Patents Issued in July 6, 2010
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Patent number: 7749573Abstract: An actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink comprising: a metal complex pigment; a cationically polymerizable compound; a polymer dispersing agent having a basic functional group exhibiting an amine value of 5-40 mg/g; and a photo acid generating agent, wherein the cationically polymerizable compound comprises an oxirane ring. The aforesaid actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink enable to achieve an ink-jet ink exhibiting excellent storage stability, ejection capability, and curability after ejection, and enables formation of highly detailed images which realize high density, uniform glossiness, and excellent color reproduction, and forms no wrinkling, and provide a image forming method using the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamoto, Toshiyuki Takabayashi, Daisuke Ishibashi, Rieka Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 7749574Abstract: The present invention generally comprises a silicon dioxide atomic layer deposition method. By providing pyridine as a catalyst, water may be utilized as the oxidization source while depositing at a low temperature. Prior to exposing the substrate to the water, the substrate may be exposed to a pyridine soak process. Additionally, the water may be co-flowed to the chamber with the pyridine through separate conduits to reduce interaction prior to entering the chamber. Alternatively, the pyridine may be co-flowed with a silicon precursor that does not react with pyridine.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Maitreyee Mahajani, Yi-Chiau Huang, Brendan McDougall
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Patent number: 7749575Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display utilizing a vertically aligned state of liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied and to a method of manufacturing the same. The invention is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same in which the existing step for forming vertical alignment films can be omitted to achieve a cost reduction. The liquid crystal display includes a monofunctional monomer having a structure expressed by X-R (where X represents an acrylate group or a methacrylate group, and R represents an organic group having a steroid skeleton). A liquid crystal material is sandwiched between substrates which is then irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the monofunctional monomer, thereby forming a polymer film at an interface of a substrate. The monofunctional monomer has a hydrophobic skeleton such as an alkyl chain and a photoreactive group on one side of the skeleton.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Kataoka, Hideaki Tsuda, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Jin Hirosawa, Seiji Tanuma, Yoshio Koike
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Patent number: 7749576Abstract: The liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by formula (1) as a first component, has a positive dielectric anisotropy, and has a nematic phase, and a liquid crystal display element containing the composition: wherein R11 and R12 are alkyls having different carbon numbers.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventor: Yoshitaka Tomi
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Patent number: 7749577Abstract: Provided are multilayer laminates having one or more layers comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals and one or more layers of a polymeric sheet comprising a polymer with a modulus between 20,000 psi (138 MPa) and 100,000 psi (690 MPa). The twisted nematic liquid crystal layers reflect infrared radiation. Thus, the multilayer laminates are useful to reduce the transmission of infrared energy. For example, in some embodiments the multilayer laminates are useful as windows to reduce energy consumption necessary to cool the interior of a structure such as an automobile or building. Preferably, the multilayer laminates retain the beneficial properties of safety glass. The multilayer laminates may include additional layers such as infrared absorbing layers, half wave plates, and the like, to minimize the transmission of infrared energy. The multilayer laminates may also include further additional layers such as polymeric films, polymeric sheets, rigid sheets, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Marc B. Goldfinger, Richard A. Hayes, Lee A. Silverman
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Patent number: 7749578Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate protective film exhibiting a reduced variation value retardation, which is highly stable against polarizing plate degradation, polarizing plate dimension, and polarizing plate curl. Disclosed is a cellulose ester film possessing cellulose ester, polymer X having a weight average molecular weight of 2000-30000 prepared by copolymerizing ethylenic unsaturated monomer Xa containing no aromatic ring and hydrophilic group within a molecule and ethylenic unsaturated monomer Xb containing no aromatic ring but a hydrophilic group within a molecule, and polymer Y having a weight average molecular weight of 500-3000 prepared by polymerizing ethylenic unsaturated monomer Ya containing no aromatic ring.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Shigeki Oka, Kunio Shimizu, Takashi Takebe
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Patent number: 7749579Abstract: A rolled optical film includes a cellulose ester film which has a width of from 1 m to 3 m and a length of 500 m or more and is shaped in a rolled film. The cellulose ester film includes streaks from 1 line to 20 lines per 10 mm in a lateral direction thereof in which the streaks have a height of from 50 nm to 300 nm, an inclination of from 50 nm/mm to 300 nm/mm and a continuous length of 50 cm or more in a longitudinal direction thereof and the cellulose ester film does no includes a streak which has a height of 300 nm or more, an inclination of 300 nm/mm or more and a continuous length of 50 cm or more in a longitudinal direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventor: Takatoshi Yajima
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Patent number: 7749580Abstract: The invention relates to a gloss coated multifunctional printing paper that can be used with a variety of office printing equipment including inkjet and electrophotographic and to processes of making and using the paper. a paper substrate; and a pigmented composition coated on at least one surface of the substrate, said pigmented coating composition comprising (1) a first pigment having a BET surface area in the range of from about 50 to about 750 m2/g; (2) a second pigment having a BET surface area in the range of from about 5 to about 49 m2/g; and (3) a polymeric binder, Said coated paper having a coating gloss equal to or greater than about 30% at 75° and a Bristow Absorption length of less than about 180 mm. The coating compositions may contain other additives such as lubricants, optical brighteners and coating rheology modifiers.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Jay C Song, Sen Yang
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Patent number: 7749581Abstract: The present invention includes an image transfer sheet. The image transfer sheet comprises a release layer and a polymer layer. One or more of the release layer and the polymer layer comprise titanium oxide or other white pigment.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Inventors: Jodi A. Dalvey, Nabill F. Nasser
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Patent number: 7749582Abstract: A surface-treated metal material is obtained by forming an inorganic surface-treating layer containing at least Zr, O and F as chief components but without containing phosphoric acid ions on the surfaces of a metal by the cathodic electrolysis or by forming an inorganic surface-treating layer containing at least Zr, O and F as chief components and having an atomic ratio of P and Zr of 0?P/Zr<0.6 in the uppermost surface on the surfaces of the metal by the cathodic electrolysis at a low cost featuring high productivity, environmental friendliness, scar resistance, adhesion, workability and intimate fitting. By using a metal material obtained by coating the surface-treated metal material with an organic resin and, particularly, with a polyester resin, a metal can or a can lid exhibits excellent adhesion and corrosion resistance even at portions that are worked to a high degree. Further, the can lid exhibits excellent opening performance even after the sterilization by heating.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Kurokawa, Mitsuhide Aihara
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Patent number: 7749583Abstract: A paperboard including a solid bleached sulfate paperboard substrate and a coating applied to the paperboard substrate to form a coated structure, the coated structure having a basis weight, a caliper thickness and a Parker Print Surf smoothness, the Parker Print Surf smoothness being at most about 3 microns, the basis weight being at most about Y1 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y1 is a function of the caliper thickness (X) in points and is calculated as follows: Y1=3.79+13.43X?0.1638X2.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Meadwestvaco CorporationInventors: Gary P. Fugitt, Terrell J. Green, Steve G. Bushhouse, Steven Parker, Jason Richard Hogan, Wei-Hwa Her, Scott Ginther
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Patent number: 7749584Abstract: In heat-shrinkable polyester films, the content of 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol is 10 to 50% by mole based on the polyhydric alcohol component and that the heat shrinkage factors of a 10 cm square sample of the films in (A) hot water of 75° C., (B) hot water of 85° C., and (C) hot water of 95° C. are 30 to 40%, 50 to 60%, and 65 to 77%, respectively. The films can be produced by drawing under specified conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Hayakawa, Norimi Tabota, Yoshinori Takegawa, Katsuya Ito, Shigeru Komeda, Katsuhiko Nose
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Patent number: 7749585Abstract: Medical dilatation balloons comprise a polymer that has the attribute of memory, and/or is crosslinked to impart memory. Such balloons exhibit a reduced tendency to overinflate at high inflation pressures. Furthermore, such balloons when shrunk radially by the application of heat while restraining axial shrinkage, exhibit customizable linear or non-linear compliance curves and lower crosslinking profile relative to the same balloon when unshrunk. Also disclosed is an expansive element within a tube whose outer diameter is equal to the outer diameter of the tube from which it was made. In addition, disclosed are (a) processes for preparing crosslinkable polymers, (b) joining crosslinked balloons to catheter systems, (c) forming shrunk balloon elements, and (d) forming an expansive element within a tube whose outer diameter is equal to the outer diameter of the tube from which it was made.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Inventor: Alan Zamore
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Patent number: 7749586Abstract: An adhering member comprises an adhesive layer 2 of a thickness R formed on one surface of a backing 1, and a liner 3 of a thickness T laminated on the adhesive layer, and has a half-cut formed in the liner for making handleability satisfactory while preventing seepage of contents. The adhering member excellent in handleability and stability is obtained by providing, for example, the half-cut 4 having a rectangular or inverted triangular sectional shape, a groove width of 200 ?m or less, and a groove depth of more than 14T/15 but less than (T+R).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Akemi, Kazuhiro Higashio
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Patent number: 7749587Abstract: An optical disk comprising a first substrate, a first reflective layer for reflecting laser beams for information reading formed on the first substrate, and a resin layer made of a cured film of an ultraviolet curable composition formed on the first reflective layer, wherein the first reflective layer is a reflective layer made of silver or an alloy containing silver as a main component, and the ultraviolet curable composition contains (a) a radical polymerizable compound, (b) a compound represented by the following formula (1) and (c) a radical photopolymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Koichi Fujii, Kazuo Murakami
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Patent number: 7749588Abstract: Protective covering for cabinets, appliances, and residential construction components of multi-layer sheeted materials capable of being die-cut into shapes and configurations suitable for protecting kitchen and bath countertops and appliances, home construction components, and desirable multi-layer configurations for various embodiments of the invention. Corrugated materials including paper and plastic are provided in sheets and may be combined with other layers of complementary materials, including plastic sheets, for extending downwardly to protect kitchen and bath cabinets and countertops from paint splashes and for covering air duct openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sy Holdings, LLCInventors: Michael P. Blake, Raymond A. Blake
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Patent number: 7749589Abstract: In one embodiment, a flocked article is provided that includes an elastomeric film and a plurality of flock fibers on a flocked surface of the film. The flock fibers are embedded in the film.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: High Voltage Graphics, Inc.Inventor: Louis Brown Abrams
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Patent number: 7749590Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-chipping film capable of preventing chips which would otherwise occur during an operation for inserting an engagement protrusion of a resin member into a mounting hole of a metal sheet, from being generated and scattered into an inner space of a frame. The anti-chipping film is adapted to be attachable to a given metal sheet to cover a (rectangular-shaped or circular shaped) mounting hole which is formed in the metal sheet to mount a given resin member. The anti-chipping film comprises a slit (linear-shaped slit, radial-shaped slit or H-shaped slit) formed in a central region thereof to allow an engagement protrusion protrudingly formed on the resin member to penetrate therethrough, and an adhesive layer laminated on an outer peripheral region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventors: Yuki Shiga, Yoshifumi Okauchi
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Patent number: 7749591Abstract: The present invention relates a laminated sheet having improved toner-fixing property and toner blocking resistance, that comprises a base material made of paper, one or more thermoplastic resin layer(s) provided on one side or both sides of said base material, a toner-fixing layer provided thereon, wherein two or more hydrophilic macromolecular substances each having a different glass transition temperature are used as binders and constitutes said toner-fixing layer, at least a hydrophilic macromolecular substance (A) having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or above and a hydrophilic macromolecular substance (B) having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or below are contained as said hydrophilic macromolecular substances therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Fukunaga, Atsushi Suzuki, Tamijiro Kaneyuki, Kouichiro Hiroshige, Hiroshi Kohama
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Patent number: 7749592Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate includes a plurality of stacked glass ceramic layers and internal conductors. The glass ceramic layers contain at least one diffusion element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr and Mn. The internal conductors contain Ag as a conductive material. The multilayer ceramic substrate is produced by the steps of adding at least one diffusion element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr and Mn to conductive paste and diffusing the diffusion element in the glass ceramic layers around the conductive paste. As a result, defects otherwise possibly generated around the internal conductors can be eliminated with exactitude.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: TDK CorpoationInventors: Tomoko Nakamura, Katsuhiko Igarashi
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Patent number: 7749593Abstract: An exterior surface covering has a colored outer layer that transmits infrared radiation and an inner layer with a thermochromic pigment that absorbs heat at low temperature and reflects at high temperatures. The outer layer conceals the color change of the thermochromic pigment.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: CertainTeed CorporationInventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Ming Liang Shiao, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
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Patent number: 7749594Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool comprising a substrate and, a wear resistant coating, said wear resistant coating is composed of one or more layers of refractory compounds of which at least one layer consists of a multilayered MX/LX/MX/LX laminar structure where the alternating layers MX and LX are carbides or nitrides with the elements M and L selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, Hf, V, Ta, Mo, Zr, Cr, Al, Si or W and mixtures thereof, wherein the sequence of individual layer thicknesses has no repeat period but essentially aperiodic throughout the entire multilayered structure, and where the individual MX and LX layer thickness is larger than 0.1 ran but the sum of any 10 consecutive layers in the structure is smaller than 300 nm, and the total thickness of said multilayered structure is larger than 0.5 ?m but smaller than 20 ?m, deposited by PVD-technique, where at least one of MX or LX are electrically isolating, and a method of making such a cutting tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Maria Åstrand, Torbjörn Selinder, Mats Sjöstrand
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Patent number: 7749595Abstract: A thermoformable acoustic sheet formed by a compressed fibrous web includes high melt fibers and adhesive thermoplastic fibers in which the adhesive fibers are at least partially melted so that in the compressed web the adhesive fibers at least partially coat the high melt fibers and reduce the interstitial space in the fiber matrix. Also included are methods of producing a thermoformable acoustic sheet which includes heating a fiber web including high melt and adhesive thermoplastic fibers to at least partially melt the adhesive fibers and compressing the web to form a sheet so that the adhesive fibers at least partially coat the high melt fibers to reduce the interstitial space in the fiber matrix.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: I.N.C. Corporation Pty LtdInventors: Michael William Coates, Marek Kierzkowski
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Patent number: 7749596Abstract: An engineered crack-resistant paper or board for improved runability formed by depositing a thin discontinuous thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer onto a cellulose fiber network web and having same absorbed into the network in specific geometrical formations. The base sheet thus formed may then be used for various end uses such as packaging, containers, plates, cups, low-weight coated printing grade boards or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Wadood Hamad, Bruce Lyne
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Patent number: 7749597Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber Ti—Al composite material having hardness, heat resistance and abrasion resistance, having reduced weight, improved strength, elastic modulus and thermal conductivity and being excellent in the uniformity of the quality. A carbon fiber Ti—Al composite material which is prepared by pressure impregnating a molded product containing fine carbon fibers having a fiber diameter of from 0.5 to 500 nm and a carbon length of at most 1,000 ?m and having a hollow-structured central axis, carbon long fibers having a fiber diameter of from 5 to 15 ?m and a titanium powder or a titanium oxide powder, with aluminum or an aluminum alloy by molten metal forging.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Mitsubishi Corporation, FJ Composite Materials Co., Ltd., Advanced Material Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiki Tsushima, Kazuyuki Murakami, Susumu Katagiri, Nobuyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 7749598Abstract: A prefabricated, faced roofing board composite includes a first board layer made of a polymeric material or a predominantly polymeric material and a fire and weather resistant fiberglass-based facer bonded to a top major surface of the first board layer and forming a top major surface of the composite. The fiberglass-based facer is substantially impervious to the passage of hot gases of combustion, water, and water vapor through the thickness of the fiberglass-based facer. The faced composite can be a cover board, an insulation board; can include cover board and insulation board layers; and can include cover board, insulation board, and baseboard layers. A second fiberglass-based facer that is substantially impervious to the passage of hot gases of combustion through its thickness can form a bottom major surface of the composite.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventor: Gaurav Agrawal
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Patent number: 7749599Abstract: Disclosed is a cushioning material for a polishing pad, which hardly suffers swelling deformation caused by water because it is extremely low in water-absorbing characteristics and water-swelling characteristics. The cushioning material for a polishing pad includes a polyurethane foam capable of polishing even a semiconductor wafer having an undulated surface or a wafer having a local step that is formed during circuit forming process so that the undulation or step becomes smaller by uniformly polishing an entire surface of the wafer along the undulation or step. The cushioning material for a polishing pad is characterized by including a polyurethane foam obtained by reacting polyol and polyisocyanate with each other, the polyurethane foam having a contact angle with water of 90° or more. The polyurethane foam is preferably made by using hydrophobic polyol, and preferably has a self-skin layer formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromasa Kawaguchi, Toshiaki Kimura, Takeshi Kawakami
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Patent number: 7749600Abstract: A mop yarn formed with a core of microdenier synthetic filament fibers wrapped with a sheath. The sheath generally includes carded staple fibers spun around the core.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Patrick Yarn MillsInventors: Gilbert Patrick, Frank McNeely
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Patent number: 7749601Abstract: The invention concerns a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 75 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a polymer or copolymer derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; 2 to 15 parts by weight of a fiber having low thermal shrinkage; 1 to 5 parts by weight of an antistatic fiber; and the remainder being flame resistant fibers having a limiting oxygen index of 21 or greater, based on 100 total parts by weight of the polymeric fiber, the low thermal shrinkage fiber, the antistatic fiber, and the flame resistant fibers in the yarn.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and CompanyInventors: Reiyao Zhu, Vlodek Gabara
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Patent number: 7749602Abstract: A surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The surface-finished yarn comprises a yarn, a first material and a second material. The surface of the yarn comprises a plurality of the plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions wherein the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions are alternately disposed along an axial direction of the yarn. The first material is disposed onto the plurality of first regions while the second material different from the first material is disposed onto the plurality of second regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventors: Chia-Lung Chu, Huan-Jung Tai, Jian-Min Lin, Han-Hsing Hsiung
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Patent number: 7749603Abstract: A transparent two-layer electrostatic dissipating coating includes a first layer comprising a transparent first binder polymer and a first intrinsically conducting polymer (ICP) in an amount sufficient to provide the first layer with a surface resistance of from about 103 to about 105?/?; and a second layer in direct contact with the first layer and comprising a transparent second binder polymer and a second ICP in an amount sufficient to provide the second layer with a surface resistance of from about 106 to about 1010?/?, wherein the coating has a light transmission of at least about 70% at a wavelength of 600 nm. Methods of making and using the coating are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Lumimove, Inc., Brewer Science, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Graham, Patrick J. Kinlen, Tony D. Flaim
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Patent number: 7749604Abstract: Aqueous composition comprising a polyurethane (A) an epoxy resin (B) obtainable by reacting compounds having epoxide groups with diols or polyols, and a crosslinker (C) for the epoxy resin.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrike Licht, Bernd Meyer-Roscher, Andre Burghardt
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Patent number: 7749605Abstract: The present invention provides a metal clad laminate or a resin coated metal foil having a metal foil whose both surfaces are not substantially roughening-treated and an insulating resin composition layer using generally used insulating resin, and a printed wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof, in which the metal clad laminate or the resin coated metal foil is used, the reliability and circuit formability are high, and the conductor loss is extremely low.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Takai, Takayuki Sueyoshi
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Patent number: 7749606Abstract: An article with an organic-inorganic composite film that contains silica as its main component and does not separate from the substrate after the Taber abrasion test prescribed in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) R 3212. This composite film is formed of a coating solution containing a hydrophilic organic polymer by a sol-gel process. In this solution, for example, the amount of silicon alkoxide exceeds 3 mass % in terms of a SiO2 concentration. When the coating solution contains a phosphorus source, the molality of protons is 0.0001 to 0.2 mol/kg while the number of moles of water is at least four times the total number of moles of silicon atoms contained in the silicon alkoxide. This sol-gel process allows a film with excellent mechanical strength to be obtained even when the substrate is not heated up to a temperature exceeding 400° C. and the film thickness exceeds 250 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kazuyuki Inoguchi, Teruyuki Sasaki, Kazutaka Kamitani
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Patent number: 7749607Abstract: An emulsion for preparing a low-conductivity surface for powder coating, the emulsion including an emulsified organofunctional silane solution. A pre-powder coating emulsion provides a surface with conductivity. A non-conductive object having applied to an exterior surface of the object the emulsion including an emulsified organofunctional silane solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Northern Illinois UniversityInventor: Chhiu-Tsu Lin
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Patent number: 7749608Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible electrode array, comprising a silicone containing body, at least one metal trace layer and at least one electrode pad on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Lucien D. Laude, Robert J. Greenberg
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Patent number: 7749609Abstract: A metal plate for producing a flat tube including a metal body having a joint portion, first and second flat wall forming portions connected by the joint portion, reinforcing wall forming portions projecting from the first and second flat wall forming portions and extending in a longitudinal direction of the first and second flat wall forming portions, and side wall forming portions projecting from opposite side edges of the metal body, respectively. The joint portion has a ridge which makes the joint portion thicker than the first and second flat wall forming portions. The ridge, the reinforcing wall forming portions and the side wall forming portions are projecting in a same direction. The metal body bends into a hairpin shape at boundaries formed between the ridge of the joint portion and the first and second flat wall forming portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Satoru Kaimura, Yasuji Kawamata, Takashi Tamura, Ryoichi Hoshino, Noboru Ogasawara
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Patent number: 7749610Abstract: The object is to provide copper foil of high adhesion even when the roughness Rz of a nodular surface of the copper foil is low, and a method of manufacturing the copper foil. To achieve this object, there is adopted a copper foil which is characterized in that an area coefficient C(S), which is defined by A(S)/B(S) from a three-dimensional surface area A(S), which is obtained by performing three-dimensional measurement of a surface area of a nodular surface of a copper foil sample S under a laser microscope, and from a measuring region area B(S), which is an area of a measuring region of the three-dimensional surface area A(S), and a roughness Rz(S) of a nodular surface of the copper foil sample S, which is measured by a stylus-type roughness meter, have a relationship of equation (1) below, and in that the roughness Rz(S) is 1.0 ?m to 3.0 ?m, 0.5×Rz(S)+0.5?C(S)??(1) where Rz(S) is a numerical value represented by ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Iwakiri, Seiji Nagatani
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Patent number: 7749611Abstract: In one aspect, a copper foil for lamination to a dielectric substrate includes a layer deposited on a surface of the copper foil. The layer is formed from chromium and zinc ions or oxides and is treated with an aqueous solution containing at least 0.5% silane. In another aspect, a peel strength enhancement coating is disposed between a copper foil laminate and a dielectric substrate. The peel strength enhancement coating comprises a metal and metal oxide mixture containing a metal selected from groups 5B, 6B, and 7B of the periodic table of the elements. The effective thickness of the peel strength enhancement coating is that thickness capable of providing less than or equal to 10% loss of peel strength, when measured in accordance with IPC-TM-650 Method 2.4.8.5 using a ? inch wide test specimen, after being immersed in 4N HCl at about 60° C. for 6 hours.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: GBC Metals, L.L.C.Inventors: William L. Brenneman, Andrew Vacco, Szuchain F. Chen
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Patent number: 7749612Abstract: The present invention provides a metal clad laminate or a resin coated metal foil having a metal foil whose both surfaces are not substantially roughening-treated and an insulating resin composition layer using generally used insulating resin, and a printed wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof, in which the metal clad laminate or the resin coated metal foil is used, the reliability and circuit formability are high, and the conductor loss is extremely low.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Takai, Takayuki Sueyoshi
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Patent number: 7749613Abstract: A multi-layer aluminum brazing sheet including a core layer, interliner, braze clad layer and a sacrificial layer, in which the post-braze strength of the brazing sheet is optimized by controlling the manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), copper (Cu) and magnesium (Mg) contents of the core layer and the Mn, Si and Cu content of the interliner and the Mn, Si and Zn content of the sacrificial layer and the specifics of the braze thermal cycle. The brazing sheet maintains corrosion resistance, while optimizing post-braze strength, by utilizing 0.5 wt. % to 1.2 wt. % Cu in the interliner. Further, the interliner and sacrificial layer of the brazing sheet contain low or no magnesium to maintain the brazing sheet's braze-ability.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Alcoa Inc., Kobe Steel Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiro Koshigoe, Akihiro Tsuruno, Toshiki Ueda, Stephen F. Baumann
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Patent number: 7749614Abstract: The invention relates to a method of brazing a Ti—Al alloy. According to the invention, a layer of nickel (2) is disposed between a part (1) which is made from titanium aluminide and a brazing sheet (3), such as to enable: the aforementioned part (1) to be brazed to another metallic material (4) without the aluminium diffusing from one to the other; and a stable link with good mechanical strength to be produced. The invention can be used for the assembly of aircraft engine parts which are made from titanium aluminide and nickel-based superalloy.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales)Inventors: Carine Hoffmann, Marie-Pierre Bacos, Pierre Josso, Serge Naveos
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Patent number: 7749615Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which has a simple structure and utilizes phosphorescence. The organic electroluminescent device is improved in luminescent efficiency and secured of sufficient driving stability. The organic electroluminescent device includes a luminescent layer or a plurality of organic compound thin film layers containing a luminescent layer formed between a pair of electrodes. The luminescent layer contains a compound composed of an Al complex of an oxyphenylbenzoxazole which is represented by the general formula (I) below as a host material, while containing an organic metal complex including Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Re, Os, Ir, Pt or Au as a guest material: where R1 to R8 independently represent hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aromatic group or the like; n represents 2 or 4; and Z represents aromatic group, triarylsilyl group or the like when n is 2, while representing Al(III) when n is 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Fukumatsu, Hiroshi Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7749616Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element including an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic compound layers including at least one organic luminescent layer between the anode and the cathode, in which the organic luminescent layer contains a host material and two or more phosphorescent materials; the organic luminescent layer is adjacent to the organic compound layers at both an anode side and a cathode side thereof; the organic compound layer disposed adjacent to the organic luminescent layer at the anode side thereby has a thickness of 50 nm or less in thickness; and the organic compound layer disposed adjacent to organic luminescent layer at the cathode side thereby contains a compound having an ionization potential of 6.0 eV or less. The present invention also provides a display device using the organic electroluminescent element.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Kitamura, Kazuki Yamazaki, Masayuki Mishima
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Patent number: 7749617Abstract: The present invention provides a novel organic compound capable of simultaneously emitting fluorescence and phosphorescence. The organic compound according to the present invention is an organic compound consisting of only elemental hydrogen and at least two kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to the thirteenth group to the seventeenth group of the second period to the fifth period of the periodic table, and being capable of simultaneously emitting fluorescence and phosphorescence at a temperature of from ?30° C. or more and 100° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Suzuki, Kazunori Ueno, Akira Tsuboyama, Seiichi Yogi
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Patent number: 7749618Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having a pair of electrodes including a positive electrode and a negative electrode at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and one or more organic compound layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, at least one layer of the organic compound layers containing at least one charge transporting polyester having a repeating unit that contains at least one structure selected from structures represented by the following formula (I-1) as a partial structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Horiba, Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Takeshi Agata, Katsuhiro Sato, Hirohito Yoneyama, Yohei Nishino, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii
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Patent number: 7749619Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element and a display device exhibiting high emission efficiency and long life. The organic electroluminescent element contains a pair of electrodes having therebetween at least one constituting layer containing a phosphorescent light emitting layer, wherein one of the constituting layer contains a compound of Formula (1): wherein Z1 represents an aromatic heterocylic ring which may have a substituent; Z2 represents an aromatic heterocylic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring both of which may have a substituent; Z3 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond; and R101 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama, Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Noriko Ueda
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Patent number: 7749620Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave shielding material which comprises a transparent substrate and a fine line pattern formed thereon, wherein the fine line pattern comprises a metal plating film using a physically developed metal silver as a catalytic nucleus and a process for preparing an electromagnetic wave shielding material which comprises exposing a light-sensitive material having a physical development nuclei layer and a silver halide emulsion layer on a transparent substrate in this order, precipitating metal silver with an optional fine line pattern onto the physical development nuclei layer by physical development, then, removing a layer provided on the physical development nuclei layer, and subjecting to plating a metal with the use of the physically developed metal silver as a catalytic nucleus.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Taro Yoshida, Atsushi Suzuki, Yasuo Tsubai, Kazuhisa Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7749621Abstract: A method is provided for forming a photoactive coating having a photoabsorption band in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The method includes depositing a precursor composition over at least a portion of a float glass ribbon in a molten metal bath by a CVD coating device. The precursor composition includes a titania precursor material and at least one other precursor material selected from chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), ruthenium (Ru), tungsten (W), silver (Ag), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), rhenium (Re), and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Charles B. Greenberg, Janos Szanyi
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Patent number: 7749622Abstract: A multilayer film-coated substrate having the stress of the film relaxed by depositing a multilayer film comprising a metal oxide film and a silicon oxide film on a substrate at a high speed by a sputtering method using a conductive sputtering material, and a process for producing a multilayer film-coated substrate having such a low stress, are presented. A multilayer film-coated substrate comprising a substrate and at least a metal oxide film and a silicon oxide film laminated thereon repeatedly at least once, wherein at least one layer of said metal oxide film is a metal oxide film deposited by sputtering by using, as the target material, a metal oxide MOX which is deficient in oxygen than the stoichiometric composition, to have the oxygen deficiency resolved, and the stress of the multilayer film is from ?100 MPa to +100 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Yamada, Eiji Shidoji, Akira Mitsui, Takuji Oyama, Toshihisa Kamiyama