Patents Issued in September 6, 2011
  • Patent number: 8012555
    Abstract: An improved fluoroplastic lined elastomeric tube that can maintain a stable flow rate while pumping aggressive chemicals in a peristaltic pump for an extended period of time and is fabricated in sizes ranging from 0.5 mm to 100 mm in inside diameter. The inner fluoroplastic liner comprises a composite of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and a fluoroplastic polymer resulting in improved flex life over single component fluoroplastics. The inventive liner is bonded to either an unreinforced elastomer or a fiber reinforced elastomer for use in both low and high pressure peristaltic pump applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Maztech, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Allen Zumbrum
  • Patent number: 8012556
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic rubber composition and its vulcanized product, having good vulcanization characteristics and an excellent balance between processability, mechanical properties of rubber and compression set. The acrylic rubber composition comprises a carboxyl group-containing acrylic rubber, a diazabicycloalkene compound, a polyamine compound, and a tertiary amine compound represented by the following formula (1): where each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a substituent having at least one saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having a linear structure, a branched structure or a cyclic structure, or benzyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Uichiro Yamagishi, Toshiaki Miyauchi, Yasushi Abe
  • Patent number: 8012557
    Abstract: A label assembly and method of using the same to label articles durably, yet removably. In one embodiment, the label assembly is used to label fabric articles, such as clothing, and comprises (a) an image forming laminate for forming an image on the fabric article, the image forming laminate comprising an ink layer, the ink layer being bondable to the fabric article; and (b) an image removing laminate for removing the image from the fabric article, the image removing laminate comprising a remover layer, the remover layer, upon being activated by heat and/or light, being bondable to the ink layer of the image forming laminate; (c) whereby, upon bonding of the image removing laminate to the ink layer, the bonding between the image removing laminate and the ink layer is stronger than the bonding between the ink layer and the fabric article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Tsai Hseih, Kuolih Tsai, Yi-Hung Chiao, Xiao-Ming He, Li Shu, Ramin Heydarpour, Alan Morgenthau
  • Patent number: 8012558
    Abstract: Release agent more particularly for an adhesive with an ethylene multi-block copolymer, the ethylene multi-block copolymer being composed of hard segment blocks, comprising at least 95% (w/w) ethylene and a comonomer, and of soft segment blocks, comprising ethylene and a comonomer, the fraction of comonomer in the soft segment blocks being between 10 and 20 mol %, and the fraction of the hard segment blocks in the ethylene multi-block copolymer being not more than 45% (w/w).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventor: Nicole Behrens
  • Patent number: 8012559
    Abstract: An optical information recording medium having the same recording volume as that of DVD-ROM is obtained which shows excellent characteristics at recording linear velocities within a range of twice linear velocity of DVD (about 8.2 m/s) to five times liner velocity of DVD (about 20.5 m/s) and excellent archival stability, by a construction including a transparent substrate, a recording layer which is formed on the substrate directly or with another layer interposed therebetween and can change in phase reversibly by a laser beam irradiation, wherein the composition of the recording layer is within a region bounded by composition points A(41.2, 7.4, 51.4), B(39.8, 10.5, 49.7), C(28.5, 21.7, 9.8), and D(30.6, 15.8, 53.6) in a triangular coordinate graph represented with a coordinate of (Ge, Sb—Bi, Te) and a Bi content in the recording layer is 4 atom % and more and less than 13 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kusada, Tomiharu Hosaka, Noboru Yamada
  • Patent number: 8012560
    Abstract: An optical disc (10) includes a substrate (11), which is formed from either a resin-impregnated paper produced by impregnating a paper with a resin, or a resin-coated paper produced by coating a surface of a paper with a resin, and a recording layer (13), wherein the resin contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polycarbonates, bisphenol A epoxy resins, copolymers of methyl methacrylate and styrene, and copolymers of acrylonitrile and styrene. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing an optical disc (20) includes: providing a recording layer sheet by forming tracks on a recording base material; and bonding the recording layer sheet to a resin-impregnated paper or a resin-coated paper, thereby providing a recording layer (13) formed from the recording layer sheet on the substrate (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Kinoshita, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Umeyama, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tomomi Yukumoto
  • Patent number: 8012561
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin is provided which includes a fiber bundle 2 comprising a plurality of monofilament layers 20, 21, and 22 being laminated, each of the monofilament layers comprising a plurality of monofilaments 23 arranged in one direction and an adhesive 3 for adhering the monofilaments 23 of the fiber bundle 2 together, and the fiber bundle 2 has a honeycomb-shaped cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Harazono, Masaharu Shirai, Katsura Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8012562
    Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a wear-resistant coating, especially for gas turbine components, comprising a horizontally segmented or multilayered structure, i.e. at least one relatively hard, ceramic layer and at least one relatively soft, metallic layer. The ceramic layer and the metallic layer are alternately arranged on top of each other in such a way that an external layer forming an external surface of the wear-resistant coating is embodied as a ceramic layer. According to the invention, at least the external, ceramic layer is segmented in a column-type manner in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Falko Heutling, Thomas Uihlein
  • Patent number: 8012563
    Abstract: A large-size substrate adapted for light exposure is of a plate shape having a diagonal length or diameter of 500-2,000 mm, a thickness of 1-20 mm, and a peripheral surface with a roughness Ra of 0.05-0.4 ?m. The number of particles released from the substrate periphery during cleaning is minimized, leading to an improved yield in the cleaning step. The substrate can be manually handled, achieving an improvement in substrate quality without a need for a handling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kusabiraki, Yukio Shibano
  • Patent number: 8012564
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a substrate having a surface and a dielectric layer comprising a distribution of particles. The layer is located over the surface and has a dielectric constant of seven or more. Each particle has a particle core and a polymer shell that is chemically bonded thereto and located around the associated particle core. Each particle core includes a material having a dielectric constant of about fifteen or more. Aggregates of the particle cores having diameters of about 0.5 microns or more are substantially absent from the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Ashok J. Maliakal
  • Patent number: 8012565
    Abstract: Absorbent structures with nonwoven meltblown lyocell fiber webs are described which have excellent liquid distribution properties. The absorbent structures comprise at least two nonwoven meltblown lyocell fiber webs with superabsorbent polymer intermediate the two webs. Methods for making the structures are also described. The structures are particularly useful for use in disposable hygienic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR Company
    Inventor: Mengkui Luo
  • Patent number: 8012566
    Abstract: Methods and structures including a release mechanism for use with the formation and then separation of a multi-layered structure are provided. The methods and structures provide for a master substrate on which is formed a temperature-sensitive release layer. A releasable structure is then formed on top of the temperature-sensitive release layer. The releasable structure can be freed from the master substrate by exposing the temperature-sensitive release layer to a temperature sufficient to soften or melt of the release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ramesh Govinda Raju, Patricia A. Beck
  • Patent number: 8012567
    Abstract: Light-collimating films as well as other microstructured film articles are described that comprise a (e.g. UV) cured light transmissive film comprising the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition. Polymerizable resin compositions are also described that comprise aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer(s), bisphenol-A ethoxylated diacrylate(s), and a crosslinker having at least three (meth)acrylate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Gaides, Ignatius A. Kadoma, David B. Olson, Randy A. Larson, Anita R. Sykora
  • Patent number: 8012568
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminated shape-retainable sheet which has such a sufficient shape retainability that a user can give a desired shape easily to the sheet, and requires no press working step for giving a curved shape, a core for a headwear brim using the same, a brim of a headwear, and a headwear. In the laminated shape-retainable sheet of the invention, shape-retainable sheets each comprising a thermoplastic resin and each having shape retainability in a monoaxial direction are laminated and bonded onto each other in such a manner that the monoaxial directions of adjacent sheets out of the shape-retainable sheets make a predetermined angle, in particular, 45 to 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sekisui Seikei, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuo Matsuzaka, Yujiro Hirao
  • Patent number: 8012569
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is that in a sliding member whose substrate is improved in sliding characteristics by a coating layer comprising a solid lubricant, the coating layer is obtained as one having a low coefficient of friction and an excellent wear resistance. In the present invention, the coating layer 7 has a structure formed by laminating solid lubricant plate crystal grains 3, and contains not more than 10 mass % of a resin for binder 8 for bonding the solid lubricant plate crystal grains 3, and the lubricant plate crystal grains have a crystal structure formed by piling (00l) planes (wherein l is an integer of not less than 1) in parallel, the index of orientation of the (00l) planes being not less than 90% at least on the sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ochi, Masahito Fujita, Takuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8012570
    Abstract: This invention provides printing paper which comprises an aliphatic polyester resin utilizing a plant resource-derived biomass material, is excellent, for example, in traveling stability on a printing machine, material strength, reproduction of dots, print sharpness, and waterfastness and is suitable for use in applications where sheet offset printing is carried out, for example, commercial printing applications such as outdoor posters and maps, catalogs, pamphlets, and menues, and a label using the same. The printing paper is a film formed of an aliphatic polyester resin composition comprising 40 to 90% by weight of an aliphatic polyester resin (a) comprising a binary or higher material of aliphatic diol units represented by formula (I) and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units represented by formula (II) and 60 to 10% by weight of an inorganic fine powder (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Ohkawachi, Akira Iwai, Minoru Kato
  • Patent number: 8012571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multilayer optical films and birefringent copolyester films. The birefringent copolyester optical layer or birefringent copolyester film comprises a major amount of naphthalate units, ethylene units, and a minor amount of branched or cyclic C4 to C10 alkyl units. Also described are certain copolyester polymeric materials further comprising subunits of a phthalate ionomer such as dimethyl sulfosodium isophthtalate ionomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Yufeng Liu, David T. Yust, Stephen A. Johnson, Kristopher J. Derks
  • Patent number: 8012572
    Abstract: A multilayer, heat-shrinkable film generally includes at least one bulk layer and a microlayer section comprising a plurality of microlayers. The ratio of the thickness of any of the microlayers to the thickness of the bulk layer ranges from about 1:2 to about 1:40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafizi Ramli, Larry Bikle McAllister, Anton L. Timmons, Bradford E. Webster, John R. Wolf, Christopher Brown, George D. Wofford
  • Patent number: 8012573
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose fiber composite having high transparency, low water absorption and low coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A fiber composite which comprises fibers having an average fiber diameter of at most 30 nm and a matrix material and which has a haze of at most 5 according to JIS K-7136 when the fiber composite has a thickness of 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Kowata, Akira Watanabe, Hideko Akai
  • Patent number: 8012574
    Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber Ti—Al composite material having hardness, heat resistance and abrasion resistance, having reduced weight and improved strength and thermal conductivity and being excellent in 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 fiber length of at most 1,000 ?m and having a hollow-structured central axis and a titanium powder or a titanium oxide powder, with aluminum or an aluminum alloy by molten metal forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Corporation, FJ Composite Materials Co., Ltd., Advanced Material Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiki Tsushima, Kazuyuki Murakami, Susumu Katagiri, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8012575
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermoset-bound fiber moldings produced from fiber material based on natural and/or synthetic fibers and bound by means of a thermoset binder. To produce thermoset-bound fiber moldings which combine the good mechanical, acoustical and fire properties of phenolic-bound fiber moldings with an ideally complete absence of any odor due to phenolic resin, at least one adsorbent is embedded in the surface and/or in the interior of the fiber molding during the operation of pre- and/or end-curing the thermosetting binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Müller
  • Patent number: 8012576
    Abstract: A roof covering includes a roofing mat formed from fibers of a fiber material. The fibers are coated with a sizing. The roof covering also includes a coating material that coats the mat. The coating material is based on an organic material. The sizing includes a sulfur-containing material that bonds to the fiber material. The sulfur-containing material has sulfur groups that form cross-links with the organic material. In another embodiment, the coating material contains sulfur added to the organic material. The sizing includes a bonding material that bonds to the fiber material and that bonds to the sulfur. The sulfur forms cross-links with the organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry H C Lee, Gregory S. Helwig, David R. Jones, IV, David C. Trumbore
  • Patent number: 8012577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a consolidated or densified composite article comprising polymer, particularly fluoropolymer, and carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: J. David Booze, James E. Weishampel
  • Patent number: 8012578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of composites from thermoplastic polymers and (semi)metal oxides, in particular silicon dioxide, wherein at least a part of the (semi)metal oxides is dispersed in the polymers in nanodispersed manner (nanocomposites). The invention relates to the composites obtainable by this process and their processing to give molded articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut an der RWTH Aachen e.V.
    Inventors: Susanne Spiegelberg, Armin Alteheld, Xiaomin Zhu, Karin Peter, Martin Möller
  • Patent number: 8012579
    Abstract: A laminated body comprises: a particle dispersion layer comprising a first material and particles dispersed in the first material, the first material being changed from a gel state to a sol state upon increase in temperature; and a coated layer comprising a second material, the second material is changed from a gel state to a sol state upon increase in temperature, is changed from a gel state to a sol state upon decrease in temperature, and shows a hysteresis behavior in sol-gel change upon change in temperature, wherein the particle dispersion layer in a sol state and the coated layer in a gel state are laminated in contact with each other, and in a state where each of the particle dispersion layer and the coated layer contains a solvent, a maximum temperature T1 where the first material maintains a gel state is less than a maximum temperature T2 where the second material maintains a gel state upon increase in temperature (T1<T2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Harada, Makoto Gomyo, Yasunori Okano, Taijyu Gan, Chisato Urano, Hiroshi Arisawa
  • Patent number: 8012580
    Abstract: An adhesive bonding sheet having an optically transmitting supporting substrate and an adhesive bonding layer, and being used in both a dicing step and a semiconductor element adhesion step, wherein the adhesive bonding layer comprises: a polymer component (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more including functional groups; an epoxy resin (B); a phenolic epoxy resin curing agent (C); a photoreactive monomer (D), wherein the Tg of the cured material obtained by ultraviolet light irradiation is 250° C. or more; and a photoinitiator (E) which generates a base and a radical by irradiation with ultraviolet light of wavelength 200-450 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Ookubo, Teiichi Inada
  • Patent number: 8012581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bilayer pressure-sensitive adhesive. Provision is made for the bilayer pressure-sensitive adhesive to comprise an apolar layer and a polar layer, the apolar layer and the polar layer each comprising a polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive having a static glass transition temperature of not more than +15° C., and the surface energy of the apolar layer differing from the surface energy of the polar layer by at least 5 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: tesa AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Stephan Zollner
  • Patent number: 8012582
    Abstract: A method of making a proppant is provided, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) forming a particulate comprising: (i) a binder; and (ii) a filler; and (b) sintering the particulate to form a sintered proppant, wherein the sintered proppant comprises: (i) at least 20 wt % of alkaline earth oxide equivalent; and (ii) at least 20 wt % of silicon dioxide equivalent. A method of treating (e.g., fracturing) a subterranean formation is provided, the method including the steps of: (a) suspending the sintered proppant in a treatment fluid; and (b) introducing the sintered proppant into the subterranean formation. The sintered proppant is made with a raw material selected from the group consisting of: unhydrated cement, hydrated cement (e.g., construction cement or concrete waste), kiln dust, fly ash, limestone, lime, talc, olivine, dolomite, clay that contains a substantial concentration of alkaline earth oxide equivalent, and any combination thereof in any proportion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongyu Luo, Ashok Santra, Lewis R. Norman, Mark Parker, Ronald J. Powell, Rajesh K. Saini
  • Patent number: 8012583
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer member that includes a core shell component where the core is, for example, a polyaniline, and the shell is a polyhedral silsesquioxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 8012584
    Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a vessel body and a fiber reinforced plastic layer formed on the surface of the vessel body, wherein the fiber reinforced plastic layer include fiber reinforced plastic in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with plastic, a strand elastic modulus of the reinforcing fiber is 305 GPa or higher, and a tensile elongation of the reinforcing fiber is 1.45 to 1.70%. A carbon fiber for a pressure vessel has a strand elastic modulus of 305 GPa or higher and a tensile elongation of 1.45 to 1.70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Sugiura, Satoshi Nagatsuka, Hidehiro Takemoto, Makoto Matsumoto, Masayuki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8012585
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite film includes a carbon nanotube film and at least one conductive coating. The carbon nanotube film includes an amount of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are parallel to a surface of the carbon nanotube film. The least one conductive coating is disposed about the carbon nanotube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Liang Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 8012586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include articles comprising a diamond like carbon coating or doped diamond like carbon coating on one or more surfaces of a plastic substrate or a plastic enclosure. Embodiments of the DLC or doped DLC coatings reduce the gas permeation of the coated plastic or thermoplastic to hydrogen or helium compared to the permeability of the plastic alone. The DLC or doped DLC coatings coating provides a surface resistivity of from about 107 to about 1014 ohm/square and have a transmittance that range from about 0% to about 70% less than the transmittance of the underlying plastic substrate in the range of about 300 nm to about 1100 nm. The DLC coated plastic can be used in environmental enclosures for protecting environmentally sensitive substrates such as semiconductor wafers and reticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Extrand, Sung In Moon
  • Patent number: 8012587
    Abstract: The invention refers to coatings on different substrates, whereby a hydrophilic polymer layer is bound by means of a polymer adhesion promoter layer to a substrate. A method for the production of these layer systems is disclosed as well. The layers according to the invention can be used as immobilization matrix and for the suppression of non-specific protein adsorption in biosensors, MALDI targets and other bioanalytical devices. Furthermore they can be used for the bio-compatibilization of implants and for the coating of contact lenses. Optical elements, which are provided with such coatings, do not fog up any more. Beyond that the layers are dirt-deflecting and/or self-cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Institut fur Chemo-und Biosensorik Munster E.V.
    Inventors: Erk Gedig, Lutz Haalck
  • Patent number: 8012588
    Abstract: A laminated product has a multilayer structure comprising an optical base and a cured polyurethane resin layer formed thereon from a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or a precursor therefor. The polyurethane resin layer is formed by applying a coating fluid comprising a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or precursor therefor and a solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher and a solubility parameter of 8 or larger. Also provided is a coating material comprising a radical-polymerizable monomer ingredient, a silicone or fluorochemical surfactant, and a photochromic compound. In producing a photochromic optical article, excellent adhesion between a base and a photochromic layer is attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Izumi, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 8012590
    Abstract: Glass coatings on metals including Ti, Ti6A14V and CrCo were prepared for use as implants. The composition of the glasses was tailored to match the thermal expansion of the substrate metal. By controlling the firing atmosphere, time, and temperature, it was possible to control the reactivity between the glass and the alloy and to fabricate coatings (25-150 ?m thick) with excellent adhesion to the substrate. The optimum firing temperatures ranged between 800 and 840° C. at times up to 1 min in air or 15 min in N2. The same basic technique was used to create multilayered coatings with concentration gradients of hydroxyapatite (HA) particles and SiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Antoni P. Tomsia, Eduardo Saiz, Jose M. Gomez-Vega, Sally J. Marshall, Grayson W. Marshall
  • Patent number: 8012591
    Abstract: A hydrophilic composition contains (A) a hydrophilic polymer represented by the following general formula (I); and (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al: wherein the symbols in the formula are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Makoto Fukuda, Satoshi Hoshi
  • Patent number: 8012592
    Abstract: Methods and structures for monolithically integrating monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline non-silicon materials and devices are provided. In one structure, a semiconductor structure includes a silicon substrate and a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed over the silicon substrate, wherein the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon. The semiconductor structure further includes an insulating layer disposed over the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a first region, a monocrystalline silicon layer disposed over the insulating layer in the first region, and a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed over at least a portion of the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a second region and absent from the first region. The second monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Massachuesetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Eugene A. Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 8012593
    Abstract: Crosslinkable liquid silicone compostions suited, on curing, for the long-lasting protective and/or applicational coating/treatment of textile substrates, for example, for imparting softness, hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, hydrophilicity or antistatic properties thereto, comprise a formulation of (a) at least one particular polyorganosiloxane (POS) resin, (B) at least one metal alkoxide and/or polyalkoxide, or combination thereof with at least one optionally alkoxylated organosilane and/or at least one organosilicon compound bearing at least one epoxy, amino, ureido, isocyanato and/or isocyanurate substituent, (C) at least one functional coreactant therefor, (D), optionally, at least one nonreactive additive and (E), also optionally, at least one auxiliary agent other than an additive (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Martial Deruelle, Yves Giraud
  • Patent number: 8012594
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a functional film by which the functional film formed on a film formation substrate can be easily peeled from the film formation substrate. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a separation layer by using an inorganic material on a substrate containing a material having heat tolerance to a predetermined temperature; (b) forming a layer to be peeled containing a functional film, which is formed by using a functional material, on the separation layer; and (c) performing heat treatment on a structure containing the substrate, the separation layer and the layer to be peeled at the predetermined temperature so as to peel the layer to be peeled from the substrate or reducing bonding strength between the layer to be peeled and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yukio Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8012595
    Abstract: An appliance is provided having a panel formed of a magnetizable material and a polyester lamination film adhered to an outer surface of the panel, wherein the polyester lamination film provides a stainless steel appearance to the panel. The polyester lamination film may be a polyester film layer with a backside brushed, a vacuum metallized aluminum layer deposited on the backside of the polyester film layer, and a tinted coating layer provided on a front side of the polyester film layer. The tinted coating layer may be colored to provide a correct color rendition of the metallized aluminum layer as stainless steel, as seen through said polyester lamination film. A strippable film layer may be applied over the polyester lamination film to protect the panel during manufacture. The magnetizable material of the panel may be rolled steel. The panel may have bends in its surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Leatherwood, Franklin G. Katje, David L. Benefiel, David E. Elsner, David M. Lewis
  • Patent number: 8012596
    Abstract: A polymerization curable composition comprising a specific polyfunctional polymerizable monomer having a hard molecular structure with an L-scale Rockwell hardness of its homopolymer of 60 or more, a specific polyfunctional polymerizable monomer and a photochromic compound, a photochromic lens substrate composed of a cured product of the polymerization curable composition, and a lens comprising the photochromic lens substrate. The substrate and lens show excellent photochromic properties such as high color development density and high fading rate, and the cured product has excellent substrate properties such as hardness, heat resistance and impact resistance as well as strength (toughness) that allows for its use in rimless spectacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Hironobu Nagoh, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 8012597
    Abstract: In a throttle body, a passive film and a corrosion-resistant film are stacked in that order on a substrate of aluminum. The passive film has a concave part on its corrosion-resistant film side. A metal layer is provided in the concave part. In shot blasting, upon collision of a blasting material against the corrosion-resistant film, a part of the blasting material is separated and adhered onto the resultant concaves to form the metal layer. For example, aluminum having a purity of not less than 98% is selected as the blasting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Botaro Watanabe, Takeshi Hirama
  • Patent number: 8012598
    Abstract: The invention relates to metal foam bodies having an open-porous structure as well as a method for producing thereof wherein according to the set task such metal foam bodies are to be provided which achieve an increased oxidation resistance and/or an increased corrosion resistance. With the metal foam bodies having an open-porous structure according to the invention, for such metal foam bodies within the webs of the open-porous structure there are channel shaped cavities formed as being determined by the production. At the same time, the webs and cavities will be provided with a metallic protective layer made of a material differing from the metallic starting material of the foam body or the channel shaped cavities will be filled with this material. For this, an adequate metal powder or an alloy component being included in the powder will be used which becomes liquid and forms a liquid phase respectively during thermal treatment below a temperature at which the metal of the base foam body is melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Alantum Corporation, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Naumann, Gunnar Walther, Alexander Böhm
  • Patent number: 8012599
    Abstract: The surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating composition for top coating on the surface-treatment coating. The surface treatment coating composition contains a water-epoxy resin dispersion, a silane coupling agent, and phosphoric acid and/or a hexafluorometal acid. The coating composition for top coating contains a high molecular weight epoxy group-containing resin having number average molecular weights ranging from 6000 to 20000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Sasaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Takao Ooshima, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Murata, Syoichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8012600
    Abstract: A material for electric sliding contact comprising, on a conductive substrate, a first layer composed of a noble metal or an alloy comprising the noble metal as a major component with an arithmetic average roughness Ra of (A) ?m and, as an upper layer of the first layer, a second layer composed of a noble metal or an alloy comprising the noble metal as a major component with a covering thickness of from 0.001×(A) ?m or more to (A) ?m or less, wherein the noble metal forming the second layer or the noble metal as a major component of the alloy forming the second layer is a different element from the noble metal forming the first layer or the noble metal as a major component of the alloy forming the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8012601
    Abstract: In a cold gas spraying method, a gas jet (15) into which particles (19) are introduced is generated with the aid of a cold gas spray gun (20). The kinetic energy of the particles (19) results in a layer being formed on a substrate (13). The substrate is provided with a structured texture (24) which is transferred to the layer (20) that is formed. The method makes it advantageously possible to produce a high-temperature superconducting layer on the substrate (13) by selecting an appropriate particle (19) composition. The process can be additionally supported using a heating device (25) in a subsequent thermal treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ursus Kruger, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 8012602
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schäfer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 8012603
    Abstract: High-molecular compounds comprising repeating units represented by the general formula (1) or (2) and having number-average molecular weights of 103 to 108 in terms of polystyrene: (1) [wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; and X1 and X2 are each independently O, S, C(?O), S(?O), SO2, C(R1)(R2), Si(R3)(R4), N(R5), B(R6), P(R7), or P(?O)(R8), with the provisos that X1 and X2 must not be the same and that X1 and Ar2 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting the aromatic ring of Ar1, and X2 and Ar1 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting the aromatic ring of Ar2] (2) [wherein Ar3 and Ar4 are each independently a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; and X3 and X4 are each independently N, B, P, C(R9), or Si(R10), with the provisos that X3 and X4 must not be the same and that X3 and Ar4 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Doi, Satoshi Kobayashi, Takanobu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8012604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroleptic electroluminescent metal complexes and to their preparation and use in electroluminescent devices, particularly to electroluminescent compounds having the general chemical formula:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Poopathy Kathirgamanathan, Subramaniam Ganeshamurugan, Gnanamoly Paramaswara, Muthulingham Kumaraverl, Arumugam Partheepan, Selvadurai Selvaranjan, Juan Antipan-Lara, Richard Price, Sivagnanasundram Surendrakumar
  • Patent number: 8012605
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light-emitting compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic electroluminescent (EL) device using the same: The organic light-emitting compound has thermostability and photochemical stability in addition to superior electrical features. The organic EL device using the organic light-emitting compound has low driving voltage, high efficiency, and superior color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong-Suk Kim, Dong-Woo Shin, Woon-Jung Paek, Byoung-Ki Choi, O-Hyun Kwon, Eun-Sil Han