Patents by Inventor Susan L. Korpela

Susan L. Korpela 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).

  • Publication number: 20140028174
    Abstract: A thermally conductive LED assembly is disclosed. The thermally conductive LED assembly includes an elongate conductor cable having a first conductor and a second conductor extending along a length of the elongate conductor cable and a thermally conducting and electrically insulating polymer layer disposed between first conductor and second conductor and a second electrically insulating polymer layer is disposed on the first conductor or second conductor. The electrically insulating polymer layer having a thermal impedance value in a range from 2.5 to 15 C°-cm2/W and a plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed along the length of the elongate conductor cable. Each light emitting diode is in electrical communication with the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael A. Meis, Susan L. Korpela, Jeffrey R. Janssen, Patrick J. Hager, Ellen O. Aeling
  • Patent number: 8581393
    Abstract: A thermally conductive LED assembly is disclosed. The thermally conductive LED assembly includes an elongate conductor cable having a first conductor and a second conductor extending along a length of the elongate conductor cable and a thermally conducting and electrically insulating polymer layer disposed between first conductor and second conductor and a second electrically insulating polymer layer is disposed on the first conductor or second conductor. The electrically insulating polymer layer having a thermal impedance value in a range from 2.5 to 15 C.°-cm2/W and a plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed along the length of the elongate conductor cable. Each light emitting diode is in electrical communication with the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Meis, Susan L. Korpela, Jeffrey R. Janssen, Patrick J. Hager, Ellen O. Aeling
  • Publication number: 20080074871
    Abstract: A thermally conductive LED assembly is disclosed. The thermally conductive LED assembly includes an elongate conductor cable having a first conductor and a second conductor extending along a length of the elongate conductor cable and a thermally conducting and electrically insulating polymer layer disposed between first conductor and second conductor and a second electrically insulating polymer layer is disposed on the first conductor or second conductor. The electrically insulating polymer layer having a thermal impedance value in a range from 2.5 to 15 C°-cm2/W and a plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed along the length of the elongate conductor cable. Each light emitting diode is in electrical communication with the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Michael A. Meis, Susan L. Korpela, Jeffrey R. Janssen, Patrick J. Hager, Ellen O. Aeling
  • Patent number: 4895738
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a plurality of superimposed layers, at least one outer layer being a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, contiguous layer defining an interface therebetween, each of said layers comprising a photopolymerized matrix of polymeric chains; said polymeric chains extending from the matrix of one of said layers through said interface into the matrix of a contiguous layer; said polymeric chains comprising polymerized monomers having migrated from the matrix of each contiguous layer prior to polymerization, whereby said layers cannot be delaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gordon G. Johnson, Susan L. Korpela, Caroline L. Vernon
  • Patent number: 4818610
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a plurality of superimposed layers, at least one outer layer being a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, contiguous layers defining an interface therebetween, each of the layers comprising a photopolymerized matrix of polymeric chains; the polymeric chains extending from the matrix of one of the layers through the interface into the matrix of a contiguous layer; the polymeric chains comprising polymerized monomers having migrated from the matrix of each contiguous layer prior to polymerization, whereby the layers cannot be delaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gordon G. Johnson, Susan L. Korpela, Caroline L. Vernon