Anti-stick Or Adhesion Preventing Coating Patents (Class 264/130)
  • Patent number: 11628605
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped plastic part having a decorated surface, having the steps of: providing a plastic intermediate product having an injection-molded part and at least a first decorative ply of a first stamping film providing a second stamping film with a second decorative ply, hot stamping the second stamping film onto the plastic intermediate product and/or onto the injection-molded part. A shaped plastic part including an injection-molded part with at least a first and a second region of surface, a first decorative ply and a second decorative ply, wherein the first decorative ply is arranged at least in the first region of surface and the second decorative ply is arranged at least in the second region of surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harald Burger
  • Patent number: 11525091
    Abstract: A method of forming high molecular weight (“HMW”) coal tar can include combining supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) and an amount of coal tar, and fractionating the amount of coal tar to form the HMW coal tar. The method can further include forming the amount of coal tar from coal. Forming the amount of coal tar from coal can include extracting the coal tar from an amount of coal using sCO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CARBON HOLDINGS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Agee Atkins, Matthew Targett
  • Patent number: 10260172
    Abstract: Carbon fibers achieve a high elongation percentage and a high tensile modulus of resin-impregnated strands while being lightweight. The carbon fibers are configured such that: the void content in a cross section of the fibers in the axial direction, the cross section including the long axis of a cross section of the fibers in the radial direction, is at least 0.3% by area, but not more than 5.0% by area; the average aspect ratio of the voids is at least 2.0, but not more than 50; and the average width of the voids in the cross section of the fibers in the radial direction is at least 3 nm, but not more than 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Fumihiko Tanaka, Takaaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10253170
    Abstract: Polymer compositions that include polyisoprene and polychloroprene and methods for manufacturing protective articles from the polymer compositions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ansell Limited
    Inventors: David Lucas, Soo Hwa Kwan, Christina Foo Lik Erh
  • Patent number: 10232551
    Abstract: A head is disclosed for use with a continuous manufacturing system. The head may have a housing, a fiber guide rotatably disposed at least partially inside the housing, and a diverter disposed at an end of the housing. The diverter may be configured to divert radially outward a matrix-coated fiber passing through the fiber guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CC3D LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler
  • Patent number: 10213957
    Abstract: A head is disclosed for use with a continuous manufacturing system. The head may have a housing configured to receive a matrix and a continuous fiber, and a diverter located at an end of the housing. The diverter may be configured to divert radially outward a matrix-coated fiber. The head may also include a cutoff having an edge configured to press the matrix-coated fiber against the diverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CC3D LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler
  • Patent number: 9987835
    Abstract: A multilayer stack of polymeric sheets can be used in thermoforming processes to make objects wherein each sheet has substantially the same shape. The stack includes at least one sheet of a thermoformable polymer, and can include many such sheets. A barrier layer is interposed between at least an overlapping portion at least two of the polymeric sheets in order to prevent fusion of the sheets in the overlapping portion during the thermoforming process. The barrier layer can include an adhesive that adheres the sheets in the overlapping portion. In formed articles including such an adhesive, the sheets can be manually peeled from one another if a suitable adhesive is selected. The stack (and object formed using the stack) can include polymeric sheets that are not thermoformable, but are adhered to the surface of a thermoformable sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Converter Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Millard F. Wallace
  • Patent number: 9943817
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuous pelletization and crystallization of a polymer includes a unit for forming a polymer pellet material and cooling the pellet material in a liquid cooling medium. An after-connected drying unit has an exit opening for exporting gas and a crystallizer for crystallizing the pellet material. The crystallizer communicates via a connection line with the pre-connected unit for separating the liquid cooling medium from the pellet material and drying the pellet material. The crystallizer communicates with an inert gas tank, whereby the pressure in the crystallizer can be increased relative to the pressure in the drying unit. A related process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: POLYMETRIX AG
    Inventors: Andreas Christel, Brent Allan Culbert, Fernando Eusebio
  • Patent number: 9656787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging article for use in form-fill-seal, flow wrap and lidding. In particular, the invention concerns such an article sealed with a biodegradable film having a peel sealable coating thereon, and coated filmic lids for sealing polylactic acid (PLA) trays and specifically PLA trays used for packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Florian Chapalain
  • Patent number: 9556907
    Abstract: Gates (G) are uniformly arranged in a circumferential direction only in a large annular section (2). The gates (G) are equal in number to a number of pockets (4). The gates (G) are arranged only at sites positioned on planes (Pa) passing circumferential centers of the respective pockets (4). Weld lines (W) are thus formed only in the vicinity of the planes (Pa) of a small annular section (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9551156
    Abstract: A method for converting expended plastic and metal containers into artificial rocks by removing the label from a plastic or metal container, removing the top, stuffing the container with compacted, smaller, expended plastic, beverage bottles, or cleaned, crushed, expended food cans, shaping the filled plastic container by means of a heat gun, or the filled metal container by crimping the ends, burning holes into the filled, shaped plastic container with a soldering iron or drilling holes in the filled shaped metal container with an electric drill. A first layer of wet stucco is troweled onto the shaped container, lightly pressed into the holes, and allowed to dry, whereupon a second layer of stucco is applied over the base layer and allowed to dry, after which a layer of colored cement is applied over the second layer and brushed and rolled while still wet to create different surface textures like those of real rocks and allowed to dry to form the final rock product that looks just like a real rock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventor: Janet Schofield
  • Patent number: 9523024
    Abstract: A raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellet form is described, which comprises a raw elastomer with molecular weight from 50,000 to 400,000 Da, and an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers, capable of forming emulsions in water. Likewise, a process for obtaining said raw elastomeric compositions in free-flowing pellet form, comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing at least one monomer through solution polymerization in order to obtain elastomer crumb; b) forming an aqueous suspension of the elastomer crumbs; c) dewatering the aqueous suspension; d) adding an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers capable of forming emulsions in water; e) drying the dewatered suspension; and f) pelletizing the elastomer to form a raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form. The raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form thus obtained can be used as an adhesive composition, in asphalt modification and in asphalt emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: DYNASOL ELASTOMEROS, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Gabriel Hernández-Zamora, Ricardo Sánchez-Ortega, Zenón Rodríguez-Juárez, Ismael Camacho-Salas, Sergio Moctezuma-Espiricueto
  • Patent number: 9523025
    Abstract: A raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellet form is described, which comprises a raw elastomer with molecular weight from 50,000 to 400,000 Da, and an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers, capable of forming emulsions in water. Likewise, a process for obtaining said raw elastomeric compositions in free-flowing pellet form, comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing at least one monomer through solution polymerization in order to obtain elastomer crumb; b) forming an aqueous suspension of the elastomer crumbs; c) dewatering the aqueous suspension; d) adding an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers capable of forming emulsions in water; e) drying the dewatered suspension; and f) pelletizing the elastomer to form a raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form. The raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form thus obtained can be used as an adhesive composition, in asphalt modification and in asphalt emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: DYNASOL ELASTOMEROS, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Gabriel Hernández-Zamora, Ricardo Sánchez-Ortega, Zenón Rodríguez-Juárez, Ismael Camacho-Salas, Sergio Moctezuma-Espiricueto
  • Patent number: 9314010
    Abstract: Enclosures for mass delivery of a living biological pest control agent according to the embodiments disclosed herein include a body section having a generally cylindrical wall with opposed ends defining an interior surface, parasitized eggs of a living biological pest control agent (e.g., an endoparasitic insect) adhered to the interior surface of the wall, and at least one egress opening to allow the pest control agent to exit the body section to an exterior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: José Roberto Moreto, Gabriel Barroso De Araujo, Caio Borges Arias
  • Patent number: 9139553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to micelle-forming poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(ester) block copolymers having reactive groups on the polyester block therein. The biodegradability of these copolymers and their biocompatibilities with a large number of bioactive agents make them suitable as carriers for various bioactive agents. The bioactive agents, such as DNA, RNA, oligonucleotide, protein, peptide, drug and the like, can be coupled to the reactive groups on the polyester block of the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: Afsaneh Lavasanifar, Abdullah Mahmud
  • Publication number: 20150125658
    Abstract: Release base papers with improved surface properties and more efficient manufacturing potential are made using cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) along with high freeness, less refined pulp. Release papers serve as the backing for common adhesive labels, for industrial film coatings, and also for certain food processing uses. The CNF may be added to the furnish and processed to paper, or the CNF may be added as a coating onto a partially dried web of paper. The CNF may optionally be combined with a starch and a starch crosslinker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: Stirling Consulting, INC., University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Michael A. Bilodeau, Robert H. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 8993050
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing granulates or continuous strips intended for feeding an extrusion machine, formed of a gel comprising at least, as majority elastomer, a styrene thermoplastic elastomer and more than 200 phr of an extender oil, each element of the granulate having a given surface area. The granulate element is sized so that the compactness, of a granulate element, is less than a value decreasing from 1500 m?1 to 375 m?1 and deposited on the surface of said granulates is an anti-tack agent having a value increasing from 2 cm3 to 8 cm3 per m2 of granulate surface area, when the mean size of the particles of said anti-tack agent increases from a value of 1 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Vincent Abad, Jean-Marie Mus
  • Patent number: 8945441
    Abstract: A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photocurable component and a thermal curable component. The cavity can have a broadest dimension of less than 500 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Liquidia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Benjamin Maynor, Robert Lyon Henn
  • Publication number: 20140302259
    Abstract: A substrate composite film for thermal transfer printing includes a biaxially oriented base layer including polyester, a first type of lubricant particles, and a second type of lubricant particles. The substrate composite film satisfies the following: (1) a ratio of maximum height SRma and peak count SPc is 1?SRma/SPc?4.5, (2) a center plane average roughness Sra is 15 to 30 nm, (3) coefficient of dynamic friction is <0.60, and (4) 20 and 60 degree gloss is greater than 160 SGU. The 20 degree gloss may be equal in all directions, and the 60 degree gloss may be equal in all directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. BOWER, Hideaki Maeba
  • Patent number: 8673191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing plastic parts interspersed with reinforcing fibers, with a mixing chamber (20) for producing a mixture of chemically reactive polymer components, with an outlet chamber (38), which is arranged downstream of the mixing chamber and in which a cleaning ram (28) in which a fiber conveying channel (32) is formed is guided in a reciprocatingly movable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: KrauseMaffei Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Agerer, Josef Renkl
  • Patent number: 8540914
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Wilde, Alan D. Oskowski
  • Patent number: 8408219
    Abstract: Dental floss products are provided which include a unitary tape of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 5 dl/g, as measured in decalin at 135° C., the tape having a thickness of about 0.02-0.1 mm and a width of about 0.25-6 mm, and a tensile strength of at least 1.8 GPa. The dental floss products have very high mechanical, especially tensile strength, and show high resistance to tearing and has a low coefficient of friction. The tape can be inserted between teeth tightly together without breaking. A further advantage of the dental tape products is that most of the initial strength during flossing is retained, even if the tape separates into filaments. Processes for making a unitary tape suitable for use in a dental floss product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Carina S. Snijder, Christiaan H. P. Dirks, Leonard J. A. Nielaba
  • Patent number: 8262958
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-dispersible fibers derived from sulfopolyesters having a Tg of at least 25° C. The fibers may contain a single sulfopolyester or a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water-dispersible or water-nondispersible polymer. Also disclosed are multicomponent fibers comprising a water dispersible sulfopolyester having a Tg of at least 57° C. and a water non-dispersible polymer. The multicomponent fibers may be used to produce microdenier fibers. Fibrous articles may be produced from the water-dispersible fibers, multicomponent fibers, and microdenier fibers. The fibrous articles include water-dispersible and microdenier nonwoven webs, fabrics, and multilayered articles such as wipes, gauze, tissue, diapers, panty liners, sanitary napkins, bandages, and surgical dressings. Also disclosed is a process for water-dispersible fibers, nonwoven fabrics, and microdenier webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Alston Haile, Scott Ellery George, Wesley Raymond Hale, Waylon Lewellyn Jenkins
  • Patent number: 8211340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a yarn consisting of a squared-analogous cross-section polyamide filament for uncoated airbag fabrics, characterized in that the process comprises the steps of: heating and melting a raw material of polyamide, extruding the molten polyamide through a squared-analogous spinning nozzle to form a spun filament, cooling and solidifying the spun filament, followed by drawing the filament, to obtain a squared-analogous cross-section drawn yarn; to uncoated fabrics for the manufacture of airbags prepared by the said process, characterized in that the fabrics are prepared from a yarn consisting of a squared-analogous cross-section polyamide filament and exhibit low air permeability, enhanced flame resistance and aging performance against the environment; and to a use of the uncoated fabrics for the manufacture of airbags with a low air permeability prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation
    Inventors: Swu-Chen Shen, Yi-Jen Tu
  • Publication number: 20120148780
    Abstract: A part having foam tape integrated into a base component. The base component of the part is a body side molding which is attached to a vehicle using an adhesive. More specifically, the part includes a foam layer integrally formed with the body side molding such that a first side of the foam layer is formed with the body side molding, and an adhesive layer attached to a second side of the foam layer. A release film material is selectively attached to the adhesive layer such that the adhesive layer is disposed between the release film material and the foam layer. The release film material is able to be removed from the adhesive layer, and the body side molding is attached to a vehicle using the adhesive layer. The body side molding is used to protect the vehicle, as well as provide an improvement in the appearance of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Bitsakakis, Timothy F. O'Brien, Scott S. Mouser
  • Patent number: 8003029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing deposit forming of superabsorbent material and/or oil onto guide rollers during the process of applying a superabsorbent water-in-oil emulsion onto a yarn wherein the oil is a mixture comprising saturated hydrocarbons, characterized in that the at least 70 wt % of the hydrocarbons have 20 to 32 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Jansen, Stephanus Willemsen
  • Publication number: 20110191936
    Abstract: A nitrile-rubber medical exam glove composed of a glove body which is a flexible layer of nitrile-butadiene rubber. The glove body has a chlorinated first surface forming a donning side of the glove body and an un-chlorinated second surface forming a grip side of the glove body. The elastomeric glove also includes a substantially uniform distribution of a release agent distributed over the un-chlorinated second surface of the glove body. The elastomeric glove has: (a) an average thickness of between about 0.03 to 0.12 mm in a palm region of the glove body as measured in accordance with ASTM D3767, procedure A; (b) an un-chlorinated second surface of the glove body characterized by a Surface Root Mean Square Roughness of from about 3.00 Î ¼ m to about 6.55 Î ¼ m; and (c) a failure rate of less than about 1 percent when the elastomeric glove is subjected to pinhole leak testing generally in accordance with ASTM D5151-06.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Timothy M. Lipinski, Choong Kheng Tang
  • Patent number: 7935285
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball composed at least in part of a spherical elastomeric body. The method includes the steps of extruding a bar of an unvulcanized rubber compound for obtaining the elastomeric body, cutting the extruded bar into slugs of a given length, and coating the slug with a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt in powder form having a melting point at or below a vulcanizing temperature. This method prevents the slugs from clumping together and improves mold releasability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiro Wachi
  • Publication number: 20110079934
    Abstract: The present invention describes an advantageous way of lubricating polyvinylchloride during an extrusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Robert A. Lindner
  • Publication number: 20110042380
    Abstract: Provided is a process for making thermoplastic polymer pellets. The process has the following steps: (a) melting a thermoplastic polymer to form a polymer melt; (b) extruding the melt through a die to form a substantially continuous molten polymer extrudate wherein the die has a contact surface bearing a polymer coating having a surface energy of less than 25 mN/m at 20° C.; (c) cooling the extrudate to form a cooled extrudate; and (d) pelletizing the cooled extrudate to form a plurality of polymer pellets. Provided is also a polymer pellet shipping system and a stable thermoplastic polymer pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Andy Haishung Tsou, Mohsen Shahmirzadie Yeganeh, Gregory K. Hall
  • Patent number: 7824769
    Abstract: In an electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber including an electrically conductive layer made of a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing electrically conductive carbon black fine particles which constitutes a sheath component and a protective layer made of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer (B) which constitutes a core component, the ratio of the (A) to the total weight of the (A) and the (B) is 10 to 35% by weight, the L1/L0 ratio is 1.04 to 10.0 where L1 represents the length of a boundary between the core component and the sheath component in a cross section of the conjugate fiber and L0 represents the length of the circumference of a circle having an area equal to a cross sectional area of the core component, the fineness, the strength at break and the elongation at break are each adjusted within specified ranges, the shrinkage in hot water at 100° C. is within a specified range, and the fiber surface coverage of the sheath component is 85% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsuka, Tadayoshi Koizumi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Nobuhiro Koga, Masao Kawamoto, Kenichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 7824590
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John C. Wilde, Alan D. Oskowski
  • Patent number: 7815832
    Abstract: In the manufacture of cellulose ester fibers, a dope is extruded into filaments. Extrusion occurs in an elongated cabinet having an outlet for the filaments. The filaments are taken up after exiting the outlet. The filaments are lubricated at the outlet of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate, LLC
    Inventors: Heather L. Clarkson, Cheryl F. Corallo, Robina M. C. Hogan, Ramiro Montez Diaz, Ronald Nivins
  • Patent number: 7807090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mold for making a composite material part, the mold being coated in a stripping composition. The stripping composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a base ingredient consisting in epoxy polydimethylsiloxane; 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polymerization agent for polymerizing the base ingredient and constituted by a diaryliodonium salt; not more than 30 parts by weight of an anti-adhesion modulator constituted by a silicone polymer; and not more than 40 parts by weight of an anti-stick agent making the composition less tacky prior to polymerization and constituted by at least one vinyl ether compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Patrick Boschet, Emmanuel Piel
  • Patent number: 7807094
    Abstract: A method for producing a continuous filament made up of nanofibers is disclosed. A ribbon-shaped nanofiber web is prepared by electrospinning a polymer spinning solution onto a collector 7 applied with a high voltage, the collector 7 consisting of (I) an endless belt type nonconductive plate 7a with grooves having a predetermined width (u) and depth (h) formed at regular intervals along a lengthwise direction and a conductive plate 7b inserted into the grooves of the nonconductive plate, and then the nanofiber web is isolated (separated) from the collector 7, focused, drawn and wound. A continuous filament (yarn) made up of nanofibers can be produced by a simple and continuous process by providing a method for continuously producing a filament (yarn) by an electrospinning technique without a spinning process. The focusability and the drawability can be greatly improved by orienting nanofibers well in the fiber axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Hak-Yong Kim, Jong-Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20100164147
    Abstract: A complex-shaped, three-dimensional fiber reinforced composite structure may be formed by using counteracting pressures applied to a structural lay-up of wetted fibers. The wetted fibers are arranged on pressurizable members and may be configured to include internal structural features, such as shear webs. A reinforcement stiffener may be located adjacent to at least one of the pressurizable members and the wetted fibers that form the internal structural feature. The reinforcement stiffener includes a modulus of elasticity that is substantially higher than a modulus of elasticity of the resin used to wet the fibers. In one embodiment, the reinforcement stiffener may be received in a pocket of one of the pressurizable members and may include a releasing agent that permits removal of the stiffener after the composite structure has been pressurized and cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: INVISION TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Rodman
  • Publication number: 20100117256
    Abstract: Nanoimprint lithography using resist material with the addition of a surfactant is described. A template release layer is formed on a pattern of a template. A non-ionic surfactant is added to a resist material to form a mixed resist material. The resist material may comprise a hydrocarbon material having an unsaturated bond, such as an acrylate material. The surfactant may comprise polyakylene glycol or an organically modified polysiloxane. A resist layer is then formed on a substrate from the mixed resist material. The surfactant added to the resist material forms a resist release layer on the surface of the resist layer. The template is then pressed into the resist layer, where the template release layer and the resist release layer are between the pattern of the template and the resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Margaret E. Best, Xing-Cai Guo, Thomas E. Karis, Dan S. Kercher, Charles M. Mate, Tsai-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 7678311
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for coating an elastomeric component with a coating that has a low coefficient of friction and the articles formed by the method. The method includes preparing an elastomeric coating; applying the coating to a substrate; contacting the coated substrate with an elastomeric compound; and heating the elastomeric compound and the coated substrate under pressure to bond the coating to the elastomeric compound and form a coated elastomeric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Bolcar
  • Patent number: 7670540
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for manufacturing a balloon catheter in which a non-contact type laser perforator and printer are separately provided above a primary extruder such that inflation apertures can be uniformly perforated through a non-vulcanized lumen tube and simultaneously, tube cutting positions can be printed on the lumen tube at positions uniformly spaced apart from the inflation apertures without stopping a primary extrusion process. Also, a bond preventing agent layer is coated on the lumen tube at balloon inflating portions prior to cutting the tube, to facilitate a secondary extrusion of the tube. With this configuration, continuous and accurate perforation of inflation apertures is possible and automatic tube cutting can be achieved based on the printed tube cutting positions. Also, the present invention can compensate for a time delay due to a bond preventing agent application process and achieve high productivity and minimized loss of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: Keun-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7655276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a colored reinforced article of manufacture having a substantially uniform distribution of color. The colored reinforced article of manufacture comprises a fiber-reinforced thermosetting resin matrix and a non-appertured colored veil in the thermosetting resin matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard James Bliton, Ladson Lawrence Fraser, Jr., William Oscar Phillips, Richard Landis Vockel, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100013115
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming materials such as fiber and elongated shapes, including: a tapered flow channel; supply channels for the addition and removal of agents into the tapered flow channel; and a fiber outlet at the distal end of the tapering flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: David N. Breslauer, Luke P. Lee
  • Patent number: 7632442
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing an inorganic yarn require a mixture of volcanic rock and an additive including potassium permanganate. This mixture is heated to form a melt. From the melt, a plurality of filaments are formed during a spinning process. After cooling and sizing the plurality of filaments to form fibers, the fibers are twisted to create the inorganic yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventor: Lilo Nessim Beuzieron
  • Patent number: 7585442
    Abstract: A process for making a cigarette tow comprising: spinning a dope; taking-up the as-spun cellulose acetate filaments; lubricating the filaments; forming a tow from the filaments; crimping the tow with a stuffer box crimper; drying the crimped tow; and baling the dried crimped tow. The process further comprises at least two of the following: A. crimping further comprising one roller of the pair of nip rollers being adapted to induce crimp into the tow; B. crimping further comprising one roller of the pair of nip rollers being made of a solid ceramic material; C. crimping further comprising a pair of tow edge lubricators; D. crimping further comprising a steam injector; E. further comprising plasticizing the tow; F. lubricating the filaments further comprises a finish consisting of a water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate, LLC
    Inventors: Philip I. L. Caenen, Gary B. Ellison, David O. Kutscher, William S. Sanderson, Mark E. Scarborough, Donald T. Stilwell
  • Patent number: 7585441
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a fiber tow, particularly cellulose acetate tow, the tow is plasticized prior to entry into the crimper. The preferred plasticizer is water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate, LLC
    Inventors: Philip I. L. Caenen, William S. Sanderson
  • Patent number: 7534379
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a fiber tow, particularly cellulose acetate tow, a stuffer box crimper has a pair of tow edge lubricators adapted to lubricate the lateral edges of the tow immediately prior to contact with the nip rollers of the crimper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate LLC
    Inventors: Gary B. Ellison, William S. Sanderson, Donald T. Stilwell
  • Patent number: 7534380
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a fiber tow, particularly cellulose acetate tow, a stuffer box crimper has a steam injector in communication with the stuffer channel of the crimper. The steam injector consists of a single pair of injectors vertically aligned with one another above and below the stuffer channel of the crimper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate LLC
    Inventors: Gary B. Ellison, David O. Kutscher, William S. Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20090117269
    Abstract: An electrically conductive composite material includes metallic nanostrands distributed throughout a matrix constructed of a polymer, ceramic, or elastomer. The nanostrands may have an average diameter under four microns and an average aspect ratio over ten-to-one. Larger fibers may also be included to enhance electrical conductivity or other properties. The nanostrands and/or fibers may be magnetically oriented to enhance electrical conductivity along one direction. A pressure sensor may be formed by utilizing an elastomer for the matrix. Electrical conductivity through the composite material varies in proportion to deflection of the elastomer. A composite material may be applied to a surface as an electrically conductive paint. Composite materials may be made by cutting a blank of the nanostrands to the desired shape, inserting the matrix, and curing the matrix. Alternatively, a suspension agent may first be used to dispose powdered nanostrands in the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Metal Matrix Composites Company
    Inventors: George Clayton Hansen, Lauren Hansen, William C. Jenkin
  • Patent number: 7476352
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extruding polymeric fibers are disclosed. The extrusion process preferably involves the delivery of a lubricant separately from a polymer melt stream to each orifice of an extrusion die such that the lubricant preferably encases the polymer melt stream as it passes through the die orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bruce B. Wilson, Roger J. Stumo, Stanley C. Erickson, William L. Kopecky, James C. Breister
  • Patent number: 7445737
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a fiber tow, particularly cellulose acetate tow, a stuffer box crimper has one roller adapted to induce crimp into the tow. This roller induces crimp by preferentially weakening a portion of the tow. This roller has an axially grooved surface. This roller may be located in the stuffer box crimper or before the stuffer box crimper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Celanese Acetate, LLC
    Inventors: William S. Sanderson, Mark E. Scarborough
  • Publication number: 20080255417
    Abstract: There are described a method for reducing the friction of a medico-technical rubber tube, according to which first a tube is produced of rubber and is then after-treated by annealing and/or washing, as well as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: INVENDO MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventor: Konstantin Bob