Void-containing Component Partially Impregnated With Adjacent Component Patents (Class 428/306.6)
  • Patent number: 8287982
    Abstract: The invention provides a knitted spacer fabric having a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and pile yarns extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Concrete Canvas Limited
    Inventors: Peter Brewin, William Crawford
  • Publication number: 20120238174
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: ASPEN AEROGELS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Bullock, Aaron R. Tomich
  • Publication number: 20120237755
    Abstract: A stainless steel-and-resin composite includes a stainless steel part and a resin part bonded to the stainless steel part. The stainless steel part has a porous film resulted from anodizing formed thereon. The porous film defines pores with an average diameter of about 100 nm-500 nm. The resin part is integrally bonded to the surface of the stainless steel part having the porous film, with portions of the resin part penetrating in the pores. The resin part mainly comprises crystalline thermoplastic synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen ) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, DAI-YU SUN, YUAN-YUAN FENG, YU-QIANG WANG
  • Patent number: 8257825
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, including a porous membrane including ceramic fibers crisscrossed in a network and pores formed by the ceramic fibers coalesced at intersection points, and a proton conductive polymer inside the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Tak Kim, Ho-Jin Kweon
  • Patent number: 8216667
    Abstract: This invention provides a tantalum carbide-coated carbon material, which has excellent corrosion resistance to reducing gases and thermal shock resistance at high temperatures, and a process for producing the same. The tantalum carbide-coated carbon material comprises a carbon substrate and a coating film provided on the carbon substrate directly or through an intermediate layer. The coating film is formed of a large number of densely aggregated fine crystals of tantalum carbide. The diffraction line of the (220) plane of tantalum carbide shows the maximum diffraction intensity in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the coating film. More preferably, this diffraction intensity is not less than four times the intensity of a diffraction line showing the second highest diffraction intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Fujiwara, Norimasa Yamada, Yoshihisa Abe
  • Patent number: 8211538
    Abstract: A security coating on an electronic circuit assembly comprises a mesh coating that may have a unique signature pattern and comprise materials that easily produce an image of the signature so that it is possible to determine if reverse engineering has been attempted. Spaces in the mesh may include electrical components to erase circuit codes to destroy the functionality and value of the protected die if the mesh coated is disturbed. The voids may include compositions to enhance the mesh signature and abrade the circuit if tampering takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Heffner
  • Patent number: 8206820
    Abstract: The present invention envisages a cleaning implement comprising a melamine foam preferably having a thickness of at least about 5 mm and a perfume source, processes for making them and methods for using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Iris Bogaerts, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Wolfgang Edgar Huhn, Stefano Scialla, Vincenzo Tomarchio
  • Publication number: 20120135222
    Abstract: An aluminum article includes a substrate comprising a surface having a plurality of nano-pores defined therein by chemical etching; and a transparent vacuum deposition layer deposited on the surface and filling the nano-pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, HUA-YANG XU
  • Patent number: 8163363
    Abstract: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In a first of two parts of the combination process, the core is placed in a forming mold with one of its two sides and two thirds of its thickness extending therefrom. A heated sheet of high impact polystyrene is brought into contact with the portion of the core extending from the mold. In a similar manner, the other of the two sides of the core is made to extend from the forming mold for contact with a heated sheet of high impact polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airdex International, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence W Dummett
  • Publication number: 20120088871
    Abstract: A flame-retardant compound has a structure represented by formula (2): (Ar2—O—CO—O—)nA2-X-A1(—O—CO—O—Ar1)m??(2) wherein A1 and A2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; X represents a divalent group represented by —S—, —O—, —CO—, —CN—, —CH2—, —C(CH3)2—, —CH(CH3)—, —NH—, —SO— or —SO2— Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato MIKAMI, Masayuki OKOSHI, Kazuya YAMANOI
  • Patent number: 8147955
    Abstract: The joint-sealing tape of flexible foam capable of recovering its shape after compression with two lateral surfaces (3, 4) is colored on at least one of the two lateral surfaces (3, 4) with a colorant in such a way that, in a partially expanded functional state of the sealing tape, i.e., in a state of partial recovery after compression, the coloring on the lateral surface (3, 4), when viewed from the side, appears to the human eye as a continuous colored surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: ISO-Chemie GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Deib
  • Patent number: 8133578
    Abstract: A microstructure that comprises an insulating base material having through micropores filled with metal at a high filling ratio and that can be used as an anisotropically conductive member is provided. The microstructure comprises an insulating base material having through micropores with a pore size of from 10 to 500 nm at a density of from 1×106 to 1×1010 pores/mm2, a metal being filled into the through micropores at a filling ratio of at least 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20120040172
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is provision of a tantalum carbide-coated carbon material having superior corrosion resistance to reducing gas and superior resistance to thermal shock at a high temperature and a production method thereof. According to the present invention, a tantalum carbide-coated carbon material having a carbon substrate and a coating film formed directly or via an intermediate layer on the aforementioned carbon substrate can be provided. The coating film consists of a number of microcrystals of tantalum carbide, which are densely gathered and, in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the coating film, the diffraction intensity of the (220) plane of tantalum carbide preferably shows the maximum level, more preferably, the aforementioned diffraction intensity is not less than 4 times the intensity of the second highest diffraction intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Hirokazu Fujiwara, Norimasa Yamada, Yoshihisa Abe
  • Patent number: 8105512
    Abstract: An infiltrated carbon foam composite and method for making the composite is described. The infiltrated carbon foam composite may include a carbonized carbon aerogel in cells of a carbon foam body and a resin is infiltrated into the carbon foam body filling the cells of the carbon foam body and spaces around the carbonized carbon aerogel. The infiltrated carbon foam composites may be useful for mid-density ablative thermal protection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick D. Lucas, Harry E. Danford, Janusz W. Plucinski, Douglas J. Merriman, Jesse M. Blacker
  • Publication number: 20120003456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foam element (7) made from a foam and particles (11) of at least one hydrophilic substance such as cellulose, superabsorbers. The foam element (7) containing the particles (11) has a reversible capacity to absorb moisture. A part of the particles (11) is completely embedded in the foam. Another part of the particles (11) is disposed protruding out from a surface (13) of the foam, such as cell walls (9) or cell webs (10). The foam without the hydrophilic substance has an absorption capacity of more than 2.8% by weight at an equilibrium moisture corresponding to a temperature of 23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Eurofoam GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Marchgraber, Franz Schaufler
  • Patent number: 8071207
    Abstract: A resin composition that is storable at ambient temperatures. The resin composition forms a cured resin when exposed to a curing agent and heated to a curing temperature that is relatively close to ambient temperature. The resin composition includes a resin component that is composed of a liquid part that is made up of one or more liquid thermosetting resins and a solid part that includes particles of one or more solid thermosetting resins. The liquid part further includes a gelation agent that is present in a sufficient amount to maintain the particles in suspension within the liquid part at ambient temperatures. The viscosity of the resin component changes from a high viscosity state to a low viscosity state when the temperature is increased from ambient temperature to the curing temperature. The high viscosity state is substantially more viscous than the low viscosity state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hexcel Composites Limited
    Inventors: Chris Harrington, Philip C. Hadley
  • Patent number: 8062728
    Abstract: A composite panel is formed from a honeycomb core panel with a foam material filling the tubular cells and a fibrous reinforcing cover sheets extending over the top and bottom of the panel. The cover sheets are filled with a set resin material which extends from the cover sheets into the porous fibrous material of the walls of the core panel so as to form an integral structure of the resin extending between the walls and the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Daniel De Baets, Paul J. Dagesse
  • Publication number: 20110281076
    Abstract: A trim panel formed from natural fibers and a protective material, and a method of forming the trim panel. The natural fibers are environmentally-friendly and the protective material may be sufficiently adhered to the natural fibers without the use of hot melts or adhesives. The protective material is configured to be permeable to gasses and water vapor during application and once applied impermeable to UV light and liquids such as water and soda.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Beau Anderson, Jeffrey T. Stout, Craig D. Flowerday, Tony Pokorzynski, Jennifer Stroebe, Sreenivas Paruchuri, Holger Kalus
  • Patent number: 8057881
    Abstract: A fungi resistant asphalt is combined with a base sheet to form a fungi resistant asphalt containing sheet material. Typically, the base sheet is a fibrous base sheet that, by itself, may or may not be fungi resistant. The fungi resistant asphalt is at least partially absorbed by the base sheet to form the fungi resistant asphalt containing sheet material and typically forms one or both major surfaces of the fungi resistant asphalt containing sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Ralph Michael Fay, Angela R. Bratsch, Blake Boyd Bogrett, Anthony E. Moore
  • Patent number: 8048516
    Abstract: A waterproof, vapor-permeable and gas-permeable sheet material and a method of making are provided. The sheet material includes a waterproof microporous layer and a thermoplastic layer attached to the microporous layer. The thermoplastic layer is vapor-permeable and air-permeable. The microporous layer is at least partially integrated with the thermoplastic layer to form a zone that prevents passage of water droplets, while permitting passage of water vapor and air, when a chemical is present on the sheet material that would otherwise cause the microporous layer to permit passage of water droplets. The Zone can be considered to be resistant to chemical interference with at least the waterproof property of the microporous layer and inhibits detachment of the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: BHA Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Yit-Hong Tee, Taher Abujoudeh, Cynthia Polizzi
  • Publication number: 20110262735
    Abstract: An expandable insert assembly, method of making the same, and a vehicle structure are disclosed. A structure may include a wall defining at least a portion of a cavity, with the wall including an installation surface for the insert. The insert may include a substrate configured to be secured to the installation surface, with the substrate having a stiffness allowing the substrate to deflect relative to an initial shape. The insert further includes a plurality of discrete expandable elements secured to the substrate adjacent the installation surface. Each of the discrete expandable elements are formed of an expandable material and are secured to the substrate such that they do not affect the stiffness of the substrate prior to expansion of the expandable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Frank Hoefflin
  • Patent number: 8039097
    Abstract: A method for the temporary protection of patinated surfaces of copper products, in which an aqueous polymer dispersion is applied to the patinated surface, so that the polymer dispersion penetrates regions of the porous patina that are close to the surface, and in which the aqueous polymer dispersion is subsequently dried, so that it forms a composite with the patina that is permeable to water vapor diffusion. The polymer dispersion binds loose dust located on prepatinated copper products and simplifies the handling of the copper products. It behaves in a hydrophobic manner, but on the other hand it permits the required access of air moisture and water to the patina layer for further weathering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: KME Germany AG
    Inventor: Stefan Hoveling
  • Patent number: 8039099
    Abstract: Polymer coated aerogel comprising aerogel substrate comprising a substantially uniform polymer coating. In an embodiment, the polymer coated aerogel is comprised of a porosity and has a compressive modulus greater than the compressive modulus of the aerogel substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Thomas A. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8029867
    Abstract: Two already known items are combined to provide a means to draw with color on paper especially at an office work place using a set of felt tipped markers and a typist's correction fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Charles Richard Wagner
  • Patent number: 8012246
    Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent moulded body, a method for production and use thereof, comprising micro- or meso-porous adsorbents. The moulded bodies serve as process heat and refrigeration sources, whereby a vapour working medium is expelled from the moulded body by the introduction of heat energy and optionally condensed and the working medium, optionally previously vaporised, is absorbed in gaseous form. The moulded body comprises crystalline powder and/or granules together with a conducting surface within a cage, connected to the surface and the powder and/or granules are bonded by the binder in the form of a random bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: PBB GBR
    Inventors: Bernd Fuesting, Peter Muenn, Helmut Stach
  • Patent number: 8003203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous resinous oil-retaining article, containing lubricating oil, which is excellent in the utilization efficiency of the lubricating oil, has a high mechanical strength, and further allows the resin and the lubricating oil to be combined with each other according to a use and a specification. The present invention also provides a method of producing the resinous oil-retaining article. The resinous oil-retaining article comprises a resinous porous article having interconnected holes which are open to a surface of the resinous porous article; and an oil impregnated into the resinous porous article. The interconnected holes are formed by molding a resin containing a pore-forming substance into a molding and extracting a part of the pore-forming substance from the molding with a solvent which dissolves the pore-forming substance and does not dissolve the resin. An interconnected hole porosity of the resinous porous article is not more than 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 7998568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bioceramic coated apparatus and method of forming the same. The apparatus may be a medical implant such as, for example, an orthopedic implant or a dental implant. The bioceramic coating is designed to increase tissue and/or bone growth upon implantation of the apparatus. The apparatus has a valve metal substrate having a nanoporous valve metal oxide surface layer. The nanoporous surface layer contains a plurality of nanopores. The nanopores have adsorbed phosphate ions on at least their interior surfaces. A bioceramic coating is formed on the nanoporous surface and anchored into the nanopores. Optionally, the nanopores are formed into a tapered shape in order to increase adhesion to the bioceramic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno
    Inventors: Krishnan Selva Raja, Manoranjan Misra, Archana Kar
  • Patent number: 7993796
    Abstract: A thin wafer comprising through holes filled at least partially with conductive carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer. A fuel cell comprising, in a thin wafer, a through hole filled with an electrolyte surrounded with barriers of carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Mathieu Roy, Fabien Pierre
  • Publication number: 20110165406
    Abstract: The present invention relates an article comprising a non-conductive substrate and a coating thereon comprising a complex of an ionic fluoropolymer and a counter-ionic agent which comprises surface charged nanoparticles, to a process for the production of a coating on a non-conductive substrate comprising the steps of: a) preparing a mixture of an ionic fluoropolymer or a precursor thereof and surface charged nanoparticles or a precursor thereof, b) applying the mixture prepared in step a) onto the substrate, and to the use of such an article for the manufacture of a garment, a textile structure, a laminate, a filter element, a venting element, a sensor, a diagnostic device, a protective enclosure, or a separation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Wolfgang Burger, Rudol Steffl
  • Publication number: 20110159220
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive label comprising a laminate film of a first film layer and a second film layer, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer on the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate, wherein the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the first film layer side of the laminate film is from 2000 to 20000 seconds, the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 800 to 20000 seconds, the contact angle with water of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 20 to 80°, and the surface strength of the thermosensitive adhesive layer is from 0.6 to 1.8 kg-cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki KIMURA, Hiromitsu TAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 7951413
    Abstract: A balloon for a catheter and a method of making the balloon, having a layer of a porous polymeric material with a modified outer surface and a lubricious coating bonded to the modified outer surface. In one embodiment, the modified outer surface is formed by a polymer impregnated in the porous polymeric material, and the subsequently applied lubricious coating bonds to the impregnating polymer. In another embodiment, the modified outer surface is formed by a functionality deposited on the porous polymeric material which bonds to the subsequently applied lubricious coating. The modified outer surface provides an improved strong bond between the lubricious coating and the balloon, for improved catheter performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Fozan El-Nounou, Timothy Owens, Florencia Lim, Edwin Wang
  • Patent number: 7951448
    Abstract: The present invention provides multilayered materials, such as films usable in particular in medical devices in the form of vascular grafts, biocompatible coverings, and/or inflatable bladders, prosthesis for the endoluminal treatment of aneurysms, particularly aortic aneurysms including both abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA's) and thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA's).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Nellix, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Lee, Michael A. Evans
  • Publication number: 20110100220
    Abstract: An article having at least one fluorinated porous layer having a basis weight of about 10 to about 300 grams per square meter and a thickness of about 0.20 to about 20 millimeters. The porous layer also exhibits a Q200 of greater than about 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Moses M. David, Gina M. Buccellato, John S. Huberty, Seth M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 7927677
    Abstract: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In a first of two parts of the combination process, the core is placed in a forming mold with one of its two sides and two thirds of its thickness extending therefrom. A heated sheet of high impact polystyrene is brought into contact with the portion of the core extending from the mold. In a similar manner, the other of the two sides of the core is made to extend from the forming mold for contact with a heated sheet of high impact polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Airdex International, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence W. Dummett
  • Patent number: 7923087
    Abstract: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In a first of two parts of the combination process, the core is placed in a forming mold with one of its two sides and two thirds of its thickness extending therefrom. A heated sheet of high impact polystyrene is brought into contact with the portion of the core extending from the mold. In a similar manner, the other of the two sides of the core is made to extend from the forming mold for contact with a heated sheet of high impact polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Airdex International, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence W. Dummett
  • Patent number: 7919178
    Abstract: This invention relates to a general method to surface modify porous membranes with a free radical polymerized polymer coating in a layer which is less than the thickness of the membrane. Another object of this invention relates to a general method to surface modify porous membranes with a free radical polymerized polymer coating to a predetermined and controlled depth from a first facial surface. Another object of this invention is to provide a general method to surface modify porous membranes with a free radical polymerized polymer coating into a pattern on one or both facial surfaces, the pattern maintaining its form to a controlled depth into the membrane. Membrane modification is spatially controlled through the use of a polymerization preventing agent (PPA), which prevents modification from occurring in defined spatially volumes of the membrane. The invention relates to porous membranes surface modified by the methods described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: John Charkoudian, Philip Goddard
  • Patent number: 7910198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resinous porous article having a high interconnected hole porosity and capable of retaining a large amount of a lubricating oil and does not rust iron and steel, even though an unextracted portion of a pore-forming substance bleeds out when the resinous porous article is used as parts which contact a metal portion or the like and a method of producing the resinous porous article. The resinous porous article is formed by a producing method of molding a resin containing the pore-forming substance into a molding, and extracting the pore-forming substance from the molding with a solvent which does not dissolve the resin therein. The resinous porous article has an interconnected hole porosity not less than 30%. The pore-forming substance consists of an alkali compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20110064936
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method for installing coatings of different morphology and function within a single textile membrane. Remarkably, the methods described herein enable one to engineer the properties of a material at the nanoscopic level and produce the material in commercially viable quantities. For example, by simply controlling the flow rate of charged species passing through an electrospun material during spray-assisted Layer-by-Layer (Spray-LbL) deposition, individual fibers within the matrix can be conformally functionalized for ultra-high surface area catalysis, or bridged to form a networked sublayer with complimentary properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham, Kevin C. Krogman, Joseph L. Lowery, Gregory C. Rutledge
  • Patent number: 7891096
    Abstract: Provided is a method for reinforcing a foam material in which a working region is first prescribed. A gap that at least partially encloses the prescribed working region in a two-dimensional manner is created in the foam material. A strut is introduced into the foam material, extending from an entry surface of the foam material from outside the working region to at least the fibrous sheet-like material. From a further aspect, a sandwich component with a core which comprises a foam material is provided. A fibrous sheet-like material arranged in the foam material at least partially encloses a working region of the sandwich component in a sheet-like manner. At least one strut is incorporated in the foam material and extends from an entry surface of the foam material from outside the working region to at least the fibrous sheet-like material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Weber, Gregor Christian Endres
  • Patent number: 7892636
    Abstract: A carbon foam composite including a carbon foam skeleton having a supplemental material therein, the composite useful for, inter alia, a variety of applications including applications requiring durability and water resistance. Also included is a method for making such carbon foam composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Miller, David M. Kaschak, Richard L. Shao
  • Patent number: 7883770
    Abstract: A process for improving vehicle seat craftsmanship by camouflaging a receiving surface on a predetermined vehicle component (e.g., a foam seat cushion) is described. The camouflaging conceals the vehicle component from observation. One example of the process includes designating a receiving surface area on the vehicle component and providing a covering material having an opaque characteristic. The covering material includes an opaque dye that bonds with the polyurethane foam that is poured into a mold with deionized water for solidification. Another example of the process further includes spraying the covering material according to a surface of the mold cavity which corresponds to the designated receiving surface area on the vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Terrence Marsh McRoberts, James T. McEvoy
  • Patent number: 7875343
    Abstract: A method for making antimicrobial rebonded carpet pad includes mixing zinc pyrithione with a polyol to form an antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate, blending the antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate with a binder stream, mixing the binder with foam particles and curing the binder. The percentage of zinc pyrithione mixed with the polyol and the addition ratio of the antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate with the binder stream are selected to provide an overall concentration of zinc pyrithione in the binder of at least about 7500 ppm. The particles and binder are cured into a block and sliced to form carpet pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Stephen D. Gilder, Martin J. Lovato, William A. Griggs
  • Patent number: 7862624
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a wash durable material includes forming a substrate having strands with void spaces in the strands and between the strands; filling at least a part of the void spaces with nano-particles; and forming projections on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Publication number: 20100310823
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite product is described. An example of the method comprises providing a layer (34) comprising a sheet-form moulding material and providing a substrate (36). The layer of sheet-form material is applied onto a surface of the substrate (36); and pressed to the substrate in a mould (30). In some examples, the substrate (36) is an open celled foam and gas and/or vapour can be displaced from the pressing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Acell Group Limited
    Inventors: Aldino Albertelli, Michael Frieh
  • Patent number: 7833615
    Abstract: The invention provides composite porous materials in which a second material is fused to and/or is in the pores and/or is fused directly to some of the pore walls of a porous first material. The invention also provides methods of filtering a fluid using these composite porous materials and methods of manufacturing the composite porous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Porex Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Ramsey, Jerry Dean Raney, Jacob Shorr, Guoqiang Mao
  • Publication number: 20100285297
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced article. The method includes the steps of providing a mat fiber stricture defining voids therein. A membrane structure is applied over at least a portion of the fiber structure. The membrane structure includes a microporous membrane. At least the microporous membrane of the membrane structure has an oil resistance rating of at least a number 8 determined by AATCC 118 testing. A resin and hardener mix is provided. The resin is infused into voids of the fiber structure by applying a vacuum to the fiber structure and the membrane structure wherein the membrane structure inhibits the flow of resin therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Vishal Bansal, Nusrat Farzana
  • Patent number: 7824771
    Abstract: A carbon-metal composite material which has improved conductivity, specific surface area, regularity, a shape which is easily controlled, and a process of preparing the same. The carbon-metal composite material which includes carbon and metal, has a sheet resistance of 8 m?/sq. or less under a pressure of 100 kgf/cm2, a specific surface area of 30 m2/g or greater, and shows an X-ray pattern having at least one peak at d-spacings of 6 nm or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-min Im, Han-su Kim, Yong-nam Ham, Jeong-hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20100266835
    Abstract: Wallboard tapes having flexibility and elasticity are provided comprising a nonwoven mat or from at least 50% to 90% rigid fibers and no more than 50% to 10% of flexible fibers. The preferred tapes are comprised of glass fiber as the rigid fiber and polyester fiber as the flexible fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: John S. Conboy
  • Patent number: 7807227
    Abstract: A composite material with a porous inorganic-nonmetallic matrix and a second material, and a process for its production, are characterized in that the porous inorganic-nonmetallic matrix has a bending strength ?40 MPa as measured according to ISO 6 872; the second material is an organic material which at least partly fills the pores of the porous matrix; and the composite material has a modulus of elasticity, E, ?25 GPa as measured according to ISO 10 477.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Aechtner, Helga Hornberger, Emil Nagel, Norbert Thiel
  • Patent number: 7794827
    Abstract: A self-supporting energy absorbing composite includes: i) a solid foamed synthetic polymer matrix; ii) a polymer-based dilatant, different from i) distributed through the matrix and incorporated therein during manufacture of i); and iii) a fluid distributed through the matrix. In another embodiment, a self-supporting energy absorbing composite includes: iv) a solid, closed cell foam matrix; v) a polymer-based dilatant, different from i), distributed through the matrix; and vi) a fluid distributed through the matrix. In both embodiments, the combination of matrix, dilatant and fluid is such that the composite is resiliently compressible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Design Blue Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Martin Palmer, Philip Charles Green