1 Mil Or Less Patents (Class 428/336)
  • Patent number: 11158829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sasada, Ryuji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11152145
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Satoko Mori, Seigo Tokoro, Kenji Horino
  • Patent number: 11130877
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating material for a coating layer of an injection mold, the coating material including 100 parts by weight of a resin composition and about 30 to 40 parts by weight of a curing agent. The resin composition includes an amount of about 40 to 50 wt % of a first acrylic resin, an amount of about 5 to 15 wt % of a second acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight less than a weight average molecular weight of the first acrylic resin, an amount of about 10 to 15 wt % of a carbon component, an amount of about 0.5 to 2 wt % of a matting agent, an amount of about 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of a catalyst and an amount of about 20 to 35 wt % of a solvent, all the wt % are based on the total weight of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Noroo Bee Chemical Co., Ltd., Moltex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Hoon Jang, In Soo Han, Dae Sik Kim, Jae Hyun An, Seul Yi, Ik Jin Jung, Ju Seong Park, Soon Joon Jung, Seung Sik Han, Jae Beom Ahn, Yong Chul Lee, Kie Moon Sung, Soon Gi Kim, Hak Soon Choi
  • Patent number: 11127864
    Abstract: A method of producing a photovoltaic cell having a cover, comprising the steps of: providing a photovoltaic cell which comprises a crystalline silicon substrate; providing a transparent substrate; forming an antireflective coating on said transparent substrate to provide a coated transparent substrate; and covering the photovoltaic cell with said coated transparent substrate. The antireflective coating is a hybrid organic-inorganic material having an inorganic portion comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon, and further comprising an organic portion with organic groups connected to the inorganic portion. Methods of producing solar panels, coated glass substrates as well as antireflection coatings are disclosed as well as novel compositions of hybrid organic-inorganic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Optitune Oy
    Inventors: Ari Kärkkäinen, Milja Hannu-Kuure, Admir Hadzic, Jarkko Leivo, Henna Järvitalo, Rauna-Leena Kuvaja
  • Patent number: 11126277
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a moldable input device. A moldable input device may comprise a thermoplastic polymer layer that is heatable to achieve a moldable condition that allows for a reconfiguration of the thermoplastic polymer layer. After heating, the thermoplastic polymer layer may then be placed on a rigid outer shell of an input device and molded by user engagement (e.g., a user's hand). After a certain period of time, the thermoplastic polymer layer will have cooled and hardened, capturing the molding impressions and imprints of the user's hand. The rigid outer shell may then be affixed to a base plate of an input device, and the rigid outer shell and the base plate may form an enclosed cavity, wherein circuitry for an input device is maintained and protected. In some examples, the thermoplastic polymer may be polycaprolactone or ethylene vinyl acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Mouse Tailor Group LLC
    Inventors: Cole S. Boyd, Tyler Bacon, Gabriel DeSouza, Jacob Humphrey
  • Patent number: 11123954
    Abstract: A method of controllably bonding a thin sheet having a thin sheet bonding surface with a carrier having a carrier bonding surface, by depositing a carbonaceous surface modification layer onto at least one of the thin sheet bonding surface and the carrier bonding surface, incorporating polar groups with the surface modification layer, and then bonding the thin sheet bonding surface to the carrier bonding surface via the surface modification layer. The surface modification layer may include a bulk carbonaceous layer having a first polar group concentration and a surface layer having a second polar group concentration, wherein the second polar group concentration is higher than the first polar group concentration. The surface modification layer deposition and the treatment thereof may be performed by plasma polymerization techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Shiwen Liu, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder
  • Patent number: 11111575
    Abstract: A PVD vacuum plating process for an aluminum alloy surface is provided. The process includes forming a bottom layer: bombarding with an arc power supply, with a bias voltage being controlled at 200-300 V, and the time being controlled at 3-5 minutes; forming an intermediate multi-layer: conducting multilayer transition with an oxide and a nitride, with the number of layers being controlled at 8-10, the time for an individual layer being controlled at 10-20 minutes, and a target current being controlled at 10-20 A. The process also includes forming a transitional engagement layer: conducting mixed sputtering of a transition layer and a color layer for the time of 15-25 minutes; forming the color layer: controlling the time for the color layer at 20-30 minutes; and forming a protective layer: using a high-frequency and large-energy power supply with the time controlled at 40-50 minutes, the process thereby eliminating water plating steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Foshan Nanhai Jingdingtai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhongle Yin, Wenqiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11104606
    Abstract: A tempered glass sheet (G4) includes a compressive stress layer having a compressive stress on a main surface, and a tensile stress layer having a tensile stress in an inside. The tempered glass sheet (G4) includes: a highly anisotropic stress region (Qa) which is arranged in at least part of an end edge portion, and which has a stress showing anisotropy in a plane parallel to the main surface; and a low anisotropic stress region (Qb) which is arranged on a center side in a main surface direction so as to be adjacent to the highly anisotropic stress region (Qa), and which has a stress showing lower anisotropy than the highly anisotropic stress region (Qa) in the same plane parallel to the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kajioka, Mutsumu Fukada, Kiyotaka Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11104999
    Abstract: A coated tool has a substrate and a hard material coating deposited on the substrate. The hard material coating has a layer structure in the following order, starting from the substrate: a titanium nitride layer, a titanium boron nitride transition layer, and a titanium diboride layer. The titanium boron nitride transition layer has a boron content that increases from the titanium nitride layer in the direction of the titanium diboride layer. The boron content does not exceed 15 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CERATIZIT Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Christoph Czettl, Josef Thurner, Markus Lechleitner, Christian Jaeger
  • Patent number: 11065851
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a multilayer hard coating film which sequentially includes, from the superficial layer side, a first hard coating and a resin film, and wherein: the first hard coating is formed from a coating material that contains a specific amount of (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and a specific amount of (B) a water repellent agent, while containing no inorganic particles; and the resin film includes at least one layer of (?) an acrylic resin that contains 50-95% by mole of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate and 50-5% by mole of a structural unit derived from vinyl cyclohexane when the total of the structural units derived from polymerizable monomers is taken as 100% by mole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei Nakashima, Hideaki Yambe, Nozomu Washio, Taketo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11063315
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminating adhesive composition for a laminate, the composition having excellent adhesion between a metal layer and a plastic layer of a laminate, electrolyte solution resistance even after low-temperature aging, and a high retention percentage of the resistance, and allowing no delamination between layers to occur over time; a method for producing the laminating adhesive composition; a laminate using the adhesive; and a secondary battery. The object is achieved by providing a laminating adhesive containing a polyolefin resin (A) and an epoxy compound (B). The polyolefin resin (A) is a polymer in which propylene and 1-butene are the main monomers and has a crystallization peak temperature within the range of 28° C. to 38° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidemi Nakamura, Takatoshi Matsuo, Tatsuya Kouyama
  • Patent number: 11038145
    Abstract: A laminated film containing a gas barrier layer and an inorganic polymer layer laminated on a resin substrate, wherein a Y value calculated from a transmission electron microscope image of a cross section of the inorganic polymer layer by the following procedures (a) to (d) is 0.220 or less: (a) Calculating a standard deviation (?) of the contrast of an electron beam-unirradiated part of the inorganic polymer layer; (b) Dividing an electron beam-irradiated part of the inorganic polymer layer into twenty parts having a film thickness equal in a film thickness direction, and calculating a standard deviation (an: standard deviation of nth division, n=1˜20) of the contrast of each divided part; (c) Calculating Xn (n=1˜20) of each divided part from the expression (1): Xn=?n/? (n=1˜20) . . . (1); and (d) A standard deviation of X3 to X18 is defined as Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Yukiko Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11022378
    Abstract: A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Tucker, Joshua D. Sole, Justin J. Hill, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11015874
    Abstract: A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Tucker, Joshua D. Sole, Justin J. Hill, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11003138
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a window member provided on the display panel. The window member includes a plastic window, a first hard coating layer provided on the plastic window, and a second hard coating layer provided on the first hard coating layer. A surface water contact angle of the second hard coating layer may be in a range of 90 degrees to 117 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghwan Cho, Hangyeol Kim, Hyunseung Seo, Daeho Yoon, Jaehoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11004489
    Abstract: A perpendicular spin transfer torque MRAM memory cell includes a magnetic tunnel junction stack comprising a pinned layer having a fixed direction of magnetization, a free layer having a direction of magnetization that can be switched, a tunnel barrier between the pinned layer and the free layer, a cap layer above the free layer and one or more in-stack multi-layer thermal barrier layers having multiple internal interfaces between materials. The thermal barrier layers have high enough thermal resistivity to maintain the heat generated in the memory cell and low enough electrical resistivity to not materially change the electrical resistance of the memory cell. One embodiment further includes a thermal barrier liner surrounding the free layer, pinned layer, tunnel barrier and cap layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Goran Mihajlovic, Tiffany Santos, Michael Grobis
  • Patent number: 10981826
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer having discontinuous metallic regions, a primer over the subcritical layer, and a second dielectric layer over the primer layer. The primer can be a nickel-chromium alloy. The primer can be a multilayer primer having a first layer of a nickel-chromium alloy and a second layer of titania. The subcritical layer can contain copper and silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Polcyn, Paul A. Medwick, Andrew V. Wagner, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr., James P. Thiel, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy, Benjamin Lucci
  • Patent number: 10966802
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an implant including the steps of providing an implant element, the implant element made of a non-metallic material, depositing a thin layer of titanium-based material directly over an outer surface of the implant element, and forming a titanium-based structural body in direct contact with the thin layer by three-dimensional (3D) printing, the structural body being thicker than the thin layer of titanium-based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ruetschi Technology AG
    Inventors: Christoph Ruetschi, David Chenaux, Bastien Boillat
  • Patent number: 10968521
    Abstract: Provided are: a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has excellent coating adhesiveness and an excellent magnetic property after stress relief annealing; and a production method for therefor. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has: a steel sheet; a coating layer A which is a ceramic coating having an oxide content of less than 30 mass % and which is disposed on the steel sheet; and a coating layer B which is an insulating tensile coating containing an oxide and which is disposed on the coating layer A. When a Gaussian fitting is performed on a 31P-NMR spectrum of the coating layer B within the range of 0 to ?60 ppm, the proportion of a peak area of ?17 to ?33 ppm to the total peak area is 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Umada, Shigehiro Takajo, Takashi Terashima
  • Patent number: 10973118
    Abstract: A flexible conductive film and its manufacturing method are provided. A flexible touch screen and a flexible touch display panel including the flexible conductive film are also provided. The manufacturing method of a flexible conductive film includes: providing a first substrate; applying a first conductive metal ink on the first substrate and forming a first conductive metal pattern; applying a polyimide varnish on a surface of the first substrate having the first conductive metal pattern; soaking the first substrate in deionized water after the polyimide varnish has been solidified; and detaching the solidified polyimide varnish and the first conductive metal pattern from the first substrate to obtain the flexible conductive film. The flexible conductive film prepared can be used in a flexible touch screen and a flexible display panel to improve the adhesion of nanosilver material to a flexible substrate, and to improve its stability of mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINGSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Ting Zeng, Taofeng Xie, Liuyue Yin, Youting Zhang, Weijie Ma
  • Patent number: 10973120
    Abstract: An insulating film includes an insulating layer and a surface bonding layer disposed on the insulating layer. The surface bonding layer includes a radical generation element and a coordinate bond element. In the surface bonding layer, a/b is 0.05 or more and 0.35 or less, in which ‘a’ is an atom content of the coordinate bond element and ‘b’ is an atom content of the radical generation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghyun Lee, Changhyun Yoon, Seong-Chan Park, Choonkeun Lee, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 10954131
    Abstract: A material, a process for forming a biocidal material, and an article of manufacture. The material includes a particle and first and second functionalities bound to first and second faces of the particle. At least one of the first and second functionalities are biocides. The process includes forming colloidosomes having particles with exposed first faces partially embedded in a wax droplet. The process also includes selecting first and second functionalities, wherein at least one of the first and second functionalities are biocides, and binding the first functionalities to the first faces of the particles. Further, the process includes removing the particles from the colloidosome, and binding the second functionalities to the second faces. The article of manufacture includes a polymer matrix, particles, first functionalities bound to first faces of the particles, and second functionalities bound to second faces of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Jason T. Wertz, Joseph Kuczynski, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10946453
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,2,11) of a (1,2,11) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
  • Patent number: 10935700
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a foldable light-transmitting optical film 10 for use in an image display device 50, which includes a resin base material 11, a hard coat layer 12 provided on the first surface 11A of the resin base material 11, and a resin layer 13 having a film thickness of 50 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less and provided on the second surface 11B of the resin base material 11 that is opposite to the first surface 11A, wherein the shear storage modulus (G?) of the optical film 10 at 25° C. in the frequency range from 500 Hz to 1000 Hz inclusive is more than 200 MPa and 1200 MPa or less, and the shear loss modulus (G?) of the optical film at 25° C. in the frequency range from 500 Hz to 1000 Hz inclusive is 3 MPa or more and 150 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hashimoto, Atsuhiro Kobayashi, Seiichi Isojima
  • Patent number: 10926292
    Abstract: A frame includes a substrate, a first priming paint layer, a second priming paint layer, a non-conductive vacuum metallized priming paint layer, and a non-conductive vacuum metallized coating layer. The substrate is made by die casting technology of metal powder. The substrate, the first priming paint layer, the second priming paint layer, the non-conductive vacuum metallized priming paint layer, and the non-conductive vacuum metallized coating layer are stacked in the order written. The disclosure also provides a surface treatment method for the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Chwan-Hwa Chiang, Chen-Yi Tai, Fei-Long Xiao, Jun Guan
  • Patent number: 10918262
    Abstract: An insert molded product in which a metal base member and a resin are bonded together includes a ground layer; a noble metal layer formed of a noble metal; a compound layer formed of a compound containing silicon (Si) and oxygen (O); and a mixture layer where the compound and the resin are mixed together, wherein the ground layer, the noble metal layer, the compound layer, and the mixture layer are formed in this order on the metal base member, and wherein nickel (Ni) is included in both the compound layer and the mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Endo, Naohito Shiga, Kohei Shiramizu, Junko Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10921364
    Abstract: The structure and the testing device used for measuring the bonding strength of the light-emitting panel, including: a substrate, a flip chip film is disposed on the substrate, and a bonding portion of the flip chip film is bonded to the substrate. Wherein an orthographic projection of a non-bonding portion of the flip chip film on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the bonding portion on the substrate, and the non-bonding portion is stretched to measure a bonding strength between the flip chip film and the substrate, thereby reducing the risk of breakage between the layers inside the substrate, thereby the bonding strength between the flip chip film and the substrate can be measured more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huipeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10898933
    Abstract: Described herein are glass substrates having oleophobic surfaces that are substantially free of features that form a reentrant geometry. The surfaces can include a plurality of gas-trapping features, extending from the surface to a depth below the surface, that are substantially isolated from each other. The gas-trapping features are capable of trapping gas below any droplets that are contacted with the surface so as to prevent wetting of the surface by the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adra Smith Baca, David Eugene Baker, Prantik Mazumder, Mark Alejandro Quesada, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Patent number: 10882999
    Abstract: Water-based compositions containing a low VOC coalescent, a latex or water-dispersible polymer are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Mary Jane Hibben, Michael Wildman, T. Howard Killilea, Iain Harvey
  • Patent number: 10882997
    Abstract: A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes an infrared (IR) reflecting layer between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. The coating is designed so as to provide a highly transparent coated article that is thermally stable upon optional heat treatment and which can be made to have a low emissivity in a consistent manner. The coating is designed to have improved IR reflecting layer quality, and thus reduced tolerances with respect to manufacturability of desired emissivity values. The coated article may be used in monolithic window applications, IG window applications, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: GUARDIAN EUROPE S.A.R.L., GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES UK LTD.
    Inventors: Bernd Disteldorf, Anton Dietrich, Robert Baker, Stuart Silvester, Eduardo Sanz
  • Patent number: 10879013
    Abstract: A photocapacitor is provided. The photocapacitor includes: a perovskite solar cell and a supercapacitor attached to the perovskite solar cell. The supercapacitor includes a first carbon nanotube structure. The perovskite solar cell includes third carbon nanotube structure. The first carbon nanotube structure is directly contacted with the third carbon nanotube structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ru-Hao Liu, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10873074
    Abstract: A battery electrode material includes: 1) primary particles formed of an electrochemically active material; and 2) a secondary particle defining multiple, discrete internal volumes, wherein the primary particles are disposed within respective ones of the internal volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Nian Liu, Zhenda Lu, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: 10858520
    Abstract: Described herein are coated glass or glass-ceramic articles having improved smudge resistance. Further described are methods of making and using the improved articles. The coated articles generally include a glass or glass-ceramic substrate and an oleophilic coating disposed thereon. The oleophilic coating is not a free-standing adhesive film, but a coating that is formed on or over the glass or glass-ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Charlotte Diane Milia, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Patent number: 10858523
    Abstract: Provided herein are highly conductive compositions (having a volume resistivity no greater than 1×10?3 Ohms·cm) using silver flake, powder or suspension in solvent for electromagnetic interference (EMI) applications. This high conductivity will allow the use of very thin films for EMI shielding protection, which in turn will be helpful to reduce package sizes. In some embodiments, the coating composition is applied on the device surface by suitable means, e.g., by an electrostatic spray process, air spray process, ultrasonic spray process, spin coating process, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Junbo Gao, Qizhuo Zhuo, Xinpei Cao, Glenda Castaneda
  • Patent number: 10828670
    Abstract: A component (10) for a motor vehicle has a main body (12) produced from a magnesium material. The main body (12) has a visible surface (14) with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 1 to 40 ?m. A clear lacquer coating (40) is disposed on the visible surface (14) of the main body (12) and has a layer thickness of at most 60 ?m. The clear lacquer coating (40) is applied so that the surface structure (15) of the main body (12) that is disposed below the clear lacquer coating (40) is distinguishable in a visible and haptic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Silke Golob, Dieter Jungert, Marc-Lieven Heth
  • Patent number: 10833350
    Abstract: [Problems] An object is to provide a pressure sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for batteries, and a lithium-ion battery in which good adhesive strength is exhibited to an adherend and the pressure sensitive adhesive is less likely to dissolve into an electrolyte solution even when the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet is in contact with the electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ansai, Yuichi Kurata, Kousuke Takada, Tetsuya Arazoe
  • Patent number: 10826106
    Abstract: [Problems] An object is to provide a pressure sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for batteries, and a lithium-ion battery in which the pressure sensitive adhesive is less likely to dissolve into an electrolyte solution even when the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet is in contact with the electrolyte solution. [Solution] A battery (2) comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet (1), wherein: the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet is used at a site in the battery at which there is a possibility of contact with an electrolyte solution; the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet comprises a base material (11) and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (13) laminated at one side of the base material; and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising: a (meth)acrylic ester polymer containing a monomer having a carboxy group in a molecule as a monomer unit that constitutes the polymer; and a metal chelate-based crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ansai, Yuichi Kurata, Kousuke Takada, Tetsuya Arazoe
  • Patent number: 10819313
    Abstract: There are disclosed various apparatuses and methods for tuning a resonance frequency. In some embodiments there is provided an apparatus (200) comprising at least one input electrode (202, 204) for receiving radio frequency signals; a graphene foil (210) for converting at least part of the radio frequency signals into mechanical energy; at least one dielectric support element (212) to support the graphene foil (210) and to space apart the at least one input electrode (202, 204) and the graphene foil (210). The graphene foil (210) has piezoelectric properties. In some embodiments there is provided a method comprising receiving radio frequency signals by at least one input electrode (202, 204) of an apparatus (200); providing a bias voltage to the apparatus (200) for tuning the resonance frequency of the apparatus (200); and converting at least part of the radio frequency signals into mechanical energy by a graphene foil (210) having piezoelectric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventor: Martti Voutilainen
  • Patent number: 10792645
    Abstract: An electride, which is more stable and can be more easily obtained, is provided or is made available, and as a result, a catalyst particularly useful for chemical synthesis, in which the electride is particularly used, is provided. A transition metal-supporting intermetallic compound having a transition metal supported on an intermetallic compound represented by the following formula (1): A5X3 . . . (1) wherein A represents a rare earth element, and X represents Si or Ge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Masaaki Kitano, Tomofumi Tada, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Yoshitake Toda, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li
  • Patent number: 10792641
    Abstract: A structure includes a base material; a surface layer that contains a binder resin and a titanium compound particle having absorption at 450 nm and 750 nm in a visible absorption spectrum and a BET specific surface area within a range of 100 m2/g to 1200 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Takeuchi, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Yasunobu Kashima, Takeshi Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 10790731
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a component of an electrical machine is presented. The method includes coating a surface of the component with a ceramic material, via an electrophoretic process, to form a first coating. The method further includes contacting the first coating deposited by the electrophoretic process with a polymeric material to form a second coating. The method furthermore includes curing or melting the polymeric material in the second coating to form the coating including the ceramic material dispersed in a polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Weijun Yin, Anil Raj Duggal, Aharon Yakimov, Holly Ann Comanzo, Vijay Kumar Srivastava, Mohandas Nayak, Hao Huang, Oltea Puica Siclovan, Paul Michael Smigelski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10781274
    Abstract: Provided herein are photopolymerizable monomers, optionally for use as reactive diluents in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing polymers using said photopolymerizable monomers, the polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Markus Kury, Yan Chen, Chunhua Li, Srinivas Kaza
  • Patent number: 10783916
    Abstract: A nitrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, like a nitrogenated DLC overcoat on a magnetic recording disk, includes cyanoacrylates that are attached to nitrogenated sites on the surface of the carbon layer. Cyanoacrylates are reactive with surface amine groups, which are among the nitrogenated surface sites that act as adsorption sites for volatile contaminants in the disk drive. The covalent bonding of the cyanoacrylate with the amine groups and other reactive sites on the disk overcoat blocks the adsorption of contaminants when they impinge on the overcoat surface. The cyanoacrylate may be applied to the overcoat by dipping the disk into a solution containing the cyanoacrylate or by exposing the overcoat to a cyanoacrylate vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bilich, Thomas E. Karis, Andrey Ovcharenko, Raj Thangaraj
  • Patent number: 10780685
    Abstract: A hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment has, from the surface layer side, a first hard coat and a transparent resin film layer. The first hard coat is formed from a coating material including: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; and (B) 1-100 parts by mass of an N-substituted (meth)acrylamide compound. The transparent resin film has a first hard coat forming surface which is a poly(meth)acrylic imide resin. A hard coat laminated film according to another embodiment has, from the surface layer side, a second hard coat, the first hard coat and the transparent resin film layer. The second hard coat is formed from a coating material which includes: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; (E) 0.01-7 parts by mass of a water repelling agent; and (F) 0.01-10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent; without inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: RIKEN TECHNOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Mori, Nozomu Washio, Taketo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10763038
    Abstract: A technique relates to a method of forming a laminated multilayer magnetic structure. An adhesion layer is deposited on a substrate. A magnetic seed layer is deposited on top of the adhesion layer. Magnetic layers and non-magnetic spacer layers are alternatingly deposited such that an even number of the magnetic layers is deposited while an odd number of the non-magnetic spacer layers is deposited. The odd number is one less than the even number. Every two of the magnetic layers is separated by one of the non-magnetic spacer layers. The first of the magnetic layers is deposited on the magnetic seed layer, and the magnetic layers each have a thickness less than 500 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hariklia Deligianni, William J. Gallagher, Sathana Kitayaporn, Eugene J. O'Sullivan, Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Naigang Wang, Joonah Yoon
  • Patent number: 10765008
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a metal clad laminate, a preparation method thereof, and a method for preparing a flexible circuit board by using the same. The metal clad laminate of the present disclosure includes a first metal foil, a first polyimide layer directly disposed on the first metal foil, a second metal foil, and a second polyimide layer directly disposed on the second metal foil, the first polyimide layer being in contact with the second polyimide layer. The metal clad laminate of the present disclosure is equivalent to a double-sided flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) in structure, is superior to a single-sided FCCL in terms of mechanical performance in reducing warpage, and has the advantage of being useful for circuit fabrication simultaneously on both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ETERNAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun-Jen Chiang, Chung-Jen Wu, Meng-Yen Chou
  • Patent number: 10745570
    Abstract: A water-soluble composition includes reducible copper ions or copper nanoparticles complexed with a reactive polymer. The reactive polymer can be crosslinked using suitable irradiation to provide copper-containing water-insoluble complexes. The water-soluble composition can be used to provide various articles and electrically-conductive materials that can be assembled in electronic devices. The reactive polymer has greater than 1 mol % of recurring units comprising sulfonic acid or sulfonate groups, at least 5 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition, and optionally at least 1 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant amide, amine, hydroxyl, lactam, phosphonic acid, or carboxylic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: EASTMAN RODACK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas B. Brust, Grace Ann Bennett, Catherine A. Falkner, Anne Troxell Wyand
  • Patent number: 10739816
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a housing, comprising: laminating a first deposition layer on a preform; laminating an intermediate layer on the first deposition layer; laminating a second deposition layer on the intermediate layer; applying a color paint layer on the second deposition layer; delaminating at least some of the color paint layer and the second deposition layer to form at least one delaminated area; and forming a printing layer in the delaminated area, wherein the first deposition layer is visible through at least some areas of the printing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Ju Ahn, Doheang Kang, Jungchul Kim, Soo Jin Park, Young Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10730790
    Abstract: Optically transparent articles and structures that include or are otherwise disposed on a substantially transparent substrate. These articles and structures also include a stack of N (N>2) bi-layers on the substrate, the stack having a thickness of at least 5 nm. Each bi-layer is defined by (a) a first layer; and (b) a second layer disposed on the first layer, the layers having at least one of different compositions and different microstructures. The stack has a stack refractive index between about 1.2 and about 2.2 or between about 100% and about 150% of a refractive index of the substrate, and a stack hardness of 15 GPa or greater when measured with a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test along an indentation depth in the range from about 10% to about 50% of the thickness of the stack disposed on a glass test substrate having a hardness between 6.5 and 8 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Charles Andrew Paulson
  • Patent number: 10717893
    Abstract: A mobile phone including a touch panel including a base material; a sensing region including at least one electrode provided over the base material; and a frame region provided at a periphery of the sensing region, the frame region including metal wiring provided over the base material and being electrically connected to the at least one electrode; and a cured product of a photosensitive resin composition disposed at least on the metal wiring, the photosensitive resin composition contains a component (A): a binder polymer, a component (B): a photopolymerizable compound, and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator; and the component (B) includes a di(meth)acrylate compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicyclopentanyl structure and a dicyclopentenyl structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Sato, Koji Abe, Hideo Takahashi