Coating With Particulate Material Patents (Class 264/131)
  • Patent number: 11148359
    Abstract: A method for the layered production of a component (10) from powdery material including loose powder particles, based on three-dimensional data of the component (10), including the method steps: the component (10) is segmented in a building direction (16) into N, N?2 consecutive, cylindrical cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface and a layer thickness; N powder layers of the powdery material are applied to a building plane perpendicular to the building direction (16); the loose powder particles in the cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the component (10) are at least partially bonded to each other and to the underlying cross-sectional area and; loose powder particles arranged within one cross-sectional area or within multiple consecutive cross-sectional areas in the building direction (16) are at least partially removed from the component (10) during the layered production of the component (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria Zivcec, Robert Spring, Roland Schneider
  • Patent number: 10888442
    Abstract: The invention relates to endovascular medical implant devices and materials of composition for forming these devices to provide improved mechanical properties and biodegradability. The devices include a combination or integration of superelastic material, biodegradable metal and, thin film nitinol and/or biodegradable polymer. A structural frame is formed of individual elongated pieces composed of biodegradable metal. These pieces are joined together by connector pieces composed of superelastic material. At least a portion of the structural frame has deposited thereon the thin film nitinol and/or biodegradable polymer. The structural frame of the device is collapsible for insertion in a delivery tube and, recoverable for deployment and placement in a vascular location of a patient body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Youngjae Chun, William R. Wagner, Xinzhu Gu, Peter Drew Wearden, Tomo Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 10513801
    Abstract: Processes for making fibrous structures and more particularly processes for making fibrous structures comprising filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Michael Donald Suer, Douglas Jay Barkey, Jonathan Paul Brennan, Ronald Thomas Gorley
  • Patent number: 9914256
    Abstract: A composite material having thermoplastic properties and comprising organic matter and optionally one or both of inorganic matter and plastic with unique characteristics is provided. Such a composite material may be prepared from waste such as domestic waste. For preparation of the composite material, waste is dried, optionally particulated. The dried and optionally particulated waste material is then heated, while mixing under shear forces. The composite material is processed to obtain useful articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: UBQ Materials Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuval Tamir
  • Patent number: 9707724
    Abstract: A method for using a tow incorporating a large number of fibers to form a composite part that has the quality of parts made with tows incorporating a small number of fibers is described. The method includes spreading the tows incorporating a large number of fibers to form a relatively wide, flat, and continuous, unidirectional fabric, holding the fabric under tension to maintain the orientation and flatness, subjecting the flattened fabric to melt-bonding while held under tension to maintain the flattened configuration, and slicing the melt-bonded, unidirectional fabric into a plurality of narrow fiber tows and subsequently using these to produce braided, woven, and other fabric forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas K. Tsotsis
  • Patent number: 9416540
    Abstract: A tile for attachment to a mounting surface, with a fastener, includes a body defining a longitudinal length and a horizontal width. The body may be movable between an uninstalled position, which defines a first offset along the longitudinal length and a second offset along the transverse width, and an installed position, which substantially closes the first offset and the second offset. In the installed position, the body abuts the mounting surface and an underside of the body is substantially planar. The tile may also include a plurality of first-angle ribs and a plurality of second-angle ribs. The first-angle ribs are offset relative to a forward edge of the body. The second-angle ribs offset relative to the forward edge of the body and also to the first-angle ribs. Furthermore, the first-angle ribs and second-angle ribs do not have shared vertices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Tapco International Corporation
    Inventors: Clyde G. Allen, James A. Caldwell, Nathan D. Greenway, Matt M. Jackson, Michael W. Maurer, Matthew Jason Michalski, Dennis J. Paliaga, Jonathan Wierengo
  • Patent number: 9169351
    Abstract: Methods of forming multi-component reinforced composites are described. The methods may include forming a particle-reinforced component and a polymer-containing component where the particle-reinforced component and the polymer-containing component are in contact with one another. The particle reinforced component may be formed by a process that includes providing reactive particles that have a reactive polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles and contacting the reactive particles with a resin solution that includes monomers of a polymer. The polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles may promote the polymerization of the monomers. The resin solution may subsequently be polymerized forming a polymer matrix around the reactive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Rajappa Tadepalli, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar, Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari
  • Publication number: 20150145162
    Abstract: A method of making nanostructures includes following steps. A carbon nanotube structure is suspended, wherein the carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes orderly aligned. A carbon nanotube composite structure is formed by applying a precoated layer on the carbon nanotube structure, wherein a thickness of the precoated layer on an outer surface of each of the number of carbon nanotubes ranges from about 2 nanometers to about 10 nanometers. The carbon nanotube composite structure is transferred on a substrate and treating the carbon nanotube composite structure with a solution. The carbon nanotube structure is removed by annealing the carbon nanotube composite structure in an annealing temperature from about 500° C. to about 700° C., wherein the precoated layer is softened and contracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: YUAN-HAO JIN, QUN-QING LI, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20150140885
    Abstract: An insulating tape material, a method for production and usage thereof, for producing electrical insulation paper such as mica paper, which is contained in thermally conductive insulating tapes that are used for high-voltage insulation, for example. The insulating tape material has fiber reinforcement by means of a fabric, wherein the meshes of the fabric are filled by a particle composite which is preferably thermally conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Florian Eder, Peter Gröppel, Michael Preibisch, Claus Rohr
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150075841
    Abstract: A silicone article, such as a cable with a silicone outer jacket, is improved with respect to its feel and particularly its coefficient of friction is reduced. Solid mica particles are introduced into the surface of the cable or other article. An intermediate product which has a silicone-type base material on the exterior is initially provided in a state that is not, or no more than partially, cross-linked. The solid material particles are subsequently pressed in, before the complete cross-linking takes place. The solid material particles are present only in the surface region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: MICHAEL DREINER, ALBERT NORDING
  • Publication number: 20140377475
    Abstract: A cross-linkable UV curable coating layer disposed over flocked fibers on an automotive component requiring improved squeak and itch resistance and freeze release is provided. The coating layer includes an elongated member having along a pre-determined portion of the member flocked fibers. The elongated member finds application as a weatherstrip or seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Krishnamachari GOPALAN, Michael W. PINTER, Jacob J. LAFOREST
  • Publication number: 20140342119
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a molded part (10) with a visible surface and a rear surface (S1, S2), wherein the molded part (10) features: a substrate (20) of hot-pressed fibrous molding material (21); a coating (30) of at least one polymer material (34, 35); wherein the surface (33) of the coating (30) has at least sectionally a center line average height Ra in the range of 10 to 80 ?m, as well as to a method for manufacturing the molded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Friedhelm Kastell, Peter Günther, Jochen Reichhold
  • Publication number: 20140329101
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester film that can be suitably used in the applications requiring excellent transparency and slipping property, for example, such as a film member for a transparent electrode used in touch panels, etc., and a member for molding films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Taishi Kawasaki, Ryosuke Funatsu, Katsuya Amako, Yuka Kato, Masato Fujita
  • Patent number: 8877104
    Abstract: An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140319739
    Abstract: A method of printing and embossing a receiver having first and second sides and having a thickness is disclosed. The method includes depositing a pattern of image toner on a first side of a receiver, the image toner including toner particles; fixing the pattern of image toner onto the receiver; depositing an embossing pattern of embossing particles on a side of the receiver, the embossing pattern having an embossing-pattern thickness corresponding to a fixed stack height of at least 30% of the thickness of the receiver, wherein the embossing particles have average diameters greater than the average diameters of the toner particles of the image toner; and pressing the receiver between a hard nip roller and a compliant nip roller, the pressure being selected so that the embossing pattern permanently deforms the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Nathaniel TOMBS
  • Publication number: 20140319706
    Abstract: A water vapour transport membrane comprises a nanofibrous layer disposed on a macroporous support layer, the nanofibrous layer coated with a water permeable polymer. A method for making a water vapour transport membrane comprises forming a nanofibrous layer on a macroporous support layer and applying a water permeable polymer to the nanofibrous layer. The water permeable polymer can be applied for so that the nanofibrous layer is substantially or partially filled with the water permeable polymer, or so that the coating forms a substantially continuous layer on one surface of the nanofibrous layer. In some embodiments of the method, the nanofibrous layer is formed by electro-spinning at least one polymer on at least one side of the porous support layer. In some embodiments, the support layer is formable and the method further comprises forming a three-dimensional structure from the water vapour transport membrane, for example, by compression molding, pleating or corrugating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: DPOINT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Nicholas Huizing, Frank K. Ko
  • Publication number: 20140319722
    Abstract: A method of printing and embossing a receiver is disclosed. The method includes depositing an embossing pattern of embossing particles on the receiver, the embossing pattern having an embossing-pattern thickness corresponding to a fixed stack height of at least 30% of the thickness of the receiver, wherein the embossing particles having average diameters greater than the average diameters of the toner particles of the image toner; pressing the receiver between a hard nip roller and a compliant nip roller, the pressure selected so that with a large enough load so that the embossing pattern permanently deforms the receiver; depositing a pattern of image toner on a first side of the receiver, the image toner including toner particles; and fixing the pattern of image toner onto the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: THOMAS NATHANIEL TOMBS
  • Publication number: 20140316063
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite material, including an assembly of one or a plurality of synthetic reinforcement fibres, impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer having a vitreous transition temperature Tg greater than or equal to 80° C. including: i) a step of impregnating said assembly with a precursor composition in the molten state and including: a) at least one prepolymer P(X)n of said thermoplastic polymer, including a molecular chain P having, at the ends n thereof, identical reactive functions X, said prepolymer having a semi-aromatic and/or semi-cycloaliphatic structure, b) at least one chain extender including two identical functions Y, which are reactive with at least one of said functions X; ii) a step of polymerisation by mass (poly)addition, in the molten state, of said prepolymer with said chain extender, with said thermoplastic polymer of the thermoplastic matrix being the result of said polymerisation by mass polyaddition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Hochstetter, Thierry Briffaud, Michel Glotin, Pierre Nogues, Maliha Khusrawy
  • Patent number: 8852474
    Abstract: Processes for making fibrous structures and more particularly processes for making fibrous structures comprising filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Michael Donald Suer, Douglas Jay Barkey, Jonathan Paul Brennan, Ronald Thomas Gorley
  • Publication number: 20140295132
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising a ceramic honeycomb body having large numbers of longitudinal cells partitioned by porous cell walls having porosity of 50% or more, and a peripheral wall formed on a peripheral surface of the ceramic honeycomb body, comprising the steps of extruding moldable ceramic material to form a honeycomb-structured ceramic green body; machining a peripheral portion of the green body or a sintered body obtained from the green body to remove part of cell walls in the peripheral portion to obtain a ceramic honeycomb body having longitudinal grooves on a peripheral surface; applying colloidal metal oxide to a peripheral surface of the ceramic honeycomb body and drying it, and then applying a coating material comprising ceramic aggregate having an average particle size of 1 ?m or more to form the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Shunji Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20140275334
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a hot melt composition having improved anti-blocking properties. In particular, the present invention is directed to a hot melt composition in the form of particulate units, the particulate units having a surface which is at least partially covered by hollow glass micro particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Joaquim Serra
  • Publication number: 20140210126
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a coated panel. The process can comprise providing a panel of a desired dimension or cutting a panel to a desired dimension. In some embodiments a panel can be provided with joining functionality. A surface of the panel can be coated with a powder and the powder cured to thereby treat a surface of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: PERGO (EUROPE) AB
    Inventors: Magnus Quist, Peter Miller, Jan Ericsson
  • Publication number: 20140185301
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an illumination device. The illumination device includes a cap structure. The cap structure is partially coated with a reflective material operable to reflect light. The illumination device includes one or more lighting-emitting devices disposed within the cap structure. The light-emitting devices may be light-emitting diode (LED) chips. The illumination device also includes a thermal dissipation structure. The thermal dissipation structure is coupled to the cap structure in a first direction. The thermal dissipation structure and the cap structure have a coupling interface. The coupling interface extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The thermal dissipation structure has a portion that intersects the coupling interface at an angle. The angle is in a range from about 60 degrees to about 90 degrees according to some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh, Hsueh-Hung Fu, Dong Jung Suen
  • Patent number: 8765078
    Abstract: There is provided a biochip stamping device. The biochip stamping device includes a stamping jig in which a first biochip is aligned; an inverting mechanism vertically inverting a second biochip; and a movement mechanism transferring the vertically inverted second biochip on the stamping jig to combine the first biochip and the second biochip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Youl Jeon, Bo Sung Ku, Hee Ju Son
  • Publication number: 20130157037
    Abstract: Slurry and tape compositions and processes for producing CMC articles. The slurry composition contains particles of a precursor that converts to a ceramic material when heated to a firing temperature, at least one binder that is capable of adhering the particles of the ceramic precursor together to form a pliable prepreg tape, at least one liquid plasticizer, and a solvent in which the binder is dissolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Roger Lee Ken Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130105101
    Abstract: A roll coating is manufactured having fiber and polyurethane made from aromatic isocyanate. The roll coating incorporates fiber having improved strength during the manufacturing stage, and so does not crack, as a result of which the coating can be s manufactured in a simple, efficient and inexpensive manner. A roll of a fiber web machine has a roll body having a coating of fiber and polyurethane that is made from aromatic isocyanate, on the roll body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: METSO PAPER, INC.
    Inventor: Jani Turunen
  • Patent number: 8409678
    Abstract: A thin metal casing with plastic parts and a manufacturing method thereof are revealed. A thin metal casing already formed having on one surface processed and coated with a decorative outer layer is provided. A thermoplastic rubber (TPR) adhesive layer is disposed on an unprocessed surface of the thin metal casing. The TPR adhesive layer is synthesized by butadiene-styrene block copolymer and hydrocarbon petroleum resin. Then the thin metal casing with the TPR adhesive layer is set and fixed in a cavity of an injection molding mold. Next plastic parts are formed on the TPR adhesive layer of the thin metal casing by plastic injection molding. The plastic parts are melted and connected to the TPR adhesive layer integrally by pressure and temperature of injection material. Simultaneously a part of the TPR adhesive layer is infiltrated into existing micro concave holes on surface of the thin metal casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Pao Yi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120251021
    Abstract: A self-lubricating structure such as a bearing having a low coefficient of friction, a high bearing load capability, and a low abrasiveness is provided. The self-lubricating bearing has a PTFE-based sliding layer that is bonded to a metal backing layer. The sliding layer includes a PTFE-based matrix, self-lubricating fillers such as liquid crystalline polymer, and high temperature reinforcing fiber such as carbon fiber. A method for producing the self-lubricating bearing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Gwo S. Swei
  • Patent number: 8268222
    Abstract: Electric motor components are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are metals or conductive non-metals or metal plated non-metals. The micron conductive fibers may be metal fiber or metal plated fiber. Further, the metal plated fiber may be formed by plating metal onto a metal fiber or by plating metal onto a non-metal fiber. Any platable fiber may be used as the core for a non-metal fiber. Superconductor metals may also be used as micron conductive fibers and/or as metal plating onto fibers in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Integral Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Aisenbrey
  • Publication number: 20120228795
    Abstract: There is provided a ceramic substrate supporting member configured to support a ceramic substrate at a tip portion thereof and used for forming a ceramic member coat on the ceramic substrate to manufacture a ceramic member in a reaction furnace. The ceramic substrate supporting member includes a core formed of graphite, and a supporting member coat formed at a surface including at least the tip portion with a pyrolytic carbon layer interposed between the core and the supporting member coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji MINOURA, Toshiki Ito, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20120202104
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a separator and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator comprises a polyethylene-based powder or a polypropylene-based powder provided on or in the base film, wherein the polyethylene-based powder or the polypropylene-based powder is different from the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonghoon Han, Changbum Ahn
  • Patent number: 8236383
    Abstract: This invention relates to plastic glazing assemblies for vehicle tops, windows, headlamps, and taillights, as well as residential and commercial glazing, aircraft glazing, and sunglasses. More specifically, a method of manufacturing a plastic glazing assembly exhibiting a high level of weatherability and abrasion resistance is disclosed which integrates the in-mold application of a coating and the subsequent deposition of an abrasion resistant layer to a molded plastic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Exatec LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Gasworth, Chengtao Li, Sunitha Grandhee
  • Publication number: 20120196129
    Abstract: The present invention provides bead-like hollow particles and an easy and convenient method for producing the same, and a friction material using the bead-like hollow particles. The particles are bead-like hollow particles comprising odd-shaped particles composed of a metal oxide as a main component and having at least one of a through hole and non-through hole in a surface; the method is a producing method for the bead-like hollow particles, which comprises spraying and drying a suspension of a particulate biological material and a particulate metal oxide by a two-fluid nozzle spray dryer to obtain a powder composed of the particulate biological material as a core and a layer of the particulate metal oxide as a shell, and heating the obtained powder; and the friction material is a friction material using the hollow particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naeko Okumura, Koichi Hatori, Akinori Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Sugai, Hiroshi Idei
  • Patent number: 8193558
    Abstract: There is provided a method of sealing and molding an optical device with resin by employing a die including a top piece, a bottom piece, an intermediate piece, and a mold release film pinched between the bottom and intermediate pieces and thus tensioned as prescribed to cover the bottom piece's cavity, when the bottom piece is heated, and the mold release film expands and thus closely contacts the cavity's entire surface along the cavity's geometry so that the optical device can be sealed in transparent set resin shaped as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Towa Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Takase, Kazuki Kawakubo, Yohei Onishi
  • Patent number: 8153042
    Abstract: A two component reactive composition is described, each component, before they are mixed together, contains a filler having thin platelet structure, e.g. a nanoclay, and a further filler that interacts with the platelets. The individual components can have a filler loading that makes them flowable and therefore the components can readily be mixed together for ready dispensing. When the components are mixed thoroughly together, the resulting resin may have a viscosity higher than that of the individual components. The loading of the filler is preferably chosen so that the resulting blended resin is capable of being applied on to a vertical surface without experiencing significant slump. The viscosity of the mixed material can be up to 5 to 10 times or more than that of the individual components before mixing. The composition can be used in adhesives, modelling pastes, coatings, sealants, putties, mastics, stopping compounds, caulking materials, encapsulants and surface coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC
    Inventor: Michelle Miller
  • Patent number: 8025755
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing composite board, and the said board is glass fiber reinforced magnesium cement board with wood grain. The process comprises two steps of preparing a mold with wood grain and preparing glass fiber reinforced magnesium cement board using the mold. The first step comprises forming film bearing wood grain, copying the wood grain onto mill rolls, and rolling the formwork with the mill rolls. The second step comprises steps of preparing MgCl2 solution, agitating the mixed raw materials to obtain slurry, conveying the molds, scratching the slurry, disposing the raw materials, rolling, separating, shelving, curing, impregnating the board into water to remove free MgCl2, cutting, spraying protecting-paint, and so on. The process can produce the board with three-dimensional appeal, wood grain similar to that of log, and beautiful appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Inventor: Qi-hong Lin
  • Patent number: 7988983
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a coating having microcapsules for use with a glove. The coating improves both wet and dry and donnability of the glove. The coating comprises microcapsules, water and a polyurethane for application to a glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ansell Healthcare Products LLC
    Inventors: E. Anthony Yu, Stanley J. Gromelski, Paul Cacioli, Richard L. Cox
  • Publication number: 20110171446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an easy-to-apply, but versatile method for modifying the physical and chemical resistance properties of expanded polyester products, such as fire retardancy and hydrolysis resistance, by melt-modification of the surface layer(s) of said foams and sponges, the manufacturing of such products and the use of such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBH
    Inventors: JÜRGEN WEIDINGER, Mika MELLER, Jie LI
  • Patent number: 7947203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus in dry formation of a fibre layer, in which procedure fibre-containing air is passed through a forming wire (7) moving via a former (2) or an equivalent distributor unit and further through a suction box (8) or equivalent placed below the forming wire, and which air is circulated back to the upper part of the same or another former. In the solution of the invention, the air circulated through the suction box (8) is passed to the upper part of the former via channels (17) with an adjustable flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Anpap Oy
    Inventor: Heikki Niiranen
  • Publication number: 20110101559
    Abstract: A method of making a lamp stand or other craftwork. The method begins by mixing materials with the following weight ratios: 1-10 kilograms of powdered Magnesia Usta; 1-10 kilograms of liquid magnesium chloride; 1-5 kilograms of glass quartz sand; 7-10 milliliters of activator; 5-50 milliliters of retarder; glass fiber and a paint for tinting. Next, the mixed materials are poured into a molded blowing die of the lamp stand and left within the die to solidify for approximately 3 to 5 hours. Next, the molded lamp stand is removed from the die. French chalk and de-foaming agent may be added to the mixed materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Qiu Hui Liao
  • 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: 20110081530
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an anti-microbial polymeric film comprising coextruding a polymeric substrate layer comprising a first layer of a first polymeric material and a second layer of a second polymeric material wherein the crystalline melting temperature (TM2) of said second polymeric material is lower than the crystalline melting temperature (TM1) of the first polymeric material; stretching the coextruded substrate in a first direction; optionally stretching the substrate layer in a second, orthogonal direction; disposing on the surface of the polymeric second layer a composition comprising a particulate antimicrobial compound and a liquid vehicle, and preferably also a surfactant; and heat-setting the stretched film at a temperature above the crystalline melting temperature (TM2) of the second polymeric material but below the crystalline melting temperature (TM1) of the first polymeric material; wherein the composition is applied to the polymeric second layer after the coextrusion step but before the h
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Julian Neal Robinson, Robert W. Eveson, Karl Rakos, David Brown, Jackie Symonds, Debbie A. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 7858010
    Abstract: A pattern template includes a flexible substrate, a template mold formed on the flexible substrate to include a pattern, and an alignment mark, the alignment mark has a greater refractive index than that of the template mold. The template is manufactured by providing a master template including a pattern area, coating resin for mold in the pattern area, forming a template mold by installing a flexible plate on the resin for mold and curing the resin for mold by radiating UV rays, separating the template mold and the master template, coating a metal thin film on the template mold, and forming an alignment mark at both sides of the template mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-hyoung Cho, Sung-hoon Choa, Jin-seung Sohn, Du-hyun Lee, Hae-sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20100292668
    Abstract: Described herein is a medical device that has a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration wherein one or more polymeric network layers are applied to the substrate and microparticles embedded in the polymeric network. The polymeric network layer or layers is/are configured to retain the microparticles when the device is in a collapsed configuration and to release the microparticles when the device is in an expanded configuration. Methods for delivering a therapeutic agent using the device and making the device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventor: Joram Slager
  • Publication number: 20100279102
    Abstract: The invention provides homogeneous mesoporous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A composite of the invention has a regular and uniform nanostructure of metal oxide, which is structured by a surfactant. Metal fuel nanoparticles are homogenously distributed through the regular and uniform nanostructure. The invention further provides methods for making homogeneous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A method of the invention forms a metal oxide nanostructure via a sol-gel process with surfactant templating. Metal nanoparticles into the metal oxide nanostructure via wet impregnation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Daniel Tappmeyer, Andrey Bezmelnytsin, Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan, Rajesh Shende, Bhusban Mehendale, Steven Apperson, Syed Barizuddin, Keshab Gangopadhyay
  • Patent number: 7824601
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as stents, including a fibrous layer including particles are disclosed. Methods of forming such medical devices using electrospinning are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: John Stankus, Syed F. A. Hossainy, Jinping Wan
  • Publication number: 20100189953
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composite panel for a rooftop surface having a core material board having a top surface and a bottom surface with a plurality of openings through said core material board extending from said top surface to said bottom surface; a rigid outer shell of solid material that encapsulates said core material board; a plurality of supports of said solid material wherein each of said plurality of supports extends through one of said plurality of openings in said core material board; and a plurality of legs on a portion of said rigid outer shell covering said bottom surface of core board material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Jee Keng James Lim
  • Patent number: 7758910
    Abstract: In a method of measuring the thickness of a coating as it is applied to a substrate, wherein the coating is applied as a thin ribbon from a spray gun, at least one surface profile of the applied coating is obtained along a line intersecting the ribbon during relative movement of the substrate and spray gun. The thickness of the applied coating is computed from the obtained surface profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Christian Moreau, Mario Lamontagne, Francois Nadeau, Jacques Blain, Luc Pouliot, Alexandre Nadeau, Simon Alex Berube
  • Publication number: 20100143614
    Abstract: The bubble wrap of the present invention includes glitter or confetti, or both encapsulated into the bubbles of the bubble wrap and embedded between the layers of film. One or both layers of plastic which comprise the bubble wrap can be colored, or printed to accentuate the holiday or event being celebrated. A method for making the bubble wrap is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Christopher Holodny