Patents Issued in November 27, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140349078
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a patterned aerogel-based layer that serves as a mold for at least part of a microelectromechanical feature. The density of an aerogel is less than that of typical materials used in MEMS fabrication, such as poly-silicon, silicon oxide, single-crystal silicon, metals, metal alloys, and the like. Therefore, one may form structural features in an aerogel-based layer at rates significantly higher than the rates at which structural features can be formed in denser materials. The invention further includes a method of patterning an aerogel-based layer to produce such an aerogel-based mold. The invention further includes a method of fabricating a microelectromechanical feature using an aerogel-based mold. This method includes depositing a dense material layer directly onto the outline of at least part of a microelectromechanical feature that has been formed in the aerogel-based layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Jon Carlson
  • Publication number: 20140349079
    Abstract: A laminate of an at least partially reticulated thermoplastic film joined to an extensible carrier. The reticulated thermoplastic film includes a backing with openings and discrete elements protruding from the first major surface. There are two discrete elements aligned in a first direction abutting opposite ends of any given opening. In a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, there is one discrete element between the given opening and an adjacent opening aligned in the second direction. Each portion of the thermoplastic backing around the given opening is plastically deformed in its lengthwise direction. A method of making a laminate is also disclosed. The method includes stretching a thermoplastic backing having a plurality of discrete elements in the first direction and laminating the backing to an extensible carrier. Subsequently stretching the laminate in a second direction forms a tear in the thermoplastic backing between two adjacent of the discrete elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Thomas P. Hanschen, Timothy P. Pariseau
  • Publication number: 20140349080
    Abstract: A novel transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device is provided, that, under the constraint of holding down the thickness of the adhesive sheet to 250 ?m or less, can relieve a distortion arising within the adhesive sheet after laminating even if a member has a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height on the laminating surface. Proposed is a transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device which is used for the purpose of laminating an image display device constitutive member having on a laminating surface a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height and a flat surface portion, and another image display device constitutive member, wherein a thickness of the maximum thickness portion of the adhesive sheet is 250 ?m or less, and a gel fraction (a) at a position in contact with a stepped portion after laminating is 10% or greater and smaller than a gel fraction (b) at a position in contact with a flat surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kahoru NIIMI, Hidejirou Yoshikawa, Takahisa Uchida, Makoto Inenaga
  • Publication number: 20140349081
    Abstract: A co-injected molded multi-layer article has inner and outer layers, an interior layer contained within the inner and outer layers and a surface portion to which a closure or other component may be heat-sealed. The article is molded by co-injecting the inner, outer and interior layer materials into a mold cavity of a mold. The interior layer material is caused to flow along a steam line offset from the zero velocity gradient of the combined material flow and biased toward a material flow for forming an outer wall of the multi-layer article. The resultant molded multi-layer article contains an interior layer located in a heat sealable region that avoids a breach or failure during a heat seal operation to seal an opening of the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Paul M. Swenson
  • Publication number: 20140349082
    Abstract: A folded core panel disclosed herein that includes a folded core having peaks and valleys characterized by a corrugated zigzag pattern. The folded core may include an airflow channel. The airflow channel may provide an egress to reduce the concentration of moisture in the folded core. The folded core may be formed from a single piece of material. The folded core may have varying face slopes depending on the force distribution requirements at the location of the peak. One or more folded cores may be stacked to form a stacked core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Allan Tien
  • Publication number: 20140349083
    Abstract: The present invention discloses code plate of an optical encoder having a planar portion that is located on a surface to which a light flux for detection is applied; and a non-planar portion that is arranged alternatively with the planar portion on the surface and is comprised of multiple convex structures and concave structures arranged continuously intersecting to a parallel direction of arranging the planar portion and the non-planar portion. The longitudinal direction in the planar portion and the non-planar portion is consistent with the radial direction of the code plate, and a direction (Parallel direction) in which the planar portion and the non-planar portion are arranged alternately is consistent with the circumferential direction of the code plate. The non-planar portion which forms the concave and convex structure is formed by arranging multiple V-shaped structures in the longitudinal direction of the non-planar portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro KAKINUMA, Masahide HIOKI, Takashi YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20140349084
    Abstract: Composite tile systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments of this disclosure can comprise a composite floor tile having a ceramic upper layer with one or more reinforcing layers. The reinforcing layer or layers can comprise a reinforcing material, such as fiberglass, and an adhesive. An under layer can be disposed under, or integrated with, the reinforcing layer, and can comprise a ceramic or a polymer laminate. A bottom layer can comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive, or other adhering system, that attaches to various substrates. Embodiments of this disclosure can improve ease of installation of tile, improve strength of tile, and reduce the weight of tile, among other advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mohawk Carpet Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Patki, Jason Abercrombie
  • Publication number: 20140349085
    Abstract: The present invention is 3D nanostructured porous metal oxide and the method of fabricating said metal oxide, wherein said method is comprising the steps of: (a) spin-coating with photoresist onto substrate; (b) forming periodic 3D porous nanostructure patterned pore in said photoresist using proximity-field nanopatterning; (c) impregnating metal oxide into said 3D pore of photoresist having said periodic 3D pore pattern as template via atomic layered deposition (ALD) with metal precursor; and (d) obtaining 3D nanostructured porous metal oxide having the inverse shape of said template by removing said photoresist template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: SeokWoo Jeon, ChangUi Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140349086
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photo-curable composition that requires a small demolding force. The present invention also provides a UV imprint method that requires a small demolding force. The photo-curable composition contains a polymerizable monomer (A), a polymerization initiator (B), and a fluorine-containing surfactant (C). A photo-cured product of the photo-curable composition has a water contact angle of 74 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Ito, Chieko Mihara, Kanae Kawahata, Motoki Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20140349087
    Abstract: An inkjet ink set consisting of a black inkjet ink, a cyan inkjet ink and two inkjet inks A and B, optionally complemented by a white ink and/or a colourless ink, wherein the inkjet ink A has a hue angle H* between 70 and 85 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; the inkjet ink B has a hue angle H* between 20 and 40 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; and the CIE L* a* b* coordinates were determined on polyethylene coated white paper for a 2° observer under a D50 light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA Graphics NV
    Inventors: Jürgen Jung, Rita Torfs, Marc Bernard Graindourze, Rene Geelen
  • Publication number: 20140349088
    Abstract: A metal layer is deposited over an underlying material layer. The metal layer includes an elemental metal that can be converted into a dielectric metal-containing compound by plasma oxidation and/or nitridation. A hard mask portion is formed over the metal layer. Plasma oxidation or nitridation is performed to convert physically exposed surfaces of the metal layer into the dielectric metal-containing compound. The sequence of a surface pull back of the hard mask portion, trench etching, another surface pull back, and conversion of top surfaces into the dielectric metal-containing compound are repeated to form a line pattern having a spacing that is not limited by lithographic minimum dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chiahsun Tseng, David V. Horak, Chun-chen Yeh, Yunpeng Yin
  • Publication number: 20140349089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition with which a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have high thermal conductivity but have good moldability with the occurrence of cracks and voids suppressed can be implemented simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition comprising at least a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), and a second filler (D), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in the range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Chisato Saito, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20140349090
    Abstract: A halogen-free resin composition includes (A) 100 parts by weight of polyphenylene oxide resin; (B) 10 to 50 parts by weight of maleimide resin; (C) 5 to 100 parts by weight of polybutadiene copolymer; (D) 5 to 30 parts by weight of cyanate ester resin; and (E) 15 to 150 parts by weight of phosphazene. The halogen-free resin composition is characterized by specific ingredients and proportions thereof to achieve circuit board laminate properties, such as a high glass transition temperature, low coefficient of thermal expansion, low dielectric properties, heat resistance, flame retardation, and being halogen-free, and thus is applicable to the manufacturing of a prepreg or resin film, thereby being applicable to the manufacturing of metal laminates and printed circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHEN-YU HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20140349091
    Abstract: A thin-film device may include a carrier, a release layer, a stacking structure, and a flexible substrate. The release layer may be overlaid on the carrier, and the stacking structure is overlaid on the release layer. The stacking structure may include a first protective layer and a second protective layer, wherein the refractive index of the first protective layer exceeds that of the second protective layer. The flexible substrate may be overlaid on the release layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jing-Yi Yan, Chen-Yu Chiang, Wen-Tung Wang, Bo-Cheng Kung, Hung-Chien Lin, Liang-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140349092
    Abstract: A surface-tensioned sapphire plate and a corresponding manufacturing process. The plate may include a planar sapphire substrate and at least one layer disposed on the surface of the substrate for tensing the substrate. The layer may include at least 50 wt.-% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The manufacturing process for producing of a sapphire plate may include providing a planar sapphire substrate, and coating at least one surface of the substrate with a layer tensing the substrate. The layer may include at least 50 wt.-% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Rudolf Beckmann, Markus Kress
  • Publication number: 20140349093
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new adhesive composition and to sheets produced from it, for producing laminates, more particularly for bonding plastic with glass components, to a method for producing such laminates, and to the laminates produced accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hasskerl, Klaus Koralewski, Sabine Schwarz-Barac, Roger Recktenwald, Werner Hoess, Florian Band
  • Publication number: 20140349094
    Abstract: A monolithic multilayer article includes a thermoformable cellular polyester core layer and an oriented polyester skin layer on at least one major side of the polyester core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: James M. Jonza, Duane D. Fansler, Joel A. Getschel, Ibrahim S. Gunes, Jeffrey P. Kalish, Matthew J. Schmid, Mark A. Strobel, Chad R. Wold
  • Publication number: 20140349095
    Abstract: A break resistant sapphire plate and a corresponding production process. The sapphire plate may include a planar sapphire substrate, and at least one shock absorbing layer arranged on a surface of the substrate. The shock absorbing layer may have a thickness of between 0.1% to 10% of the thickness of the substrate. The production process for producing the sapphire plate may include providing a planar sapphire substrate, and coating at least one surface of the substrate with a shock absorbing layer. The shock absorbing layer may include a layer thickness between 0.1% to 10% of the thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Rudolf Beckmann, Sabine Nolker
  • Publication number: 20140349096
    Abstract: A decorative sheet (1) pertaining to the present invention comprises a base material (2), a colored ink layer (3), a primer layer (4), and a surface-protecting layer (5) in this order, wherein the base material (2) comprises a polyester-based film wherein a thickness of the base material (2) is 20 ?m or more but 95 ?m or less; the surface-protecting layer (5) comprises a cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition wherein elongation of the cured product according to JIS K6732 is 1% or more; and elongation of the decorative sheet according to JIS K6732 is 30% or more but 180% or less. This enables all of secondary workability, weather resistance, and fire resistance to be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Saori Miyazaki, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140349097
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to enhanced silver coated aluminum substrates for use as optical mirrors in which galvanic corrosion between the silver and aluminum is prevented and a method of making such silver coating and mirrors. The optical mirror according to the disclosure has an in-situ formed “barrier” layer inserted between the aluminum substrate and the silver layer. In addition, selected layers are densified by carrying out their deposition using a high power RF ion source during their deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Ballou, Frederick Gagliardi
  • Publication number: 20140349098
    Abstract: A method of preparing an optical film, preparing a coating composition including an amic acid-containing polymer represented by Chemical Formula 1 and at least one polymerization aid selected from an alkyl phosphite, an aryl phosphite, an alkyl phosphate, and an aryl phosphate; providing the coating composition on a substrate to form a coating layer; and applying heat to the coating layer to prepare a cured film: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, are the same or different in each repeating unit, and are each independently at least one selected from an aromatic organic group, an aliphatic organic group, and an alicyclic organic group, and 0?x?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Hong, Woo-Jin BAE, Chan Jae Ahn, Won Suk CHANG, A ra JO, Sung Won CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140349099
    Abstract: A molded rare-earth magnet which simultaneously satisfies increased film thickness, high density, and improved magnetic properties (in particular, coercive force, residual magnetic flux density, and tight adhesion) has a rare-earth magnet phase that contains as a main component a nitride which contains Sm and Fe, in which the molded rare-earth magnet has a density of 80% or higher of the theoretical density of a molded magnet constituted of the rare-earth magnet phase, and has a structure in which particles of Zn and/or Mn have been dispersed in the molded magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawashita, Kazuhiko Takashima, Yoshitaka Uehara, Toshikazu Nanbu, Kiyohiro Uramoto
  • Publication number: 20140349100
    Abstract: A novel transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device is provided, that, under the constraint of holding down the thickness of the adhesive sheet to 250 ?m or less, can relieve a distortion arising within the adhesive sheet after laminating even if a member has a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height on the laminating surface. Proposed is a transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device which is used for the purpose of laminating an image display device constitutive member having on a laminating surface a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height and a flat surface portion, and another image display device constitutive member, wherein a thickness of the maximum thickness portion of the adhesive sheet is 250 ?m or less, and a gel fraction (a) at a position in contact with a stepped portion after laminating is 10% or greater and smaller than a gel fraction (b) at a position in contact with a flat surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kahoru NIIMI, Hidejirou Yoshikawa, Takahisa Uchida, Makoto Inenaga
  • Publication number: 20140349101
    Abstract: A colored radiation-sensitive composition contains (A) a dye multimer, (B) a pigment, (C) a polymerizable compound, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, and (E) a dispersion resin obtained by reacting a polymer, which has a hydroxyl group on one terminal, with an acid anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi KANEKO, Hiroaki IDEI, Seiichi HITOMI, Kazuya OOTA, Yousuke MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140349102
    Abstract: A method and processing station for producing a veneer having two parallel opposed faces and including at least one lignocellulosic layer made of lignocellulosic fibers having a grain extending along the opposed faces of the veneer. The processing station carries out the method by applying a compressive force to the veneer along at least one direction extending along the opposed faces of the veneer so as to mechanically compress the lignocellulosic fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Hugo Piccin, Nathalie Durand
  • Publication number: 20140349103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to production method of a composite material wherein the composite material is tensioned and cured to produce a composite material with a single cord or cord fabric reinforced with another component, comprising the steps of adhering at least two layers of compound material, attaching the adhered compound materials inside a hollow frame, placing said frame into a pre-tensioning device, wrapping the cords around the frame with the desired pre-tension, removing the frame together with the compound material and the cords from the pre-tensioning device, placing at least one layer of compound material on the curing tray, placing the coated frame removed from the pre-tensioning device onto the compound material layers, placing at least one more layer of compound material on the coated frame, closing the lid over the curing tray, curing the material and cutting the composite material into strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Saim Oz, Elif Erdogan, M. Huseyin Ates
  • Publication number: 20140349104
    Abstract: Inorganic polymer/organic polymer composites and methods for their preparation are described herein. The inorganic polymer/organic polymer composites comprise a first layer comprising an inorganic polymer and a second layer adhered to the first layer comprising an organic polymer. The inorganic polymer is formed by reacting, in the presence of water, a reactive powder, an activator, and optionally a retardant. The reactive powder comprises 85% by weight or greater fly ash and less than 10% by weight portland cement. Also described herein are building materials including the composites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Russell L. Hill, Russ Majors
  • Publication number: 20140349105
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a three-dimensional integrated circuit capable of forming a filling interlayer excellent in thermal conductivity also in a thickness direction, using agglomerated boron nitride particles excellent in the isotropy of thermal conductivity, disintegration resistance and kneading property with a resin. A composition for a three-dimensional integrated circuit, comprising agglomerated boron nitride particles which have a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g, the surface of which is constituted by boron nitride primary particles having an average particle size of at least 0.05 ?m and at most 1 ?m, and which are spherical, and a resin (A) having a melt viscosity at 120° C. of at most 100 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori YAMAZAKI, Mari ABE, Tomohide MURASE, Yasuhiro Kawase, Makoto IKEMOTO, Hideki KIRITANI, Yasunori MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140349106
    Abstract: Improved coating formulations for cementitious composite building materials are disclosed herein. The coating formulations provide both sealer and primer functions, particularly for substrates in a high alkaline environment, such as fiber cement composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: James Hardie Technology Limited
    Inventors: Yongjun Chen, Caidian Luo
  • Publication number: 20140349107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glazing comprising a transparent glass substrate containing ions of at least one alkali metal and a transparent layer mad of silicon oxycarbide (SiOxCy) having a total thickness E with (a) a carbon-rich deep zone, extending from a depth P3 to a depth P4, where the C/Si atomic ratio is greater than or equal to 0.5, and (b) a carbon-poor surface zone, extending from a depth P1 to a depth P2, where the C/Si atomic ratio is less than or equal to 0.4, with P1<P2<P3<P4 and (P2-P1)+(P4-P3)<E the distance between P1 and P2 representing from 10% to 70% of the total thickness E of the silicon oxycarbide layer and the distance between P3 and P4 representing from 10% to 70% of the total thickness E of the silicon oxycarbide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Claire Thoumazet, Martin Melcher, Arnaud Huignard, Raphael Lante
  • Publication number: 20140349108
    Abstract: Adhesive articles that include a substrate and a silicone adhesive are disclosed. The articles also include a polymer containing poly(propylene oxide) units and optionally poly(ethylene oxide) units and having a number average molecular weight of at least 1000 grams per mole. The polymer may either be incorporated into the substrate or may be used as a primer on the substrate. If the polymer includes poly(ethylene oxide) units, the copolymer typically has a weight ratio of poly(ethylene oxide) to poly(propylene oxide) of up to 3:1, or if the copolymer has a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000 grams per mole, the weight ratio of poly(ethylene oxide) to poly(propylene oxide) is up to 2:1. Methods of making the adhesive articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Simon S. Fung, Michael D. Determan, Kiu-Yuen Tse, David T. Amos
  • Publication number: 20140349109
    Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting (i) at least one dibasic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) at least one epoxide having at least two epoxy groups, one diol or polyol, or one diamine at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive carboxylic acid groups relative reactive epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups or amine groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group; and (b) curing the resulting carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one polyfunctional epoxy to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the polyfunctional epoxy is not an epoxidized vegetable oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: State University
    Inventors: Kaichang Li, Anlong Li
  • Publication number: 20140349110
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new cable having at least one insulation layer, to a process for producing such cable as well as to the use of a soluble a-nucleating agent (NA) for increasing the crystallization temperature of a polymer composition (PC) being part of an insulation layer of such a cable and the use of such a cable as communication cable and/or electrical cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Katja Klimke, Dietrich Gloger, Markus Gahleitner, Davide Tranchida, James Ellis Robinson, Ann Watson
  • Publication number: 20140349111
    Abstract: Flame retardant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compositions are disclosed having a flame retardant package comprising an organo-phosphinate component, an organo-phosphate component, and a polyhydric alcohol. The flame retardant components may be present in an amount from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the phosphinate compound; from about 5 to about 20 weight percent of the phosphate compound, and from about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent of the polyhydric alcohol, based on the total weight of the TPU composition. Processes are disclosed to make the TPU compositions and to make wire and cable constructions employing the TPU compositions as the jacket of the wire and cable constructions. The TPU compositions exhibit excellent flame retardant capabilities as measured by Limited Oxygen Index testing and/or UL 94 Vertical Burn tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Carl A. Brown
  • Publication number: 20140349112
    Abstract: A nitride crystal is characterized in that, in connection with plane spacing of arbitrary specific parallel crystal lattice planes of the nitride crystal obtained from X-ray diffraction measurement performed with variation of X-ray penetration depth from a surface of the crystal while X-ray diffraction conditions of the specific parallel crystal lattice planes are satisfied, a uniform distortion at a surface layer of the crystal represented by a value of |d1?d2|/d2 obtained from the plane spacing d1 at the X-ray penetration depth of 0.3 ?m and the plane spacing d2 at the X-ray penetration depth of 5 ?m is equal to or lower than 2.1×10?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Keiji ISHIBASHI, Tokiko KAJI, Seiji NAKAHATA, Takayuki NISHIURA
  • Publication number: 20140349113
    Abstract: The production of polyamide 1010 polymer particles, in which polyamide 1010 resin, a different polymer B and an organic solvent are dissolved and mixed and thereupon an emulsion is formed within a system for phase separation into two phases, being a solution phase having the polyamide 1010 resin as the main component and a solution phase having the polymer B as the main component, and thereafter a poor solvent of the polyamide 1010 resin is brought into contact therewith to precipitate the polyamide 1010 resin, wherein the formation of the emulsion is carried out at a temperature of 100° C. or higher, thereby making it possible to obtain highly crystalline polyamide 1010 particles having a high sphericity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Makiko Saito, Hiroshi Takezaki
  • Publication number: 20140349114
    Abstract: The present invention provides a getter material comprising an adsorbent active substance with a specific surface area of 5˜40 m2/g. Also, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing the adsorbent active substance comprising the steps of: (a) selectively eluting cations by the acid processing of any one of calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, aluminum carbonate, or strontium carbonate; (b) extracting the eluted cations; and (c) calcining any one of calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, aluminum carbonate, or strontium carbonate from which cations have been extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Eun Joo Kim, Seong Moon Jung, Myung Lee, Ju-Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20140349115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the crystallization of n-hexyl 2-(4-N,N-diethylamino-2-hydroxybenzoyl)benzoate, to a method for the production of pourable or flowable particles of crystalline n-hexyl 2-(4-N,N-diethylamino-2-hydroxybenzoyl)-benzoate and to specific pourable or flowable particles of crystalline n-hexyl 2-(4-N,N-diethylamino-2-hydroxybenzoyl)benzoate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Samantha Champ, Manfred Hetterich, Günther Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20140349116
    Abstract: Nanoplatelet forms of metal hydroxide and metal oxide are provided, as well as methods for preparing same. The nanoplatelets are suitable for use as fire retardants and as agents for chemical or biological decontamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Orville Lee Maddan
  • Publication number: 20140349117
    Abstract: The invention pertains to hardware such as cutting tools with improved performance, wear-resistance and durability made from sintered polycrystalline aluminum nitride based ceramic composites containing secondary or dispersed phases for enhanced toughness. The articles of this invention provide good hardness, toughness, chemical inertness, thermal stability, lubricity, wear-resistance, and the ability to operate in the presence of liquid coolants, yielding good surface finish and long lifetime. The cutting tools of this invention are applicable to a wide range of industrial, biomedical, commercial and other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Surmet Corporation
    Inventor: Suri A. Sastri
  • Publication number: 20140349118
    Abstract: Moving the substrates quickly, as well as applying a large pressure to the substrates are required. A pressing apparatus for pressing a plurality of substrates stacked on one another, includes: a first stage that supports the plurality of substrates; a second stage that can sandwich the plurality of substrates between the first stage and the second stage; a driving section that moves the first stage towards the second stage so as to sandwich the plurality of substrates; and a pressing section that, when the driving section has made the first stage reach a predetermined position, applies a pressing force to the first stage to press the plurality of substrates between the first stage and the second stage, where the driving section and the pressing section are arranged next to each other so that at least part of the driving section and the pressing section overlaps in the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeto Izumi, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140349119
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention comprises: (A) a polycarbonate; (B) a polycarbonate containing a non-phenyl group; (c) a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer; and (D) an aromatic phosphoric acid ester. The polycarbonate resin composition has superior physical balance by being flame retardant, shock resistant, low temperature shock resistant, and chemical resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jong Chan Hur, O Sung Kwon, Jun Ho Chi, Hyuck Man Kwon, Chang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140349120
    Abstract: Disclosed are an epoxy resin composition and a high frequency circuit board manufactured by using the same, and the epoxy resin composition comprises the following solid components: (A) a cyanate compound having at least two cyanoxy groups or its prepolymer, (B) an active ester, and (C) an epoxy resin containing a naphthol structure. The total amount of the component (A) a cyanate compound having at least two cyanoxy groups or its prepolymer and the component (B) an active ester is 10-70 parts by weight, and the amount of component (C) an epoxy resin containing a naphthol structure is 30-90 parts by weight, based on the parts by weight of these solid components, wherein the weight ratio of the component (A) a cyanate compound having at least two cyanoxy groups or its prepolymer to the component (B) an active ester is 0.2-5 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianping Zeng
  • Publication number: 20140349121
    Abstract: To provide a chromium-free paint composition which can provide paint films which are excellent in terms of corrosion resistance on the edge surfaces, scratched surfaces and worked parts of a pre-coated steel sheet, and the paint films which can be obtained by coating this chromium-free paint composition. A chromium-free paint composition which includes paint film-forming resin (A), anti-rust pigment (B), comprising at least one type of amorphous MgO—V2O5-based compound, and crosslinking agent (C) which is characterized in that the mass content proportion of the aforementioned anti-rust pigment (B) is from 10 to 80 mass % with respect to the sum of the resin solid fraction mass of the aforementioned paint film-forming resin (A) and the aforementioned crosslinking agent (C), and the overall eluted ion content in a 10% aqueous solution of the aforementioned anti-rust pigment (B) is from 10 ppm to 100 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Coating GmbH
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsujita, Nobuhiro Nishida, Yoshitomo Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20140349122
    Abstract: Described is a UV-curable sealant composition, which is preferably a one part sealant. The one part sealant is made from urethane acrylate, acrylate ester, precipitated silica, and photoinitiator. More specifically, the one part sealant is made from about 15-35 weight percent aliphatic and/or alicyclic urethane acrylates, about 40-70 weight percent of acrylate esters, about 0-10 weight percent of precipitated silica, and about 3-8 weight percent of photoinitiator. Also described are methods of applying UV-curable sealant composition to a surface such as a floor and UV curing the UV-curable sealant composition, thereby extending the life of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Geoffrey RUSSELL
  • Publication number: 20140349123
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass, that exhibits an excellent sound-insulating performance for solid-borne sound in an environment at or below 0° C. Another object is to provide laminated glass that is obtained using this interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, that has a sound-insulating layer for which a temperature T1, which is the temperature that gives the maximum value of tan ? at a frequency of 1 Hz, is in the range from ?30° C. to 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Shouta MATSUDA, Kozo NAKAMURA, Michio SHIMAMOTO, Sinyul YANG
  • Publication number: 20140349124
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer for laminated glass which, when used to compose laminated glass, is capable of increasing sound insulation for the obtained laminated glass; and laminated glass. The interlayer for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer, and a second layer which is laminated on a first surface of the first layer, and the first layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin, a plasticizer and a tackifier; and the laminated glass according to the present invention includes first and second components for laminated glass and the interlayer disposed between the first and second components for laminated glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Shimamoto, Shota Matsuda, Sinyul Yang
  • Publication number: 20140349125
    Abstract: A curable composition comprises (a) at least one polyorganosiloxane, fluorinated polyorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydroxysilyl moieties; (b) at least one polyorganosiloxane, fluorinated polyorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydrosilyl moieties; and (c) at least one photoactivatable composition comprising at least one organoborate salt selected from tetraarylborate, triarylorganoborate, diaryldiorganoborate, and aryltriorganoborate salts (and combinations thereof) of at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof; wherein at least one of the components (a) and (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yu Yang, George G. I. Moore, Michael A. Semonick
  • Publication number: 20140349126
    Abstract: Mixtures are provided that can include: latex polymer; antifoam; surfactant; plasticizer; ether; fungicide; glycol; and liquid stabilizer. Mixtures comprising: glycol; antioxidant; and defoamer. Compositions are provided that can include: a substrate; and a mixture over the substrate, the mixture comprising one or more of: latex polymer; antifoam; surfactant; plasticizer; ether; fungicide; glycol; liquid stabilizer; and antioxidant. Vehicle tires are provided. Plastic vehicle components are provided. Substrate treatment methods are provided that can include applying compositions to the substrate, the compositions comprising one or more of: latex polymer; antifoam; surfactant; plasticizer; ether; fungicide; glycol; liquid stabilizer; and antioxidant. Vehicle tire treatment methods are provided. Vehicle component treatment methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ray Gross
  • Publication number: 20140349127
    Abstract: The present invention is a thermoplastic polymer composition which contains 10-120 parts by mass of a polar group-containing polypropylene resin (B) per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) that is a block copolymer having a polymer block containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block composed of a conjugated diene unit having 40% by mole or more of 1,2-bonds and 3,4-bonds in total, or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer (provided that a thermoplastic polymer composition containing 1 part by mass or more of a polyvinyl acetal resin is excluded). This thermoplastic polymer composition is able to be bonded with a ceramic, a metal or a synthetic resin without requiring a primer treatment, and has excellent flexibility, mechanical characteristics, moldability, heat resistance and storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asako Minamide, Mikio Masuda, Masahiro Suzuki