Continuous And Nonuniform Or Irregular Surface On Layer Or Component (e.g., Roofing, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/141)
  • Patent number: 10517466
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope and a method to prevent the capsule from being covered by a residue or mucous in a patient's digestive tract. The capsule endoscope comprises an improved surface, preventing a residue or mucous to adhere onto the surface of the capsule, and in the unlikely event that a residue or a mucous is collected by the capsule the improved surface can allow an easy and successful clean before an image is taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ANKON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI), LTD
    Inventors: Qing Ye, Xiaodong Duan
  • Patent number: 10514637
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a tray on which a first medium, a decoration to decorate the first medium, and a second medium placed on the first medium and the second decoration are placed, a heating section, an image forming device and a processor, the first medium or the second medium containing an adhesive. A toner image is formed on at least one of the first medium or the second medium. The processor is configured to heat the heating section to a first temperature to bond to each other the first medium, the decoration and the second medium in such a manner that the decoration is sandwiched between the first medium and the second medium, and to heat the heating section to a second temperature lower than the first temperature to fix the toner image on at least one of the first medium or the second medium bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kimie Kamata
  • Patent number: 10510370
    Abstract: A magnetic tape is provided in which the total thickness of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern and also includes fatty acid ester. The full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, while the same value measured after performing the vacuum heating is also greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm. Further, the difference between a spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Tetsuya Kaneko, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10510368
    Abstract: A magnetic tape is provided in which the total thickness is less than or equal to 5.30 ?m. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern and also a fatty acid ester; and the magnetic layer surface Ra is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. The full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, while the same value measured after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, also. The difference between a spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Tetsuya Kaneko, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10503063
    Abstract: Provided are a super water repellent polymer hierarchical structure, a heat exchanger having super water repellency, and a manufacturing method thereof A super water repellent polymer hierarchical structure can be simply and repeatedly manufactured by using only a method for utilizing a super water repellent hierarchical structure and mechanically molding a polymer material thereon. In addition, a heat exchanger having super water repellency can be provided by providing super water repellency on the fin surface of a heat exchanger by using a dip method and vacuum drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Dong Rip Kim, Kwan-Soo Lee, Youngjun Cho, Hanmin Jang, Heung Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10501366
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-low quartz glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a combination of very good mechanical and optical properties and can therefore be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Markus Rampf, Wolfram Höland, Marc Dittmer, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10494538
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to switchable carboxybetaine-based polymers, hydrogels, and/or elastomers, along with novel related monomers, crosslinkers, and methods. Under acidic conditions, the materials undergo self-cyclization and can catch and kill bacteria. Under neutral/basic conditions, these materials undergo ring-opening and can release killed bacterial cells and resist protein adsorption and bacterial attachment. These smart polymers, hydrogels and elastomers also show excellent mechanical properties making them highly desirable for many biomedical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Gang Cheng, Bin Cao
  • Patent number: 10497388
    Abstract: A magnetic tape is provided having a total thickness of the non-magnetic and magnetic layers of less than or equal to 0.60 ?m. The C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra by ESCA on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %. The full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before and after vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are respectively greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, and the difference between a spacing measured after the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada, Takuto Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10487000
    Abstract: The invention relates to use of selected materials in systems for heat treatment, various forms of such material, related systems and methods for determining such materials. In particular the invention relates to the use of a cover of analumina-chromium alloy material with a Cr content of more than 5 w % (percent by weight) for one or more parts within a system suited for heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: King's Metal Fiber Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guido Rene Juliette Raphael Heirbaut
  • Patent number: 10480079
    Abstract: An electroplatingly decorated component is made using an injection-molding process and is provided with symbols or a structure introduced into the surface of the component, the component being made of a plastic material that can be electroplated. A method produces a component of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Gerhardi Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Kieslich
  • Patent number: 10477680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink composition for light sintering, a wiring board using the same, and a method of fabricating the wiring board. The present invention aims to provide formation of a wiring pattern without damage to thin and soft wiring boards such as a flexible printed circuit board. The present invention provides an ink composition for light sintering including copper oxide nanoparticles having copper oxide films, a reducing agent for reducing copper oxidized by light irradiation to form copper nanoparticles, a dispersing agent, a binder, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Yoonjin Kim, Jinwoo Cho, Kwonwoo Shin, Yonggon Seo, Yeonwon Kim, Sanghyeon Jang, Namje Jo
  • Patent number: 10472543
    Abstract: Problems to be Solved: To provide a metal foil coil with a planarization film, with which an electronic device can be formed by a roll to roll process. Solution: A quick curable coating liquid for a planarization film prepared by adding into an organic solvent, with respect to 1 mol of a phenyltrialkoxysilane, 0.1 mol to 1 mol of acetic acid and 0.005 mol to 0.05 mol of organic tin as a catalyst, hydrolyzing the silane with 2 mol to 4 mol of water, then distilling away the organic solvent at a temperature of 160° C. to 210° C. under reduced pressure to yield a resin, and dissolving the resin in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, is coated on a metal foil coil to a film thickness of 2.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m. When an insulation coating is provided on a metal foil coil before a planarization film is formed, high reliability for insulation can be obtained. When a stainless steel foil provided with a reflection film is used, a highly efficient light emitting device can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriko Yamada, Sawako Yamaguchi, Koichi Nose
  • Patent number: 10471470
    Abstract: A cover window includes a plastic layer and a first hard coating layer disposed on an upper surface of the plastic layer. An edge of the cover window includes a vertical side part perpendicular to the upper surface of the plastic layer. A first inclination part is connected to the vertical side part and is inclined with respect to the vertical side part. The vertical side part and the first inclination part include a mechanical processing trace. An edge of the first hard coating layer adjacent to the first inclination part includes a laser processing trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Il Cho, Hyun Seok Ko
  • Patent number: 10475481
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer and a backcoat layer. The Ra on the magnetic layer side surface is less than or equal to 1.8 nm, the coefficient of friction measured on the base portion of the magnetic layer side surface is less than or equal to 0.35, and the Ra measured on the backcoat layer side surface is less than or equal to 5.0 nm. The backcoat layer contains a fatty acid ester. In addition, the FWHMbefore measured on the backcoat layer side surface before vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 10.0 nm, the FWHMafter after vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 10.0 nm, and the difference between the spacing measured on the backcoat layer side surface after and before vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Oyanagi, Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10477072
    Abstract: A magnetic tape is provided in which ferromagnetic powder included in a magnetic layer is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder having an activation volume less than or equal to 1,600 nm3. The magnetic layer includes one or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide, and an abrasive. The C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %. Also, the tilt cos ? of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to the surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10450465
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a resin film. The resin film has a height difference of about 10 nm to about 65 nm between a convex portion and a concave portion on an outermost surface thereof, and has a difference in contact angle (?CA) of less than about 10° , as represented by Equation 1: ?CA=|CA2-CA1|??[Equation 1] where in Equation 1, CA1 is a water droplet contact angle after a surface of a substrate coated with the resin film has been subjected to a 500-cycle reciprocating abrasion test using an eraser under a load of 500 g/cm2, and CA2 is a water droplet contact angle before the reciprocating abrasion test. Embodiments of the invention provide a novel and improved resin film capable of improving antifouling and slip properties and enhancing film strength, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeto Kobori
  • Patent number: 10442232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layer shrink film comprising at least one shrink base layer and an inkjet printable layer, the latter comprising at least one cellulose-based binding agent, to methods of making such a multi-layer shrink film and of providing graphical information by means of such a multi-layer shrink film, to articles provided with such a multi-layer shrink film as well as to the use of a particular cellulose-based binding agent in the inkjet printable layer of an inkjet printable shrink film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SIHL GMBH
    Inventors: Roy Keulders, Manfred Schäfer, Axel Niemöller
  • Patent number: 10442906
    Abstract: Various embodiments refer to a method for preparing an oxide film on a polymeric substrate, wherein the oxide film is a titanium oxide film (which is optionally niobium- or silicon-doped) or silicon oxide film. The method comprises contacting a polymeric substrate with a liquid reagent comprising a polyalkoxysilane such as 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane to form a layer of the polyalkoxysilane on the polymeric substrate by self-assembly, and contacting said layer with an aqueous mixture comprising (i) titanium tetrafluoride and/or a fluorine-containing titanium complex such as ammonium hexafluorotitanate and/or a fluorine-containing silicon complex such as ammonium hexafluorosilicate, and (ii) a fluorine scavenger such as boric acid, at a temperature of less than about 100° C. to obtained the oxide film on the polymeric substrate. An oxide film prepared by said method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Kia Liang Gregory Goh, Jing Li, Hong Quang Le
  • Patent number: 10443238
    Abstract: The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a foam insulating panel, the panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the foam insulating panel defines at least one recessed channel in the first primary surface, the at least one recessed channel being sized and shaped to provide a mold for a structural reinforcing member. The product also comprises a concrete panel formed on the first primary surface and filling the at least one recessed channel so as to provide a structural reinforcing member for the concrete panel. The product further comprises an elongate anchor member in the foam insulating panel and extending from the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel into the concrete panel. A method of making a composite reinforced insulated concrete structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 10438625
    Abstract: A magnetic tape has an Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer of less than or equal to 1.8 nm, and a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the magnetic layer of less than or equal to 0.050. The magnetic layer includes fatty acid ester. The full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is respectively greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, and the difference between the spacing measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after performing the vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape and the spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10438925
    Abstract: A method for applying a bonding layer that is comprised of a basic layer and a protective layer on a substrate with the following method steps: application of an oxidizable basic material as a basic layer on a bonding side of the substrate, at least partial covering of the basic layer with a protective material that is at least partially dissolvable in the basic material as a protective layer. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Wimplinger
  • Patent number: 10438623
    Abstract: A magnetic tape has a total thickness of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer of 0.60 ?m or smaller. The magnetic layer includes an abrasive and fatty acid ester. The percentage of a plan view maximum area of the abrasive confirmed in a region having a size of 4.3 ?m×6.3 ?m of the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the total area of the region, obtained by plane observation performed by using an SEM is 0.02% or greater and less than 0.06%. The full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and 7.0 nm or smaller, and the difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and is 8.0 nm or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10436946
    Abstract: Transfer films, articles made therewith, and methods of making and using transfer films that include antireflective structures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Benton Free, Justin P. Meyer, Olester Benson, Jr., Terry O. Collier, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Martin B. Wolk, Moses M. David
  • Patent number: 10431249
    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer having ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support. The total thickness of the magnetic tape is less than equal to 5.30 ?m. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. The center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in the magnetic layer, and the C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Tetsuya Kaneko, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10431248
    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. The center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in at least the magnetic layer, and the C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Tetsuya Kaneko, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10414145
    Abstract: Transfer films, articles made therewith, and methods of making and using transfer films to form an electrical stack are disclosed. The transfer films (100) may include a plurality of co-extensive electrical protolayers (22, 23, 24) forming an electrical protolayer stack (20), at least selected or each electrical protolayer independently comprising at least 25 wt % sacrificial material and a thermally stable material and having a uniform thickness of less than 25 micrometers. The transfer films may include a plurality of co-extensive electrical protolayers forming an electrical protolayer stack, at least selected or each protolayer independently exhibiting a complex viscosity of between 103 and 104 Poise at a shear rate of 100/s when heated to a temperature between its Tg and Tdec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin B. Wolk, Michael Benton Free, Daniel J. Schmidt, Justin P. Meyer, Mark J. Pellerite, Stephen A. Johnson, Terry O. Collier, Xiaohua Ma
  • Patent number: 10410010
    Abstract: Techniques for generating and using reader-friendly policy statements are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a policy management service receives a request for an authorization policy in a language-localized syntax. The policy management service identifies a syntax graph corresponding to the authorization policy and traverses the syntax graph to obtain at least a requestor variable value associated with the authorization policy, an action variable value associated with the authorization policy, a resource variable value associated with the authorization policy, and a location variable value associated with the authorization policy. The policy authorization service generates a reader-friendly policy statement in the language-localized syntax using the requestor variable value, the action variable value, the resource variable value, and the location variable value. Responsive to the request, the policy authorization service provides the reader-friendly policy statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Helali Bhuiyan, Daniel M. Vogel
  • Patent number: 10411174
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device including at least a substrate, a reflector having a concave cavity, and an optical semiconductor element, wherein the reflector is formed of a resin composition containing an inorganic substance; in a spectrum obtained when the reflector is measured by an X-ray diffraction method using CuK? radiation (wavelength=1.5418 A), an intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity P1 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of 0° to 24° to the peak intensity P2 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of more than 24° to 70° is 0.01 or more and 1.0 or less; and an ash content of the reflector is 60% by mass or more. A semiconductor light-emitting device and an optical-semiconductor-mounting substrate, including a reflector having an extremely high light reflection property and excellent dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Kimura, Katsuya Sakayori, Kei Amagai, Satoru Kanke, Toshiyuki Sakai, Toshimasa Takarabe, Makoto Mizoshiri
  • Patent number: 10400322
    Abstract: Various examples related to fabrication of thermally stable ultra-high density particle-in-cavity (PIC) nanostructures. In one example, a method includes disposing an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template onto a surface of a substrate; removing, from the AAO template, a support layer disposed on a side of the AAO template opposite the surface of the substrate; etching nanocavities into the surface of the substrate using the AAO template as an etch mask; and removing the AAO template from the surface of the substrate. The method can include fabricating the AAO template on an aluminum substrate by anodization of an aluminum film and removing the AAO template from the aluminum substrate after formation of the support layer on the AAO template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng Xu, Luping Li, Yang Zhao, Kirk Jeremy Ziegler, Justin C. Wong
  • Patent number: 10403318
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a thickness of a back coating layer is equal to or smaller than 0.20 ?m. A C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the back coating layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 35 atom %. The full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are respectively greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 10.0 nm. The difference between the spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Kurokawa, Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10399905
    Abstract: A housing for a portable electronic device includes a radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. The radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprises a macro-texture on at least a portion of the first surface, and a predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture. A method for manufacturing a housing for a portable electronic device includes forming a green ceramic article comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface, embossing at least a portion of the first surface of the green ceramic article with a macro-texture, and sintering the green ceramic article comprising the macro-texture to form a sintered ceramic article. A predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Dale Ketcham, Weiguo Miao, Eric James Nichols
  • Patent number: 10392537
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition that includes at least 35% polymer, from about 15% by weight, to no greater than 75% by weight propylene polymer derived from at least 50% by weight propylene and from 0 mole % to about 37.5% by weight of an alpha-olefin comonomer other than propylene, the propylene polymer exhibiting a heat of fusion of from about 5 Joules per gram (J/g) to 60 J/g, from 5% by weight to about 50% by weight ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer derived from at least 50% by weight ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer having at least three carbon atoms, the ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of no greater than 0.90 g/cm3, and from 18% by weight to about 37% by weight of a wax component that exhibits a melting point greater than 80° C. and a heat of fusion of at least 200 J/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Thomas F. Kauffman, Scott C. Schmidt, Kim M. Larson, Amanda L. Schmit, Timothy W. Roska
  • Patent number: 10384975
    Abstract: A glass for pharmaceutical containers, which is resistant to delamination and has excellent processibility, is provided. The glass for pharmaceutical containers comprises, in mol % on an oxide basis, 69 to 81% of SiO2, 4 to 12% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, to 20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0.1 to 12% of Li2O, and 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The glass has a hydrolytic resistance of Class 1 in a test in accordance with the European pharmacopoeia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ken Choju
  • Patent number: 10377111
    Abstract: A colored biaxially stretched polyester film for metal plate attachment and forming processing, includes three layers: opposite surface layers (layers A) that contain substantially no coloring pigment and are made of a copolyester having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.65 to 0.80 and a melting point (TmA) of 230 to 260° C.; and a core layer (layer B) that has a coloring pigment content of more than 10 wt % and 50 wt % or less and is made of a copolyester having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.55 to 0.70 and a melting point (TmB) of 230 to 260° C. The film has a surface roughness within a range of 10 to 40 nm, and (TmB?TmA) is 4° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TEIJIN FILM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Iyo, Mitsuo Tojo
  • Patent number: 10373041
    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: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 10373889
    Abstract: In an electronic device including an electronic component, a sealing resin body, a first member having at least a portion located in the sealing resin body, and a second member connected to the first member via a solder in the sealing resin body, the first member includes a base material formed of a metal material and a coated film at least on a surface of the base material which is adjacent to a back surface of the first member opposite to a facing surface of the first member facing the second member. The coated film includes a metal thin film on a surface of the base material and an uneven oxide film on the metal thin film and made of an oxide of a same metal as a main component of the metal thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Ooshima, Eiji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10371866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element that includes a mark (18). The optical element has a first coating layer (22) over at least a portion of a surface of an optical substrate (20) having the mark (18) on the surface of the optical substrate, and one or more additional coating layers (24) over at least a portion of the first coating layer (22). The first coating layer has a first refractive index, and the optical substrate and the mark may have a second refractive index. A difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index has an absolute value of 0.02 to 0.24. At least one of the first coating layer (22) and the one or more additional coating layers (24) may be applied by a controlled deposition of a coating material in droplet form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Transitions Optical, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennine M. Frease, Joseph D. Turpen, William D. Carpenter, Kevin J. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10364947
    Abstract: An LED module is disclosed. The LED module includes: light sources elongated in a first direction; a mount supporting the light sources; and a composite reflector integrated with the mount to guide light received from the light sources. The composite reflector includes a first region arranged adjacent to the light sources to reflect light in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a third region arranged away from the mount to reflect light in the second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and a second region whose portions overlap the first region and the third region and formed with a plurality of diffraction lines through which light is diffused in the second direction. The diffraction lines formed on the composite reflector diffract incident light and direct the diffracted light toward the light receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungsik Jo, Seunghyun Oh, Seunghoon Lee, Junghyun Park, Byeonggeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10359685
    Abstract: A three-dimensional circuit includes a hyperbolic bicontinuous structure forming a substrate; circuits formed on a first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure; and electrically conductive traces formed between the circuits. The electrically conductive traces are formed two-dimensionally on the first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure. The electrically conductive traces are effectively three-dimensional traces between the circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Robert William Corkery
  • Patent number: 10357801
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a release sheet for use in replicative embossing includes manipulating a surface morphology of a replicative surface having a predefined embossing pattern; and depositing and embossing a coating material on a substrate of the release sheet with the replicative surface, wherein both the predefined embossing pattern and the surface morphology of the replicative surface is transferred to the coating material of the release sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: VANTAGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chui Wan Tse, Chi Hang Cheung
  • Patent number: 10358381
    Abstract: The glass sheet production method of the present invention is a method for producing a surface-modified glass sheet, including a gas contact step of bringing hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas, hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas, and water vapor into contact with at least one principal surface of a glass sheet. A gas containing the hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas is used in the gas contact step, and in the gas containing the hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas, a volume ratio of the water vapor to the hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas (volume of water vapor/volume of HF gas) is 8 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Hirotaka Koyo, Kazuishi Mitani, Yasuhiro Saito, Keiko Tsuri
  • Patent number: 10351524
    Abstract: A Hydrocarbyl Carboxybetaine represented by Formula (1) is provided: wherein, n1?0 and n2>0, A is a C1-C20 alkyl group when n1>0, and A is a single bond when n1=0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Chung Cheng University
    Inventors: Lai-Kwan Chau, Chun-Jen Huang, Wen-Hao Chen, Chao-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 10347280
    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer containing non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or less than 0.60 ?m. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in at least the magnetic layer. The C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Tetsuya Kaneko, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10344242
    Abstract: A mechanical part provided with an amorphous carbon coating (with at least 70 wt. % of carbon not including hydrogen) and used to cooperate slidingly with an antagonistic part having a surface hardness which is a maximum of two thirds of that of the coating. The mechanical part is such that the coating has a roughness Ra which, measured by profilometry, is equal to a maximum of 0.050 microns and, measured by atomic force microscopy, a micro-roughness which is equal to a minimum of 0.004 microns and a maximum of 0.009 microns. This minimizes the wear of the less hard antagonistic part and that of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: H.E.F.
    Inventor: Christophe Heau
  • Patent number: 10347279
    Abstract: A magnetic tape has a magnetic layer and a backcoat layer. Each of the magnetic layer and the backcoat layer contains a fatty acid ester. The Ra measured on the magnetic layer side surface is less than or equal to 2.8 nm. The difference between the spacing measured by optical interferometry on the magnetic layer side surface after and before vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm. The FWHMbefore on the backcoat layer side surface is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 10.0 nm. The FWHMafter on the backcoat layer side surface is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 10.0 nm. The difference between the spacing measured on the backcoat layer side surface after and before vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Masahito Oyanagi, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10325950
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device capable of further decreasing reflectivity, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. The solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate on which a photoelectric converting unit is formed for each of a plurality of pixels, and an antireflection structure provided on a light incident surface side from which light is incident on the semiconductor substrate in which a plurality of types of projections of different heights is formed. The antireflection structure is formed by performing processing of digging a light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate in a plurality of stages with different processing conditions. The antireflection structure is the structure in which a second projection lower than a first projection is formed between the first projections of predetermined height. The present technology may be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10310651
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch screen and a method for manufacturing the touch screen as well as a display device. The touch screen comprises a substrate, a conductive film layer and an insulating layer which are sequentially stacked, wherein the insulating layer is provided, on its surface away from the substrate, with protruding structures that are configured to increase the area of the surface of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Xu, Gaoliang Shi, Lei Zhang, Tsungchieh Kuo, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 10310154
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer film in which metal oxide particles are localized to a great degree, wherein the polymer film is a hard coat layer that includes a binder including a first polymer component and a second polymer component that are miscible with each other and metal oxide particles that are unevenly distributed with a greater concentration toward at least one of a surface portion and the other surface portion opposite the surface portion, wherein the first polymer component may be hydrophilic, the second polymer component may be hydrophobic relative to the first polymer component, a proportion of the first polymer component may gradually decrease from the surface portion to the other surface portion, and the surface portion may be toward a substrate for forming the polymer film. An optical member, such as a polarization member, and a display device employing the polymer film are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeto Kobori
  • Patent number: 10311909
    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer containing non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or less than 0.60 ?m. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in at least the magnetic layer. The C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFIRM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Tetsuya Kaneko, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10301453
    Abstract: Provided is a novel modified isobutylene-isoprene rubber (IIR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su Seo, Jang-Soon Kim