Patents Issued in June 12, 2018
  • Patent number: 9994963
    Abstract: Sealing devices are provided as configured for use with cathode devices of an electrolytic cell for production of aluminum. In particular, the seals are specifically configured to provide an outlet seal for the cathode bars. The sealing devices are made of a material that is elastic, gas-proof, and heat-proof, and can create a hermetic seal around the cathode bar in such a way as to be able to move synchronously or asynchronously with the movement of the cathode bar as it undergoes thermally induced movement during aluminum production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Carroll, Yuri Nikolaevich Popov
  • Patent number: 9994964
    Abstract: A process to extract metal ions and potentially other hazardous species present in solution to levels low enough to make it suitable for use and/or to quantify the levels of these contaminants in the solution. The process involves the use of functionalized magnetic particles to bind with metal ions. The process occurs in a three-chambered cell and utilizes a magnet to agglomerate the magnetic particles bound with metal ions to an electrode, and by altering the pH of the solution within the cell using gases produced by a solid state electrolyzer or from the air, encourages the plating of the metal ions on the electrode and the pushing out of the metal-free solution out of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Daniel Scherson, Anna Cristina Samia, Zhange Feng
  • Patent number: 9994965
    Abstract: In a method for the production of semi-finished copper products, first copper is melted and cast to produce copper anodes, in one casting procedure, within multiple ingot molds, subsequently copper cathodes are formed by electrolysis, using at least one of the copper anodes, and then these copper cathodes are processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A long-term coating is applied to at least one of the ingot molds as a wash, a sulfur-free wash is applied to the ingot mold and/or part of the work pieces cast in the ingot molds is directly processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A method and an apparatus applies a wash to an ingot mold and a system produces semi-finished copper products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Winterfeldt, Michael Schwarze, Hardy Jungen
  • Patent number: 9994966
    Abstract: A method is proposed for producing a cylinder working surface of an internal combustion engine that is optimized in terms of friction and wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Urban Morawitz, Clemens Verpoort, Christian Rosenkranz, Gerhard Flores, Andreas Wiens, Andreas Wagner
  • Patent number: 9994967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper film with large grains, where, at least one surface, more than 50% area of the copper film is [100]-oriented grains, and the average size of [100]-oriented grains is more than 150 ?m. The grains on the copper film have large grain sizes and high preferred orientation, so that the copper film is provided with excellent properties such as flexibility, stability and electro-migration resistance. A copper foil laminate with the above-mentioned copper film is also herein provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chih Chen, Chia-Ling Lu
  • Patent number: 9994968
    Abstract: An electroplating etching apparatus includes a power to output current, and a container configured to contain an electrolyte. A cathode is coupled to the container and configured to fluidly communicate with the electrolyte. An anode is electrically connected to the output, and includes a graphene layer. A metal substrate layer is formed on the graphene layer, and is etched from the graphene layer in response to the current flowing through the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lian Guo, Shu-Jen Han, Xuesong Li
  • Patent number: 9994969
    Abstract: A view port for observing ingot growth process of the present embodiment is as a view port for observing the inside of a chamber providing a space in which a growth process of an ingot is performed includes a body part disposed on the a side of the chamber and having a hole connected to the inside of the chamber; a window being inserted into the hole of the body part to maintain a sealing state of the chamber and through which light being transmitted from the inside of the chamber; and, a window purge being disposed on the side of the body part an forms air curtain. The view port of the present invention proposed has an advantage of prevention of the glass contamination as well as self-cleaning of the contaminated glass of the view port. The ingot that grows in the inside of the chamber may be clearly observed through such a view port and then the process condition is determined through the process data accurately observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SK Siltron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hyeok Kim, Gwang-Ha Na, Hyun-Su Jang
  • Patent number: 9994970
    Abstract: A method of producing a synthetic diamond is disclosed, the method comprising: (a) capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; (b) conducting electrolysis of water to provide hydrogen; (c) reacting the carbon dioxide obtained from step (a) with the hydrogen obtained from step (b) to produce methane; and (d) using the hydrogen obtained from step (b) and the methane obtained from step (c) to produce a synthetic diamond by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ECOTRICITY GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Dale Vince
  • Patent number: 9994971
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a carbon-based composite material includes: bearing a carbon-based composite material layer containing an amorphous carbon matrix and a plurality of equi-axed ultrananocrystalline diamond grains dispersed in the amorphous carbon matrix on a susceptor and applying a plasma treatment on the carbon-based composite material layer in a plasma environment containing a C2 species and a CN species. The susceptor is provided with a negative bias voltage, and is bombarded by the plasma species to be naturally heated to a working temperature less than 500° C. The C2 species and CN species are attracted by the negative bias voltage to the carbon-based composite material layer to make the carbon-based composite material layer generate a phase transformation, so as to facilitate growth of each of the adjacent equi-axed ultrananocrystalline diamond into a nano needle-like diamond grain wrapped by a nano graphite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TAMKANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: I-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 9994972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of fibers from a catalyst solution by electrospinning and further to articles comprising such fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Onur Kas, Gabriel Tkacik, Ashley Moore, Ryan Sylvia
  • Patent number: 9994973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fibers, particularly to as-spun fibers, having improved properties, in particular improved bonding performance and mechanical properties. In particular, the present invention relates to fibers comprising a metallocene random copolymer of propylene and one or more comonomers, said metallocene random copolymer having a broader molecular weight distribution. The present invention further relates to nonwovens comprising such fibers and to a process for producing such fibers and nonwovens. The fibers and the nonwovens of the present invention are characterized by improved properties, in particular improved bonding performance and mechanical properties, when compared to the prior art fibers and nonwovens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: John Bieser, Guillaume Pavy, Hugues Haubruge, Alain Standaert, William Rusty Wheat
  • Patent number: 9994974
    Abstract: The present invention concerns fiber made from a polymer comprising imidazole groups, the polymer further having: i) halide anions being present in an amount in the range of 0.05 to 20.1 weight percent, based on weight of fiber; ii) sulfur, wherein the sulfur is present in the fiber in an amount in the range of 0.05 to 3 weight percent, based on weight of fiber; and iii) alkali metal ion, wherein the alkali metal ion is present in the fiber in an amount in the range of 0.05 to 2 weight percent, based on weight of fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven R. Allen, Vlodek Gabara, Joseph Lenning Lowery, Christopher William Newton, David J. Rodini, Andrew J. Sitter
  • Patent number: 9994975
    Abstract: Electrospinning apparatus and method for producing multi-dimensional structures such as one-dimensional continuous yarns, two-dimensional mats and three-dimensional cotton-like fluffy scaffolds is disclosed. Further, electrospinning apparatus and method with single collector geometry for producing multi-dimensional structures and core-sheath yarns are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Deepthy Menon, John Joseph, Shantikumar Nair
  • Patent number: 9994976
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a commingled yarn that is capable of keeping a high level of dispersion of the continuous reinforcing fiber and the continuous resin fiber, moderately flexible, and less likely to cause fiber separation, and a commingled yarn a wind-up article and a woven fabric. The method for manufacturing a commingled yarn includes commingling a thermoplastic resin fiber having a treatment agent for the thermoplastic resin fiber on a surface thereof, and a continuous reinforcing fiber having a treatment agent for the continuous reinforcing fiber on a surface thereof, and heating the commingled fibers at a temperature in a range from a melting point of the thermoplastic resin composing the thermoplastic resin fiber, up to 30K higher than the melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Asami Nakai, Akio Ootani, Masataka Kaji, Mitsuro Takagi, Nobuhiko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9994977
    Abstract: Woven fabrics are formed from high tenacity fibers or tapes that are loosely interwoven with adhesive coated filaments, to composite articles formed therefrom, and to a continuous process for forming the composite articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Tam, Mark Benjamin Boone, Ashok Bhatnagar
  • Patent number: 9994978
    Abstract: Flame resistant fabrics and garments that have improved resistance to pilling and/or abrasion are disclosed. The fabrics, the fibers or yarns that make up the fabrics, or garments made from the fabrics are treated with a finish composition that is applied to the fibers, yarns, fabrics, or garments and then cured. The finish composition increases the resistance to pilling and/or abrasion of the fibers, yarns, fabrics, or garments. The finish composition includes a polymeric abrasion resistance aid, an alkylfluoropolymer, a polyethylene, and a wetting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Rembert Joseph Truesdale
  • Patent number: 9994979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cut and/or abrasion resistant garment that is lightweight, has improved comfort, flexibility and pliability, and is particularly suitable for use as hosiery products such as stockings, pantyhose and tights, or for protective coverings for the arms of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SUPREME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathaniel H. Kolmes, Fred Driver, Walter Schulein, Glenn M. Fisher, Dan E. Brittain
  • Patent number: 9994980
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed herein. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit can act against the tubes in synchronization to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Inceptus Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Quick
  • Patent number: 9994981
    Abstract: A novel reinforcement system for maximizing tensile strength and modulus of elasticity per ply for composite systems has one or more pockets with a first pocket edge, a second pocket edge, a pocket front surface, and a pocket rear surface. The pocket front surface and the pocket rear surface each have a pocket cross-stitch that perpendicularly traverses the pocket. The pocket traverses the fabric parallel and adjacent to the first fabric edge and the second fabric edge in a warp, or 0 degree, or x-axis direction. The pockets contain one or more fiber tows with a plurality of filaments in a stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: James J. Butler
  • Patent number: 9994982
    Abstract: Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FITESA GERMANY GMBH, FITESA NONWOVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Chester, Albert Witarsa, Stefanie Streich, Helmut Hartl, Harald Siebner, Daniel Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 9994983
    Abstract: The needle board for use in a needling machine for needling a flat textile material comprises first needle rows and second needle rows, wherein the first needle rows and the second needle rows are arranged inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the needle board, which longitudinal direction corresponds to a direction in which the flat textile material to be needled is conveyed in the needling machine. The first needle rows are arranged at a first angle to the longitudinal direction, and the second needle rows are arranged at a second angle to the longitudinal direction. An absolute value of the second angle is different from an absolute value of the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik KG
    Inventor: Trudbert Knopf
  • Patent number: 9994984
    Abstract: Presented is an method and apparatus. An exemplary method includes securing a moveable support surface in a first position adjacent to a sewing head having a reciprocating needle, and moving the support surface to a second position to define a working window adjacent to the sewing head. The method further includes moving the sewing head within the working window relative to the support surface in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ABM International, Inc.
    Inventor: Neal A. Schwarzberger
  • Patent number: 9994985
    Abstract: A compacting machine for compaction a fabric including a feed roller, a retarding roller and a blade element configured to introduce the fabric to be treated between the feed roller and the retarding roller. The compacting machine also comprises a positioning device provided with at least one drive member configured to move one of the rollers with respect to the other of the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LAFER SPA
    Inventor: Bruno Scortegagna
  • Patent number: 9994986
    Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub configured to accommodate wash water therein; a rotary tub rotatably mounted in the tub; a pulsator rotatably arranged below the rotary tub, configured to form a water current; a motor configured to provide driving power to the pulsator; and a floater configured to ascend or descend in response to a water level of the wash water in such a manner that the pulsator and the rotary tub interact with each other or the interaction therebetween is released. The pulsator includes a reinforcement rib protruding from a bottom surface of the pulsator to reinforce stiffness. The floater is connected to the reinforcement rib in a manner that the floater ascends or descends along the reinforcement rib. The washing machine can alternatively transmit the driving power of the motor only to the pulsator or to the pulsator and the rotary tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Oh Kim, Young Myung Son, Ji Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 9994987
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a control method thereof. The control method includes sensing a first unbalance amount of a drum in which laundry is received while rotating the drum at a first rotational velocity, sensing a second unbalance amount of the drum while accelerating the drum to a second rotational velocity, when the first unbalance amount is allowed, and accelerating the drum to a target rotational velocity, when the second unbalance amount is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myunghun Im, Jinho Kim, Sooyoung Oh, Changoh Kim
  • Patent number: 9994988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine having an improved balancing function. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum disposed in the cabinet to be rotatable, a balancer installed at the drum to offset an unbalanced load generated at the drum when the drum is rotated, and at least one magnetic body disposed between the balancer and the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Sung Kim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Dong Ha Jung
  • Patent number: 9994989
    Abstract: A ball joint for use within a washing machine suspension system may generally comprise a joint body including a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion may define an outer surface having a curved profile. In addition, the joint body may define at least one lubrication inlet port extending between the upper and lower portions and at least one lubrication channel extending circumferentially around at least a portion of the lower portion along the outer surface. The lubrication channel(s) may be in fluid communication with the lubrication inlet port(s) such that, when a lubricant is injected into the lubrication inlet port(s) at the upper portion of the joint body, the lubricant flows from the lubrication inlet port(s) into the lubrication channel(s) and then flows circumferentially within the lubrication channel(s) along the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: David John Coxon
  • Patent number: 9994990
    Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub located within the cabinet, a drum rotatably located within the tub, and a drive unit to rotate the drum, and the drive unit includes a motor, a shaft provided with one end defined as a first point and combined with the drum and the other end defined as a second point and combined with a rotor of the motor and transmitting power of the motor to the drum, first and second bearings located between the first and second points, a first groove provided between the first bearing and the first point to prevent damage to the shaft, and a bushing surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface of the shaft and the contour of the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Ju Lee, Min Jea Choi, Doo Young Ryu, Ji Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 9994991
    Abstract: A full-automatic washing machine includes: a first control part, a receiving part, a body display part arranged on an upper panel, and a remote controller separated from the body display part. The remote controller includes: setting keys for setting operating information of a washing operation, a second control part, an information display part and a transmitting part. The second control part displays operating information set by the setting keys through the information display part, and transmits the operating information by the transmitting part to the receiving part through wireless communication. A mode display part of the body display part is illuminated in a color such as blue corresponding to the reception of the operating information until the washing operation starts when the first control part receives the operating information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Haier Asia International Co., Ltd., Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Yukio Tobi, Hiroyuki Kitakawa, Yuka Yoshida, Noriyuki Mori
  • Patent number: 9994992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine, which includes a clutch unit provided to be able to selectively transmit power generated from a drive unit to a drum and a pulsator. The clutch unit includes an outer shaft that is connected to the drum at an upper side thereof and rotates the drum, an inner shaft that is located in the outer shaft, is connected to the pulsator at an upper side thereof, and rotates the pulsator, and a one-way bearing that is installed between the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The one-way bearing selectively transmits a rotating force from the outer shaft to the inner shaft according to a rotating direction of the outer shaft. With this configuration, it is possible to simplify a structure of the clutch unit and to use space efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Hyun Kim, Geun Kang, Jong Woon Park
  • Patent number: 9994993
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Patent number: 9994994
    Abstract: Hybrid rope (20) comprising a core element (22) containing high modulus fibers surrounded by at least one outer layer (24) containing wirelike metallic members (26). The core element (22) is coated (23) with a thermoplastic polyurethane or a copolyester elastomer, preferably the copolyester elastomer containing soft blocks in the range of 10 to 70 wt %. The coated material (23) on the inner core element (22) is inhibited to be pressed out in-between the wirelike members (26) of the hybrid rope (20) and the hybrid rope (20) has decreased elongation and diameter reduction after being in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: BRIDON INTERNATIONAL LTD., DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Xavier Amils, Beste Durmus, Paulus Johannes Hyacinthus Marie Smeets
  • Patent number: 9994995
    Abstract: Steel cords have a stranded structure in which a plurality of sheath strands is intertwined around the outer circumferential surface of a core strand. The outer circumferential surface of the core strand is covered by a cushioning material made of nonwoven fabric or a resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryotaro Suefuji
  • Patent number: 9994996
    Abstract: A raw-material supply device for supplying a biomass raw material under pressure, wherein the device is provided with: a screw body, provided inside a screw feeder and adapted for compressing, rotating, and transporting the powdered biomass raw material using a motor from a normal-pressure feed section for the fed biomass raw material to a high-pressure discharge section; and a pressing plug provided on the tip section side of the screw body, the pressing plug having a plug tip for maintaining a high-temperature/high-pressure field against the discharge force of compressed consolidated biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Ryosuke Uehara, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9994997
    Abstract: A fabric or belt and a method for forming such a fabric or belt, including a base support structure and at least one coating with the coating being applied by a thermal spray process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Salitsky, Bo-Christer Aberg
  • Patent number: 9994998
    Abstract: This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Chen, Lee E. Gunter, Sara Jawdy, Wellington Muchero, Gerald Tuskan, Jianjun Guo, Priya Ranjan, Stephen P. DiFazio, Anthony C. Bryan
  • Patent number: 9994999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a paper or paperboard substrate having barrier properties which substrate comprises a first fiber based layer, a second layer comprising micro-fibrillated cellulose, a third layer comprising a heat sealable polymer, and a fourth layer comprising aluminum, aluminum oxide or titanium dioxide. The invention further relates to a process for the production of said substrate and a package formed of said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: STORA ENSO OYJ
    Inventors: Lars Axrup, Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk
  • Patent number: 9995000
    Abstract: Methods of forming crosslinked cellulose include mixing a crosslinking agent with an aqueous mixture of cellulose fibers containing little to no excess water (e.g., solids content of 25-55%), drying the resulting mixture to 85-100% solids, then curing the dried mixture to crosslink the cellulose fibers. Systems include a mixing unit to form, from an aqueous mixture of unbonded cellulose fibers having a solids content of about 25-55% and a crosslinking agent, a substantially homogenous mixture of non-crosslinked, unbonded cellulose fibers and crosslinking agent; a drying unit to dry the substantially homogenous mixture to a consistency of 85-100%; and a curing unit and to cure the crosslinking agent to form dried and cured crosslinked cellulose fibers. Intrafiber crosslinked cellulose pulp fibers produced by such methods and/or systems have a chemical on pulp level of about 2-14% and an AFAQ capacity of at least 12.0 g/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles E. Miller
  • Patent number: 9995001
    Abstract: The acrylamide-based polymer is produced by polymerizing a polymer component including (meth)acrylamide, a quaternary ammonium-based monomer, and (meth)allylsulfonic acid salt, but not including either a crosslinkable monomer containing nitrogen or a tertiary amino-based monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HARIMA CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sato, Tadaaki Horii, Takanori Kurihara, Takahiro Fujiwara, Kazushige Inaoka
  • Patent number: 9995002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface treatment and a method for its application for the introduction of a wide variety of differentiating properties to fibersin sliver form through a surface treatment of said fibers. The system can accommodate chemical processes, sonochemical processes, and acoustic cavitation processes whereby the fibers are speckled or plated with at least one predetermined compound in a liquid medium to impart at least one desired property to the fibers and for the orderly inclusion of such treated fibers in sliver form having such properties in yarns, woven, knit, or non-woven textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ARGAMAN TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Jerry Greenwald
  • Patent number: 9995003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wet paper friction material for vehicles. The wet paper friction material comprises: a matrix containing a hardwood pulp in an amount of about 40 to 50% by weight; a spherical silica in an amount of about 16 to 21% by weight; a friction modifier in an amount of about 5% by weight or less but greater than 0% by weight; and a filler constituting the remaining balance of the wet paper friction material, and all the % by weights are based on the total weight of the wet paper friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Jinmyung Frictech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Seong Jin Kim, Eun Pa Cho, Young Taek Oh, Sung Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 9995004
    Abstract: A sheet of material that reduces or eliminates the incidence of bleed-through and show-through, thereby enabling a user to prepare artwork, sketches, designs, etc. on both sides of the sheet of material, without the incidence of bleed-through or show-through. The sheet of material includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive material positioned between the first and second substrates to operatively join the first and second substrates to each other. The adhesive material acts as a moisture barrier, thereby preventing ink or moisture from passing therethrough and saturating the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. The adhesive also serves as a light barrier, thereby reducing or eliminating show-through on the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. Multiple sheets of material may be bound into a sketch book or pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Mays Mayhew
  • Patent number: 9995005
    Abstract: A multi-layer through air dried tissue including a first exterior layer comprised substantially of hardwood fibers, an interior layer comprised substantially of softwood fibers, and a second exterior layer comprised substantially of hardwood fibers. The interior layer includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC
    Inventors: Karthik Ramaratnam, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Shane Ervin Hayes, James E. Sealey, II
  • Patent number: 9995006
    Abstract: A new type of railway sleeper is composed of fiber-stabilized stoneware. By using a plurality of fiber-layered stone plates bonded to one another in such a way that prestress is generated in the stoneware, a permanently high-performance-capable sleeper is obtained, which is made of natural materials such as granite or basalt which occur almost everywhere on the earth in unlimited quantities and have a substantially longer service life and are substantially more resistant to influences of the weather and the environment than previous solutions. In addition, the sleeper or the intermediate spaces thereof are equipped with photovoltaic modules which together form a power unit when they are coupled together and connected electrically to the rails. Such sleepers can also be partially hollow as a light weight design variant. Lightweight variants with a hollow profile can be filled entirely or partially with track ballast from the side during the laying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kolja Kuse, Matthias Müller, Ömer Bucak
  • Patent number: 9995007
    Abstract: A drive system, in particular for a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a soil compactor, comprises a drive unit, at least one hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic pump driven by the drive unit, a hydraulic drive support unit with a hydraulic pump/motor assembly, and at least one pressure fluid reservoir, wherein the hydraulic pump/motor assembly is, or can be, drivingly coupled with the drive unit and/or at least one hydraulic circuit, wherein the hydraulic pump/motor assembly can be operated in a charging operating mode by the drive unit and/or at least one hydraulic circuit as a pump to charge at least one pressure fluid reservoir, and be driven in a drive support operating mode as a motor to provide a drive support torque for the hydraulic pump of at least one hydraulic circuit, characterized in that the hydraulic pump/motor assembly is operated in a recirculation operating mode as a pump to convey fluid out of a fluid reservoir and into a fluid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Andreas Röhr, Thomas Henker, Ronny Pieske
  • Patent number: 9995008
    Abstract: A system for controlling a vibratory effort on an asphalt mat includes a screed having a screed frame, a screed plate, and a vibratory mechanism. The screed plate and the vibratory mechanism are mounted on the screed frame and the vibratory mechanism is configured to vibrate the screed frame. The system further includes a sensor mounted on the screed frame, and configured to generate signals indicative of a vibrating parameter of the screed frame. The system further includes a controller in communication with the sensor and the vibratory mechanism. The controller is configured to receive the vibrating parameter, and further compare the vibrating parameter to a threshold parameter. The threshold parameter is the decoupling point of the screed frame. The controller is further configured to control the vibratory mechanism to reduce the vibrating parameter when the vibrating parameter exceeds the threshold parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Caleb D. Von Vett
  • Patent number: 9995009
    Abstract: A self-propelled construction machine includes a machine frame and an operating drum arranged in a drum housing which is open downwards and is closed on both sides by an edge protector which is adjustable in height. A control assembly determines a reference value for the height of the ground surface relative to the machine frame on which the edge protector rests in a floating position, the height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame and the lowering speed of the edge protector. Furthermore, the control assembly is configured such that the height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame is determined at the point in time at which the lowering speed of the edge protector is less than a specified limit value. Preferred embodiments of the machine furthermore detect the edge protector sinking into the ground, and/or prevent the edge protector from digging into the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Hanjo Held, Christian Berning, Cyrus Barimani
  • Patent number: 9995010
    Abstract: A waterproof expansion joint comprises a ballast protection plate and at least one locating device configured to retain the ballast protection plate over a deck joint. A flexible sealing member located below the ballast protection plate can include at least one flange portion and at least one expansion feature. Each expansion feature can include a shape preformed into the flexible sealing member extending downward into the deck joint and configured to deflect, enabling variation in the width of the flexible sealing member to match the width of the deck joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Versaflex, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Haydu
  • Patent number: 9995011
    Abstract: An elongated and adjustable pet waste collection apparatus having an integrated vacuum or suction pump which suctions waste matter off the ground and into a pre-loaded disposable waste bag. Aspects of embodiments of the disclosure contemplate a sanitizing solution dispenser along with a heat sealer for sealing the ends of the waste bag after waste collection. The disclosure is intended to provide consumers with a simple sanitary tool for the collection and discarding of pet waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Sheila T Gordon
  • Patent number: 9995012
    Abstract: A snowplough system of the type being releasably anchored to a front end of a vehicle comprises a plough blade. A vehicle interface is adapted to be releasably anchored to the vehicle. A snowplough interface is operatively connected to the vehicle interface and comprises a structure supporting the plough blade, the structure being movable to displace the plough blade between a ploughing position and a retracted position. A wheel unit is connected to at least one of the vehicle interface and the snowplough interface, and comprises at least one wheel located in front of a front axle of the vehicle, to support part of the weight of the plough blade when in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RIVAL, SOCIÉTÉ EN COMMANDITE
    Inventors: Falah Boumediene, Pierre-Etienne Cote