Including Components Having Same Physical Characteristic In Differing Degree Patents (Class 428/212)
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Patent number: 10739200Abstract: A paint swatch test device includes a transparent or translucent substrate, such as a sheet of polymeric material, and a plurality of different primer coating patches on the substrate. The patches preferably form a grayscale series of neutral white and gray primer patches having stepwise increments in light reflectance values. The patches can also be provided on an opaque substrate. The color suitability and/or hiding power of a topcoat paint desired to be applied to a surface to be painted can be determined by coating the topcoat paint on at least a portion of a surface of the transparent or translucent substrate, providing a grayscale series of patches between the paint coating and the surface to be painted, and observing the appearance of the paint coating where patches are beneath the coating and where patches are not beneath the coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: TRUE HUE, LLCInventors: Jamie B. Peltz, Robert F. Golownia
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Patent number: 10731058Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one natural latex and at least one polymeric composition having a glass transition temperature ranging from ?50° C. to 0° C. The invention also relates to a membrane obtained after drying the adhesive composition according to the invention, to a combination of a flexible surface coating with an adhesive composition according to the invention, to a method for applying a flexible surface coating onto a substrate as well as a substrate coated with a peelable adhesive membrane according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Bostik S.A.Inventors: Jessie Casimiro, Eric Verscheure
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Patent number: 10705326Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a microscope using images acquired under multiple illumination conditions. In one implementation, an autofocus microscope may include an image capture device, a focus actuator, an illumination assembly, and a controller. The controller may cause the illumination assembly to illuminate a sample at a first illumination condition and at a second illumination condition. The controller may acquire a first image of the sample illuminated from the first illumination angle and a second image of the sample illuminated from the second illumination angle. The controller may further determine an amount of shift between image features present in the first image of the sample and a corresponding image features present in the second image of the sample, If the amount of determined shift is non-zero, the focus actuator may change the distance between the sample and the focal plane.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SCOPIO LABS LTD.Inventors: Eran Small, Ittay Madar, Chen Brestel, Erez Naaman
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Patent number: 10696019Abstract: A tapered interlayer comprising at least one resin layer and a having tapered zone with a wedge angle of at least 0.13 mrad. The first resin layer comprises a first poly(vinyl acetal) resin and at least one RI balancing agent. The refractive index of the first resin layer is at least 1.480.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventor: Jun Lu
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Patent number: 10700242Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a wavelength conversion member, comprising the steps of forming a fluorescent material layer on the top surface of a substrate and filling a translucent material into the fluorescent material layer. The fluorescent material layer contains fluorescent material particles and has voids between the fluorescent material particles. The translucent material has a lower refractive index than the fluorescent material particles and is filled into a part of the voids to form a filled region in a manner to allow the voids to be partially left unfilled with the translucent material.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Murazaki
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Patent number: 10670873Abstract: Projection subsystems are described. More, particularly, projection subsystems that include a light source and a polarizing beam splitter are described. The polarizing beam splitters of the presently described projection subsystems are capable of avoiding performance degradation even after exposure to large doses of incident light.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Stephen J. Willett, Craig R. Schardt, David J. W. Aastuen
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Patent number: 10655211Abstract: A tool includes a base body of hard metal, cermet, ceramics, steel or high speed steel and a multi-layer wear protection coating deposited thereon by a PVD process. The wear protection coating has a first coat deposited on the base body having a composition of TiaAl(1-a)N, wherein 0.4?a?0.6, and a coating thickness of 0.5 ?m to 4 ?m, and a second coat deposited on the first coat. The second coat includes a sequence of 10 to 80 first and second layers alternatingly arranged one on top of each other. Each of the first and second layers has a thickness of 5 to 100 nm. Each first layer includes nitrides of the elements Ti, Al, Cr and Si, and each second layer has a composition of TixAl(1-x)N, wherein 0.4?x?0.6. The first and second coats have up to 10 at-% of further metals, B, C and/or O as impurities in each layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Walter AGInventors: Ulrich Albers, Veit Schier
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Patent number: 10658615Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a window coating layer disposed directly on an upper surface of the display panel. The window coating layer includes a first region which has an increasing elastic modulus in a direction from the display panel toward the window coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyunjoon Oh, Kyungtae Kim, Boa Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Sang-il Park, Heonjung Shin, Hye-jin Oh, Jeoungsub Lee, Min-hoon Choi
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Patent number: 10654241Abstract: Provided are a paper material for fibrous casing enabling a fibrous casing to deliver favorable performance, a production method thereof, and a fibrous casing employing the paper material for fibrous casing. The paper material for fibrous casing of the present invention is used as a food packaging material in heat processing of a foodstuff, and is formed from pulp as a principal component, with one face being a glossy face and another face being a matte face. The fibrous casing of the present invention comprises: a paper layer that is arranged as an innermost layer and formed from a paper material; and a synthetic resin layer that is overlaid on an outer face of the paper layer, the paper material being the paper material for fibrous casing. The matte face of the paper material is preferably directed inward. The glossy face of the paper material is also preferably directed inward.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION, OCI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jyunya Toyota, Yoshihisa Okamura, Katsuhiko Yamada
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Patent number: 10647869Abstract: A peelable coating composition capable of providing coating films with good peelability particularly after UV exposure and desirable mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Shujun Shu, Yurun Yang, Yaobang Li, Yan Guo, Mingqu Yu, Baoqing Zheng
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Patent number: 10640864Abstract: The coated tool has a substrate and a coating layer. The coating layer contains alternating first and second laminated structures. The first laminated structure contains at least two kinds of alternating layers having different compositions. An average thickness of the layers contained in the first laminated structure is 60 nm or more and 500 nm or less. The second laminated structure contains at least two kinds of alternating layers having different compositions. An average thickness of the layers contained in the second laminated structure is 2 nm or more and less than 60 nm. The layers contained in the first laminated structure and the second laminated structure contain a compound having one or more specific metals and at least one or more of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and boron. Average thickness(es) of the first and second laminated structure is/are continuously or stepwisely increased in a direction away from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Kenji Metoki
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Patent number: 10642195Abstract: With respect to a width direction of an intermediate transfer belt perpendicular to a movement direction thereof, the width of a blade is larger than the width of an image forming region in which a toner image is able to be primarily transferred from a photosensitive drum to the intermediate transfer belt. Moreover, grooves are formed on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and, with respect to the width direction of the intermediate transfer belt, a dynamic friction coefficient in a first region that is in contact with the end portion side of the blade is smaller than a dynamic friction coefficient in a second region that is in contact with the central portion side of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shohei Ishio, Keisuke Ishizumi, Takayuki Tanaka, Tsuguhiro Yoshida, Shinji Katagiri
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Patent number: 10636920Abstract: A barrier film that includes a substrate, a first polymer layer on a major surface of the substrate, an oxide layer on the first polymer layer, and a second polymer layer on the oxide layer. At least one of the first or second polymer layers includes a siloxane reaction product of a secondary or tertiary amino-functional silane having at least two silane groups. A method of making the barrier film and articles and a barrier assembly including the barrier film are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Joseph C. Spagnola, Mark A. Roehrig, Thomas P. Klun, Alan K. Nachtigal, Jennifer K. Schnobrich, Guy D. Joly
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Patent number: 10627905Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device includes a panel that includes a support substrate, a plurality of electrodes, which are formed on the support substrate, extending in a predetermined direction, and an insulating layer covering the plurality of electrodes; and a drive unit that drives the panel, wherein a tactile sense is presented to an operator based on an electrostatic force generated between the electrodes and the operator by the drive unit applying a signal of a voltage to the electrode, a contact face of the insulating layer that is in contact with the operator has a surface roughness Ra of a predetermined range, and the voltage applied to the electrodes corresponding to an area in which the tactile sense is presented to the operator is a voltage corresponding to the surface roughness Ra of the contact face.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Haga, Daisuke Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10622115Abstract: A first object is to provide a conductive film which is flexible from the standpoint that bending in a bending test or the like does not largely change its electrical resistance. Provided is a process for producing a flexible conductive film including applying a solution or dispersion containing at least any one of metal organic compounds, metals, and metal oxides onto a base material and treating the resulting film by at least either one of a heating step at a temperature not deteriorating the base material or an irradiation step with ultraviolet light, microwaves, or plasma.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Yuuko Uzawa, Tomohiko Nakajima
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Patent number: 10583403Abstract: The present invention pertains to a resin composition which includes component: a membrane-forming polymer, component: a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition which includes a (meth)acrylic ester macromonomer represented by general formula and another monomer, and component: a polymer including a vinylpyrrolidone unit, a membrane-forming stock solution which includes the resin composition, a porous membrane obtained by forming with the membrane-forming stock solution, and a hollow fiber membrane, a water treatment device, an electrolyte support, and a separator which use the porous membrane. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a porous membrane which has pores with high uniformity wherein the formation of large pores with a diameter of 1 ?m or higher is suppressed and which has excellent fractionation performance and high water permeability, and a hollow fiber membrane, water treatment device, electrolyte support, and separator which use the porous membrane.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Shingo Hikita, Tetsuya Noda, Mitsufumi Nodono
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Patent number: 10580788Abstract: Embodiments of methods for forming three-dimensional (3D) memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a peripheral device is formed on a first substrate. A first interconnect layer is formed above the peripheral device on the first substrate. A dielectric stack including a plurality of dielectric/sacrificial layer pairs and a plurality of memory strings each extending vertically through the dielectric stack is formed on a second substrate. A second interconnect layer is formed above the memory strings on the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded, so that the first interconnect layer is below and in contact with the second interconnect layer. The second substrate is thinned after the bonding. A memory stack is formed below the thinned second substrate and including a plurality of conductor/dielectric layer pairs by replacing, with a plurality of conductor layers, sacrificial layers in the dielectric/sacrificial layer pairs.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jifeng Zhu, Jun Chen, Zhenyu Lu, Qian Tao, Si Ping Hu, Jia Wen Wang, Yang Fu
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Patent number: 10576911Abstract: A shielding device of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle for shielding an interior of the passenger compartment from a hydrogen tank in the motor vehicle includes a basic body. The basic body has a fiber-reinforced composite material with a hydrogen-permeation-inhibiting coating. The basic body is constructed as a wall or wall segment of the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Juergen Greil, Josef Baeumel
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Patent number: 10562262Abstract: A composite article including fiber tows and a network including material drawn or pulled between the fiber tows. The network forms a physical barrier reducing propagation of cracks in the composite article. Exemplary structures described herein are the first to use a novel cellular architecture to toughen resin infused composites and create a continuous through thickness reinforcement that does not induce fiber breakage.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Christopher A. Howe, Kariza Martin, Michelle Louise Gee, Adrian Mouritz
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Patent number: 10539726Abstract: A solar control coating (30) includes a first phase adjustment layer (40); a first metal functional layer (46); a second phase adjustment layer (50); a second metal functional layer (58); a third phase adjustment layer (62); a third metal functional layer (70); a fourth phase adjustment layer (86); and optionally, a protective layer (92). At least one of the metal functional layers (46, 58, 70) includes a metal functional multi-film layer including (i) at least one infrared reflective film and (ii) at least one absorptive film.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventors: Andrew V. Wagner, Patrick Fisher, Paul A. Medwick
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Patent number: 10525633Abstract: Method for bonding a sheetlike cover material to a shaped article, using an adhesive film comprising at least one layer of a heat-activatedly bondable adhesive, where the adhesive film is disposed, over the full area or a partial area, between the cover material and the shaped article, the heat-activatedly bondable adhesive as yet not adhering to the shaped article, wherein the cover material is pulled onto the shaped article under tension, so that the layer of the heat-activatedly bondable adhesive contacts the shaped article, and the activation of the heat-activatedly bondable adhesive is brought about by means of the pressure resulting exclusively from the tension, and optionally of heat introduced by means of external energy supply, whereby the heat-activatedly bondable adhesive adheres to the shaped article and a durable connection of the cover material to the shaped article is produced.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: TESA SEInventors: Jannik Sellin, Thomas Niemeyer, Esther Von Possel
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Patent number: 10514482Abstract: Multi-layer optical film comprising optical layers reflecting at least 50 percent of incident UV light over specified wavelength ranges. Embodiments of the multi-layer optical films are useful, for example, as a UV protective covering.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, Mark A. Roehrig, Mark D. Weigel
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Patent number: 10493326Abstract: Golf ball incorporating thermoplastic blend of (i) ionomer(s); (ii) different thermoplastic polymer(s) selected from thermoplastic polyurethane(s), thermoplastic urea(s), and/or thermoplastic urea-urethane hybrid(s); and (iii) acrylonitrile styrene acrylate(s) and/or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene(s) (“ASA and/or ABS”). Ionomer(s) present in amount of about 45 wt % or greater and ASA and/or ABS present in amount of from about 2 wt % to about 35 wt %. Thermoplastic polymer(s) may be present in amounts about 8 wt % to about 50 wt %; or about 25 wt % to about 45 wt %; or about 35 wt % to about 50 wt %. Ionomer amount may be greater than thermoplastic polymer amount. Thermoplastic polymer may be a polyurethane present in amount of greater than 20 wt % to about 40 wt %; while ASA and/or ABS is present in amount of from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt %. ASA and/or ABS sometimes present in amount of from about 15 wt % to about 35 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Brian Comeau, Michael Michalewich, Mark L. Binette
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Patent number: 10479725Abstract: Methods and devices for producing a composite pane having a functional coating are presented. The functional coating is applied to part of a surface of a base pane, and a first pane is cut out from the base pane while introducing a frame-shaped peripheral coating-free region into the functional coating having an inner region that is not adjacent a side edge of the first pane. The surface of the first pane with the functional coating is then bonded via a thermoplastic intermediate layer to a surface of a second pane.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Valentin Schulz, Irène Cucchi
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Patent number: 10473823Abstract: Provided are an antireflection film having a high antireflection effect and a production process therefor, an optical member excellent in antireflection effect, a water-repellent film having excellent water repellency, a substrate for mass spectrometry having high detection sensitivity, a high-accuracy phase plate, and a fine structure that can be used in the foregoing and a production process therefor. The fine structure is a structure, including multiple conical portions on a surface thereof, in which the conical portions have a mesostructure; and the mesostructure includes a structure having mesopores.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Kuroda, Shin Kitamura, Hirokatsu Miyata, Masahiko Takahashi, Yosuke Kanno
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Patent number: 10472488Abstract: Provided is a transparent resin composition having a higher heat ray-shielding effect that can particularly effectively shield light of a wavelength of 1,450 nm to 1,750 nm while ensuring a high visible light transmittance. The transparent resin composition contains a transparent resin-forming component and inorganic particles, in which the inorganic particles contain indium tin oxide (ITO) and have a color having an L* value of 30 or more and 55 or less and a b* value of ?18 or more and ?10 or less in the Lab color space.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Kikuta, Keisuke Maeda
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Patent number: 10472534Abstract: Provided is a layered product with high jet-black. A layered product according to the present invention is a layered product (10) including at least a first layer (1) and a second layer (2) that are stacked. A value of L* in a L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729 of the first layer (1) is ten or less. The second layer (2) is formed on the first layer (1) and 0.1 to 1 mass % of carbon nanotubes are contained in a material constituting the second layer (2). In the L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z8729, when values are measured from a side of a plane of the second layer (2), a value of L* is 2.5 or less, a value of a* is ?2.0 or greater and 2.0 or less, and a value of b* is ?2.0 or greater and 0.5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Nahata, Katsumi Watanabe, Yu Morita, Motoki Masuda, Toshiaki Hirayama
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Patent number: 10457592Abstract: A process for obtaining an item including a substrate made of glass or glass ceramic coated on at least one portion of at least one of its faces with a stack of thin-layers including no silver layers and including at least one thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide, the process including: a step of depositing the stack, in which step the thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide and at least one thin homogenizing layer are deposited, the thin homogenizing layer being a metal layer or a layer based on a metal nitride other than aluminum nitride, or a layer based on metal carbide; then a heat treatment step in which the stack is exposed to radiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Lorenzo Canova, Driss Lamine, Nicolas Nadaud, Sébastien Roy, Nisita Wanakule
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Patent number: 10442907Abstract: A method for producing a barrier layer and a carrier body including such a barrier layer are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a carrier body including a polymer film having at least one polymer, drying the barrier interface, exposing the barrier interface to one reagent gas, or to a plurality of reagent gases which do not chemically react with each other, so that the at least one reagent gas chemically reacts with the at least one polymer at least inside the polymer film in at least one chemical reaction thereby forming the barrier layer, and removing at least one product gas of the at least one chemical reaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: OSRAM OLED GmbH, CIC NANOGUNE CONSOLIDERInventors: Frank Vollkommer, Klaus-Dieter Bauer, Juergen Bauer, Mato Knez, Keith Edward Gregorczyk
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Patent number: 10443190Abstract: A composite roofing membrane containing a single ply roofing membrane containing a first membrane, a scrim, and a second membrane. The first side of the first membrane forms the upper surface of the composite roofing membrane and contains a thermoplastic polymer. The scrim has a machine and cross-machine direction and contains a yarn or fiber selected from the group consisting of polyester and glass, and a tensile strength in the machine direction is at least about 100 N/cm2. The second membrane contains a thermoplastic polymer. The composite roofing membrane also contains a fire resistant fleece containing a plurality of FR rayon staple fibers and a plurality of char scaffold fibers selected from the group consisting of partially oxidized acrylonitrile and silica staple fibers.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventor: David E. Wenstrup
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Patent number: 10442728Abstract: The invention provides low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective of infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: CARDINAL CG COMPANYInventor: Klaus Hartig
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Patent number: 10442162Abstract: A composite pane is presented. The composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to each other via an intermediate layer. The composite pane further includes a light-diffusing glass fiber that is suitable for emitting light by diffusion via its side wall along its extension length. According to one aspect, the glass fiber is arranged, in sections, between the intermediate layer and the outer pane, and is arranged, in sections, between the intermediate layer and the inner pane. According to another aspect, the glass fiber is routed through an opening in the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Marcel Klein, Dirk Doerner
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Patent number: 10442161Abstract: Composite pane, in particular a laminated side pane for a side window of a vehicle. The composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has, at least in some sections, a cutback relative to a pane edge, and at least one light-diffusing optical fiber. The optical fiber is at least partially arranged in the region of the cutback, between the outer pane and the inner pane.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Marcel Klein, Dirk Doerner, Herbert Bayer
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Patent number: 10427768Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus that is able to generate an image to deter a shark from attacking a watercraft (e.g. a surf-craft). Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and retrofitting watercraft to include the apparatus that is able to generate an image to deter a shark from attacking the watercraft.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: LANDOA PTY LIMITEDInventor: Robert Joseph Carraro
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Patent number: 10428164Abstract: A printing material for a three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus is provided. The printing material includes a core and a shell covering the core, wherein the Shore hardness of the core is A45-A90, the Shore hardness of the shell is D40-D85, the Shore hardness of the shell is higher than the Shore hardness of the core, the volume percentage of the shell is 10% to 30%, and the volume percentage of the core is 70% to 90%. Since the printing material has a specific structure, feed abnormality during the printing material passing through a narrow inlet hole and guide tube may be prevented in the use of low-hardness material as the core.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Wang, Chun-Wei Peng
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Patent number: 10421255Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the HIC can be effectively lowered. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer, and when the interlayer film is sandwiched between two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R3202 to obtain a sheet of laminated glass, the flexural modulus at 23° C. of the resulting sheet of laminated glass is 5000 MPa or more and 10000 MPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirano, Yuji Uchimura, Shougo Yoshida, Akira Mizumori
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Patent number: 10415300Abstract: Provided is a low-emissivity coating comprising successively: a first dielectric layer comprising a first metal oxide; a low-emissivity layer; and a second dielectric layer having first and second layers stacked on each other, the first layer comprising a second metal oxide, and the second layer comprising a silicon aluminum nitride, wherein each of the first and second metal oxides has a refractive index ranging from about 2.2 to about 2.6 with regard to a wavelength of about 550 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventors: Dae-Hoon Kwon, Youn-Ki Jun
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Patent number: 10406998Abstract: A license plate sheet having superior weather resistance is provided. A license plate comprising the license plate sheet and having markings visible to a infrared-based ALPR system, is also provided. In some embodiments, the license plate sheet includes an infrared absorbing marking layer, wherein the infrared absorbing marking layer includes cesium tungsten oxide and a binder.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Akira Muramoto, Toshitaka Nakajima
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Patent number: 10401906Abstract: A cover window for a display device includes a first film; a second film on the first film; an adhesive layer between the first film and the second film; a coating layer on the second film; and an inner anti-reflective layer between the first film and the coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Hoon Choi, Heon Jung Shin, Hye-Jin Oh, Jeoung Sub Lee, Bo A Kim, Sang Hoon Kim, Sang-Il Park, Hyun Joon Oh
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Patent number: 10391694Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of producing a film, the method being capable of suppressing formation of die lines in melt extrusion molding using a T die. A thermoplastic resin composition having a relaxation modulus of not less than 100 Pa and not more than 2,000 Pa is melted and kneaded, the relaxation modulus being measured under conditions of a temperature of 260° C., distortion of 1%, and a relaxation time of 1 second, and extrusion molding of the thermoplastic resin composition using the T die is performed to form the film. The thermoplastic resin composition may contain an acrylic resin and a rubber particle.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Hatano, Yutaka Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10394397Abstract: A touch sensor film preventing moire occurring in accordance with deformation of a support is manufactured by performing roll transportation of an elongated transparent support 1 having a thickness smaller than 80 ?m using a plurality of pass rollers 4, 5, and 6; performing annealing treatment with respect to the support 1 at a temperature which is equal to or lower than a temperature obtained by adding 35° C. to a dynamic glass transition temperature of the support 1; and forming a mesh pattern formed of thin metal wires 8a on a surface of the support 1 subjected to the annealing treatment.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Katsuyuki Nukui
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Patent number: 10388422Abstract: An electrically conductive element includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube film located on the substrate. The carbon nanotube film includes a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. The carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other and extend along a first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force on a second direction. The second direction is intercrossed with the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Beijing FUNATE Innovation Technology Co., LTD.Inventors: Chen Feng, Li Qian, Yu-Quan Wang
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Patent number: 10350858Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass having small optical distortion while having a multilayer structure of two or more layers, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass including at least two resin layers laminated together, the interlayer film having a large number of minute recesses and a large number of minute projections on at least one surface, the at least two resin layers including a first surface layer and a second surface layer and each containing a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer, wherein, provided that the interlayer film is allowed to stand at 23° C. and a humidity of 30% RH for three hours, and cut with a microtome at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shougo Yoshida, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Tatsuya Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10353125Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polarizing plate including an adhesive layer, a primer layer and a polyethylene terephthalate film which are sequentially formed on at least one side of a polarizer, wherein the adhesive layer in the present disclosure is formed by an active energy ray-curable adhesive including a first epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or higher, a second epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the primer layer is formed by a primer composition including one or more binder resins selected from the group consisting of polyester and polyvinyl alcohol-based resins, and one or more cross-linking agents selected from the group consisting of acrylic cross-linking agents, epoxy-based cross-linking agents and polyvinyl alcohol-based cross-linking agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Hyun Nam, Eun-Mi Seo, Seung-Hee Nam, Dae-Woong Lee, Kyun-Il Rah
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Patent number: 10350633Abstract: A composite and a coating having engineered reflective properties are described. The composite comprises a matrix and flakes of a multilayer polymer film including one or more bilayers including at least a layer of a first polymer and a layer of a second polymer having a different refractive index than the first polymer. The coating described includes the composite as applied to a surface and has a reflectance of at least 10% for a selected wavelength range and a transmittance of at least 50% at wavelengths outside of the selected wavelength range. Also described are methods for forming the composite and the coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jesse A. Frantz, Lynda E. Busse, Leslie Brandon Shaw, Jasbinder S. Sanghera
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Patent number: 10347889Abstract: The present invention relates to a microporous film and use thereof as separator with greater resistance to puncturing.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bertram Schmitz, Detlef Busch, Dominic Klein
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Patent number: 10328678Abstract: A multilayer machine direction oriented film comprising at least an (A) layer and (B) layer, at least one of said (A) layer or (B) layer comprising at least 50 wt % of a multimodal linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density of 905 to 940 kg/m3 and an MFR2 of 0.01 to 20 g/10 min and comprising a lower molecular weight (LMW) component and a higher molecular weight (HMW) component; wherein said LMW component is an ethylene homopolymer and said HMW component is an ethylene polymer of ethylene with at least two C4-12 alpha olefins; wherein said film is a stretched film which is uniaxially oriented in the machine direction (MD) in a draw ratio of at least 1:3 and has a film thickness of at least 40 microns (after stretching) and wherein said film does not comprise a layer in which more than 50 wt % of said layer comprises a polymer component having a melting point (Tm) of 100° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Peter Niedersuess
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Patent number: 10300677Abstract: A non-rigid composite sheet comprising in order (i) a first component comprising at least one first fabric of continuous filament yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and a first polymeric layer, (ii) a second component comprising at least one second fabric of continuous filament glass yarns, the at least one second fabric being adjacent to the at least one first fabric of the first component, and (iii) a third component comprising a second polymeric layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka
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Patent number: 10295862Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first display panel and a second display panel facing each other, a driver connecting line disposed on the first display panel, a driving circuit part connected to the driver connecting line, a backlight unit disposed adjacent to the first display panel, a reinforcing part overlapping the driver connecting line and disposed adjacent to at least one side of the second display panel, a second polarizer disposed on the second display panel, and a film layer disposed on the second polarizer and the reinforcing part. The second polarizer overlaps a top surface of the second display panel and does not overlap a top surface of the reinforcing part.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-Hwan Jeon, Sang Hwan Lee, Ki Seok Cha
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Patent number: 10287385Abstract: The present invention relates to a weather-resistant thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin composition containing the same, and a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition. More particular, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin including a) a hard core having a refractive index of 1.530 to 1.590; b) a crosslinked rubber layer that surrounds the hard core, has an average thickness of 30 to 80 nm, and is prepared by polymerizing an alkyl (meth)acrylate compound and a crosslinking agent; and c) a non-crosslinked hard shell that surrounds the crosslinked rubber layer and is prepared by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound, a thermoplastic resin composition including the thermoplastic resin, and a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Taek Oh, Yong Yeon Hwang, Min Jung Kim, Chun Ho Park, Sang Mi Lee, Yeong Min Lee, Eun Soo Kang