Coating Or Impregnating Workpiece Before Molding Or Shaping Step Patents (Class 264/134)
  • Patent number: 12042954
    Abstract: A method of fabrication processing a pre-preg material includes applying electromagnetic heating to a composition including a fiber and a resin. The electromagnetic heating is conducted with at least one fringing field capacitor utilizing radio frequency (RF) alternating current (AC) and controlling cross-linking of the resin in the composition via the electromagnetic heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Aniruddh Vashisth, Micah J. Green
  • Patent number: 11865214
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to ibudilast higher dosage oral formulations, such as tablet or capsule formulations, and the corresponding methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MediciNova, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuko Matsuda, Federico Carlos Aréjola Gaeta
  • Patent number: 11628141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an active substance laminate, especially an oral active substance laminate (100), having at least one active-substance-containing layer (31), which is arranged on a substrate (20), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) providing a substrate (20) having an upper side (21) and an underside (22); b) applying an active-substance-containing mass (24) in a gap (25) formed by a first rotating roller (26) and a second rotating roller (27); c) transporting the substrate (20) to the second roller (27) by means of a third rotating roller (28) in such a way that the active-substance-containing mass (24) is applied to the upper side (21) of the substrate (20) by the second roller (27) in the form of an active-substance-containing layer (31); d) transporting an intermediate laminate (30), formed by the substrate (20) and the active-substance-containing layer (31), to a drying device (40); and e) drying the intermediate laminate (30), especially the active-su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
    Inventors: Michael Hoffmann, Elvira Kirstgen, Ralf-lngo Stein, Sandra Wiedersberg, Thomas Stumper
  • Patent number: 10350837
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to composite articles comprising non-linear elongated nanostructures and associated systems and methods. In certain embodiments, collections of carbon nanotubes or other elongated nanostructures can be used to provide mechanical reinforcement along multiple directions within a composite article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Saab AB
    Inventors: Brian L. Wardle, Pontus Nordin
  • Patent number: 10300639
    Abstract: An imprint method includes, in the peeling step of peeling a mold off the material layer to be transferred, a region-of-contact recognition operation of recognizing and determining a region of contact of the mold with the material layer to be transferred, a center-of-gravity locating operation of determining a center of gravity of a morphology of the thus recognized region of contact on the basis of that morphology, and a peeling operation of determining a point of force for applying peeling force to the mold or the imprinting substrate in relation to the center of gravity determined by the center-of-gravity locating operation, thereby acting the peeling force on the point of force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Aritsuka, Naoko Nakata
  • Patent number: 10137609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the thermal treatment of friction linings by means of IR-radiation, characterized in that IR radiators or IR heating fields are used as a source of infrared radiation, said radiators or heating fields generating IR-radiation in the wavelength range of 2260 nm to 3000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TMD Friction Services GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Goldbach, Thomas Hueber, Richard Lewis, Paulo Perin
  • Patent number: 10081129
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include directing a continuous reinforcement into a print head, and coating the continuous reinforcement with a first matrix component inside of the print head. The method may further include coating the continuous reinforcement with a second matrix component, discharging the continuous reinforcement through a nozzle of the print head, and moving the print head in multiple dimensions during the discharging. The first and second matrix components interact to cause hardening of a matrix around the continuous reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: CC3D LLC
    Inventors: Tyler B. Alvarado, Trevor David Budge, Ryan C Stockett, John Swallow
  • Patent number: 10081722
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a composite structure. The apparatus comprises a fiber layer. The fiber layer comprises a plurality of fiber bundles and a number of filler portions. The plurality of fiber bundles has a number of spaces between the plurality of fiber bundles. A number of filler is comprised of discontinuous filaments that substantially fill the number of spaces between the plurality of fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samuel James Meure, Christopher Alan Howe, Thomas Wilson
  • Patent number: 10070519
    Abstract: A resin composition for packaging, an insulating film and a printed circuit board manufactured with the resin composition, and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board with the resin composition are provided. The resin composition for packaging includes an epoxy resin, and inorganic filler particles dispersed in the epoxy resin, and an aspect ratio of the inorganic filler particles is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 9988201
    Abstract: This invention is a micro-featured surface with improved insulation and condensation resistance comprising: a micro-structure included with the substrate having an arrangement of a first set of micro-features and a second set of micro-features; a first micro-feature horizontal cross section taken from the group consisting of a circle, oval, polygon, and concave portion; a condensation rate less than 0.15 grams when measure by an ambient test method; and an improved hold time of 23.00% or greater as shown by hold testing wherein a micro-feature density is in a range of 5.00% to 25.00%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: HAVI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Edward Darin, Alexander Raymond Dembrowski, Ralph Allen Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
  • Patent number: 9873501
    Abstract: A system and method for fabricating a composite material assembly. The components of the assembly originate from more than one mold while providing curing or solidifying under heat and vacuum in one step only, preferably with a composite material in a pre-preg form which does not require autoclave treatment. A removable insert is removed from a second mold prior to assembly of a first mold to the second mold. A section of a laminate extending over the removable insert overlaps over an adjacent laminate after closing and assembly of the first mold onto the second mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LEARJET INC.
    Inventors: Alain Landry, Germain Belanger
  • Patent number: 9272441
    Abstract: A method of surface sealing a porous fibrous substrate is provided. According to the method, a porous fibrous substrate possessing a moisture content and a surface with pores is provided. A sealant composition is applied to a surface of the porous fibrous substrate and permitted to penetrate the surface pores of the porous fibrous substrate and undergo cure while participating in a foaming reaction with the moisture content to establish a water-resistant polymeric foam sealant impregnated into the porous fibrous substrate. The water-resistant polymeric foam sealant contains a polyurethane and/or polyurea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: James Pfau, Stephen Hart
  • Patent number: 9206295
    Abstract: A white coated polyester film is provided which has excellent adhesion to the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) typically used as an encapsulation material in solar modules. The good adhesion properties are achieved with a polymeric coating which includes at least one polyurethane and a crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Kiehne, Masato Fujita
  • Patent number: 9180511
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide methods and systems for casting articles. One example of a method includes providing and positioning a thermal blanket within a mold cavity and then introducing a molten material into the mold cavity and into contact with the thermal blanket. The method allows the molten material to remain in a molten state during a dwell time that extends from the introduction of the molten material at least until the mold cavity is filled. In another example, a method of using a thermal blanket includes keeping a molten material in a molten state during a dwell time extending from first introduction of the molten material until pressurization. Systems including a variety of mold types, one or more thermal blankets, and in some cases preforms and/or inserts are also provided. Also described is a novel thermal blanket and method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: REL, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh E. Loukus, Adam R. Loukus
  • Patent number: 9101797
    Abstract: A golf ball having a core layer, a mantle layer enclosing the core layer, and a cover layer enclosing the mantle layer. At least one of the layers includes a blend of at least two highly neutralized acid polymers having low flexural moduli. The relative proportion of one highly neutralized acid polymer to the other highly neutralized acid polymer is between about 10:90 and about 90:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ishii, Yasushi Ichikawa, Arthur Molinari, Chien-Hsin Chou, Chen-Tai Liu
  • Patent number: 9073674
    Abstract: A multilayer film suitable for sealing containers such as used for food packaging, and methods of making the film, are described. The film is particularly suitable for sealing containers made from polylactic acid (PLA). The multilayer film includes: a) a substrate that includes a polymeric base layer; and b) on the substrate, a heatseal layer containing a PLA homopolymer or copolymer. The heatseal layer further includes dispersed therein an adhesion promoter, or alternatively the substrate further includes the adhesion promoter in a layer on a surface of the polymeric base layer between and adjacent the base layer and the heatseal layer. An antifog agent may also be included in the heatseal layer or on the surface of the heatseal layer opposite the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Fenghua Deng
  • Publication number: 20150144613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising at least one glass-ceramic substrate, in particular a plate, intended, for example, to cover or receive at least one heating element, said substrate exhibiting, in at least one zone, a surface roughness such that the characteristic dimensions of the patterns forming said roughness are between 2 and 100 ?m. The present invention also relates to an advantageous process for producing said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Francois Guillemot, Nicolas Chemin, Nathalie Diaz, Pablo Vilato
  • Publication number: 20150140333
    Abstract: Porous and/or curved nanofiber bearing substrate materials are provided having enhanced surface area for a variety of applications including as electrical substrates, semipermeable membranes and barriers, structural lattices for tissue culturing and for composite materials, production of long unbranched nanofibers, and the like. A method of producing nanofibers is disclosed including providing a plurality of microparticles or nanoparticles such as carbon black particles having a catalyst material deposited thereon, and synthesizing a plurality of nanofibers from the catalyst material on the microparticles or nanoparticles. Compositions including carbon black particles having nanowires deposited thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Chunming NIU
  • Publication number: 20150130117
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for multi-stage printing teaches means for removing and replacing a printed component during the printing process and accurately placing the component in the printer for continuation of the printing process. This can be accomplished through the use of a scanner, probe machine, or scanning Additionally, the present invention teaches the use of heating means in combination with a 3D printer to overcome additional issues with multi-sage printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Publication number: 20150132742
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices fabricated from paper that has been covalently modified to increase its hydrophobicity, as well as methods of making and using thereof are provided herein. The devices are typically small, portable, flexible, and both easy and inexpensive to fabricate. Microfluidic devices contain a network of microfluidic components, including microfluidic channels, microfluidic chambers, microwells, or combinations thereof, designed to carry, store, mix, react, and/or analyze liquid samples. The microfluidic channels may be open channels, closed channels, or combinations thereof. The microfluidic devices may be used to detect and/or quantify an analyte, such as a small molecules, proteins, lipids polysaccharides, nucleic acids, prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells, particles, viruses, metal ions, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Mwangi Thuo, Ramses V. Martinez, Ana C. Glavan, Wenjie Lan, Xinyu Liu, Jean-Francis Bloch, George M. Whitesides
  • Publication number: 20150119473
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for preparing starch-based softgel capsules, which, specifically, includes the following 2 steps: 1, Extrude the starch-based premixed material into starch-based extrusion film, 2, Apply the gel solution coating to the extrusion film to form composite starch film, 3) Process two composite starch films into starch-based softgel capsules by rotary die process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Fangwen Shuai, Nuozi Zhang, Xiangfeng Wang, Jiawei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150119238
    Abstract: A method for marking an item including a shape memory polymer (SMP) having a visual readable and/or machine readable graphic element on the surface of the item. The method includes pretreating the surface of the item; colouring the surface of the item with a dye solution containing an organic dye and an organic solvent; cleaning and drying the surface of the item; and engraving by at least partially ablating the surface of the item. The dyeing process is suitable for colouring the surface of a shape memory polymer (SMP), wherein the information is engraved in a form of a code or other label on the coloured surface. The colouring causes an increased contrast and thus facilitates machine readability of marking and coding without affecting the other properties of the SMP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten Pretsch, Melanie Ecker, Markus Schildhauer
  • Publication number: 20150116827
    Abstract: Compositions comprise a highly miscible polymer blend of at least one cellulose derivative and at least one polysiloxane additive of formula [R1R2R3SiO0.5]a[R4R5SiO]b[R6SiO1.5]c[SiO2]d, wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 each independently represents a hydrocarbon group or a functional group selected from a hydroxyl group, an acyloxy group or an alkoxy group, and may be the same or different from each other with respect to each individual silicon atom, and 0?a?0.4, 0.01?b?0.99, 0.01?c?0.99, 0?d?0.3, under the proviso that at least one hydrocarbon group and at least one functional group are present and a+b+c+d=1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Zhuo Wang, Yong Wen Zhang, Xiuqin Shi
  • Publication number: 20150119498
    Abstract: A system and method for producing a composite component, especially for continuous production of such composite components, includes a feeding device for feeding one or more layers of reinforcing material from a material supply along a process path, a resin application device for applying a resin matrix to the reinforcing material fed along the process path, and a forming device configured to shape or mould a profile of the reinforcing material and the resin matrix applied thereto to form a composite component as the reinforcing material is fed or conveyed along the process path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hauke SEEGEL, Tassilo WITTE
  • Publication number: 20150085345
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a display panel comprising micro-containers filled with an electrophoretic fluid wherein each of the microcells has a bottom and one surface of the bottom is in contact with the electrophoretic fluid, the display panel has a first area and a second area, and the microcells in the first area have substantially the same bottom thickness and the microcells in the second area have added bottom thicknesses. Such a display panel is useful for many applications, such as bar codes, anti-counterfeiting labels, direction signages, shelf labels or watermarks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yih-Ming Kang, Donald A. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20150086777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film comprising a polyester film having a resin layer on at least one side thereof, wherein said resin layer contains at least metal oxide particles (A) having a number average particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and an acrylic resin (B), and a component (C1) derived from an oxazoline-based compound and/or a component (C2) derived from a melamine-based compound, and wherein said acrylic resin (B) contains a monomer unit (b1), a monomer unit (b2) and a monomer unit (b3). The present invention provides a laminated film which is excellent in transparency, suppression of interference pattern upon lamination of a high refractive index hard coat layer, adhesive property to a high refractive index hard coat layer, and adhesion under high temperature and high humidity conditions (adhesion under high temperature and high humidity conditions), at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yu Abe, Masami Ogata, Yasushi Takada
  • Publication number: 20150069651
    Abstract: Disclosed is a production method for an easy adhesion polyamide film including a substrate polyamide film and a primer layer containing an anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin, formed on at least one side of the substrate polyamide film. The thickness of the primer layer is 0.025 ?m or more and 0.250 ?m or less. The anionic water-dispersible polyurethane resin has a coating film elongation percentage of 250% or more and a tensile strength of 20 MPa ox more. When the easy adhesion polyamide film is subjected to a heat treatment in a helium gas atmosphere at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a total amount of the volatile base components evolved from the easy adhesion polyamide film is 0.50 ?g/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Hideki Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20150061277
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liner, such as a wheelhouse liner, includes the following steps: (a) providing a textile blank; (b) dispensing a liquid-impermeable polymer only on a portion of the textile blank; (c) bonding the liquid-impermeable material to the textile blank; (d) changing a shape of the textile blank to form the liner; and (e) trimming the liner. The liner includes a substrate wholly or partly made of a textile. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The liner further includes a liquid-impermeable coat bonded to the substrate. The liquid-impermeable coat partially covers the first surface of the substrate in order to minimize liquid flow through the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Tice, David M. Connor, Wayne R. Witkop
  • Publication number: 20150061178
    Abstract: A method for making a thermoinsulating padding, particularly for the cloth article and furniture fields, comprises the steps of: providing a lap by carding in bulk fibers comprising at least a thermobinding fiber; applying, by spraying or spreading, a low glass transition temperature resin, or a mixture of resins comprising at least a low glass transition temperature resin at least on a side of said lap only to the surface layers of said side; drying the resin coated lap in a drying oven to start a cross linking of said resins; actuating said low glass transition temperature resin (previously applied either individually or in a mixture with other resins) by pressure calendering under a controlled temperature, thereby providing a dynamically operating padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Lucio Siniscalchi, Marciano Siniscalchi
  • Publication number: 20150045469
    Abstract: An oriented polymer composition (OPC) article comprising a body having a length, which is greater than any perpendicular dimension, comprised of an OPC having a softening temperature, the body having an outer surface extending the length of the body, having polymer strands aligned in the lengthwise direction of the body, wherein the length dimension stability is greater than 99% when tested by heating the article for 24 hours at temperatures at least up to and including 71 degrees Celsius after completion of the manufacture of the article and processes for forming said article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin L. Nichols, Brett M. Birchmeier
  • Publication number: 20150044480
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane-impregnated paper laminate comprising the steps of impregnating paper with a mixture of a polyurethane-based liquid material and a catalyst, maintaining the paper into the mixture for a predetermined duration for polymerization thereof and coating the impregnated paper with a sheet of solid polyurethane-based material and a finishing top coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Alain GIRARD
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8927078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to encapsulated activated carbon and a method of preparing the same to protect the structure of the activated carbon and preserve the odor absorbing capability of the activated carbon particles. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a polymer article having odor absorption capabilities comprising a film comprising a matrix polymer and activated carbon particles at least partially encapsulated with a non-water soluble amorphous polymer, wherein the non-water soluble amorphous polymer is incompatible with the matrix polymer. The polymer article can be a bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Chieh-Chun Chau, William F. Patchen
  • Publication number: 20140367881
    Abstract: A method of making products with a functional relief surface (2) with high resolution up to 10 nm, which is copied from a template (1) or carrier of the negative relief of the surface, the so-called master. The template (1) of the relief surface (2) is provided with at least one layer of geopolymer composite, applied in a precursor state (3), in form of a liquid dispersion or grout in plastic or thixotropic condition, whose thickness is the same or greater than the depth of the template relief (1), at temperatures in the interval from the temperature corresponding to properties of the precursor (3) to the temperature corresponding to thermal decomposition of the precursor (3), and after hardening of geopolymer composite the layer or layers is/are separated from the template (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: IQ STRUCTURES S.R.O.
    Inventors: Tomas Tethal, Michaela Steinerova
  • Patent number: 8911828
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a molded article, which can be perform the continuous processes and effectively impregnate a modifying material such as metal complexes in the thermoplastic resin for short period of time. The above object is achieved by providing the method of producing the thermoplastic resin molded article which includes impregnating the pressurized fluid having a modifying material dissolved therein, in thermoplastic resin; discharging the pressurized fluid from the thermoplastic resin in which the modifying material has been impregnated; and continuously molding the thermoplastic resin, in which the modifying material has been impregnated and from which the pressurized fluid has been discharged, into the form of a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yusa, Yoshiyuki Nomura, Harumi Hieida
  • Publication number: 20140339456
    Abstract: Hydrophobic aggregates for use in refractory castables and gunning mixtures and methods of their preparation. The aggregates here are formed by crushing insulating fire brick and coating the resulting particles with a hydrophobic component. The hydrophobic component may be a polydimethylsiloxane having a terminal silanol group. As a result of the coating process, the coated aggregate has very low levels of alkalis. The aggregates may be used to form refractory castables that do not undergo substantial alkaline hydrolysis due to the reduced levels of alkalis. The castables made from these aggregates display superior physical properties, including lower water content, lower permanent linear change, high strength, and superior thermal conductivity/insulation properties, while at the same time possessing lower density and requiring less water to be used during castable formation. These improved properties also are observed in gunning mixtures formed from these aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Moody, Bryan K. Doerr
  • Patent number: 8887344
    Abstract: A sweeping device and method of manufacturing a silicone sweeping device. The sweeping device is made of silicone and includes: a silicone block with internal chassis; a plurality of downwardly silicone elongated bristles; and an upwardly projecting member containing a handle-receiving member with a cavity. The method of manufacturing a silicone sweeping device includes: providing a hard heat resistant chassis; providing a hard heat resistant cone with internal screw thread; drilling a hole into the center of the chassis; providing protective coating to the chassis; providing primer coating to the chassis; inserting the hard cone heat resistant tube as the handle receiving hole into the hole in the chassis; providing a mold including a mold cavity; placing the chassis into the mold cavity; processing the silicone in the mold into a final product; and applying secondary heat treatment in the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Bachar, Dror Bachar
  • Patent number: 8877842
    Abstract: Binder for granular and/or fibrous substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Krueger, Ulrich Schuetze, Oliver Labisch
  • Publication number: 20140323636
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a synthetic marble with high hardness and a method of manufacturing the synthetic marble, in which the raw material for the surface of a manufactured synthetic marble is silica because a step of coating a material of a high hardness, silica, on a sheet is included in the process of manufacturing the synthetic marble, so that the synthetic marble is not contaminated because it is not scratched due to the solid surface of high hardness, and is easy to clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventor: Sangho Shin
  • Publication number: 20140312523
    Abstract: A thick magnet film contains a rare earth magnet phase represented by formula R-M-X, where R contains at least one of Nd and Sm, M contains at least one of Fe and Co, and X contains at least one of N and B. The thick magnet film has a density of equal to or more than 80% but less than 95% of the theoretical density when R contains Nd as a main component and has the density of equal to or more than 80% but less than 97% of the theoretical density when R contains Sm as a main component. The magnet can achieve an increase in thickness when formed into a film, an increase in density and an improvement in magnetic properties such as residual magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawashita, Kazuhiko Takashima, Toshikazu Nanbu
  • Publication number: 20140295285
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of preparing a separator, comprising: producing a dispersion comprising inorganic particles, a polymer binder, polymer fibers and a solvent; applying the dispersion on the top surface of a substrate to form a non-woven fabric web as a layer comprising the inorganic particles, the polymer binder and the polymer fiber, in which the inorganic particles are positioned in gaps of the polymer fibers and adhered thereto by the polymer binder; and drying and compressing the non-woven fabric web to obtain a non-woven fabric substrate; a separator prepared by the method; and an electrochemical device comprising the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Joo-Sung Lee, Bo-Kyung Ryu, Jong-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 8840824
    Abstract: Single, continuous PTFE layers having lateral zones of varied characteristics are described. Some of the lateral zone embodiments may include PTFE material having little or no nodal and fibril microstructure. Methods of manufacturing PTFE layers allow for controllable permeability and porosity of the layers, in addition to other characteristics. The characteristics may vary from one lateral zone of a PTFE layer to a second lateral zone of a PTFE layer. In some embodiments, the PTFE layers may act as a barrier layer in an endovascular graft or other medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Trivascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Humphrey, Jeffry B. Skiba
  • Publication number: 20140260019
    Abstract: A corner bead for wallboard applications comprising a polymeric core having a bonding surface for bonding to wallboard wherein the bonding surface has applied thereto a water activated adhesive which is bonded to the polymeric core by a curable adhesive having embedded therein fibers which are also embedded in the water activated adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: John S. Conboy
  • Publication number: 20140251168
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a printing form and a process for preparing the printing form from a curable composition that includes an epoxy resin, less than a stoichiometric amount of at least one amine curing agent, and optionally a catalytic curing agent and/or a latent curing agent. The process includes applying the curable composition to a supporting substrate to form a layer, partially curing the layer at a first temperature, engraving the partially cured layer, and then completing the curing by heating at a second temperature greater than the first temperature. The less than stoichiometric amount of the amine curing agent guarantees that after the first curing step, epoxy functionalities in the curable composition will be available for second curing step. The optional catalytic curing agent or latent curing agent promotes completion of the cure at higher temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Helen S. M. LU, Mark E. WAGMAN
  • Publication number: 20140231776
    Abstract: A method for producing a substrate having a concavity and convexity pattern includes: a step for applying a sol containing a silica precursor on a substrate to form a coating film; a step for drying the coating film; a pressing step for pressing a mold having a concavity and convexity pattern against the dried coating film with a pressing roll; a step for peeling off the mold from the coating film; and a step for baking the coating film to which the concavity and convexity pattern has been transferred. The coating film is dried in the drying step so that the ratio of weight of the coating film to dried weight of the coating film is in a range of 1.4 to 8.8, the dried weight being obtained by baking the coating film at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius. The coating film may be heated in the pressing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Madoka TAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro KUMAGAI, Suzushi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8778126
    Abstract: A method of producing a substrate suitable for artificial leathers. The substrate is composed of an entangled nonwoven fabric made of microfine fibers and a binder resin. At least one surface of the substrate is a densified layer which is made of the microfine fibers and which is substantially free from the binder resin. The binder resin is impregnated into a portion of the substrate other than the densified layer. The densified layer prevents the binder resin impregnated into the entangled nonwoven fabric from migrating into the surface of the entangled nonwoven fabric, thereby providing the substrate having the surface substantially free from the binder resin. The peeling strength between the substrate and a grain layer formed on the surface thereof is drastically improved because the surface of the substrate is substantially free from the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Fujisawa, Jiro Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Ando, Norio Makiyama
  • Publication number: 20140193638
    Abstract: A security laminate (1) including in order a transparent oriented polyester support (2), a subbing layer (3) and an adhesive layer (4) which is coated on top of the subbing layer, wherein the binder of the adhesive layer is based on a mixture of a first and a second polymer in a weight ratio from 50/50 to 90/10, wherein the first polymer is a copolymer comprising vinyl acetate and at least 85 wt % of vinyl chloride based on the total weight of the first polymer; wherein the second polymer is a copolymer of styrene, butadiene and methylmethacrylate or a copolymer of vinyl butyral, vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol; and wherein the binder of the subbing layer is based on a polyester-urethane copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.
    Inventors: Vera Drieghe, Peter Cantraine, Bart Waumans, Walther Wouters, Ingrid Geuens
  • Publication number: 20140186693
    Abstract: A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery module includes a container with one or more partitions that define compartments within the container. Each of the compartments is configured to receive and hold a prismatic Li-ion electrochemical cell element and electrolyte. The Li-ion battery module also includes a cover configured to be disposed over the container to close the compartments. The container includes an electrically nonconductive polymeric material (e.g., plastic) with a nanomaterial applied to the polymeric material. The nanomaterial enhances the impermeability of the container to reduce ingress of moisture into the compartments and to reduce egress of the electrolyte from the compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Matthew R. Tyler, Kem M. Obasih
  • Publication number: 20140180261
    Abstract: A method for producing a medical device comprising the steps of: providing a tubular substrate, said tubular substrate enclosing an internal lumen and being provided with at least one recess in the outer surface, wherein said recess does not form a through going hole into the internal lumen; treating the outer surface of said tubular substrate, preferably by means of surface modification and/or by coating; and forming, after said treating of the outer surface, an opening within said at least one recess to form an access opening to said internal lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Martin NYMAN, Jan UTAS, Niklas DAHLBERG, Axel ENGSTRÖM
  • Publication number: 20140178468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiparticulate extended-release pharmaceutical composition of mesalamine comprising a) an inert core, b) an active ingredient layer and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, c) an inner coating layer comprising a water-insoluble cellulose derivative, and d) an outer coating layer comprising an enteric polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Rajesh S. SHEAR, Abhishank SINGH, Girish MITTAL, Sumit MADAN, Vinod Kumar ARORA