Of Portion Only Of Lamina From Carrier Patents (Class 156/234)
  • Patent number: 9321266
    Abstract: A print head has an ink reservoir to hold ink, the reservoir having protrusions, an external manifold coupled to the ink reservoir, the ink manifold having channels on a first surface that match the protrusions, and an adhesive in the channels to contact the protrusions. A method of assembling a print head includes mounting a jet stack to a flat plate of a merge fixture, dispensing adhesive on an external manifold attached to the jet stack, placing a reservoir in the merge fixture above the external manifold such that the reservoir does not contact the adhesive, attaching an upper plate to the reservoir to set a depth, pressing the reservoir into the adhesive, and curing the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Paul Woebkenberg, Jonathan Robert Brick, Robert Mark Jacobs, Joseph Andrew Broderick
  • Patent number: 9171810
    Abstract: An electronic device incorporating a randomized interconnection layer. In one example, the device includes a randomized interconnection layer having a randomized conductive pattern formed by etching of a heterogeneous layer; and a sensing circuit, electrically coupled to the randomized interconnection layer to detect the randomized conductive pattern. In another example, a method of fabricating the device includes forming a set of electrodes proximate to a silicon substrate; depositing a heterogeneous layer of elements onto the substrate; etching the heterogeneous layer to form a randomized conductive pattern; and electrically coupling the electrodes to a sensing circuit and the randomized conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Antoine Armand in't Zandt, Viet Hoang Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9162632
    Abstract: A method for producing a patterned pressure-sensitive adhesive body includes a pattern forming step of cutting a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including a first release film and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on one surface of the first release film so as to form a first slit in a pattern shape and an outer frame forming step of cutting the first release film and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer so as to form a second slit in an outer frame shape surrounding the pattern shape. The second slit has a discontinuous portion in a cutting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Yoshimasa Nishida, Takafumi Suzuki, Hiromitsu Morishita, Masayoshi Natsume, Shuuji Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9096049
    Abstract: A metal-clad laminate excellent in isotropy, appearance, bondability between a TLC polymer film and a metallic sheet, and dimensional stability is provided less costly with a first step of thermally compressing the film with the metallic sheet by passing them through a nipping region between heating rolls, and a second step of heat-treating the resultant metal-clad laminate at a temperature not higher than the melting point of the film, wherein the film has thermal expansion coefficient ?L satisfying ?L=?T+? with thickness T, thickness coefficient ? and anisotropy coefficient ? of the film; wherein the coefficient ? is within the range of ?0.08 to ?0.01; the coefficient ? is within the range of ?M+6????M+10 with thermal expansion coefficient ?M of the metallic sheet; and thermal expansion coefficient ?T of the film is within ?M?2??T??M+3 with the coefficient ?M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Onodera, Tadao Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9067866
    Abstract: The invention relates to amino(meth)acrylates obtained from the reaction of amines with a mixture of epoxy(meth)acrylates and (meth)acrylated diluent and there use for making flexible varnishes, coatings, adhesives and inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ALLNEX BELGIUM S.A.
    Inventors: Francis Bergiers, Thierry Randoux
  • Publication number: 20150124457
    Abstract: A light emitting device can further improve light extraction efficiency. A method of manufacturing such a light emitting device can also prove advantageous. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light-transmissive member which is disposed on a light extracting surface side of the light emitting element, and a reflecting layer disposed on an element bonding surface of the light transmissive member where the light emitting element is disposed and adjacent to the light emitting element. The light-transmissive member, in a plan view, has a planar dimension greater than the light extracting surface of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke SANGA, Masatsugu ICHIKAWA, Shunsuke MINATO, Toru TAKASONE, Masahiko SANO
  • Patent number: 8968846
    Abstract: A thermal transfer film and an organic electroluminescent display manufactured using the thermal transfer film, the thermal transfer film including a base layer; and a transfer enhancement layer having a surface energy of about 25 dyne/cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Hyoung Tae Lim, Kyoung Ku Kang, Jung Hyo Lee, Seong Heun Cho, Si Kyun Park, Se Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 8969127
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an electronic device comprises providing a layer structure (48) supported on a first substrate (34), providing a second, patterned substrate (28) and transferring selected areas (58) of the first layer structure onto the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Novalia Ltd
    Inventor: Kate Stone
  • Patent number: 8956490
    Abstract: In a method of forming an identification card, a card substrate having a surface is provided. A film laminate comprising a backing layer and one or more dried transferable layers attached to the backing layer is provided. One of the transferable layers comprises a coating comprising an inorganic ceramic-like material and a water insoluble polymer binder. The film laminate is laminated to the surface of the card substrate such that an exposed surface of the one or more transferable layers adheres to the surface of the card substrate. The backing layer is then removed from at least a portion of the one or more transferable layers that remain adhered to the surface of the card substrate. Additional embodiments are generally directed to a method of protecting a surface of an identification card and identification card manufacturing devices for performing the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventor: Karl A. Karst
  • Publication number: 20150041302
    Abstract: A touch sensor including a plurality of first electrode films and a plurality of second electrode films which are formed on a surface of a substrate and are arranged in different directions from each other; and a manufacturing method for the same. The manufacturing method includes: a first transfer step, which uses a transfer ribbon made by at least an insulating layer and an electrode-imparting layer which are entirely sequentially stacked as a transfer layer upon an elongated release film, attaches to a substrate only a portion of the transfer layer to which heat and pressure have been applied, and by stripping the release film, transfers the transfer layer in at least the shape of a first electrode film; and a second transfer step including attaching only the portion of the transfer layer to which the heat and the pressure had been applied and stripping the release film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Shuzo Okumura, Asako Sakashita, Eiji Nakagawa, Ryohei Nagase, Tomohiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20150034237
    Abstract: A process for producing a corrugated electrode for use in an electroactive polymer cartridge is disclosed. A laminated web comprising a support sheet laminated to a dielectric elastomer film is positioned. The support sheet defines areas exposing portions of the dielectric elastomer film. A force is applied to the positioned laminated web to stretch the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web in a direction that is orthogonal to a plane defined by the web. An electrically conductive material is applied to the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web while the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web is in a stretched state. The laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web is relaxed to form the corrugated electrode on the dielectric elastomer film portion of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Silmon J. Biggs, Jeremy Elsberry, Andrew B. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8945328
    Abstract: Methods of forming garments having one or more stretchable conductive ink patterns. Described herein are method of making garments (including compression garments) having one or more highly stretchable conductive ink pattern formed of a composite of an insulative adhesive, a conductive ink, and an intermediate gradient zone between the adhesive and conductive ink. The conductive ink typically includes between about 40-60% conductive particles, between about 30-50% binder; between about 3-7% solvent; and between about 3-7% thickener. The stretchable conductive ink patterns may be stretched more than twice their length without breaking or rupturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: L.I.F.E. Corporation S.A.
    Inventors: Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni, Andrea Aliverti
  • Patent number: 8940122
    Abstract: A protective adhesive film may include a polyurethane sheet and an adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of a first major surface of the polyurethane sheet. The adhesive layer may comprise a pressure-sensitive adhesive that includes an acrylate polymer and a silicone macromer. The adhesive layer may adhere to a surface of an electronic device without the application of any liquid or additive to the adhesive layer or the surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Wrapsol Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis S. Cohen, Juan Maldonado, Igor Muravyov, Brett G. Webster
  • Patent number: 8932425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a transfer strip for decorating surfaces, in particular for decorating outer packagings. A transfer strip comprising a strip-like backing film (11), a decorative layer (13) and a release layer (12) arranged between the decorative layer (13) and the backing film is provided. The decorative layer (13) has a multiplicity of identical optically variable decorative elements, which are arranged in first area regions, which are separate from one another and spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the transfer strip. The decorative layer (13) has second area regions, which are separate from one another and spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the transfer strip and in which the decorative layer (13) has one or more individualizable layers for providing respectively different machine-readable optical markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Lutz, Walter Kurz, Ludwig Brehm, Hans Peter Bezold
  • Publication number: 20140323007
    Abstract: A donor substrate, a method of laser induced thermal imaging, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device are disclosed. In the method of laser induced thermal imaging, a donor substrate is provided to include a base substrate, a light to heat conversion layer, a transfer layer and a functional layer. The functional layer includes a material radiating an infrared light. The donor substrate is laminated to an acceptor substrate. A laser beam is radiated into the donor substrate, thereby forming an organic layer pattern on the acceptor substrate from the transfer layer. A position of the organic layer pattern is observed using an infrared microscope. A laser beam position is adjusted and the donor substrate is separated from the acceptor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Hoon YEON
  • Publication number: 20140311662
    Abstract: In a method for fabricating an embedded pattern using a transfer-based imprinting, an adhesive layer is formed on a substrate. The adhesive layer has a photo curable resin. A stamp having a protruded pattern is prepared. A thin-film layer is formed on an outer surface of the protruded pattern of the stamp. The stamp having the thin-film layer contact with the adhesive layer is pressed to selectively transfer the thin-film layer of the protruded pattern to the adhesive layer. Ultraviolet rays (UV) are irradiated to cure the adhesive layer. The stamp is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jun-Hyuk CHOI, Eung-Sug LEE, Ji-Hye LEE, Jun-ho JEONG, Joo-Yun JUNG, Dae-Guen CHOI, Cheol-Hyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140305577
    Abstract: A foil stamping method and device according to which a surface of a printing product (D) is provided with an adhesive layer in places intended to be imprinted and a transfer layer sticking to the printing product (D) in places intended to be imprinted. Prior to foil printing, a build-up adhesive is applied to the printing product (D), instead of or in addition to the adhesive layer, in the places intended to be semi-embossed and the pressure acts evenly across the entire surface of the printing product (D), namely also on the raised places resulting from semi-embossing and the remaining surroundings during foil printing. A foil transfer means (3) has a transfer roller (31) and a foil feeding means (4) associated with the foil transfer means (3), the outer surface of the transfer roller (31) being covered with an elastic cover of a small thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Barth
  • Patent number: 8839737
    Abstract: A device and a method for coating a printing material include a foil engaged with a printing material on an impression cylinder using guide rollers. The foil and the printing material are guided together in an engagement area and a functional layer, such as glue or varnish, is dried, i.e. activated or polymerized, through the foil in the engagement area using a drier. The guide rollers are disengaged from the impression cylinder to avoid contact between the foil and grippers of the impression cylinder. To improve a detachment behavior of the foil from the functional layer, an angle of detachment between the foil and the sheet is varied by pivoting the guide rollers about an external geometrical pivot axis or an internal geometrical pivot axis, or at least assisting the disengagement of the foil from the impression cylinder by a change of a pneumatic condition of a foil-guiding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Heidleberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Alexander Weber
  • Patent number: 8834659
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the supply of transfer foil in a coating module in which the image-forming layers of a transfer foil are transferred to a printing material. To achieve this, a partial pressing surface is located in the coating module for transferring the layers of the transfer foil. This permits targeted control of the foil feed. The transfer foil can be fed past a pressure cylinder in an approximately tangential manner and with a limited width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: manroland sheetfed GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Preisner, Michael Zinke
  • Patent number: 8834660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Neal T. Eidenschink, John L. Schumann, Trent A. Johnson, Daniel W. Scheele, Cameron T. Hempel, Scott J. Cray, Kenneth L. Bolster
  • Publication number: 20140224415
    Abstract: In a laminating apparatus and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display, the laminating apparatus includes a heater which generates heat and the heating member which transfers heat received from the heater to a donor film. The heating member includes a first conducting layer which receives heat from the heater, a second conducting layer which is formed on the first conducting layer and which has a thermal conductivity different from that of the first conducting layer, and a third conducting layer which is formed on the second conducting layer and which has a thermal conductivity different from that of the second conducting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Jin Koo KANG
  • Patent number: 8795454
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method for a monolithic ceramic electronic component, a plurality of green chips arrayed in row and column directions which are obtained after cutting a mother block are spaced apart from each other and then tumbled, thereby uniformly making the side surface of each of the green chips an open surface. Thereafter, an adhesive is applied to the side surface. Then, by placing a side surface ceramic green sheet on an affixation elastic body, and pressing the side surface of the green chips against the side surface ceramic green sheet, the side surface ceramic green sheet is punched and stuck to the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Togo Matsui, Minoru Dooka, Hiroyoshi Takashima, Kenichi Okajima
  • Publication number: 20140053971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for transferring a protective layer for a substrate at high temperature and under pressure, said protective layer being mainly intended to protect a flat substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: HOLOGRAM INDUSTRIES, ASTEA
    Inventors: José Oliveira, André Pustel
  • Patent number: 8608889
    Abstract: A method of handling an adhesive laminate, wherein the adhesive laminate is provided releasably adhered to a first web, comprising a plurality of cut or punched sections and wherein adjacent sections of the adhesive laminate remain joined to one another in the longitudinal direction of the web through one or more tie points. A first supporting structure and a second supporting structure adjacent to the first supporting structure are provided. The first web is led over the first supporting structure. A second web is provided and led over the second supporting structure, wherein the second web is oriented such that the release surface of the second web faces the first supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John M. Sever, Gordon P. Knutson
  • Publication number: 20130327474
    Abstract: A thermal image receiver element dry image receiving layer has a Tg of at least 25° C. and is the outermost layer. The dry image receiving layer has a dry thickness of at least 0.5 ?m and up to and including 5 ?m. It comprises a water-dispersible release agent and a polymer binder matrix that consists essentially of: (1) a water-dispersible acrylic polymer comprising chemically reacted or chemically non-reacted hydroxyl, phospho, phosphonate, sulfo, sulfonate, carboxy, or carboxylate groups, and (2) a water-dispersible polyester that has a Tg of 30° C. or less. The water-dispersible acrylic polymer is present in an amount of at least 55 weight % and at a dry ratio to the water-dispersible polyester of at least 1:1. The thermal image receiver element can be used to prepare thermal dye images after thermal transfer from a thermal donor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Teh-Ming Kung
  • Publication number: 20130327473
    Abstract: A thermal image receiver element dry image receiving layer has a Tg of at least 25° C. as the outermost layer. The dry image receiving layer has a dry thickness of at least 0.5 ?m and up to and including 5 ?m. It comprises a polymer binder matrix that consists essentially of: (1) a water-dispersible acrylic polymer comprising chemically reacted or chemically non-reacted hydroxyl, phospho, phosphonate, sulfo, sulfonate, carboxy, or carboxylate groups, and (2) a water-dispersible polyester that has a Tg of 30° C. or less. The water-dispersible acrylic polymer is present in an amount of at least 55 weight % of the total dry image receiving layer weight and at a dry ratio to the water-dispersible polyester of at least 1:1. The thermal image receiver element can be used to prepare thermal dye images after thermal transfer from a thermal donor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Teh-Ming Kung, Peter J. Ghyzel, John L. Muehlbauer
  • Publication number: 20130269865
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention, therefore, provide improved systems and methods for tracking targets in a simulation environment. A security device having a first layer that carries indicia arranged to present covert information. Embodiments of the invention may include a second layer that carries decoding optical elements. In some embodiments, the second layer is arranged to be moveable relative to the first layer from a first position to a second position. In some embodiments, when in the second position, the optical elements serve to cooperate with the indicia so as to reveal the covert information for visual observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Drinkwater
  • Patent number: 8506749
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite fabric includes bonding an adhesive layer to a web such that the adhesive layer conforms to surfaces of the web without sealing all web pores, and bonding a barrier layer to the adhesive layer, wherein the composite fabric MVT is at least 25% of the barrier layer MVT; and/or the composite fabric air permeability is at least 20% of the barrier layer air permeability. A composite fabric includes a web, a barrier layer and an adhesive layer therebetween, wherein: (a) the adhesive layer is conformingly bonded to structural members of the web without sealing all pores; (b) the adhesive layer is bonded to the barrier layer; (c) the composite fabric hydrostatic resistance is greater than 200 mbar; and (d) the composite fabric moisture transmission rate is greater than 600 g/m2/24 h and greater than 3000 g/m2/24 by ASTM E96, procedures B and BW, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Dartex Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Colasanto, Susan M. Deasey
  • Patent number: 8500930
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a corresponding method for the jointing of wafers along their corresponding surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Erich Thallner
  • Patent number: 8480942
    Abstract: A method of forming a patterned layer of a material on a substrate includes forming a layer of the material on a stamp, and contacting the stamp with a first substrate comprising a pattern of protruding and recessed features to bring a first portion of the layer into conformal contact with the protruding features. The stamp is then removed from the first substrate. The first portion of the layer remains in conformal contact with the protruding features, and a second portion of the layer opposite the recessed features is removed with the stamp. Accordingly, a patterned layer is formed on the stamp inverse to the pattern on the first substrate. The method may further include transferring the patterned layer on the stamp to a second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Mark A Shannon, Junghoon Yeom
  • Publication number: 20130149554
    Abstract: A method including providing graphene on a growth substrate; providing a target substrate on the graphene to form a first composite including the target substrate and graphene; and removing at least a portion of the first composite from the growth substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Samiul Md HAQUE, Richard White, Chris Bower
  • Publication number: 20130140064
    Abstract: Electronic devices can be prepared by forming a patterned thin film on a suitable receiver substrate. A cyanoacrylate polymer is used as a deposition inhibitor material and applied first as a deposition inhibitor material. The deposition inhibitor material can be patterned to provide selected areas on the receiver substrate where the deposition inhibitor is absent. An inorganic thin film is then deposited on the receiver substrate using a chemical vapor deposition technique only in those areas where the deposition inhibitor material is absent. The cyanoacrylate polymer deposition inhibitor material can be applied by thermal transfer from a donor element to a receiver substrate before a patterned thin film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Burberry, David H. Levy
  • Publication number: 20130106868
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for fabricating encapsulated devices, including electromechanical systems devices. In one aspect, a cover plate including one or more encapsulation lids releasably attached to a carrier substrate is provided. The one or more encapsulation lids can be joined to a device substrate to encapsulate one or more devices on the device substrate in a batch process. After joining, the encapsulation lids are released from the carrier substrate resulting in the formation of encapsulated devices on the device substrate. In another aspect, encapsulated devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Ravindra V. Shenoy
  • Patent number: 8424763
    Abstract: A method of forming and using an auto-calibration circuit or label on a test sensor includes providing a label or circuit. The label or circuit includes a first layer, a second layer and a lamination portion. The second layer is located between the first layer and the lamination portion. The first layer includes polymeric material. The second layer includes conductive material. The label or circuit is applied to the test sensor via the lamination portion. After applying the label or circuit to the test sensor, portions of the second layer are ablated using a laser to form an auto-calibration pattern on the label or circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Charlton, Matthew Holzer, Mu Wu, Andrew J. Edelbrock
  • Patent number: 8377243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transferring a nano-layer (1) from a first substrate (5, 105) to a second substrate (30, 130), wherein the nano-layer (1) comprises a self-aggregating monolayer with cross-linked phenyl units and/or a mono-atomic graphite layer (graphene), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. applying a transfer medium (20, 120) onto nano-layer (1), wherein in this step or afterwards the transfer medium (20, 120) is transformed from a liquid or gaseous phase in a solid phase; b. separating the transfer medium (20, 120) and the nano-layer (1) from the first substrate (5, 105); and c. applying the transfer medium (20, 120) and the nano-layer (1) onto the second substrate (30, 130); and d. removing the transfer medium (20, 120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Armin Gölzhäuser, Christoph Nottbohm, André Beyer
  • Patent number: 8337653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the individual application of a hot embossing film, according to which an adhesive is printed on a substrate in the form of symbols, patterns, numbers etc., then a hot embossing film consisting of a backing film, peel-off layer and decorative layer is hot-laminated on the printed substrate and the backing film is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Irina Menz
  • Publication number: 20120320542
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having a bonding area at an edge of the substrate; a conductive pad on the bonding area of the substrate; an external connection member having a connection area bonded with the bonding area of the substrate; a bump in the connection area of the external connection member at a side of the external connection member facing the conductive pad; and an anisotropic conductive film selectively disposed between the conductive pad and the bump and forming an electrical connection between the conductive pad and the bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Chang-Yong Jeong, Jae-Seob Lee, Yong-Hwan Park, Kyung-Mi Kwon
  • Patent number: 8323439
    Abstract: To deposit carbon nanotubes onto a substrate, an at least partially porous film is prepared so that a surface of the film has a layer of carbon nanotubes thereon. The film is positioned in relation to a surface of the substrate such that the surface of the film having the layer of carbon nanotubes is brought into contact with the surface of the substrate. Pressure is applied to the film to attach the film, including the layer of carbon nanotubes, to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Dooley, Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Lynn Sheehan, Sergio Escobar-Vargas, Anna Fenelon
  • Patent number: 8318271
    Abstract: A heat transferable material includes a heat transferable polymeric binder and a light stabilizer that is an N-oxyl radical derived from a hindered amine, the N-oxyl radical having the following formula, wherein R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl, and R3 and R4 are each independently selected from H, OH, OR, COOH, or COOR, wherein R is a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkene, and having a molecular weight of 600 or less, is described. The heat transferable material can be in one or more sections or patches on a thermal donor element to provide a protective overcoat material. Optionally, a patch in the donor element can also include a dye. The heat transferable material provides better image stability and improved iridescence when applied to a thermal, inkjet, electophotographic, or silver halide receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: William B. Vreeland
  • Patent number: 8313603
    Abstract: An object is to improve use efficiency of an evaporation material, to reduce manufacturing cost of a light-emitting device, and to reduce manufacturing time needed for a light-emitting device including a layer containing an organic compound. The pressure of a film formation chamber is reduced, a plate is rapidly heated by heat conduction or heat radiation by using a heat source, a material layer on a plate is vaporized in a short time to be evaporated to a substrate on which the material layer is to be formed (formation substrate), and then the material layer is formed on the formation substrate. The area of the plate that is heated rapidly is set to have the same size as the formation substrate and film formation on the formation substrate is completed by one application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama, Takahiro Ibe, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8308890
    Abstract: A method of applying a durable process mark to a glass article using a laser. A transfer sheet is applied to the glass substrate, the transfer sheet includes a carrier layer with a first adhesive layer, adhered partially to a bottom side of the carrier layer. On the face of the carrier layer there are a first and a second pigment layer. The transfer sheet is lased, forming a durable process mark in the glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Arne Koops, Sven Reiter, Bernd Bunde, Olaf Postel
  • Publication number: 20120279766
    Abstract: A method of forming a high resolution feature on a substrate, the method includes, depositing a liquid composition comprising a substance and a solvent onto the substrate to form deposited features, heating the deposited features to a heating temperature during or after the depositing to form an intermediate feature having a central region and an edge region, applying an adhesive substance to at least a portion of a surface of the intermediate feature, and removing the adhesive substance together with at least a portion of the central region of the intermediate feature to form the high resolution feature on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yiliang WU
  • Patent number: 8304044
    Abstract: A heat transferable dye donor element includes a heat transferable dye and an N-oxyl radical light stabilizer that is derived from a hindered amine. The N-oxyl radical has the following formula, wherein R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl, and R3 and R4 are each independently selected from H, OH, OR, COOH, or COOR, wherein R is a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkene, and has a molecular weight of 600 or less. The dye donor element includes a heat transferable material that can be in one or more sections or patches including heat transferable dye patches. The heat transferable material provides better dye image stability when applied to a thermal receiver element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: William B. Vreeland
  • Publication number: 20120234477
    Abstract: An embellishment transfer delivery system (ETDS) uses an embellishment, such as glitter, and combines it into a transfer adhesive that is combined with a carrier sheet and finally transferred to a sticky substrate, such as a double sided tape. The result is the clean, particle-free, non-tacky, dry transfer of the embellishment to cover an object with precise, complete and detailed coverage. The ETDS is a clean and fully transferrable system of holding, containing and transferring glitter or other embellishments to a double sided tape that allows for detailed coverage and no residual mess or airborne particles. The embellishment is suspended in an adhesive which is then coated onto a pressure sensitive carrier sheet to create the ETDS. The embellishment transfers from the ETDS and bonds to the application in a way that allows for a clean, detailed finished product without any of the mess, stickiness or wait time traditional delivery systems would entail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Michael Saul
  • Patent number: 8236122
    Abstract: A method of forming an opaque image on a substrate is generally provided. The method generally includes the use of three papers: a toner printable sheet, a coating transfer sheet, and an opaque transfer sheet. Toner printing can be utilized to print an image on the toner printable sheet, and then the toner ink can be utilized to remove a portion of a melt coating layer from the coating transfer sheet to form an intermediate imaged coated transfer sheet. This intermediate imaged coated transfer sheet and the opaque transfer sheet can then be utilized to form an image, defined by the opaque areas, on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Neenah Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank J. Kronzer
  • Publication number: 20120187299
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer which converts a radiation into light, includes a growing step of growing a scintillator including a plurality of columnar crystals on a first substrate; a fixing step of fixing a second substrate to a surface of the scintillator that is opposite to a surface on a side of the first substrate; a separation step of separating the first substrate from the scintillator; and a removal step of removing, from the scintillator, a portion of a predetermined thickness from an exposed surface of the scintillator that is exposed in the separation step, to form the scintillator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Nagano, Satoshi Okada, Keiichi Nomura, Yohei Ishida, Tomoaki Ichimura, Yoshito Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8206527
    Abstract: A cold film transfer method with dynamic film tensioning guides a film web intermittently through a transfer nip with dancers to use less film web. The intermittent drive and action of a transfer cylinder channel result in undesired fluctuations in film tension or web force, which directly affect dancer motors. A control system is used to avoid high loads on the motors and the web. A control circuit acts on the dancer movement, a first process variable is mapped in the control circuit and the first process variable is a function of a force acting on the dancers as a result of the transfer film or is a function of the actual current movement profile of the dancers. A measure for web tension is calculated as a function of the first process variable and/or the amplitude of the web tension is at least limited by the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Detlef Strunk
  • Publication number: 20120152444
    Abstract: A device and a method for coating a printing material include a foil engaged with a printing material on an impression cylinder using guide rollers. The foil and the printing material are guided together in an engagement area and a functional layer, such as glue or varnish, is dried, i.e. activated or polymerized, through the foil in the engagement area using a drier. The guide rollers are disengaged from the impression cylinder to avoid contact between the foil and grippers of the impression cylinder. To improve a detachment behavior of the foil from the functional layer, an angle of detachment between the foil and the sheet is varied by pivoting the guide rollers about an external geometrical pivot axis or an internal geometrical pivot axis, or at least assisting the disengagement of the foil from the impression cylinder by a change of a pneumatic condition of a foil-guiding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
    Inventor: ALEXANDER WEBER
  • Patent number: 8196632
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting apparatus capable of forming dicing tapes in the process of feeding-out a strip material, and sticking the dicing tape to a ring frame to fix a semiconductor wafer. The mounting apparatus 10 sticks the dicing tape to the ring frame RF to fix the semiconductor wafer to the ring frame in a state that the ring frame RF and the semiconductor wafer W are disposed on a table 11. The mounting apparatus 10 includes a pre-cut means 13 for forming a cut L in a state of half cut in a film FL of a strip material A to form a dicing tape T in the process of feeding out the strip material A and a sticking means 34 for peeling off the dicing tape from a base sheet S to stick the dicing tape to the ring frame RF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tsujimoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Takahisa Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 8187406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high security film, optionally in the form of a slit thread or a micro tape, which is then inserted into high security paper such as a bank note paper and the like during the paper making process. The invention envisages a novel method of producing such a high security film using a print transfer method, wherein one or more security features are incorporated on one or more indicia including letters, optionally graphics, during such a production process, using multiple printing stations and lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Arrow Coated Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shilpan Pravinchandra Patel, Nikita Kamlesh Thanawala