Continuous And Nonuniform Or Irregular Surface On Layer Or Component (e.g., Roofing, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/141)
  • Patent number: 11148968
    Abstract: Glass and glass ceramic compositions having a combination of lithium silicate and petalite crystalline phases along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions are compatible with conventional rolling and float processes, are transparent or translucent, and have high mechanical strength and fracture resistance. Further, the compositions are able to be chemically tempered to even higher strength glass ceramics that are useful as large substrates in multiple applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11135460
    Abstract: There is provided a respirator 10 having a harness 14 and a mask body 12 that is air permeable. The mask body 12 has a sinus region 40 and a primary filtering region 44 and includes at least one nonwoven fibrous web, which web includes a layer of filter media. The sinus region 40 of the mask body 12 exhibits a resistance to airflow that is greater than the primary filtering region 44. This resistance to airflow is achieved through an alteration of the intrinsic structure of the plurality of nonwoven fibrous layers in the sinus region 40 without adding additional material to the mask body. The alteration of the intrinsic structure assists in preventing eyewear fogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John M. Facer, Audra A. Wilson, Christopher P. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11130286
    Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional manufacturing apparatus which is characterized by comprising: a container configured to hold a liquid photocurable resin; a base configured to support a solid manufactured object obtained by curing the liquid photocurable resin; a moving unit configured to move the base; and a light source unit configured to irradiate light for curing the liquid photocurable resin. The container comprises a light transmission portion which is provided between the light source unit and the base, and is in contact with the liquid photocurable resin. The three-dimensional manufacturing apparatus further comprises a flow facilitating unit configured to facilitate a flow of the photocurable resin which is in contact with the light transmission portion, the flow being attended by the movement of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yasuhiro Sekine, Hideo Genda
  • Patent number: 11125917
    Abstract: A light-shading member for an optical device which has excellent reflection preventing performance can be manufactured by a simple process and can be applied to an optical device which is small and thin. Based on JIS B0601: 2001, the arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra of the surface of the light-shading member for an optical device is 0.5 ?m or more, and the difference (Rp-Rv) between the maximum profile peak height Rp and the maximum profile valley depth Rv is less than 3. The light-shading member for an optical device preferably has a substrate film and a light-shading layer. The light-shading layer is formed on at least one surface of the substrate film. Further, the light-shading layer has an average film thickness of 2 ?m-35 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SOMAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yui Togawa
  • Patent number: 11126028
    Abstract: A photoluminescent liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper and lower substrates, and a photoluminescent color filter layer disposed between the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer; an optical device disposed on the upper substrate; a polarizing plate disposed under the lower substrate; and a backlight unit disposed under the polarizing plate and which emits blue light, where the photoluminescent color filter layer includes a first color filter which emits polarized red light, a second color filter which emits polarized green light, and a third color filter which emits polarized blue light, and the first color filter and the second color filter include a semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Shin Ae Jun, Hyun A Kang
  • Patent number: 11116097
    Abstract: A damping cover for an integrated power electronics module (IPEM), the damping cover generally defined by a top side and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is configured to mate adjacent with or contiguous to a power inverter module (PIM) of the IPEM. The damping cover can include an aluminum foam core including a top surface generally corresponding to the top side of the damping cover and a bottom surface generally corresponding to the bottom side of the damping cover and a polymeric over-molding or non-porous aluminum outer layer covering the top surface and/or a polymeric over-molding or non-porous aluminum outer layer covering the bottom surface. The bottom side of the damping cover can mate adjacent with or contiguous to the PIM. The polymeric material over-molding can completely impregnate the aluminum foam core. The aluminum foam core can have a density of about 0.15 g/cm3 to about 1.0 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Qigui Wang, Song He, Seongchan Pack, Angela P. Willis
  • Patent number: 11110639
    Abstract: A metal and X-Ray detectable polyurethane film having metallic particles blended into the polyurethane when in a liquid form and then having the film extruded so as to fully embed the metallic particles, such as iron oxide, across all areas of the film, which can be used in protective clothing, such as reusable aprons and sleeve covers, for example, in food processing applications. In this manner, the film permits easy detection, and thus removal of, damaged film portions that become detached from the protective garment and inadvertently introduced into the food being processed, before the final processing and packaging thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen Hurst
  • Patent number: 11111175
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hydrophobic window. The hydrophobic window includes a frame; a glass embedded in the frame; and a hydrophobic film on a surface of the glass. The hydrophobic film comprises a flexible substrate and a hydrophobic layer. The flexible substrate comprises a flexible base and a patterned first bulge layer on a surface of the flexible base. The hydrophobic layer is on the surface of the patterned first bulge layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hao Jin, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11104603
    Abstract: To provide a crystallized glass substrate that is hard and resistant to fracture and that is also resistant to shattering upon breakage. A crystallized glass substrate includes a crystallized glass serving as a base material and a compressive stress layer forming a surface thereof. The crystallized glass contains, in % by weight on an oxide basis, 40.0% to 70.0% of a SiO2 component, 11.0% to 25.0% of an Al2O3 component, 5.0% to 19.0% of a Na2O component, 0% to 9.0% of a K2O component, 1.0% to 18.0% of one or more selected from a MgO component and a ZnO component, 0% to 3.0% of a CaO component, and 0.5% to 12.0% of a TiO2 component. The SiO2 component, the Al2O3 component, the Na2O component, the one or more selected from the MgO component and the ZnO component, and the TiO2 component are present in a total amount of 90% or more. The compressive stress layer has a depth of layer of 40 ?m or more. The compressive stress layer has a surface compressive stress of 750 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: OHARA INC.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Yagi, Yutaka Yamashita, Naoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11104785
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that includes: a first copolymer including an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a second copolymer having a refractive index of 1.51 to 1.53 and including an unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and a third copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 ?m, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer, and can be used for producing a molded article capable of realizing selective transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Il Kang, Eun Jung Choi
  • Patent number: 11104810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for preventing the adhesion of microorganisms, which is capable of preventing microorganisms from adhering to and growing on a surface of an object, and a method of manufacturing the same. The structure for preventing the adhesion of microorganisms includes: a nano-structure configured to include a plurality of protruding structures each having a sharp end, and made of a resin composition; and a plurality of nano-metal particles configured to be distributed inside the nano-structure. A method of manufacturing a structure for preventing adhesion of microorganisms includes preparing a liquid resin; mixing the liquid resin with nano-metal particles; depositing the liquid resin on a substrate; pressing the liquid resin with a master template on which a pattern corresponding to a plurality of protruding structures is formed; and setting or curing the liquid resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shinill Kang, Taekyung Kim, Myungki Jung
  • Patent number: 11097956
    Abstract: A surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder has good solid-liquid separation property in the production process, has good dispersibility in a coating material for forming a coating-type magnetic recording medium, has good orientation property, and has a small elution amount of a water-soluble alkali metal, and to provide a method for producing the surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder. The surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder can be obtained by neutralizing a solution containing dissolved therein a trivalent iron ion and an ion of the metal, by which the part of Fe sites is to be substituted, with an alkali aqueous solution, so as to provide a precursor, coating a silicon oxide on the precursor, heating the precursor to provide e-type iron-based oxide magnetic powder, and adhering a hydroxide or a hydrous oxide of one kind or two kinds of Al and Y thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Sakane, Tetsuya Kawahito
  • Patent number: 11097526
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for using a device for the positioning of molecules, the devise including a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer and an insulating layer with a plurality of electrodes arranged on the insulating layer forming an electrode layer with a layer of 2-dimensional material arranged on the electrode layer. The method includes applying a first set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position a plurality of molecules in a first molecule arrangement and applying a second set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the plurality of molecules in a second molecule arrangement, wherein the second set of control signals is different from the first set of control signals and wherein the device provides a first functionality in the first molecule arrangement and a second functionality in the second molecule arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pio Peter N. Nirmalraj
  • Patent number: 11079668
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to reflective displays, and more particularly to reflective displays configured to display images with customized and improved viewing parameters. In one aspect, a reflective display comprises a plurality of light-reflective microfacets configured to display an image by reflecting light incident thereon from a light source, wherein light rays reflected by different ones of the microfacets are directed in non-parallel directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MirraViz, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Baumgart, Stephen Christopher Kekoa Hager, Ye Yuan, Michael Wang
  • Patent number: 11065719
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate having an interference laser-treated surface portion, and a single-stage coating adhered directly to the interference laser-treated surface portion. A system and method for making a coated article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Sabau, Claus Daniel, Harry M. Meyer, III, Jianlin Li
  • Patent number: 11065692
    Abstract: A diamond-coated tool includes: a substrate; and a diamond layer that coats the substrate, wherein the diamond layer includes a first region that is in contact with the substrate, the first region includes a region S1 surrounded by an interface P between the substrate and the diamond layer and an imaginary plane V1 separated from the interface P by a distance of 2 ?m, and the region S1 has crystal grains grown in random directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Nozomi Tsukihara, Rintaro Sugimoto, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11054747
    Abstract: Provided are a random copolymer for forming a neutral layer promoting directed self-assembly pattern formation, a laminate for forming a pattern including the same, and a method for forming a high-quality pattern using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Lee, Sun Young Kim, Kwang Kuk Lee, Jin Su Ham
  • Patent number: 11054550
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractive layer comprises a (meth)acrylate resin, hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent. Wherein the leveling agent comprises a (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound having a perfluoropolyether group. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the present invention is in the range of 1.2% to 1.4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu, Gang-Lun Fan
  • Patent number: 11050031
    Abstract: Various light emitting diode device embodiments that include emissive material elements, e.g., core-shell quantum dots, that are either (i) provided in nanoscale holes provided in an insulating layer positioned between an electron supply/transport layer and a hole supply/transport layer, or (ii) provided on a suspension layer positioned above and covering a nanoscale hole in such an insulating layer. Also, various methods of making such light emitting diode devices, including lithographic and non-lithographic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Hong Koo Kim, Daud Hasan Emon
  • Patent number: 11048460
    Abstract: A display module and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display module including a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting device packages disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the circuit board, and a coating unit coated with coating solution containing a light diffusion agent covers the plurality of light emitting device packages and fills in a gap between the plurality of light emitting device packages, wherein the coating unit further includes at least one first light diffusion part that is curvedly formed on a surface of the coating unit onto which light emitted from the light emitting device packages is incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-sang Kim, Jee-su Park, Eun-lai Lee, Jae-min Lee, Tae-hyeun Ha, Suk Hyun, Cheoul-young Kim, Seung-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11040468
    Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite structure is related. A substrate having a first surface is provided. A carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is placed on the first surface, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in direct contact with the first surface. A monomer solution is coated to the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the monomer solution is formed by dispersing a monomer into an organic solvent. The monomer is polymerized, and then the substrate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Ning, Zhen-He Wang, Peng Liu, Shi-Yong Yang, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11040480
    Abstract: The optical film according to the present invention has a feature that it has excellent property of blocking UV light and exhibits high slip property and thus enables self-winding even while using an acrylic resin not containing monomers having a ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Kwak, Seong Wook Kang, Dong Wan Kim, Kil An Jung, Ki Joong Lee, Min Su Park, Jong Sung Park
  • Patent number: 11034610
    Abstract: Glass and glass ceramic compositions having a combination of lithium silicate and petalite crystalline phases along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions include Li2O, SiO2, and Al2O3. Ion-exchanged glass-ceramic articles made from the glass and glass ceramic compositions have a surface compressive stress in a range from about 100 MPa to about 500 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11037135
    Abstract: A gift card includes a card body having a retailer's or credit card company name and logo, a pre-printed gift card account balance representing the balance on the card when initially purchased, and a user-fillable Card Balance data field which can be completed using an ordinary pencil or pen. The gift card also may be printed with one or more prompts, such as a graphic or written instruction, to provide a user with sufficient instruction to use the re-writable functionality of the present invention, and may include dollar and cents indicators to facilitate a user to write the current and updated balance clearly and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Robert C. Rinaldi
  • Patent number: 11038151
    Abstract: A display device including a display unit having a first region, which is flat, and second regions, which are curved, and a touch sensor layer disposed on the display unit. The touch sensor layer includes a high refractive index layer having a first refractive index and a planarization layer disposed on the high refractive index layer and having a second refractive index, which is smaller than the first refractive index, and the high refractive index layer includes pattern parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Ju, Dong Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 11022945
    Abstract: Method for coloured coating on a watchmaking or jewellery external part component, comprising at least one visible surface prepared in advance on a substrate, this method comprising a step of vacuum-deposition of at least one main layer of titanium and silicon nitride (Ti, Sik)Nx or of titanium and silicon nitride doped with oxygen (Ti, Sik)NxOy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Vladislav Spassov
  • Patent number: 11022322
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Brandon Satanek, Michael Tsai, Christopher Cullen, Heng Tong Pit, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Matthew P. Ebrom, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce Wiatrak, John Doyle, Joshua Abdoo, Ariana Bruno, Neomar Giacomini, Tamara Distaso, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Seth Herndon
  • Patent number: 10984833
    Abstract: A magnetic recording cartridge is provided and including a magnetic recording medium, wherein an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium tT is 3.5 ?m?tT?5.6 ?m, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction of the magnetic recording medium with respect to a tension change in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 700 ppm/N??w?20000 ppm, the magnetic recording medium is accommodated in a state of being wound around the reel in the cartridge case and (a servo track width on an inner side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)—(a servo track width on an outer side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)>0 is satisfied, and a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10974475
    Abstract: A forming mold for forming a prism by press molding includes a first mold, a second mold, and a third mold. The second mold includes a surface configured to form a base surface of a non-optical surface and is configured to define, together with the first mold, a space in which a material is disposed. The third mold is slidable with respect to the second mold so as to project toward the space with respect to the second mold and is configured to form a recess portion recessed with respect to the base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Takata
  • Patent number: 10978105
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic recording medium, in which a magnetic layer includes a ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, a binding agent, and an oxide abrasive, an intensity ratio Int(110)/Int(114) obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium is 0.65 to 1.00, a contact angle with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is 50.0° to 55.0°, and an average particle diameter of the oxide abrasive obtained from a secondary ion image obtained by irradiating the surface of the magnetic layer with a focused ion beam is 0.04 ?m to 0.08 ?m, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including this magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10978104
    Abstract: A tape-type magnetic recording medium, includes a substrate; and a magnetic layer provided on the substrate. The magnetic recording medium is configured such that (1) (wmax?wmin)/wmin?400 [ppm] where wmax and wmin are respectively maximum and minimum of average values of width of the magnetic recording medium measured under four environments whose temperature and relative humidity are (10° C., 10%), (10° C., 80%), (29° C., 80%), and (45° C., 10%), respectively, and the magnetic layer has a squareness ratio of 65% or more in the vertical direction, and (2) 4.4?TB/(TA?TB) where TA is an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium and TB is an average thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10967618
    Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition for forming a primer layer of a gas barrier laminated film, comprising at least a polar group-containing polyolefin polymer and a polyfunctional acrylate compound; a gas barrier laminated film having a primer layer made of a cured product of the curable composition; and a gas barrier laminate including an organic compound-containing layer laminated on the surface of the gas barrier laminated film. The present invention provides: a curable composition that is for forming a primer layer suitably used in manufacturing a gas barrier laminate excellent in interlayer adhesion, a gas barrier laminated film having a primer layer made of the cured product of the curable composition, and a gas barrier laminate comprising an organic compound-containing layer laminated on the surface of the gas barrier laminated film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Furuya, Satoshi Naganawa, Yuta Suzuki, Kenta Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10971387
    Abstract: A mask-integrated surface protective tape for production of semiconductor chips, with the production containing steps (a) to (d), which tape comprises a base film and a mask material layer provided thereon, wherein a wetting tension of the base film on the side from which the mask material layer has been peeled is from 20.0 mN/m to 48.0 mN/m, and wherein a surface roughness Ra of the base film on the side from which the mask material layer has been peeled is within a range from 0.05 ?m to 2.0 ?m when measured in conformity to JIS B0601, (a) a specific laminating step; (b) a specific peeling step; (c) a specific plasma-dicing step; and (d) a specific ashing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Goto, Hirotoki Yokoi
  • Patent number: 10967399
    Abstract: An organofluorine coating on a major surface of a substrate, wherein the organofluorine coating has a surface composition of about 5 at % to about 15 at % oxygen and about 30 at % to about 50 at % fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ta-Hua Yu, Moses M. David, Kevin D. Hagen, Samuel J. Carpenter, Eric J. Hanson, Martin B. Wolk, Steven J. McMan, Evan L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10946429
    Abstract: A restraining material includes a frictional surface configured to press against an object to restrain the object and exert a frictional force thereon. The frictional surface is a pattern surface of a base material of the restraining member that will directly contact with the object. The pattern surface includes island-shaped parts separated by a depression and periodically arranged. The depression has a depth of 15 to 50 ?m with respect to the frictional surface. A periodic arrangement direction of the island-shaped parts includes a direction defined by that: a pattern index determined by dividing an arrangement pitch of the island-shaped parts in a periodic arrangement direction by the maximum diameter of each island-shaped part in the periodic arrangement direction falls within a range of 1.0 to 100, and the maximum diameter of each island-shaped part in the periodic arrangement direction falls within in a range of 0.1 to 2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FLEXI-SCRAM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan Dong
  • Patent number: 10941070
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: cutting a thin glass sheet along a curved cutting line, where the curve is divided into a plurality of line segments; applying a laser beam and continuously moving the laser beam along the cutting line; applying a cooling fluid simultaneously with the application of the laser beam in order to propagate a fracture in the glass sheet along the cutting line; and varying one or more cutting parameters as the laser beam moves from one of the plurality of line segments to a next one of the plurality of line segments, wherein the one or more cutting parameters include at least one of: (i) a power of the laser beam, (ii) a speed of the movement, (iii) a pressure of the cooling fluid, and (iv) a flow rate of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Altman, Carlton Wesley Cole, Todd Benson Fleming, Anping Liu, James Joseph Watkins
  • Patent number: 10933345
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for installing a packing disk of a structured packing into a vessel of a material-exchange column. The apparatus has a separating device for separating the endless packing strip into individual packing sheets, a conveying device for conveying individual packing sheets to the vessel, to stack the individual packing sheets in the vessel to form the packing disk, and a measuring device designed to measure a preferably horizontal distance between two mutually opposite points of an internal contour of the vessel. The separating device is designed to separate individual packing sheets from the endless packing strip such that a respective length of the packing sheets is less than or equal to the measured distance. A central axis of the vessel is arranged horizontally in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Karlmann Kanzler
  • Patent number: 10937456
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on one surface of a nonmagnetic support and has a backcoat layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on the other surface thereof, wherein the thickness of the backcoat layer is less than or equal to 0.20 ?m, the contact angle for 1-bromonaphthalene that is measured on the surface of the backcoat layer falls within a range of 10.0° to 30.0°, and the contact angle for 1-bromonaphthalene that is measured on the surface of the magnetic layer falls within a range of 45.0° to 55.0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Takuto Kurokawa, Masahito Oyanagi
  • Patent number: 10919798
    Abstract: Embodiments of a article including include a substrate and a patterned coating are provided. In one or more embodiments, when a strain is applied to the article, the article exhibits a failure strain of 0.5% or greater. Patterned coating may include a particulate coating or may include a discontinuous coating. The patterned coating of some embodiments may cover about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the substrate. Methods for forming such articles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith
  • Patent number: 10913681
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a glass-ceramic article and a glass-ceramic for an electric device cover plate, the glass-ceramic comprises, as a predominant crystalline phase, lithium silicate and the quartz crystalline phase, and has a composition expressed in weight percent including: SiO2: 65-85%, Al2O3: 1-15%, Li2O: 5-15%, ZrO2: 0.1-10%, P2O5: 0.1-10%, K2O: 0-10%, MgO: 0-10%, ZnO: 0-10%, and Na2O: 0-5%, wherein (SiO2+Al2O3+Li2O+ZrO2)/P2O5 is 40-90, the falling ball test height is 700 mm or more. By reasonable component design, the present invention achieves excellent mechanical properties of the glass-ceramic and the glass-ceramic article of the present invention and obtains the glass-ceramic or the glass-ceramic article suitable for electronic devices at a lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CDGM GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Baoping Yuan
  • Patent number: 10915806
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relates to a payment card, and more specifically to a payment card with obfuscated personal identification information and a method of generating the same. In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a substrate, one or more sets of personal identification information, and a masking layer. The substrate is formed from a water-insoluble material. The one or more sets of personal identification information is formed on the substrate. The masking layer is selectively positioned on the substrate to obscure at least one set of personal identification information. The masking layer is formed from a water-soluble material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 10907019
    Abstract: A synthetic polymer film (34A), (34B) having a surface which has a plurality of raised portions (34Ap), (34Bp), wherein a two-dimensional size of the plurality of raised portions (34Ap), (34Bp) is in a range of more than 20 nm and less than 500 nm when viewed in a normal direction of the synthetic polymer film (34A), (34B), the surface having a microbicidal effect, and a concentration of a total of a nitrogen element which is a constituent of a primary amine and a nitrogen element which is a constituent of a secondary amine is not less than 0.29 at %, and a number of moles of an ethylene oxide unit included in one gram is more than 0.0020 and not more than 0.0080.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakahara, Miho Yamada, Ken Atsumo, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 10899933
    Abstract: An antifouling structure of the present invention includes: a non-volatile liquid; a microporous structure layer retaining the non-volatile liquid; and a base with the microporous structure layer on a surface of the base. A surface roughness (Rz) of the microporous structure layer and a film thickness (T) of the non-volatile liquid satisfy Rz<T. The automobile part with an antifouling structure of the present invention includes the above-described antifouling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Kobayashi, Yuji Noguchi, Ryo Murakami
  • Patent number: 10893935
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a breast implant including producing an elastic filler material including foam, by mixing a carbonate with a hydrolyzed silicone. A flexible shell, configured for implantation within a breast of a human subject, is filled with the elastic filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Ilya Sitnitsky
  • Patent number: 10882085
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to apparatus comprising a liquid-impregnated surface, said surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a matrix of solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, one or both of the following holds: (i) 0<??0.25, where ? is a representative fraction of the projected surface area of the liquid-impregnated surface corresponding to non-submerged solid at equilibrium; and (ii) Sow(a)<0, where Sow(a) is spreading coefficient, defined as ?wa??wo??oa, where ? is the interfacial tension between the two phases designated by subscripts w, a, and o, where w is water, a is air, and o is the impregnating liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: J. David Smith, Sushant Anand, Srinivas Prasad Bengaluru Subramanyam, Konrad Rykaczewski, Kripa K. Varanasi
  • Patent number: 10874171
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-weight waterproof shoe/boot includes steps of cutting waterproof leather, arranging and stacking vamp section, forming through hot pressing, sewing heel section, hot-pressing heel section, combining midsole, and injecting sole to accompany fabrication of a waterproof shoe/boot, in which fabrication of a vamp section and a shaft section is accomplished through hot pressing the waterproof leather that is coated with a hot-melt adhesive; a sewing line of a heel section is covered by a heel water-resistant plate that is attached thereto through hot pressing to provide an effect of waterproofness; and a sewing line between a midsole and the vamp section is covered by an upper rim of a sole to achieve an effect of waterproofness. The vamp section and the shaft section are made with the waterproof leather that is light and thin so that the weight of the waterproof shoe/boot is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Chih-Yung Yu
  • Patent number: 10870256
    Abstract: Provided are a hydrophilic aluminum surface body having a hybrid nanostructure and a manufacturing method thereof. The hydrophilic aluminum surface body includes an aluminum substrate; and a nanopattern including a hybrid nanostructure formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate, wherein the hybrid nanostructure includes nanoparticles and a plurality of nanoflakes around the nanoparticles. According to the manufacturing method of the hydrophilic aluminum surface body, hydrophobic aluminum may be artificially prepared as hydrophilic or superhydrophilic aluminum due to a small contact angle, and large-area and mass production is possible and the method is eco-friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Myoung Woon Moon, Sun Mi Yoon, Kwang Ryeol Lee, Hye Bin Lee, Young A Lee
  • Patent number: 10861491
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder, abrasive, and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the centerline average surface roughness Ra measured on the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm, the contact angle for 1-bromonaphthalene that is measured on the surface of the magnetic layer falls within a range of 45.0° to 60.0°, and the coefficient of friction that is measured on the base portion of the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Oyanagi, Norihito Kasada, Takuto Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10850441
    Abstract: This application present structures having surfaces with several multivariate and single property engineering applications that are associated with the surface and may be altered by the surface texture or tunable asperities themselves. Depending on the objective of the application, the tunable asperities address the energy requirement for an objective such as gripping or smooth-movement, as well as describes the critical conditions when slippage cannot be prevented. The use in several other energy intensive applications is also discussed as well as for solar, communication altering and color/hue manipulation objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MHI Health Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Jainagesh Sekhar
  • Patent number: 10850476
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass which is easily peelable without autohesion even after storage in a stacked state, a laminated glass prepared using the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses on at least one surface, the at least one surface having the recesses having an arithmetical mean height Sa of 200 nm or more as measured in conformity with ISO 25178.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Hiroshi Kawate, Koji Kido, Michiko Mori