With Encapsulating Of Permanently Fluent Material In Hollow Or Porous Lamina Or Filling Of Space Between Adhered Laminae Patents (Class 156/145)
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Publication number: 20100297489Abstract: An electrochemical cell may have a PVDF microporous membrane that may be adhesively bonded to electrodes. The adhesive may be a mixture of a solvent and non-solvent that may cause the PVDF membrane to become tacky and adhere to an electrode without collapsing. An adhesively bonded cell may be constructed using multiple layers of adhesively bonded membranes and electrodes. In some embodiments, the adhesive solution may be used as a sizing to prepare electrodes for bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: POROUS POWER TECHNOLGIES, LLC.Inventor: Kirby W. Beard
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Publication number: 20100247823Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising filling a retort pouch with molten material, folding the top of the pouch over near or at the molten material line to expel air from the pouch, and sealing the pouch. Also disclosed herein is a molten material and package combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Daubert Chemical Company, Inc.Inventor: Douglas E. Howell
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Publication number: 20100243132Abstract: In order to improve the state of image irregularities of a liquid crystal panel, a plasma treatment is performed for an alignment film using a treatment gas such as hydrogen and/or deuterium, or a surface treatment is performed in which an alignment film is immersed in deuterium oxide. As a result, moisture contained in the alignment film is removed, and re-adsorption of moisture is also suppressed, thereby reducing image irregularities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sakai, Nobuo Kawase
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Publication number: 20100206461Abstract: Methods and materials used to manufacture a series of substantially identical solar cells which then can be assembled into arrays of various designs, as required, to achieve the desired electrical output. The invention is described with reference to producing dye solar cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: DYESOL INDUSTRIES PTY LTDInventors: Paul Murray, Paul Moonie, Renai Platts
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Publication number: 20100206462Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic assembly which enables the assembly and interconnection of surface mount components and/or other electrical, electronic, electro- optical, electro-mechanical and user interface devices with external I/O contacts on a planar surface without the use of solder or otherwise exposing the components to temperatures substantially above ambient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventor: Edward S. Binkley
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Publication number: 20100190140Abstract: Multilayer device comprising two outer layers of hydrophilic fibre-reinforced textile material between which an intermediate layer is interposed formed from a partly dehydrated aqueous gel comprising sodium alginate, glycerol and water substantially free of calcium and/or magnesium ions. This device is useful for forming adhesive pads for fixing dentures and for forming dermal adhesive bandages.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: BIOFARMITALIA S.P.AInventors: Giuseppe Brugali, Marco Pinna, Fausto Pinna
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Patent number: 7718028Abstract: A process for forming fluid filled units is disclosed. In the process, a web having a series of side connected pouches are fed to an inflation station. The pouches are connected by a line of perforations. First perforations of the line of perforations that extend from an inflation opening of each pouch are shorter than second perforations of the line of perforations that extend from the first perforations toward a side edge of each pouch. The pouches filled with fluid and sealed to form fluid filled units.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.Inventors: Hershey Lerner, Dana Liebhart
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Publication number: 20100116416Abstract: The invention relates to: a method of adhering a flexible film to a substrate, in which a sufficient quantity of a liquid is disposed between the film and the substrate such that no bubbles are trapped therebetween once the film has been applied to the substrate with the aid of a scraper, said method being characterised in that the liquid does not freeze at a substrate temperature of less than 0° C.; the mutually-adhered substrate and flexible film which is characterised by the continued absence of frost in the event of the substrate and film being moved into an atmosphere in which the temperature thereof is less than 0° C., from an atmosphere having a temperature that is at least equal to 0° C. and residual moisture of at least 25%; glazing comprising same; and the applications of said glazing, including for example exposure to temperatures of less than 0° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Hélène GRUSSAUTE-NGHIEM, Marie-Isabelle Watchi, Yves Demars, Gilles Lonchampt
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Publication number: 20100118413Abstract: Micro-shutter device applicable to display devices including a flexible display device and method of manufacturing same are provided. Micro-shutter device includes membrane. Frame including receiving hole in its center portion is bonded to membrane. Transparent substrate is bonded to frame to encapsulate optical fluid received in receiving hole. Actuator varies refractive power produced by change in curvature of fluid lens formed in the center portion of the receiving hole due to bending of a periphery of the fluid lens. A reflector is disposed to correspond to the fluid lens and be spaced apart from the membrane, such that light intensity transferred to a user is adjusted depending on the refractive power produced by a change in curvature of the fluid lens. Therefore, the device has improved optical efficiency compared to using liquid crystal and a polarizing film, and can have a flexible structure for application to a flexible display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woon-bae Kim, Kyu-dong Jung, Seung-wan Lee
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Publication number: 20100108693Abstract: A thermally insulated double-walled disposable plastic container includes a container body having an inner cup and outer cup fixedly separated by an insulating space. The thermally insulated double-walled disposable plastic container is open at the top and enclosed at the bottom. The insulating space includes a gas for providing thermal insulation. A preferred gas is air. Preferred methods for making the insulated disposable double-walled plastic container includes blow-molding, thermoforming or injecting molding an inner cup and outer cup then fixedly connecting the inner cup and outer cup to define an insulation space there between.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Liguo Zhao
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Publication number: 20100108240Abstract: A method of forming an electrode having an electrochemical catalyst layer is disclosed. The method includes etching a surface of a substrate, followed by immersing the substrate in a solution containing surfactants to form a conditioner layer on the surface of the substrate, and immersing the substrate in a solution containing polymer-capped noble metal nanoclusters dispersed therein to form a polymer-protected electrochemical catalyst layer on the conditioner layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: TRIPOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tzu-Chien WEI, Hai-Peng CHENG, Shien-Ping FENG, Jo-Lin LAN, Chao PENG, Wen-Chi HSU, Ya-Huei CHANG, Wen-Hsiang CHEN
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Publication number: 20100100116Abstract: Intragastric volume-occupying devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. The devices, which are inflated by carbon dioxide, include an aluminum or silicon oxide barrier layer providing carbon dioxide retention and an alkylene vinyl alcohol polymer layer providing structural integrity in vivo.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Mark C. Brister, Kaushik A. Patel, Andrew P. Rasdal, Nelson Quintana, Neil R. Drake, Antonio C. Llevares, Dubravka Markovic, Amy D.L. VandenBerg
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Patent number: 7699953Abstract: A method and a product of one-time enveloping silicone gel with plastic films. The surfaces of two films to be in contact with the silicone gel are treated by a plasma casing process (crosslinking by activated species of inert gases) or an electron beam process in advance so as to improve the wetting capability thereof. Thereby the films and the silicone gel are able to tightly combine together without the fear of separation. The operation is carried out under a vacuum environment so that no bubble will be generated therein and the leakage of the silicone gel on welding portions will be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Inventor: Hui-Mei Chen
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Publication number: 20100089521Abstract: A reinforced flexible hose that has at least one layer of stainless steel threads braided about the outer surface of the inner core and a transparent flexible polymeric covering located over the braided stainless steel threads, thereby protecting them from abrasion and corrosion. The covering is not in intimate contact with the circumference of each thread thereby trapping pockets of air between the covering and the threads. A moisture sensitive compound is dispersed through the stainless steel threads under the transparent covering. When the compound becomes wet, it changes from a first color to a second color indicating that the hose has failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Kwan Yuen Abraham Ng, Sarah Seen Yui Chan Ng
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Publication number: 20100071839Abstract: A method of forming an electrode including an electrochemical catalyst layer is disclosed, which comprises forming a graphitized porous conductive fabric layer, optionally conditioning the graphitized porous conductive fabric layer, and dipping the graphitized porous conductive fabric layer into a solution containing a plurality of polymer-capped noble metal nanoclusters dispersed therein. The polymer-capped noble metal nanoclusters as an electrochemical catalyst layer are adsorbed onto the graphitized porous conductive fabric layer. An electrochemical device with the electrode made thereby is also contemplated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: TRIPOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hai-Peng CHENG, Shien-Ping FENG, Jo-Lin LAN, Chao PENG, Tzu-Chien WEI, Wen-Chi HSU, Ya-Huei CHANG, Wen-Hsiang CHEN
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Publication number: 20100065113Abstract: The present invention discloses a grooved dye-sensitized solar cell structure and a method for fabricating the same. The method of the present invention comprises providing a titanium plate having at least one groove; forming insulation layers on the grooves; forming a plurality of titanium dioxide units on the titanium plate each containing a plurality of titanium dioxide nanotubes, wherein each groove is arranged in between two adjacent titanium dioxide units; making the titanium dioxide units absorb a photosensitive dye; forming a transparent conductive film over the insulation layers and the titanium dioxide units; and filling an electrolyte into spaces each enclosed by the transparent conductive film, the titanium dioxide unit, the insulation layers. The present invention not only increases the electron transmission efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency but also promote the uniformity of the semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Chien-Chon Chen, Hsien-Wen Chung, Chin-Hsing Chen, Chi-Jui Sung
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Publication number: 20100062082Abstract: The invention provides a method for the measurement of a concentration of a charged species in a sample, the sample having a plurality of types of charged species and at least one insoluble component. The method comprises: providing the sample on a surface of a partly permeable layer (30); allowing components of the sample to pass through the partly permeable layer (30) into a channel (12); and separating the components into sections, such that each at least one of the sections substantially comprises a single type of the plurality of the types of charged species, and determining the charge concentration in the at least one of the sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2006Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Steven Selwyn Staal, Jan Floris, Albert Van Den Berg
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Publication number: 20100060875Abstract: An optofluidic lithography system including a membrane, a microfluidic channel, and a pneumatic chamber is provided. The membrane may be positioned between a pneumatic chamber and a microfluidic channel. The microfluidic channel may have a height corresponding to a displacement of the membrane and have a fluid flowing therein, the fluid being cured by light irradiated from the bottom to form a microstructure. The pneumatic chamber may induce the displacement of the membrane depending on an internal atmospheric pressure thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Sunghoon Kwon, SeungAh Lee, Wook Park, SuEun Chung
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Publication number: 20100038017Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a camera module including a sensor package having an image pickup element, and a lens configuration in which a lens holder, and a receptacle accommodating the sensor package are integrally formed, the sensor package being fixed within the receptacle, the method including: applying a photo-curing resin to predetermined portions of the receptacle; performing alignment of a relative position of the sensor package to the lens configuration; a first joining whereby the photo-curing resin is cured so that the sensor package is fixed within the receptacle while maintaining the relative position of the sensor package to the lens configuration; and a second joining whereby a thermosetting resin is applied so as to fill a space formed between the sensor package and the lens configuration, and then curing the thermosetting resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshimi Egawa
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Publication number: 20100027100Abstract: The invention relates to a display apparatus including a first substrate supporting an array of light modulators, a second substrate separated from the first substrate by a gap, a fluid substantially filling the gap, sealing material joining the first substrate to the second substrate, and a bubble trapping region within a space enclosed by the sealing material for substantially constraining a location of a bubble trapped within the gap. In some embodiments, the bubble trapping region extends along a majority of a side of at least one of the substrates. In some embodiments, the fluid has a viscosity less than 70 centipoise.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Kar Yue Lee, Eugene E. Fike, III, Mark B. Andersson, John J. Fijol, Jorma Antero Peltola, Susan Oakley, Roger W. Barton
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Publication number: 20100028390Abstract: A dermal, transdermal, mucosal or transmucosal delivery device includes a backing layer overlying an ingredient containing reservoir, and having a microprotrusion array attached thereto, a cover for the reservoir having at least one opening therethrough, an adhesive layer and a liner layer. Upon removal of the liner layer, the device may be placed over the desired area of the skin or mucosa and adhesively applied thereto allowing the ingredients to flow from the reservoir through the at least one opening to the skin or mucosa.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Gary W. Cleary, Steven R. Klemm
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Publication number: 20100006100Abstract: The invention concerns a gel covering of a patient interface. This gel covering has a mask connection area by which its side that faces away from the patient is joined with a mask body. The patient interface can be designed, for example, as a respiratory mask. On its side that faces the patient's face, the respiratory mask has thin, inwardly formed, peripheral contact lips. The respiratory mask has accessories that allow it to be fastened on the patient's head as well as a hose connection for supplying air. At least one region formed from a filler is placed in or on the walls of the gel covering. The method is used to produce the gel covering of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Martin Eifler, Martin Bechtel, Arnold Frerichs, Matthias Pulla, Henry Hahn, Joachim Gardein
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Publication number: 20090325745Abstract: A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder. The casing may form at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder may be located within the casing and formed from a plurality of polymer bladder elements joined along abutting edges to form a sealed and valveless structure that encloses a pressurized gas. In some configurations, the bladder may be at least partially formed from an ether-based thermoplastic polyurethane material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Zvi Rapaport, Vincent F. White
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Publication number: 20090311133Abstract: Embodiments of method of manufacturing an implantable pump, including providing an upper layer comprising a dome structure for housing a drug chamber and a cannula in fluid communication with the drug chamber, providing a middle deflection layer adjacent the drug chamber, providing a bottom layer comprising electrolysis electrodes, and bonding the upper layer, middle deflection layer, and bottom layer to form the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Changlin Pang, Fukang Jiang, Jason Shih, Sean Caffey, Mark Humayun, Yu-Chong Tai
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Patent number: 7625457Abstract: An integrated lancing test strip includes a pair of blade members that each have a lancing tip that are configured to lance skin. A pair of spacer members connect the blade members together such that the blade members define an internal capillary. A test strip is positioned along the internal capillary, and the test strip is configured to test analyte levels in the bodily fluid. During use, the lancing tips form one or more incisions in the skin. The fluid from the incisions is drawn via capillary action through the internal capillary and onto the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Steven N. Roe, Jeffrey N. Roe
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Patent number: 7621110Abstract: The self-heating and adhesive device of the present invention comprises a gas-permeable sheet layer, an exothermic composition layer, a gas-impermeable sheet layer, a support, a poultice or gel layer, and a releasing sheet layer in this order, wherein the exothermic composition layer is stuffed in a pouch that is made of the gas-permeable sheet layer and the gas-impermeable sheet layer, and wherein the support comprises a fibrous layer only or a gas-impermeable sheet and a fibrous layer and has a moisture permeability within the range of 0 to 3,000 g/m2·24 hours by the Lyssy method.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Ohshin MLP Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keizo Ota, Tetsuhiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090285256Abstract: A laser resonator and method for forming the laser resonator are provided. The method comprises placing a housing for the laser resonator in an alignment fixture, attaching a bond plate to an optical component of the laser resonator, attaching a first end of an alignment arm to the bond plate attached to the optical component, attaching a second end of the alignment arm to the alignment fixture such that the optical component is disposed over the housing, aligning, via the alignment fixture and the alignment arm, the optical component relative to the housing, and bonding the aligned optical component to the housing. The first end of the alignment arm may removed once the aligned optical component is bonded to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Edward Joseph Adamkiewicz, Carlos Avila
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Publication number: 20090283204Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode formed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second electrode formed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The second electrode forms an electric field to a liquid crystal layer along with the first electrode, and the liquid crystal layer comprises about 25-35 wt % of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and about 9-11 wt % of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 8. wherein X is an alkyl with a carbon number of 2, and Y is an alkenyl. wherein X is an alkyl with a carbon number of 3-7.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Jun-Hyup LEE, Duck-Jong Suh, Won-Gap Yoon, So-Youn Park
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Patent number: 7611767Abstract: There is provided such a heat-generating body for warming a foot in that a heat-generating composition is used that can retain the shape thereof irrespective of the pressure inside the container bag upon using by application to a foot, a footgear or a sock. The heat-generating body of the invention for warming a foot is characterized in that it contains a heat-generating formed article causing a heat-generating reaction in the presence of air and having a shape retaining degree of 70 or more charged in a container bag constituted with a base material, a covering material and the like. Further a process is provided for producing a heat-generating body for warming a foot in that the heat generation reaction of the heat-generating composition is suppressed to prevent loss due to the heat-generating reaction during production, quality deterioration of the heat-generating composition, and other problems.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Mycoal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Usui, Michio Aida, Hisao Kimura, Masato Nakamura, Yoshikazu Sakamaki, Toshihiro Dodo
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Publication number: 20090260932Abstract: A component defines at least one chamber that is confined by the component. The chamber has an inner surface. A filler material is disposed inside the chamber. Relative movement between the inner surface and the filler material helps dampen vibrations and other oscillations if and when the component is vibrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Michael D. Hanna, Mark A. Golden, John C. Ulicny
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Publication number: 20090255621Abstract: An apparatus for forming air-laid absorbent cores, having a first and second mat-forming wheel. Means are also provided for applying a first and second web of casing material onto the peripheral surface of the first and second mat-forming wheel, respectively, for providing a third web of casing material into the nip between the first and second mat-forming wheel, for applying an adhesive coating on both sides of the third web, the mat-forming wheels being so positioned that the formed core elements on the respective first and second mat-forming wheels will abut the third web when passing the nip between the first and second mat-forming wheel, and for pressing together the portions of the three webs located outside the contour of the core element, containing the first and second core element, whereby the air-laid core elements will encapsulated in casing material. Also, a method for forming air-laid absorbent cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2006Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Gunnar Edvardsson
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Publication number: 20090255570Abstract: A photovoltaic panel includes a substrate, a photovoltaic coating extending over, and being adhered to, a central region of a major surface of the substrate, and a flexible and electrically non-conductive film overlaying the photovoltaic coating, such that the photovoltaic coating is sandwiched between the film and the substrate. An assembly, which includes the photovoltaic panel, further includes a second substrate, which is joined to the first substrate, for example, by a seal member, such that an air space is enclosed between the film and the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: CARDINAL SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Robert C. Grommesh, Roger D. O'Shaughnessy
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Patent number: 7601234Abstract: A method for producing an engineered building material comprising at least a first and second cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product, the method comprising: affixing at least one end of the first cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product to at least one end of the second cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product via a coupler device.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Panterra Engineered Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Thomas St. Denis, Gabriel M. Karamanis
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Publication number: 20090236030Abstract: An apparatus and associated method of making a molded article including providing a mold that defines a mold cavity having a predetermined profile. A rubber base material is in the mold cavity. The rubber base material is constructed and arranged to have a profile that substantially matches the profile of the mold cavity. An adhesive film is disposed over the rubber base material. Energy is applied across the mold so as to heat and vulcanize the rubber base material while concurrently adhering the adhesive film to the rubber base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventor: Michel Marc
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Publication number: 20090234308Abstract: Transdermal delivery systems are disclosed including a backing layer, a polymer membrane within the backing layer, an adhesive layer for attaching the delivery system to the patient's skin or mucosa, and a releasable layer covering the adhesive layer prior to use, the polymer membrane impregnated with sufficient fluid medium to alter the rate of transmission of an active agent through the polymer membrane, with the amount of fluid medium being greater than the amount retained by the fluid membrane upon drying.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Mylan Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kristin Jackson, Kenneth J. Miller, II, Pavan Bhat
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Publication number: 20090233038Abstract: According to the invention, a system for insulating a structure is disclosed. The system may include an insulation panel. The insulation panel may define an internal volume. The internal volume may be at a lower pressure than an exterior of the insulation panel. The insulation panel may be disposed within a portion of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventor: ELDON COPPERSMITH
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Patent number: 7578333Abstract: A device and method are disclosed for forming air filled cushions. The device includes a drive mechanism to move inflatable tubing through the apparatus, and an injector, optionally including an outlet, located continuously within, or within a portion of, the tubing. This arrangement can permit the formation of air filled cushions in a continuous stream. Also disclosed is a roll of plastic tubing that is sealed transversely at a succession of intervals, with each pair of seals stopping just short of a longitudinal center line of the tubing. Such tubing might be used in conjunction with the apparatus, the central gap between the seals allowing passage of the injector.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Pregis CorporationInventors: John Stuart Greenwood, Neil Glynn Price
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Publication number: 20090206084Abstract: The invention relates to liquid containers comprising a plurality of sealed additive chambers in communication with a vessel tillable with a liquid. The additive chambers comprise independently selected additives that may be added to a liquid in the container at the option of the user. The user can manually open the additive chambers of their choice and release the additive into a liquid in the vessel without destroying the integrity of the container. In this manner, the liquid containers are programmable by the users and various aspects of the liquid in the container, such as color and/or flavor, is controlled by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: IPIFINI, Inc.Inventors: Tod M. Woolf, Andrew S. Marks, Glenn Wachler, Scott Woolf
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Patent number: 7575682Abstract: Reactive geocomposite mats, and their method of manufacture, for treating contaminants in sediment, soil or water that allow the passage of essentially non-contaminated water therethrough. The geocomposite mat includes a pre-formed woven or non-woven geotextile, that is needlepunched to an outer geotextile sheet layer to provide a high loft, structurally secured, pre-formed geotextile having a thickness of about 6 mm to about 200 mm, and having, a porosity sufficient to receive a powdered or granular contaminant-reactive material, contaminant-sorptive material, or a contaminant-neutralizing material (hereinafter collectively referred to as “contaminant-reactant material” or “contaminant-reactive material”) throughout its thickness, or in any portion of the thickness across its entire major surface(s). The powdered or granular contaminant-reactive material is disposed within the pores of the previously formed, high loft geotextile mat to surround the fibers, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: AMCOL International CorporationInventors: James T. Olsta, Charles J. Hornaday, Robert J. Trauger, Jerald W. Darlington, Jr.
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Patent number: 7575596Abstract: A two-layer external breast prosthesis comprising a first inner layer comprised of a self-shaping dispersion and a second outer layer comprised of an elastic material, wherein the second outer layer is relatively stiffer than the first inner layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Amoena Medizin-Orthopädie-Technik GmbHInventors: Roy Wade Bowman, Robert James Halley, Lisa Marie Hughey, Larry Dale Prosser, Jr.
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Publication number: 20090199955Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure incorporates a support element that includes a fluid-filled chamber, a first insert, and a second insert. The chamber defines a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a sidewall extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first insert is secured to the first surface and at least partially recessed into the polymer material of the chamber, and the second insert is secured to the second surface. In addition, the chamber may be pressurized to deform the first insert or the second insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: Nike, Inc.Inventors: David A. Goodwin, Gerald Edwin Crowley
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Publication number: 20090192520Abstract: A surgical tool support device includes an arm. The arm includes a flexible tubular main body; and a plurality of beads contained within the tubular main body. In a first configuration, a fluid at least partially surrounds the plurality of beads. In a second configuration, at least some of the fluid is evacuated such that the rigidity of the arm is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: PROSURGICS LtdInventor: Patrick Armstrong FINLAY
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Publication number: 20090179541Abstract: Vacuum insulation panels and methods for making vacuum insulation panels. The panels include first and second spaced-apart sidewalls, where at least one of the sidewalls has a very smooth surface. The panels are particularly useful as insulation in applications where a smooth and aesthetically acceptable surface is required, such as in a refrigeration appliance. A method for making a vacuum insulation panel can include placing an insulative core material and a liner within a barrier envelope defining an enclosure, evacuating the enclosure, and sealing the envelope to form the vacuum insulation panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: NANOPORE, INC.Inventors: Douglas M. Smith, Stephen Wallace
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Patent number: 7560004Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and compositions for improving the adhesion properties and switching performance of an electrophoretic display. The methods and compositions comprise the use of a high dielectric polymer or oligomer and optionally a crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Sipix Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Cheri Pereira, Jack Hou, Rong-Chang Liang
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Publication number: 20090151858Abstract: An inkjet head includes a channel unit and actuator units. Inside the channel unit, individual ink channels are formed so that ink supplied from ink inlets is ejected from nozzles via pressure chambers. The actuator units are bonded to the upper surface of the channel unit. The actuator units have a configuration of four piezoelectric sheets laminated to one another. On the upper surface of the piezoelectric sheet, individual electrodes are disposed in positions opposed to the pressure chambers respectively. A FPC for supplying driving signals to the actuator units is connected to the individual electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Manabu Hibi
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Publication number: 20090149958Abstract: A spinal nucleus implant is provided which includes a braided three-dimensional reinforcement member having a polymeric matrix imbued therein, the implant configured to have a shape consistent with a cavity within an intervertebral disc space. The polymeric matrix may be a fluid absorbing polymer, e.g., a hydrogel or a substantially non-fluid absorbing in-situ curable elastic polymer. A method of making a spinal nucleus implant is provided which includes providing a braided three-dimensional reinforcement member configured and dimensioned to have a shape consistent with a cavity in an intervertebral space and infusing the braided three-dimensional reinforcement member with a liquid polymer capable of forming a polymeric matrix. Also provided is a spinal nucleus implant including a three-dimensional reinforcement member adapted and configured to undergo anisotropic expansion, the implant configured to have a shape consistent with a cavity within an intervertebral disc space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Ann Prewett, Gerald Gontarz
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Publication number: 20090145536Abstract: A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior and charge/discharge rate capabilities are observed in batteries utilizing the cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2009Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Changs-Ascending Enterprise Co.Inventor: Chun-Chieh Chang
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Publication number: 20090146433Abstract: A method of assembling a wind turbine blade includes forming a preform pressure surface member and a preform suction surface member. The method also includes forming at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge. One method of forming the leading edge or the trailing edge includes coupling a preform cap member to one of a portion of the preform pressure surface member and a portion of the preform suction surface member. At least a portion of one of the preform pressure surface member and the preform suction surface member overlap at least a portion of the preform bond cap member. Another method of forming the leading edge or the trailing edge includes coupling the preform pressure surface member to the preform suction surface member wherein at least a portion of the preform pressure surface member overlaps at least a portion of the preform suction surface member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Nicholas Keane Althoff, Amir Riahi, Andrew John Billen, Jan Willem Bakhuis
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Patent number: 7536837Abstract: A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately after being held out of a production cycle for some period of time, and applies a heated sealing element directly to and in sliding contact with a web of film to securely seal the inlet port of an inflated pillow while the pillow is under pressure and as the web of film is continuously and uninterruptedly advanced through the machine.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Perkins, Oliver M. Reyes, Philipp Borchard, Nicholas P. De Luca
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Publication number: 20090107617Abstract: A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, and a ball carcass. The ball pocket is constructed to have a true roundness shape, having an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein when the inflatable bladder is inflated, the ball pocket retains a true roundness shape of the inflatable bladder. The ball carcass includes a ball cushion and a plurality of carcass panels. Each of the carcass panels has a peripheral edge and a flat bottom surface defined within the peripheral edge, wherein the bottom surface of each of the carcass panels is entirely affixed to the ball cushion at a position that the peripheral edge of each of the carcass panels is fittingly aligned with the peripheral edges of the adjacent carcass panels to form a roundness carcass of the sportsball in a stitch-less manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventor: Tsung Ming Ou