Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170361540
    Abstract: A ultrasonic welding method of joining dissimilar-material workpieces, such as sheet materials, and the joined components formed thereby. The method includes applying ultrasonic energy to a thermoplastic piece to fill a hole of a dissimilar piece to form a weld point that is made up with polymer from the thermoplastic piece. In general, the geometry of the thermoplastic piece is not altered during the process. The dissimilar piece generally has a higher melting temperate and can be metal, thermoset polymers, or other thermoplastic material. The welded pieces can be arranged in a lap, laminate, or double lap configuration. In some embodiments, the hole of the dissimilar sheet material includes undercut features that improve the mechanical interlock between the dissimilar pieces. In some embodiments, the weld point has a mushroom cap to improve mechanical interlock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yongqiang Li, Shixin Hu, Daniel Shriver, Kaifeng Wang, Mihaela Banu, Jorge F. Arinez
  • Publication number: 20170361541
    Abstract: There are provided a synthetic resin joined body and a method of manufacturing the same, with which it is possible to secure both of sealing performance of a fluid passage and joint strength between synthetic resin parts, even if an area of a portion to be welded is reduced. The synthetic resin joined body includes: a baffle plate; an oil passage forming member which comes in contact with the baffle plate; an oil passage which is formed between the baffle plate and the oil passage forming member and through which lubricant flows; a sealing portion which is formed by welding the baffle plate and the oil passage forming member to each other on an outer side of the oil passage to seal a periphery of the oil passage; and a joint portion for joining the baffle plate and the oil passage forming member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzo UENO, Masahiro KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170361542
    Abstract: A prepreg fabrication system provided with an impregnation zone, which includes: (i) a movable support surface for supporting a continuous web material during impregnation; (ii) an endless roller chain carrying a plurality of linking, rotatable idler rollers, a portion of the roller chain facing the movable support surface; and (iii) pressure applicators for pressing at least some of the idler rollers facing the support surface against the support surface to form pressure nips. The movable support surface is configured to move at a first velocity during operation and the roller chain is configured to revolve at a second velocity different from the first velocity so as to establish a relative velocity between the revolving roller chain and the moving support surface, and wherein the relative movements of the support surface and the roller chain create pressure nips that are moving in the same direction as the moving direction of the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Junker, Larry Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20170361543
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a modified olefin polymer in an extruder having a feed zone, a melting zone, optionally a mixing zone and optionally a die zone, (A) introducing a stream of an olefin polymer into the feed zone of the extruder; (B) introducing a stream of a free radical generator directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (C) introducing a stream of a functionally unsaturated compound directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (D) extruding the mixture in the extruder at a temperature which is greater than the decomposition temperature of the free radical generator and the melting temperature of the olefin polymer but less than the decomposition temperature of the olefin polymer thereby producing the modified olefin polymer in the extruder; and, optionally, (G) passing the melt of the modified olefin polymer through the die zone to a pelletiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Nicke BERGMAN, Udo MUSTER, Norbert REICHELT, Wolfgang GIERLINGER
  • Publication number: 20170361544
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a part made of plastic material for a motor vehicle, said part comprising at least one first section to which at least one second section is applied, in which the first section is produced. The second section of the part made of plastic material is produced by three-dimensional printing directly onto the first section of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Jean-Luc THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20170361545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding made from foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is partly within the molding, i.e. is surrounded by the foam. The two ends of the respective fibers (F) that are not surrounded by the foam thus each project from one side of the corresponding molding. The foam comprises at least two mutually bonded foam segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLAMAN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Alessio MORINO, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20170361546
    Abstract: A thermoplastic product includes a fabric-based reinforcing sheet and a polymerized thermoplastic material. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet is wound about a mandrel to form a plurality of layers having a cross-sectional shape that corresponds to the mandrel. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet includes a plurality of fiber bundles, which may have a bidirectional orientation or configuration. A polymerized thermoplastic material is disposed within each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet. The polymerized thermoplastic material bonds each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet to an adjacent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20170361547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device (1) and a method for the manufacture of structured or semistructured composite components comprising a polymer resin (50) and a fibrous substrate (51). According to the invention, the device comprises a mold (2) comprising a bottom and a lateral surface, a part (10) that is movable along the lateral surface of the mold, comprising a compression surface (14) forming a cavity (7) with the bottom and the lateral surface (5) of said mold (2), characterized in that the movable part (10) comprises a vacuum-drawing channel (13, 23) opening into a chamber (25, 42) located above the cavity and communicating with said cavity (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre CAUCHOIS, Gilles FRANCOIS, Pierre GERARD, Henri PERRIN, Sébastien TAILLEMITE
  • Publication number: 20170361548
    Abstract: Provided is a molded body with a hollow portion comprising tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, which is obtained by heat treating a molded body with a hollow portion obtained by melt molding tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min when measured with a load of 5 kg and a measurement temperature of 372±0.1° C. in accordance with ASTM D1238. The heat treatment is carried out at a temperature from 130° C. below the melting point of the copolymer to the melting point of the copolymer. The molded body exhibits excellent blister resistance when utilized in contact with harsh chemicals and under harsh operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Dupont-Mitsui Fluorochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO NISHIMURA, HITOMI NISHIMURA, CHORONG JEONG
  • Publication number: 20170361549
    Abstract: Methods of using and repairing seal caps as well as constructions comprising seal caps, including in some embodiments seal caps which may be useful in sealing fasteners that protrude into fuel storage cells in aircraft. In some embodiments, methods include the use of optically translucent seal cap and application of a second quantity of sealant to fill voids observed within the interior of the seal cap after cure of a first quantity of sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Michael D. Swan, Larry S. Hebert, David A. Ylitalo
  • Publication number: 20170361550
    Abstract: A principal film comprising a first polymeric component wherein the principal film has: (1) first and second major faces; (2) a land portion wherein the principal film is capable of thermally-induced self- forming; and (3) one or more modification zones, each comprising a central portion and a rim portion surrounding the central portion and being surrounded by land portion, wherein the average thickness of each rim portion is greater than the average thickness of the land portion surrounding the modification zone, the average thickness of each central portion is less than the average thickness of the land portion surrounding the modification zone and is greater than zero. Also methods for making such films and articles comprising such films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick J. Hager, Mark A. Strobel, Joel A. Getschel, Shujun J. Wang, Adam O. Moughton, Neelakandan Chandrasekaran
  • Publication number: 20170361551
    Abstract: Nanopantography is a method for patterning nanofeatures over large areas. Transfer of patterns defined by nanopantography using highly selective plasma etching, with an oxide layer of silicon serving as a hard mask, can improve patterning speed and etch profile. With this method, high aspect ratio features can be fabricated in a substrate with no mask undercut. The ability to fabricate complex patterns using nanopantography, followed by highly selective plasma etching, provides improved patterning speed, feature aspect ratio, and etching profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent M. Donnelly, Demetre J. Economou, Siyuan Tian
  • Publication number: 20170361552
    Abstract: A system for venting a tire mold includes a tire mold having an interior region and an exterior region. The interior region is defined by a surface having a non-smooth portion that defines a pattern. The interior and exterior regions of the tire mold are in fluid connection with each other via at least one conduit extending from the exterior region to the non-smooth portion of the surface defining the interior region. The system further includes a vent insert at least partially disposed inside the at least one conduit. The vent insert has a non-smooth face that corresponds to the pattern defined by the non-smooth surface of the surface of the interior region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Edward Steven SEROKA
  • Publication number: 20170361553
    Abstract: A system for venting a tire mold including at least one conduit that creates a fluid connection between an interior and an exterior of a tire mold, with at least one sipe blade extending across the conduit such that the air to either side of the sipe blade will exit the tire mold interior when a tire is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations ,LLC
    Inventor: Edward S. SEROKA
  • Publication number: 20170361554
    Abstract: Various systems and apparatuses for heating molds, including for example tire molds, are disclosed. Heating of molds may be effected via induction heating technology. In one embodiment, a system for heating a tire mold is provided, the system comprising: a tire mold formed from a mold material having a base material relative permeability, wherein the tire mold includes a mold surface for contacting a tire, the mold surface for contacting a tire having a mold surface for contacting a tire relative permeability, wherein the tire mold includes a mold back oriented substantially opposite the mold surface for contacting a tire, and wherein the mold surface for contacting a tire relative permeability is greater than the base material relative permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations ,LLC
    Inventor: Edward S. SEROKA
  • Publication number: 20170361555
    Abstract: A process for producing tyres including building a green tyre having two bead structures. Each bead structure includes a bead filler. The bead filler or another rigid component of the green tyre includes a final elastomeric compound produced by the following: feeding elastomeric polymer and reinforcement filler to a first batch mixing device; mixing and dispersing the reinforcement filler in the elastomeric polymer and unloading the obtained elastomeric compound; feeding the obtained elastomeric compound, along with at least 5 phr of reinforcement resin, to a continuous mixing device of intermeshing and co-rotating twin-screw or multi-screw type or of planetary type; mixing the reinforcement resin in the elastomeric compound and unloading the obtained elastomeric compound; and feeding the obtained elastomeric compound along with the components capable of facilitating the cross-linking to a second batch mixing device and mixing to obtain the final elastomeric compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Elena PRANDINI, Pierluigi DE CANCELLIS, Alberto SCURATI
  • Publication number: 20170361556
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a strip of elastomeric material to a surface, the apparatus comprising: a nozzle having an inlet in fluid communication with a pumping means, said nozzle having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface has a curved shape for mating engagement with an outer surface of a rotatable roller, said lower surface having an opening positioned for engagement with the roller outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher David DYRLUND, Ralph Damon RING, Neil Phillip STUBER, Elizabeth Amelia ROGENSKI, Jacob Steven WOOD
  • Publication number: 20170361557
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a bead filler molded over a bead bundle to form an over-molded bead. The bead bundle may include at least one bead wire. The bead bundle may be over-molded with the bead filler, forming an over-molded bead. The over-molded bead may be formed into a variety of shapes and may be constructed from a variety of materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: David J. Zemla, Jon I. Stuckey
  • Publication number: 20170361558
    Abstract: A material handling apparatus is described comprising a material press body having an inlet and an outlet; a power source for generating an airstream into the inlet of the material press body and through the outlet of the material press body, wherein the airstream captures and feeds a supply material into the material press body; a plurality of press augers for capturing and manipulating the supply material into the material handling apparatus; and a drive system connected to drive and control the plurality of augers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony F. TENORE, Nicholas CANOSA, Oluwadare OLUWASEUN
  • Publication number: 20170361559
    Abstract: A method of erecting a carton from a blank, including: engaging the blank with a punch head against which the carton is formed, folding side portions of the blank against the punch head to form sides of the carton; folding outer portions of the side portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external side of the carton; folding end portions of the blank against the punch head to form end portions of the carton; folding outer portions of the end portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external end of the carton; and securing corner gussets formed between the side and end portions against sides or ends of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Grant Antony Crackett, Adrian Michael Dalgleish, Paul Merkel, Leighton Markham
  • Publication number: 20170361560
    Abstract: A box forming machine includes a converter assembly, a fold assembly, and an attachment assembly. The converter assembly converts sheet material into a box template. The fold assembly engages a first end of the box template and moves the first end of the box template to a predetermined position. The attachment assembly engages a second end of the box template and moves the second end of the box template toward and into engagement with the first end of the box template to attach the first and second ends of the box template together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Ryan Osterhout
  • Publication number: 20170361561
    Abstract: Provided is a blank feeding/processing apparatus that includes a pressing unit for pressing a non-contact section of a conveyor belt to form an inclined section in the non-contact section when a box is folded. The apparatus for feeding and processing a blank having a plate shape, includes: a feeding unit including a lower feeding unit including a conveyor belt for conveying the blank and a plurality of feeding rollers for moving the conveyor belt, including a non-contact section that does not contact the feeding rollers in the conveyor belt, and arranged below the blank and an upper feeding unit arranged above the blank; and a pressing unit for protruding a tab of the blank to be processed, by applying a pressure in the non-contact section of the conveyor belt to form an inclined section in the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ACE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul LEE
  • Publication number: 20170361562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for production of bags for the transport and storage of bulk goods or liquids, wherein use is made of tubular fabric cut into several pieces, which are then assembled together, comprising including the steps of: providing a tubular fabric; flattening the tubular fabric to form a first double-thickness fabric having two opposite sides, respectively an internal side and an external side, extending between two flattened edges; folding-in or pleating at least one of the flattened edges of the double-thickness fabric to form a gusset; cutting the tubular fabric into pieces and assembling the pieces to form a bag; wherein the assembly of two of the pieces includes the steps of: assembling the first and second pieces by means of seams formed around or near first to fourth gusset ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Piero Schinasi
  • Publication number: 20170361563
    Abstract: A tearable core, adapted for winding a sheet product, includes a cylindrical body wall defining a longitudinal hole of longitudinal axis XX?. The cylindrical body wall is tearable from an edge, and includes an outer strip and an inner strip that are helically wound on one another and displacedly overlapped in a lateral direction parallel to the longitudinal axis XX?, and secured together through their mutually facing surfaces by a first region of attachment. The strips are made of the material having characteristics such that the inner strip and the outer strip are made of cardboard having different water drops. The cylindrical body wall is formed by securing together the outer strip, a first end part of the outer strip of one turn being superposed and secured to a second end part of the outer strip of an adjacent turn through their mutually facing surfaces by a second region of attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SCA TISSUE FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles CATTACIN, Damien BRENDLE
  • Publication number: 20170361564
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a doctor blade comprising a blade, a backing member or material and a viscoelastic material disposed there between. The doctor blades of the present invention overcome many of the limitations of prior art doctor blades, namely the reduction of blade vibration and the resulting damage caused to dryer surfaces. The creping blades and doctor blades of the present invention can be used for any purpose and should not be considered to be limited to the examples set forth herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Robert James Seymour, Richard Mark Hansen
  • Publication number: 20170361565
    Abstract: Fabrication processes are provided for a fabric product that provide a continuous moisture and/or thermal barrier around the fabric product, eliminating moisture and thermal leakage through seams and other stitching perforations, and creating an equal barrier quality throughout the structure of the fabric product. A fabric product is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph E. Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20170361566
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a laminated film includes an extruded ribbed first film portion that includes multiple ribs, where consecutive ribs are separated by webs that are integral with the ribs. The laminated film also includes an un-ribbed second film portion, and a region of discontinuous lamination between the first film portion and the second film portion. The region of discontinuous lamination includes multiple regions where the first and second film portions are bonded together, and multiple regions where the first and second film portions are not bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Michael G. Borchardt, Theodore J. Fish, Kenneth E. Cisek, Robert T. Dorsey
  • Publication number: 20170361567
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for providing protection from arc flash. A material for arc flash protection may comprise a first layer of textile material configured to face an arc flash, the first layer comprising a woven or knitted fabric; and a second layer of textile material configured to face a user's skin, the second layer comprising a quilted fabric having at least one oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber. A method of forming a material for protection from arc flash may comprise providing a first layer of textile material configured to face an arc flash, the first layer comprising a woven or knitted fabric; quilting one or more layers of material to form a second layer of textile material configured to face a user's skin, the second layer comprising at least one oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber; and attaching the first layer to the second layer to form a completed textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Raj Kamal Prasad
  • Publication number: 20170361568
    Abstract: In the case where a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a refractive index adjustment zone is provided in such a manner that two PET separators are laminated to opposite surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it is difficult to distinguish between obverse and reverse sides of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet itself. The present invention is directed to solving the above problems and, specifically, to offering a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a refractive index adjustment zone capable of being easily produced at low cost, in a state in which it is preliminarily laminated with a substrate provided with an electroconductive layer, thereby making it possible to resolve complexity in handling (to easily distinguish between one surface defined by the refractive index adjustment zone and the other surface defined by the remaining zone).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi KATAMI, Toru UMEMOTO, Hiroyuki TAKAO, Atsushi YASUI
  • Publication number: 20170361569
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sandwich component includes applying at least one matrix material to the upper side and/or the underside of at least one material blank, and arranging the material blanks above one another and/or next to one another. At least two of the material blanks differ in design or matrix material may be applied in different ways along the upper side and/or underside thereof, or matrix material is applied in different ways to at least one of the material blanks along the upper side and/or underside thereof. In that way, at least one horizontal and/or vertical zone of the sandwich component is created having different mechanical properties than other regions of the sandwich component. The material blanks are then pressed to form the sandwich component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Guenter WOLFSBERGER
  • Publication number: 20170361570
    Abstract: A drawable adhesive tape and a drawable adhesive tape product. The drawable adhesive tape includes: a base framework extending along length direction of the drawable adhesive tape and having a plurality of adhesive-accommodating regions which extend along both thickness direction of the drawable adhesive tape toward interior of the base framework and length direction of the drawable adhesive tape and which are arranged at intervals along width direction of the drawable adhesive tape, and an adhesive layer filled in the adhesive-accommodating regions. The drawable adhesive tape product includes a release paper and the drawable adhesive tape, in which, a surface of the drawable adhesive tape where the adhesive-accommodating regions are located is covered by an oily surface of the release paper. The drawable adhesive tape and drawable adhesive tape product have improved tensile strength and improved adhesion strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jibin GENG, Fei WU, Liangzhen XIAO, Wei LU
  • Publication number: 20170361571
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a fuel tank includes: a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer which is placed on one surface or each of both surfaces of a base metal and formed on at least one surface; and an inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film which is placed over the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer has a crack starting from an interface between the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer and the inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film and reaching an interface between the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer and the steel sheet, and a water contact angle on a surface of the inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film is more than or equal to 50 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Hiroaki URAMOTO, Masahiro FUDA, Ikuro YAMAOKA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20170361572
    Abstract: Flexible packaging materials with electrophotographically printed images or information, and processes for preparing such flexible packaging materials are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Asaf Salant, David Idan, Raia Slivniak, Albert Teishev, Amnon Levi
  • Publication number: 20170361573
    Abstract: An intermediate laminate product includes a first paper layer including lignocellulose fibres, and a dry coating layer applied to one surface of the first paper layer, the coating including expandable microspheres having an expansion temperature (TE), at least one polysaccharide, and a plasticizing additive which is capable of forming a thermoplastic blend with the polysaccharide. An expanded laminate structure includes the intermediate laminate product and a second paper layer comprising lignocellulose fibres, which is attached to the dry coating by heat lamination. A liquid packaging board includes the expanded laminate structure and a liquid barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SCA Forest Products AB
    Inventor: Kent MALMGREN
  • Publication number: 20170361574
    Abstract: A strengthened glass article (100), such as a substrate for a p-Si based transistors, includes first and second glass cladding layers (104, 106) and a glass core layer (102) disposed therebetween. A coefficient of thermal expansion [CTE] of each cladding layer (104, 106), which can be made of the same glass, is at least 1×10?7° C.?1 less than that of the core layer (102). Each of the core and cladding layers has a strain point less than 700° C. A compaction of the glass article (100) is at most about 20 ppm [see FIG. 1]. A method includes forming a glass article and/or heating a glass article to a first temperature of at least about 400° C. The glass article has a glass core layer (102) and a glass cladding layer (104, 106) adjacent to the core layer. The glass article is maintained at a temperature within a range of from 400° C. to 600° C. for a holding period from 30 to 90 minutes and subsequently cooled to a temperature of at most 50° C. over a cooling period from 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy James Kiczenski, Samuel John Koseba, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20170361575
    Abstract: A first object of the invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass which has excellent sound insulating properties and heat shielding properties, and a laminated glass using the same. Further, a second object of the invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of maintaining the sound insulating properties, weather resistance, and heat creep resistance at a high level even if the thickness is reduced, and a laminated glass using the same. The invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass, including at least one layer A containing a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein a laminated glass in which the interlayer film for laminated glass is disposed between two clear glasses with the total thickness of the clear glasses being 4 mm or less has a visible light transmittance of 70% or more and an average transmittance of infrared light in the wavelength range of 800 to 1,100 nm of 72% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi KUSUDOU, Takuya KOBAYASHI, Shinya OSHITA, Taiga YUI, Koichiro ISOUE
  • Publication number: 20170361576
    Abstract: A laminated glass includes a first glass sheet, an electrically powered functional film, a reflective element to reflect infrared radiation, disposed between the first glass sheet and the functional film, at least one first thermoplastic interlayer disposed between the reflecting element and the functional film, and a second glass sheet. The laminated glass includes at least one interlayer including a zone that is opaque to radiation in the visible wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Denis LEGRAND, Yuji MASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170361577
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a near infrared (NIR) absorbing interlayer is disclosed. The interlayer includes a NIR-absorbing substance dispersed or dissolved in a polymer matrix and may further include a thermochromic material or system. The interlayer is bonded between first and second sheets of plastic or glass. The first and second sheets may further be bent, strengthened sheets of glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher D. Anderson, Harlan J. Byker, Samuel J. DeJong, Curtis J. Liposcak
  • Publication number: 20170361578
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361579
    Abstract: An interlayer comprising a first polymer layer, a polarization rotary optical film and optionally a second polymer layer, and multiple layer panels formed from such interlayers. The panels may exhibit desirable optical properties, including, for example, less image “ghosting,” when used as part of a heads-up-display (HUD) display panel for use in automotive and aircraft applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SOLUTIA INC.
    Inventors: WENJIE CHEN, BIN WANG, JEFFREY B HURLBUT, LORA LEE SPANGLER, PETER BORDEN MACKENZIE, DAVID WILLIAM NORMAN
  • Publication number: 20170361580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the batchwise or continuous, preferably continuous production of single-layer lignocellulose-based boards or of multilayer lignocellulose-based boards with a core and with at least one upper and one lower outer layer, comprising the following steps: a) mixing of the components of the individual layer(s), b) layer-by-layer scattering of the mixtures to give a mat, c) compaction after the scattering of the individual layer(s), d) application of a high-frequency electrical field, during and/or after the compaction and thermal hardening of the binder(s), e) then optionally hot pressing, and f) cooling the lignocellulose material, where, in step a), for the core or the single layer, the lignocellulose particles A) [component A)] are mixed with B) from 0 to 25% by weight of expanded plastics particles with bulk density in the range from 10 to 150 kg/m3 [componeent B)],, C) from 1 to 15% by weight of one or more binders selected from the group consisting of am
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: STEPHAN WEINKÖTZ, Detlef KRUG, Marco MÄBERT
  • Publication number: 20170361581
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a component (B) that is at least one of an acid component having a pKa of 3.5 to 7.5 and an anion of the acid component, the pKa being a logarithmic value of a reciprocal of an acid dissociation constant at 25° C., a content of the component (B) being greater than or equal to 0.01 ?mol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NONAKA, Yasutaka INUBUSHI
  • Publication number: 20170361582
    Abstract: A novel multilayer plastic film is provided comprising a series of component layers and optionally bonding layers to tie said component layers together, said component layers comprising: a central oxygen barrier layer, a first polymeric barrier layer on a first side of said central oxygen barrier layer, a second polymeric barrier layer on a second side of said central oxygen barrier layer, an outer layer adjacent the first polymeric barrier layer for providing mechanical strength, and a sealant layer adjacent the second polymeric barrier layer. At least one layer comprises two different polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Miroslav Planeta, Harinder Tamber
  • Publication number: 20170361583
    Abstract: Provided herein are liners, for example, for storing or dispensing high purity chemicals, as well as methods of manufacturing such liners. The liners resist formation of stress-induced breaches. In one aspect, the liner includes a film formed into a liner capable of retaining a liquid. The liner has a first barrier layer to a gas (e.g., oxygen); a second barrier layer to the gas (e.g., oxygen); and at least one additional layer of material disposed interstitially between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Brenna BROSCH, Amy KOLAND
  • Publication number: 20170361584
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to materials prepared using a laser-direct structuring (LDS) method. The LDS materials of the present disclosure comprise polymeric film or polymeric sheet structures containing a LDS additive and which can undergo laser-direct structuring and chemical plating to form conductive paths on their surface. The present disclosure finds use, for example, in the automotive, electronics, RFID, communications, and medical device industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Wei FENG, Mahari TJAHJADI, Tong WU, Yuxian AN
  • Publication number: 20170361585
    Abstract: A tear resistant multilayer film including pluralities of first and second layers is described. The first layers include a first polymer and the second layers include a second polymer. The first polymer is polyethylene terephthalate or a first ester block copolymer that includes polyethylene terephthalate blocks at a weight percent of the first ester block copolymer of at least 50 percent and further includes glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate blocks. The second polymer is sebacic acid-substituted polyethylene terephthalate or a second ester block copolymer that includes sebacic acid-substituted polyethylene terephthalate blocks at a weight percent of the second ester block copolymer of at least 50 percent and further includes polyethylene terephthalate blocks or glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate blocks. The tear resistant multilayer film includes a total of 6 to 300 first and second layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Y. Liu, Stephen A. Johnson, John P. Purcell
  • Publication number: 20170361586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyethylene resin composition for a foamable laminate which gives foamed cells having sufficient height and good appearance (foamed layer), even in the case of machining under high speed conditions at the time of extrusion lamination, a foamable laminate, a method for producing the same, a foamed converted paper, and a heat insulating container. The invention relates to a polyethylene resin composition for a foamable laminate, which is used for forming a polyethylene-based resin layer (I) for foaming on at least one side of a substrate mainly composed of paper, wherein the resin composition comprises a polyethylene-based resin (A) and satisfies the following properties (a-1) to (a-4): (a-1) the melt flow rate (MFR) of the polyethylene-based resin (A) as measured in accordance with JIS K7210 (190° C., a load of 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Polyethylene Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi SASAKI, Shinji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170361587
    Abstract: The present paper cup comprises a cup body, and the cup body comprises inner paper and outer paper. There are hollow bulges on the outer paper, and the outer paper forms a connecting part. The inner side of the connecting part bonds to the outer side of the inner paper, and the cup rim of the outer paper extends to the cup rim of the inner paper. In addition, the outer side of the cup rim of the inner paper bonds to the inner side of the outer paper, and both cup rims of the outer paper and the inner paper bend outward to form a double layered crimping. The manufacturing process for the present paper cup includes: paper preparation, rolling, composition, sheet cutting, forming, molding and etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Jiaoping Ding
  • Publication number: 20170361588
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fiber structure including a halogen-free polymer layer such as a styrenic block (SBC) copolymer. The fiber structure has environmentally-friendly properties and reduced weight, as compared to conventional materials such as PVC and has improved low temperature stability, fixing ability and resistance to deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Oh-Deok Kwon, Hyun-Dae Cho, Hong-Chan Jeon, Myung-Ryoul Lee, Bong-Hyun Park, Keun-Soo Moon, Hyun-Sik Hwang, Joo-Suk Chae, Won-Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20170361589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layered packaging foil comprising a layer L-1 having an oxygen gas transmission rate OGTR-1; a luminescent compound having the property that its luminescence is capable of being quenched by oxygen; and a layer L-2 adhering to L-1 and to the luminescent compound. The layer L-2 has an oxygen gas transmission rate OGTR-2 that is at least 20 times higher than OGTR-1, and the luminescent compound is present between L-1 and L-2. The invention further relates to a packaging comprising a packaging foil of the invention and to a method for measuring the oxygen content in a packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Antonius Johannes VAANHOLD, Marc Jaap STAAL, Sacco TE LINTEL HEKKERT