Continuous And Nonuniform Or Irregular Surface On Layer Or Component (e.g., Roofing, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/141)
  • Patent number: 12257748
    Abstract: A composite molded article is manufactured in such a manner that a molding mold that forms a molding space by mold closing and has a weir portion projecting into the molding space is opened, a flat plate-like first member that is softened under heating is arranged in a part of a portion where the molding space is formed, the stereoscopic first molded portion is formed with mold closing, simultaneously an injected molten resin is filled in a remaining portion of the molding space around the first member outside the weir portion in a state that the weir portion is made to abut against a thin portion provided at a peripheral edge of the first molded portion, and the second molding portion joined to the first molding portion is formed by hardening molten resin after the resin is caused to contact the first molded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VUTEQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Bando, Hiroshi Kito, Kazuto Sawada, Batbaatar Liijiijamba
  • Patent number: 12251915
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having excellent abrasion-resistance. Also, provided is a decorative sheet capable of reducing abrasion sound. A decorative sheet is provided with; a linear irregularity pattern formed by a plurality of groove parts arranged side by side; and a protrusion pattern that coexists inside the linear irregularity pattern, is arranged at random without having any regularity with respect to the linear irregularity pattern, and is formed to have at least a height equal to or higher than a height of a protrusion part of the linear irregularity pattern. The protrusion pattern reinforces the linear irregularity pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Hiroshima, Yoshio Okabe, Yoshio Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 12247090
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes, in part, an enzyme-mediated radical initiating system and methods of using the system to produce polymers, including polymeric hydrogels, at ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Teng Su, Jennifer West, Neica Joseph
  • Patent number: 12242199
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wafer stage includes moving the wafer stage to position an immersion hood over a first sensor in the wafer stage. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over a second sensor in the wafer stage. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over a first particle capture area on the wafer stage after moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over the second sensor. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to define a routing track over the first particle capture area. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over an area for receiving a wafer on the wafer stage after defining the routing track over the first particle capture area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yao Lee, Wei Chih Lin, Chih Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 12245448
    Abstract: An exemplary transparent tandem organic solar cell comprises a transparent substrate; a first transparent electrode disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate; and a series of interconnecting organic active layers disposed on a surface of the first transparent electrode. The series of organic interconnecting active layers comprise at least a front sub-cell that blocks ultraviolet wavelengths from passing through the front sub-cell; and a back sub-cell that blocks infrared wavelengths from passing through the back sub-cell. The solar cell further comprises a distributed Bragg reflector disposed on a surface of the back sub-cell, wherein the distributed Bragg reflector reflects unblocked infrared photons at an interface between the back sub-cell and the distributed Bragg reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, NextGen Nano LLC
    Inventors: Franky So, Carr Hoi Yi Ho, Xiangyu Fu, Matthew Stone
  • Patent number: 12237378
    Abstract: An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a new technology for producing a SiC substrate in which strain is removed and capable of achieving a flat surface as flat as a surface that has been subjected to CMP. The present invention, which solves the above object, is a method for producing a SiC substrate, the method including an etching step of etching a SiC substrate having arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of a surface of equal to or less than 100 nm in an atmosphere containing Si element and C element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: KWANSEI GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatake Nagaya, Tadaaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12216243
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to flat optical devices and methods of forming flat optical devices. One embodiment includes a substrate having a first arrangement of a first plurality of pillars formed thereon. The first arrangement of the first plurality of pillars includes pillars having a height h and a lateral distance d, and a gap g corresponding to a distance between adjacent pillars of the first plurality of pillars. An aspect ratio of the gap g to the height h is between about 1:1 and about 1:20. A first encapsulation layer is disposed over the first arrangement of the first plurality of pillars. The first encapsulation layer has a refractive index of about 1.0 to about 1.5. The first encapsulation layer, the substrate, and each of the pillars of the first arrangement define a first space therebetween. The first space has a refractive index of about 1.0 to about 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ludovic Godet, Tapashree Roy, Prerna Sonthalia Goradia, Srobona Sen, Robert Jan Visser, Nitin Deepak, Tapash Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 12204154
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an assembly (200) for localizing an optical coupling point (11) and to a method for producing a microstructure (100) at the optical coupling point (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Inventors: Matthias Blaicher, Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich, Christian Koos
  • Patent number: 12198924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes depositing a first layer onto a substrate, depositing a second layer onto a surface of the first layer, and separating the substrate from the second layer, where the substrate includes a first III-V alloy, the second layer includes second III-V alloy, and the first layer includes a material that includes at least two of a Group 1A element, a Group 2A element, a Group 6A element, and/or a halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Brelon James May, David Levi Young, Aaron Joseph Ptak
  • Patent number: 12188564
    Abstract: A piston ring includes a substrate, and a film covering at least a part of a surface of the substrate. The film includes Si and N. A Si content of the film is in a range of 1.1 to 7.5 at %, a crystallite size of the film is in a range of 10 to 30 nm, and a compressive residual stress of the film is 400 to 800 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki Saito, Keiji Honda, Yuji Shima
  • Patent number: 12157693
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window and a window manufactured by the same are provided. A method of manufacturing a window includes laser cutting a base glass into a preliminary window using first laser light, irradiating, with second laser light, a point spaced apart from an edge of the preliminary window at a first distance, and providing a window including a flat portion and an edge portion by wet etching the preliminary window irradiated with the second laser light. A method of manufacturing a window having a chamfer shape at the edge portion is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Dowooinsys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungsik Kim, Cheollae Roh, Jang Doo Lee, Beomsoo Kim, Hanggyun Park, Joongsung Lee, Woohyun Jung, Seungjun Yi, Hyungsup Lee, Sunhong Choi
  • Patent number: 12151426
    Abstract: A device for dynamic length compensation when embossing a film strip includes: an embossing point; a roller for slip-free transport of the film strip; and a guide channel arranged between the embossing point and the roller. The guide channel has a guide surface movable between a first position and a second position. A path length of the film strip between the roller and the embossing point in the first position of the guide surface is greater than a path length of the film strip between the roller and the embossing point in the second position. The film strip, in the first position of the guide surface in the guide channel, is conveyed from the roller to the embossing point. The guide surface is moved from the first position to the second position during the embossing of the film strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Juergen Gretscher
  • Patent number: 12142393
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an insulation sheet having high thermal conductivity in the in-plane direction. The present invention provides an insulation sheet comprising insulating particles and a binder resin, wherein, for the entire cross-section of the sheet perpendicular to the in-plane direction, the insulation sheet contains 75 to 97% by area of the insulating particles, 3 to 25% by area of the binder resin, and 10% by area or less of the voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masanori Maeda, Yoshinori Ikeda, Masayuki Chokai, Takuya Murakami
  • Patent number: 12131763
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium, including: a substrate; an underlayer provided on the substrate; and a magnetic layer provided on the underlayer. The substrate contains polyester, each of the underlayer and the magnetic layer contains a lubricant, the magnetic layer has a surface on which a large number of holes is provided, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface is 2.5 nm or less, a BET specific surface area of the entire magnetic recording medium measured in a state where the magnetic recording medium has been washed and dried is 3.5 m2/g or more and 7.0 m2/g or less, a squareness ratio of the magnetic layer in a vertical direction is 65% or more, an average thickness of the magnetic layer is 80 nm or less, an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium is 5.6 ?m or less, and a servo pattern is recorded on the magnetic layer and a statistical value ?SW indicating a non-linearity of the servo pattern is 24 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Sekiguchi, Minoru Yamaga
  • Patent number: 12122880
    Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition is provided. The composition has relatively low viscosity before curing, can be easily processed into a film shape, and has excellent mechanical strength (e.g., tensile strength, tear strength, elongation, and the like) when, e.g., used as a dielectric layer in a transducer. Other applications are also provided. The composition comprises: (A1, A2) a combination of chain organopolysiloxanes having an alkenyl group only on an end of a molecular chain, and a degree of polymerization within a range of 50 to 550 and a range of 600 to 1000; (B) hydrophobically treated reinforcing silica; (C) a siloxane resin containing an alkenyl group; (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (E) a catalyst. The mass ratio of components (A1)/(A2) is within a range of 0.45 to 1.30, and the sum of component (B) and component (C) is within a range of 10 to 25 mass % of the entire composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukui, Kyoko Toyama
  • Patent number: 12117724
    Abstract: A mask blank glass substrate having a maximum value of a circularly averaged power spectral density of 1,000 nm4 or less at a spatial frequency of 0.1 ?m?1 or more and 20 ?m?1 or less, the maximum value being obtained by measuring a surface morphology of a region of 10 ?m×10 ?m with an atomic force microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yarita, Daijitsu Harada, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12117636
    Abstract: An optical film includes a plurality of alternating first and second layers. The first layers have a first in-plane birefringence, the second layers have a second in-plane birefringence, and the second in-plane birefringence is less than the first in-plane birefringence and greater than 0.03. The first layers may include polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer and the second layers may include glycol-modified co(polyethylene terephthalate). The optical film has a shrinkage along a first direction of greater than 4% and a shrinkage along an orthogonal second direction of greater than 3% when heated at 150° C. for 15 minutes. A glass laminate is prepared by disposing the optical film between glass layers and laminating the optical film to the glass layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Brianna N. Wheeler, Matthew B. Johnson, William F. Edmonds
  • Patent number: 12116281
    Abstract: A method for efficiently eliminating graphene wrinkles formed by chemical vapor deposition includes: directly growing super smooth wrinkle-free graphene films on metal substrates such as copper, nickel and alloys thereof and non-metal substrates such as silicon oxide and silicon carbide, or eliminating the wrinkles of wrinkled graphene through controlled proton injection at a high temperature by precisely controlling the temperature and hydrogen plasma power and time for generating protons; where the plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition system includes a plasma generator, a vacuum system and a heating system; where the power of the plasma generator is 5 to 1000 W, the pressure of the vacuum system is 10?5 to 105 Pa, and the heating temperature of the system is controllable between 25 to 1000° C.; directly growing a super smooth wrinkle-free graphene by injecting protons on various substrates during growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Libo Gao, Guowen Yuan, Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 12119859
    Abstract: A cover window, a manufacturing method of a cover window, and a display device including a cover window are provided. A cover window includes a folding portion and a non-folding portion, and the folding portion includes an inside surface that is compressed when folded and an outside surface that is stretched when folded, the folding portion includes a first layer adjacent to the outside surface, a second layer adjacent to the inside surface, and a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, the folding portion and the non-folding portion include at least one metal ion, a concentration of the metal ion included in the second layer is higher than a concentration of the metal ion included in the first layer, and the first layer includes a plurality of depletion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Kang, Byeong-Beom Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Cheol Min Park, Chang Moo Lee, Hoi Kwan Lee
  • Patent number: 12103885
    Abstract: A cover element for an electronic device that includes a glass element having a thickness from 20 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, and a polymeric layer disposed over the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it has a bend strength of about 1850 MPa or more at a 10% failure probability, wherein the cover element is made by a multi-step method that employs a redraw thinning step and at least two chemical etching steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bethany Jon Alderman, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Robert Lee Smith, III
  • Patent number: 12103286
    Abstract: A decorative functional film, comprising: a carrier comprising a first surface and a second surface provided opposite the first surface; a micro-nano layer, a micro-nano structure being provided on the first surface of the carrier to form the micro-nano layer, and the micro-nano structure being a convex and/or concave structure; a reflective layer provided on the micro-nano layer; a coloring layer provided on the reflective layer; and a display structure provided on one side of the carrier by means of an adhesive layer. The display structure can be a luminous LOGO, or can display indication information, for example, relatively simple indication information such as power and signals; and the display structure can change the indication information by changing the display area, display brightness and display duration of the display structure, or by changing the number of display grids of the display structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Shine Optoelectronics (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yulong Gao
  • Patent number: 12092958
    Abstract: A wafer stage includes an area for receiving a wafer. The wafer stage further includes a first sensor outside of the area for receiving the wafer. The wafer stage further includes a second sensor outside of the area of receiving the wafer, wherein the second sensor is spaced from the first sensor. The wafer stage further includes a first particle capture area outside of the area for receiving the wafer, wherein the first particle capture area is spaced from both the first sensor and the second sensor, a dimension of the first particle capture area in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the wafer stage is at least 26 millimeters (mm), a dimension of the first particle capture area in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the wafer stage is at least 33 mm, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yao Lee, Wei Chih Lin, Chih Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 12076748
    Abstract: Substrates having a textured surface that can maintain or improve droplet mobility in both the Cassie and Wenzel states include a textured surface and a conformal lubricant layer thereover. The textured surface can include a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon and the conformal lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and covering the plurality of second elements. The plurality of raised first elements can have an average height of between 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m, and the plurality of second elements can have an average height of between 0.01 ?m and 10 ?m. Such substrates can be prepared by texturing a surface of a substrate with a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon; optionally silanizing the textured surface and applying a lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and between the plurality of second elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Xianming Dai, Birgitt M. Boschitsch, Jing Wang, Tak-Sing Wong, Nan Sun
  • Patent number: 12081853
    Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly, an image sensor and an optical plate. The image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens assembly. The optical plate is disposed between the imaging lens assembly and the image sensor, and includes a substrate and at least one anti-reflection layer. The substrate has an object-side surface and an image-side surface, the object-side surface faces towards an object side, the image-side surface faces towards an image side, and the object-side surface is parallel with the image-side surface. The at least one anti-reflection layer is disposed on the object-side surface or the image-side surface of the substrate, the anti-reflection layer includes a nanocrystal structure layer and an optical-connecting layer, wherein the nanocrystal structure layer includes a metal oxide crystal, the optical-connecting layer connects the substrate and the nanocrystal structure layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Tsai, Chien-Pang Chang, Lin-An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Kuo-Chiang Chu
  • Patent number: 12064582
    Abstract: Disclosed are composite microneedles arrays including microneedles and a film overlaying the microneedles. The film includes a plurality of nano-sized structures fabricated thereon. Devices may be utilized for interacting with a component of the dermal connective tissue. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. Devices may be beneficially utilized for delivery of an agent to a cell or tissue. Devices may be utilized to directly or indirectly alter cell behavior through the interaction of a fabricated nanotopography with the plasma membrane of a cell and/or with an extracellular matrix component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIVASOR, INC.
    Inventor: Russell Frederick Ross
  • Patent number: 12065376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness t (mm), in which a first-order derivative CSx? of a stress value CSx (MPa) is ?4.7 or larger in a range of CSx?0 in a profile of the stress value CSx (MPa), in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is a function of depth×(?m) from a glass surface, and in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is measured by a scattered light photoelastic stress meter, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kaname Sekiya, Yusuke Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12068294
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a micro light emitting diode structure includes: providing a first transfer stamp carrying a plurality of micro light emitting elements; providing a second transfer stamp carrying a plurality of light blocking structures, wherein each of the light blocking structures includes a light blocking layer and a light shielding layer disposed on the light blocking layer; providing a temporary substrate; transferring the micro light emitting elements onto the temporary substrate by the first transfer stamp; and transferring the light blocking structures onto the temporary substrate by the second transfer stamp. The micro light emitting elements and the light blocking structures are arranged alternately and fixed to the temporary substrate by connection layer. A reflectivity of the light blocking layer is greater than a reflectivity of the connection layer, and a Young's modulus of the light blocking layer is greater than a Young's modulus of the connection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Li Li
  • Patent number: 12057150
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has one or more of each of an area A and an area B having different center line average surface roughness Ra measured on a surface of a magnetic layer in a region over a part of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction, with a ratio BMag/AMag of 1.20 to 10.00 and a ratio BMag/BBack of equal to or greater than 2.0 in a case where extraction amounts per unit area of a component selected from the group consisting of fatty acid, fatty acid ester, and fatty acid amide extracted from a magnetic layer side of the area A and the area B are defined as AMag and BMag respectively, and an extraction amount per unit area of the above component extracted from a back coating layer side of the area B is defined as BBack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 12037513
    Abstract: The antiglare film of the present invention is provided with an antiglare layer having a haze value in a range from 50% to 99%, and in a state where the antiglare film is mounted on a surface of a display, a standard deviation of luminance distribution of the display is a value in a range from 0 to 6, and transmission image clarity at an optical comb width of 0.5 mm is a value in a range from 0% to 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Hayashi, Yoshitaka Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12040212
    Abstract: To appropriately manufacture a semiconductor device. A glass substrate is a glass substrate for manufacturing the semiconductor device. In a case in which one surface is directed downward in a vertical direction, and a first position, a second position, and a third position on the one surface on an outer side in a radial direction with respect to a center point of the glass substrate are supported by supporting members, a lowest point as a position where a height in the vertical direction is the lowest on other surface is positioned in a circular central region on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the first position, the second position, and the third position when viewed from the vertical direction, a center of the central region is a center point of the glass substrate, and a diameter of the central region has a length of ? of a diameter of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuha Kobayashi, Kenji Goto
  • Patent number: 12025882
    Abstract: Provided is a film for a wavelength conversion sheet that can suppress a change in color with time when applied to a wavelength conversion sheet. A film for a wavelength conversion sheet, comprising a primer layer and a first base material film in presented order, wherein a refractive index of the primer layer is defined as n1, a thickness of the primer layer is defined as t1, and a refractive index of the first base material film is defined as n2, and the following condition 1 or the following condition 2 is satisfied: Condition 1: n1<n2, and d1 represented by the following expression 1 represents a range of x±0.10 wherein x is an odd integer; Condition 2: n1>n2, and d1 represented by the following expression 1 represents a range of x±0.10 wherein x is an even integer; Expression 1: d1=n1×t1/112.5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Ryutaro Harada, Shuichi Tamura, Akihito Haruki, Shota Yamanishi, Yuko Fujioka
  • Patent number: 12024590
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a resin composition containing a compound (A) having at least one group represented by the following Formula (1) in a molecule and an acenaphthylene compound (B). In Formula (1), n represents 0 to 10, Z represents an arylene group, and R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Sato, Yuki Kitai, Yasunori Hoshino, Masashi Koda, Atsushi Wada
  • Patent number: 12022611
    Abstract: A prepreg includes: a resin composition or a semi-cured product thereof; and a fibrous base material, wherein the resin composition contains a polymer having a structural unit expressed by the formula (1) in a molecule, and a curing agent each at a predetermined content rate. A cured product of the resin composition has a Dk of 2.6 to 3.8, and the fibrous base material includes a glass cloth having a Dk of 4.7 or less and a Df of 0.0033 or less. A cured product of the prepreg has a Dk of 2.7 to 3.8, and a Df of 0.002 or less. In the formula (1), Z represents an arylene group, R1 to R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R4 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Hoshino, Yuki Kitai, Atsushi Wada, Masashi Koda, Mikio Sato
  • Patent number: 12012353
    Abstract: A method for increasing the tactile feel of a glass-ceramic article includes (a) performing a first etching of a surface of the glass-ceramic article with a first etchant to create a plurality of features on the surface, wherein the first etchant comprises hydrofluoric acid and an inorganic fluoride salt, and the plurality of features comprises protrusions and recesses and (b) performing a second etching of the surface with a second etchant different from the first etchant to enlarge a distance between adjacent features of a same type, wherein the second etching occurs after the first etching, after the second etching an average distance between adjacent features of a same type is in a range from 0.5 ?m to 20 ?m and a density of features of the same type is in a range from 9,000 to 25,000 features/mm2, and a tactile feel of the surface after the second etching is greater than the tactile feel of the surface before the first etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandon Allen Bazemore, Jun Hou, Yuhui Jin, Eungsik Park, Tammy Lynn Petriwsky
  • Patent number: 11998879
    Abstract: A semipermeable membrane support containing polyolefin-based fibers, which can withstand repeated washing and backwashing, makes it easy for a semipermeable membrane component to permeate thereinto and difficult for the component to strike therethrough, and is excellent in adhesion to the semipermeable membrane and adhesion between a non-coating surface thereof and a resin frame. The semipermeable membrane support which is used by forming the semipermeable membrane thereon is a wet-laid nonwoven fabric containing core-sheath type conjugate fibers composed of polypropylene as a core component and polyethylene as a sheath component and has a burst strength of 300 to 1,000 kPa, or the Bekk smoothness and 75° mirror surface glossiness of the coating surface on which the semipermeable membrane is to be formed of the semipermeable membrane support being more than the Bekk smoothness and 75° mirror surface glossiness of a non-coating surface on the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke Oyama, Yusuke Shimizu, Takahito Ochiai, Takao Masuda
  • Patent number: 11994651
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a structured surface, includes: providing a transparent substrate; disposing a dewettable film over the substrate; annealing the dewettable film to form a plurality of islands; forming a coating over the plurality of islands; and etching the plurality of islands to form a structured array of surface features in the coating. A structured polymer and/or structured glass, includes: a structured array of surface features, such that the structured array of surface features has at least one dimension in a range of 0.5 nm to 5000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES FOTÒNIQUES, INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
    Inventors: Prantik Mazumder, Valerio Pruneri, Juan Rombaut
  • Patent number: 11939485
    Abstract: A liquid-repellent structure includes a surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; a foundation layer having a surface and disposed to face the surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; and a liquid-repellent layer disposed to face the surface of the foundation layer, wherein the foundation layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin, the liquid-repellent layer contains a fluorine-containing resin and particles, and the fluorine-containing resin contains a hydrophilic structural unit having at least one of an amino group and an amide group. A packaging material has the liquid-repellent structure disposed to face a product. The packaging material can also be applied to a product that is a selected one of hand soap, body soap, shampoo, rinse, creams, and cosmetics and that contains a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Ryoji Kato, Kosuke Kinoshita, Yu Ogihara
  • Patent number: 11921454
    Abstract: A digital printing system (10) includes a flexible substrate (44), an optical assembly (200, 301) and a processor (20). The flexible substrate (44) has a periodic pattern, and is configured to be moved and to receive ink droplets in a printing process that forms an image thereon. The optical assembly (200, 301) is configured to illuminate the flexible substrate (44) with light (215, 315), to detect the light (215, 315) from the flexible substrate (44), and to derive from the detected light (215, 315) a signal indicative of the periodic pattern. The processor (20) is configured to receive the signal and to monitor or control the digital printing system (10) based on the periodic pattern as indicated by the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventor: Vitaly Burkatovsky
  • Patent number: 11905456
    Abstract: Anisotropic graphite and an anisotropic graphite composite are provided, each having excellent heat transmission performance and excellent long-term reliability as a heat transmitting element, and a production method for the anisotropic graphite composite. A face of anisotropic graphite which face is perpendicular to crystal orientation planes of graphite layers of the anisotropic graphite may be subjected to surface treatment so as to obtain anisotropic graphite having a specific surface roughness. An anisotropic graphite composite may include anisotropic graphite having an interface that has a specific interface roughness; a titanium-containing metal layer; and an inorganic material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Murashima, Makoto Kutsumizu, Satoshi Oku, Katsuhiro Chikuba
  • Patent number: 11908877
    Abstract: A colored film has an uneven structure on a surface thereof, in which an average distance between adjacent projections in the uneven structure is equal to or shorter than 1,500 nm, a standard deviation of the distance between the adjacent projections is 10 to 300 nm, and 95.00% or more of the projections satisfy Formula (1), in Formula (1), h represents a height of the projections, and D represents an average distance between the adjacent projections, Formula (1) 3h/D?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Hamada
  • Patent number: 11898071
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for semiconductor wafer processing that is excellent in adhesiveness with a semiconductor wafer, and that has light peelability and suppresses adhesive residue. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for semiconductor wafer processing includes in this order: a base material; an intermediate layer; and a UV-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The intermediate layer has a storage modulus of elasticity at room temperature, G?1RT, of from 300 kPa to 2,000 kPa, and a storage modulus of elasticity at 80° C., G?180, of from 10 kPa to 500 kPa. The UV-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a storage modulus of elasticity at room temperature, G?2RT, of from 100 kPa to 1,000 kPa, and a storage modulus of elasticity at 80° C., G?280, of from 10 kPa to 1,000 kPa. G?1RT/G?2RT is 1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Teshiba, Hiroki Kono
  • Patent number: 11891549
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate with pressure-sensitive adhesive layers on both surfaces, which is suppressed damage from occurring to a low-refractive index layer in vacuum lamination while maintaining excellent characteristics of the low-refractive index layer. An optical laminate with pressure-sensitive adhesive layers on both surfaces according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a low-retractive index layer formed on the substrate; a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged so as to be adjacent to the low-refractive index layer; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer serving as one outermost layer. The low-refractive index layer has a porosity of 50% or more, the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a storage modulus of elasticity of from 1.3×105 (Pa) to 1.0×107 (Pa), and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a storage modulus of elasticity of 1.0×105 (Pa) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hattori, Atsushi Kishi, Ryota Morishima
  • Patent number: 11891691
    Abstract: A method of making a multilayer substrate, which can include a silicon layer having an optically finished surface and a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown diamond layer on the optically finished surface of the silicon layer. At the interface of the silicon layer and the diamond layer, the optically finished surface of the silicon layer can have a surface roughness (Ra)?100 nm. A surface of the grown diamond layer opposite the silicon layer can be polished to an optical finish and a light management coating can be applied to the polished surface of the grown diamond layer opposite the silicon layer. A method of forming the multilayer substrate is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Qing Xu, Chao Liu, Giovanni Barbarossa, Thomas E. Anderson, Elgin E. Eissler
  • Patent number: 11884054
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-reflection film laminate which is for manufacturing an anti-reflection film having low surface reflectance and good anti-reflection properties, as well as excellent thermoformability and scratch resistance. The aforementioned problem is resolved by the following anti-reflection film laminate. This anti-reflection film laminate comprises: a first laminate having a base film that has a release surface, and an optical interference layer laminated on the release surface; and a second laminate having a substrate layer that contains a thermoplastic resin, and an uncured hardcoat layer that is laminated on one surface of the substrate layer and comprises a curable hardcoat composition. The first and second laminate bodies are pressure bonded such that the optical interference layer of the first laminate and the uncured hardcoat layer of the second laminate are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kakeya, Yasutaka Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11866809
    Abstract: An austenitic Ni-base alloy, consisting essentially of, in weight percent: 2.5 to 4.75 Al; 21 to 26 Cr; 20 to 40 Fe; 0.75 to 2.5 total of at least one element elected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; 0 to 0.25 Ti; 0.09 to 1.5 Si; 0 to 0.5 V; 0 to 2 Mn; 0 to 3 Cu; 0 to 2 of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo and W; 0 to 1 of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf; 0 to 0.15 Y; 0.3 to 0.55 C; 0.005 to 0.1 B; 0 to 0.05 P; less than 0.06 N and balance Ni (30 to 46 Ni), wherein the weight percent Ni is greater than the weight percent Fe, and wherein the ratio Ni/(Fe+2*C) is between 1.02 and 1.067.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Michael P. Brady, Yukinori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11857013
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods of assembling an apparel product. The method includes applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product. The method includes coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition. The major component forms a base portion of the apparel product and is configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer. The minor component forms a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive. The method includes converting the composition to form the adhesive and the apparel product. The adhesive including a shape memory material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CreateMe Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Caglar Remzi Becer, Daniel John MacKinnon, Yongqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11854585
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is a magnetic recording medium having a tape shape and includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the underlayer. The magnetic layer has a surface having an uneven shape, a height range ?H obtained from statistical information of a height of the uneven shape is in a range of 4.00 nm??H?10.00 nm, and a gradient range ?A obtained from statistical information of a gradient of the uneven shape is in a range of 2.50 degrees ??A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Sekiguchi, Yuuko Kamoshita, Minoru Yamaga
  • Patent number: 11855137
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for robust isolation across the SOI structure. In contrast to forming a charge trap layer in specific areas on the structure, a charge trap layer may be built across the insulating/substrate interface. The charge trap layer may be an implantation layer formed throughout and below the insulation layer. Devices built on this SOI structure have reduced cross-talk between the devices. Due to the uniform structure, isolation is robust across the structure and not confined to certain areas. Additionally, deep trench implantation is not required to form the structure, eliminating cost. The semiconductor-on-insulator substrate may include an active silicon layer over an oxide layer. The oxide layer may be over a charge trap layer. The charge trap layer may be over a silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lin-Chen Lu, Gulbagh Singh, Tsung-Han Tsai, Po-Jen Wang
  • Patent number: 11840003
    Abstract: A molded resin product includes a plurality of protrusions formed in a predetermined region. A histogram indicating a height distribution of the plurality of protrusions has two peaks having a boundary height as a boundary therebetween. In a case where protrusions having height equal to or smaller than the height Hx are first protrusions and protrusions having height larger than the boundary height are second protrusions among the plurality of protrusions, an arithmetic mean curvature of the first protrusions is smaller than an arithmetic mean curvature of the second protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Nagoya, Kei Oikawa, Makoto Kojima, Takahiro Suzuki, Mao Mukaida
  • Patent number: 11833788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer substrate, said substrate comprising a multifunctional coating, and to the use of the substrate produced by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO, KGaA
    Inventors: Roland Bochnia, Stefan Strenger, Rainer Bongers, Mario Eckers