Patents Issued in August 17, 2004
  • Patent number: 6777044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coated fabric object and a method of making the coated fabric object, including a vase, container or furniture panel, the object having an outer fabric wrapping with a sewn seam and drawstring to tighten the seam around the neck of the object, an inner fabric collar applied and fitted to the opening of the object, after which a clear resin coating is applied to the fabric, causing the fabric to become stiff as the resin hardens, permanently bonding the fabric to the object to which it is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Daniel Andre Jeandemange, Philippe Manuel Poma
  • Patent number: 6777045
    Abstract: A domed enclosure wall for a plasma processing chamber is made from a dielectric material having a roughened surface with a roughness average of from about 150 to about 450 microinches. A plasma sprayed ceramic coating is applied on the roughened surface of the dielectric material. The plasma sprayed coating comprises a textured surface having a roughness with an average skewness that is a negative value. When the enclosure wall is used in a plasma processing chamber, sputtered material generated by a plasma formed in a plasma processing chamber has good adherence to the textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Shyh-Nung Lin, Mark D. Menzie, Joe F. Sommers, Daniel Owen Clawson, Glen T. Mori, Lolita L. Sharp
  • Patent number: 6777046
    Abstract: A polymer blend and mono-and multilayer films made therefrom having an improved combination of properties such as high shrinkage values and high puncture resistance wherein the blend has a first copolymer of ethylene and octene-1 having a copolymer melting point of from 55 to 95° C., preferably of from 80 to 92° C.; a second copolymer of ethylene and at least a &agr;-olefin having a copolymer melting point of from 115 to 128° C.; and a third copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester or alkyl acrylate and having a melting point of from 60 to 110° C., and a process for making such films, which preferably have at least 45% shrinkage at 90° C. in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Curwood, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul David Tatarka, Paul Nick Georgelos, Scott Allan Idlas
  • Patent number: 6777047
    Abstract: A bag combination of: (A) a heat shrinkable film bag having a layer comprising: (a) 45-85 wt. % of a C2 copolymer (55-98° C. m.p.) of C6 or C8; (b) 5-35 wt. % of a second C2 &agr;-olefin copolymer (115-128° C. m.p.); and (c) 10-50 wt. % of a third polymer (60-110° C. m.p.) of an unmodified or anhydride-modified, EVA, EAA or copolymer of C2 and methacrylic acid or an alkyl acrylate; where a+b≧50 wt. % based on a+b+c; and the bag film has a total energy absorption≧0.70 Joule and a 90° C. shrink≧50%; and (B) a bag laminate which covers≧25% of the bag's surface; the laminate film comprising: 5-20 wt. % of (i) an ionomer; and 5-95 wt. % of (ii) a copolymer (55 to 95° C. m.p. and {overscore (M)}w/{overscore (M)}n of 1.5 to 3.5) of C2 and a C6-C8 &agr;-olefin; 0 to 90 wt. % each of (iii) a copolymer of C2 and a C4-C8 &agr;-olefin (100-125° C. m.p.); (iv) a copolymer (105 to 145° C. m.p.) of propylene and C2 or C4; and (v) a copolymer (125 to 135° C. m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Curwood, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul David Tatarka, Paul Nick Georgelos
  • Patent number: 6777048
    Abstract: A polyester pellet composition, a preform, and a bottle, each comprising a polyester polymer and silicon carbide. A polyester, and in particular a polyethylene terephthalate polyester, bottle containing silicon carbide has a low coefficient of static friction and a low bottle sidewall haze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Donna Rice Quillen, Earl Edmondson Howell, Jr., Steven Lee Stafford
  • Patent number: 6777049
    Abstract: A structural reinforcement for a hollow member comprising a rigid reinforcing member having a shape that substantially conforms to the cross section of the section of the hollow member to be reinforced with an expandable adhesive material over at least a portion of the surface of the rigid reinforcing member sufficient to bond the reinforcing member to at least two nonparallel internal surfaces of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: L&L Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Sheldon, Eric Le Gall, Jean Philippe Bourdin, Serge Bieber
  • Patent number: 6777050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a re-closable packaging featuring a container and a cover. The container features a support layer bearing two opposed faces, the innermost face of which is joined to a complexable layer by optionally deposing the face on an outermost face of an optional bonding layer bearing two opposed faces. The optional bonding layer is placed adjacent to a structure featuring: (1) a complexable layer bearing two opposed faces, the innermost face of the optional bonding layer being placed adjacent to the outermost face of the complexable layer, the innermost face of the complexable layer is placed adjacent to an outermost face of (2) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer bearing two opposed faces, the innermost face of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is placed adjacent to a first face of (3) a tearable-welding layer bearing two opposed faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Soplaril, S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Engelaere
  • Patent number: 6777051
    Abstract: A protective sheath made of a woven synthetic fabric having a structure formed of high tenacity warp and weft yarns, the count of the yarns ranging from 400 to 2000 decitex and the number of the yarns ranging from 54 to 78 yarns per centimeter. The woven synthetic fabric is chemically finished with continuous dyeing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Giacoma Ezio Mazzer, Tecnotexil S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giacomo Ezio Mazzer
  • Patent number: 6777052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic container containing albumin solution and a packaged plastic container containing an albumin solution. The plastic container containing an albumin solution having an albumin concentration of 1 to 500 mg/ml, has at least one inlet/outlet for a liquid, and has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 g/m2/day·1013.25 hPa or less when the vapor permeability is measured at a pressure of 1013.25 hPa per surface area of 1 m2 for 24 hours at a temperature of 25° C. and at a relative humidity of 60%. The plastic container containing an albumin solution can be packaged with an outer packaging material to provide the packaged plastic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Kai, Hideaki Murata, Makoto Sato
  • Patent number: 6777053
    Abstract: Process for the production of a multilayer coextrudate with a plastic layer that has release properties with respect to adhesives, where the materials producing the release properties are located within the plastic layer, where a first web is provided in production of the coextrudate on one side of which a layer of adhesive is located, after which the plastic layer with the release properties follows, which is in turn bonded to a second web. A multilayer coextrudate is characterized by the fact that at least two plastic films are provided, between which a layer of adhesive and a further layer that has release properties with respect to the adhesive are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: 4P Folie Forchheim Zweigniederlassung der Van Leer Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Walter Günter
  • Patent number: 6777054
    Abstract: A security laminate includes a face sheet laminated to a liner by an adhesive. The face sheet includes a removable label. The liner is covered with a release coating behind the label, and has a rim along one edge which is devoid of the release coating except for a security pattern therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph D. Roth, John C. Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 6777055
    Abstract: This invention relates to an article comprising a transparent stack of sheets that may be applied, for example, to protect substrates such as glass or plastic windows, signage or displays. The stack of sheets has a vertically staggered side edge which allows for easy identification of the topmost sheet in the stack for removal therefrom from the stack of sheets. The topmost sheet can be peeled away after it is damaged to reveal an undamaged sheet below. The invention also relates to the protected substrates and a method of protecting substrates such as glass or plastic windows, signage and displays from vandalism or other surface damage by adhering the stack of sheets to the substrate to be protected and subsequently pulling a topmost sheet away from the stack after it becomes damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Janssen, William F. Sheffield
  • Patent number: 6777056
    Abstract: Composite nonwoven webs are provided having two distinct regions extending adjacent one another in the machine direction of the web; the first region is formed from first continuous filaments and the second region is formed from second continuous filaments. The interface of the first and second region is formed from a mixture the first and second continuous filaments in a confluent relationship with one another and such that the two distinct regions form a unitary nonwoven web. The respective first and second regions can have distinct physical attributes as a result of utilizing first and second filaments which are different from one another. The first and second continuous filaments can vary with respect to average fiber denier, cross-sectional shape, cross-sectional configuration, polymer composition, crimp level, and additive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Lavada Campbell Boggs, Kevin George Hetzler, Glen Thomas Mildenhall, Michael Tod Morman, Dan Kenneth Schiffer, Susan Elaine Shawver, Sandy Chi-Ching Tan
  • Patent number: 6777057
    Abstract: An optical recording medium has a phase-change recording layer containing Sb and Te as essential elements therefor, to which is added at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Cu, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, Bi, La, Ce, Gd, and Tb, the recording layer being capable of assuming an amorphous phase changed from a crystalline phase by the application of a laser beam thereto, thereby optically recording information. Recording marks are formed in the recording medium by converting a light emission wave of laser beam into a recording pulse train comprising a plurality of on-pulses and off-pulses, with a recording frequency being continuously changed corresponding to the location of each of the recording marks in the radial direction of said recording medium. A recording apparatus has laser beam driving circuit means, signal generation means, and signal transmission means for achieving the above recording method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Ito, Michiharu Abe, Makoto Harigaya, Takashi Shibaguchi, Eiko Suzuki, Nobuaki Onagi, Hiroko Tashiro, Yoshiyuki Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6777059
    Abstract: A treated poly(trimethylene terephthalate) carpet prepared by applying a polyfluoroacrylate emulsion to a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) carpet and curing the polyfluoroacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Joseph Varapadavil Kurian, Justine Gabrielle Franchina
  • Patent number: 6777060
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided for securing floor mats to vehicle carpets and include a back plate that underlies a vehicle carpet, a top plate that overlies a floor mat, and fasteners that are configured to removably secure the back and top plates together such that the carpet and floor mat are sandwiched therebetween. The top plate has an upper surface that has promotional indicia thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Collins & Aikman Products Co.
    Inventors: Steve Sehmer, Fiona Doskocz, T. J. Allison, Thomas W. McIntyre, James H. Schield
  • Patent number: 6777061
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high recording density magnetic recording medium with improved dropout and excellent surface smoothness and electromagnetic conversion characteristics, as well as a process for producing such a medium. A magnetic recording medium comprising a lower non-magnetic layer containing at least a non-magnetic powder and a binder resin on one surface of a non-magnetic support, an upper magnetic layer containing at least a ferromagnetic powder and a binder resin on said lower non-magnetic layer, and a back coat layer on an opposite surface of said non-magnetic support, wherein said lower non-magnetic layer contains an acicular powder of hydrated iron oxide as the non-magnetic powder, said ferromagnetic powder has an average long axial length of 0.1 &mgr;m or less, and said upper magnetic layer has a surface roughness (center line average roughness: Ra) of 2.4 nm or less. After curing the lower non-magnetic layer, the magnetic layer is applied and formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitamura, Takayoshi Kuwajima, Sadafumi Iijima
  • Patent number: 6777062
    Abstract: A flexible shock absorbing component providing cushioning for surfaces, especially wall and floor surfaces, is described. The shock absorbing component includes two sheets of thermoplastic, each sheet with inwardly facing, opposing, resiliently compressible indentations extending into a cavity between the two sheets. The shock absorbing component also includes a layer of particulate matter applied to and adhered to the outer surface of one of the sheets, to provide wear and weather resistance. A moderator may also be attached to the outer surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Skydex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph J. Skaja
  • Patent number: 6777063
    Abstract: Backerboards comprising a shaped cut or groove the allows bending of the backerboard into an L-shaped corner with a rounded outer surface and sharp inner surface are useful for supporting bullnose tile pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Born
  • Patent number: 6777064
    Abstract: An article of manufacture useful for removing allergens from surfaces comprises (a) a package; (b) cleaning sheet capable of removing allergens from surfaces; and (c) information to communicate the allergen removal ability of the cleaning sheet to consumers. A method of promoting the sale of cleaning sheets useful for removing allergens from surfaces comprises a variety of steps to inform a consumer of the allergen removal ability of the present cleaning sheets, implements, and articles and encourage the consumer to use them to remove allergens from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Laura Krebs Brown, Jennifer Lee Counts, David Charles Bernens, Paul Joseph Russo
  • Patent number: 6777065
    Abstract: A fixing liner, made up of a textile liner web (1), which is coated on one side with double-layer adhesive mass points, which are made up of lower points, facing the liner web, and upper points (2, 3); arranged on top of them, the lower points (2) being made up of a powdery mixture of 25 to 90% by weight of an epoxide resin having an epoxide equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 mVal/kg, 10 to 75% by weight of an acid terminated polyamide, a polyester, a polyurethane and/or a vinyl copolymer having carboxyl, anhydro, hydroxy, and/or amido side groups and having a melt flow index (MFI) of 40 to 120 g/10 min measured at 160° C. and 2.16 kg, and 0 to 20% by weight of a hardener as well as the auxiliary and filler materials that are customarily used to produce a paste, the upper points (3) being composed of acid-terminated polyamides and/or copolyesters, and the weight ratio of the masses, obtained in the lower and upper points (2, 3), being 1:0.5 to 1:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Peter Grynaeus, Michael Kalbe
  • Patent number: 6777066
    Abstract: A low noise, high areal recording density, perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises: (a) a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and (b) a layer stack formed over the substrate surface, the layer stack comprising, in overlying sequence from the substrate surface: (i) a magnetically soft underlayer; (ii) at least one non-magnetic interlayer; and (iii) a CoCr-based, magnetically hard perpendicular recording layer; wherein the compositions of the at least one non-magnetic interlayer and the CoCr-based, magnetically hard perpendicular recording layer are selected to provide the medium with a negative nucleation field Hn, remanent squareness of about 1, and high coercivity of at least about 5,000 Oe. A method for manufacturing the medium by means of DC magnetron sputtering of layers (i)-(iii) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Chung-Hee Chang, Rajiv Yadav Ranjan
  • Patent number: 6777067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer, sealable biaxially oriented polypropylene film consisting of a base layer and at least one sealable covering layer. The base layer contains between 1 and 15 weight % of a resin with a mean molecular weight Mw of between 600 and 1,500 and between 1 and 6 weight % of a wax with a mean molecular weight Mn of between 200 and 700. The n-heptane insoluble part of the polypropylene of the base layer has a chain isotactic index of at least 95%, as measured by 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The invention also relates to a method for producing said film and to its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hoechst Trespaphan GmbH
    Inventors: Angela Speith-Herfurth, Robert Hansohn, Detlef Schumann, Frank Ernst
  • Patent number: 6777068
    Abstract: A door weather strip having an extruded member and a molded corner for connecting ends of the extruded member. The extruded member is composed of a foamed thermoplastic olefin elastomer which has an average cell diameter of 30 to 70 &mgr;m and an expansion ratio of 150 to 250%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Teramoto, Masanori Aritake, Hitoshi Omori
  • Patent number: 6777069
    Abstract: The transparent film-coated substrate includes a substrate and a transparent coating film formed on the surface of the substrate, the transparent coating film comprising (i) a matrix containing a silicone having a fluorine-substituted alkyl group, and (ii) inorganic compound particles comprising a shell, and a porous matter or a cavity enclosed therein, wherein the porous matter or the cavity remains unchanged in the formed transparent coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Catalysts & Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Ito, Hidemi Matsuda, Yoshimi Otani, Kazuhiko Yui, Toshiharu Hirai, Hiroyasu Nishida, Michio Komatsu
  • Patent number: 6777070
    Abstract: An anti-reflection material and a polarization film which exhibit superior anti-reflection properties by preventing external light such as sunlight, fluorescent light, etc., from being reflected on a display, which yield a clear image without sparkling and reduces image contrast, and which exhibit superior wear resistance, chemical resistance, and contamination resistance, as well as exhibit optical stability. A hard coat layer is provided on one surface or two surfaces of a transparent substrate directly or via another layer, and an anti-reflection film having a lower refraction index than the hard coat layer is further provide on the hard coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ohishi, Yasuhiro Matsunaga, Tomohisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6777071
    Abstract: An anisotropic electrically conducting interconnect is disclosed in which an adhesive comprising particles having a breakable coating of at least one electrically nonconductive material is compressed between a first contact and a second contact. Compression to two contacts breaks the breakable coating exposing an electrically conducting material which makes contact with the first and second contacts. The electrically conducting material may be a metal conductor or a two-part reactive conductive resin/catalyst system. Also disclosed are processes for making such electrical interconnects and adhesives for use in making electrical interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad A. Cobbley, Steve W. Heppler
  • Patent number: 6777072
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium including a substrate, at least one lower layer which is applied thereon and contains at least one binder and at least one inorganic pigment, and at least one upper magnetic layer which is applied to the lower layer and contains at least one magnetic pigment P2 and at least one binder and at least one further, nonmagnetic pigment P3, the binder matrix of the upper magnetic layer having a Tg of at least 50° C. and the binder matrix of the lower layer containing at least one binder having a Tg of <50° C., the further nonmagnetic pigment P3 of the upper magnetic layer having a particle size which corresponds at least to the dry thickness of the upper magnetic layer; and the upper magnetic layer containing at least one compound (A) and at least one compound (B), (A) and (B) corresponding to the following formulae R1—COO—(R3—O)m—R2  (A) R1—COO—R4  (B) and processes for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Emtec Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Mueller, Johannes Sandrock, Andrea Sturm, Wolfgang Goede, Albert Kohl, Benedikt Raether
  • Patent number: 6777073
    Abstract: A flexible magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer consisting of ferromagnetic powder dispersed in binder which are formed on a base sheet in this order. The ferromagnetic powder is not smaller than 158 kA/m in coercive force Hc(VSM) as measured by a vibrating sample magnetometer and is not larger than 100 in KuV/kT (wherein Ku represents an anisotropy constant, V represents a volume, k represents a Boltzmann constant and T represents an absolute temperature) which is a parameter of thermal fluctuation, and a magnetization pattern representing predetermined information has been formed on the magnetic layer by magnetic transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakamikawa, Masakazu Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6777074
    Abstract: The composite construction of the present invention comprises a continuous core material 4 made of a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) obtained by bonding diamond particles 2, 2 with an iron group metal 3; and a shell layer 8 made of a sintered body obtained by bonding hard particles 6 with an iron group metal 7; wherein an amount of the iron group metal 3 in the core material 4 is larger than that of the iron group metal 7 in the shell layer 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Noda
  • Patent number: 6777075
    Abstract: A coated printing sheet is provided that is suitable for conventional offset printing grades, exhibiting desirable surface and optical properties and providing a surface that is image receptive and resistant to coating failure. The coated printing sheet includes an image receptive coating containing a hard polymer pigment having a shear modulus of at least 5.0×109 dynes/cm2 and a film forming binder. The coated printing sheets resist burnishing and exhibit desirable properties, e.g., gloss, bulk, stiffness and smoothness, with minimal or no calendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: S.D. Warren Services Company
    Inventors: Paul W. Concannon, Paul Durocher, Joseph M. Fernandez, Lisa A. Gubrud, Thomas A. Waecker
  • Patent number: 6777076
    Abstract: Shaped body based on polycrystalline SiC and having a density of greater than 90% of its theoretical density and an adherent graphite layer on its surface, wherein the graphite layer is crystalline, has a thickness of 0.1-100 &mgr;m and has been produced by thermal surface decomposition of the SiC after it has been sintered to closed porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Thaler, Karl Schwetz, Armin Kayser
  • Patent number: 6777077
    Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is provided. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium has an underlayer for leading perpendicular orientation of a perpendicular magnetic recording layer, stacked between a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, and thickness of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer is controlled within the range of 5-40 nm to have a negative nucleation field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyung-jin Lee, Taek-dong Lee, In-seon Lee, Min-sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 6777078
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium has a substrate, an underlayer formed on the substrate, a magnetic layer formed on the underlayer and including crystal grains having an L10 structure mainly including Fe and Pt, mainly including Fe and Pd, or mainly including Co and Pt, and the crystal grains further including 0.1 to 50 atomic percent of at least one additive element dissolved therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Maeda, Akira Kikitsu, Toshihiko Nagase, Junichi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 6777079
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, and adhesive articles based thereon, crosslinked using a bis-amide crosslinking agent that are thermally stable, yet cleanly removable from a variety of substrates following exposure to high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Zhiming Zhou, Lori P. Engle
  • Patent number: 6777080
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions and pressure sensitive adhesive articles containing the adhesive compositions are disclosed. The adhesive compositions of the invention generally demonstrate favorable cohesive strength at elevated temperatures. The adhesive compositions contain an acrylic acid ester copolymer having pendant styrenic polymeric moieties mixed with a polyarylene oxide polymer. The adhesive composition may be a foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar Khandpur, Mark David Gehlsen, Kenneth Jason Hanley, John James Stradinger, Patrick Jay Fischer
  • Patent number: 6777081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcing structure (13), comprising metallic elements (15) (16), to be used to reinforce stiff composite articles (14) comprising such reinforcing structure and a polymer matrix. The reinforcing structure comprises metallic elements with structural deformations in order to improve the bending properties of the reinforcing structure and the impact properties of the stiff composite article, for which the reinforcing structure is used. The metallic elements run essentially parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: N.V. Bekaert S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Boesman, Elsie De Clercq, Frans Van Giel
  • Patent number: 6777082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber produced form a composition comprising at least one hydrogenated block copolymer and, optionally, at least one other polymer selected from the group consisting of a reactive tailored liquid polyurethane, an elastomeric or sulfonated ethylene/vinyl aromatic interpolymer, an elastomeric ethylene/C3-C20 &agr;-olefin interpolymer, an C3-C20 &agr;-olefin/conjugated diene interpolymer, an elastic polypropylene polymer, an enhanced polypropylene polymer, an elastomeric thermoplastic polyurethane, an elastic copolyester, a partially hydrogenated block copolymer, an elastic polyamide, a hydroxyl functionalized polyether (or polyetheramine), a styrene/conjugated diene interpolymer, and an elastomeric metallocene-catalyzed synthetic polymer or a blend or formulated system thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Rajen M. Patel, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Stephen F. Hahn, Leonie K. Walsh, Rexford A. Maugans, Selim Bensason, Thoi H. Ho, Calvin P. Esneault
  • Patent number: 6777083
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for manufacturing a methyl methacrylate polymer comprising the steps of feeding a monomer containing at least 80 wt % of methyl methacrylate and a radical polymerization initiator represented formula (III) to a reactor; polymerizing the material at a polymerization temperature of 110 to 160° C. under the conditions satisfying particular equations between an initiator concentration and a polymerization temperature; feeding a reaction mixture taken out from the reactor to a devolatilization step (feeding step); and separating and removing volatiles from the reaction mixture (devolatilization step). A methyl methacrylate polymer having adequately good optical properties and a plastic optical fiber having improved transmission performance can be prepared according to this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizota, Tomonari Murakami, Yoshihiro Uozu, Shigeaki Sasaki, Koji Ishizaka, Takeshi Kitayama, Tatsuyuki Takayanagi, Jun-ichiro Atarashi, Yasukazu Yoshida, Masaharu Yanai, Motomu Oh-Kita
  • Patent number: 6777084
    Abstract: A molded product consisting of a skin layer and a core layer is obtained by injecting a skin layer resin and a core layer resin from a skin injection unit 13 and a core injection unit 12 into metal molds 8, 9, respectively. The skin layer resin injection pressure by the skin injection unit 13 and the core layer resin injection pressure by the core injection unit 12 are controlled in such a manner that a volumetrically reduced quantity at the time of cooling and solidifying the skin layer resin is compensated so as not to generate defects such as hollows and the like in the molded product. It is characterized in that the state the core dwelling pressure is higher than the skin dwelling pressure over a predetermined length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Tsutomu Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6777085
    Abstract: Particles are encapsulated with a layer or sequence of layers. The particles can be flakes and the layers can form an optical interference stack for use as an optically variable pigment, among other purposes. In a particular embodiment a highly reflective metal layer is deposited around a glass flake with specular surfaces. The particles can be produced using a variety of deposition systems. In a particular embodiment, a downstream plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system achieves high deposition rates while avoiding contamination of the plasma source with deposition products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Roger W. Phillips, Ludvik Martinu, Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha
  • Patent number: 6777086
    Abstract: Laminates are prepared from resin-impregnated flexible graphite sheets. Impregnated sheets are calendered and layers of the calendered sheets, which may also be coated with a resin adhesive, are stacked into structures which optionally contains layers of metals or plastics. After curing at elevated temperature and pressure, 2500 psi and 150° C., the laminates form dense machinable structures suitable for uses such as electronic thermal management (ETM) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventors: Julian Norley, John Joseph Brady, George Getz, Jeremy Klug
  • Patent number: 6777087
    Abstract: A near infrared-cutting material produced by forming, on a transparent substrate, a transparent resin film containing at least a near infrared absorbing-dye and a dye having a maximum absorption wavelength at 550 to 620 nm, wherein the amount of the solvent remaining in the transparent resin film is 5 ppm by weight to less than 500 ppm by weight; since the amount of the solvent remaining in the transparent resin film containing a near infrared-absorbing dye, etc. is minimized, the long-term stability of the near infrared-absorbing dye, etc. in the film at high temperatures is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori Marutsuka
  • Patent number: 6777088
    Abstract: A multilayer packaging material comprising (a) at least one layer of a gas-permeable material, and (b) at least one layer of a gas-barrier coating comprising a polymeric polyol made by copolymerizing a multifunctional epoxide resin and water in the presence of an amount of acid effective for polymerizing the epoxide resin and the water, the amount of water being sufficient to avoid gelation, the polymeric polyol optionally reacted with a crosslinking agent for hydroxyl functionality, especially an amino resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Herbert Walker, Frank Ralph Pepe, John Bartram Dickenson
  • Patent number: 6777089
    Abstract: A radiation-curable composite layered sheet or film comprising at least one substrate layer and one outer layer, said outer layer being composed of a radiation-curable composition having a glass transition temperature of more than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Rainer Königer, Erich Beck, Achim Grefenstein, Reinhold Schwalm, Margit Veeh, Claudia Vogel, Walter Aichholzer, Thomas Gruber, Karl Holdik
  • Patent number: 6777090
    Abstract: Composition curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual-cure composition) comprising A) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one primary or secondary carbamate group and at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation and preparable by from polyfunctional compounds containing at least two isocyanate-reactive, acid-reactive or epoxide-reactive functional groups and suitable monoisocyanates, monoacids or monoepoxides or from polyisocyanates, polyacids or polyepoxides and suitable compounds which contain an isocyanate-reactive, acid-reactive or epoxide-reactive functional group; and B) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one carbamate-reactive functional group and also, where appropriate, at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation; and its use as adhesive, sealing compound and coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Hubert Baumgart, Uwe Meisenburg, Heinz-Peter Rink, Paul J. Harris, Reinhold Schwalm
  • Patent number: 6777091
    Abstract: The sheet resistance of titanium oxide film can be controlled in 109 to 1013 &OHgr;/□ by coating a titanium oxide film on a substrate by sputtering a target containing metallic titanium under an atmosphere at reduced pressure and then subjecting the film to heat treatment under and oxidizing, inert or reducing atmosphere, depending on the oxygen-deficient state of the film. It is possible that a small amount of niobium oxide is contained in the titanium oxide, or a niobium oxide film is provided as an underlying film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kijima, Toshiaki Anzaki
  • Patent number: 6777092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a a glassy-film forming coating agent, a method of coating a substrate with the a glassy-film forming coating agent, a bottle coated with the glassy-film forming coating agent, and a coating system for coating a substrate with the glassy-film forming coating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, The Clean Japan Center Foundation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Hayashi, Nam-Heun Kim, Akira Shirakura
  • Patent number: 6777093
    Abstract: A bond layer for a silicon based substrate comprises a silicon layer having a dispersion of particulate material therein, wherein the particulate material is selected from the group consisting of (1) alumina, (2) yttria, (3) aluminum silicate, (4) compounds of rare earth elements, alkaline earth elements, aluminum, oxygen, yttrium, nitrogen, niobium, tantalum, hafnium, zirconium, carbon, silicon and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Greg C. Ojard, Harry E. Eaton, Shantikumar V. Nair
  • Patent number: 6777094
    Abstract: A method, a composition and a method for making the composition for increasing the corrosion resistance of a magnesium or magnesium alloy surface is disclosed. The composition is a water/organic solution of one or more hydrolyzed silanes. By binding silane moieties to the magnesium surface, an anti-corrosion coating on a magnesium workpiece is produced. A complementary method, composition and method for preparing the composition for treating a metal surface to increase corrosion resistance is disclosed. The composition is an aqueous hydrogen fluoride solution with a non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Alonim Holding Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd.
    Inventor: Ilya Ostrovsky