To Produce Composite, Plural Part Or Multilayered Article Patents (Class 264/241)
  • Publication number: 20090061240
    Abstract: In a moulding process for producing automobile parts, the female part (1) of a two part mould is sprayed with a metal such as stainless steel, tin, nickel-tin, copper or zinc. A thermal expansion compensation layer (3) is laid on the sprayed mould surface (1) and a layer of a resin impregnated fibrous material is applied thereto. The resultant assembly is cured and then removed from the female part of the mould or removed from the mould and then cured. The metal surface (2) of the composite part may be subject to further treatment such as polishing, coating and painting, or a combination of these. “Windows” may be produced by leaving areas of the mould part unsprayed with metal. In this way panels for lights, aerials or proximity sensors may be integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Antony Dodworth
  • Publication number: 20090061154
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metallic-colored thermoplastic molding material, which contains metal glitter in various admixtures. In addition, the invention relates to a method to manufacture this molding material and its use in molded bodies with openings. No visible formation of flow lines occurs with the use of this molding material, so that the quality of the goods manufactured is improved. For this purpose, it is planned that the percentage by weight of the metal glitter in the thermoplastic molding material lies between six and 15%, wherein the size of the glitter is not in a Gaussian distribution, but the molding material to a large extent contains only equally sized glitter particles in glitter mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Martin Paul, Christian Scheurell, Felix Rattay, Thomas Schuldt, Andreas Teitge
  • Publication number: 20090056950
    Abstract: The present embodiment of the invention relates to an apparatus and method for using components in a subsea assembly formed from a raw polymer material combined with a marine growth inhibitor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph A. Nicholson, Gareth Brian Eccles, Daryl Heloise Love
  • Publication number: 20090052276
    Abstract: An agitator head tailored for mixing a viscous liquid such as driveway sealer or paint has an elongated shape consisting of two arcs which meet at their end points, and a common chord between the two arcs passes through a center of the head. Each arc is radiused to match the radius of a container holding the liquid to be mixed. A plurality of tapered openings in the head permit easy vertical movement through the liquid in the container. Vertical ribs in the head provide the structural strength necessary to withstand the force of agitation and keep the head from breaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Edward J. Grieb
  • Publication number: 20090045546
    Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber may include an outer barrier formed from a polymer material and a foam tensile member located within the outer barrier. In manufacturing the fluid-filled chamber, a mold may be contoured to substantially equalize compressive forces between the outer barrier and various portions of the tensile member, thereby providing substantially uniform bonding between the outer barrier and the tensile member. Surfaces of the tensile member may also be contoured to substantially equalize compressive forces. In some configurations, the outer barrier and tensile member may be formed from thermoplastic polymer materials that form a direct bond between the outer barrier and surfaces of tensile member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric S. Schindler, Zvi Rapaport
  • Publication number: 20090045547
    Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber may include an outer barrier formed from a polymer material and a foam tensile member located within the outer barrier. In manufacturing the fluid-filled chamber, a mold may be contoured to substantially equalize compressive forces between the outer barrier and various portions of the tensile member, thereby providing substantially uniform bonding between the outer barrier and the tensile member. Surfaces of the tensile member may also be contoured to substantially equalize compressive forces. In some configurations, the outer barrier and tensile member may be formed from thermoplastic polymer materials that form a direct bond between the outer barrier and surfaces of tensile member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric S. Schindler, Zvi Rapaport
  • Publication number: 20090039000
    Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to devices and methods for controlling fluid flow in meso-scale fluidic components in a programmable manner. Specifically, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for placing two microfluidic components in fluid communication at an arbitrary position and time, both of which are externally defined. The inventive apparatus uses electromagnetic radiation to perforate a material layer having selected adsorptive properties. The perforation of the material layer allows the fluid communication between microfluidic components allowing volumetric quantitation of fluids. Using the perforation of the material functionality such as metering and multiplexing are achieved on a microscale. This functionality is achieved through basic operations, like dosimeters filling, dosimeters purging, dosimeters extraction, dosimeters ventilation and channels routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SpinX, Inc.
    Inventors: Piero Zucchelli, Bart Van de Vyver
  • Publication number: 20090039546
    Abstract: In the present invention, a rear cover 1 of a display part is made of at least a resin material, and a rear cover 4 of an operation part is made of a metal material. Respective plane portions of a front case 2 of the display part and a front case 3 of the operation part are made mainly of a metal material, and at least hinge parts 2c and 3c, which are formed on the front case 2 of the display part and the front case 3 of the operation part, are made of a resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Honma
  • Publication number: 20090042007
    Abstract: Articles comprising polypropylene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Hilmer, Leo Hoffmann, Simon Amesoeder
  • Publication number: 20090032677
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method and device are disclosed for manufacturing a mould for the manufacture of at least one product. The product can be a concrete body. The method includes: adjusting a rough shape which roughly approximates, with clearance, the shape of a side of the product; arranging a layer of processible material over the rough shape, and processing the layer of material in accordance with almost exactly the shape of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Bernardus Ludgerus Lubertus Hijlkema
  • Publication number: 20090035406
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the incorporation of a substructure into tooling for constructing composite structures in order to control thermal expansion of the tooling during aerospace manufacturing processes. Substructure, such as headers and/or gussets is added to the tooling to constrain the growth of the laminate expansion and/or control the diametric growth of the tool during the curing cycle. The thickness of the face-sheet of the tooling also may be reduced in order to further reduce the effective coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the tooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Cleary, JR., Casey G. Litaker, Todd L. Newkirk, Joshua J. Doyon
  • Publication number: 20090035509
    Abstract: A method of making a touch fastener includes continuously introducing molten resin to a pressure zone at a peripheral surface of a rotating mold roll, such that pressure in the pressure zone forces some of the resin into an array of stem cavities defined in the mold roll to form resin stems while a remainder of the resin forms a base at the roll surface, interconnecting the stems. The method includes forming engageable heads on the stems to form fastener elements and introducing a quantity of discrete, loose fibers to the resin. The fibers pass through the pressure zone with the resin and become individually and separately bonded to the resin to become part of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: VELCRO INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventor: Wallace L. Kurtz, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090025616
    Abstract: Air cargo pallets having polycarbonate and other polymer and synthetic cores are disclosed herein. An air cargo pallet configured in accordance with an embodiment includes a structural panel having a cargo support surface extending between opposing edge portions. The structural panel can include a polymeric core sandwiched between first and second facesheets. In one embodiment, the polymeric core can include a first piece of polymeric material attached to a second piece of polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: AmSafe, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Merrill, Mike Ward, Willard F. Hagan, Mark Breece, Todd Humbert
  • Patent number: 7482063
    Abstract: An in-mold coating molded article is obtained by coating the surface of a resin molded product comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene resin composition (A) with a paint composition for in-mold coating, wherein the composition (A) comprises a polypropylene resin (i), an additive rubber (ii) and optionally a polymer compound (iii) other than the polypropylene resin (i) and the additive rubber (ii), the total hydroxyl value of the polypropylene resin (i), the additive rubber (ii) and the optional polymer compound (iii) is from 1 to 40, the composition (A) has a rubber component content (total of the amount of the additive rubber (ii) and the amount of components soluble in n-decane at 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignees: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd., Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Minoda, Yuichi Matsuda, Kaoru Yorita, Kenji Yonemochi, Kenji Oota, Etsuo Okahara, Toshio Arai
  • Patent number: 7481958
    Abstract: A plastic sheet having a number of recessed and protruded parts useful as a protective sheet in moving and construction, and for cushion packaging and thermal insulation is disclosed. Also disclosed is a two-layered or three-layered double wall sheet, which is produced by adhering one or two flat plastic sheets on the above plastic sheet. The double wall sheet has high rigidity against bending and improved warps when compared with the conventional plastic bubble boards, and is useful as the material for various panels and packaging containers. The plastic sheet is produced by vacuum forming to form plural protruded, truncated cone-shaped parts and recessed, ring-shaped parts surrounding and continuing from the protruding parts. The double wall sheet is produced by adhering a back sheet and/or liner sheet to the plastic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Kawakami Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawakami, Osamu Sugiyama, Masamoto Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 7481957
    Abstract: A decorative architectural glass panel comprises a two or more glass sheets separated by a resin in which one or more decorative objects are suspended. A method of making the glass panel comprises positioning one or more spacers and one or more decorative objects on a first glass sheet, placing a second glass sheet about the first glass sheet, sealing the edges of the first glass sheet and second glass sheet, and filling the space between the first and second glass sheets with a curable liquid resin. The resin can be poured using a substantially horizontal pour in order to keep the decorative objects from substantially shifting when pouring the liquid resin. The resin can also be poured in combination with a vacuum force. In some implementations, the glass panel may also be substituted with a resin panel using polymeric resin sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: 3form
    Inventor: Eric Adickes
  • Publication number: 20090021047
    Abstract: A cargo container that includes a U-shaped panel, and/or an L-shaped panel is disclosed. The cargo container has a top, bottom, and two sides, each U-shaped and/or L-shaped panels forms part of the top and a side, or the bottom and a side. The cargo container may further include doors with hinges and/or doors that slide. Landing gear may support the container when not in transit. The U-shaped and/or L-shaped panels may be inhomogeneous in size and thickness to reinforce the areas of highest stress concentration such as the container edges or the attachment location of the landing gear. The cargo container may also have a bottom floor with a greater thickness than each of the significantly parallel sides, or a bottom floor with parallel or interconnected support protrusions. The U-shaped and/or L-shaped panels may include internal support structures. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing U-shaped and/or L-shaped panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark A. Roush
  • Publication number: 20090022950
    Abstract: Processes for making a plastic moulded article with a decorated surface includes introducing a decorated film in a mould, and filling of the mould with a plastic composition by means of injection moulding. The decorated film is preferably at least one layer consisting essentially of a thermoplastic elastomer containing polyether segments. The plastic composition is preferably injection moulded to form a moulded article thereof having openings therethrough which are covered by the decorated film. In especially preferred embodiments, the moulded article is a housing front for a cellular telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Henricus J.J. GOERTZ, Johannes J. Guns
  • Publication number: 20090020911
    Abstract: A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of providing a preform comprising an uncured polybutadiene composition; coating the preform with a first cure-altering material; curing the coated preform at a predetermined temperature to form a crosslinked golf ball core having an outer surface having a first hardness and a geometric center having a second hardness greater than the first to define a negative hardness gradient; and forming a cover layer about the core to form the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Brian Comeau, Douglas S. Goguen
  • Publication number: 20090017297
    Abstract: An in-mold label film comprises a core layer and a heat seal layer wherein an inner surface of the heat seal layer overlies the core layer, wherein the heat seal layer is foamed and the outer surface of the heat seal layer is rough. The inventive film has performance advantages and is useful in an in-mold labeling process for labeling a plastic article such as a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Moris Amon, John E. Kovalchuk
  • Publication number: 20090008142
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a multilayer assembly that excels in pore properties, is flexible, and is satisfactorily handled and processed; and a method of producing the multilayer assembly. [Solving Means] A multilayer assembly includes a base and, arranged on at least one side thereof, a porous layer and has a large number of continuous micropores with an average pore diameter of 0.01 to 10 ?m. The multilayer assembly suffers from no interfacial delamination between the base and the porous layer when examined in a tape peeling test according to the following procedure: Tape Peeling Test A 24-mm wide masking tape [Film Masking Tape No. 603 (#25)] supplied by Teraoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd. is applied to a surface of the porous layer of the multilayer assembly and press-bonded thereto with a roller having a diameter of 30 mm and a load of 200 gf to give a sample; and the sample is subjected to a T-peel test with a tensile tester at a peel rate of 50 mm/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shimizu, Yo Yamato
  • Publication number: 20090008819
    Abstract: A bowl-shaped container (10a) which is as a biodegradable molded article adheres a coating film (12) mainly made of biodegradable plastic and having at least hydrophobicity to the surface of the main body (11a) of the container mainly made of starch. The main body (11a) is molded through steam expansion of a slurry or dough molding material containing high-amylose starch and water, or a slurry or dough molding material containing starch, polyvinyl alcohol and water. For these reasons, it is possible to accomplish sufficient strength and at least sufficient water resistance, to exert a very excellent biodegradability and further to provide a biodegradable molded article having excellent moisture absorption strength mainly made of starch even if the biodegradable molded article has a complicated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Akio Ozasa, Akihisa Hashimoto, Shinji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090011213
    Abstract: A thermoplastic multilayer film includes an outer layer comprising a polymer comprising resorcinol arylate polyester chain members, and a base layer comprising about 2 wt % to about 98 wt % of an aromatic carbonate polymer or copolymer, and about 2 wt % to about 98 wt % of a polymer copolymer derived from a glycol portion comprising 1,4 cyclohexanedimethanol and ethylene glycol wherein the molar ratio of 1,4 cyclohexanedimethanol to ethylene glycol is about 1:1 to about 4:1, and an acid portion comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Sandeep Tripathi
  • Publication number: 20090009935
    Abstract: The housing (100) for an electronic device includes a transparent substrate (10) and a decorative part (20). The transparent substrate is made of a transparent moldable material. The transparent substrate includes an out portion (11) and an inner portion (12). The decorative part is received in the inner portion of the transparent substrate. The substrate is injection molded to enclose the decorative part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., SUTECH TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: CHE-YUAN HSU, RISTO-PEKKA SALMIO, CHENG-WEN SU, GANG HUANG, YAN-MIN WANG
  • Publication number: 20090010764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotorcraft blade (1) provided with a distributed spar (10) on a leading edge (4), a suction side (2), and a pressure side (3) of the blade, and the invention also relates to a method of fabricating such a spar. The blade is provided with a fastener insert (20) integrated in the blade root for the purpose of fastening the blade to a rotor, the fastener insert (20) comprising a horizontal shaft (21) perpendicular to the span of the blade and to an axis of rotation of said rotor, with the distributed spar (10) of the blade being wound in part about the horizontal shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Jean-Marie PARISY, Jean-Francois Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20090000222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photovoltaic roofing tiles and methods of manufacturing them. One aspect of the present invention is a photovoltaic roofing tile comprising: a polymeric carrier tile having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a photovoltaic element affixed to the polymeric carrier tile, the photovoltaic element having a bottom surface and a top surface having an active area. Another aspect of the invention is a method of making a photovoltaic roofing tile comprising inserting into a compression mold a polymeric tile preform having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a photovoltaic element, a surface of the photovoltaic element being disposed adjacent to a surface of the polymeric tile preform; compression molding the polymeric tile preform and the photovoltaic element together to form an unfinished photovoltaic roofing tile; and finishing the unfinished photovoltaic roofing tile to provide the photovoltaic roofing tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Wayne E. Shaw, Ming-Liang Shiao
  • Publication number: 20090004477
    Abstract: A glass fiber reinforced article can be manufactured by: applying a mixture of glass fiber and binder over a mold surface of a first mold section to form a glass fiber matrix, wherein the binder comprises an organic solvent based binder capable of holding the glass fiber in place at room temperature; closing a second mold section over the first mold section to form a plenum between the first mold section and the second mold section, wherein the glass fiber matrix is provided in the plenum between the first mold section and the second mold section; injecting a reactive polymer forming composition into the plenum; and allowing the reactive polymer forming composition to react and form a thermoset resin. A glass fiber reinforced article is provided according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Edward M. Malle, Jay J. Hood
  • Publication number: 20080315621
    Abstract: A trim panel for the interior of the cab of a motor vehicle has a first and a second main direction of extension. The trim panel includes a first part and a second part, with the second part being significantly less rigid than the first part in a direction which is essentially perpendicular towards at least one of the directions of extension. The panel includes a continuous carrier made in a first material with a certain first rigidity, and the first part is obtained by letting the carrier material be exposed and visible, and the second part is obtained by means of a second material with a second rigidity covering a part of the carrier. There is a third material with a third rigidity arranged between the first and the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Andreas Alvehav, Bo Olofsson
  • Publication number: 20080318862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition for dental, orthopedic and drug delivery purpose. Specifically, it relates to composition comprising an admixture of a resorbable bone substitute and a crosslinkable prepolymer. It also relates to the composition formed by crosslinking the admixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: A ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Ashman, V. Prasad Shastri
  • Publication number: 20080311329
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminated resin molding which comprises a layer of a thermoplastic polymer such as a thermoplastic elastomer and a layer of a thermoplastic resin such as a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer, is excellent in liquid chemical impermeability, chemical resistance and bacteria resistance, among others, and can be molded by coextrusion without causing foaming or deterioration of the thermoplastic elastomer and, further, has good interlaminar adhesive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi INABA
  • Publication number: 20080305346
    Abstract: Disclosed in an adhesive film which enables to obtain a flexible metal clad laminate which is suppressed in dimensional change when produced by heat roll lamination. Such an adhesive film comprises a heat-resistant layer containing a highly heat resistant polyimide and an adhesive layer which is formed on at least one surface of the heat-resistant layer and contains a thermoplastic polyimide. In this adhesive film, the thermal shrinkage ratio in the TD direction is not less than +0.01%, and the thermal shrinkage ratio in the MD direction is not more than ?0.02%. Consequently, when a metal layer and the adhesive film are bonded together by heat roll lamination and the resulting laminate is subjected to a treatment with heating, occurrence of dimensional changes can be sufficiently suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yanagida, Hisayasu Kaneshiro
  • Publication number: 20080304960
    Abstract: A plastic compressor housing, in particular a radial compressor housing, preferably for a turbocharger, includes at least one first housing part and at least one second housing part, which respectively comprise at least in some areas at least one thermoset material. The first housing part and/or the second housing part comprises or comprise at least two individual elements, wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are coated at least in some areas with at least one thermoset body or at least one thermoplastic body such that the first housing part, the second housing part and the individual elements of the first housing part and/or the second housing part respectively are in contact at least in some areas with the thermoset body or the thermoplastic body. Also disclosed is a method for producing a plastic compressor housing and a turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: WOCO INDUSTRIETECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Nenad Cvjeticanin, Uwe Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20080304237
    Abstract: On a first component built-in substrate having built-in electronic components, a second component built-in substrate having built-in electronic components is stacked, and further on the second component built-in substrate, a radiator is attached. The second component built-in substrate includes a wiring layer with electronic components mounted on a main surface thereof, and an insulating layer which is mainly composed of a mixture containing an inorganic filler and a thermosetting resin and in which the electronic components mounted on the wiring layer are embedded. The insulating layer of the second component built-in substrate conducts heat generated from the electronic components and the wiring layer to the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Tsukasa SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20080290716
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a padding for a cushion (1), such as a cushion for a seat, comprising foam material (100), with modified resilience provided by recesses (101), in at least one section of the cushion, the size and/or density of the recesses being different in adjacent sections providing a varying softness or collapsibility in the foam material (100) in one surface direction of the cushion, wherein the recesses (101) may be non-transient and a frame (410) may be completely or partly embedded in the foam. The invention also concerns a seat cushion or furniture comprising such padding and the method for producing such padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: EKORNES ASA
    Inventor: Arve Ekornes
  • Publication number: 20080292804
    Abstract: Methods for making refractory crucibles for melting titanium alloys including providing a form, applying a facecoat to the form, and applying a backing to the facecoat where the facecoat has at least one facecoat layer including an oxide selected from the group consisting of scandium oxide, yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, a lanthanide series oxide, and combinations thereof and where the backing to the facecoat has a thickness ratio of from about 6.5:1 to about 20:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: BERNARD PATRICK BEWLAY, BRIAN MICHAEL ELLIS, MICHAEL FRANCIS XAVIER GIGLIOTTI, THOMAS JOSEPH KELLY, MOHAMED RAHMANE, STEPHEN FRANCIS RUTKOWSKI, MICHAEL JAMES WEIMER, JOSEPH CARL WUKUSICK
  • Publication number: 20080286609
    Abstract: Wallboards, as well as cement boards, are produced by methods which use significantly reduced Embodied Energy when compared with the energy used to fabricate gypsum wallboard. A novel binder, consisting in one embodiment of phosphoric acid and calcium silicate, and combined with various fillers, is used to provide a controlled exothermic reaction to create a gypsum-board-like core which can be wrapped in a selected material such as recycled paper and manufactured on a conveyor system to appear and handle like gypsum wallboard, but without the large amounts of energy required to make gypsum wallboard. The resulting product may be used in interior or exterior applications and may possess fire resistance, sound ratings and other important properties of gypsum wallboard. As energy costs increase, the novel wallboards of this invention can become less expensive to manufacture than traditional wallboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin J. Surace, Meredith Ware, Ramkumar Natarajan, Caroline L. Poche, James F. Seufert
  • Publication number: 20080287008
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic circuit section, a case, and a connector housing. The electronic circuit section includes a connector terminal. The case seals the electronic circuit section in such a manner that the connector terminal protrudes to an outside of the case. The connector housing is integrated with the case and has an approximately cylindrical shape to surround an outer circumference of the connector terminal. The case and the connector housing are made of resin with a molding tool by filling resin into a case cavity and a connector-housing cavity of the molding tool in a state where the electronic circuit section is held by a holding portion of the molding tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Watanabe, Masahiko Imoto, Yoshinari Goshima
  • Publication number: 20080286575
    Abstract: A multi-layered plastic body for containing, storing or conducting a medical, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, cosmetic or other product, the plastic body including a first layer made of a stress fracture resistant plastic material, and at least a second layer adjacent to the first layer and made of a plastic material exhibiting a lower resistance to stress fractures than the first plastic material. The invention encompasses a suitable method of making the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Rudolf Zihlmann
  • Publication number: 20080284058
    Abstract: Method of producing a multilayer article forming an axisymmetric body, said article comprising at least a base of diameter D joined to a side wall of average thickness T and of height H said method consisting in feeding a coextruded multilayer charge into the cavity of a mould then in compressing said charge in order to form the article, the charge forming a body axisymmetric about an axis of symmetry, the charge consisting of a radial stack of several layers of which at least one is a thin functional layer, the outer diameter of said charge being approximately equal to D, the direction of compression being parallel to the axis of symmetry of said charge, and the compression being carried out on one face of the charge, which method is characterized by the fact that the charge is compressed only on one portion of said face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Jacques Thomasset
  • Patent number: 7452493
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a protective cover (24) for a component of a vehicle includes assembling multiple layers to form a charge (22). The charge (22) is formed within a mold (50) of the component to form a multi-contoured laminate (58). The protective cover (24) is separated from the multi-contoured laminate (58). A method of forming a down stream part structure or mold (167) for a component includes assembling multiple layers to form a charge (78). The charge (78) is formed within an original mold of the component to form a multi-contoured laminate (76). A splash is separated from the multi-contoured laminate (76). A protective cover, such as the cover (24), is for a vehicle component and includes a contour holding layer (36) and a protective laminate layer (34). The contour holding layer (36) and the protective laminate layer (34) are formed within a mold of the vehicle component to form the protective cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Wirrick, Michael J. Cloud
  • Publication number: 20080277823
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a film insert molded article in which no resin layer is seen in the front and no wrinkle is generated in a film is provided. A thermoformed film (11) for coating is arranged within a cavity (15), and molten resin is injected so that a film insert molded article (50) molded integrally with the film (11) for coating and having a coating plane coated with the film (11) for coating is obtained. A printing ink layer (20) and a binder layer (30) are formed in a raw material film (10). The raw material film (10) is cut out and the film (11) for coating is formed so as to have a size for coating the coating plane and being able to form an outer circumferential bending portion (12) arranged in an outer circumferential side portion (41) by adding a width exceeding a heat shrinking amount of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Seiji Hayashi, Kiyomi Matsuoka, Yoshihide Goto, Eiichiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20080277602
    Abstract: A long-term storage container (1) for storage of radioactive material to inhibit radioactive radiation therefrom to the outside of the container, the top of said container to be closed by a screw-on radioactive radiation inhibiting lid (7), said container having an integral inner container part (2; 34; 62; 62?) of a first material, e.g. plastic material, an integral outer container part (3; 43; 69) of a second material, e.g. plastic material, and radioactive radiation inhibiting material (4; 38; 68) in an inter-space between the walls and bottoms of said inner and outer container parts. To fill the inter-space an inter-space container part (4; 38; 68) is integrally moulded through injection or pressure moulding and then fitted onto the inner container part (2; 34; 62; 62?) to subsequently mould the outer container part (3; 43; 69) onto the outside of the inter-space container part (4; 38; 68). A specially made container lid (7) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Frank Stengrimsen
  • Patent number: 7451000
    Abstract: An implantable electrode array (30) that can adopt a first configuration selected to allow the array (30) to be inserted into a cochlea (12) of an implantee and at least a second configuration in which the array can apply tissue stimulation. The array (30) comprises an elongate carrier (31) having a proximal end (37), a distal end (34), and an inner surface (35) conformable with the inner wall of the implantee's cochlea (12). A plurality of electrodes (36) are supported within the carrier (31) at respective spaced locations thereon in a region between the proximal end (37) and the distal end (34) with at least one of the electrodes having a surface that is at least adjacent the inner surface (35) of the carrier (31). The carrier (31) is formed in the second configuration from a first layer (32) and at least a second layer (32) of resiliently flexible material. A method of forming an array (30) is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Peter Gibson, Fysh Dadd, Claudiu Treaba, John Parker
  • Publication number: 20080271838
    Abstract: Preform for the blow-molding of a container comprising a neck section (10), an adjoining wall section (20) having a substantially cylindrical shape, with in between a neck ring (12) as a transition region, and further a bottom section (30) which forms the base of the preform, which is composed of a multilayer structure consisting in two surface layers, the one of which (1) is directed outwardly respective the preform and wherein the other (3) is directed inwardly with respect thereto, with in between an intermediate layer (2) which forms a core layer, wherein both surface layers (1, 3) are composed of a primary material and wherein said intermediate layer (2) is composed of a secondary material, remarkable in that the center surface of said intermediate layer (2) is directed outwardly, toward the outer surface, with respect to the center surface of said wall section (20) and in that said primary and secondary materials respectively are mutually different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Resilux
    Inventor: William Dierickx
  • Publication number: 20080271764
    Abstract: A spray arm feed tube assembly for a dishwasher is provided, comprising an elongate tubular member adapted to extend from a sump of the dishwasher, through an interface, and along a tub wall of a tub portion disposed outwardly of the sump. A banding member is operably engaged with the tubular member about the interface, wherein the banding member is adapted to cooperate with the tub portion and at least one separator member, about the interface, to prevent particulate matter from passing into the sump from the tub portion about the tubular member. An associated apparatus and method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Burrows, Gregory A. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20080271240
    Abstract: A molded arm for a showerhead may be configured to connect a showerhead to a fluid supply, and may be in the form of a molded body defining an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage providing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. An arm assembly may be configured to connect a showerhead to a fluid supply, and may include: a molded arm body defining an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage providing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet; and a separate attachment component configured to cooperate with the molded body and to engage a structure connected to a fluid supply. A method of making an arm for connecting a showerhead to a fluid supply may include molding an arm body to define an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage between the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn, Harold A. Luettgen, Roberta L. Callaghan, Carl T. Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20080265616
    Abstract: A door weather strip includes a base attached along the outer periphery of a door frame and a hollow seal, and a clip attached to the base. The clip includes an engaging part fit in and enagageable with an attaching hole in the door frame and a retained part retained to the base. The retained part includes a retaining piece and a coupling portion coupling the center area of the retaining piece in the longitudinal direction and the engaging part. Using an inserting means equipped with an insertion pin which is nearly cylindrical and sharp-pointed, the insertion pin is pierced into the base so that the retaining piece is fed through the inner peripheral side of the insertion pin to the inner face side of the base, thereby attaching the clip to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubo, Hideaki Minoura, Tomonori Inoue
  • Patent number: 7442334
    Abstract: A through hole (50) with an annular groove (52) provided about its periphery is formed in a resin case (10). The through hole (50) is covered with a water/oil-repellent film (40) comprising a porous film (44). The through hole (50) makes the resin case (10) gas-permeable, and the water/oil-repellent film (40) prevents entry of external water and oil, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Hara, Atsushi Fukunishi, Takahito Katsuura
  • Publication number: 20080258337
    Abstract: The present description discloses a polymeric composition which is a melt-processed alloy comprised of (a) a polyarylene sulfide resin, (b) a polyaryl-ether-ketone resin, and a reactive compound which results in (c) a graft copolymer of the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin in addition to the starting resins. Exemplary melt-processed polymeric compositions can be made by reacting an alkoxy silane with the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin to produce a graft copolymer of a portion of one or both of the resins, sufficient to render the composition uniform and homogeneous. It is normally preferred for the exemplary organosilane compound, to be an amino silane. The subject invention further reveals an insulated wire comprising (1) an electrical conductor and (2) a layer of the melt-processed alloy composition; and fiber reinforced composites comprising fibers substantially fully impregnated with the alloy polymeric composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Ticona, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Ajbani, Andrew Auerbach, Ke Feng
  • Publication number: 20080261721
    Abstract: A method for coating golf ball components is provided and includes the step of adhering a thin layer of a non-ionomeric polyolefin powder to the interior surfaces of a golf ball mold. The polyolefin powder is adhered to the mold using electrostatic, tribostatic or fluidized bed processes. The golf ball component is placed within the mold, and a sufficient amount of heat and pressure is applied to the mold so that the thin layer of non-ionomeric polyolefin powder fuses to the golf ball component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew F. Hogge, Peter L. Serdahl