1 Mil Or Less Patents (Class 428/336)
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Patent number: 11813677Abstract: A cutting tool including a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, wherein the cutting tool includes: a rake face; a flank face contiguous to the rake face; and a cutting edge region composed of a boundary part between the rake face and the flank face, wherein the coating film includes a TiSiCN layer, the TiSiCN layer has: a first TiSiCN layer positioned in the rake face; and a second TiSiCN layer positioned in the cutting edge region, the first TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti(1-Xr)SiXrCN, the second TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti(1-Xe)SiXeCN, and the Xr and the Xe each represent 0.010 or more and 0.100 or less, and satisfy a relationship of Xe-Xr?0.003.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kobayashi, Anongsack Paseuth, Haruko Harada
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Patent number: 11794395Abstract: A method of producing a glueless dustless composite flooring material system providing PVC-based flooring having waterproof layers providing different qualities of hardness, wear-resistance, sound deadening, and decorative patterns, avoiding the use of moisture-susceptible compressed cellulose-based filler, with layers fused together, avoiding the manufacturing complexity and delamination risks of using glue or adhesive, with a quickly-cured, UV-cured top coating providing long-lasting high performance and shortening and simplifying the manufacturing, which can be done in a sheet-form, essentially continuous-run manner, with an ability to quickly and simply change the optional design printing and texturing produced, and having an optional underlayment layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SUNRISE SPC TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: John B. Troendle
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Patent number: 11731409Abstract: There is provided a decorative sheet which has satisfactory heat-shielding properties and can exhibit a design which is excellent in the degree of darkness. The decorative sheet includes an infrared-reflective substrate, and a decorative layer disposed on the substrate and including a solid printing layer and a picture layer, wherein the solid printing layer contains an infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment and a binder resin, the infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment containing (A) at least three compounds selected from the pigment group consisting of a quinacridone, an isoindolinone, a nickel azo complex and a phthalocyanine, or (B) at least one compound selected from the pigment group consisting of a composite oxide containing manganese and at least one metal element other than manganese, an azomethine-azo compound and a perylene compound, and wherein the picture layer at least partly contains carbon black and a binder resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Ueno
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Patent number: 11702728Abstract: In one example, a method for forming an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and/or abradable coating on a substrate. The method may include depositing a coating on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited coating, wherein the coating includes at least one of an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and an abradable coating. The method further comprises heat treating the as-deposited coating at or above a first temperature for a first period of time following the deposition of the as-deposited coating on the substrate, wherein heat treating the as-deposited coating includes heating the as-deposited coating to or above the first temperature at a controlled rate. The heat treatment may be configured to at least one of decrease the open pores and/or microcracks of the heat-treated coating compared to the as-deposited coating or control a grain size of the heat-treated coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Li Li, Gregory John Kenneth Harrington, Robert Alexander Sean Golden
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Patent number: 11628503Abstract: A coated cutting tool having a substrate and a coating is provided. The coating includes an inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer and an outer ?-Al2O3-single-layer. The thickness of the inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer is less than or equal to 35% of the sum of the thickness of the inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer and the thickness of the outer ?-Al2O3-single-layer. The sum of the thickness of the inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer and the outer ?-Al2O3-single-layer is 2-15 ?m. The inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer consists of alternating sublayers of ?-Al2O3 and sublayers of TiCO, TiCNO, AlTiCO or AlTiCNO. The inner ?-Al2O3-multilayer can include at least 5 sublayers of ?-Al2O3.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: AB Sandvik CoromantInventors: Jan Engqvist, Erik Lindahl
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Patent number: 11607872Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film and a method for producing the same are provided. The biaxially stretched polyester film includes a polyester resin base layer and a matte layer formed on the polyester resin base layer. The matte layer has a total weight of 100 wt %, and the matte layer includes: (1) 50 to 95 wt % of a polyester resin matrix, an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin matrix being between 0.5 and 0.8 dL/g; (2) 0.01 to 5 wt % of a high viscosity polyester resin, an intrinsic viscosity of the high viscosity polyester resin being between 0.9 and 1.1 dL/g; (3) 0.3 to 40 wt % of a plurality of filler particles, the filler particles having an average particle size of between 0.15 and 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Te-Chao Liao, Wen-Cheng Yang, Hao-Sheng Chen, Chia-Yen Hsiao
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Patent number: 11600295Abstract: A vacuum process method for a magnetic recording medium having a surface protective layer for protecting a magnetic recording layer formed on a substrate includes a ta-C film forming step of forming a ta-C film on the magnetic recording layer, a transportation step of transporting a substrate on which the ta-C film is formed, a radical generation step of generating radicals by exciting a process gas, and a radical process step of irradiating a surface of the ta-C film with the radicals.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yakushiji, Masahiro Shibamoto
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Patent number: 11565506Abstract: Glass articles and methods for producing glass articles for a portable electronic device are disclosed. Properties of the glass articles, such as cover members, are improved through chemical strengthening, thermoforming, or a combination thereof. The glass articles may include barrier layers to prevent diffusion of ions between glass layers of the glass article, internal compressive stress regions, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Victor Luzzato, Christopher D. Prest, Matthew S. Rogers, Dale N. Memering, Christopher C. Bartlow
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Patent number: 11555034Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescence, and uses of these compounds in organic light-emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: KYULUX, INC.Inventors: Jorge Aguilera-Iparraguirre, Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Timothy D Hirzel, Naoto Notsuka, Yoshitake Suzuki, Yu Seok Yang, Shuo-Hsien Cheng, Ayataka Endo, Keiro Nasu, Tsang Ping Kuen
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Patent number: 11529797Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal-clad laminate and uses of the same are provided. The method comprises the following steps: (a) impregnating a reinforcement material with a first fluoropolymer solution, and drying the impregnated reinforcement material under a first temperature to obtain a first prepreg; (b) impregnating the first prepreg with a second fluoropolymer solution, and drying the impregnated first prepreg under a second temperature to obtain a second prepreg; and (c) laminating the second prepreg and a metal-clad to obtain a metal-clad laminate, wherein the first fluoropolymer solution has a first fluoropolymer, the second fluoropolymer solution has a second fluoropolymer, and the first fluoropolymer and the second fluoropolymer are different.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Ren Chen, Shur-Fen Liu
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Patent number: 11529790Abstract: The present specification relates to a joint body of different materials, and a method of manufacturing the same. The joint body includes a metal layer; and a resin layer provided on and in contact with one surface of the metal layer. The metal layer comprises two or more etching grooves and two or more burrs provided on a surface of the metal layer adjacent to the etching grooves.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jin Mi Jung, Yu Jin Jeong, Bu Gon Shin, Tae Hwan Roh, Sung Gon Kim, Jung Jin Han
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Patent number: 11525066Abstract: A flake-less molecular ink suitable for printing (e.g. screen printing) conductive traces on a substrate has 30-60 wt % of a C8-C12 silver carboxylate and 0.1-10 wt % of a polymeric binder, or 5-75 wt % of bis(2-ethyl-1-hexylamine) copper (II) formate, bis(octylamine) copper (II) formate or tris(octylamine) copper (II) formate and 0.25-10 wt % of a polymeric binder, and balance of at least one organic solvent, wherein the binder has ethyl cellulose, and the ethyl cellulose has an average weight molecular weight in a range of 60,000-95,000 g/mol and a bimodal molecular weight distribution.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: National Research Council of Canada, Groupe Graham International Inc.Inventors: Arnold J. Kell, Sylvie Lafrenière, Chantal Paquet, Patrick Malenfant, Olga Mozenson
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Patent number: 11519064Abstract: A titanium aluminide (TiAl) coating capable of improving high-temperature oxidation resistance of titanium alloys and a preparation method thereof are provided. The TiAl coating includes ?-AlF3 nanoparticles, and a content of the ?-AlF3 nanoparticles is 5-30 vol. % of the TiAl coating. The preparation method of the TiAl coating includes: using a TiAl alloy target and an ?-AlF3 target as raw materials, and performing magnetron sputtering on a substrate surface to prepare a coating; the magnetron sputtering is double-target co-sputtering, and a substrate temperature during the magnetron sputtering is 150° C., the TiAl alloy target is performed direct current sputtering with a power of 0.5-2 kW, and the ?-AlF3 target is performed radio frequency sputtering with a power of 0.07-0.2 kW. After the coating is obtained by the double-target co-sputtering, the obtained coating is heat-treated at 600-800° C. for 5-20 h to obtain a final coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Peixuan Ouyang, Shuting Zhang, Wei Sun, Jinhe Yang, Zhichao Dong, Hang Li, Lu Liu, Yi Wen, Cong Liu, Yan Wu
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Patent number: 11512226Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for etching, comprising a first inorganic acid, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate of an oxide film, and which does not have problems such as particle generation, which adversely affect the device characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventors: Jae-Wan Park, Jung-Hun Lim, Jin-Uk Lee
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Patent number: 11482404Abstract: An electrically and magnetically enhanced ionized physical vapor deposition (I-PVD) magnetron apparatus and method is provided for sputtering material from a cathode target on a substrate, and in particular, for sputtering ceramic and diamond-like coatings. The electrically and magnetically enhanced magnetron sputtering source has unbalanced magnetic fields that couple the cathode target and additional electrode together. The additional electrode is electrically isolated from ground and connected to a power supply that can generate positive, negative, or bipolar high frequency voltages, and is preferably a radio frequency (RF) power supply. RF discharge near the additional electrode increases plasma density and a degree of ionization of sputtered material atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: IonQuest Corp.Inventors: Bassam Hanna Abraham, Roman Chistyakov
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Patent number: 11421093Abstract: Provided is a two-stage curable laminate characterized in that a layer containing a high-hardness resin (B) is disposed on at least one surface of a resin layer (A) containing a polycarbonate resin (a1), a coating layer (Z) is disposed on the layer containing the high-hardness resin (B), and conditions (i) to (iii) above are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., MGC FILSHEET CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro Tokita, Shigeki Tahara, Masato Takasaki, Kishin Ozawa
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Patent number: 11421139Abstract: A heat spreader. The heat spreader includes a copper substrate layer, and at least one layer of graphene deposited on the copper substrate layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: GRAPHITENE LTD.Inventors: Stefano Borini, Gaute Juliussen, Paulauskas Mindaugas
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Patent number: 11423936Abstract: There is provided a magnetic recording medium including a base; a seed layer; a foundation layer; and a recording layer, the seed layer being disposed between the base and the foundation layer, having an amorphous state, including an alloy containing Ti, Cr and O, a percentage of Ti being 30 atomic % to 100 atomic % based on a total amount of Ti and Cr contained in the seed layer, and a percentage of O being 15 atomic % or less based on a total amount of Ti, Cr and O contained in the seed layer. Also, a production method thereof is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Junichi Tachibana, Jota Ito, Tomoe Ozaki, Ryoichi Hiratsuka, Noboru Sekiguchi, Tetsuo Endo
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Patent number: 11401407Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a hydrate-forming metal salt (B), and a polyamide-based resin (C) that inhibits elution of a resin composition layer during hot water sterilization treatment of a multilayered structure including the resin composition layer, while suppressing odor during melt molding of the resin composition. An aromatic polyamide (C1) and an aliphatic polyamide (C2) are used for the polyamide-based resin (C) at a proportion of (C1)/(C2)=55/45-99/1.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Honoka Hashimoto, Shinji Nakanishi, Kazuya Furukawa
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Patent number: 11404182Abstract: Provided are a conductive composite structure for an electronic device, a method of preparing the conductive composite structure, an electrode for an electronic device including the conductive composite structure, and an electronic device including the conductive composite structure. The conductive composite structure may contain graphene and an organic composite layer including a conductive polymer having a work function of about 5.3 eV or lower, and has a sheet resistance deviation of about 10% or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongjin Yun, Seyun Kim, Minsu Seol, Changseok Lee, Seongheon Kim, Hyangsook Lee, Changhoon Jung
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Patent number: 11393503Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, and the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, and an adhesive strength of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape is 1.0 N or more, and an adhesive strength of the back coating layer is 1.0 N or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Norihito Kasada
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Patent number: 11389276Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties ComanyInventors: Zeba Parkar, Jonathan E. Janoski, Carla S. Thomas, Robert J. DeVoe, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Eric W. Nelson, Richard B. Ross, John M. Riedesel
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Patent number: 11377764Abstract: An alumina fiber aggregate that is formed of alumina short fibers and has been subjected to needling treatment, wherein the alumina short fibers have an average fiber diameter of 6.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less and a specific surface area of 0.2 m2/g or more and 1.0 m2/g or less, and a residual percentage (%) of high-temperature-cycle opened gap pressure of the alumina fiber aggregate is 45% or more. A value obtained by subtracting twice the standard error of a length-weighted geometric mean diameter of fiber diameters of the alumina short fibers from the length-weighted geometric mean diameter is 6.0 ?m or more. A proportion of alumina short fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 10.0 ?m is preferably 5.0% or less on a number basis.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: MAFTEC Co., LtdInventor: Yusuke Kimura
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Patent number: 11364715Abstract: A laminate includes a polycarbonate substrate and an ultraviolet hard coat film disposed on the polycarbonate substrate. The ultraviolet hard coat film may include a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer, an adhesive interposed between the PET layer and the polycarbonate substrate, and an exterior hard coat disposed on the PET layer opposite the polycarbonate substrate. The exterior hard coat may include UV stabilizers. The laminate may include additional ultraviolet hard coat films stacked on the ultraviolet hard coat film. The laminate may be thermoformed into the shape of a curved vehicle windshield.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart E. Wilson
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Patent number: 11352692Abstract: The present invention is to provide: a method for producing a novel hexagonal boron nitride thin film suitable for industrial use such as application to electronics, in which a hexagonal boron nitride thin film having a large area, a uniform thickness of 1 nm or more, with few grain boundaries can be produced inexpensively; and a hexagonal boron nitride thin film. The hexagonal boron nitride thin film according to the present invention is characterized by having a thickness of 1 nm or more, and an average value of the full width at half maximum of the E2g peak obtained from Raman spectrum of 9 to 20 cm?1.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hiroki Ago, Kenji Kawahara, Yuki Uchida, Sho Nakandakari, Daichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11319418Abstract: The invention discloses bi-axially oriented coated polyester films having high tear initiation resistance and comprising a polyester base film and a heat sealable coating, said heat sealable coating comprising one or more amorphous copolyester(s) comprising units of terephthalic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and at least one diol. The films are heat-sealable and peelable to polyester and aluminium containers. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Cryovac, LLCInventors: Forloni Roberto, Serena Stracuzzi
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Patent number: 11299639Abstract: Provided are a zinc-base plated steel material comprising a base steel and a zinc-based plated layer and a post-treatment film, which are sequentially formed on the base steel. The post-treatment film comprises an oxide or oxide salt of at least one group A element selected from B, Al, V, and Fe and an organic compound, wherein the content of oxygen atoms in the post-treatment film is 50 atom % or more, and wherein when the mole number of oxygen atoms forming a covalent bond with hydrogen in the post-treatment film is a and the mole number of oxygen atoms not forming the covalent bond with hydrogen is b, a/b is 0.3 or greater; and a composition for forming the post-treatment film.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: POSCOInventors: Yeon-Ho Kim, Yong-Woon Kim, Yung-Keun Kim, Yon-Kyun Song
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Patent number: 11293089Abstract: The present invention relates to a component comprising a substrate coated with a coating having a film (3,4 or 3,4,5) comprising one or more transition metals, TM, aluminium, Al, and nitrogen, N, wherein the TM and N as well as Al and N are comprised in the film forming respectively nitride compounds, wherein the transition metal nitride, TM-N, is present in the film distributed in different portions exhibiting one crystalline phase of TM-N, and the aluminium nitride, Al—N, is present in the film in different portions exhibiting one phase of Al—N, whereas the phase of the transition metal nitride is cubic, c-TMN, the phase of the aluminium nitride is wurtzite, w-AIN, and wherein the film exhibits coherent or (semi-) coherent interfaces between the c-TMN phase portions and the w-AI-N phase portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKONInventors: Siva Phani Kumar Yalamanchili, Mirjam Arndt, Juergen Ramm, Siegfried Krassnitzer, Denis Kurapov
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Patent number: 11295763Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction, and a number distribution A of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of bright areas and a number distribution B of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of dark areas in a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape with a scanning electron microscope satisfy predetermined number distributions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Norihito Kasada
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Patent number: 11292064Abstract: A coated cutting tool includes a substrate with a coating having a total thickness of 0.25-30 ?m. The coating has a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a wear resistant PVD deposited layer having a thickness of 0.2-15 ?m arranged between the substrate and the second layer, and wherein the second layer is a Cr layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: SECO TOOLS ABInventors: Mikael Fallqvist, Jon Andersson
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Patent number: 11292234Abstract: The present invention relates to a film structure comprising an outer layer, a core and an inner layer (or sealant layer). The outer layer comprises a polyolefinic material having a Vicat softening temperature of 85° C. or greater, and a total crystallinity in the range of 25 to 45%. The core comprises a linear low density polyethylene having a density of 0.925 g/cm3 or less, and a melt index of 4.0 g/10 min or less. The inner layer comprises linear low density polyethylene having a density of from 0.865 to 0.926 g/cm3 and a melt index of less than 4.0 g/10 minutes. The films of the present invention have less than 25% of polyethylenes having a density of 0.930 g/cm3 or greater. Further, the films of the present invention can be characterized by the substantial absence of polyamide, polyester, ethylene vinyl acetate, ionomers, polyvinyl chloride, and/or cyclic olefin polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: João Gargalaka, Jr., Felipe Martinez Barreneche, Jorge Caminero Gomes, Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola
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Patent number: 11286559Abstract: A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating. The coating has an ?-Al2O3-multilayer of alternating sublayers of ?-Al2O3 and sublayers of TiCO, TiCNO, AlTiCO or AlTiCNO. The ?-Al2O3-multilayer includes at least 5 sublayers of ?-Al2O3, wherein the total thickness of the ?-Al2O3-multilayer is 1-15 ?m and wherein a period in the ?-Al2O3-multilayer is 50-900 nm. The ?-Al2O3-multilayer exhibits an XRD diffraction over a ?-2? scan of 20°-140°, wherein the relation of the intensity of the 0 0 12 diffraction peak (peak area), I(0 0 12), to the intensities of the 1 1 3 diffraction peak (peak area), I(1 1 3), the 1 1 6 diffraction peak (peak area), I(1 1 6), and the 0 2 4 diffraction peak (peak area), I(0 2 4), is I(0 0 12)/I(1 1 3)>1, I(0 0 12)/I(1 1 6)>1 and I(0 0 12)/I(0 2 4)>1.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Erik Lindahl, Jan Engqvist
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Patent number: 11261394Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5 is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Daisuke Yagyu, Naoya Fukumoto, Masaki Nanko, Masumi Kuritani, Katsumi Murofushi
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Patent number: 11261519Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide technology, which, in addition to being capable of forming thick hard carbon films of excellent durability even using PVD, is able to establish both chipping resistance and wear resistance in the formed hard carbon film and able to improve low friction properties and peeling resistance. Provided is a coating film to be coated on the surface of a substrate, the coating film having a total film thickness of greater than 1 ?m to 50 ?m wherein: when a cross-section is observed using bright field TEM images, white hard carbon layers that are shown as relatively white and black hard carbon layers that are shown as black are alternately laminated in the thickness direction; and the white hard carbon layers have regions that have grown in a fan-shape in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: NIPPON ITF, INC., NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Moriguchi, Akinori Shibata, Takehiko Ooshiro, Yoshihiro Ito, Takahiro Okazaki, Hiroyuki Sugiura
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Patent number: 11245043Abstract: An inorganic coating mixture for a solar panel which cures to a protective layer upon the exposed surface of the transparent sheet of material covering a photovoltaic cell of a solar panel and a method therefor. The protective layer, so formed, reduces the operating temperature of the solar panel and deters the adherence of dust and other particulate matter to the exposed surface of the transparent sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventor: James Hartman
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Patent number: 11230492Abstract: An anti-glare glass of the present disclosure has excellent anti-glare properties and visibility by forming glass in which polysilazane-derived surface unevenness are applied to a glass surface without mixing a heterogeneous element, and has remarkably improved wear resistance and durability since the polysilazane is changed for glass on the glass surface by thermal treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: DNF CO., LTD.Inventors: Myong Woon Kim, Man Young Park, Hyun Gwan Kim, Ki Hoon Song, Jae Won Oh
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Patent number: 11225053Abstract: An article is provided. The article includes an acrylate layer; a substrate overlaying the acrylate layer; and an adhesive layer between the acrylate layer and the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer includes germanium; wherein a release value between the acrylate layer and the adhesive layer is more than 200 g/inch.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robert R. Owings, Kevin W. Gotrik, Christopher A. Merton
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Patent number: 11226434Abstract: A coating for an optical article, such as a lens, includes a bottom coating having at least one hydrophilic resin binder and at least one surfactant, forming an anti-fogging layer, and a top coating overlying the bottom coating, forming an anti-reflective layer. The top coating includes nanopores, which may be less than 150 nm in size.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Shaopeng Zhu, Jon Nebo, Philip M. Johnson
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Patent number: 11220649Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1) is provided; R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5??(1) (In Formula (1), R1 and R5 may be the same as or different from each other and each represents an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 and R4 may be the same as or different from each other and each represents a divalent linking group having a polar group, and R3 represents a perfluoropolyether chain, with a proviso that R1 and R2 are, and R4 and R5 are divided due to the presence of an atom other than the carbon atom such as an oxygen atom).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Daisuke Yagyu, Yuta Yamaguchi, Shoko Uetake, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Ryuuta Miyasaka, Katsumi Murofushi
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Patent number: 11194193Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mask assembly, a mask apparatus and a mask control method, pertaining to the field of mask technology. The mask assembly includes a mask plate and a controller. The mask plate includes a plurality of mask units. The mask unit has a light transmission state and a light interruption state. The controller is used to control the mask unit to switch between the light transmission state and the light interruption state to adjust a light transmission region of the mask plate. The present disclosure solves the problem that mask efficiency is low. The present disclosure is used to mask film layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Guojing Ma
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Patent number: 11186076Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrical steel sheet with an adhesive insulating coating that has excellent high-temperature adhesive property and high-temperature oil resistance and, even after being stacked and subjected to stress relief annealing, has excellent magnetic properties (iron loss, magnetic flux density). The method comprises: applying a coating material to at least one side of an electrical steel sheet, the coating material containing (a) an aqueous epoxy resin, (b) a high-temperature hardening crosslinking agent in an amount of 30 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous epoxy resin, in terms of solid content, (c) metal oxide particles, and (d) a solvent; and baking the coating material applied to the electrical steel sheet, under a condition of a peak steel sheet temperature of 150° C. or more and less than 230° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuko Nakagawa, Naoki Muramatsu, Chiyoko Tada
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Patent number: 11185836Abstract: A method for preparing a magnetic chain structure is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of magnetic particles; dispersing the plurality of magnetic particles in a solution comprising a dopamine-based material to form a reaction mixture; applying a magnetic field across the reaction mixture to align the magnetic particles in the reaction mixture; and polymerizing the dopamine-based material on the aligned magnetic particles to obtain the magnetic chain structure. A magnetic chain structure prepared by the method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hongwei Duan, Jiajing Zhou, Yee Cheong Lam, Chun Yee Lim, Qirong Xiong
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Patent number: 11180600Abstract: A two-part curable urethane composition comprising a main agent (A) and a curing agent (B), wherein the main agent (A) contains a urethane prepolymer (a), an isocyanurate-modified polyisocyanate compound (b), and a silane coupling agent (c) at a specified ratio by mass; and the curing agent (B) contains a polyether polyol (d), a polyether polyol having 4 or more hydroxy groups (e), and an amine catalyst (f) at a specified ratio by mass.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Mori, Yuya Hiramoto, Hisao Matsumiya
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Patent number: 11180457Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound capable of forming a lubricant layer having excellent wear resistance even when the thickness is thin, and suitable as a material of a lubricant for a magnetic recording medium. The fluorine-containing ether compound is a compound represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5; wherein R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain; R1 is a terminal group bonded to R2; R5 is a terminal group bonded to R4; R1 is an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group; R5 is a group containing a heterocyclic ring; R2 is represented by the following formula (2); R4 is represented by the following formula (3); and a in the formula (2) and b in the formula (3) are each independently an integer of 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K. K.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Daisuke Yagyu, Naoya Fukumoto, Yuta Yamaguchi, Masumi Kuritani, Katsumi Murofushi, Masaki Nanko, Hiroyuki Tomita
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Patent number: 11177052Abstract: A method for forming an insulating coating on an electrical steel sheet is provided. The method includes preparing a treatment solution by adding a Si compound to water and applying the treatment solution to a surface of the electrical steel sheet. Fe in the electrical steel sheet dissolves in the treatment solution and, thereafter, the electrical steel sheet and treatment solution are baked to form the insulating film. In the insulating film, a coating weight of Si in terms of SiO2 is 50% to 99% of the total coating weight, and a ratio (Fe/Si) of content of Fe to content of Si in the insulating coating is 0.01 to 0.6 on a molar basis.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Kazumichi Sashi, Nobuko Nakagawa, Naoki Muramatsu, Chiyoko Tada, Nobue Fujibayashi
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Patent number: 11167885Abstract: A process for making a functionalized hollow body includes: providing a hollow body including a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body, the wall including a layer of glass and having a wall surface with a surface region; at least partially superimposing the layer of glass in the surface region with a functionalizing composition precursor on a side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume, the functionalizing composition precursor including one or more siloxanes; and at least partially contacting the functionalizing composition precursor with a plasma, thereby obtaining the functionalized hollow body including a functionalizing composition which at least partially superimposes the layer of glass in the surface region on the side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Stephanie Mangold, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiß, Thorsten Schneider, Andrea Anton
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Patent number: 11161145Abstract: A processing method for a housing includes: providing a housing; forming a color layer on the housing; forming an ultraviolet curable layer on the color layer and executing a photo-curing process on the ultraviolet curable layer, materials of the ultraviolet curable layer including a light sensitive resin and a nano metal material; and forming an optical coating layer on the ultraviolet curable layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Guo-Lin Yang, Yu-Chun Yang, Po-Wen Huang
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Patent number: 11161779Abstract: Provided is a matte gray functional building material for windows, comprising: a transparent glass substrate; and a low-emissivity coating formed on one surface of the transparent glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventors: Dae-Hoon Kwon, Youn-Ki Jun, Sung-Jin Park, Hyun-Woo You, Young-Woo Choi
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Patent number: 11158829Abstract: A composition for a light-emitting element contains a host material and a guest material. The host material is a compound containing at least one of an aromatic hydrocarbon group and a heterocyclic group and the guest material is a compound having a condensed heterocyclic group containing at least one of a boron atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, an sp3 carbon atom, and a nitrogen atom in a ring. A difference ?E between an energy value at the maximum peak of a emission spectrum of the host material at 25° C. and an energy value at a peak on the lowest energy side of an absorption spectrum of the guest material at 25° C. is 0.50 eV or less, and a difference ?S between an energy value at the maximum peak of an emission spectrum of the guest material at 25° C. and an energy value at the maximum peak of an emission spectrum of the guest material at 77 K is 0.10 eV or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshiaki Sasada, Ryuji Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11152145Abstract: Soft magnetic metal powder which includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles configured by a Fe-based nanocrystal alloy including Cu is provided, wherein the soft magnetic metal particles have core portions and first shell portions surrounding circumferences of the core portions; when an average crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the core portions is set as A, and the largest crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the first shell portions is set as B, B/A is 3.0 or more and 1000 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Nakano, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Satoko Mori, Seigo Tokoro, Kenji Horino