Foaming Patents (Class 156/78)
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Patent number: 12076968Abstract: A method of molding a sandwich panel includes a step of providing, on one or both surfaces of an (a) core material, a prepreg or the prepreg and an adhesive as a (b) skin material. The (a) core material is a super engineering plastic foam having a glass transition temperature of greater than 200° C. The (b) skin material contains: a (b-1) epoxy resin having an average molecular weight of 1300 or more or having a trishydroxymethane-type or cresol novolac-type structure and containing, in a total epoxy resin, an amount of 70 to 100 mass % of an epoxy resin that is semi-solid or solid; a (b-2) epoxy resin containing, in the total epoxy resin, an amount of 0 to 30 mass % of an epoxy resin that is liquid; and a (b-3) curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro Kamimura, Tomohiro Ito
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Patent number: 11896462Abstract: In some examples, a dressing filler for treating a tissue site may include a plurality of filler elements and a tissue interface layer. Each of the filler elements may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and separated from the first surface by a thickness. The tissue interface layer may include a first side configured to be positioned facing the tissue site and a second side positioned opposite the first side. The first surface of each of the filler elements may be coupled to the second side of the tissue interface layer. Also provided are other apparatuses, dressings, systems, and methods suitable for treating a tissue site.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: James Killingworth Seddon, Colin John Hall
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Patent number: 11623994Abstract: A surface covering is provided. The surface covering includes a laminated panel having top layer and an ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating applied to the laminated panel. The ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating has a composition with an oligomer, a monomer, a photoinitiator, abrasive resistant particles, and an antimicrobial additive.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Decoria Materials (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hao Allen Chen, Kun He, Shangfei Sun
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Patent number: 11400853Abstract: Sleeper cabs for a gooseneck trailer. The gooseneck trailer includes a horizontal neck portion coupled to a cargo bed of a truck. The sleeper cabs include a base and an enclosure. The base is configured to securely mount to the horizontal neck portion of the gooseneck trailer. The enclosure defines a mobile dwelling supported on the base. In some examples, the sleeper cabs include a ladder to assist with climbing up to or descending from the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Inventors: Darren Byler, Kimberly Riedel-Byler
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Patent number: 11229866Abstract: An air filter includes a first urethane portion made of polyurethane foam and having air permeability and a second urethane portion made of polyurethane foam and disposed so as to overlap with a part of the first urethane portion. The second urethane portion is higher in density than the first urethane portion. The first urethane portion and the second urethane portion are integrated with each other in a state where the second urethane portion is incorporated in the part of the first urethane portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kyoichi Murayama, Ryotaro Matui, Yasumasa Hakamata, Koji Maejima
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Patent number: 11215427Abstract: The present invention concerns a security barrier for providing protection in a public space or the like, said barrier comprising a mineral wool assembly comprising at least one mineral wool element having an outer liquid impermeable covering and wherein the at least one mineral wool element is adapted for being filled with a liquid. The invention further comprises a method of manufacturing such security barrier and a method of preparing the security barrier for providing protection in a public space.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: ROCKWOOL International A/SInventor: Michaeel Emborg
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Patent number: 11206950Abstract: A liquid dispensing container has an outer shell including a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. An inner core is coupled to the outer shell and has an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a reservoir configured to contain a fluid. The inner core and outer shell cooperatively define a longitudinal axis. A liner is positioned between the outer shell and the inner core. The liner comprises a stretchable material that is in stretched along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.Inventor: Ryan Curt Jones
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Patent number: 11192052Abstract: An air filter includes a first urethane portion made of polyurethane foam and having air permeability and a second urethane portion made of polyurethane foam and disposed so as to overlap with a part of the first urethane portion. The second urethane portion is higher in density than the first urethane portion. The first urethane portion and the second urethane portion are integrated with each other in a state where the second urethane portion is incorporated in the part of the first urethane portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kyoichi Murayama, Ryotaro Matui, Yasumasa Hakamata, Koji Maejima
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Patent number: 11167802Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure is equipped with a pillar main body having a closed cross-section extending along a longitudinal direction; a separator which is attached to the inside of the pillar main body to extend in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the pillar main body, and partitions the inside of the pillar main body into a plurality of space parts in the longitudinal direction; and an insertion member which extends along the longitudinal direction of the pillar main body and is disposed inside the pillar main body to straddle the plurality of the space parts. A filling hole for filling a filler in any one of the space parts inside is provided in the pillar main body. A guide part configured to guide the insertion member to a position at which the filling hole is not blocked is provided in the separator.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiga Marukawa, Kulchokrungsun Ninnart
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Patent number: 11141748Abstract: The present invention relates to self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions and methods of making and using the same. Self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions are formed by admixing a dispersion concentrate including a chemical blowing agent and a compatible carrier (liquid or molten) with a molten base hot melt adhesive composition at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent. The resolidified material is processed through a device that heats the material above the decomposition temperature of the chemical agent and cools it below such temperature before being dispensed. The device preferably includes sensors and a controller configured to prevent the material from accumulating an adverse thermal history during processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Foammatick, LLCInventor: William Stumphauzer
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Patent number: 11136270Abstract: A composite tile is comprised of coal dust and a pre-ceramic polymer that are mixed together and pyrolyzed to form a ceramic composite. For example, a chemical reaction during pyrolysis chemically converts at least a portion of the coal dust and pre-ceramic polymer to a fire proof ceramic composite suitable for use as a roofing tile either as pyrolyzed or as post-treated to seal cracks and pores formed during pyrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Dynamic Material Systems LLCInventors: Walter Sherwood, Arnold Hill, Gordon Nameni, William Easter
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Patent number: 11075428Abstract: A separator and an electrochemical battery, the separator including a porous substrate; and a porous bonding layer on one surface or both surfaces of the porous substrate, wherein the porous bonding layer includes a first polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer, the first polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer including a polyvinylidene fluoride-based homopolymer or a polyvinylidene fluoride-based copolymer that includes a vinylidene fluoride repeating unit and a hexafluoropropylene repeating unit, and a second polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer, the second polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer including a vinylidene fluoride repeating unit and a (meth)acrylate repeating unit, or a vinylidene fluoride repeating unit and a repeating unit of a monomer that includes at least one of an epoxy group, a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, or an acid anhydride group.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung-Soo Kim, Sangho Lee, Jihyun Chun, Daehyun Hong, Seyeong Kang, Jinseong Park, Imhyuck Bae
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Patent number: 11052632Abstract: An article comprising a flexible mesh layer pliable enough for being arranged in direct planar contact with a contoured surface, the mesh layer providing one or more attributes of adhering, sealing or reinforcing to a surface receiving the flexible mesh.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: ZEPHYROS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Apfel, Ron Bogert
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Patent number: 11027464Abstract: A method of manufacturing a headrest including a stay, a skin material, a cushion material, and a dynamic damper is provided. The method includes arranging the skin material in a molding die, arranging the stay, to which an air bag is attached in such a manner as to cover the dynamic damper, inside the skin material, and injecting a foamable synthetic resin raw material into the skin material to foam-mold the injected foamable synthetic resin raw material integrally with the stay.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Shuuhei Miyake
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Patent number: 11015383Abstract: Modular components of modular door lite frame systems are disclosed. In some cases, a modular door lite frame system includes matching first and second modular frames, one or more modular male alignment members, and one or more modular female alignment members. In some cases, the modular alignment members can be coupled to modular frames of various sizes. In some cases, the modular components can be formed by casting ABS between no more than two opposed mold portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Inventors: Thomas Jesse Charlton, Frank Ross Murray
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Patent number: 11002020Abstract: A floor panel has a carrier layer which is a plastic material that is pliable and elastic at an application temperature of the flooring. A decorative layer is disposed above the carrier layer. Complementary mechanical locking profiles provided on at least two panel edges. The locking profiles cooperating in the locked state of two floor panels and counter-acting a moving apart of the floor panels. At least one panel edge has an edge break-away point at the edge of the decorative layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: AKZENTA PANEELE & PROFILE GMBHInventor: Hans-Jürgen Hannig
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Patent number: 10982435Abstract: A joint-sealing element is useful for fireproof sealing of building-structure joints, especially for fireproof sealing of a joint between a first building part and a second building part, with a carrier element and a sealing profile disposed on this carrier element, wherein the disposed sealing profile contains an intumescent material.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christian Foerg, Bernd Grosse
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Patent number: 10934766Abstract: A door includes a door frame, first and second door skins having rectangular outer peripheries and inner openings, and a frameless glazed unit received at the openings. The door skins include exterior surfaces facing away from the door frame and opposite interior surfaces facing and secured to opposite sides of the door frame. The exterior and interior surfaces of the first and second door skins establish integral lips and grooves of the first and second door skins. Opposite sides of the frameless glazed unit directly contact and are sealed by the integral lips and sealant and/or adhesive contained in the grooves of the first and second door skins.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventors: Timothy D. Gouge, Abhishek Vaidya, Robert C. Allen, Steven B. Swartzmiller, Jason M. Walsh
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Patent number: 10597564Abstract: Cationic or zwitterionic polymer adhesives, adhesive articles, aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures, and methods of preparation that include internal incorporation of a phenolic resin. The aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures include one or more cationic (meth)acrylate monomers, one or more low Tg nonionic monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group, optionally one or more anionic (meth)acrylate monomers, and one or more phenolic resins.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Ibrahim A. El Hedok, Mahfuza B. Ali, Elizabeth E. Johnson, Mark D. Purgett, You Hoon Kim, Prince P. Antony
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Patent number: 10577538Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for utilizing fine-particle peat, in particular to a method for improving the stability of planting substrates.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Jowat AGInventors: Christian Terfloth, Christian Schmidt
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Patent number: 10569499Abstract: A preform structure is provided for the body of a motor vehicle. The structure includes a preform element which is produced from stacked fiber mats and has a peripheral area which along an edge is inclined relative to a preform surface, so as in this way to offer a load-appropriate transition from one preform element to another.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Hogger, Lukasz Goldyn, David Becherer
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Patent number: 10563396Abstract: A sealing cord for sealing a joint between two building elements includes a sealing profile, lateral portions, and a fastener. The sealing profile has a compressible sealing material. The lateral portions extend from the sealing profile in several directions transversely relative to a longitudinal direction. The fastener is on an exposed side of each of the lateral portions. The exposed side of each of the lateral portions is coupled to the sealing profile to the two building elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Christian Foerg
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Patent number: 10000044Abstract: Panel, particularly a panel used for making furnishings such as doors, boards, tables, furniture or the like, which panel on at least one face thereof has at least a three-dimensional structure and which panel is composed of a mechanically rigid base or supporting sheet and a coating sheet for giving the aesthetic appearance to said panel, said coating sheet being superposed on at least one face of the base sheet, wherein the compound of said coating sheet is composed of thermoplastic polymers mixed with a vegetable and/or mineral filler, which compound gives such flexibility properties to the coating sheet that said coating sheet can be wound on itself.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: RENOLIT GOR S.P.A.Inventors: Massimiliano Fogliati, Raffaella Giovannini, Sandro Marcarino
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Patent number: 9980440Abstract: A method for installing a cultivation floor system including a floor on which plant containers are placed, and an ebb/flood watering installation which is configured to alternately cause a supply of water to the cultivation floor and a discharge of water from the cultivation floor. The method includes: providing a watertight basin; placing one or more irrigation lines in the basin, which irrigation lines provide outflow openings along their length to enable water to flow from the one or more irrigation lines; providing a water pump and connecting that water pump to the one or more irrigation lines; providing a water-permeable structure in the basin, which structure has a permeable and horizontal top which forms the floor on which plant containers are placed, which structure comprises one or more layers of granular material, wherein the one or more irrigation lines are covered by the permeable structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: ERFGOED MATERIEEL B.V.Inventor: Hugo Willem Lambertus Paans
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Patent number: 9931667Abstract: Disclosed is a method for printing a wood material board, in particular a wood fiber material board, by means of a digital printing process. The method includes the steps of (a) printing at least one side of a wood material board by means of digital printing technology, forming a decorative layer; (b) applying a protective layer containing at least one resin, at least one radiation-curable varnish and/or at least one polyurethane to the decorative layer of the wood material board; and (c) pre-drying and/or pre-gelling the protective layer applied to the decorative layer of the wood material board.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Norbert Kalwa
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Patent number: 9868582Abstract: A material for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles. The material can comprise a plurality of layers comprising a first layer comprising a base and a second layer comprising an insulator. The first layer can be an exterior layer, and the second layer can be a interior layer. The layers of the plurality of layers can be respectively overlapped and attached to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: William Gilpatrick, Jeffrey T. Sloat
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Patent number: 9867424Abstract: The invention relates to parts having a foamed polymeric material attached to a fabric, and systems and methods for forming same. An example method of attaching foamed polymeric material to a fabric layer includes providing a mold having at least one cavity and at least one material injection channel in fluid communication with the cavity, disposing a fabric over the at least one cavity, closing the mold, injecting unfoamed polymeric material into the at least one cavity through the material injection channel, wherein the unfoamed polymeric material penetrates at least a portion of the fabric proximate the at least one cavity to attach the polymeric material to the fabric layer, and foaming the unfoamed polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: New Balance Athletics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Wawrousek, Sean B. Murphy, Matthew Dunbar, Patrick Y. Choe
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Patent number: 9840030Abstract: The present application discloses a ceramic preform, a method of making a ceramic preform and a metal matrix composite comprising a ceramic preform. In one exemplary embodiment, the ceramic preform comprises a ceramic compound compressed into the shape of a cylinder by rotational compression molding. The cylinder has an inner surface and an outer surface. A first liner may be attached to the inner surface of the cylinder and a second liner may attached to the outer surface of the cylinder. The metal matrix composite of the present application may be formed as a brake drum or a brake disc.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings, LLCInventors: Dan T. Moore, Brian Backus, Evelyn M. DeLiso, Joseph B. Richey, III
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Patent number: 9732525Abstract: A method of manufacturing building panels includes assembling a frame of a building panel. The frame defines at least one cavity and at least one injection aperture in fluid communication with the at least one cavity. The method also includes positioning the frame on one of a base and a shelf of a multi-panel consolidation device having a plurality of shelves, with the shelves being in an expanded configuration, and at least substantially enclosing the at least one cavity. The method also includes forcing the shelves of the multi-panel consolidation device into a collapsed configuration, and injecting an expandable polymer through the at least one injection aperture into the at least one cavity. The method further includes forcing the shelves into an expanded configuration after a predetermined period of time selected to permit the expandable polymer to form a foam bonded to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Inventor: Bryan Scott Mello
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Patent number: 9505150Abstract: A method for constructing a refrigerator appliance is provided. The method includes mounting a plurality of interior components of the refrigerator appliance to a mold body, applying a liner material to the mold body and removing an inner liner of the refrigerator appliance from the mold body. The method can assist with limiting mounting of components of the refrigerator appliance to the inner liner after formation of the inner liner.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Todd Duncan Cook
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Patent number: 9463395Abstract: Disclosed are methods of making polymeric swords and sparring instruments having improved mechanical properties. In one embodiment, a method of making a polyurethane sword includes centering a flexible support member on either a first half of a sword mold or on a second half of the sword mold; spraying a base coat paint on either the first half of the sword mold or on the second half of the sword mold; pouring a machine perfused polyurethane mixture into the first half the sword mold and into the second half of the sword mold and closing the sword mold by clasping the first half of the sword mold to the second half of the sword mold; heating the sword mold comprising the machine perfused polyurethane mixture in a heating apparatus; and removing the polyurethane sword from the sword mold.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Neptune Trading Inc.Inventor: Margaret Lu
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Patent number: 9404472Abstract: A method to manufacture a blade, especially to manufacture a blade of a wind turbine is provided. An arrangement including a mold is provided and used to carry layers of blade-components. A dry-powder is applied at least to an inner surface of the mold, before the layers are arranged onto the inner surface of the mold. Thus the mold includes a dry powder-coat as a bottom layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Karsten Schibsbye
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Patent number: 9358912Abstract: A seating system for motorized vehicles is adapted to saddles on which riders travel for extended periods of time, such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and the like. The saddle includes an isolator with a disconnect for lateral vibrations, and a damper for lateral and vertical absorption and isolation of shocks and vibration. A decoupler includes layers separating or uncoupling lateral shear loading from vertical spring loading so vertical forces are not increased by the tension against nearby, laterally displaced material. Cradles provide bolsters to support soft tissue and distribute loads on skeletal structures more evenly at increased area and lower stress. Coverings may include integrating liners, moisture barriers, and an outer wrapper or skin, and may include localized padding.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventor: Bryan W. Nappi
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Patent number: 9322176Abstract: A roof system is provided including a roof deck and a first waterproofing membrane disposed upwardly adjacent the roof deck. A channel member is arranged over a portion of the first waterproofing membrane near a perimeter of the roof system. The channel member is secured to the roof deck with a plurality of fasteners. Insulation is arranged upwardly adjacent the first waterproofing membrane A weighted cover board is disposed on top of the insulation. A portion of the insulation and the weighted cover board is arranged within the cavity of the channel member. The first waterproofing membrane surrounds the channel member and extends over a portion of an upper surface of the weighted cover board. A second waterproofing membrane is positioned upwardly adjacent the weighted cover board. The second waterproofing membrane overlaps the portion of the first waterproofing membrane extended over the weighted cover board.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventor: Thomas L. Kelly
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Patent number: 9267294Abstract: A bracket for a building module. The bracket has a platform bearing a substantially planar surface, first and second sides appending from the platform away from the planar surface, and a bottom panel extending from the first side to the second side. Each of the first and second sides defines a proximal portion and a distal portion therealong. The distal portion of the first side is inwardly directed toward the distal portion of the second side. There is also a building module, a method for making a building module, and a method for constructing a building.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Inventor: Darek Shapiro
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Patent number: 9260577Abstract: A crosslinked, closed cell polyolefin foam sheet has exceptional softness, haptics, moldability, thermal stability and shear strength as well as a laminate and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.Inventors: Pawel Sieradzki, Jesse J. Baldwin, Jeffrey S. Lippy
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Patent number: 9050707Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polishing pad, which may be laminated, with a small number of manufacturing steps, high productivity and no peeling between a polishing layer and a cushion layer includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a face material, while feeding the face material; laminating another face material on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition, while controlling its thickness to be uniform, so that a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam is formed; cutting the polishing layer parallel to the face into two pieces so that two long polishing layers each including the polishing layer and the face material are simultaneously formed; and cutting the long polishing layers to produce the polishing pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Tsuguo Watanabe, Junji Hirose, Kenji Nakamura, Masato Doura
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Publication number: 20150125686Abstract: A structural element for use as a core layer in a sandwich composite element, wherein the structural element (2) is formed from a plurality of mutually welded body segments (4, 5) made from an extrusion foamed thermoplastic, and wherein the structural element (2) has a first face side (1) for bonding to a cover layer, wherein a surface of the first face side (1) that can be loaded with a resin (8) has open pores (6), wherein the surface of the first face side (1) is created by hot-element cutting, in such a manner that the surface is thermally sealed to some extent, wherein a gloss value of the surface of the first face side (1), measured at 60° in accordance with DIN 67530-1982 is between 2 and 10 gloss units.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Dietmar Rakutt, Martin Gaul
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Patent number: 9022461Abstract: A high stiffness waterproof roof panel pad for a vehicle, which is configured by stacking and laminating a waterproof reinforcing layer coated with PE layers on both surfaces of a urethane foam pad, thereby reinforcing the stiffness of a vehicle body panel, preventing the pad from becoming wet due to dew condensation and thus increasing noise and vibration reduction effects and having a waterproof function. Additionally, a method of manufacturing the waterproof roof panel pad includes preparing a hard urethane foam pad, preparing a waterproof reinforcing layer of which both surfaces are coated with PE layers, stacking the waterproof reinforcing layer on both surfaces of the urethane foam pad, laminating the PE layer in contact with the urethane foam pad and integrally forming the urethane foam pad and the waterproof reinforcing layer, and performing a cutting operation according to a shape and a size of a roof panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Daehan Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventor: Choong Ho Kwon
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Patent number: 9017498Abstract: A method is provided for producing a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, with an insulation applied to an outer side of a fuel tank container by application of foam, wherein the fuel tank container is placed into a foam-encapsulating mold and at least partially encapsulated in the foam insulation, the foam-encapsulating mold forming a first mold half and the fuel tank container forming a second mold half.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Ulrich Essig
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Publication number: 20150107753Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a composite structure comprising a main structure and an external shell connected to the main structure, where the main structure comprises a molded foam obtainable from prefoamed foam particles and the external shell comprises a hollow structure open at one end or at two opposite ends, and where a frictional connection is formed between the molded foam and the hollow structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Jürgen Lambert, Jürgen Bartl, Tim Albert, Christian Obermann, Markus BUSCHER
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Patent number: 8986474Abstract: Methods related to forming superabsorbent composite core structures using superabsorbent materials, such as superabsorbent polymers (SAP). In one method superabsorbent material is sprayed simultaneously with an adhesive to form a superabsorbent layer adhered to a first flexible sheet of material. A second flexible sheet of material is applied to the superabsorbent layer to position the superabsorbent layer between the first and second flexible sheets of material. At least one of the first or second flexible sheets of material is liquid permeable to allow liquid to penetrate into the superabsorbent layer from outside the composite product.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Hubert Kufner, Ernst Hering
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Patent number: 8978721Abstract: A heat-expandable rubber layer is provided to an inner all of a pneumatic tire when the tire is in an uncured state. The rubber layer is expanded when the tire is in a vulcanized state. Once expanded, the rubber layer is capable of reducing rolling noises of the tire. The rubber layer includes an elastomer composition based on at least an elastomer, e.g., natural rubber or butyl rubber; a reinforcing filler, e.g., silica and/or carbon black; between 10 and 80 phr of a blowing agent, e.g., an azodicarbonamide compound; and between 10 and 50 phr of a hot-melt compound with a melting point between 70° C. and 150° C., e.g., urea. The combination of the blowing agent and the hot-melt compound, at recommended high contents, makes it possible to very greatly reduce an expansion ratio and therefore a thickness of the rubber layer once the pneumatic tire is vulcanized, without affecting noise absorption properties provided by the blowing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Mitsue Tanaka, Salvatore Pagano
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Publication number: 20150072096Abstract: The present invention prooses a self-adhesive decorative material capable of attachment thereof to a wall face, formed by the following steps: spreading chemical size on a sheet substrate such as wall cloth or wall paper, allowing said chemical size to form a foamed adhesive layer by means of mechanical foaming; and covering a thin film protection layer on the foamed adhesive layer, whereby, upon an attachment work, the self-adhesive decorative material is attached to a wall face after said thin film is torn off therefrom; a repeated attachment is possible if the attachment work is not good enough, allowing the attachment work to be more convenient; the attached self-adhesive decorative material is air-dried naturally and difficult to become wet through ventilation formed by proper gaps existing in the foamed adhesive layer; no size remains on the wall face after the repeatedly usable self-adhesive decorative material is torn off therefromType: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: GOW-TEN CHIEN
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Publication number: 20150027619Abstract: The present invention relates to a seal provided with a holding part not adhered to a part of the top surface thereof, and a manufacturing method therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Seman WI
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Publication number: 20150013880Abstract: Foams for filling cavities and crevasses and for forming foamed products are provided. The latex foam may include an A-side containing a functionalized latex and a B-side that contains a crosslinking agent and optionally a non-functionalized latex. The A- and/or B-side contain a blowing agent package or components forming the blowing agent package. The blowing agent package may be the combination of two or more chemicals that when mixed together form a gas or a chemical compound that, when activated by heat or light, forms a gas. In an alternate embodiment, the latex foam includes a functionalized latex, an acid, and an encapsulated crosslinking agent and base. Alternatively, the spray latex foam may include a functionalized latex, a crosslinking agent, and an encapsulated dry acid and dry base. The encapsulating agent may be a protective, non-reactive shell that can be broken or melted at the time of application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Michelle L. Korwin-Edson, Robert J. O'Leary, Robert Edwin Quinn, Fatemeh Nassreen Olang
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Patent number: 8921437Abstract: Prepolymers having more than one alkoxysilyl function per chain end reactive towards epoxide groups as a constituent of curable compositions, and their use for producing adhesive-bonding and coating compositions, which may also be foamable, and also polymeric materials produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbHInventors: Wilfried Knott, Frank Schubert, Martin Glos, Carsten Schiller, Matthias Naumann
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Publication number: 20140366980Abstract: An insulated assembly, including a pipe and a substantially rigid insulation board, is provided. The pipe includes a cylindrical outer surface defining a first diameter. The insulation board is disposed around the outer surface of the pipe and includes an inner surface defining a second diameter. The second diameter is substantially equal to the first diameter. The inner surface includes a plurality of grooves. Each of the plurality of grooves includes first and second opposed sidewalls. The insulation board includes a material having a compressive strength and a flexural strength, the compressive strength includes a value between fifteen pounds per square inch and one hundred pounds per square inch, and the flexural strength includes a value between forty pounds per square inch and one hundred pounds per square inch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Trevor WARDLE, Russell Lee SCHOENHERR
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Publication number: 20140367023Abstract: The laminated sheet of this invention is a sheet including expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene films laminated by thermal compression bonding, wherein the sheet has a specific surface area of 9.0 m2/g or larger and a density of from 0.4 g/cm3 to lower than 0.75 g/cm3, thereby making it possible to improve both the creep resistance and the adhesiveness between the films of the expanded porous PTFE film-laminated sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Hirokazu Hisano, Shinichi Urakami
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Publication number: 20140363650Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cushion and a cushion structure are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes employing a first sheet structure that is the cross-linked foamed polyethylene (PE) or cross-linked foamed polypropylene (PP) in material with the first sheet structure serving as an inner layer and an outer layer of the cushion structure. The method further includes crushing PU foam and adding an adhesive to the crushed PU foam before compressing the crushed PU foam and the adhesive to a second sheet structure, which is called “synthetic foam” functioning as an intermediate layer of the cushion structure. The multi-layer cushion structure may be prepared after having the outer layer, the intermediate layer and the inner layer integrated together using laminating, before being placed in an oven for heating until the inner layer and the outer layer are tendered and in a shape-mold of a molding machine for pressurizing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Forsound Corp.Inventor: Fu-Chieng CHEN