Injection Molding Patents (Class 264/478)
  • Patent number: 8518152
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrostatic non-woven intake filter, may include a fabric preparation process that weaves at least a kind of fiber fabric into a web, and a filter fabric manufacturing process that weaves the web into a felt that has at least a layer, and manufactures an electrostatic non-woven intake filter material that is a non-woven fabric having a fiber tissue having a semipermanent electrostatic force by allowing a binder and an electrostatic material to permeate the felt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sangil Lee, Jungmin Kim
  • Patent number: 8506856
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention is characterized by using a solvent mixture including at least one organic solvent which dissolves the polymerizable material in a lens-forming composition and a small amount of water. By having a small amount of water in the lens-forming composition, the mechanical strength of lenses cast-molded from the lens-forming composition can be sufficiently high so that the lenses can survives during mold opening and demolding process, thereby increasing the production yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Frank Chang, Jũergen Vogt
  • Publication number: 20130196138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filamentized fiber reinforced putty compound, to parts made from said putty, and to devices and methods for manufacturing both the putty and the parts. The compound of the invention is formed by a chopped fibers composition including monofilaments that have been broken down from chopped strands and a UV and/or chemical curable resin composition and is a ready-to-mold plastic putty used in molding, mainly by continuous lamination/pultrusion/extrusion and injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Luciano Fusco
  • Patent number: 8449807
    Abstract: Injection molding parts onto a carrier web located between mold halves, each mold half having a cavity, resulting in molded articles having parts on both sides of the carrier web. Polymer flow into the cavities is assisted by application of ultrasonic energy to the mold. After the molding operation, mold halves are separated, and the carrier web is advanced, or indexed, to a next position for another molding sequence. Articles produced include lenses with part of the carrier web between lens halves, and a carrier web bearing an array of molded parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dennis E. Ferguson, Satinder K. Nayar, Peter T. Benson, Stanley Rendon, Donald L. Pochardt, Daniel H. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8449808
    Abstract: A plastic shell with ink-free pattern and its manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes a step of providing a multilayered film with ink-free pattern, a step of adhering a protective layer of the multilayered film on a surface of a plastic shell body, and a step of performing a laser engraving procedure to present a relief pattern on a surface of the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shu-Chen Lin
  • Publication number: 20130085212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a procedure for the obtainment of a nanocomposite material through the technique of melt mixing comprising a polymeric matrix and a nanoreinforcement which has been previously dispersed in the same plastic or other matrix by means of electrospinning methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventor: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
  • Publication number: 20130075959
    Abstract: A method for producing an injection-molded product includes steps of placing, in an injection mold, a heat-shrinkable resin sheet having region A and region B which have different surface temperatures when irradiated with infrared rays; integrating the resin sheet with an injection molding resin by injecting the injection molding resin into the mold; and, before the resin sheet is placed in the injection mold or before the integration step after the placing of the resin sheet in the injection mold, irradiating the resin sheet with infrared rays so that the surface temperatures of region A and region B are different from each other and the surface temperature of at least region A is equal to or higher than an orientation release stress inflection point temperature T of the resin sheet, thereby forming a difference in thickness between regions A and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohya, Toshiro Ariga
  • Publication number: 20130052453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic powder composition with D50 lower than 100 ?m, including: at least one block copolymer having a inciting temperature lower than 180° C.; 15 to 50 wt % of at least one powdery filler having Mohs hardness lower than 6 and D50 lower than 20 ?m; and 0.1 to 5% of a powdery flow agent with D50 lower than 20 ?m, relative to the total weight of the composition. The present invention relates in particular to the use of said composition in methods for agglomerating powder, layer by layer, by melting or sintering, in order to manufacture flexible three-dimensional objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Gregory Filou, Frederic Malet, Arnaud Lemaitre, Cyrille Mathieu
  • Publication number: 20130038319
    Abstract: A speed target wheel includes an annular body portion and a plurality of gear teeth. The annular body portion consists of a plastic material and the plurality of gear teeth project from the annular body portion. Each of the plurality of gear teeth includes a base portion adjacent the annular body portion and a tip portion, where the base portion is integrally formed with the annular body portion and substantially comprises the plastic material, and where the tip portion includes a ferrous region integrally encompassed by the plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jack M. Gayney, Kevin A. Shipley, Apoorva S. Kelkar
  • Publication number: 20130026682
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integral irradiation unit for hardening light-hardening polymer compositions, a method for producing hardened polymer molded bodies or bodies coated with hardened polymers using the integral irradiation unit, and to the use of the integral irradiation unit for producing molded polymer bodies or bodies coated with polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Rist, Clemens Trumm, Holger Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20120326467
    Abstract: A method (300) of making an interior automotive panel (100). The method (300) includes placing at least one three dimensional panel component (110) on a first mold component (410) having a mold surface (412) shaped to form the exterior surface of the interior automotive panel (100). The at least one three-dimensional panel component (110) has an exterior surface in contact with the mold surface (412). The method (300) includes registering a registration feature (114) of the at least one three-dimensional panel component (110) with a groove defined by the mold surface (412) of the first mold component (410) and positioning a second mold component (420) in registered communication with the first mold component (410). Together the first and second mold components (410, 420) define a void in the shape of the interior automotive panel (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven D. McClintock, Michael A. West, Ryan Robert Case
  • Publication number: 20120319331
    Abstract: A solvent-less liquid ethylene propylene diene rubber compound and a solvent-less liquid ethylene propylene rubber compound are provided. The compounds can include a liquid ethylene propylene diene or a liquid ethylene propylene mixed with a filler system, a plasticizer, and a cross-linking agent to form the compound. The compound can have a viscosity ranging from 150,000 centipoises to 750,000 centipoises at a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius, allowing the compound to be liquid injection moldable. The compound can contain substantially no solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: LION COPOLYMER, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Joseph Fontenot, III, Wasif Khan, John Wesley Summer, II
  • Publication number: 20120315455
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform and a preform manufactured by the method includes a plurality of substrates to which a binder has been affixed laminated to form a laminate and a forming die is used to form the laminate, thereby manufacturing a preform which is a precursor in resin transfer molding (RTM) of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP). During the manufacturing the laminate is pressed into a predetermined shape by the forming die, the binder is melted by directly heating the binder of the substrates in the laminate being pressed or both and is cooled thereafter to solidify the binder, and the substrates are adhered between layers thereof to retain the formed shape of the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamasaki, Toyokazu Hino, Seiji Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8329271
    Abstract: A medicament source has a container and a crimped closure. The closure sealingly holds to the container a metered-dose release valve, of which the spout only is visible externally. The container has a neck and a protruding rim at which the crimp locates. The container is of molded polymer and has an outer, perforate sleeve of aluminum, providing mechanical strength for pressure retention. The neck has a relatively thicker wall thickness and the end is domed inwards, both for pressure retention. The polymer is of three layers or laminations. The innermost layer is of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material to provide an inert layer with which the medicament and its propellant will not react or combine in any way. The middle polymer layer is of nylon material to provide a propellant tight layer, to contain the propellant, whose molecules may be able to pass through the PTFE layer. The outer polymer layer is of polypropylene (PP) to provide both water tightness and mechanical integrity of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Clinical Designs Limited
    Inventor: Raymond Bacon
  • Patent number: 8313596
    Abstract: A container provides sealed storage for contents. The container includes a composite top member formed of a panel and a frame. The panel includes an opening for providing access to the contents of the package. The frame includes a closure member that is molded in an open position, and which can be moved to a closed position for closing the opening in the panel. The container is formed of a container body in the form of a tubular member formed to a desired shape. The container body is closed using the top member that closes a top opening of the container body, and a bottom member that closes a bottom opening of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Arrow Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Robert W. Fox
  • Publication number: 20120276326
    Abstract: An insulating molded part, comprising an upper part (7) and a bottom part (8), in which it is provided in accordance with the invention that the upper part (7) and the bottom part (8) are arranged as integral injection-molded or die-casting parts which comprise cavities in their interior which are respectively arranged as chambers (3) that are separated from one another in an air-tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Siegfried Berghammer
  • Publication number: 20120261464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a paper container and a method of making the same. The method comprises the steps of preparing a mold; sending paper into the mold; injecting plastic material after closing the mold; and opening the mold to acquire a paper container. Thereby, the plastic material can be connected between two distal ends of the paper. So the connection part of the paper is smooth and flat without any bumps, and the paper container has a good waterproof structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Chi-Jui HUNG
  • Publication number: 20120229748
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates, a sealing material provided in the periphery of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal injected between the pair of substrates and the sealing material. A liquid crystal injection port is formed in a portion of the sealing material. A sealant is provided to seal the liquid crystal injection port. The portion of the sealant entering the liquid crystal display panel, which faces the sealing material, is fully bonded to the sealing material to prevent degradation of the adhesive strength of the sealant of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Masaharu Itakura, Kazuo Saito
  • Patent number: 8246895
    Abstract: Molding methods and systems are disclosed for manufacturing molded items (10) with an integral substrate (50) formed thereon, particularly wherein the substrate has a metallic appearance and/or wherein the molded product is formed with a geometric feature (66) associated with an edge of the substrate adapted for at least partially obscuring the edge in the molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventors: Efraim Haimoff, Menahem Tzor, Marcel de Jong, Nikolai Duvigneau
  • Patent number: 8246893
    Abstract: A method of molding a microneedle using a mold apparatus that includes the use of high frequency acoustic energy, such as ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dennis E. Ferguson, Satinder K. Nayar, Donald L. Pochardt
  • Publication number: 20120204459
    Abstract: A display device has a cover window that is light, has good resistance against external impact, and is capable of being processed with various shapes. A display device according to the present invention includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; and a cover window positioned at the front side of the display panel and including a transparent area corresponding to the display area and a non-transparent area corresponding to the non-display area, wherein the cover window includes a cover window main body formed with the transparent area and the non-transparent area, and a transparent protection layer formed at the front surface of the cover window main body. The transparent protection layer extends to the rear surface corresponding to at least a portion of the non-transparent area of the cover window main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Hirai, Dong-Ho Lee, Seon-Chool Kim, Sang-Wook Lee, Sung-Ki Jung
  • Patent number: 8236231
    Abstract: Injection molding, parts onto a carrier web (34) located between mold halves (18,20). Flow of polymer melt into the mold is assisted by application of ultrasonic energy to the mold cavity. After the molding operation, mold halves are separated, and the carrier web is advanced, or indexed, to a next position for another molding sequence. Molding apparatus comprises a moving mold face (20), that can move toward and away from a first mold member (18) (which can be stationary) in which the mold cavity is located, a means (24,25,26,30,32) for moving and/or indexing carrier web between the first mold member and the moving mold face, means (16) to inject polymer melt into the mold cavity, and an ultrasonic system (42) providing ultrasonic energy to the mold cavity. The carrier web can transport molded parts to subsequent process steps, such as coating, drying, inspection, curing, assembly or packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dennis E. Ferguson, Satinder K. Nayar, Peter T. Benson, Stanley Rendon, Donald L. Pochardt, James N. Dobbs, Daniel H. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8221657
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel phthalocyanines and their use as IR-absorbers, in particular in transparent thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymers. A further aspect of the invention is a composition of these phthalocyanines and thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymers and an architectural or automotive glazing containing these phthatolcyanines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Francesca Peri, Cesare Lorenzetti, Samanta Cimitan, Markus Grob
  • Publication number: 20120141782
    Abstract: A waterproof member includes a polymer sheet and a UV resin layer adhered to the polymer sheet. A method of producing a waterproof member includes injecting a first UV resin solution into a first resin molding, placing a polymer sheet onto the first UV resin solution, compressing the polymer sheet and the first UV resin solution to be closely adhered to each other, curing a first UV resin layer on the polymer sheet by irradiating UV into the first UV resin solution, injecting a second UV resin solution into a second resin molding, placing a polymer sheet having the first UV resin molding onto the second resin molding, compressing the polymer sheet and the second UV resin solution to be closely adhered to each other, and curing a second UV resin layer on the polymer sheet by irradiating UV into the second UV resin solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Jin YANG
  • Patent number: 8178208
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed, comprising, based on the total weight of the composition, a combination of from 44 to 80 weight percent of a thermoplastic poly(butylene terephthalate); from 20 to 50 weight percent of a thermoplastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 to 0.8 deciliters per gram, measured in a 60:40 by weight phenol/1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane mixture at 23° C. using a relative viscometer operating with a closed loop system, which measures the solvent and sample viscosity simultaneously; from 5 to less than 20 weight percent of a talc filler having an average largest dimension of less than 0.9 micrometers, a median particle size of less than 0.9 micrometers, or both; and from 0.1 to 0.5 weight percent of a mold release agent. The compositions are useful in the manufacture of lighting articles, which can be directly metallized without the inclusion of a base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastives IP B.V.
    Inventor: Rama Konduri
  • Patent number: 8168301
    Abstract: A composition comprising a combination of a thermoplastic polyester; and 0.2 to 0.7 parts by weight of an alkali metal salt, an alkaline earth metal salt, and/or a C1-12 ester of an aliphatic C24-36 carboxylic acid, based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester. The compositions are useful for molding parts, such as automotive headlamp reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Kayoko Onda, Francois de Bie, Theodorus Sweegers, Rama Konduri
  • Publication number: 20120074618
    Abstract: A process for molding a beading in particular on the periphery of a window or for molding a plastic window, in which a constituent plastic of said beading or of said plastic window respectively is introduced into a molding cavity in which at least one ferromagnetic insert, such as a trim, has been placed beforehand, wherein said insert is held in position in said molding cavity during the introduction of said plastic by at least one magnet which can move between two positions, an active position in which it exerts an attractive force on said insert across the internal surface of the molding cavity and an inactive position I in which it exerts no attractive force on said insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Depierre, Romain Debailleul, Jean-Pierre Roze
  • Patent number: 8137491
    Abstract: A reinforcement insert includes superposed laps of fiber which are coupled to each other by a coupling fiber which passes through the laps in order to form fiber sections wherein at least certain sections thereof are rectilinear. The fiber sections and laps are immersed in a cured resin. The total density of the fibers that make up the insert ranges from 50% to 60% of the volume of the insert and the fiber sections take up 3%-10% of the volume of the insert. A method for creating a sandwich structure includes at least one such insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Astrium SAS
    Inventors: Georges Cahuzac, Jack Gauthier, Eric Chocheyras
  • Patent number: 8137493
    Abstract: A container provides sealed storage for contents. The container includes a composite top member formed of a panel and a frame. The panel includes an opening for providing access to the contents of the package. The frame includes a closure member that is molded in an open position, and which can be moved to a closed position for closing the opening in the panel. The container is formed of a container body in the form of a tubular member formed to a desired shape. The container body is closed using the top member that closes a top opening of the container body, and a bottom member that closes a bottom opening of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Arrow Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Robert W. Fox
  • Publication number: 20120061279
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic container which is substantially impervious to oxygen comprising the steps of corona treating a raw stock of polypropylene film; coating a first side of said raw stock of polypropylene film with an aqueous oxygen barrier solution; placing the film in an injection mold; and injection molding a polypropylene material into the mold to bring the polypropylene material in direct contact with the aqueous oxygen barrier solution. An oxygen resistant container has a floor. A sidewall extends from the floor. An oxygen barrier material is disposed on a film. The film is disposed on the container so that the oxygen barrier material is in direct contact with the sidewall. The oxygen barrier material is one of a nano-silicate and a nano-clay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: IPL, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodrick Levesque, Michel Fillion, Stephane Mercier
  • Patent number: 8114238
    Abstract: A method for producing a tight joint between a multi-layer synthetic resin material and a filter medium by selectively melting a layer of the synthetic resin material which has a different thermal absorption capacity in comparison with the other layers by heating the synthetic resin material with infrared radiation, and then fusing the melted synthetic resin layer to the filter medium. A filter element produced by the method of the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Rohrmeier, Matthaeus Huber, Norbert Strassenberger, Dieter Amesoeder
  • Patent number: 8088460
    Abstract: A disposable vase comprises biodegradable material. In one embodiment, the wall of the vase is made of a plastic selected from a biodegradable polymer selected from a polyester and a polymer derived from starch or a mixture thereof, wherein the polymer has a thickness that allows the vase to retain its shape. When it becomes street litter, such a vase decomposes relatively fast. The biodegradable plastic can be selected from polylactates and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Preferably the polyhydroxyalkanoate is chosen from polyhydroxybutanoate, polyhydroxyoctanoate, polyhydroxyvalerate and mixtures thereof. The excellent plastic properties of these polyesters also offer possibilities for use at home, since their environment-friendly character permits the owner of the vase to discard, without feeling embarrassed, a vase that he or she considers less beautiful or of which he or she is tired, and to buy another vase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventors: Leopold Looijé, Liduina Petronella Josephina Looijé-Schoenmakers
  • Publication number: 20110316759
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a base, an antenna radiator, an outer layer, and at least one conductive contact. The antenna radiator is formed on the activated base by plating. The antenna radiator is sandwiched between the base and the outer layer. One end of each conductive contact is electrically connected to the antenna radiator, and the other end of the each conductive contact is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YONG-FA FAN, YONG YAN, ZHI-GUO ZHAO, ZHAO-YI WU
  • Patent number: 8062739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogel article having a multi-layered structure and exhibiting a gradient in polymer molecular weight. The invention also provides a method of forming a hydrogel article having a multi-layered structure and exhibiting a gradient in polymer molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaifeng Liu, Brian Thomas, Steven Charlebois
  • Publication number: 20110266720
    Abstract: The system and method for stent manufacture includes a method of supercritical stent manufacture including mixing a polymer and a supercritical fluid to form a supercritical mixture; electrically charging a mold to a first polarity, the mold having a mold wall defining a mold plenum; discharging the supercritical mixture through a nozzle; electrically charging the supercritical mixture to a second polarity opposite the first polarity; repeatedly directing the charged supercritical mixture into the mold plenum to form a plurality of polymer layers on the mold wall, the plurality of polymer layers having a predetermined thickness; and separating the plurality of polymer layers from the mold wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventor: Julie Trudel
  • Patent number: 8048504
    Abstract: A layered composite which includes the following layers (I) and (II), wherein layer (I) includes (a) from 0 to 80 part by weight of at least one particular polyamide; (b) from 0 to 100 parts by weight of at least one polyamine-polyamide copolymer; and (c) from 0 to 80 parts by weight of at least one particular polyamide which is different from (a), wherein various monomer units are present in at least 20 parts by weight of the entirety of (a) and (b) and various other monomer units are present in at least 20 parts by weight of the entirety of (b) and (c); and layer (II) includes at least one ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Schmitz, Harald Haeger, Hans Ries, Wilfried Bartz
  • Patent number: 8043678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radome which has excellent transmission loss of radio waves and structural strength, which can be easily produced, and which has favorable workability, and a method of producing the same. The radome includes an olefin woven material and a glass cloth, in which the olefin woven material and the glass cloth are impregnated with a matrix resin to be integrated with each other, and the glass cloth is disposed closer to an inner side of the radome than the olefin woven material. As the olefin woven material, a woven material formed of an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber can be used. As the matrix resin, an epoxy resin, a vinyl ester resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, or a silicone resin can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Utsumi, Muneo Murakami, Kimihiro Kaneko, Teruhiko Kumada
  • Patent number: 8026309
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing a compatibilized polymeric blend. A first thermoplastic polymer and a reactive moiety are provided to a progressive melt kneading apparatus. The reactive moiety comprises a first reactive group capable of reacting with the first thermoplastic polymer but not a second polymer and a second reactive group capable of reacting with the second polymer but not the first polymer. The first thermoplastic polymer and the reactive moiety are then melt kneaded so that the first reactive group reacts with the first thermoplastic polymer and the second reactive group is grafted to the first thermoplastic polymer, forming a molten self-compatibilizer. A molten second polymer is then provided. The molten self-compatibilizer is melt kneaded with the molten second polymer so that the second reactive group reacts with the second polymer to form a compatibilized polymeric blend. Also provided are articles formed from the compatibilized polymer blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: PRS Mediterranean Ltd.
    Inventors: Izhar Halahmi, Oded Erez, Adi Erez
  • Patent number: 8022112
    Abstract: A plasticized ceramic-forming mixture and a method for stiffening the mixture, the mixture comprising a combination of inorganic powder, one or more plasticizing organic binders, a radiation-curable monomer, a photoinitiator, and water, and the method comprising stiffening the surfaces of extruded shapes of the mixture by applying electromagnetic energy to the surfaces following extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michelle Dawn Fabian, Edward John Fewkes, Kevin Robert McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20110206867
    Abstract: A method for repair and preventive maintenance of railroad ties by application of a polymer system to the surface of the rail seat. The polymer system is cured by irradiation with ultraviolet light to fully cure or partially cure the polymer. The polymer system may be used in conjunction with a tie pad that is capable of transmitting ultraviolet light to permit curing of the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas Delmonico, Fabian Weber
  • Publication number: 20110169197
    Abstract: A stent can be made by injecting a molten reaction mixture into a mold. The mold being in the shape of a radially expandable stent. The reaction mixture can have a reactive species capable of causing polymerization or crosslinking in the reaction mixture upon exposure to radiation. The method can include exposing the reaction mixture to radiation to cause polymerization or crosslinking in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Bin Huang, David C. Gale, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Publication number: 20110163479
    Abstract: A method of molding a microneedle using a mold apparatus that includes the use of high frequency acoustic energy, such as ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Dennis E. Ferguson, Satinder K. Nayar, Donald L. Pochardt
  • Publication number: 20110133366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to liquid injection molding of gaskets. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a low pressure and room temperature process for forming a cured-in-place gasket by liquid injection molding and to equipment useful with this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Fay-Oy Lim, Robert P. Cross, Hsie-Kun Chu, Debora E. Duch, Mathias E. Liistro, JR., Alfred A. DeCato, Anthony R. Horelik, James E. Lionberger, Gregory A. Krueger
  • Publication number: 20110135858
    Abstract: A housing includes a first main body and a second main body. The first main body includes laser activator. An antenna radiator is formed on the first main body by laser, and an electro-plating or a chemical plating method. The second main body is formed on the first main body and partially coats the antenna radiator. The antenna radiator is partially exposed from the first main body and the second main body to form a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: ZHI-JUN YANG, MEI-WEN FU, ZHAN LI
  • Patent number: 7947783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition wherein (i) the composition has an MFR2 of 0.05 to 100 g/10 min, (ii) the environmental stress crack resistance ESCR measured in hours according to ASTM 1693, condition B and E-modulus EM measured according to ISO 527-2: 1993 in MPa satisfy the following relation: ESCR>?EM h/MPa+1150 h.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Svein Eggen, Katrin Nord-Varhaug, Siw Bodil Fredriksen
  • Publication number: 20110115132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold-in-place gasket forming assembly that includes a flange, a mold and an electromagnetic radiation filter for improved cycling. The present invention further relates to a mold-in-place gasketing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Burdzy, Robert P. Cross
  • Patent number: 7914720
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the cavity surface temperature of a mold is kept equal to or higher than the crystal melting temperature (Tm) of composite material until the shaping of the composite material melted in the mold is completed, and after the completion of the shaping process, the cavity surface temperature of the mold is controlled to be equal to or higher than a temperature 20° C. lower than the crystallization temperature (Tc) of the composite material but equal to or lower than a temperature 20° C. higher than the crystallization temperature of the composite material to harden the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Arai, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Tomoaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110068512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions with improved sealing characteristics for mold-in-place gaskets, and a process for forming a mold-in-place gasket by liquid injection molding. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mold-in-place gasket composition incorporating (meth)acrylate-functionalized silica, plasticizers, or both, with improved modulus and sealing properties, and a process for forming such mold-in-place gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred A. DeCato, James E. Lionberger
  • Publication number: 20110062637
    Abstract: A local system for the release of active principle is described which consists of approximately spherical or rotation symmetrical bodies which are composed essentially of polymethyl methacrylate or polymethyl methacrylate co-methyl acrylate, zirconium dioxide or barium sulphate and one or more pharmaceutical active principles, in particular antibiotics, and which are produced by radical polymerisation, radical polymerisation activators effective in the temperature range of 10-80° C. or residues of these polymerisation activators from the groups of aromatic amines, heavy metal salts and barbiturates not being contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kuhn, Sebastian Vogt
  • Patent number: 7883659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for equalizing the orientation of fillers and/or distribution of fillers in a molding compound comprising filled plastic material of an injection molded part. A method of this type is required in particular during injection molding. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the injection mold and the molding compound are supplied with sound during injection molding in the injection mold. The sound has a frequency in the range of the spectrum of the first ten natural frequencies of the filler-matrix system. By supplying with this sound, the fillers, for example fibers, are distributed within the injection molding compound in a more isotropic manner with respect to their orientation and distribution so that significantly better mechanical and optical properties of the injection molded part are produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: EMS-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Thomas Jeltsch, Werner Kägi