • Patent number: 11535720
    Abstract: Microporous sheet product and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the microporous sheet product is made by a process that includes melt-extruding a sheet material using an extrusion mixture that includes a thermoplastic polymer, a superabsorbent polymer, and a compatibilizing agent. After extrusion, the compatibilizing agent may be removed from the sheet material. When the sheet product is imbibed with a polar or ion-containing liquid, the superabsorbent polymer swells, causing a reduction in the pore size of the sheet product. The exposure also causes some of the superabsorbent polymer to migrate to the exterior of the microporous sheet product. The microporous sheet product may be used, for example, as a battery separator, as a food packaging material, as a diffusion barrier in the ultrafiltration of colloidal matter, and in disposable garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: William Winchin Yen
  • Patent number: 11535724
    Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition, including: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); acetic acid and/or a salt thereof (B); an aliphatic carboxylic acid (C) other than acetic acid; and an aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt (D), wherein a metal species of the salt (D) is at least one selected from long Periodic Table 4th-period d-block elements, and wherein respective contents of the acetic acid and/or the salt thereof (B), the acid (C), and the salt (D) satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2) on a weight basis is provided. The resin composition is excellent in impact resistance and adhesive strength even without being blended with any other resin: 0.001?(content of (D) in terms of metal ion/content of (B) in terms of acetic acid ion)?1.30??(1) 0.11?(content of (D) in terms of metal ion/content of (C) in terms of carboxylic acid ion)?100??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Komuro