Thickness (relative Or Absolute) Patents (Class 428/213)
  • Patent number: 11958272
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that makes it possible to produce a heat shrinkable label having high seal strength regardless of interlaminar strength, and that also has excellent transparency. The present invention also provides a heat shrinkable label including the heat shrinkable multilayer film. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers each containing a polyester resin; an interlayer containing a polystyrene resin; and adhesive layers, wherein the front and back layers and the interlayer are stacked with the adhesive layers interposed therebetween, and the adhesive layers each contain a polyester resin having a glass transition temperature of 77° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Ohno, Yusuke Onishi
  • Patent number: 11912002
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that makes it possible to produce a heat shrinkable label having high seal strength regardless of interlaminar strength, and that also has excellent transparency. The present invention also provides a heat shrinkable label including the heat shrinkable multilayer film. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers each containing a polyester resin; an interlayer containing a polystyrene resin; and adhesive layers, wherein the front and back layers and the interlayer are stacked with the adhesive layers interposed therebetween, and the adhesive layers each contain a polyester resin having a glass transition temperature of 77° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Ohno, Yusuke Onishi
  • Patent number: 11878495
    Abstract: A cavity-containing polyester film is disclosed, including a layer (layer A) which has therein cavities, and layers (layers B) which each include a polyester resin containing inorganic particles and which are laminated, respectively, over both surfaces of the layer A. The layer A includes a composition including a polyester resin and a polypropylene resin. The polypropylene resin satisfies requirements of: (1) the melt flow rate (MFR) ranges from 1.0 to 10 g/10-minutes (at a temperature of 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg); (2) the deflection temperature is 85° C. or higher under load (at a bending stress of 0.45 MPa); and (3) the weight-average molecular weight Mw ranges from 200,000 to 450,000 (measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC)); and the molecular weight distribution ranges from 2 to 6 (being represented as the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to the number-average molecular weight Mn of the polypropylene resin (Mw/Mn)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Deguchi, Shunichiro Baba
  • Patent number: 11865813
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing the discoloration by the light and heat in an interlayer film including a resin layer colored with a coloring agent. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has an infrared reflective layer, and a first resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin, the first resin layer is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared reflective layer, the infrared reflective layer has a first maximum reflection wavelength at a wavelength of 350 nm to 450 nm, and a second maximum reflection wavelength at a wavelength of 800 nm or more, each of reflectance at the first maximum reflection wavelength and reflectance at the second maximum reflection wavelength is 15% or more, and the first resin layer contains a coloring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nohara, Masaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11844265
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front surface and a second surface which is opposite to the front surface; a front laminated structure attached to the front surface of the display panel; and a rear laminated structure attached to the second surface of the display panel. Each of the front laminated structure and the rear laminated structure includes a bonding member, and an average modulus of the bonding member of the front laminated structure is smaller than an average modulus of the bonding member of the rear laminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Su Park, Young Do Kim, Young Moon Kim, Kyung Lae Rho, Young Gil Park, Ji Hye Seo, Ki Cheol Song, Na Ri Ahn, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11731398
    Abstract: Provided is a packaging material for a power storage device capable of securing excellent formability without causing pinholes and/or cracks even when deep depth forming is performed and also capable of sufficiently preventing delamination even when deep depth forming is performed or even when it is used under severe environments, such as, e.g., high temperature and high humidity. [Solving means] The packaging material for a power storage device has a configuration including a heat resistant resin layer 2 serving as an outer layer, a heat fusible resin layer 3 serving as an inner layer, and a metal foil layer 4 disposed between both the two layers. The heat resistant resin layer 2 is composed of a heat resistant resin film with a hot water shrinkage percentage of 1.5% to 12%. The heat resistant resin layer 2 and the metal foil layer 4 are bonded via an outer adhesive layer 5 composed of a cured film of an electron beam curable resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Showa Denko Packaing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei He, Terutoshi Kumaki, Makoto Karatsu, Takashi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 11633931
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a continuous compression molding machine. The continuous compression molding machine comprises a tooling die, extending through a heating zone and a cooling zone, a tooling sleeve, and a biasing system. The tooling sleeve corresponds to the tooling die and is for use in forming a thermoplastic composite part from a thermoplastic composite charge when the tooling sleeve with the thermoplastic composite charge is moved with respect to the tooling die through the heating zone and the cooling zone. The biasing system is configured to hold the thermoplastic charge at a first angle within the heating zone and hold the thermoplastic composite charge at a second angle within the cooling zone, as the tooling sleeve moves through the heating zone and the cooling zone with the thermoplastic composite charge. The first angle is different from the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Philip P. Steinacher, Randall Dow Wilkerson, James Rodney Fox, Michael Palmore Matlack, Ryan Joseph Merriman, Donald C. Besselsen, David Phillip Bruk
  • Patent number: 11631828
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device module includes: a glass-containing cover element having a thickness from about (25) ?m to about (200) ?m, an elastic modulus from about (20) to (140) GPa, and first and second primary surfaces; a stack comprising: (a) an interlayer having an elastic modulus from about (0.01) to (10) GPa and a thickness from about 50 to (200) ?m, and (b) a flexible substrate having a thickness from about (100) to (200) ?m; and a first adhesive joining the stack to the cover element, and comprising an elastic modulus from about (0.001) to (10) GPa and a thickness from about (5) to (25) ?m. Further, the module comprises an impact resistance characterized by tensile stresses of less than about (4100) MPa and less than about (8300) MPa at the first and second primary surfaces of the cover element, respectively, upon an impact in a Pen Drop Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinu Baby, Dhananjay Joshi, Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11597165
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11559972
    Abstract: A multilayer structure includes a layer of a resin composition containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein a mass ratio of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer to the thermoplastic elastomer is from 65/35 to 95/5 and the layer of the resin composition has one surface directly adjacent to a layer of polyolefin with no polar functional group. A multilayer structure is thus provided that is excellent in gas barrier properties, transparency, and flexibility and also has good delamination properties between the layer of the resin composition and the layer of the polyolefin with no polar functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Naoki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11518154
    Abstract: A laminate film with moderate barrier properties can include: a machine direction oriented (MDO) blown polyethylene substrate laminated to a blown polyethylene sealant film, wherein the blown polyethylene sealant film comprises about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of hydrocarbon resin. Preferably, a polymeric composition of the laminate film is about 90 wt % to about 100 wt % of polyethylene and hydrocarbon resin cumulatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Chiao-Kiat Pey
  • Patent number: 11472730
    Abstract: A laminated glass article includes a glass core layer and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the glass core layer. At least one of the glass core layer or the glass cladding layer is a tinted layer. The tinted layer can include a tinting agent that imparts a color to the tinted layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Matthew John Dejneka, Lisa Ann Tietz Moore
  • Patent number: 11465384
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an outer case for a flexible rechargeable battery, including a first resin layer configured to include a first patterned area, a moisture barrier layer disposed on the first resin layer to include a second patterned area, a second resin layer disposed on the moisture barrier layer to include a third patterned area, and a stress relaxation layer configured to cover the third patterned area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonkyu Bang, Junwon Suh, Juhee Sohn, Jungyup Yang, Hyeri Eom, Jeongdoo Yi, Da-Un Han, Juhyeong Han, Seokhun Hong
  • Patent number: 11446902
    Abstract: Provided is a molding packaging material capable of sealing without causing sealing failure, significantly reducing cleaning frequency of a seal bar to improve productivity, and preventing occurrence of delamination. The molding packaging material includes a PBT terephthalate (PBT) layer 2, a heat fusible resin layer 3, and a metal foil layer 4 between the two layers. The PBT layer 2 and the metal foil layer 4 are bonded via an outer adhesive layer 5. The outer adhesive layer 5 is formed of a urethane adhesive cured film composed of a polyester polyol, a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, and polyhydric alcohol. The polyester polyol contains a dicarboxylic acid component, the dicarboxylic acid component includes an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. The dicarboxylic acid component contains an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. The content rate of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid in the dicarboxylic acid component is 40 mol % to 80 mol %. The Young's modulus of the cured film of the urethane adhesive is 70 MPa to 400 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshino, Yuji Minamibori, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11437291
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof. The first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, and the thickness may be formed by at least two semiconductor die. The warpage of one of the first largest planar surface or the second largest planar surface may be less than 200 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Carney, Michael J. Seddon
  • Patent number: 11427926
    Abstract: A silicon-based molten composition according to an exemplary embodiment is used for a solution growth method for forming a silicon carbide single crystal, and represented by Formula 1 including silicon (Si), a first metal M1, a second metal M2 and a third metal M3, wherein the first metal M1 is one or more selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), the second metal M2 is one or more selected from the group consisting of scandium (Sc) and titanium (Ti), and the third metal M3 is one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al) and gallium (Ga): SiaM1bM2cM3d??Formula 1 wherein a is 0.3 to 0.8, b is 0.1 to 0.5, c is 0.01 to 0.3, d is 0.01 to 0.2, and a+b+c+d is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Chan Yeup Chung, Ho Rim Lee, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Jung Min Ko
  • Patent number: 11430963
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front surface and a second surface which is opposite to the front surface; a front laminated structure attached to the front surface of the display panel; and a rear laminated structure attached to the second surface of the display panel. Each of the front laminated structure and the rear laminated structure includes a bonding member, and an average modulus of the bonding member of the front laminated structure is smaller than an average modulus of the bonding member of the rear laminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Su Park, Young Do Kim, Young Moon Kim, Kyung Lae Rho, Young Gil Park, Ji Hye Seo, Ki Cheol Song, Na Ri Ahn, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11421427
    Abstract: A plank has a first portion with at least three layers. The first layer is of a plant material, and has an inner surface that includes a nonwoven fabric or a fiberglass mesh. The second layer is of an adhesive paper material that includes a macromolecular glue where the macromolecular glue is 50-55% melamine, 35-40% plasticizer, and 3-5% formaldehyde. The third layer is one of bamboo, wood, or paper. The plank has a second portion, which may be of a plastic composite base material or a magnesium oxide composite base material. When the second portion is of a plastic composite material, the first portion is fused to the second portion by cold pressing or a polyurethane reactive adhesive. When the second material is of a magnesium oxide composite base material, the first portion is thermally pressed to the second portion by cold pressing, hot pressing or a polyurethane reactive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Wellmade Floor Covering International, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhu Chen
  • Patent number: 11420346
    Abstract: A cutting implement including a metal substrate and a coating is provided. The coating has zirconium PVD (ZrCRTiNO), which provides protection against corrosion of the metal substrate. In some instances, the zirconium PVD provides protection from corrosion for at least 200 hours. A layer of titanium nitride (TiN) can be added to the coating to increase the hardness of the metal substrate. In such an embodiment, the layer of titanium nitride (TiN) is applied before the zirconium PVD (ZrCRTiNO). Titanium nitride (TiN) coated steel is 3 to 5 times harder than uncoated steel. Thus, a combination of titanium nitride (TiN) and zirconium PVD (ZrCRTiNO) as a coating on a metal substrate can increase the life of the metal substrate by providing increased hardness and anti-corrosive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ACME UNITED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dheeraj Garg, Richard S. Constantine
  • Patent number: 11420801
    Abstract: A metal sheet for containers includes a metal sheet and a polyester film which is laminated on a surface of the metal sheet to be an inner surface side of containers. The polyester film contains a wax in an amount of 0.010 to 2.000 mass %, and has a dipole-dipole force of 40 mN/m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Mori, Nobuo Kadowaki, Tadaaki Ochiai, Akihiko Hirata, Tomohiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11413848
    Abstract: A glass article includes a glass core layer and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the core layer is greater than a CTE of the cladding layer. The core layer has a tensile stress, and the cladding layer has a compressive stress. A retained strength of the glass article is a strength determined after abrasion of an outer surface of the glass article with 1 mL of 90 grit SiC particles for 5 seconds at an abrasion pressure, and a ratio of the retained strength at an abrasion pressure of 25 psi to the retained strength at an abrasion pressure of 5 psi is at least about 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Guangli Hu, John Christopher Mauro, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Natesan Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11407206
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include multilayer blown films having a cling layer and a release layer, wherein the cling layer comprises (i) an ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer, and (ii) a polyethylene polymer selected from ultra-low density polyethylene, a very low density polyethylene, or combinations thereof, and the release layer comprises an ethylene/alpha-olefm resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jong Young Lee, Hrishikesh R. Munj
  • Patent number: 11396593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition, an injection molded article comprising the polypropylene composition, a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition as well as the use of a polypropylene homopolymer (H-PP1) for reducing the 5stiffness reduction factor of a foamed injection molded article by at least 40 as determined by the difference of the flexural modulus measured according to ISO 178 of the non-foamed and foamed injection molded article and compared to an article comprising the same amount of a polypropylene which has been polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Daniela Mileva, Susanne Kahlen, Patrick Rover, Georg Grestenberger, Jingbo Wang, Klaus Bernreitner, Markus Gahleitner
  • Patent number: 11390732
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising abase polymer being a first polypropylene (PP1) and a second polypropylene (PP2). The present invention is further directed to a film and a fiber comprising said polypropylene composition (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: ABU DHABI POLYMERS CO. LTD (BOROUGE) LLC., BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Daniel Van Houcke, Rana Qudaih
  • Patent number: 11387509
    Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly and a lead member extending from the electrode assembly to outside of the case. The secondary battery also includes an insulation member at least partially covering the lead member, the insulation member having an exterior portion that is located outside the case and an interior portion that is located inside the case, wherein the interior portion has a first thickness, and wherein at least part of the exterior portion has a second thickness less than the first thickness. The secondary battery may have a compact structure, and insulation characteristics of the secondary battery may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghee Park, Jeawoan Lee, Youngchang Lim, Euysun Jung, Soomi Eo, Kyunghoon Cho, Kyung Kim, Kwonchul Kim, Jaemin Im
  • Patent number: 11355711
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer. The emission layer includes at least one doping layer and at least one non-doping layer. The doping layer comprises a first host, a second host, and a dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyong Lee, Gina Yoo, Sunjin Joo
  • Patent number: 11331887
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions and processes suitable for use in forming a lid for a hot food or beverage container, the lid being made from a multi-layer sheet that includes a substrate layer and a cap layer made from polyolefin-based compositions. The lid has a density less than water at 23° C., allowing the lid to be recycled in a recycling stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Dart Container Corporation
    Inventor: Chengtao Li
  • Patent number: 11319419
    Abstract: A multilayer film (10) having excellent mechanical strength and transparency comprise a core layer (12), at least two skin layers, and at least two sub-skin layers disposed between the core layer (12) and the two skin layers. The core layer (12) comprises at least 60 wt. % linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). The sub-skin layers comprise at least 60 wt. % low density polyethylene (LDPE). The skin layers comprise at least 80 wt. % of LLDPE wherein the LLDPE comprises C6 LLDPE, C8 LLDPE, or combinations thereof, and each skin layer has a thickness of less than 25% of the overall thickness of the multilayer film (10). The multilayer film (10) comprises at least 0.1 wt. % ultraviolet stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yong Chen, Xiaobing Yun, Libo Du
  • Patent number: 11262636
    Abstract: A transmittance-variable film having a double-cell structure or a single-cell structure capable of suppressing formation of bubbles inside a liquid crystal layer or at the interface between a base film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer under high-temperature and high-humidity reliability conditions is provided. An exemplary transmittance-variable film can be applied to various applications, including various construction or automotive materials that require control of transmittance, or eyewear, such as augmented reality experience or sports goggles, sunglasses or helmets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Doo Kim, Hyun Jun Lee, Yeon Keun Lee, Joo Hyun Lee, Dong Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11254481
    Abstract: Various enhancements of tabbed seals are provided herein with enhanced tab functionality. Such enhancements include a lacquer coating, such as one-part and two-part coatings, which can help minimize tab sticking to the lower laminate. Further, the lacquer can help decrease air bubbles under the tab and also provide visual enhancements to the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Zamora, Miteshkumar B. Patel
  • Patent number: 11247538
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass where multiple glass sheets are joined via an interlayer film [J], wherein i) mean density of the laminated glass is 1.2-1.5 g/cm3 at 25° C., ii) the interlayer film [J] has layered structure comprising at least two adhesive layers [G], comprising an adhesive mainly containing a thermoplastic elastomer having an alkoxysilyl group [F]; and at least one rigid resin layer [H] positioned therebetween, iii) storage modulus of the rigid resin layer [H] is higher than that of the adhesive layer [G], iv) storage modulus of the interlayer film [J] calculated from a formula 1 or measured is 2.0×108-1.0×109 Pa at ?20° C. and 1.0×108-8.0×108 Pa at 40° C., G?=(?iti)/(?i(ti/G?i))??(1) where G?: calculated storage modulus of the interlayer film, G?i: storage modulus of an i-th layer of the interlayer film, ti: thickness of the i-th layer, ?i: sum of numerical values of the i-th layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Kurihara, Teiji Kohara
  • Patent number: 11236016
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujiwara, Izuru Kashima, Michinori Suehara
  • Patent number: 11235559
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass that can improve bending rigidity and sound insulating properties of laminated glass and can inhibit the occurrence and growth of foam in the laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a single-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure and includes a first layer containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, in which a glass transition temperature of the first layer is 10° C. or lower, and an elastic modulus of the first layer at 30° C. is 285,000 Pa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwamoto, Nami Minakuchi, Yuuma Takeda
  • Patent number: 11230089
    Abstract: A wash-off label includes a face film. According to an embodiment the face film is at least uniaxially oriented and comprises at least one of the polyolefins: cyclic olefin copolymer, propylene terpolymer, propylene random copolymer, propylene homopolymer, heterophasic polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene. The face film has density between 0.85 and 0.94 g/cm3 at room temperature (23±2° C.). Further the invention relates to a labelled item comprising the wash-off label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • Patent number: 11214184
    Abstract: A vehicle floor configured to direct water flow comprising a floor portion that extends front-to-back and side-to-side in the vehicle including a surface that faces the vehicle occupant. The floor portion surface includes one or a plurality of raised rib portions and one or a plurality of web regions in-between said raised rib portions, wherein the one or plurality of web regions provides a downwardly sloping floor surface that is configured to direct water to one or a plurality of desired locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AURIA SOLUTIONS UK I LTD.
    Inventors: Gabriel B. Beck, Jr., Tyler Madison Heath
  • Patent number: 11208349
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including an alternation of three functional silver-based metallic layers. This material makes it possible to obtain a multiple glazing having good thermal performance results, in particular a selectivity greater than 2, excellent color neutrality and low optical sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tommaso Ongarello, Julien Beutier
  • Patent number: 11198611
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a composition of matter nucleated from a homogenous nucleation to form a self-assembled binder-less mesoporous carbon-based particle. In some implementations, the composition includes: a plurality of electrically conductive 3D aggregates formed of graphene sheets and sintered together to define a 3D hierarchical open porous structure comprising mesoscale structuring with micron-scale fractal structuring and configured to provide an electrical conduction between contact points of the graphene sheets. A porous arrangement is formed in the 3D hierarchical open porous structure and is arranged to contain a liquid electrolyte configured to provide ion transport through a plurality of interconnected porous channels in the 3D hierarchical open porous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LytEn, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Lanning, Michael W. Stowell, Jerzy Gazda, Jeffrey Bell
  • Patent number: 11192333
    Abstract: A method for making a joint structure including embedding a portion of at least two layers of a third component into a first component and interleaving at least one layer of a second component with an unembedded portion of the at least two layers of the third component, wherein the third component inhibits galvanic corrosion between the first and second components, the first component has a first CTE, the second component has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE, the third component has a third CTE that is between the first CTA and the second CTE, and the third component comprises a mesh component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryan M. Hahnlen
  • Patent number: 11193035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel plastisol composition that cures at a temperature much lower than conventional plastisols. Also disclosed is a method of applying the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Hack S. Kang
  • Patent number: 11189424
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode including an electrode layer disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode and a conductive resin layer disposed on the electrode layer, and the conductive resin layer includes a metal wire, a conductive metal, and a base resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyeon Kim, Hae Sol Kang, Bon Seok Koo, San Kyeong, Chang Hak Choi, Jung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11167528
    Abstract: A glass laminate includes a glass core layer having a core coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer and having a cladding CTE that is less than the core CTE such that the core layer is in tension and the cladding layer is in compression. A stress profile of the glass laminate includes a compressive peak disposed between an outer surface of the cladding layer and an inner surface of the cladding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jason Thomas Harris, Guangli Hu, John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 11161781
    Abstract: Methods for regenerating poisoned salt bath comprising providing a salt bath comprising at least one of KNO3 and NaNO3, providing an ion-exchangeable substrate comprising lithium cations, contacting at least a portion of the ion-exchangeable substrate with the salt bath, whereby lithium cations in the salt bath diffuse from the ion-exchangeable substrate and are dissolved in the salt bath, and selectively precipitating dissolved lithium cations from the salt bath using phosphate salt. The methods further include preventing or reducing the formation of surface defects in the ion-exchangeable substrate by preventing or reducing the formation of crystals on the surface of the ion-exchangeable substrate upon removal from the salt bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Xiaoju Guo, Todd LeRoy Heck, Hongmei Hu, Yuhui Jin, Pascale Oram, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 11161782
    Abstract: A method of producing glass-based articles having sections of different thicknesses is provided, where a maximum central tension in a thinner section is less than that of a thicker section. The method includes reducing the thickness of a region of a glass-based article that includes a compressive stress layer extending from a surface to a depth of compression to form a glass-based article with multiple thickness regions, and then ion exchanging the glass-based article to form a stress profile in the thinner region that has a maximum central tension that is less than a maximum central tension of a stress profile of the thicker region. The glass articles produced by the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Chai Hsin Kuang, Sheng Min Lin, I-Ting Tsai
  • Patent number: 11155688
    Abstract: A polyolefin material that is formed by solid state drawing of a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and nanoinclusion additive is provided. The nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scale phase domains. When drawn, the nano-scale phase domains are able to interact with the matrix in a unique manner to create a network of nanopores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Ryan J. McEneany, Antonio J. Carrillo
  • Patent number: 11154428
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed, including a three-dimensional material formed of a liquid permeable topsheet and an acquisition material. The acquisition material is positioned beneath the topsheet, and both may be formed of nonwoven material. The three dimensional material may have two surfaces and a plurality of protrusions extending in a z-direction from one of the surfaces, each protrusion having side walls defining an opening in the other of the surfaces. One of the topsheet and the acquisition material may include fibers spun of polymer resin pigmented with a first color that differs from a second color of fibers of the other of the topsheet and the acquisition material, and the differing colors are visible when viewing a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rosati, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Matthew Steven Ritter, Jill Marlene Orr, John B. Strube, Adrien Grenier, James T. Knapmeyer, John Lee Hammons, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 11156403
    Abstract: A graphite-containing refractory has higher bending strength and fracture energy than known refractories. The graphite-containing refractory has a graphite content of 1% to 80% by mass. 1000 to 300000 carbon fibers with a fiber diameter of 1 to 45 ?m/fiber are bundled. The carbon fiber bundle has a length of 100 mm or more and is placed within the graphite-containing refractory to form the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoshida, Hisahiro Matsunaga, Yoichiro Hama
  • Patent number: 11141893
    Abstract: In order to solve reduction in strength and rigidity at a weldline which is a problem of an injection molding body, and enable free design such as thin wall molding or complex shape molding of the injection molding body, there is provided an integrally molded body in which a substrate for reinforcement (a) having a discontinuous fiber (a1) and a resin (a2) and an injection molding body (b) having a discontinuous fiber (b1) and a resin (b2) are integrated, in which the substrate for reinforcement (a) has a difference in an orientation angle of the discontinuous fiber (a1) in each of regions obtained by dividing a major axis direction of the substrate for reinforcement (a) into 10 equal parts of within 10°, and the substrate for reinforcement (a) covers a part or all of a weldline of the injection molding body (b) to be integrated with the injection molding body (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Yuichiro Sento, Naokichi Imai, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Masato Honma
  • Patent number: 11136755
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to vapor retarding building materials and methods for making them. The present inventors have found simple and cost-efficient materials that have low water vapor permeability at low relative humidities and that can be provided as a coating on a building material substrate. Notably, in many embodiments, the materials can have high water vapor permeability at high relative humidities. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides vapor retarding articles comprising a building material substrate; and a polymeric coating layer coated on the building material substrate, the polymeric coating layer comprising an inorganic hydrophilic particulate filler dispersed in a continuous organic phase comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the content of the filler is from about 30% to about 85% by weight of the polymeric coating layer, the vapor retarding article configured to have a water vapor permeance of no more than about 1 Perm at 25% relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Valerio Massara, Kenneth D. Knapp
  • Patent number: 11127942
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods of manufacturing an anode, which can include nucleating a plurality of carbon particles at a first concentration level, forming a first film on a sacrificial substrate based on the first concentration level, each of the carbon particles defined by a plurality of aggregates formed of few layer graphene sheets fused together, defining a porous structure based on the few layer graphene sheets; and infusing a molten lithium (Li) metal into the porous structure. A plurality of interconnected porous channels can be defined based on the plurality of carbon particles. A second film can be formed by nucleating the carbon particles at a second concentration level on the first film. The first film can be configured to provide a first electrical conductivity and the second film can be configured to provide a second electrical conductivity different than the first electrical conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: LytEn, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy Gazda, Bruce Lanning, Jeffrey Bell, David Cao, Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha, James McKinney, George Clayton Gibbs, Michael W. Stowell
  • Patent number: RE49399
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass articles suitable for use as electronic device housing/cover glass which comprise a glass ceramic material. Particularly, a cover glass comprising an ion-exchanged glass ceramic exhibiting the following attributes (1) optical transparency, as defined by greater than 90% transmission at 400-750 nm; (2) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (3) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (4) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (5) a Young's Modulus ranging between about 50 to 100 GPa; (6) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C., and (7) and at least one of the following attributes: (i) a compressive surface layer having a depth of layer (DOL) greater and a compressive stress greater than 400 MPa, or, (ii) a central tension of more than 20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, George Halsey Beall, Charlene Marie Smith