Low Energy Electromagnetic Radiation Utilized (e.g., Uv, Visible, Ir, Microwave, Radio Wave, Actinic, Laser, Etc.) Patents (Class 427/508)
  • Publication number: 20140287242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy ray curable compound (A) comprising: at least one active energy ray curable group, at least one fluorine-containing moiety (a1) and at least one moiety (a2) comprising at least one portion represented by Formula (1): —[C(?O)—CH(R)—O—C(?O)—CH(R)—O]n- wherein n is an integer from 1 to 10, and wherein R is selected from —H or —CH3. The invention further relates to ways of making such compounds and to their use in providing water-oil repellency properties to a coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Allnex Belgium, S.A.
    Inventors: Ruben Cleymans, Steven Cappelle, Marcus Lee Hutchins, Luc Moens
  • Publication number: 20140287153
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display device includes the step of forming a cured resin layer by interposing a photo-curable resin composition between a protection member and a display-side panel including an image display unit and a frame member and then photo-curing the photo-curable resin composition, with the photo-curable resin composition being disposed across between the image display unit and the frame member. In the manufacturing method, a high-viscosity resin composition having a viscosity of 3000 mPa·s or more and 12000 mPa·s or less is used as the photo-curable resin composition. Alternatively, after a gap between the image display unit and the frame member is sealed with a sealing film, a photo-curable resin composition is interposed between the display-side panel and the protection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki TOYODA, Yoshihisa SHINYA, Yusuke KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20140260894
    Abstract: A drumhead and a method for coating a drumhead membrane comprising applying a coating having cross linkable polymeric material to the membrane and applying energy to cross link the polymeric material and thereby permanently adhere the material to the membrane as a play surface. The cross-linking not only hardens the coating to improve durability, but also improves the adhesion of the coating to the base film. Actinically cured coatings can completely harden in a matter of 3 to 5 seconds, with UV cured inks being especially desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: D'ADDARIO & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: D'Addario & Company, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140264168
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to optically variable devices, methods of preparation and applications or uses therefor. In particular, the invention includes trigger molecules employed as a dopant for a liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material contains helical elements having a natural twist. The dopant is effective to change the natural twist of the helical elements when the dopant is addressed with incident light. Suitable dopants are selected from binaphthalene and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: OPSEC SECURITY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: PAUL DUNN, ROBERT EDWARD RENTON, ANDREW NEIL CAMMIDGE
  • Publication number: 20140272176
    Abstract: This invention provides for Spatial Placement of Lens Components by Spatially Polymerizing portions of Fluent Lens Reactive Media using one or more controlled projections of actinic radiation to a Lens Precursor device. More specifically, the Lens Components Spatially Placed can include one or more of: electrical components, pigment particles, coatings, and active agents. The control of the actinic radiation can include the use of a voxel based lithography method using a digital micromirror device, a laser, or the use of a photomask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch
  • Publication number: 20140272372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a layered silicate/polymer composite, the composite comprising individual exfoliated silicate layers separated in a continuous polymer matrix, wherein the polymer is a hydrophobic polymer, the method comprising: exfoliating sheet silicate in water to form a silicate suspension; replacing the water in the silicate suspension by an organic solvent to form a silicate/organic solvent suspension; contacting the silicate/organic solvent suspension with a solution of a hydrophobic polymer precursor in an organic solvent to form a silicate/polymer precursor suspension; coating the silicate/polymer precursor suspension on a substrate; removing the organic solvents; curing the hydrophobic polymer precursor of the coating of the silicate/polymer precursor; and annealing the cured coating to form the layered silicate/polymer composite on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xu Li, Chaobin He, Siew Yee Wong
  • Patent number: 8835664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fluorinated compound, a composition comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing a film by using the same, and more particularly a novel compound having a structure in which one or more fluorine and acrylate-based functional groups are substituted in a silane core, a composition comprising the compound and photoinitiator, and a method for manufacturing a film by using the same. If the composition comprising the compound according to the present invention is used, it is possible to manufacture a film in which a refractive index is low, reflectivity is reduced, and transmissivity is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Soon-Hwa Jung, Jin-Young Park, Yeong-Rae Chang, Eun-Kyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20140251360
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nail sticker including a UV gel layer and a method for preparing same. In accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, the need of soaking a nail in a harmful solution for a long time for removal of a UV gel may be avoided while maintaining the advantages of the UV gel. Also, the problems that the opposite end of the cuticle is chipped or the end of the cuticle is peeled may be solved while maintaining the advantages of the UV gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: JC KOREA CORP.
    Inventors: Dong Sung Kim, Hyun Surk Kim, Kyung Sik Choi, Ju Young Park, Jeong Rim Choi, Bo Mi Kim
  • Publication number: 20140251897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite membrane for gas separation and/or nanofiltration of a feed stream solution comprising a solvent and dissolved solutes and showing preferential rejection of the solutes. The composite membrane comprises a separating layer with intrinsic microporosity. The separating layer is suitably formed by interfacial polymerisation on a support membrane. Suitably, at least one of the monomers used in the interfacial polymerisation reaction should possess concavity, resulting in a network polymer with interconnected nanopores and a membrane with enhanced permeability. The support membrane may be optionally impregnated with a conditioning agent and may be optionally stable in organic solvents, particularly in polar aprotic solvents. The top layer of the composite membrane is optionally capped with functional groups to change the surface chemistry. The composite membrane may be cured in the oven to enhance rejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Guy Livingston, Maria Fernanda Jimenez Solomon
  • Publication number: 20140252330
    Abstract: Provided are a color display film, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus including the color display film. The color display film includes a base material layer, a high-refractive light diffusion layer including a light diffuser, a high-refractive resin layer, and a low-refractive resin layer on which an optical pattern is formed. The method for manufacturing a color display film includes forming a high-refractive light diffusion layer by coating a resin comprising a diffuser on one surface of a base material layer and hardening the resin, forming a high-refractive resin layer, in which optical patterns are formed, on one surface of the high-refractive light diffusion layer, and forming a low-refractive resin layer having optical patterns formed on one surface thereof by coating a low-refractive transparent resin on a surface of the high-refractive resin layer in which the optical patterns are formed and hardening the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC., SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young OH, Hyun-Min KIM, Seung-Man CHOI, You-Min SHIN, Hong-shik SHIM, Chul-Ho JEONG, Eun-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20140253860
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a film including: a coating step of coating, on a substrate, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, an alignment controlling agent capable of controlling alignment of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerization initiator and coated film a solvent; and a drying step of drying, wherein the alignment controlling agent is a compound represented by formula (1) below, and the alignment controlling agent is added in 0.005 to 0.2 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound: In general formula (1), each of L1 and L2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a fluorine atom or the like, and n1 and n2 represents integers of 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru MAJIMA, Kazuhiro OKI, Hirotoshi ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20140255776
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing an electrode including mixing at least two electrode materials selected from a carbon material, a metal oxide precursor, and a conductive polymer with a solvent to prepare a mixture, coating the mixture on a current collector, and radiating IPL (intense pulsed light) on the mixture coated on the current collector, the electrode manufactured according to the method, and a supercapacitor and rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Korea Institute Of Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 8828500
    Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for sealing an organic EL device is provided, which can seal the organic EL device without exerting any bad influence on the device, thereby suppress the formation and growth of dark spots positively, and which can ensure a high transmittance of light, thereby maintain a stable light emitting characteristic over a long period of time. The composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin containing at least two glycidyl groups in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 200 to 7000, (B) an epoxy resin containing at least one glycidyl group in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 20000 to 100000, (C) a latent acid photo catalyst adapted to be activated and produce an acid upon being irradiated with energy beam, and (D) a silane coupling agent containing a glycidyl group in each molecule thereof, the composition exhibiting non-fluidity at 25° C., but exhibiting fluidity in a temperature range of 50° to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Three Bond Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Arai, Hiromasa Kitazawa, Kenichi Horie
  • Patent number: 8828499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for using a target for a coating process of metal oxide and/or metal nitride coatings by means of spark evaporation, wherein the target can be operated at a temperature that is higher than the melting point of the metal used in the target, and wherein the target is comprised of a metal whose oxides and/or nitrides are not electrically conducting. The invention further relates to the use of a target for producing metal oxide coatings and/or metal nitride coatings by means of spark evaporation, wherein the target has a matrix comprised of a metal, in which matrix non electrically conducting oxides and/or nitrides of the metal are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach
    Inventors: Denis Kurapov, Markus Lechthaler
  • Publication number: 20140245599
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an electrode utilizing electron beam (EB) or actinic radiation to cure electrode binding polymers is provided. A process is also disclosed for mixing specific actinic or EB radiation curable chemical precursors with electrode solid particles, application of the mixture to an electrode current collector, followed by the application of actinic or EB radiation to the current collector for curing the polymer, thereby binding the electrode material to the current collector. Lithium ion batteries, electric double layer capacitors, and components produced therefrom are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: ACTEGA Radcure, Inc., Miltec Corporation
    Inventors: Gary E. Voelker, John Arnold
  • Publication number: 20140248438
    Abstract: A method of coating molded metals includes cleaning a molded metal, coating the molded metal with a coating, and curing the coated molded metal. The coating includes monofunctional monomers, multifunctional monomers, and acrylic oligomers. A molded metal coating application system includes a conveyor configured to transport a molded metal. A cleaning stage is configured to clean the molded metal. A coating stage is configured to deposit a coating on the molded metal. A curing stage is configured to cure the deposited coating on the molded metal. The coating includes monofunctional monomers, multifunctional monomers, and acrylic oligomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Danliang Jin, Robert J. Petcavich
  • Patent number: 8822563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition comprising a polymer (A) that has a main chain comprising carbon atoms and a side chain having a polymerizing unsaturated linking group and has a cyclic structure in the main chain and/or the side chain, and a compound having a polymerizing unsaturated group. The curable resin composition has good optical characteristics, good heat resistance and good moldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mochizuki, Naoyuki Morooka, Rie Okutsu, Tatsuhiko Obayashi
  • Patent number: 8822126
    Abstract: The invention provides a resin composition for laser engraving, having a binder polymer containing at least one of a structure unit represented by the following Formula (I) or a structure unit represented by the following Formula (II). In the Formulae, Q represents a partial structure which provides an acid group having an acid dissociation constant pKa of 0 to 20 when it is in the form of -Q-H; R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and A and B each independently represent a bivalent organic connecting group. The invention further provides a relief printing plate precursor having a relief forming layer containing the resin composition, a method for manufacturing a relief printing plate having crosslinking components of the relief forming layer and laser engraving the relief forming layer, and a relief printing plate formed thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugasaki
  • Patent number: 8808810
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to the use of graphene as a transparent conductive coating (TCC). A substrate having a surface to be coated is provided. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) template is disposed on the surface to be coated. A precursor comprising a precursor molecule is provided, with the precursor molecule being a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and discotic molecule. The precursor is dissolved to form a solution. The solution is applied to the substrate having the SAM template disposed thereon. The precursor molecule is photochemically attached to the SAM template. The substrate is heated to at least 450 degrees C. to form a graphene-inclusive film. Advantageously, the graphene-inclusive film may be provided directly on the substrate, e.g., without the need for a liftoff process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Vijayen S. Veerasamy
  • Patent number: 8808811
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing a nanovoided article, a nanovoided coating, and a low refractive index coating is described. The process includes providing a first solution of a polymerizable material in a solvent; at least partially polymerizing the polymerizable material to form a composition that includes an insoluble polymer matrix and a second solution, wherein the insoluble polymer matrix includes a plurality of nanovoids that are filled with the second solution; and removing a major portion of the solvent from the second solution. An apparatus for the process is also described, and includes a webline, a coating section, a partial polymerization section, and a solvent removal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William Blake Kolb, Encai Hao, Brant U. Kolb, David L. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8809412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligomeric siloxane components in radiation-curable formulations which in the cured state offer a particular degree of corrosion control for metallic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Emmanouil Spyrou, Rene Koschabek, Burkhard Standke
  • Publication number: 20140220310
    Abstract: A glass film has a thickness of less than 1.2 mm, and a first and a second surface, both surfaces being defined by edges having an edge surface. The respective edge surfaces are provided with a microstructure surface, including micro-cracks and fissures which are laterally defined by flanks. At least two edges located opposite one another include a low viscosity adhesive having a viscosity of less than 600 mPas at 23° C., on their microstructure surfaces in such a way that the respective flanks of the micro-cracks and fissures are bonded together using an adhesive so that the probability of failure of the glass film having a length of 1000 m and a thickness in the range of 5 ?m to 350 ?m, and a diameter of a wound glass film roll in the range of 50 mm to 1000 mm is less than 1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Vogt, Thomas Wiegel, Holger Wegener, Ulrich Neuhäusler, Angelika Ullmann
  • Publication number: 20140216798
    Abstract: An object is to provide a copper particulate dispersion which is suited to discharge in the form of droplets. The copper particulate dispersion includes copper particulates, at least one kind of a dispersion vehicle containing the copper particulates, and at least one kind of dispersant which allows the copper particulates to disperse in the dispersion vehicle. The copper particulates have a center particle diameter of 1 nm or more and less than 100 nm. The dispersion vehicle is a polar dispersion vehicle having a boiling point within a range from 150° C. to 250° C. Whereby, when the copper particulate dispersion is discharged in the form of droplets, clogging at the discharge portion caused by drying of the dispersion vehicle is prevented and the viscosity is low for its high boiling point, and thus the copper particulate dispersion is suited to discharge in the form of droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: APPLIED NANOTECH HOLDINGS, INC., ISHIHARA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawato, Yusuke Maeda, Tomio Kudo
  • Patent number: 8784982
    Abstract: Cushioning elements include a porous foam comprising a series of interconnected cell walls and an elastomeric material formed over at least a portion of the interconnected cell walls. The porous foam is configured to allow gases to pass through at least a portion thereof. Methods of forming cushioning elements may include coating interconnected cell walls of a breathable porous foam with a liquid comprising an elastomeric material, solidifying at least a portion of the elastomeric material, and providing a gas path through the elastomeric material. Other methods include pressing sheets of foam together at a pinch point, disposing a liquid between the foam over the pinch point, coating the foam with the liquid, and separating the sheets beyond the pinch point. Some methods include consolidating a plurality of portions of porous foam into a continuous cushioning material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Edizone, LLC
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Russell B. Whatcott
  • Patent number: 8785515
    Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic compounds of formula (I) having at least two conjugated aromatic rings at least one of which has a substituent comprising a cyclic carbonate group can be used as sensitizers for cationic photoinitiators, especially iodonium compounds, and may also function as monomers in cationically initiated radiation curable compositions, especially coating compositions, such as printing inks and varnishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun Lawrence Herlihy, Robert Stephen Davidson
  • Patent number: 8778462
    Abstract: A composite sheet comprises a substrate and a multi-layer coating on its outer surface, the coating comprising a metal layer and an outer polymeric layer formed from a precursor comprising a polymerizable composition that includes an olefin group and a moisture curable group, such as an isocyanate or silane group. The function of the polymeric layer includes protecting the metal layer from corrosion. A production process for the composite sheet includes depositing the precursor and exposing it to both beam radiation and moisture, which respectively promote polymerization and curing at different sites of the precursor. The amenability of the isocyanate or silane functionality to moisture-promoted coupling promotes substantially full conversion and curing of the precursor, even of portions of the substrate that are geometrically shadowed from incident beam radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Noel Stephen Brabbs, Eric Huebsch, Yufei Tao, Lech Wilczek
  • Patent number: 8771803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for applying a colored or colorless micropattern to a support, in which a) a die form (40) is prepared whose surface exhibits an arrangement of elevations (42) and depressions (44) in the form of the desired micropattern, b) the depressions (44) in the die form are filled with a curable colored or colorless lacquer (26), c) the support (20, 30) is pretreated for a good anchoring of the colored or colorless lacquer (26), d) the surface of the die form (40) is brought into contact with the support (20, 30), e) the lacquer (26) that is in contact with the support (20, 30) in the depressions in the die form (40) is cured and, in the process, joined with the support (20, 30), and f) the surface of the die form (40) is removed from the support (20, 30) again such that the cured lacquer (26) that is joined with the support (20, 30) is pulled out of the depressions (44) in the die form (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventor: Marius Dichtl
  • Publication number: 20140179844
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions including a cross-linked polycarbonate. The cross-linked polycarbonate may be derived from a polycarbonate having about 0.5 mol % to about 5 mol % endcap groups derived from a monohydroxybenzophenone. A plaque including the composition can achieve a UL94 5VA rating. Also disclosed herein are articles including the compositions, methods of using the compositions, and processes for preparing the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Morizur, Paul Dean Sybert
  • Patent number: 8758864
    Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid electroluminescent device having a semiconductor nanocrystal pattern prepared by producing a semiconductor nanocrystal film using semiconductor nanocrystals, where the nanocrystal is surface-coordinated with a compound containing a photosensitive functional group, exposing the film through a mask and developing the exposed film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Eun Joo Jang, Shin Ae Jun, Tae Kyung Ahn, Sung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 8758865
    Abstract: A system and method for creating an authentication mark on a recording medium by depositing marking material on a medium in an image area to create a marking material image and to create a marking material authentication image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian
  • Publication number: 20140170377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to techniques for lowering friction between moving surfaces of, for example, an internal combustion engine. Friction reduction is achieved by adding texture modifications to surfaces that come in contact with each other. Texture modifications that reduce friction in accordance with the present invention include dimples of varying geometries and depths ion the surfaces of components. The present invention also relates to the fabrication technique for applying the textures to the surfaces. In another embodiment, the patterned soft mask is applied onto a large surface (flat or curved including cylindrical rollers surfaces) to be followed by electrochemical etching to imprint the textures onto the component. And, in another embodiment, a diamond-like-carbon (DLC) film may be applied to the turbine component to also reduce friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: The George Washington University
    Inventors: Stephen M. Hsu, Yang Jing, Yufei Mo, Dongyun Hua, Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20140170382
    Abstract: A functional film manufacturing method, in manufacturing a functional film having an organic layer on a support and an inorganic layer on the organic layer, comprises steps of preparing a coating material containing an organic compound which has a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher and is to be the organic layer, and an organic solvent; coating a support surface with 5 cc/m2 or more of the coating material such that the organic layer thickness becomes 0.05 to 3 ?m; forming the organic layer by drying the coating material on the support surface such that the coating material has a viscosity of 20 cP or higher and a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less in a decreasing-rate-of-drying state, and curing the organic compound; and forming the inorganic layer on the organic layer surface by a vapor phase deposition method accompanied by generation of plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eijiro IWASE
  • Patent number: 8754180
    Abstract: Provided is an active-energy-ray-curable resin composition for forming a hard coating layer that protects the surface of a touch panel or the like and makes fingerprints less noticeable. The active-energy-ray-curable resin composition includes a urethane (meth)acrylate (A) prepared through a reaction in which a polyalkylene glycol (C) having a weight-average molecular weight Mw in a range of 5,000 to 30,000, a polyisocyanate (D), and a (meth)acrylate (E) intramolecularly including a hydroxyl group serve as essential raw-material components; and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate (B), with a mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of (A) to (B) being in a range of [0.1/99.9] to [15/85].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruna Suda, Youichi Tanimoto, Norio Kosaka, Tsuneyuki Ohtaguro
  • Patent number: 8753714
    Abstract: Techniques comprising systems and methods for forming or pattering microstructures using microfluidics are described. A target structure can include a microchannel passage with a chamber into which a light hardenable material can be injected and selectively exposed to light to adhere to a desired location of a substrate. Unhardened material can be washed out of the chamber. One or more subsequent cycles can repeat the process using the same or a different material. A variety of composite microstructures can be created, including structures encapsulating viable living cells, such as for cell study or tissue engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Yuk Kee Cheung, Samuel Sia
  • Publication number: 20140158457
    Abstract: One variation may include a method of making frictional surfaces for products having coulomb friction damping are provided. The method may include coating a metallic member with a coating including friction material. The metallic member may be pressure rolled to achieve a desired coating thickness and or the metallic member may be micro-waved to cure the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Hanna
  • Publication number: 20140162076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals comprising a photoreactive group as given below in formula (I), compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, especially liquid crystal devices (LCDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Eckert, Satish Palika, Andreas Schuster
  • Patent number: 8747538
    Abstract: A photovoltaic crucible mold release compound includes a powder mixture comprising silicon nitride powder having 1 ppm of impurities or less and silicon dioxide 1 ppm of impurities or less mixed in with the silicon nitride powder until the gray of the silicon nitride powder turns lighter in color which is from 1% silicon dioxide in weight up to 50% silicon dioxide in weight. Also included is a binder having a liquid. The powder mixture is mixed with the binder. The binder can be ethanol, water or alcohol. A photovoltaic crucible mold release compound can also include a photovoltaic crucible mold, so that the mold release compound is applied to an inside surface of the photovoltaic crucible mold to a thickness of 75 to 1500 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Chung-Hou Tony Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20140154485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous self-metered process of forming a multilayer film comprising at least two superimposed polymer layers comprising the steps of: (i) providing a substrate (5); (ii) providing two or more coating knives (2, 3, 4) which are offset, independently from each other, from said substrate (5) and/or from an adjacent coating knife to form at least one substrate gap (9) relative to the surface of the substrate (5) and at least one outlet gap (10) relative to the surface of an adjacent coating knife; (iii) moving the substrate (5) relative to the coating knives (2, 3, 4) in a downstream direction (6), (iv) providing curable liquid precursors of the polymers (I, II, III) to the upstream side of the coating knives (2, 3, 4) thereby coating the two or more precursors (I, II, III) through the respective gaps (9, 10) as superimposed layers (12, 13, 14) onto the substrate (5); (v) optionally providing one or more solid films (1 1) and applying these essentially simultaneously with the format
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Steffen Traser, Jan D. Forster, Bernd Kuehneweg
  • Publication number: 20140155546
    Abstract: There is provided a polyimide precursor which can alter the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of the surface of a cured film formed readily even by a low level of ultraviolet ray irradiation; and a polyimide produced from the polyimide precursor. The polyimide precursor having a structure represented by the following formula (1): where A represents a tetravalent organic group; B represents a bivalent organic group having a thiol ester bond in its main chain; R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a univalent organic group; and n represents a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi MAEDA, Yosuke IINUMA
  • Patent number: 8741779
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus for processing an object to be processed using a plasma. The apparatus includes a processing chamber defining a processing cavity for containing an object to be processed and a process gas therein, a microwave radiating antenna having a microwave radiating surface for radiating a microwave in order to excite a plasma in the processing cavity, and a dielectric body provided so as to be opposed to the microwave radiating surface, in which the distance D between the microwave radiating surface and a surface of the dielectric body facing away from the microwave radiating surface, which is represented with the wavelength of the microwave being a distance unit, is determined to be in the range satisfying the inequality 0.7×n/4?D?1.3×n/4 (n being a natural number).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: ROHM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Kazuhide Ino, Takahiro Arakawa
  • Patent number: 8731366
    Abstract: The first aspect of the instant claimed invention is a method of formulating radiation curable Supercoatings for application to an optical fiber used in a telecommunications network. A Multi-layer Film Drawdown Method useful in the Method of formulating radiation curable Supercoatings is also described and claimed. Single mode Optical fibers coated with specific radiation curable Supercoatings are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Xiaosong Wu, Steven Robert Schmid, Timothy Edward Bishop, John Monroe Zimmerman, Wendell Wayne Cattron, Edward Joseph Murphy, Pratik Shah
  • Patent number: 8724956
    Abstract: The first aspect of the instant claimed invention is a method of formulating radiation curable Supercoatings for application to an optical fiber used in a telecommunications network. A Multi-layer Film Drawdown Method useful in the Method of formulating radiation curable Supercoatings is also described and claimed. Single mode Optical fibers coated with specific radiation curable Supercoatings are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Xiaosong Wu, Steven Robert Schmid, Timothy Edward Bishop, John Monroe Zimmerman, Wendell Wayne Cattron, Edward Joseph Murphy, Pratik Shah
  • Patent number: 8722151
    Abstract: A method for creating a wood like appearance on a synthetic component using a sales client device, a network, computer instructions for creating a work order, a tray with scannable tray identifier to hold a synthetic component, a production client device connected to the network with computer instructions for applying a base coat, a glaze, and a top coat with spray treatment devices to the synthetic component as it automatically moves on a conveyer system a portion of which is connected to the production client device. Scanning a scannable tray identifier with a plurality of sensors to link the tray identifier to the work order and to authenticate and validate the location of the tray on the conveyor system, or to initiate an alerting device. The method uses temperature control environments to simultaneously control humidity and heating of the synthetic component while spraying, drying and UV curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Glasscraft Door Company
    Inventors: John B. Plummer, Matthew James O'Shea, Joseph Gene Denley
  • Patent number: 8721844
    Abstract: Dental curing systems, apparatuses, and methods may include a light source, a perforated plate, and a dental composite. The perforated plate may be positioned between the light source and the dental composite. The perforated plate may include a plurality of perforations that convert a first curing light beam from the light source into multiple curing light beams before reaching the dental composite. The multiple curing light beams come in contact with the dental composite to begin the curing process at certain locations on the dental composite. The perforated plate may then be removed, and a second curing light beam from the light source may be applied to the dental composite to complete the curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Mohammad Al Rifai
  • Publication number: 20140127420
    Abstract: Thermosetting polymeric compositions, such as polyurethane compositions, and related methods are provided. The invention relates to coating and polymer compositions and related methods derived from a biodegradable natural polysaccharide compound such as chitosan, pectin, heparin, and combinations thereof reacted to a cyclic oxide compound, such as an oxetane, oxolane or oxepane compound. The compositions and methods of the present invention exhibit self-repairing properties upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The compositions and methods of the present invention can be used in many coating applications, such as the transportation, packaging, fashion, and biomedical industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: The University of Southern Mississippi
    Inventors: Marek W. Urban, Biswajit Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20140127421
    Abstract: The method of foaming and applying a sealing material is characterized by comprising the steps of hot-melting the sealing material; mixing nitrogen gas into the melted sealing material under a predefined pressurization; discharging the resultant mixture at a predefined pressure into the air to thus foam the mixture and simultaneously apply it to a place necessary to seal, thus making a sealing foam; and curing this sealing foam by ultraviolet rays. By this method, the sealing material does not involve flowing after applied, and shows an excellent sealing performance even under severe heat resistance conditions, and also can make good independent cells inside even when used in a foamed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NITTA GELATIN INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi SEKITA, Hiroyuki NAKATANI, Seiki UENO
  • Publication number: 20140127419
    Abstract: Electrode structures and electrochemical cells are provided. The electrode structures and/or electrochemical cells described herein may include one or more protective layers comprising a polymer layer and/or a gel polymer electrolyte layer. The polymer layer may be formed from the copolymerization of an olefinic monomer comprising at least one electron withdrawing group and an olefinic comonomer comprising at least one electron donating group. Methods for forming polymer layers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: BASF SE, Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Sven Fleischmann, Tobias Petsch, Andrea Misske, Ruediger Schmidt, Veronika G. Viner, Bala Sankaran
  • Publication number: 20140120353
    Abstract: Curable aqueous polyurethane polymer dispersions are described. The dispersion comprises a polyurethane copolymer having pendant (meth)acrylate groups and pendant carboxylic groups along the main chain and a tertiary aminofunctional unsaturated monomer that has reacted in an acid/base reaction with the carboxylic acid groups on the main chain. The dispersion can be applied to the surface of a substrate and cured using ultra-violet or electron-beam radiation to form a cured polyurethane having desired properties that does not emit volatile amine compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Richard R. Roesler, Lyubov K. Gindin, Serkan Unal, Peter D. Schmitt, Ronald M. Konitsney
  • Publication number: 20140120351
    Abstract: Processes for coating substrates and the related substrates are disclosed herein. A one-component base coating composition is applied onto a substrate and a one-component top coating composition is applied wet-on-wet onto the applied base coating composition. The coating compositions are based on aqueous acrylate/polyurethane dispersions. The top coating composition is applied after the applied base coating composition develops a pendulum hardness of at least 50% of the pendulum hardness that would be exhibited by the base coating composition after UV cure. The applied coatings exposed to UV radiation to simultaneously cure both the base coating composition and the top coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Kathy Allen, Terrell Wayt, Jeanette Eastman
  • Publication number: 20140113152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a coated packaging material (10), wherein at least the following steps are carried out: a) providing a substrate (12), which has a base material (14) made of cellulose, an outside (16) to face away from a good to be packaged, and an inside (18) to face the good to be packaged; b) coating the inside (18) of the substrate with at least one layer of an aqueous composition, which comprises at least polyvinyl alcohol and a cross-linking agent and has a solid content of at most 25 wt %; and c) drying the layer and cross-linking the polyvinyl alcohol by means of the cross-linking agent in order to form a barrier layer (22a, 22b) for hydrophobic compounds. The invention further relates to a packaging material (10) having at least one barrier layer (22a, 22b) for hydrophobic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
    Inventors: Michael Zischka, Julia Spanring, Martin Reischl