Patents by Inventor Brett P. Krull
Brett P. Krull has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11898069Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Saurabh Batra, Bryan L Gerhardt, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Publication number: 20230392051Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adhesive assemblies such as an adhesive assembly for mounting an object to a surface, the assembly comprising: a first adhesive construction including a first major surface and a second major surface, the first adhesive construction including a first adhesive layer, a first core adjacent to the first adhesive layer, the core comprising core material and including first and second major surfaces; and a first arranged pattern of recesses on at least the first major surface of the first core, each recess terminating in a membrane, wherein the membrane is defined by a bottom surface of the recess and comprises core material; and a first adhesive interface at the bottom surface or within the membrane; and a stiffening carrier laminated to the second major surface of the first adhesive construction, the stiffening carrier having a higher stiffness than the first adhesive construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Dawud H. Tan, Brett P. Krull, Margaret M. Sheridan, Bradley S. Forney
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Publication number: 20210324240Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Saurabh Batra, Bryan L. Gerhardt, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Publication number: 20210310508Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to adhesive mounting assemblies that are capable of attaching or adhering to a surface and that can be removed from the surface without causing damage to the surface. In some embodiments, the mounting assemblies are peeled off the surface. The present disclosure generally relates to adhesive articles including a mounting device. The adhesive articles have one or more adhesive areas (which can be part of one continuous adhesive area) exhibiting adhesive properties and one or more non-adhesive areas that lack significant adhesive properties. At least one of the non-adhesive areas is located in an area and/or has a size, shape, and/or geometry that lowers and/or controls at least one of the average peel force and/or the peak peel force of the adhesive article such that the peel force of the adhesive article does not exceed the threshold for causing damage to the surface from which the adhesive article is peeled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Michael B. Runge, Margaret M. Sheridan, Craig D. Thompson, Joseph A. Hoffman, Brett P. Krull
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Patent number: 11078383Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Saurabh Batra, Bryan L. Gerhardt, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Publication number: 20210171805Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Bradley W. Eaton
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Patent number: 10927277Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Bradley W. Eaton
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Publication number: 20200224060Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Bradley W. Eaton
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Publication number: 20200190365Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Saurabh Batra, Bryan L. Gerhardt, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Publication number: 20200124230Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to adhesive mounting assemblies that are capable of attaching or adhering to a surface and that can be removed from the surface without causing damage to the surface. In some embodiments, the mounting assemblies are peeled off the surface. The present disclosure generally relates to adhesive articles including a mounting device. The adhesive articles have one or more adhesive regions (which can be part of one continuous adhesive layer) exhibiting adhesive properties and one or more non-adhesive regions that lack significant adhesive properties. At least one of the non-adhesive regions is positioned relative to a corresponding adhesive region and/or has a geometry that lowers and/or controls at least one of the average peel force and/or or the peak peel force of the adhesive article such that the peel force of the adhesive article does not exceed the threshold for causing damage to the surface from which the adhesive article is peeled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Margaret M. Sheridan, Craig D. Thompson, Brett P. Krull, Michael B. Runge
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Publication number: 20190359861Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to stretch-releasable adhesive articles that are capable of attaching or adhering to a substrate and that can be removed from the substrate without causing damage to the substrate. The present disclosure also generally relates to methods of making and using such adhesive articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Michael B. Runge, Gerald S. Deeb, Brett P. Krull
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Publication number: 20190002737Abstract: A peelable adhesive article capable of adhering to a substrate wherein subsequent removal of the adhesive does not damage the substrate, and methods of making and using said peelable adhesive article. The adhesive articles comprise a peelable adhesive adjacent to a major surface of a backing, wherein the backing has a modulus of elasticity and/or modulus of secant between 100 to 18,000 psi as measured by ASTM D638-14 and/or ASTM D412-06a. The backing may be a multilayer backing comprising a core layer and at least one skin layer in a ratio of 2:1 to 100:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Michael B. Runge, Gerald S. Deeb, Brett P. Krull
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Publication number: 20150328848Abstract: A self-healing composite system includes a solid polymeric matrix and a woven structure in the matrix. The woven structure includes a plurality of fibers, and a first plurality of microfluidic channels. The microfluidic channels include a first healing agent in the channels. The woven structure also may include a second plurality of microfluidic channels that include a second healing agent in the channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Jason F. Patrick, Kevin R. Hart, Brett P. Krull, Nancy R. Sottos, Jeffrey S. Moore, Scott R. White
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Publication number: 20150137416Abstract: A method of making a sacrificial fiber, comprising: forming a molten sacrificial composition comprising a poly(hydroxyalkanoate) and a metal catalyst; extruding the molten sacrificial composition to form a sacrificial fiber comprising the poly(hydroxyalkanoate) and the metal catalyst, where the concentration of the metal catalyst in the sacrificial fiber is at least 0.1 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Jason F. Patrick, Scott R. White, Nancy R. Sottos, Jeffrey S. Moore, Brett P. Krull
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Patent number: 8974888Abstract: An enhanced substrate for making a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a silane applied to the ends of glass fibers in via holes. In one embodiment, during a plated through-hole (PTH) via fabrication process, glass fiber bundles exposed in a drilled through-hole are selectively sealed. For example, after the through-hole is drilled in a substrate, the substrate may be subjected to an aqueous silane bath (e.g., an organo trialkoxysilane in an aqueous solution of an acid that acts as a catalyst) to deposit a layer of silane on the exposed glass fiber bundle ends. For example, trialkoxy groups of the silane may react with exposed silanols on the glass to form a siloxane, which is further polymerized to form a silane polymer barrier layer on the exposed glass fiber ends. The barrier layer effectively seals the glass fiber bundles and eliminates the conductive anodic filament (CAF) pathway between PTH vias.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory E. Balcome, Brett P. Krull, Joseph Kuczynski, Terry G. Ryks, Timothy J. Tofil
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Patent number: 8528203Abstract: An enhanced mechanism for via stub elimination in printed wiring boards (PWBs) and other substrates employs laser resin activation to provide selective via plating. In one embodiment, the resin used in insulator layers of the PWB contains spinel-based non-conductive metal oxide. Preferably, only insulator layers through which vias will pass contain the metal oxide. Those layers are registered and laser irradiated at via formation locations to break down the metal oxide and release metal nuclei. Once these layers are irradiated, all layers of the PWB or subcomposite are laid up and laminated. The resulting composite or subcomposite is subsequently drilled through and subjected to conventional PWB fabrication processes prior to electroless copper plating and subsequent copper electroplating. Because metal nuclei were released only in the via formation locations of the appropriate layers, plating occurs in the via barrels only along those layers and partially plated vias are created without stubs.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory E. Balcome, Brett P. Krull, Joseph Kuczynski, Terry G. Ryks, Timothy J. Tofil
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Publication number: 20130189888Abstract: A self-healing composite system includes a solid polymeric matrix and a woven structure in the matrix. The woven structure includes a plurality of fibers, and a first plurality of microfluidic channels. The microfluidic channels include a first healing agent in the channels. The woven structure also may include a second plurality of microfluidic channels that include a second healing agent in the channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: Jason F. Patrick, Kevin R. Hart, Brett P. Krull, Nancy R. Sottos, Jeffrey S. Moore, Scott R. White
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Patent number: D876935Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Daniel E. Johnson, Jimmy M. Le, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Patent number: D906097Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Daniel E. Johnson, Jimmy M. Le, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Patent number: D943402Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Brett P. Krull, Dawud H. Tan, Daniel E. Johnson, Jimmy M. Le, Stephen M. Sanocki