Abstract: A system and method for treatment of a subterranean formation are provided. The treatment includes pumping a water shut-off material into a wellbore and to a target zone in the subterranean formation and pumping a photo-curable polymer material to the target zone behind the water shut-off material, thereby forming a layer of photo-curable polymer material between the water shut-off material and the wellbore. An energy source may be directed to the layer of photo-curable polymer material until the layer of polymer solidifies to yield a solid barrier between the water shut-off material and the wellbore.
Abstract: A method and system for composite molding, and the method includes additively manufacturing a mold shell that includes a part forming cavity. The method includes filling at least a portion of the mold shell with a strengthening agent. The method includes hardening the strengthening agent to form a mold, and laying-up a composite material on the part forming cavity. The method includes curing the mold to form a composite part.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2025
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventors:
Gary Latham, Jeffrey G. Price, Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Thomas Curtis, Adam Golembeski, Patrick J Eding
Abstract: A curing apparatus (100) includes a housing (102) having a loading portion (108) open to ambient atmosphere, a curing portion (110) having a curing chamber (124) with a controlled atmosphere, and a transition portion (112) extending between the loading portion (108) and the curing portion (110). A carrier (128) is movable between the loading portion (108) and the curing chamber (124) via the transition portion (112). The curing apparatus (100) further includes at least one ultraviolet radiation source (150) operative for transmitting ultraviolet radiation into the curing chamber (124). The transition portion (112) includes a plurality of baffles (158) protruding from a sidewall (120) of the transition portion (112) and configured for minimizing mixing between the ambient atmosphere and the controlled atmosphere during movement of the carrier (128) between the loading portion (108) and the curing chamber (124).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 11, 2025
Assignee:
Transitions Optical, Ltd.
Inventors:
Yani Saputera, Lawrence M. Minor, Lex Pace, Willard Beamer
Abstract: A process of producing a surface-modified 3-dimensional article, the process comprising the steps of providing a radiation-curable composition, building-up a 3-dimensional article by radiation-curing the radiation-curable composition layer by layer, preferably by using a stereolithography or digital light processing unit, partially removing radiation-curable composition which sticks to the surface of the 3-dimensional article, treating only a portion of the surface of the 3-dimensional article to which the radiation-curable composition is stuck with particles, applying an additional curing step to the 3-dimensional article, preferably by applying heat and/or radiation. A 3-dimensional article which can be obtained by such a process and a kit of parts comprising such a 3-dimensional article.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 2, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2025
Assignee:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
Abstract: An acrylate-based single-chain nanoparticle is disclosed, which includes 10-20 parts of methacrylic acid, 1-2 parts of tetramethylguanidine and 1-2 parts of halohydrocarbon. The scheme provided by the disclosure establishes a “meta template” for synthesizing various single-chain nanoparticles, unifies the preparation method of the polyacrylate, simultaneously carries out high-concentration preparation in an aqueous phase only through ultraviolet irradiation, which reduces the production cost, reduces the carbon emission in production, and provides possibility for the industrialized production of the polyacrylate-based single-chain nanoparticle.
Abstract: A photocurable resin composition according to the present invention contains an anionic-group-containing photosensitive resin comprising a photosensitive urethane resin, a photopolymerization initiator and a thermal curing agent, wherein the photosensitive urethane resin is produced by reacting a raw material mixture containing (A) a polyol having at least an ester bond and also having an unsaturated bond at least in the main chain thereof, (B) a compound having at least one active-hydrogen-containing group and at least one anionic group in the molecule thereof, (C) a polyisocyanate and (D) a compound having at least one active-hydrogen-containing group and an unsaturated bond group in the molecule thereof, and the photosensitive urethane resin has an ester bond and an unsaturated bond in the main chain in the same molecule, wherein at least one of a side chain and a terminal has an anionic group and a side chain has an unsaturated bond group.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an epilame mechanical part (2) comprising a substrate (4) made of a first material, the method comprising at least: a step (10) of depositing an epilame product (6) consisting of a second material on the substrate (4), said deposition being carried out in the form of a projection onto the substrate (4) of at least one collimated or localised beam (12; 12A, 12B) of material containing the epilame product (6); and a step (11) of treating the second material to ensure the cohesion of the components on the substrate (4).
Abstract: A window includes a base layer and a hard coating layer on the base layer. The hard coating layer includes a first layer on the base layer and of a first thickness, and a second layer on the first layer and of a second thickness. The second layer includes an antistatic agent. The hard coating layer has a hardness reduction rate of 50 percent (%) or less expressed as follows. H = ( 1 - D 1 D 2 ) × 100 In the equation above, H is a hardness reduction rate (%) of a target layer, D1 is a hardness reduction rate measured from the target layer at a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius (° C.) with a relative humidity of 93%, and D2 is a hardness reduction rate measured from the target layer at a room temperature with a relative humidity of 30%.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2024
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Junsu Park, Hyun-Ju Lee, Gisuk Kwon, Younggil Park, Nari Ahn, Sooim Jeong
Abstract: An operation support apparatus for a heat-treatment furnace for heat-treating a metal plate continuously includes a required time calculation unit configured to calculate, based on a current furnace temperature which is a current temperature of the heat-treatment furnace, a current line speed which is a current conveyance speed of the metal plate, and a target line speed which is a conveyance speed of the metal plate to be changed from the current line speed, an estimated required time until a temperature of the heat-treatment furnace reaches, from the current furnace temperature, a target furnace temperature which is a temperature of the heat-treatment furnace corresponding to the target line speed, and a first output unit configured to output the estimated required time calculated by the required time calculation unit.
Abstract: Provided are a preform for manufacturing a synthetic resin container, in which a decorative layer (60) having three-dimensional design different from the conventional one is formed on the surface of a container main body (10a), and a synthetic resin container. In a preform (1) including a preform main body (1a) of a bottomed cylindrical shape that is opened to have a mouth portion (2) on one end side thereof, and a covering layer (6) configured to cover the preform main body (1a) except for a part thereof on a mouth portion (2) side, and a container (10) obtained by subjecting the preform to blow molding, a distal end side of the covering layer (6) (decorative layer (60)) is formed so as to reach a peripheral end edge of a neck ring (22) while covering a lower surface of the neck ring (22) that is provided on a lower end side of the mouth portion (2) and protrudes annularly along a circumferential direction.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display systems and, more particularly, to augmented reality display systems. A diffraction grating includes a plurality of different diffracting zones having a periodically repeating lateral dimension corresponding to a grating period adapted for light diffraction. The diffraction grating additionally includes a plurality of different liquid crystal layers corresponding to the different diffracting zones. The different liquid crystal layers have liquid crystal molecules that are aligned differently, such that the different diffracting zones have different optical properties associated with light diffraction.
Abstract: A method of coating an edge surface of an optical lens is provided. The method includes providing an optical lens comprising a first optical surface and an opposing second optical surface, wherein the first and the second optical surfaces are connected by an edge surface, disposing at least one temporary protective material on at least a portion of a perimeter portion of one or both of the first and the second optical surfaces abutting the edge surface, disposing at least one coating material on the edge surface of the optical lens to obtain at least one edge coating, and removing any excess coating material disposed on the at least one temporary protective material. An optical lens having at least one temporary protective material disposed on only at least a portion of a perimeter portion of one or both of the first and the second optical surfaces abutting the edge surface is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
Essilor International
Inventors:
Mabeline Tan, Hui Yu, Ker Chin Ang, David Herfort
Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-fingerprint film for automobile interiors and methods of producing the same. The anti-fingerprint film for automobile interior parts may include a base layer and an outermost layer located on the base layer including a fluorine-based compound, thus reducing the attachment area of the fingerprint composed of water and oil by virtue of the outermost layer having high water and oil repellency, ultimately removing fingerprint visibility.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
Inventors:
Hyun Jung Kim, Jae Sik Seo, Ho Tak Jeon, Hee Do Kim, Hyun Don Kim, Seong Uk Juen
Abstract: New and/or improved coatings, layers or treatments for porous substrates, including battery separators or separator membranes, and/or coated or treated porous substrates, including coated battery separators, and/or batteries or cells including such coatings or coated separators, and/or related methods including methods of manufacture and/or of use thereof are disclosed. Also, new or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators, which comprise at least a matrix material or a polymeric binder, and heat-resistant particles with additional additives, materials or components, and/or to new or improved coated or treated porous substrates, including battery separators, where the coating comprises at least a matrix material or a polymeric binder, and heat-resistant particles with additional additives, materials or components are disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
Celgard, LLC
Inventors:
Zhengming Zhang, Michael B. Lane, Insik Jeon, Edward Kruger, Xiang Yu, Ronnie E. Smith, Stefan Reinartz, Junqing Ma, Daniel R. Alexander
Abstract: A method and apparatus for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects are disclosed. Two or more materials are extruded simultaneously as a composite, with at least one material in liquid form and at least one material in a solid continuous strand completely encased within the liquid material. A means of curing the liquid material after extrusion hardens the composite. A part is constructed using a series of extruded composite paths. The strand material within the composite contains specific chemical, mechanical, or electrical characteristics that instill the object with enhanced capabilities not possible with only one material.
Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel which includes a base substrate, a thin-film transistor layer on the base substrate, and a light emitting element layer comprising light emitting elements on the thin-film transistor layer; a cover window on the light emitting element layer of the display panel; and a fingerprint recognition sensor layer under the display panel. The base substrate includes a first base, a second base on the first base, and a light blocking layer between the first base and the second base, and the light blocking layer includes holes through which light reflected by a finger touching the cover window passes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jong Hyun Lee, Ji Hun Ryu, Il Nam Kim, Jong In Baek, Eun Jin Sung
Abstract: A surface covering is provided. The surface covering includes a laminated panel and an ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating applied to the laminated panel. The ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating includes a first coating, a second coating, abrasive resistant particles, and an antimicrobial additive. The second coating is a composition distinctive of the first coating, the first coating is cured at a lower energy than the second coating, the second coating is cured at a higher energy to cure both the first coating and the second coating. The abrasive resistant particles include silicon carbide (SiC) particles wherein at least 50% of the silicon carbide (SiC) particles have a particle size of less than 45 ?u. The antimicrobial additive selected from a group consisting of N-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, alkyl dimethyl ammonium saccharinates, Zinc 2-pyridinethiol-1-oxide,10,10?-Oxybisphenoxarsine (OBPA), 4,5-Dichloro-2-octyl-4isothiazolin-3-one (DCOIT) and mixtures thereof.
Abstract: Described herein is a polyurethane having an isocyanate group and having C—C double bonds on a side chain, a process for preparing such a polyurethane, and an UV-moisture dual cure polyurethane reactive hotmelt including the polyurethane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2024
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Xuyuan Peng-Poehler, Yun Fei Guo, Li Chen
Abstract: To suppress peeling off of a polymer coating in a polymer member formed to have the polymer coating provided on a surface of a polymer shaped object, performed are: a curing step of causing a curable composition to be cured by energy rays to prepare the polymer shaped object; a coating step of forming the polymer coating on the polymer shaped object; and a post-curing step of irradiating the polymer shaped object with the energy rays after the coating step, wherein, in the curing step, the polymer shaped object in which a reactive functional group is left is prepared.
Abstract: A process of manufacturing a composition comprises a particulate drag reducing agent is disclosed. The process comprising: continuously forming a temporary container; introducing an unsaturated monomer component and a radical polymerization component into the temporary container; sealing the temporary container to form a sealed temporary container; allowing the unsaturated monomer component to polymerize in the sealed temporary container to form the drag reducing agent via a radical polymerization reaction, the drag reducing agent having a molecular weight of about 1 million gram/mol to about 50 million gram/mol; and grinding the drag reducing agent to form a composition comprising a particulate drag reducing agent, the particulate drag reducing agent having a particle size of about 1 to about 1,500 microns.
Abstract: A method for printing on a substrate includes printing a support structure by printing a liquid precursor material and curing the liquid precursor material, positioning a substrate within the support structure, printing one or more anchors on the substrate and the support structure by printing and curing the liquid precursor material to secure the substrate to the support structure, and printing one or more device structures on the substrate while anchored by printing and curing the liquid precursor material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventors:
Daihua Zhang, Hou T. Ng, Nag B. Patibandla, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Yingdong Luo, Kyuil Cho, Han-Wen Chen
Abstract: Disclosed herein are zwitterionic monomers, non-zwitterionic monomers, polyzwitterionic polymers formed therefrom; surface functionalization; surface modification; and articles containing any such compositions or surfaces formed therefrom.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignee:
ABF Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Laurie Lawin, Anthony Gerten, Logan Sanow
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first redistribution layer (RDL) over a first side of the substrate, one or more semiconductor dies over and electrically coupled to the first RDL, and an encapsulant over the first RDL and around the one or more semiconductor dies. The semiconductor device also includes connectors attached to a second side of the substrate opposing the first side, the connectors being electrically coupled to the first RDL. The semiconductor device further includes a polymer layer on the second side of the substrate, the connectors protruding from the polymer layer above a first surface of the polymer layer distal the substrate. A first portion of the polymer layer contacting the connectors has a first thickness, and a second portion of the polymer layer between adjacent connectors has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.
Abstract: A microwave-induced heating of CNT filled (or coated) polymer composites for enhancing inter-bead diffusive bonding of fused filament fabricated parts. The technique incorporates microwave absorbing nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes (CNTs)) onto the surface or throughout the volume of 3D printer polymer filament to increase the inter-bead bond strength following a post microwave irradiation treatment and/or in-situ focused microwave beam during printing. The overall strength of the final 3D printed part will be dramatically increased and the isotropic mechanical properties of fused filament part will approach or exceed conventionally manufactured counterparts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 1, 2023
Assignee:
Texas Tech University System
Inventors:
Charles B. Sweeney, Micah J. Green, Mohammad Saed
Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular liner for the rehabilitation of an, in particular, underground sewer pipe, comprising at least an inner tubular film, a resin-carrier layer surrounding the inner tubular film, and comprising a mechanically protective outer film system. The outer film system comprises at least one outer film in the form of a UV-radiation- and short-wavelength, visible light-absorbing and/or -reflecting, single-layer or multi-layer film which contains, in one or more polymer layers, at least one short-wavelength, visible light-absorbing and/or—reflecting, organic or inorganic color pigment or a corresponding dye, and at least one organic or inorganic compound which absorbs and/or reflects the UV radiation. Moreover, the outer film system comprises at least one mechanically stable reinforcing web which rests on the aforementioned outer film. The outer film system has a transmittance for visible light at at least one wavelength in the range of 550 nm to 800 nm of at least 1%.
Abstract: A patterned backside stress compensation film having different stress in different sectors is formed on a backside of a substrate to reduce combination warpage of the substrate. The film can be formed by employing a radio frequency electrode assembly including plurality of conductive plates that are biased with different RF power and cause local variations in the plasma employed to deposit the backside film. Alternatively, the film may be deposited with uniform stress, and some of its sectors are irradiated with ultraviolet radiation to change the stress of these irradiated sectors. Yet alternatively, multiple backside deposition processes may be sequentially employed to deposit different backside films to provide a composite backside film having different stresses in different sectors.
Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells. A matrix-encapsulated cell includes an encapsulating polymer matrix including a biopolymer and graphene. The matrix-encapsulated cell also includes one or more of the cells encapsulated within the encapsulating polymer, wherein the graphene directly contacts at least some of the cells. The matrix encapsulating the one or more cells is electrically conductive.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 20, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one polymer system and at least one anti-agglomeration agent, the polymer system being selected from at least one thermoplastic polymer, the bulk density of the composition being more than 300 g/l. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing the composition according to the invention and its use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
Inventors:
Monika Gessler, Stefan Paternoster, Daniel Froehlich
Abstract: A method of deposition is disclosed. The method can include dispensing a formable material over a substrate, where the substrate includes a non-uniform surface topography, and where the substrate includes an active zone and an exclusion zone. The method can also include curing the formable material in the exclusion zone to form a circular edge between the exclusion zone and the active zone, contacting the formable material with a superstrate, and curing the formable material in the active zone to form a layer over the substrate, wherein curing is performed while the superstrate is contacting the formable material.
Abstract: A ceramic paint composition including a polysiloxane, an aluminum oxide, a silicone-based urethane resin, and a solvent component and a brake disc plate for a vehicle including an anticorrosive coated film including the ceramic paint composition are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 16, 2023
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a substrate, a plurality of structures, a first liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules having alignment directions fixed, and a second liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules having alignment directions fixed. In an area overlapping a groove, a first director of the first liquid crystal layer extends along the groove, and a second director of the second liquid crystal layer is uniformly aligned with the first director of the second surface side, on the third surface side, and turns in planar view.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects are disclosed. Two or more materials are extruded simultaneously as a composite, with at least one material in liquid form and at least one material in a solid continuous strand completely encased within the liquid material. A means of curing the liquid material after extrusion hardens the composite. A part is constructed using a series of extruded composite paths. The strand material within the composite contains specific chemical, mechanical, or electrical characteristics that instill the object with enhanced capabilities not possible with only one material.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of reactivating the surface of an organic paint coating, a method of facilitating adhesion of a further coating to the organic paint coating, and a substrate having a reactivated organic paint coating. There is also disclosed a surface reactivation treatment for an organic paint coating. The reactivation method also facilitates adhesion of the organic paint coating to further coating(s) across a broad application window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2023
Assignee:
The Boeing Company
Inventors:
Ranya Simons, Sheng Li, Stuart Arthur Bateman, Emma Simmonds, Jill Elisabeth Seebergh, Jason A. Bolles, Douglas Henry Berry
Abstract: A multi-curing apparatus includes an actuator, a first chamber including a first energy source head, a second chamber including a second energy source head, a first driver including a first rotation transmission gear gear-engaged with the actuator, and a first driving gear gear-engaged with the first chamber. The apparatus further includes a second driver including a second rotation transmission gear gear-engaged with the actuator, and a second driving gear gear-engaged with the second chamber. The apparatus aligns a position of the first chamber with reference to a position of the second chamber while the first rotation transmission gear, the second rotation transmission gear, and the second driving gear are fixed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Won Young Jee, Sung Ki Roh, Min Uk Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Woong Sik Nam, Sung-Gyu Park, Se Young Oh
Abstract: A textile printing ink jet ink composition includes a dioxazine pigment, a resin particle, and a lubricant, wherein the content of the dioxazine pigment is 0.5 to 1.5 mass % based on the total amount of the ink composition.
Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising a base polymer comprising recurring units (a) having the structure of an ammonium salt of N-carbonylsulfonamide having an iodized aromatic ring, and recurring units (b1) having an acid labile group-substituted carboxyl group and/or recurring units (b2) having an acid labile group-substituted phenolic hydroxyl group exhibits a high sensitivity, high resolution, low edge roughness and dimensional uniformity, and forms a pattern of good profile after exposure and development.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2022
Assignee:
SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jun Hatakeyama, Masaki Ohashi, Takayuki Fujiwara
Abstract: An active energy ray curable-type ink jet ink containing: titanium black; and a monomer A which is a non-aromatic heterocyclic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a light shielding film, and a method of manufacturing the light shielding film.
Abstract: A fire retardant (FR) composite composition, including a liquid polymer, wherein the liquid polymer includes a photopolymer including at least two of a first molecule, a second molecule, and a third molecule, a FR thermoset, and a photoinitiator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventors:
Zak Eckel, Phuong Bui, Mark O'Masta, Jacob Hundley, Tony Koung
Abstract: The disclosure describes a polymerizable liquid that includes a reactive oligomer and a reactive monomer. The polymerizable liquid is an energy polymerizable liquid hardenable by a single reaction mechanism forming a Photoplastic material. The disclosure further describes a method of producing the Photoplastic material and articles that can be made from the Photoplastic material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2022
Assignee:
Molecule CORP
Inventors:
Nick Talken, Austin Wyatt Levy, Zack Kisner, Ken Kisner
Abstract: Provided is an additive for an optical resin including a (meth)acrylate compound represented by general formula (1) below: [in general formula (1), each X independently represents a fluorine atom or a methyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a fluorine atom; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; R1 represents an alkylene group or an oxyalkylene group having a carbon number of 1 to 8; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group].
Abstract: Monolayer protected nanoclusters (MPCs) are described herein. The MPCs contain a cluster of atoms or molecules (e.g. core) having bound thereto a plurality of ligands (e.g., monolayer). The ligands can be bound covalently or semi-covalently bound to the cluster. The ligands are generally in the form of a monolayer or mixed monolayer. The monolayer or mixed monolayer contains a plurality of ligands. In one embodiment, the monolayer and/or mixed monolayer contains 1,4-dithiolate ligands. The MPCs described herein exhibit improved quantum efficiency allowing for single cluster emissions to be measured. Moreover, some embodiments of the MPCs described herein exhibit enhanced redox activity, including the ability to transfer a plurality of electrons, i.e., up to about 19 or up to about 30 electrons under controlled conditions, while displaying improved overall chemical stability. Such behavior can be utilized in catalysis and nanoelectronics applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2013
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: An abrasion resistant coating is disclosed. The coating includes diamond particles and may be used in one or more coating layers of a coating stack for a wood substrate. Wood substrates include hardwood and engineered hardwood flooring.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 15, 2021
Assignee:
AHF, LLC
Inventors:
Dong Tian, Daniel P. Baker, Burton L. Wilson
Abstract: Provided are a coating composition including a (meth)acrylic resin (A) containing a structural unit (a1) having an acetoacetoxy group and a structural unit (a2) having an amide group, a curing agent (B), and a surfactant (C); a coating material including a first coating material precursor composition containing the acrylic resin (A), but not containing the curing agent (B), and a second coating material precursor composition containing the curing agent (B), but not containing the (meth)acrylic resin (A), in which the first coating material precursor composition and/or the second coating material precursor composition contains the surfactant (C); a cured film made from such a coating composition or coating material; an article having a cured film; and a method for producing an article having a cured film of such a coating composition or coating material.
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display and a rear housing. A coating may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer for the display or on an inner surface of the rear housing. The coating may include one or more inorganic layers such as inorganic layers in a thin-film interference filter or other layer of material. A buffer layer having a polymer with adhesion promotion additive and embedded silicon oxide particles may be interposed between the coating and a glass layer forming the rear housing or between a patterned indium tin oxide coating on a display cover layer and an adhesive layer that attaches a pixel array to the display cover layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2019
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Marta M. Giachino, Manish Mittal, Matthew S. Rogers, Que Anh S. Nguyen
Abstract: The disclosure describes a polymerizable liquid that includes a reactive oligomer and a reactive monomer. The polymerizable liquid is an energy polymerizable liquid hardenable by a single reaction mechanism forming a photoplastic material. The disclosure further describes a method of producing the photoplastic material and articles that can be made from the photoplastic material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2019
Assignee:
Molecule CORP
Inventors:
Nick Talken, Austin Wyatt Levy, Zack Kisner, Ken Kisner
Abstract: Disclosed is a UV-curing coating composition comprising (a) 40-70% by weight of at least one urethane (meth)acrylate being a product of a reaction between at least one polycaprolactone polyol (a1) and at least one adduct (a2), said adduct (a2) being a product of a reaction between at least one polyisocyanate (a3) and at least one hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (a4), said polycaprolactone polyol (a1) being a product of a reaction between at least one polyalkoxylated polyol (a5) and at least one caprolactone monomer (a6), (b) 20-50% by weight of at least one reactive diluent having at least one olefinic carbon-carbon double bond, and (c) 0.5-10% by weight of at least one photoinitiator, and optionally (d) 1-15% by weight of at least one matting agent.
Abstract: A method for drying a coating applied to a substrate, wherein the coating comprises at least one volatile organic solvent (VOS), is provided. The method comprises a step of irradiating the coating by an electromagnetic radiation at a power P and within a defined spectrum, wherein the defined spectrum corresponds to an absorption peak of the volatile organic solvent.
Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern on a substrate by molding an imprint material on the substrate using a mold, comprising a supply unit configured to supply droplets of the imprint material onto the substrate; and a processing unit configured to acquire arrangement patterns of the droplets on the substrate, wherein based on the arrangement pattern corresponding to a first portion of the mold and the arrangement pattern corresponding to a second portion of the mold, the processing unit acquires the arrangement pattern corresponding to a boundary portion between the first portion and the second portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2018
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventors:
Philip D. Schumaker, Yeshwanth Srinivasan, Masahiro Tamura, Takuro Yamazaki