Thickness (relative Or Absolute) Patents (Class 428/213)
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Patent number: 11091217Abstract: A joint structure of a composite bicycle frame includes a base layer and at least one reinforcing layer. The base layer is made of a first polymeric matrix material doped with a plurality of first fibers. The first fibers have random fiber orientation, and the base layer has a first thickness. The reinforcing layer is adhesively connected to the base layer. The reinforcing layer is made of a second polymeric matrix material doped with a plurality of second fibers. The second fibers have a single fiber orientation. The reinforcing layer has a second thickness which is smaller than the first thickness of the base layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Chi-Wei Lo, Chih-Kai Chang, Hsu-Pin Hsin, Hung-Chikh Lai
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Patent number: 11065848Abstract: A multilayer film including a core layer and two skin layers, wherein the core layer is positioned between the two skin layers, wherein the core layer includes a polyethylene composition including a high density polyethylene having a density of 0.930-0.965 g/cc and a melt index of 0.7-10.0 g/10 min, and wherein each skin layer independently includes a polypropylene composition including greater than 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition, of a propylene-based polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Quimica Mexicana S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Fabricio Arteaga Larios, Jacquelyn A. Degroot, Vivek Kalihari
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Patent number: 11056711Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery having the electrode structure and a method of manufacturing therefor, the electrode structure according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise an electrode assembly including a cathode layer, an anode layer facing the cathode layer, and a separation film disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; an exterior body including a upper exterior layer having an outer sealing part of which at least a portion of or whole edges are adhered so as to accommodate the electrode assembly and an electrolyte therein, and a lower exterior layer; a battery penetration part forming openings from the upper exterior layer to the lower exterior layer; and an inner sealing part in which facing portions of the upper exterior layer and the lower exterior layer of external periphery of the battery penetration part are adhered each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: ZENAX INC.Inventors: Chang Hyeon Kim, Lee Hyun Shin, Eun Jung Shin
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Patent number: 11053588Abstract: A deposition apparatus including a frame and a cylindrical drum with a cylindrical surface that extends along a central axis. The drum has a first and a second end surface, which extend perpendicularly to the central axis. The drum is rotatably mounted in the frame and includes a plurality of gas zones positioned on the cylindrical surface. The included gas channels extend within the drum. At least a number of the gas zones are in gas connection with at least two channels. The deposition apparatus includes closing elements for closing off all but one of the at least two channels with which a said gas zone is in gas connection so that the type of gas supplied to the various gas zones along the drum surface is programmable.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Pieter Jan De Roij, Ernst Dullemeijer, Eduard Renier Francisca Clerkx
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Patent number: 11033369Abstract: In color reproduction for a dental restorative material, in order to achieve a color that closely matches the color of the natural tooth, one technique that is used is to form a mill blank by laminating layers of materials having different colors. However, misidentification of layers frequently occurs. The present invention is a dental mill blank having a plurality of layers and the dental mill blank has a visual identifying portion by which the plurality of layers are visually identifiable. The visual identifying portion may be provided by color or by structure. Providing the visual identifying portion by color refers to coloring the surface of a layer of the dental mill blank and providing the visual identifying portion by structure refers to forming microscopic or macroscopic irregularities in the entire periphery or part of a layer surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SHOFU INC.Inventors: Masanori Goto, Yusei Kadobayashi
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Patent number: 11013126Abstract: A connection structure: a first electronic component having a terminal pattern in which a plurality of terminals are arranged side by side in a radial form and a second electronic component having a terminal pattern corresponding to the terminal pattern of the first electronic component are anisotropically conductively connected using an anisotropic conductive film, (i) the effective connection area per terminal is 3000 ?m2 or more, and the number density of conductive particles in the anisotropic conductive film is 2000 particles/mm2 or more and 20000 particles/mm2 or less, (ii) as the anisotropic conductive film, adopted is an anisotropic conductive film in which the conductive particles are arranged in a lattice form, and the arrangement pitch and the arrangement direction are configured such that each terminal captures three or more conductive particles, or (iii) as the anisotropic conductive film, adopted is an anisotropic conductive film having a multiple circular region.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventor: Yuta Araki
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Patent number: 10980661Abstract: A multilayer film includes an outer foam layer and a gas barrier layer. The multilayer film may also include at least one tie layer and at least one inner layer, and can be configured to have various film layer constructions. For example, the multilayer film can be configured as a five-layer, six-layer, or seven-layer films. The multilayer film can provide unique texture, softness, quietness, gas barrier properties, light weight and low cost per volume. Further, one or more layers of the multilayer film can contain a vinyl-bond rich triblock copolymer to provide sound absorbing properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HOLLISTER INCORPORATEDInventor: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang
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Patent number: 10973376Abstract: A paper product has a plurality of individual paper sheets with a moist center section impregnated with a liquid and dry outer sections that bound the moist center section. The paper product includes a core element and the plurality of individual paper sheets that are wound around the core element. Each paper sheet has a top surface, a bottom surface, the moist center section impregnated with the liquid, a first dry outer section bounding a first edge of the moist center section, a second dry outer section bounding a second edge of the moist center section, a first moisture impermeable barrier at the first edge of the moist center section, a second moisture impermeable barrier at the second edge of the moist center section, and a water impermeable membrane extending laterally between the first and second moisture impermeable barriers for dividing the moist center section into a first region and a second region.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Inventors: Gehane Triarsi, Shaun Heusen
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Patent number: 10967619Abstract: A stretch-modified elastomeric multilayer film comprising a core layer comprising a first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer, wherein the first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol. % ethylene, has a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 5 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, and at least one outer layer independently comprising a second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer and from 2.5 to 30 wt. % of an antiblock agent, wherein the second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol. % ethylene, has a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 25 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, wherein the density of the first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer is equal to or greater than the density of the second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Andy C. Chang, Jacquelyn A. Degroot, Kate R. Brown, Aleksandar Stoiljkovic, Gert J. Claasen, Barbara Bonavoglia, Carlos E. Ruiz
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Patent number: 10961124Abstract: The present disclosure relates to graphene. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for continuously preparing thermally conductive graphene films. A graphite oxide containing 40-60 wt % of moisture is directly stripped at a high temperature; and then, procedures such as dispersion, defoaming, coating, stripping, trimming, and reduction are performed to prepare thermally conductive graphene films with high thermal conductivity coefficient and strong electromagnetic shielding effectiveness. In the method, because of directly stripping the graphite oxide containing 40-60 wt % of moisture at a high temperature, the procedure of drying the graphite oxide is omitted, achieving low energy consumption and low manufacturing costs. Compared with preparing slurry by directly dispersing the graphite oxide, the concentration of the slurry after high temperature stripping is higher, and can reach 3-20 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Changzhou Fuxi Technology Co., LTD.Inventors: Bucun Zhou, Renjie Zhou, Feng Li, Jing Lu
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Patent number: 10948643Abstract: An optical film for a cover plate of a flexible display, which is disposed on the display side of the flexible display, is disclosed. The optical film sequentially includes an optical substrate layer adjacent to the flexible display, a first adhesive layer, a polarizing layer, a second adhesive layer and a surface functional film which is disposed on the folding side of the flexible display. The optical film having excellent bending resistance and recovery property can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of the integrated bending modulus of the optical substrate layer, the polarizing layer, and the surface functional film to the total thickness of the optical film.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: BenQ Materials CorporationInventors: Chen-Kuan Kuo, Kuo-Jui Huang, Wei-Sheng Cheng
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Patent number: 10946630Abstract: Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Bay Materials, LLCInventors: Ray F. Stewart, John Lahlouh
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Patent number: 10947352Abstract: Provided is a mountain-shaped structure material being excellent in stiffness and lightness. The present invention is a structure material including a resin, reinforced fibers and voids. The structure material has a specific bending stiffness represented as Ec1/3·??1 being 2.5 or more where a bending modulus is Ec and a density is ?. The structure material has a mountain shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Takashi Fujioka, Yoshiki Takebe, Masato Honma
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Patent number: 10941067Abstract: A shaped glass article is provided that is ultrathin, has two surfaces and one or more edges joining the two surfaces, and a thickness between the two surfaces. The shaped ultrathin glass article has at least one curved area with a non-vanishing surface curvature with a minimal curvature radius R if no external forces are applied. A method for producing a shaped glass article is also provided that includes providing an ultrathin glass with two surfaces and one or more edges joining the two surfaces, having a thickness between the two surfaces and shaping the ultrathin glass to a shaped ultrathin glass article by forming at least one curved area having a non-vanishing surface curvature with a minimal curvature radius R if no external forces are applied to the shaped ultrathin glass article.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SCHOTT GLASS TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.Inventors: Feng He, Ning Da, Pengxiang Qian
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Patent number: 10935008Abstract: A bending actuator and methods for making and using the same. A beam of anisotropic polymer material, such as nylon, characterized by a greater degree of molecular orientation along a longitudinal axis than transverse to the longitudinal axis, has a heating element in thermal contact with at least one of a pair of opposing faces parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam. The heating element in certain embodiments provides for photothermal activation of the bending actuator.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Seyed M. Mirvakili, Ian W. Hunter
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Patent number: 10928553Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
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Patent number: 10923698Abstract: A laminate-type power storage element includes a flat plate-shaped electrode body and an exterior body. The electrode body is configured by stacking a sheet-shaped positive electrode and a sheet-shaped negative electrode on either side of a separator. The exterior body is formed in a flattened bag-shape by thermocompression bonding peripheral edge regions of two opposing laminated films, to seal the electrode body inside the flattened bag-shape of the exterior body together with an electrolyte. The separator has a sheet-shaped substrate and at least one bonding layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate. A peripheral edge portion of the separator is sandwiched between and bonded by the two laminated films at a peripheral inside of the peripheral edge regions of the two laminated films.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: FDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Iida, Yasuaki Egawa, Daisuke Hirata, Ryuji Ito, Akihiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10913842Abstract: A formulation of a poly(propylene-co-ethylene) elastomer copolymer and a poly(ethylene-co-1-octene) block copolymer; a method of making the formulation; a manufactured article comprising or made from the formulation; and a method of using the manufactured article.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Manish Talreja, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Haiyang Yu, Jeffrey C. Munro, Lisa S. Madenjian, Susan R. Gill
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Patent number: 10894393Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer films with high toughness performance, where the films have an elastic ethylene copolymer in the core layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Achiel J. M. Van Loon, Danny Van Hoyweghen
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Patent number: 10875286Abstract: Various embodiments of multilayer polymer films and multilayer structures with enhanced tear strength are provided. Also disclosed are processes and systems for producing the disclosed multilayer polymer films. The disclosed films comprise a first polymer that may be cross-linkable upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer that is cleaved or broken when exposed to irradiation. Layers comprising the first polymer are referred to as bulk layers, and layers comprising the second polymer are referred to as scission layers. Scission layers are positioned between bulk layers. The bulk and scission layers may comprise one or more sublayers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Clysar LLCInventors: Guangda Shi, Kurt Bormann
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Patent number: 10864668Abstract: A composite film material usable in a data carrier card body includes a first outer plastic layer, an inner plastic layer and a second outer plastic layer, all the layers together forming a co-extruded composite. The plastic material of the first outer layer is a polyethylene terephthalate glycol copolymer (PETG) or contains a PETG, the plastic material of the inner layer is a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TPC) or contains a TPC, and the plastic material of the second outer layer is a PETG or contains a PETG.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBHInventors: Josef Riedl, Cordula Regensburger, Andreas Braun
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Patent number: 10829193Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural assembly comprising at least two assembly components interconnected by means of a thermoplastic plastics material, and useful in the field of aviation or space travel. First, a first assembly component and a second assembly component are provided and arranged so as to form an arrangement. Second, the arrangement is subjected to creep forming at a temperature which is selected in such a way that the thermoplastic plastics material melts at least in part during the creep forming so as to connect the first assembly component and the second assembly component. The invention further relates to structural assemblies, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, and to an aircraft or spacecraft comprising a structural assembly of this type.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Marco Pacchione, Paulin Fideu
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Patent number: 10822463Abstract: A resin supply material is used for molding a fiber-reinforced resin and includes a continuous porous material and a resin. The continuous porous material has a bending resistance Grt of 10 mN·cm or more at 23° C., and a bending resistance ratio Gr of 0.7 or less, the bending resistance ratio Gr being expressed by the formula: Gr=Gmt/Grt Gmt: bending resistance of continuous porous material at 70° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Satoshi Seike, Masato Honma, Takashi Fujioka, Satomi Hiasa
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Patent number: 10774541Abstract: The invention provides a high strength stone plastic floor and manufacturing method thereof. The stone plastic floor comprises a PVC substrate and a surface layer on a surface of the PVC substrate. Compositions of PVC substrate comprise: PVC powder from 20 to 35 weight percent, calcium carbonate from 60 to 70 weight percent, stabilizer from 1 to 3 weight percent, flexibilizer from 1 to 3 weight percent, lubricants from 0.4 to 1 weight percent, and colorant from 0.4 to 1 weight percent. The high strength stone plastic floor does not contain plasticizer so environmental risks are completely avoided. The contractility is good. The high strength stone plastic floor is resistant to high temperature and direct sunlight. Compared with conventional stone plastic floor, lifespan of the present invention is prolonged. The PVC substrate of the floor can be combined with different layers and can integrate different advantages of other floors.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Xiaoling Zhang
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Patent number: 10773430Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip P. Steinacher, Randall Dow Wilkerson, James Rodney Fox, Michael Palmore Matlack, Ryan Joseph Merriman, Donald C. Besselsen, David Phillip Bruk
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Patent number: 10738220Abstract: The adhesive tape of this application comprises a layer of polymeric material, particularly a polyvinyl chloride, having a Shore A Hardness of between 92 and 100 and a layer of adhesive material attached to a surface of the layer of polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: ShieldMark, Inc.Inventor: Thomas R. Goecke
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Patent number: 10723108Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include multilayer films having at least an outer layer that includes 1) polyethylene elastomer and 2) ULDPE or VLDPE and that has a purge fraction greater than 20 percent as determined by Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) test method. Embodiments disclosed herein also include related compositions to make such films and methods of making such films. The ULDPE or VLDPE can be made via Ziegler-Natta catalyst reaction techniques to provide the desired purge fraction.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jong Young Lee, Yijian Lin, Rajen M. Patel
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Patent number: 10716713Abstract: An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent core including a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate on a deposition area and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles, and a second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers deposited on the second substrate. The first and second absorbent layers are combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Birgit Wirtz, Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius Van Der Klugt, Rodrigo Rosati, Ernesto G Bianchi, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Holger Beruda
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Patent number: 10709806Abstract: A biodegradable, disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, having a non-woven inner layer of natural fibers and a non-woven outer layer of natural fibers and a treatment applied to at least one surface thereof. The treatment includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of waxes, urethanes, silicones, fluorocarbons, and non-fluorochemical repellents. The absorbent article has a core of natural fibers or fibrous material, and optionally polyacrylate superabsorbent particles, positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer. The article may contain polylactic acid films between the layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Everyone's Earth Inc.Inventors: Nicole M. Richards, Thomas C. Kallish
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Patent number: 10703860Abstract: An insulating coating material including a polyimide film, and an adhesion layer on at least one side of a polyimide film. The polyimide film has a weight of 23.5 g or less per 1 m2 and a loop stiffness value of 0.45 g/cm or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Kondo, Makoto Tawada, Kazuhiro Ono
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Patent number: 10688752Abstract: Light weight composites with high flexural strength comprise epoxy foam sandwiched between two layers of facing material have high strength and low weight and can be used to replace steel structures. The facing layer may be fibrous material especially glass or carbon fibres, the facing material is preferably embedded into the epoxy matrix. Alternatively they may be matching box structures or concentric metal tubes. The sandwich structures may be prepared by laying up the fibre; coating and/or impregnating the layer with epoxy resin, laying a layer of heat activatable foamable epoxy material, providing a further layer of the fibrous material optionally coated and/or impregnated with epoxy resin on the foamable material and heating to foam and cure the epoxy materials. Alternatively they may be formed by extrusion of the foamable material between the surface layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Eric Le Gall, Frederic Ostrowsky, Denis Souvay
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Patent number: 10676262Abstract: A sealing label for sealing a snuff container may include a structural layer and having first and second side edges extending in a length direction and first and second end edges extending in a width direction. The sealing label may be divided in the width direction into a container lid attachment area and a container base attachment area. A tear strip area may be arranged between the container lid attachment area and the container base attachment area and may be terminated by a pull tab arranged at the first end edge. The structural layer of the sealing label may be a single structural layer of the sealing label and may consist of a mono oriented polymer film having a direction of orientation coinciding with the length direction of the sealing label. A snuff container provided with the sealing label is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventor: Philip Beardsall
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Patent number: 10670884Abstract: A spectacle lens contains, starting from the object-sided front surface of the spectacle lens to the opposite rear-side of the spectacle lens, at least a) one component A including an ultrathin glass, b) one component B including at least one polymer material and/or at least one mineral glass, c) one component C, including at least one functional layer and/or an ultra-thin glass. A method for producing such a spectacle lens is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Thomas Glöge, Jeremias Gromotka, Bernhard von Blanckenhagen, Ralf Meschenmoser, Michael Totzeck, Markus Haidl
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Patent number: 10634887Abstract: A protective film placed on an upper part of a metal film for protecting the metal film placed on a glass substrate. The protective film includes a silica film. The silica film has an extinction coefficient “k” less than or equal to 1×10?4, a refractive index “n” greater than or equal to 1.466 at a wavelength of 632 nm, and a carbon content less than or equal to 3 atomic %.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Naoko Okada, Nobutaka Aomine, Hiroshi Hanekawa, Hirotomo Kawahara
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Patent number: 10627557Abstract: Thermoplastic birefringent multilayer optical films are described. More particularly, thermoplastic multilayer films having alternating first and second layers having a linear layer profile where both outer layers are thinner than 350 nm but thicker than 150 nm are described. Thermoplastic birefringent multilayer optical films with thinner outer protective boundary layers are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Matthew B. Johnson, Adam D. Haag, Martin E. Denker
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Patent number: 10618203Abstract: A method of making a trimmed, laminated trim component is provided. A heated plastic composite sheet is pressed against a heated laminated sheet to bond a plastic cushioning layer of the laminated sheet to the plastic composite sheet. The step of pressing compresses a portion of the laminated sheet spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the laminated sheet to locally compact and thin the cushioning layer at the portion to form a compressed portion of the cushioning layer. Unwanted portions of the laminated sheet are trimmed.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Global IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Darius J Preisler, Christopher A. Heikkila, Steven A. Mitchell
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Patent number: 10622575Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a red light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the first subpixel and the second subpixel; and the green light-emitting layer is formed only in the second subpixel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
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Patent number: 10611132Abstract: In order to provide a polyethylene sealant film having great strength and good heat sealability, despite being thin, a multilayer polyethylene sealant film is produced by a method including coextruding and stretching a sealant layer formed of a low density polyethylene resin or linear low density polyethylene resin and an orientation layer including a polyethylene resin having a melting point higher than the sealant layer, by an inflation method at a temperature higher than the melting point of the sealant layer and higher than the Vicat softening temperature, but lower than the melting point of the orientation layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukio Kobayashi, Yohei Kageyama, Munenori Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Kojima, Yoshikazu Tanaka
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Patent number: 10603884Abstract: A multi-layer film includes a first-seal layer and a second-seal layer. The multi-layer film may be used to form a package for consumer-care products.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventor: Martin F. Hoenigmann
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Patent number: 10579106Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a strengthened glass article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about less than about 1.1 mm, a compressive stress layer extending from the first surface to a depth of compression (DOC) of about 0.1·t or greater, such that when the glass article fracture, it breaks into a plurality of fragments having an aspect ratio of about 5 or less. In some embodiments, the glass article exhibits an equibiaxial flexural strength of about 20 kgf or greater, after being abraded with 90-grit SiC particles at a pressure of 25 psi for 5 seconds. Devices incorporating the glass articles described herein and methods for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Michelle Dawn Fabian, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, Jennifer Lynn Lyon, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang
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Patent number: 10569502Abstract: A method of forming an article and associated article are provided. Multi-fiber cellulose strips are interacted with a bonding agent and layered in a plurality of layers, the layered cellulose strips collectively defining opposed major surfaces. A porous sheet member, interacted with a fire-retarding solution, is engaged with at least one of the major surfaces of the layered cellulose strips, such that the porous sheet member substantially covers the at least one major surface. The layered cellulose strips and the porous sheet member are collectively exposed to an actuating element, configured to actuate the bonding agent to facilitate cohesion of the layered cellulose strips and the porous sheet member, to form a board member, wherein the at least one major surface cooperates with the porous sheet member engaged therewith, in response to the actuating element, such that the porous sheet member forms a substantially smooth and uniform surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: BLH Technologies Inc.Inventor: Daniel Baroux
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Patent number: 10556826Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Jaymin Amin, Xiaoju Guo, Todd LeRoy Heck, Hongmei Hu, Yuhui Jin, Pascale Oram, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
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Patent number: 10543667Abstract: Composite film structures for packaging use. The composite film structures have easy open, clean peel and hermetic seal characteristics stemming from good caulkability characteristics when a region of the composite film structures are folded over and sealed to form a seal on a bag, pouch or package. The composite film structure includes a base film which includes a biaxially-oriented film and a vacuum-deposited metal layer and a heat-sealant structure comprising a low density polyethylene and a linear low density polyethylene. The metal layer is between the biaxially-oriented film and the heat-sealant structure. The heat-sealant structure thickness is from about 50 to about 100 gauge, the adhesion strength between the biaxially-oriented film and the metal layer is less than about 800 g/in, and the seal strength when a region of the composite film structure is folded onto a composite film structure region is from about 500 to about 1500 g/in.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.Inventors: Adam Hanks, Joshua R. Cloutier, Keunsuk P. Chang
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Patent number: 10546700Abstract: A laminate-type power storage element has a flat body and an interior layered flat plate-shaped electrode body. A positive electrode terminal plate is mounted to a positive electrode of the electrode body and is guided outside from a predetermined margin of the body. A negative electrode terminal plate is mounted to a negative electrode of the electrode body and guided in the same direction. A film member spans across both electrode terminal plates. The film member is made by layering an insulating heat-resistant film and an adhesive to thermocompression bond the heat-resistant film to a matter to be adhered to. The film member is thermocompression bonded to the electrode terminal plate at a region facing principal surfaces of the positive and the negative plates, and is thermocompression bondable to the matter to be adhered to in a region that does not face the respective principal surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: FDK CorporationInventors: Daisuke Hirata, Tsukasa Mano, Naoaki Nishimura, Ryuji Ito, Akihiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10547034Abstract: Provided is a sealing apparatus of a pouch-type secondary battery, capable of preventing electrolyte leakage by constantly positioning a lead on a sealing groove so as to completely seal the secondary battery. A sealing apparatus according to the present disclosure is a sealing apparatus of a pouch-type secondary battery which seals a pouch case in which an electrode assembly is installed. The sealing apparatus includes upper and lower sealing blocks, wherein at least one sealing block of the upper and lower sealing blocks has a sealing groove having a slanted step portion which is formed at a position corresponding to the lead of the pouch-type secondary battery and a lead guide for seating the lead on the sealing groove is installed in front of the sealing block.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Yoon Lim, Ji-Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 10538070Abstract: A non-polyvinylchloride (non-PVC) surface covering is provided. The non-PVC surface covering includes a bottom material layer. A middle layer is disposed on the bottom material layer, wherein the middle layer includes a middle material layer. A transparent abrasion-resistant layer is disposed on the middle layer, wherein the transparent abrasion-resistant layer includes a polyolefin of 40˜94.95 wt %, a polyolefin elastomer (POE) or a polyolefin plastomer (POP) of 5˜50 wt %, and a processing agent of 0.05˜10 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: HANDSOME PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chen-Lung Lin, Henn-Sheng Hsia, Wan-Hui Lin
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Patent number: 10532499Abstract: A method of making a laminated trim component is provided. A heated plastic composite sheet is pressed against a heated laminated sheet to bond a plastic cushioning layer of the laminated sheet to the plastic composite sheet. The step of pressing compresses a portion of the laminated sheet spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the laminated sheet to locally compact and thin the cushioning layer at the portion to form a compressed portion of the cushioning layer. Interior portions of the sheets stretch during the step of pressing while remaining intact.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Global IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Darius J Preisler, Christopher A. Heikkila, Steven A. Mitchell
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Patent number: 10525676Abstract: An interlayer film for a laminated glass includes a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer. The ratio of a high molecular weight component with an absolute molecular weight of 1000000 or more in the thermoplastic resin is 7.4% or higher, or the ratio of a high molecular weight component with a polystyrene-equivalent molecular weight of 1000000 or more in the thermoplastic resin is 9% or higher. A first multilayer interlayer film for a laminated glass includes an interlayer film for a laminated glass and an interlayer film for a laminated glass that contains a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer, and is laminated on one face of the interlayer film for a laminated glass.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Iwamoto, Kohei Kani
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Patent number: 10493733Abstract: This disclosure relates to films particularly suitable for stretch hood applications. More particularly, this disclosure relates to multi-layer films particularly suitable for stretch hood applications comprising an inner layer that includes a blend of a propylene-based elastomer and a polyethylene having long-chain branching.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Paul M. German, Jr., Wen Li, Jianya Cheng
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Patent number: RE48200Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaymin Amin, George Halsey Beall, Charlene Marie Smith