Patents Issued in December 30, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100330316
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include insulation used to insulate elongated members, such a pipe or duct, as examples. The insulation can address a number of features, including but not limited to expansion and compression of insulation material, expansion and compression of the elongated member insulated, and the ability to adapt the insulation for elongated member of different sizes and lengths. In one embodiment, the insulation is comprised of at least one plank comprised of a flexible polymeric foam configured to be wrapped around an elongated member. In order for the insulation to self-adjust to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction of the foam material, the plank is comprised of a plurality of flexible polymeric foam profiles. At least one flexible polymeric foam spacer may also be provided that self-adjusts to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction of the elongated member to prevent or reduce gaps in insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: NOMACO INC.
    Inventors: Bangshu Cao, Edouard Lauer, Scott Edwards
  • Publication number: 20100330317
    Abstract: The present invention describes the synthesis of new fluorinated elastomers with very low glass transition temperatures (Tg), a good resistance to bases, gasoline and other carburants and good workability properties, these elastomers contain hexafluoropropene (HFP), perfluoro(4-methyl-3,6-dioxaoct-7-ene) sulfonyl fluoride (PFSO2F), vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and/or at least one fluorinated alkene and/or one vinyl perfluorinated ether. In a precise case, they are prepared by radical polymerisation of HFP and PFSO2F or by radical terpolymerisation HFP, PFSO2F and VDF in the presence of different organic initiator, such as peroxides, peresters or diazo compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Bruno Michel AMEDURI, Michel Armand, Mario Boucher, Abdellatif Manseri
  • Publication number: 20100330318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid mixture and a coating or painting based on a sulfo-aluminous or sulfo-ferroaluminous clinker, the relative use as coating or painting of cementitious- and non-cementitious-based supports, in particular as coating or painting of cementitious-based pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ITALCEMENTI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberta Alfani, Gianluca Lezzi
  • Publication number: 20100330319
    Abstract: A nitrile copolymer latex composition containing a latex of a nitrile copolymer rubber (A) having ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in 10 to 75 wt %, conjugated diene monomer units in 5 to 89.9 wt %, and cationic monomer units and/or monomer units able to form cations in 0.1 to 20 wt %, an inorganic filler (B) having an aspect ratio of 30 to 2,000, and a plasticizer (C) having an SP value by the HOY method of 8 to 10.2 (cal/cm3)1/2, wherein a content of said plasticizer (C) is 0.1 to 200 parts by weight with respect to said nitrile copolymer rubber (A) as 100 parts by weight is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Tsukada, Kazuhiro Ejiri, Chikara Katano
  • Publication number: 20100330320
    Abstract: An embodiment to be applied to any hard surface to create a decorative appearance, comprising of a decorative and a flat bottom surface. The application method comprised of peeling the backing paper off of an adhesive-coated bottom surface of the embodiment, and pressing the rear surface of the embodiment toward a selected area of the surface to apply. Some advantages of the self-adhering decorative resin applique in lieu of what is currently available is its superior durability and flexibility over the traditional composition due to its nature of the unique material utilized and additionally their self-adhesive backing which makes them convenient and quick to apply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Sharin Ann Louis
  • Publication number: 20100330321
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cover layer for a printed circuit board. The cover layer includes a first polymer layer, a second polymer layer and a light-reflecting layer disposed between the first and second polymer layers and having a thickness being 0.5 to 10 micro meters. Due to the light-reflecting layer, the cover layer of the present invention has high reflection rate and great flexibility suitable for a flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ASIA ELECTRONIC MATERIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lin, Shou-Jui Hsiang, Chien-Hui Lee
  • Publication number: 20100330322
    Abstract: Dissolving paper (22) covers pressure sensitive adhesive (20) on a mounting face (18) of an object (16) to be mounted on an exterior surface of a body panel (10) of a motor vehicle by a mechanical fastening system (24). The mounting is exposed to a water wash. Water begins to be absorbed by the dissolving paper through the edge of the paper's outer perimeter. As the paper increasingly absorbs water, it dissolves in the water exposing the adhesive which then adheres to the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gayle Goodrich, Scott Watkins
  • Publication number: 20100330323
    Abstract: A bundling tape device includes: a tape wound into a plurality of loops one around the other and having an electrostatic adhesion property. The tape includes a plurality of first tearing lines, and a plurality of bundling sections divided by the first tearing lines. Each of the bundling sections has a label portion adjacent to one of the first tearing lines. The bundling sections are separable along the first tearing lines. Each of the bundling sections can be wound and self-adhered to form a ring adapted to extend around an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Tieh-Han WU
  • Publication number: 20100330324
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing flexible, stretchable, and/or elastic products comprised principally of material such as natural elastomers and other synthetic polymers. The method for producing stretchable products by spraying product material over a workpiece former, and method for creating perforated products by spraying product material over fibres in an upright position. The invention provides methods for making double sided fibre coating of the product and, or to at least coating the product surface on the side facing the wall without the need for removing the product from the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: TAMICARE LTD.
    Inventor: Ehud Giloh
  • Publication number: 20100330325
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered silicon wafer in which the maximum crystal grain size is 20?m or less and the average crystal grain size is 1?m or more but not more than 10?m; specifically, provides is a sintered silicon wafer having the following mechanical properties measured by collecting a plurality of test samples from the sintered silicon wafer having a diameter of 400mm or more, namely, the average deflecting strength based on a three-point bending test of 20kgf/mm2 or more but not more than 50kgf/mm2, the average tensile strength of 5kgf/mm2 or more but not more than 20kgf/mm2, and the average Vickers hardness of Hv 800 or more but not more than Hv 1200. The provided sintered silicon wafer is a sintered compact wafer having a fixed strength and mechanical properties similar to those of single-crystal silicon even when it is a sintered silicon wafer of large-size disk shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Takamura
  • Publication number: 20100330326
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fibrous web having a first region and at least one discrete integral second region, the second region having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, John Joseph Curro, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, John Lee Hammons
  • Publication number: 20100330327
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide carpet tile patterns and techniques for making carpet tile patterns that provide diversity of color, texture, and/or other pattern attributes. In some embodiments, a color attribute changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In other embodiments, a yarn pile height changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In some embodiments, carpet tiles mimic in some respects the appearance of wood flooring having natural variations in the appearance of the wood elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Interface, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Oakey, Bridget Machell
  • Publication number: 20100330328
    Abstract: A finger napkin, adapted to receive a finger for use while eating food, comprises a body configured to comprise a curved surface for conforming to the finger and a fastening means for securing the finger napkin to the finger. The body of the finger napkin comprises an inner layer and an outer layer wherein the inner layer is made of flexible material for enclosing the finger and the outer layer is made of paper or cloth napkin for contacting food. The finger napkin prevents fingers from soiling or burn while eating. In addition, the finger napkin makes it easier to hold and manipulate food while eating; and helps for the cleanness of eating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: KYONG SEOK LEE
  • Publication number: 20100330329
    Abstract: A vehicle with a drag-reducing outer surface. A method of reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle includes the steps of: providing an outer surface on a body of the vehicle, with the outer surface including spaced apart turbulence-inducing structures thereon. The structures cause boundary layer separation to be delayed along a length of the body, thereby reducing a drag coefficient of the body. A vehicle wrapping product for reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle includes an outer surface for applying onto an opaque portion of a body of the vehicle. The outer surface includes a plurality of structures which induce turbulence and thereby delay separation of a boundary layer along a length of the body, to thereby reduce a drag coefficient of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Peter C. Salaverry
  • Publication number: 20100330330
    Abstract: A mechanically expandable foam sheet has comprising a plurality of discrete slits therein that allow the foam sheet to be expanded from an unexpanded foam sheet configuration to an expanded foam sheet configuration. The expandable foam sheet has a density of from 14 g/liter to 48 g/liter in the unexpanded configuration and a thickness of from 6 mm to 50 mm. The slits are of a kind and of a size and arrangement that the expanded foam sheet locks into the expanded configuration by exhibiting a pressure-to-close of at least 5 gm/cm2. Each of the slits provides only a single free volume in the expanded foam sheet. An expandable foam sheet having serpentine-shaped expansion and locking arms is also disclosed, as are various cushioning articles comprising expanded foam sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Nicholas De Luca, Andrew B. Perkins, Shane L. Washburn, Joseph D. Gangel
  • Publication number: 20100330331
    Abstract: A panel for a display comprises a transparent substrate, a color changing coating formed on one surface of the substrate, an anti-reflection coating formed on the color changing coating, and a metallic coating formed on the anti-reflection coating. The substrate is formed with a plurality of light scattering portions whose density gradually changes on one surface of the substrate. An electronic device using the panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHWAN-HWA CHIANG, FENG-YUEN DAI, QI-JIAN DU
  • Publication number: 20100330332
    Abstract: The cover according to the invention serves to encapsulate microsystems, wherein the cover comprises or is made of one or more cover units, and at least one cover unit comprises at least one first recess caused by deformation and bounded at least partially by at least one optical window, the quadratic surface roughness thereof being less than or equal to 25 nm. The invention further relates to a method for producing optical components, wherein the method is particularly also suitable for producing a cover according to the invention allowing encapsulation at the wafer level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Quenzer, Marten Oldsen, Ulrich Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20100330333
    Abstract: Multilayered composite materials comprise as components: (A) a textile sheet material, (B) optionally at least one bonding layer, and (C) a polyurethane layer with capillaries passing through the entire thickness of the polyurethane layer, wherein textile sheet material (A) and polyurethane layer (C) are bonded to each other directly or via bonding layer (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carl Jokisch, Juergen Weiser
  • Publication number: 20100330334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial leather and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the method of the invention, an elastic layer is disposed on a surface of a base material, a color pattern layer is disposed on an uneven surface of the elastic layer and a cover layer covers the color pattern layer, so as to form the artificial leather. The elastic layer includes a plurality of sparkling materials. By utilizing the sparkling materials, the color pattern layer and the uneven surface, the artificial leather has a sparkling effect at various angles by showing the gradation of the stacking particles (sparkling materials). In addition, the cover layer can protect the color pattern layer on the elastic layer, so that the color pattern layer has excellent sturdiness against peeling and light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SAN FANG CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chih Feng, Pai-Hsiang Wu, Jung-Ching Chang, Yuan-Fang Tsai, Jui-Che Chang
  • Publication number: 20100330335
    Abstract: A friction material including a plurality of fibers and a resin component binding the fibers, and wherein the resin component includes an elastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Brian R. Ciupak, Feng Dong, Timothy P. Newcomb
  • Publication number: 20100330336
    Abstract: Decorative films, useful for making a wide range of decorative laminates, that have a relatively deep texture on one major face and a relatively smoother, print receptive surface on the other major face. Notwithstanding the deep texture, the films have superb tracking characteristics and are compatible with a wide variety of automated printing operations. This allows automated printing equipment to print information directly onto the films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: William R. Guillot, Jon R. Schrader, Cornelius Joseph Toomey
  • Publication number: 20100330337
    Abstract: One embodiment is a combine having an operator's cab, an engine, a grain harvesting assembly, a grain transfer assembly, a grain bin for receiving grain from the forward section grain transfer assembly, and a transverse crop residue baler disposed at the rear of said combine and moving integrally with said combine. The transverse crop residue baler also can be towed by the combine and is connected to the combine by two widely spaced-apart joints that permit only movement in the pitch axis. The combine can be devoid of an on-board grain bin and comprise a forward unit; the transverse crop residue baler disposed at the rear of and carried by the forward unit; and the combine includes a rearward unit jointedly attached to the forward unit and having, steerable and powered wheel assembly, an on-board grain bin, and a grain off-loading assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Ben N. Dillon
  • Publication number: 20100330338
    Abstract: A flexible and stretchable patterned substrate is provided having a strain-permitting material comprising a patterned conformation that allows the flexible patterned substrate to experience local strain or local strain domains lower than the macroscopic strain of the flexible and stretchable patterned substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mary C. Boyce, Simona Socrate, Christopher M. Boyce, Brian P. Greviskes
  • Publication number: 20100330339
    Abstract: Glass bodies are decoratively affected by having coatings of dichroic materials applied to an uneven surface, which in turn are coated with an opaque coating that may be protective, absorptive, or reflective. This combination of coatings transmits or reflects different colors of light in patterns that are determined by the unevenness of the coated surface, the design of the dichroic film, the design of the opaque coating, and an angle of view of an observer. Both the color patterns and the colors forming the patterns change with different viewing angles of the coated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED COATINGS GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Pomeroy, Paul D. Gray
  • Publication number: 20100330340
    Abstract: Superhydrophobic surfaces according to the invention contain micro or nanoscale hydrophobic features which can support a shear-free air-water interface between peaks in the surface topology. The surface of an engineered structure is patterned with a plurality of parallel ridges extending from the surface. The ridges have a width d and a height h, and are spaced apart by a first spacing dimension w. The ridges extend along the surface of the solid object for a predefined length l. Breaker ridges are situated between the parallel ridges, and are oriented at an angle to the parallel ridges. The breaker ridges are preferably spaced apart by a second spacing dimension. The breaker ridges and the parallel ridges are configured to define a volume wherein a gas may be situated. The engineered structure is configured to provide a reduced drag force between itself and a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Rothstein, Robert Daniello
  • Publication number: 20100330341
    Abstract: A transparent blast and ballistic projectile resistant barrier is comprised of a two-dimensional array of transparent hardened tiles that are encapsulated in a transparent resin layer. Preferably, the hardened tiles are transparent ceramic tiles, and the resin layer is a transparent polyurethane encapsulating the tiles. Additional transparent polycarbonate layers and glass fiber layers are also employed reinforcing the transparent barrier and providing the transparent barrier with polished exterior surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: DEFBAR SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Percival, Richard L. LaBrash
  • Publication number: 20100330342
    Abstract: A coating arrangement includes a coating carrier having at least one surface and a coating having particles with a hardness of at least 9 on the Mohs hardness scale disposed on the at least one surface of the coating carrier. The particles forming substantially a single layer and being fixed on the carrier surface by a metallic material applied by electroplating. Such a coating arrangement may be used in a coupling that further includes a counter element against which the coating arrangement is intended to press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Peter Horling, Wolfgang Gläntz
  • Publication number: 20100330343
    Abstract: A method for making key panel comprises the following steps: providing a transparent or translucent substrate; forming a plurality of grooves in a surface of the substrate; filling the grooves with ink; and forming a translucent metallic coating on the surface of the substrate and covering the ink. A key panel made by the above mentioned method is also described there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: HONG-BO LI, YAN-MIN WANG, GANG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20100330344
    Abstract: A method for making key panel comprises the following steps: molding a transparent or translucent substrate, forming a plurality of grooves in the substrate during the molding of the substrate; filling the grooves with ink; and forming a translucent metallic coating on the surface of the substrate and covering the ink. A key panel made by the above mentioned method is also described there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: HONG-BO LI, YAN-MIN WANG, GANG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20100330345
    Abstract: The invention provides a lithographic method referred to as “dip pen” nanolithography (DPN). DPN utilizes a scanning probe microscope (SPM) tip (e.g., an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip) as a “pen,” a solid-state substrate (e.g., gold) as “paper,” and molecules with a chemical affinity for the solid-state substrate as “ink.” Capillary transport of molecules from the SPM tip to the solid substrate is used in DPN to directly write patterns consisting of a relatively small collection of molecules in submicrometer dimensions, making DPN useful in the fabrication of a variety of microscale and nanoscale devices. The invention also provides substrates patterned by DPN, including submicrometer combinatorial arrays, and kits, devices and software for performing DPN. The invention further provides a method of performing AFM imaging in air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Chad A MIRKIN, Richard Piner, Seunghun Hong
  • Publication number: 20100330346
    Abstract: A method and article involve calibrating a digital image for transfer to a hard surface for display thereon. A calibration table is created for calibrating a printer. A digital image, using the calibration settings is printed in mirror form onto a transfer sheet. The image is then transferred to the surface and polished to result in the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Philip Leapold Charles Fischer
  • Publication number: 20100330347
    Abstract: The invention relates to the application of a coating to a substrate in which the coating includes a polymer material and the coating is selectively fluorinated and/or cured to improve the liquid repellance of the same. The invention also provides for the selective fluorination and/or curing of selected areas of the coating thus, when completed, providing a coating which has regions of improved liquid repellance with respect to the remaining regions and which remaining regions may be utilized as liquid collection areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SURFACE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jas Pal Singh BADYAL, Iain Stuart WOODWARD
  • Publication number: 20100330348
    Abstract: A camouflage scheme including a polygonal scheme area for a camouflage pattern, the area is dimensioned to substantially cover an object area of an object to be camouflaged, the scheme area has a first side length including a substantial first extension of the object and a second side length including a substantial second extension of the object, at least two adjacent property bands in the scheme area are both aligned in the same first running direction having specified widths and the property bands in a first running direction are intersected by at least one property band extending in a second running direction, adjacent property bands differ alternatingly at least in the mode of one perceptible characteristic, the dimensions of the scheme area and the widths of the property bands are sized such that a maximum of only three bands extend in the scheme area in their entire width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Florian Lenz
  • Publication number: 20100330349
    Abstract: A component includes at least one element made of a sealing material, wherein a topographic marking is incorporated into the at least one element,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Kurt Ewald, Christian Geubert, Jan Helms, Peter Kritzer, Thorsten Wieland
  • Publication number: 20100330350
    Abstract: A laminated film with 200 or more laminated layers which include at least layers comprising a resin A and layers comprising a resin B where, taking the layers comprising the resin A having a layer thickness from 10 nm to 1000 nm as a layer group L, the layer group L has layers La, Lb and Lc and, in the direction from one surface to the other, these are arranged in the order of the layer La, the layer Lb, and the layer Lc, the thicknesses of the layers La and Lc are the same and at least 30 layers, each layer comprising the resin A, are included between the layer La and the layer Lc, and the thickness of the layer La is at least 1.4-fold or more and 0.7-hold or less the thickness of the layer Lb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Syunichi Osada, Wataru Gouda
  • Publication number: 20100330351
    Abstract: The invention relates to yarns and fabrics containing nylon staple fiber and high-tenacity man-made cellulosic staple fiber, and garments made therefrom, and has particular reference to fabrics having a high resistance to wear whilst retaining a high comfort level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Lenzing AG
    Inventors: Marina Crnoja-Cosic, James Martin Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100330352
    Abstract: A bonded part with a press-fit, vulcanized rubber member residing in compression between two rigid members and bonded thereto. The rubber member is a laminate with a core layer sandwiched between and bonded to two self-bonding rubber layers. The bonded part may be, for example, a vibration damper, isolator or absorber. The core layer and the self-bonding layers may have the same primary elastomer and cure system type, and the self-bonding layers have an adhesion promoter not present in the core layer. The adhesive layers may be from 0.05 to 1 mm thick or from 5% to 10% of the laminate thickness. The method includes forming a rubber core layer, curing it, applying a rubber adhesive layer on each side to form a laminate, inserting the laminate between two rigid members under compression, and post-curing to form a bonded part. The adhesive layers may be partially cured before inserting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Yuding Feng, Lin Zhu, Yahya Hodjat, Paul N. Dunlap
  • Publication number: 20100330353
    Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid thin film including: an organic compound (A) having at least one functional group and; an inorganic compound (B) having a metal atom, as a core, to which each of at least one functional group and at least one hydrolysable group is bound directly or via a connecting group, the organic-inorganic hybrid thin film being structured such that a covalent bond is formed between the functional group in the organic compound (A) and the functional group in the inorganic compound (B), and a metal oxide is formed from the inorganic compound (B) through a hydrolytic reaction on the hydrolysable group in the inorganic compound (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Toyoki Kunitake, Hiroomi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100330354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape capable of exhibiting excellent adhesive property, and of inhibiting deformation of an adherend fixed with this pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, even under a high temperature or low temperature environment. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is one having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer including a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer is obtained by copolymerization of a monomer mixture containing, at least, 60 to 96% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group with 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 2 to 10% by weight of a carboxyl group-containing monomer, and 2 to 8% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having no carboxyl group, whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 50 to 190° C. as monomer components, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a gel fraction of 0 to 30% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsukagoshi, Yutaka Tosaki, Junji Yokoyama, Yoshikazu Soeda, Noboru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100330355
    Abstract: A process for producing silicone foam, involves a reaction mixture in which hydrogen is released in a first reaction of compounds with at least one Si—H group in the presence of a basic catalyst. The reaction mixture is crosslinked in a second reaction in the presence of a metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SONDERHOFF CHEMICALS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Morhenn, Alfred Link
  • Publication number: 20100330356
    Abstract: Multi-layer composite materials comprising a foam layer, corresponding method of production and use thereof. Multilayered composite materials comprising as components: (A) a foam layer where the foam is selected from polystyrene foams, polyurethane foams, polyester foams, butadiene-styrene block copolymer foams, natural sponges and amino resin foams, (B) optionally at least one bonding layer and (C) a polyurethane layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carl Jokisch, Juergen Weiser
  • Publication number: 20100330357
    Abstract: A method of producing a PCD body includes the step of providing a region of coarser diamond particles between a source of binder phase and a region of fine grained diamond particles having a particle size less than 2 ?m. The binder phase is caused to infiltrate the diamond mass through the region of coarser diamond particles under elevated temperature and pressure conditions suitable to produce PCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Geoffrey John Davies, Gerrard Peters
  • Publication number: 20100330358
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carbon nanotube dispersion, in which carbon nanotubes are uniformly dispersed and a satisfactory dispersed state is maintained over a long period of time, and also inherent properties of carbon nanotubes can be exhibited. The carbon nanotube dispersion contains an alcohol solvent (preferably a lower alcohol having about 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a polyvinyl acetal resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: MEIJO NANO CARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100330359
    Abstract: A high-hardness hard coat film having a reduced degree of curling and an ionizing ray polymerizable resin composition for forming the hard coat layer of such a hard coat film are provided. The hard coat film includes a resin film and a hard coat layer disposed on the surface of the resin film. The hard coat layer is formed of a cured product of a photopolymerizable composition containing an acrylic component, a hyperbranched acrylate resin, a silicone component, and silica particles. The cured product is produced by exposure to ionizing rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaroh Ishikawa, Ikuo Kakefuda, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20100330360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface coated member having excellent adhesion resistance and fracture resistance. A surface coated member (1) comprises a coating layer (3) on the surface of a base (2). The coating layer (3) is composed of a multilayer body wherein a titanium carbonitride (TiCN) layer (4), a continuously existing intermediate layer (5) containing titanium, aluminum, carbon and oxygen and having an average film thickness of 5-30 nm, and an a-aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer (9) composed of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) having an a crystal structure are sequentially formed by deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Tanibuchi, Yoshikazu Kodama, Tsuyoshi Fukano
  • Publication number: 20100330361
    Abstract: A metal magnet 10 including a magnet body 12 and a coating layer 14 over the magnet body 12, in which the coating layer 14 has a Martens hardness of 2000 N/mm2 or more and an elastic resilience of 25% or less, and a motor including the metal magnet 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIDA, Jun Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20100330362
    Abstract: A laminated sheet having a substrate layer and a cover layer which is formed on at least one side of the substrate layer, wherein (i) the substrate layer contains a polycarbonate resin and a specific thioether-based compound; and (ii) the cover layer contains a polycarbonate resin and at least one ultraviolet absorbent selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole-based compound having a molecular weight of not less than 380, a triazine-based compound having a molecular weight of not less than 400 and a specific cyclic iminoester-based compound. The laminated sheet is excellent in weatherability and color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Moritoshi Matsumoto, Seiichi Tanabe, Jiro Ariki
  • Publication number: 20100330363
    Abstract: A resin substrate of the present invention has a resin layer and a surface layer formed on a surface of the resin layer, wherein the surface layer is a layer comprising silicon nitride as a main component and deposited by the chemical vapor deposition method, and at the interface between the resin layer and the surface layer, at the interface between the resin layer and the surface layer, an interfacial region over which a percentage changes from 80% to 20% has a thickness of not more than 25 nm, wherein the difference between the maximum nitrogen concentration in the surface layer and the steady-state nitrogen concentration in the resin layer is taken as 100%. The surface layer has an average surface roughness (Ra) of not more than 1 nm. The resin substrate has properties of water vapor barrier and surface flatness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: ULVAC, INC., UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Fujinaga, Makiko Takagi, Masanori Hashimoto, Shin Asari, Ryuji Oyama
  • Publication number: 20100330364
    Abstract: This invention provides a wiring-terminal-connecting adhesive comprising a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles, and a wiring-terminal-connecting method and a wiring structure which make use of such an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Motohiro ARIFUKU, Itsuo WATANABE, Kouji MOTOMURA, Kouji KOBAYASHI, Yasushi GOTOH, Tohru FUJINAWA
  • Publication number: 20100330365
    Abstract: A strand-like material is formed of CNT yarns that are embedded in a metal matrix. The embedding in a common matrix has the advantage in that the material composite exhibits an improved electrical conductivity. This lies in the ability for electrons to switch from the CNT to the matrix and back again. The strand-like material composite is therefore suitable for use as an electrical conductor. Further proposed is a method for producing the strand-like material composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jörg Hassel, Hans-Richard Kretschmer, Daniel Reznik, Arno Steckenborn