Rubber Or Synthetic Resin Containing Liquid Patents (Class 264/216)
  • Patent number: 11472085
    Abstract: Gas-permeable barrier films include a polyolefin and an inorganic filler dispersed in the polyolefin. Methods for forming polymeric films and articles of manufacture prepared therefrom are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Vadim G. Zaikov, Jeffrey A. Middlesworth, Bradley Sonnentag, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
  • Patent number: 11453976
    Abstract: An impregnation system and a method for impregnating a textile fabric for composite components are described. A matrix 2 can be applied to a textile fabric 1 in such a way that the matrix 2 penetrates it at least partially and/or at least on one side. A first and a second endless belt 1 each designed as a belt loop are provided for the impregnation system. Between the first 4 and the second belt loop 5, the textile fabric 1 can guided on the mutually facing surfaces 6 of the belt loops and can be impregnated there. The deflection rollers 7 are provided in the respective belt loop 4, 5 of the respective endless belts at the deflection areas, with at least one roller being adjustable in the direction of the mutually facing surfaces 6 of the belt loops 4, 5. By adjusting the rollers 8 in the y direction, the wrap angle and thus the pressure exerted on the textile fabric during impregnation is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Tröltzsch, René Glöckner
  • Patent number: 11365287
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a process for preparing a poly(amide-imide) film and a poly(amide-imide) film prepared thereby. The process is capable of preparing a poly(amide-imide) film that is excellent in optical properties and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunhwan Kim, Dae Seong Oh, Jin Woo Lee, Dawoo Jeong, Dong Jin Lim, Kyung Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11312851
    Abstract: Disclosed are polyimide blends and methods of making and using same. The disclosed polyimide blends are prepared by first blending an ionic polymer and a poly(amic acid) to form a poly(amic acid) precursor, followed by cyclization. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
    Inventors: Kwang Jin Kim, Dong-Chan Lee, Jungsoo Nam, Tae Seon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11261303
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyimide resin film, including: a coating step of forming a coated film by coating a polyimide resin composition containing a polyimide resin, an antioxidant, and a solvent on a substrate; and a drying step of drying the coated film in air at 180° C. or more, the antioxidant being a phenol-based antioxidant, and a content of the phenol-based antioxidant being 0.05 part by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the polyimide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoi Daito, Shinji Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11090851
    Abstract: A method of monitoring stretchability of stretch films in a cast film method includes determining a position of a frost line of a film material, which is solidifying to form a film web, on a casting roller of a film machine, ascertaining a correlation of the determined position of the frost line with at least one target position, and comparing the ascertained correlation to at least one stretchability of the film material, which is assigned to the at least one target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, David Finnemore, Daniel Faustmann, Waldemar Colell, Bernd-Alexander Gröpper
  • Patent number: 11085473
    Abstract: A node to panel interface structure for use in a transport structure such as a vehicle is disclosed. In an aspect, the node includes a base, first and second sides protruding from the base to form a recess for receiving a panel, ports for adhesive injection and/or vacuum generation, one or more adhesive regions disposed on a surface of each side adjacent the panel, and at least one channel coupled between the first and second ports and configured to fill the adhesive regions with an adhesive, the adhesive being cured to form a node-panel interface. The node may be additively manufactured. In an exemplary embodiment, the node may use sealant features for including sealants that border and define the adhesive regions, and that may hermetically seal the region before and after adhesive injection. In another embodiment, the node may include isolation features for including isolators for inhibiting galvanic corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: William David Kreig, Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, David Brian TenHouten, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William TenHouten
  • Patent number: 11027462
    Abstract: A method of producing a printed electronic device on a thin PDMS film which includes coupling a first layer of a water-soluble polymer to a substrate and drying the first layer of the water-soluble polymer. The method further includes coupling a second layer of a crosslinkable PDMS polymer to the first layer of the water-soluble polymer and curing the second layer of the crosslinkable PDMS polymer to form the thin PDMS film. The method also includes printing one or more functional layers on the thin PDMS film and drying the one or more functional layers on the thin PDMS film to form the printed electronic device coupled to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University
    Inventors: Michael James Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Paul Dan Fleming, III
  • Patent number: 11028238
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a modified olefin polymer having increased melt strength in an extruder. The process comprising the steps of: (A) contacting a stream comprising particles of an olefin polymer with a vapour stream of a functionally unsaturated compound in vapour phase thereby producing a first mixed stream; (B) passing the first mixed stream to an extruder; (C) melting the polymer particles of the first mixed stream in the extruder; (D) introducing a stream of a free radical generator either into the first mixed stream or into the extruder; and (E) extruding the first mixed stream and the free radical generator at a temperature which is greater than the decomposition temperature of the free radical generator and the melting temperature of the olefin polymer but less than the decomposition temperature of the olefin polymer thereby producing the modified olefin polymer in the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Hermann Braun, Rebeca Reguillo Carmona, Sascha Kaltenbacher, Katja Klimke, Udo Muster, Hermann Prokschi
  • Patent number: 10913033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane for the separation of at least one solute from a solution, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a polybenzimidazole dope solution comprising: (i) a polybenzimidazole polymer, and (ii) a solvent system for said polybenzimidazole which is water miscible; (b) casting a film of said dope solution onto a support; (c) immersing the film cast on the support into a coagulating medium to form an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane; (d) treating the membrane from step (c) with a cross-linking agent; (e) treating the membrane from step (d) with a cross-link modification agent. Further aspects relate to an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: IP2IPO INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Guy Livingston, Patrizia Marchetti, Piers Gaffney, Ruiyi Liu
  • Patent number: 10907024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous material, at least providing a mixture (I) comprising a composition (A) comprising components suitable to form an organic gel and a solvent (B), reacting the components in the composition (A) in the presence of the solvent (B) to form a gel, and drying of the gel obtained in step b), wherein the composition (A) comprises a catalyst system (CS) comprising a catalyst component (C1) selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and earth alkali metal, ammonium, ionic liquid salts of a saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid as catalyst component (C2). The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as thermal insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels, in particular in interior or exterior thermal insulation systems as well as in water tank or ice maker insulation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Fricke, Dirk Weinrich, Wibke Loelsberg
  • Patent number: 10883776
    Abstract: A liner tube for an inlet channel of a plate heat exchanger may include an open front side for supplying a refrigerant mass flow, an at least partially closed rear side, and at least two bag-like chambers running in a longitudinal direction of the liner tube. Each chamber may communicate with the open front side, and may have openings at chamber-dependent different positions for distributing the refrigerant mass flow in plate stacks of the plate heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Dominik Behnert
  • Patent number: 10870580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyimide film prepared from a precursor composition containing a polyamic acid and an organic solvent and having a value of (first FWHM?second FWHM)/(first FWHM+second FWHM) which is less than 0.4, a graphite sheet prepared from the polyimide film, and a method for preparing a graphite sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: PI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Young Won, Kyung Su Kim, Sung Il Cho, Jeong Yeul Choi
  • Patent number: 10577801
    Abstract: Silicone membranes and methods of manufacturing membranes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Firestone Building Products Company, LLC
    Inventor: Arthur James Tselepis
  • Patent number: 10374245
    Abstract: In an manufacturing apparatus, a belt-shaped electrolyte polymer is conveyed in a state disposed to a back sheet. A first reinforcement membrane is conveyed in a state disposed to a back sheet, and, in a first sticking section, stuck with the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer. In a first thermocompression bonding section, the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer and the first reinforcement membrane are thermally compressed. At this time, a molten electrolyte polymer reaches between the first reinforcement membrane and the back sheet thereof, and the first adhesiveness between the first reinforcement membrane and the back sheet thereof becomes higher than the second adhesiveness between the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer and the back sheet thereof. A first peel section peels, in this state, the back sheet from the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitoh, Hiroshi Harada, Noritoshi Oka
  • Patent number: 10246315
    Abstract: A hand truck that weighs less than twenty-three kilograms (23 kg) when unloaded. The hand truck has a platform with wheels, which permits the platform to travel along a beam while reducing the chances of seizing as objects are loaded on or unloaded from the hand truck. The hand truck also has a strut pulley sub-assembly that controls the rate of travel of the platform along the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jerry Combs
  • Patent number: 10196757
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for producing nanotubes, nanofibers and nanorods, the system comprising a wire array shaped as a cylinder such that the cylinder defines a void; a first furnace positioned within the void; a second furnace positioned opposite the first furnace to define a channel adapted to receive a portion of the cylinder as the cylinder rotates about its axis; a device for depositing spun fiber onto the wire array as the cylinder rotates; and a device for removing the deposited fiber from the array after the deposited fiber is heated within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Xing Chen, Garrett L. Grocke, Viktor Vajda, Ziyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10035335
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat shrinkable polyester film which has (1) a hot-water heat shrinkage of not less than 55% and not more than 90% in a main shrinking direction of the film when dipped in hot water at 98° C.; (2) a hot-water heat shrinkage of not less than ?5% and not more than 12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinking direction of the film when dipped in hot water at 98° C.; (3) a difference in specific heat capacity ?Cp between at a lower and a higher temperature than Tg of not less than 0.1 J/(g·° C.) and not more than 0.7 J/(g·° C.) when a reverse heat flow is measured with a temperature modulated DSC; and (4) a tensile breaking strength of not less than 70 MPa and not more than 150 MPa in the direction orthogonal to the main shrinking direction of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Shintaro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10029427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing storage-stable polyurethane prepregs and molding bodies produced therefrom (composite components), which can be obtained by a method using a polyurethane composition in solution and by impregnation of fiber-reinforced materials such as of woven fabrics and laid scrim using reactive polyurethane compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Georg Schmidt, Rainer Lomoelder, Martina Ortelt, Britta Kohlstruk, Emmanouil Spyrou, Holger Loesch, Dirk Fuchsmann
  • Patent number: 9931442
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, comprising a substrate and a hydrophilic surface coating arranged on said substrate. The substrate has, on its surface coated with said hydrophilic surface coating, a surface texture with an arithmetical mean deviation of the surface profile (Ra) of at least 3 ?m and/or a profile section height difference (Rdc (1-99%)) of at least 18 ?m. It has surprisingly been found that the increased surface roughness of the substrate provides significant improvements in e.g. water retention for the hydrophilic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ASTRA TECH AB
    Inventors: Andrea Schmid, Marie Svensson
  • Patent number: 9920162
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film with high mechanical strength in a width direction that is orthogonal to the main shrinking direction and high tensile rupture elongation in the film width direction after being subjected to an aging treatment in a high-temperature environment. The heat-shrinkable polyester film is made from a polyester resin containing ethylene terephthalate as the main component and a monomer component that can serve as an amorphous component in an amount of 0 mol % or more and less than 1 mol % relative to the total amount of polyester resin components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyobo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Shintaro Ishimaru, Takuro Endo
  • Patent number: 9854861
    Abstract: Articles comprising garments with at least one opening layers are included. The articles may include an elastic polymer composition such as a film, a melt or an aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmen A. Covelli, Douglas K. Farmer, Becky J. Rose, Gregory P. Weeks
  • Patent number: 9802339
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a method and a fluid composition for producing contact lenses with improved lens quality and with increased product yield. The method of the invention involves applying to a molding surface of the mold a layer of mold releasing agent selected from a group consisting of fatty amines of carbon chain length C18 or less and silicones bearing pendant substituted pyrrolidone groups solution to reduce an averaged mold separation force by at least about 50% in comparison with that without the releasing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Arturo Norberto Medina, Jinyu Huang, Katherine Ard, Honghui Lu, Uwe Haken
  • Patent number: 9707720
    Abstract: A method for controlling a three-dimensional printing apparatus and a three-dimensional printing system are provided. The method is applicable to controlling a tank of the three-dimensional printing apparatus and includes the following steps. A plurality of layer objects of a three-dimensional object are obtained according to a three-dimensional model, and the layer objects include a first layer object. A structural friability level of the first layer object is obtained according to cross-section information and a printing sequence of the first layer object. A swing velocity of the tank is determined according to the structural friability level. The tank is controlled to swing according to the swing velocity corresponding to the first layer object, such that the cured first layer object is separated from a bottom of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Peng-Yang Chen, Wen-Ten Lin
  • Patent number: 9403315
    Abstract: A plastic film is drawn by a method different from a conventional one. The plastic film is intermittently fed in the longitudinal direction. A drawing member and a support base are installed in a plastic film feeding path, oppositely to each other, on both sides of the plastic film in the thickness direction. When the plastic film is temporarily stopped, the drawing member advances toward the support base between the lateral both side edges of the plastic film and is pressed against the plastic film and the support base to draw the plastic film in the longitudinal direction. Then, the drawing member retreats from the support base, and is separated from the plastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: 9393530
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for production of a porous membrane that includes the steps of layering a film-forming dope that contains a polymer (A) that forms a membrane base, a polyvinylpyrrolidone (B) and a solvent (C) into a single layer or two or more layers; immersing the film-forming dope in a solidifying fluid that is a non-solvent with respect to the polymer (A) and is a good solvent with respect to the polyvinylpyrrolidone (B); and removing the polyvinylpyrrolidone (B), wherein the polyvinylpyrrolidone (B) has a K value of 50 to 80, a mass ratio r of the polyvinylpyrrolidone (B) to the polymer (A) is 0.5 or more and less than 1, and the viscosity of the film-forming dope at a membrane production temperature is 100 to 500 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Minagawa, Masashi Teramachi
  • Patent number: 9352508
    Abstract: There is provided a thermally shrinkable polyester film where the opening ability along the perforation is very good. A thermally shrinkable polyester film comprising polyester resin in which ethylene terephthalate is a main constituting component and not less than 13 molar % of one or more monomer component(s) which can become non-crystalline component is/are contained in the total polyester resin components, wherein the film has specific thermally shrinking characteristics and specific mechanical characteristics after thermal shrinking treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Patent number: 9333678
    Abstract: A tape for use in automated tape laying machines that includes a multi-layer substrate composed of a plastic layer that includes at least one plastic film having an outer film surface and an inner film surface. The plastic film is adhered to a fibrous layer so that the inner surface of the fibrous layer is bonded to the inner film surface. An uncured composite material layer composed of a fibrous reinforcement and an uncured resin matrix is releasably adhered to either the plastic layer surface or the outer fiber layer surface to provide a tape suitable for use in an automatic tape layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Hexcel Composites, Limited
    Inventor: John Ellis
  • Patent number: 9210741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a thermoplastic/filament hybrid composite, and more particularly, to a high frequency induction heating double steel belt press apparatus which uses an induction heating unit and double steel belts to allow rapid heating through accurate and uniform temperature control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-Hune Jung, Hee-June Kim
  • Publication number: 20150119534
    Abstract: A process includes the steps of: casting or coating a polyamic acid organic solvent solution on a support and drying the polyamic acid organic solvent solution thereon, so as to form a partially cured and/or partially dried polyamic acid film; dipping the polyamic acid film in tertiary amine or a solution of tertiary amine, or coating tertiary amine or a solution of tertiary amine on the polyamic acid film; and drying the film while imidizing the polyamic acid. In another process, a chemical converting agent and a catalyst are mixed in an organic solvent solution of polyamic acid. After casting and heating the mixture on a support, a partially cured and/or partially dried polyamic acid film is detached from the support. The film contains, with respect to the remaining volatile component, not less than 50 parts of catalyst, not more than 30 parts of solvent, and not more than 20 parts of chemical converting agent and/or a chemical converting agent derived component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisayasu KANESHIRO, Toshihisa Itoh, Kiyokazu Akahori
  • Publication number: 20150118472
    Abstract: A process includes the steps of: casting or coating a polyamic acid organic solvent solution on a support and drying the polyamic acid organic solvent solution thereon, so as to form a partially cured and/or partially dried polyamic acid film; dipping the polyamic acid film in tertiary amine or a solution of tertiary amine, or coating tertiary amine or a solution of tertiary amine on the polyamic acid film; and drying the film while imidizing the polyamic acid. In another process, a chemical converting agent and a catalyst are mixed in an organic solvent solution of polyamic acid. After casting and heating the mixture on a support, a partially cured and/or partially dried polyamic acid film is detached from the support. The film contains, with respect to the remaining volatile component, not less than 50 parts of catalyst, not more than 30 parts of solvent, and not more than 20 parts of chemical converting agent and/or a chemical converting agent derived component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisayasu Kaneshiro, Toshihisa Itoh, Katsunori Yabuta, Kiyokazu Akahori
  • Publication number: 20150086798
    Abstract: An endless belt comprising a polyimide-based substrate layer. The polyimide-based substrate layer is made by curing a mixture comprising a polyimide precursor and a polyalkylene glycol silicone phosphate. A method of making the polyimide-based substrate layer and a coating composition for making the endless belt are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Jonathan H. Herko, Varun Sambhy, Lin Ma
  • Patent number: 8961845
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical compensation film, which has excellent visibility such as light leakage, uneven color tone and front contrast, and can simultaneously realize retardation and wavelength dispersion. The optical compensation film is characterized by containing a cellulose ester, the following polymer (a), and the following compound (b). (a) A polymer produced by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having in its molecule a partial structure represented by Formula (1) with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. (b) An esterified compound produced by esterifying all or a part of OH groups in a compound (A) having one furanose structure or one pyranose structure, or an esterified compound produced by esterifying all of or a part of OH groups in a compound (B) containing nor less than 2 and not more than 12 structures of at least one of a furanose structure or a pyranose structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Sera
  • Publication number: 20150035199
    Abstract: An aromatic polyimide film having a TD linear expansion coefficient lower than that MD linear expansion coefficient is produced by an industrially advantageous process which is performed under such conditions that a self-supporting aromatic polyimide precursor film having a solvent content 25-45 wt % and an imidation ratio 5-40% is prepared and stretched in the transverse direction under heating initially at 80-240° C. and the stretched self-supporting aromatic polyimide precursor film is subsequently converted to a self-supporting aromatic polyimide film by heating the precursor film at 350-580° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi UEKIDO, Nobu IIZUMI, Toshiyuki NISHINO, Eiji MASUI, Keiichi YANAGIDA
  • Patent number: 8889054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing hybrid materials of thin polymer films with single, laminated, complete and/or partially embedded nanofibers to obtain products with unique functional properties. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a method that comprises the combination of two process technologies; a thin film solution casting process (tape casting, solvent casting) and an electrospinning process, in order to produce hybrid materials of thin polymer films with single, laminated, completely and/or partially embedded electrospun nanofibers to obtain products with unique functional properties. In another embodiment of the present invention, fibers and/or nanofibers of a chosen material are spun directly on to substrates of polymer solutions and/or monomers solutions, were such solutions are located on a carrier belt that is electrically and/or ionically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Mukerrem Cakmak, Darrell H. Reneker, Baris Yalcin
  • Publication number: 20140248070
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a polyimide resin or a polyamideimide resin including only ?-butyrolactone of from 5 to 5,000 ppm as a residual solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Kubo, Jun Aoto
  • Patent number: 8801988
    Abstract: A dope is cast from a discharge opening of a casting die onto a casting drum. A casting bead is the dope between the discharge opening and the casting drum. A nozzle and a guide path are provided downstream from the discharge opening with respect to a moving direction (direction X) of the casting drum. The guide path is formed on a tapered surface of the casting die. The nozzle supplies an anticoagulant to the guide path. The anticoagulant is guided to a bottom end of the guide path. Upon reaching the bottom end, the anticoagulant forms a pool in the close vicinity of an end E of the discharge opening. The anticoagulant is securely supplied to a side edge portion of the casting bead through the pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Shimokochi, Kazuhiro Koguchi
  • Publication number: 20140187699
    Abstract: To provide a composition from which a transparent and tough film can be produced, a cured product formed from the composition, and a film comprising the cured product. A composition comprising a fluorinated olefin/vinyl alcohol copolymer, a predetermined alkoxysilane compound or its oligomer, a solvent and a hydrolysis/condensation catalyst, wherein the solvent is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a C3-10 ketone compound, a C2-10 nitrile compound, a C3-10 amide compound in which a hydrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom may be substituted by a C1-5 alkyl group, and a predetermined ether compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Norihide SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140107159
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for fabricating films for the delivery of a therapeutic agent containing at least one polymer and at least one therapeutic agent in a composition including a decreased alcohol fraction for providing smoother films and desired release characteristics. Drug-eluting films are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Garrett Ebersole, Ryan Witherell, Amin Elachchabi, Joshua B. Stopek
  • Patent number: 8691131
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyimide film having inorganic particles. The polyimide film is 12-250 ?m in thickness. The polyimide film includes about 50-90 weight parts of polyimide and about 10-50 weight parts of the inorganic particles. The particle size of each of the inorganic particles is about 0.1 ?m to about 5 ?m. The polyimide film is characterized in that the thermal expansion coefficient is equal to or less than 30 ppm/° C. in any direction, the difference between two thermal expansion coefficients in two mutually perpendicular directions on the film surface is less than 10 ppm/° C., and the Young's modulus of the polyimide film is greater than 4 GPa in any direction. The dimensional stability of the polyimide film measured by the standard of IPC-TM-650 is less than 0.10% in any direction. A method for manufacturing the polyimide film is disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mortech Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Huey Hsu, Der-Jen Sun
  • Publication number: 20140047976
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a series of cardo-polybenzoxazole copolymer membranes, methods for preparing the cardo-polybenzoxazole copolymer membrane from thermal rearrangement of cardo-copolyimide membranes, and methods of methods for the separation of a fluid from a mixture of fluids by utilizing the cardo-polybenzoxazole copolymer membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Yin Fong Yeong, Huan Wang, Tai-shung Neal Chung
  • Patent number: 8652378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rapid dissolve thin film drug delivery compositions for the oral administration of active components. The active components are provided as taste-masked or controlled-release coated particles uniformly distributed throughout the film composition. The compositions may be formed by wet casting methods, where the film is cast and controllably dried, or alternatively by an extrusion method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: MonoSol Rx LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Yang, Richard C. Fuisz, Garry L. Myers, Joseph M. Fuisz
  • Patent number: 8641949
    Abstract: This invention provides a family of functionalized polymers capable of forming membranes having exceptional OH? ionic conductivity as well as advantageous mechanical properties. The invention also provides membranes including the provided polymers and AEMFC/HEMFC fuel cells including such membranes. In a preferred embodiment, preferred function groups include a quaternary phosphonium, and in a more preferred embodiment the provided polymer is (tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl) phosphine)3 functionalized phosphonium polysulfone hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Yushan Yan, Shuang Gu, Rui Cai
  • Publication number: 20140031436
    Abstract: A polylactide hydrosol polymer formulations suitable for thin film articles and methods of making the thin film articles are provided. The formulations and methods can be use to make articles such as gloves, condoms, catheters and the like using dip forming, and various casting processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SMARTHEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis P. Hamann, Sebastian S. Plamthottam
  • Patent number: 8541108
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member includes a substrate layer comprising a polyimide polymer and a hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene. A method of manufacturing a fuser member containing a polyimide polymer and a hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 8535586
    Abstract: A family of functionalized polymers is provided capable of forming membranes having exceptional OH? ionic conductivity as well as advantageous mechanical properties, which may be applied to membranes including such polymers for use in, e.g., AEMFC/HEMFC fuel cells. Preferred functional groups include a quaternary phosphonium, and the polymer may specifically be (tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl) phosphine)3 functionalized phosphonium polysulfone hydroxide, ECL-PVBC-QPOH, or QPOH based on any of the commercial polumers including polycarbonate (PC), poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO), polyetherimine (PEI), poly(ether sulfone) (PES), poly(phenylene sulfoxide) PPS, poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK), or polybenzimidazole (PBI), polyvinyl chloride (PVC). An ionomer membrane may include polysulfone based TPQPOH, ECL-PVBC-QPOH, and/or PPO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yushan Yan, Shuang Gu, Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20130209772
    Abstract: A composition is provided comprising a) cellulose fibres having a number average length of from 0.001 to 0.5 mm and a specific surface area of from 1 to 100 m2/g and b) an at least partially hydrolysed vinyl acetate polymer. The composition is useful in providing self-supporting films or coating layers for providing barriers to permeable substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: John Sandström, Anette Monica Heijnesson-Hultén, Kerstin Malmborg
  • Patent number: 8507605
    Abstract: The present technology provides a latex comprising: a mixture of microgels and sol polymers of an acrylic copolymer, wherein the Mc of the acrylic copolymer is greater than or equal to the Me thereof; the Mw of the sol polymers is greater than or equal to twice the Me of the acrylic copolymer; the amount of sol polymer having a Mw less than twice the Me of the acrylic copolymer is about 20 wt % or less than 20 wt %. Such lattices may be used to form films for use as adhesives such as pressure sensitive adhesives. Also provided are methods for manufacturing the films and adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Marc Arnold Dube, Lili Qie
  • Patent number: 8460591
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to porous membranes and methods of making the same. An example of the method includes exposing a polymeric film (including a polymer and i) a gel-forming polymer, ii) ceramic particles, or iii) combinations of i and ii) established on a carrier belt to a non-solvent or a slightly miscible solvent of a polymer in the polymeric film, thereby inducing formation of a porous structure in the polymeric film. The method further includes transporting the polymeric film on the carrier belt into a bath of a non-solvent or a slightly miscible solvent of the polymer for a predetermined time thereby finalizing the formation of the porous structure and forming the porous membrane. The porous membrane is removed from the non-solvent or slightly miscible solvent bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Xiaosong Huang, Hamid G. Kia
  • Publication number: 20130136934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyimide film prepared from a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component, wherein the strength of orientation anisotropy in the film length of 2000 mm is 1.2 or less and/or the strength of orientation anisotropy in the film length of 1800 mm is 1.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Iwai, Jin Kobayashi, Youhei Oosumi, Tatsushi Nakayama