Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Strauss

Stephen J. Strauss 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).

  • Patent number: 10520655
    Abstract: Glazing articles that reduce glare include a glazing substrate, and a reflective polarizing film article attached to the glazing substrate. The reflective polarizing film article includes a reflective polarizing film, and a reflection inhibitor layer. The reflective polarizing film articles reduce transmission of polarized light with a polarization block axis that is horizontal, and reduce horizontally polarized light to 90% or less of the horizontally polarized incident visible light. The reflective polarizing film may include a multi-layer film construction. The reflection inhibitor layer may include a tinted layer or an absorptive polarizer layer. Glazing units that reduce glare include at least one glazing substrate, at least one reflective polarizing film, and at least one reflection inhibitor layer. The glazing substrate, reflective polarizing film, and reflection inhibitor layer may or may not be in contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bert T. Chien, Yufeng Liu, Kristopher J. Derks, Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss
  • Publication number: 20130321915
    Abstract: Glazing articles that reduce glare include a glazing substrate, and a reflective polarizing film article attached to the glazing substrate. The reflective polarizing film article includes a reflective polarizing film, and a reflection inhibitor layer. The reflective polarizing film articles reduce transmission of polarized light with a polarization block axis that is horizontal, and reduce horizontally polarized light to 90% or less of the horizontally polarized incident visible light. The reflective polarizing film may include a multi-layer film construction. The reflection inhibitor layer may include a tinted layer or an absorptive polarizer layer. Glazing units that reduce glare include at least one glazing substrate, at least one reflective polarizing film, and at least one reflection inhibitor layer. The glazing substrate, reflective polarizing film, and reflection inhibitor layer may or may not be in contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bert T. Chien, Yufeng Liu, Kristopher J. Derks, Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss
  • Patent number: 7952805
    Abstract: A transparent solar control film may have a single or multiple layer core that includes at least one layer of an orientated thermoplastic polymer material. Infrared radiation absorbing nanoparticles that preferentially absorb at least about 100 times more infrared radiation than visible radiation may be dispersed within the at least one layer of an oriented thermoplastic polymer layer. The transparent solar control film may have a haze value of less than about 5 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: 3m Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. McGurran, Edward J. Kivel, Jeffrey A. Boettcher, Laurence R. Gilbert, Mitsuhiro M. Kominami, Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss
  • Patent number: 7906202
    Abstract: A tear resistant solar control multilayer film article is disclosed. The multilayer film article includes an infrared light reflecting multilayer film having alternating polymeric layers of a first polymer type and a second polymer type and the alternating polymeric layers cooperate to reflect infrared light; an infrared light absorbing nanoparticle layer including a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in a cured polymeric binder, the infrared light absorbing nanoparticle layer being adjacent the infrared light reflecting multilayer film, and a tear resistant polymeric film disposed adjacent to the infrared light reflecting multilayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss, Christopher A. Haak, Douglas A. Huntley
  • Publication number: 20080075948
    Abstract: A tear resistant solar control multilayer film article is disclosed. The multilayer film article includes an infrared light reflecting multilayer film having alternating polymeric layers of a first polymer type and a second polymer type and the alternating polymeric layers cooperate to reflect infrared light; an infrared light absorbing nanoparticle layer including a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in a cured polymeric binder, the infrared light absorbing nanoparticle layer being adjacent the infrared light reflecting multilayer film, and a tear resistant polymeric film disposed adjacent to the infrared light reflecting multilayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss, Christopher A. Haak, Douglas A. Huntley
  • Publication number: 20080075936
    Abstract: A transparent solar control film may have a single or multiple layer core that includes at least one layer of an orientated thermoplastic polymer material. Infrared radiation absorbing nanoparticles that preferentially absorb at least about 100 times more infrared radiation than visible radiation may be dispersed within the at least one layer of an oriented thermoplastic polymer layer. The transparent solar control film may have a haze value of less than about 5 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel J. McGurran, Edward J. Kivel, Jeffrey A. Boettcher, Laurence R. Gilbert, Mitsuhiro M. Kominami, Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss