Textile Or Fiber Coated Or Impregnated Patents (Class 427/513)
  • Patent number: 11880061
    Abstract: A system for producing a multicore optical fiber includes a source of electromagnetic radiation in a spectral range that is suitable for inducing photopolymerization of a transparent polymer. An arrangement of one or more optical components is configured to concurrently focus the radiation that is emitted by the source on a plurality of elongated regions of the transparent polymer so as to photopolymerize the transparent polymer solely in the elongated regions to increase the index of refraction of the elongated regions such that in the optical fiber that is formed of the transparent polymer after the elongated regions are photopolymerized, each of the elongated regions functions as a core of the optical fiber and regions of the transparent polymer that surround the elongated regions function as a cladding of each of the cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZSQUARE LTD.
    Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Asaf Shahmoon, Amihai Meiri, Oran Herman
  • Patent number: 10590248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a PDMS-polyurethane film for displays, which has a dielectric constant/elastic modulus value of 2 to 15 mm2/N, and a production method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Won Lee, Hyeon Choi, Houng-Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 9920471
    Abstract: A rain-test resistant, high-vapor-permeable, water-repellent and water-resistant manufacturing process for making such fabrics is provided. It is used in the dyeing and finishing process of fabric in which the fabric is treated with the treatment roller, knife roller, and spray methods. These combined methods can coat water-repellent agent on the fabric and form a very thin film on the fabric. This protective film on the fabric enhances the wash resistance of the fabric while it will not adversely affect the water repellence and water resistance of the fabric. Moreover, this technique of forming a very thin water-repellent film on the fabric rules out the conventional method with which the water-repellent agent dipped within the fabric structure is easily washed out with regular laundry of the fabric due to the lesser amount of the agent being attached onto the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: G-Fun Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Qiu-Xiong Cai, Feng-Ying Tian, Jia-Yong Xie
  • Patent number: 9796191
    Abstract: A method of printing a decoration on a substrate include inkjet printing a plurality of inks to form a layer having a predetermined pattern on a surface of the substrate, wherein each of the inks includes a solvent and has a different color; heating the substrate to evaporate at least a portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks; and thermally curing the layer after evaporating at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks to form the decoration. The substrate is heated to a temperature that evaporates at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks without fully curing the plurality of inks. A boiling point of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks is within 10° C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Qingya Wang, Yongsheng Yan, Fang-Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 9168711
    Abstract: A long fiber reinforced plastic strand production device is provided with: a rotary type haul-off machine which forms a long fiber reinforced plastic strand by drawing out a reinforcing fiber bundle which has been impregnated with a plastic from an impregnation head while rotating the reinforcing fiber bundle around the axis thereof to apply twists in the reinforcing fiber bundle, and draws in the formed long fiber reinforced plastic strand; and a rotary type winding-up machine which introduces the long fiber reinforced plastic strand drawn from the rotary type haul-off machine to a winding bobbin while rotating the long fiber reinforced plastic strand around the axis of the strand in the same direction as the rotation direction of the reinforcing fiber bundle rotated by the rotary type haul-off machine, and winds the rotated long fiber reinforced plastic strand around the winding bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20150072144
    Abstract: A radiation curable coating composition for an optical fiber comprising: at least one urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer, at least one reactive diluent monomer and at least one photo initiator is described and claimed. The composition is capable of undergoing photopolymerization when coated on an optical fiber and when irradiated by a light emitting diode (LED) light, having a wavelength from about 100 nm to about 900 nm, to provide a cured coating on the optical fiber, with the cured coating having a top surface, and the cured coating having a Percent Reacted Acrylate Unsaturation (% RAU) at the top surface of about 60% or greater. Also described and claimed are the process to coat an optical fiber with the LED curable coating for optical fiber and a coated optical fiber where the coating has been cured by application of LED light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy BISHOP, Keqi GAN
  • Patent number: 8900673
    Abstract: A long-lasting water-repellent textile treatment process using a curable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-containing polyurethane (PU) system includes the steps of mixing a di-isocyanate with a PDMS-containing material, and reacting the di-isocyanate with the PDMS-containing material to form an NCO-terminated PDMS-containing PU system. The treatment process obtains a long-lasting water-repellent textile, which overcomes the shortcomings in hand feel, washing durability, and breathability of the conventional water-repellent textile, while having the advantages of low cost and of being an environmentally friendly process, while also providing useful and practical industrial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventors: Wei-hung Chen, Po-cheng Chen, Shih-chieh Wang, Kan-nan Chen
  • Patent number: 8861916
    Abstract: Epoxy-functional polysiloxanes containing epoxy groups and hydrocarbyl groups free of aliphatic unsaturation, a silicone composition containing a polysiloxane selected from the aforementioned epoxy-functional polysiloxanes, a cured polysiloxane prepared by exposing the silicone composition to ultraviolet radiation, a coated optical fiber containing a cured polysiloxane, and a method of preparing a coated optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Maneesh Bahadur, Shedric O'Neal Glover, Ann Walstrom Norris
  • Publication number: 20140226943
    Abstract: A wet-on-dry process for coating a glass optical fiber with a radiation curable Primary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable Primary Coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying radiation to effect curing of said radiation curable Primary Coating composition; (d) applying a secondary coating to the Primary Coating; and (e) applying radiation to effect curing of said secondary coating. Also, a wet-on-wet process for coating a glass optical fiber with a radiation curable Primary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable Primary Coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying a secondary coating to the Primary Coating; and (d) applying radiation to effect curing of the Primary Coating and the secondary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Xiaosong Dean WU, Steven R. SCHMID, Edward J. MURPHY, John M. ZIMMERMAN, Anthony Joseph TORTORELLO
  • Patent number: 8796161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a textile with a silicon elastomer composition that can be crosslinked by polyaddition, enabling the textile to be given a non-slip property. The invention also relates to textile articles thus coated, such as clothing and lace, exhibiting good adhesion to various mediums, such as skin, another textile, a fibrous medium, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Bluestar Silicones France SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Defaux, Bernard Moulin
  • Publication number: 20140198318
    Abstract: An optical fiber with a b-stageable hybrid adhesive coating includes an optical fiber and an outer jacket. The outer jacket includes at least one layer that includes a partially cured b-stageable hybrid adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Charlie Gray, Stan Kopacz, William R. Schulzetenberg, Michael D. Sardinha, Joseph M. Rivera
  • Publication number: 20140199468
    Abstract: A nanofiber is formed by combining one or more natural or synthetic polymeric materials and one or more than one cross-linking agents having at least two latent reactive activatable groups. The latent reactive activatable nanofiber may be used to modify the surface of a substrate by activating at least one of the latent reactive activatable groups to bond the nanofiber to the surface by the formation of a covalent bond between the surface of the substrate and the latent reactive activatable group. Some of the remaining latent reactive activatable group(s) are left accessible on the surface of the substrate, and may be used for further surface modification of the substrate. Biologically active materials may be immobilized on the nanofiber modified surface by reacting with the latent reactive groups that are accessible on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Innovative Surface Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Wen, Patrick E. Guire
  • Publication number: 20140127506
    Abstract: A wet-on-dry process for coating a glass optical fiber with a radiation curable Primary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable Primary Coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying radiation to effect curing of said radiation curable Primary Coating composition; (d) applying a secondary coating to the Primary Coating; and (e) applying radiation to effect curing of said secondary coating. Also, a wet-on-wet process for coating a glass optical fiber with a radiation curable Primary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable Primary Coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying a secondary coating to the Primary Coating; and (d) applying radiation to effect curing of the Primary Coating and the secondary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Tyson Dean NORLIN, Steven R SCHMID, Edward J MURPHY, John M ZIMMERMAN, Anthony Joseph TORTORELLO
  • Patent number: 8709590
    Abstract: A hot-press cushion material is a complex comprising paper formed of a fiber material and a rubber impregnated in the paper, and the volume ratio between the fiber material and the rubber is within a range of 1/1.5 to 1/7.5, and the void ratio in the complex is within a range of 60 to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Yamauchi Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8658257
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber, comprises applying a UV cured resin to an outer circumference of a running glass optical fiber, forming an accompanying flow composed of an inert gas near a surface of the resin by passing the glass optical fiber immediately after having the resin being applied through an atmosphere of the inert gas, and forming a coating by irradiating the resin coated with the accompanying flow with ultraviolet ray to cure the resin while the glass optical fiber accompanied by the accompanying flow is passed through a UV transmission tube to which a gas containing oxygen is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuraseko, Nobuaki Orita, Yasuo Nakajima, Minoru Kasahara, Keisuke Ui
  • Publication number: 20140030473
    Abstract: There is disclosed a floor covering comprising a primary backing having a fibrous face and an underside; and a microwave cured precoat layer on the underside of the primary backing. There is also disclosed herein a method of making a floor covering comprising: tufting or implanting a fibrous material or yarn into a primary backing; precoating the underside of the primary backing layer by applying a precoating composition followed by microwave curing the precoating. An apparatus for curing a precoated primary backing layer also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Interface Aust. Pty Limited
    Inventor: Michael Lindsay Boyd
  • Patent number: 8604448
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus and method provide efficient curing of an optical-fiber coating onto a drawn glass fiber. The apparatus and method employ one or more UVLEDs that emit electromagnetic radiation into a curing space. An incompletely cured optical-fiber coating, which is formed upon a glass fiber, absorbs emitted and reflected electromagnetic radiation to effect improved curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Draka Comteq, B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Bob J. Overton, Xavier Meersseman
  • Publication number: 20130224495
    Abstract: A radiation curable coating for a floor comprising: at least one radiation curable oligomer, at least one photoinitiator and at least one reactive diluent monomer, said radiation curable oligomer being selected from the group consisting of Urethane (meth)acrylates, epoxy (meth)acrylates, polyester (meth)acrylates, acrylic (meth)acrylates, and hydrocarbon (meth)acrylates is described and claimed. The composition is capable of undergoing photopolymerization when coated on a floor and when irradiated by a light emitting diode (LED) light, having a wavelength from about 100 nm to about 900 nm, to provide a cured coating on the floor, with the cured coating having an external surface, and the cured coating having a Percent Reacted Acrylate Unsaturation (% RAU) at the external surface of about 60% or greater. Also described and claimed are the process to coat a floor with the LED curable coating for floor and a coated floor where the coating has been cured by application of LED light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Keqi Gan, Timothy Bishop, Tai-Yeon Lee, Huimin Cao, Mark Diaz
  • Publication number: 20130209699
    Abstract: A long-lasting water-repellency textile application that uses a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-containing polyurethane (PU) involves a manufacturing process of NCO-terminated PU prepolymer of PDMS diols and polyisocyanate with a catalyst for forming a moisture-curable PDMS-containing PU oligomer, or becoming an UV-curable PDMS-containing PU oligomer after a chemical reaction takes place. The PU oligomer owns PDMS moiety with water-repellent properties. The moisture- or UV-curable PU with NCO and acrylate end-groups can create cross-linked polymeric networks between fibers of textiles by exposing to the air or UV-radiation. The final cross-linked PDMS-containing PU treated textile demonstrates long-lasting water-repellent properties with an excellent soft hand feel and a breathable feature. Furthermore, the textile water-repellent treatment is cost-effective, and most importantly these two different curing processes could be carried out at ambient temperature without requiring any waste water discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Tamkang University
    Inventor: Tamkang University
  • Publication number: 20130196843
    Abstract: This specification relates to a colorless composite material capable of retaining transparency within a wide temperature range by impregnating glass composition (glass fibers) with inorganic-organic hybrid resin. A colorless composite material according to exemplary embodiments includes glass fibers, and inorganic-organic hybrid resin consisting of inorganic bonds and organic bonds, wherein the inorganic bonds are Si—O—Si bonds or Si—O-M bonds and M denotes a metallic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Deokhai Park, Eunseck Kang, Kyungho Jung, Namseok Kang
  • Publication number: 20130183481
    Abstract: Present invention describes a patterned and coated micro- and nano-scale fibers elastomeric material for enhanced adhesion in wet or dry environments. A multi-step fabrication process including optical lithography, micromolding, polymer synthesis, dipping, stamping, and photopolymerization is described to produce uniform arrays of micron-scale fibers with mushroom-shaped tips coated with a thin layer of an intrinsically adhesive synthetic polymer, such as lightly crosslinked p(DMA-co-MEA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation
    Inventor: Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation
  • Publication number: 20130112342
    Abstract: Fiber reinforcement rods having a combination of reinforcing fiber members coated with a UV curable vinyl ester resin material and a polybutylene terephthalate/polyether glycol or ethylene acrylic acid topcoat layer. The reinforcing fiber members may be S-type fiber members, E-type glass fiber members, a combination thereof, or E-type glass fiber members and/or S-type glass fiber members with high strength synthetic strands of poly(p-phenylene 2,6 benzoisoxazole fiber members. The topcoat layer provides enhanced properties of specific adhesion, enhanced environmental protection, resistance to surface fiber breakage, and to some degree resistance from delamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas P. Hager, Richard N. Lehman
  • Patent number: 8435630
    Abstract: A hot press cushioning pad 1 has a fiber-rubber composite material layer formed by a woven fabric and a rubber impregnated in the woven fabric. The warp of the woven fabric is a doubled and twisted yarn, and the weft thereof is a texturized yarn made of glass fibers. The fiber-rubber composite material layer has voids inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Yamauchi Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130090030
    Abstract: A method of treatment for synthetic or natural fibre or yarn includes coating the fibre/yarn with a dispersion of carbon nanotubes in a coating composition which is cured by actinic radiation, such as UV, to provide a flexible conductive layer on the fibre/yarn. The liquid coating composition is sheared along the direction of a long axis of the yarn as it is applied to the yarn whereby the carbon nanotubes are substantially aligned prior to curing of the coating layer to provide improved longitudinal conductance. The method provides conductive fibre/yarn, from which anti-static textiles and fabrics can be formed, by treatment of conventional fibre/yarn and in a method with low energy consumption. The improved conductance allows thin or partial (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: DEVAN CHEMICALS NV
    Inventors: David Van De Vyver, Frank Godefroidt, Dirk Luyckx, Laure Chaboche, Karin Eufinger, Paul Roshan, Myriam Vanneste, Marc Van Parys, Xavier Decant, Helena Esteve Nunez
  • Publication number: 20130052364
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus and method provide efficient curing of an optical-fiber coating onto a drawn glass fiber. The apparatus and method employ one or more UVLEDs that emit electromagnetic radiation into a curing space. An incompletely cured optical-fiber coating, which is formed upon a glass fiber, absorbs emitted and reflected electromagnetic radiation to effect improved curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: DRAKA COMTEQ, B.V.
    Inventor: DRAKA COMTEQ, B.V.
  • Publication number: 20130022852
    Abstract: Methods for improving the electrical conductivity of a carbon felt material is provided. In some embodiments, a method improving the electrical conductivity of a carbon felt material comprises applying a carbon source liquid to at least a portion of a carbon felt material, optionally removing excess carbon source liquid from the carbon felt material, and converting the carbon source material to solid carbon, such as by heating. Also provided are materials and products created using these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: EnerVault Corporation
    Inventors: On Kok Chang, Kimio Kinoshita, Ronald James Mosso
  • Patent number: 8323750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a UV irradiation assisted method of surface modification, which comprises: introducing a functional group L onto the surface of a polymer material P through the photochemical reaction of a photosensitive group X under UV irradiation, wherein the photosensitive group X comprises at least one xanthone unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Beijing Wanhexinyuan BioTechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing University of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Wantai Yang, Zhenhua Huang, Yanhe Tong, Lei Shao
  • Patent number: 8314408
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus and method provide efficient curing of an optical-fiber coating onto a drawn glass fiber. The apparatus and method employ one or more UVLEDs that emit electromagnetic radiation into a curing space. An incompletely cured optical-fiber coating, which is formed upon a glass fiber, absorbs emitted and reflected electromagnetic radiation to effect improved curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Draka Comteq, B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Bob J. Overton, Xavier Meersseman
  • Publication number: 20120196122
    Abstract: A radiation curable coating composition for an optical fiber comprising: at least one urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer, at least one reactive diluent monomer and at least one photo initiator is described and claimed. The composition is capable of undergoing photopolymerization when coated on an optical fiber and when irradiated by a light emitting diode (LED) light, having a wavelength from about 100 nm to about 900 nm, to provide a cured coating on the optical fiber, with the cured coating having a top surface, and the cured coating having a Percent Reacted Acrylate Unsaturation (% RAU) at the top surface of about 60% or greater. Also described and claimed are the process to coat an optical fiber with the LED curable coating for optical fiber and a coated optical fiber where the coating has been cured by application of LED light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy Bishop, Keqi Gan
  • Publication number: 20120164406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a textile with a silicon elastomer composition that can be crosslinked by polyaddition, enabling the textile to be given a non-slip property. The invention also relates to textile articles thus coated, such as clothing and lace, exhibiting good adhesion to various mediums, such as skin, another textile, a fibrous medium, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BLUE STAR SILICONES FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre Defaux, Bernard Moulin
  • Publication number: 20120058317
    Abstract: A 100% solids energy curable liquid primer coating is provided for use on a variety of substrates which cures to form a coating that provides good ink adhesion and high print quality when printed using an electrophotographic printing device. The coating includes a polyester acrylate, at least one acrylated amine, and optionally, a photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MICHELMAN, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Seung, Richard Michelman
  • Publication number: 20120052296
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glass fiber-silsesquioxane composite molded article containing glass fibers and a cured material of a silsesquioxane polymer composited therewith, wherein the silsesquioxane has a polyhedral structure or a partially polyhedral structure. The glass fiber-silsesquioxane composite molded article is preferably obtained by impregnating glass fibers with a composition containing at least one of silsesquioxanes represented by formula (A-1) to (A-3) and at least one of a curing agent, a polymerization initiator, and a hydrosilylation catalyst, or the silsesquioxane polymer and allowing a curing reaction to proceed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Hironori Ikeno, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120028328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are coated articles and methods of preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Ecology Coatings, Inc.
    Inventor: Sally Judith Weine Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20120015188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fibrous composite material using at least one epoxy resin and at least one initiator comprising one or more cationic metal olefin complexes. The invention further relates to a fiber-containing agent and to a fiber-containing composite material as such.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Felipe Wolff Fabris, Andreas Ferencz, Katja Klophaus, Volker Altstadt
  • Publication number: 20110290525
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing elastomer covered electric wire includes a conductor, and a covering layer on a periphery of the conductor. The covering layer includes a composition including 100 parts by weight of a tetrafluoroethylene-propylene system copolymer and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a fatty acid amide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi KIMURA, Takuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110294384
    Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include, among others, polymer compositions, methods of making polymer compositions, structures having the polymer composition covalently bonded to the surface of the structure, methods of attaching the polymer to the surface of the structure, methods of decreasing the amount of microorganisms formed on a structure, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Jason Locklin, Ian Hardin, Satyabrata Samanta, Vikram Dhende
  • Publication number: 20110274397
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing tight-buffered optical fiber having improved fiber access. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method for making a tight buffer upcoated optical fiber having a predetermined buffer stripping force is provided. The method includes controlling residual acrylate unsaturation (RAU) and oxygen in at least an outer surface of un-buffered optical fiber to achieve a predetermined buffer stripping characteristic, applying a tight buffer composition comprising acrylate to the un-buffered optical fiber, and curing the tight buffer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLC
    Inventors: Peter A. Weimann, Timothy Goddard, Heng Ly
  • Publication number: 20110230617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation-curable coating materials comprising new photoinitiators, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sylke Haremza, Michael Bueschel, Tobias Johannes Korn, Erich Beck, Simon Nord
  • Publication number: 20110180298
    Abstract: A hydrous water absorbent polymer-dispersed ultraviolet curable resin composition, a porous substance, an insulated wire, a multilayer covered cable, a coaxial cable using the same, a method for manufacturing the porous substance and a method for manufacturing the insulated wire using the same. A hydrous water absorbent polymer preliminarily hydrated and swollen is dispersed in an ultraviolet curable resin composition. The ultraviolet curable resin composition includes an urethane oligomer having a molecular weight of 5000 or less and having a poly(ethylene-glicol-adipate)diol having a molecular weight of 500 to 3000 and having an acryloyl radical or a methacryloyl radical as a functional radical X at both ends by urethane bond via an alicyclic isocyanate as expressed by a following formula, at least one kind of alicyclic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator. 0.01 mass % to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KATO, Tomiya Abe
  • Publication number: 20110150404
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for coating an optical fiber. The method includes coating an optical fiber with a primary coating, preparing a secondary coating by selectively mixing a concentrate with an ultraviolet (UV) curable diluent coating, wherein the concentrate comprises predetermined amounts of a color agent and a release agent, and applying the secondary coating to the optical fiber and primary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: OFS FITEL, LLC
    Inventors: Kariofilis Konstadinidis, Harry Garner
  • Publication number: 20110070438
    Abstract: Epoxy-functional polysiloxanes containing epoxy groups and hydrocarbyl groups free of aliphatic unsaturation, a silicone composition containing a polysiloxane selected from the aforementioned epoxy-functional polysiloxanes, a cured polysiloxane prepared by exposing the silicone composition to ultraviolet radiation, a coated optical fiber containing a cured polysiloxane, and a method of preparing a coated optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Maneesh Bahadur, Shedric O'Neal Glover, Ann Walstrom Norris
  • Publication number: 20110052903
    Abstract: A water dilutable UV-curable polyurethane containing alkylene oxide groups, the polyurethane being obtained from components comprising at least: (i) 1 to 25 wt. % of at least one polyisocyanate; (ii) 0 to 80 wt. % of at least one hydroxyl functional compound containing alkylene oxide groups; (iii) 10 to 90 wt. % of at least one hydroxyl functional compound containing at least one polymerisable unsaturated (meth)acryloyl functional group per molecule; and (iv) 0 to 50 wt. % of at least one isocyanate-reactive compound not comprised by (ii) or (iii); wherein the sum of (i) to (iv) is 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Josephus Christian Van Oorschot, Ronald Tennebroek, Roel Johannes Marinus Swaans, Marc Roelands
  • Patent number: 7829146
    Abstract: Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for neutralizing a stain on a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a composition that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the composition may be substantially removed from the surface to remove a portion or substantially all of the stain before being affixed to the surface. If a user desires to remove the composition from the surface, the composition is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the composition to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the composition may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketan N. Shah, James F. Kimball, Marcia L. Santaga, Eric J. Minor
  • Patent number: 7803431
    Abstract: A method for coating yarn is proposed, including steps in which the yarn is first placed in contact with a dispersion of the coating agent in a dispersing agent or with the coating agent in melted form, optionally excess dispersion or melt is scraped back off the yarn, and then the coating is formed on the yarn, where in the case of the dispersion this occurs by means of at least partially removing the dispersing agent by heating, and the yarn thus coated is then cooled down and wound, which is distinguished by the fact that the coated yarn undergoes additional cooling before winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Freddy M. J. Tijink, Henricus H. W. Feijen, Ronald Stiefelhagen, Christian Vieth, Johannes P. M. Dortmans
  • Patent number: 7799842
    Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforced silicone resin film, the method comprising the steps of impregnating a fiber reinforcement in a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition comprising a silicone resin and a photoactivated hydrosilylation catalyst; and exposing the impregnated fiber reinforcement to radiation having a wavelength of from 150 to 800 nm at a dosage sufficient to cure the silicone resin; wherein the reinforced silicone resin film comprises from 10 to 99% (w/w) of the cured silicone resin and the film has a thickness of from 15 to 500 ?m; and a reinforced silicone resin film prepared according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Anderson, Bizhong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100206806
    Abstract: Hydrophilic porous substrates, methods of making hydrophilic porous substrates from hydrophobic polymers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Clinton P. Waller, JR., Douglas E. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20100183821
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus and method provide efficient curing of an optical-fiber coating onto a drawn glass fiber. The apparatus and method employ one or more UVLEDs that emit electromagnetic radiation into a curing space. An incompletely cured optical-fiber coating, which is formed upon a glass fiber, absorbs emitted and reflected electromagnetic radiation to effect improved curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: DRAKA COMTEQ, B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Bob J. Overton, Xavier Meersseman
  • Patent number: 7750060
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable composition including a polyester urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer prepared from ortho-carboxylic polyester polyols, where the composition, after cure, has a secant modulus greater than about 600 MPa and an elongation at break of at least about 10%. The invention also relates to coated optical fibers and optical fiber ribbon including at least one coating derived from this composition, and to a process of making these coated optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Edward P. Zahora, Anthony J. Tortorello, Edward J. Murphy, Anthony F. Toussaint, Timothy P. Reichert, Kelly A. Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20100158469
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated optical fibers comprising soft primary coatings and to such primary coatings for protecting glass optical fibers having a sufficient high resistance against cavitation. In particular, the primary coatings have a cavitation strength at which a tenth cavitation appears (?10cav) of at least about 1.0 MPa as measured at a deformation rate of 0.20% min?1 and of at least about 1.4 times their storage modulus at 23° C. The coating preferably shows strain hardening in a relative Mooney plot, preferably has a strain energy release rate Go of about 20 J/m2 or more, and preferably has a low volumetric thermal expansion coefficient. The invention furthermore provides a method and apparatus for measuring the cavitation strength of a primary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Markus J. H. Bulters, Gerrit Rekers, Philippe W. P. V. Bleiman, Jozef M. H. Linsen, Alexander A. M. Stroeks, Johannes A. Van Eekelen, Adrianus G. M. Abel, Marko Dorschu, Paulus A. M. Steeman
  • Publication number: 20100092689
    Abstract: A long-lasting water-repellency textile application that uses a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-containing polyurethane (PU) involves a manufacturing process of NCO-terminated PU prepolymer of PDMS diols and polyisocyanate with a catalyst for forming a moisture-curable PDMS-containing PU oligomer, or becoming an UV-curable PDMS-containing PU oligomer after a chemical reaction takes place. The PU oligomer owns PDMS moiety with water-repellent properties. The moisture- or UV-curable PU with NCO and acrylate end-groups can create cross-linked polymeric networks between fibers of textiles by exposing to the air or UV-radiation. The final cross-linked PDMS-containing PU treated textile demonstrates long-lasting water-repellent properties with an excellent soft hand feel and a breathable feature. Furthermore, the textile water-repellent treatment is cost-effective, and most importantly these two different curing processes could be carried out at ambient temperature without requiring any waste water discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Wei-hung CHEN, Po-cheng Chen, Shih-chieh Wang, Kan-nan Chen