Including Textile, Cloth Or Fabric Patents (Class 428/365)
  • Patent number: 7893158
    Abstract: Block poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) glycols are disclosed. The block poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) glycols can be prepared by the polycondensation of 1,3-propanediol reactant and polyethylene glycol reactant. The block poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) glycols can be used in breathable membranes, synthetic lubricants, hydraulic fluids, cutting oils, motor oils, surfactants, spin-finishes, water-borne coatings, laminates, adhesives, packaging, films and foams, fibers and fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Hari Babu Sunkara, Hiep Quang Do
  • Patent number: 7857988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sound deadener melt pad composition, wherein the composition includes an asphalt, EVA H2020, a oil palm fiber, a hydraulic lime and an oil palm olein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
    Inventors: Ridzuan bin Ramli, Mohd Basri bin Wahid, Nasrin bin Abu Bakar, Robaya bt Mohamed Halim, Ravindranathan a/l N. Narayana Menon, Astimar bt Abd Aziz
  • Patent number: 7850877
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising 100 pbw as solids of a synthetic resin emulsion and 1-300 pbw of a non-halogen flame retardant in which phosphorus and nitrogen-containing non-halogen flame retardant particles are surface coated with a functional group-containing organosilicon resin is applicable to vehicle interior materials such as car seats, floor mats and ceiling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Nissin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takahata, Norio Nakamura, Yuji Gama, Harukazu Okuda
  • Patent number: 7846855
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric containing a polyvinyl butyral fiber is provided. In particular, continuous fiber nonwoven fabrics, such as a melt-blown nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, are preferred. By laminating a plurality of layers via an adhering layer made of such a nonwoven fabric and then heating, a laminate is obtained by a simple process. In particular, an interior material in which an inorganic fiber layer, a foam layer and a surface material layer are adhered together via the aforementioned type of adhering layers is a desirable embodiment. Such an interior material is excellent in rigidity, sound absorbency and thermal deformation resistance, and therefore is useful as an interior material to be used for cars, railway vehicles, vessels, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kuraray Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Harada, Soichi Obata, Hideo Hayashi, Yasurou Araida, Tomoaki Kimura, Martin Steuer
  • Patent number: 7829480
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a printed circuit board (PCB) supporting woven fabric and a PCB having the same. The PCB includes a supporting woven fabric, a filling resin body enveloping the supporting woven fabric and at least one signal trace arranged on the surface of the filling resin body. The supporting woven fabric is made by a number of warp fiberglass strands and weft fiberglass strands interlaced mutually, wherein each of the warp fiberglass strands initially crosses above one weft fiberglass strand to separately form a bump upwardly and passes through under the next at least two weft fiberglass strands. The invention aims to decrease the number of the bumps bulged thereof to make the PCB improved in effectiveness and speed of signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Mu-Chih Chuang
  • Publication number: 20100279113
    Abstract: The instant invention is a coating composition, a coated article, and method forming such coated articles. The coating composition comprises (a) a dispersion; and (b) a crosslinker. The dispersion comprises at least one or more base polymers selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; at least one or more stabilizing agents; and a fluid medium. The crosslinker may, for example, be zinc ammonium carbonate. A coated article comprises a substrate comprising cellulosic materials; and at least one or more coating layers present on at least one or more surfaces of the substrate. The one or more coating layers may be derived from a coating composition comprising (a) a dispersion; and (b) a crosslinker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jamel F. Attal, Jouko Vyorykka, Pekka Salminen
  • Patent number: 7820289
    Abstract: Composite fibrous constructs are made of combinations of inorganic-organic hybrid monofilament or multifilament yarns containing at least 6 weight percent of inorganic micro-/nanoparticles and organic monofilament or multifilament yarn with typical examples of the hybrid yarn matrix made of absorbable or non-absorbable thermoplastic polymers and final constructs being in the form of knitted or woven meshes and braided ligatures intended to perform under specific mechanically, biologically, and/or radiologically related functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.
    Inventors: Shalaby W Shalaby, Kimberly A Carpenter, Kenneth W Clinkscales
  • Publication number: 20100263153
    Abstract: A spun yarn formed with a core of microdenier synthetic filaments wrapped with a sheath. The sheath generally includes carded staple fibers that are spun around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Gilbert Patrick, Frank McNeely
  • Publication number: 20100268331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gel-spinning process for producing a high tensile strength ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multifilament yarn comprising ultra-low dtex filaments, the process being characterized in that the draw ratio DRfluid applied to fluid filaments obtained by spinning a solution of UHMWPE through a spinneret and into an air gap, is at least 450, wherein DRfluid=DRsp*DRag, the DRsp and DRag being the draw ratios in the spinholes and in the air gap, respectively; and provided that DRag is at least 30. The UHMWPE multifilament yarns produced thereof were characterized by a tensile strength of at least 3.5 GPa and contained filaments having a dtex of at most 0.5. The invention further relates to products comprising said yarns, e.g. fabrics, medical devices and composite and ballistic articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria J.A.P.M Simmelink, Roelof Marissen
  • Publication number: 20100247908
    Abstract: Nanofibers are fabricated by introducing a polymer solution into a dispersion medium and shearing the dispersion medium. Droplets of the polymer solution are spun into elongated fibers that are insoluble in the dispersion medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Orlin D. Velev, Stoyan Smoukov, Manuel Marquez
  • Patent number: 7799308
    Abstract: The present invention discloses ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation of the same. Specifically, the present ultra-fine fibrous carbon is characterized by the graphite-like structure with the sp2 hybrid carbon content of more than 95% per total content; the (002) plane interlayer spacing (d002, d-spacing of C(002) profiles determined by X-ray diffraction method) of 0.3370˜0.3700 nm; the (002) plane stacking of more than 4 layers, namely the stacking height (Lc002) of more than 1.5 nm; fibrous carbon length per fibrous carbon width or diameter (aspect ratio) of more than 20; the average diameter of 5˜50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Suntel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 7771834
    Abstract: Process for production of post-crosslinkable thermoplastic resins by bulk-polymerizing a polymerizable composition (A) comprising (I) a monomer fluid containing a cyclic olefin (?) having two or more metathetical ring-opening reaction sites in the molecule in an amount 10 wt % or above based on the total amount of the monomers or a monomer fluid containing a norbornene monomer and a crosslinking agent, (II) a metathetical polymerization catalyst, and (III) a chain transfer agent; thermoplastic resins obtained by this process. These thermoplastic resins are free from odor due to residual monomers and are excellent in storage stability. Process for producing crosslinked resins and composite materials which comprises laminating the thermoplastic resin to a substrate and then crosslinking the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 7767296
    Abstract: A high strength, high modulus structural fabric product and the method of manufacturing the product are disclosed. The incorporation of a specific fiber/fabric treatment coupled with a resin impregnation and coating process produces a composite material. This composite material comprises high strength and modulus fibers embedded in and linked to a matrix. The resulting fabric product is useable in the formation of seamed structures, which carry and distribute high-level loads under extreme environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Sharon A. Elsworth, Marvin I. Fredberg, William H. Fossey, Jr., Stuart Press, Thad H. Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 7758765
    Abstract: Described is a pasty coating agent for textile sun protection articles which comprises finely divided polymeric particles, flame retardants, metal pigments and water with or without further additives. The paste serves to coat sun protection articles such as awnings, roller blinds, tents, shade-providing systems such as sunshades and the like. The sun protection articles thus endowed possess high reflectivity, excellent colour effects and low flammability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sattler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bauer, Joachim Haussmann
  • Patent number: 7749601
    Abstract: The invention concerns a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 75 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a polymer or copolymer derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; 2 to 15 parts by weight of a fiber having low thermal shrinkage; 1 to 5 parts by weight of an antistatic fiber; and the remainder being flame resistant fibers having a limiting oxygen index of 21 or greater, based on 100 total parts by weight of the polymeric fiber, the low thermal shrinkage fiber, the antistatic fiber, and the flame resistant fibers in the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiyao Zhu, Vlodek Gabara
  • Patent number: 7745000
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with flash-spinning a surface-modified structure such as a plexifilimentary yarn or a microcellular foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Gary Weinberg, Gregory T. Dee, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada
  • Patent number: 7744999
    Abstract: A yarn, fabric, and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection and having improved flash fire protection contains a majority, by weight, of meta-aramid fibers having a degree of crystallinity of at least 20%, and a minority of modacrylic fibers, para-aramid fibers, and antistatic fibers. Garments made from the yarns provide thermal protection such that a wearer would experience less than a 65 percent predicted body burn when exposed to a flash fire exposure of 4 seconds per ASTM F1930, while maintaining a Category 2 arc rating per ASTM F1959 and NFPA 70E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Reiyao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100132322
    Abstract: According to one representative embodiment, an exhaust aftertreatment component that includes a housing that defines an interior cavity through which exhaust gas is flowable. The housing includes an inner body, an outer body, and a space defined between the inner and outer bodies. The component also includes an insulation pack that is positioned within the space. The insulation pack includes insulation media encapsulated by a flexible fabric. The insulation pack further includes an at least partially rigid member that has a rigidity greater than a rigidity of the insulation media and flexible fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Aashish Wadke, Scott Lubenow, Chris Cremeens, Jason Drost, Daniel W. Woods
  • Patent number: 7722952
    Abstract: A composite configured to release refrigerant therefrom comprises a substrate material comprising polarized fibers of glass, polyamide, phenylene sulfide, carbon or graphite having bonded thereon a metal compound comprising a complex compound of a polar gaseous refrigerant and a metal salt and/or a hydrated metal hydroxide and/or a metal hydroxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, zinc, cadmium, tin, aluminum, or two or more thereof, at a concentration of at least about 0.3 grams/cc of open substrate material volume, and a coating composition thereon configured to prevent release of internal gaseous refrigerant therethrough at ambient temperatures and pressure and capable of penetration of gaseous refrigerant therethrough from the composite interior at temperatures causing internal gas pressures of 15% or more above exterior pressure for such refrigerant release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Rocky Research
    Inventors: Uwe Rockenfeller, Kaveh Khalili
  • Patent number: 7709087
    Abstract: A fabricated microstructure includes a substrate, a primary fiber, and a plurality of base fibers. The primary fiber has a width less than about 5 microns. Each base fiber of the plurality of base fibers has a first end attached to the primary fiber and a second end attached to the substrate. Each base fiber has a width less than the width of the primary fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carmel Majidi, Richard E. Groff, Ronald S. Fearing, Steven D. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100099321
    Abstract: In an apparatus for the production of a non-woven fabric, a plurality of filaments (11) are extruded by a spinneret (2) into at least two groups spaced from each other to define an area of the cooling chamber without filaments and structures; the filaments are cooled by an air flow (Y) conveyed into the cooling chamber directed towards an intermediate area between said two groups of filaments, said area being located below an area of the spinneret without extrusion holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: FARE' S.P.A.
    Inventor: Rosaldo Fare'
  • Patent number: 7700191
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a high modulus staple fiber having a tensile modulus of 200 grams per denier (180 grams per dtex) or greater or greater, based on 100 parts by weight of the polymeric fiber and the high modulus fiber in the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiyao Zhu, Vlodek Gabara
  • Patent number: 7700190
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 25 to 90 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; and 10 to 75 parts by weight of a textile staple fiber having limiting oxygen index of 21 or greater, based on 100 parts by weight of the polymeric fiber and the textile fiber in the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiyao Zhu, Roger Parry, Debbie Guckert, Vlodek Gabara, Yves Bader
  • Patent number: 7687141
    Abstract: An inexpensive fiber that has heat retaining properties, satisfactory weather resistance and heat absorption efficiency, and includes a heat absorbing material having excellent transparency; and a fiber article that uses the fiber. A particle dispersion of Cs0.33WO3 is obtained by mixing Cs0.33WO3 microparticles, toluene, and a microparticle dispersing agent to create a liquid dispersion, and then removing the toluene. The particle dispersion is added to and uniformly mixed with pellets of polyethylene terephthalate resin, after which the mixture is extruded, the strands thus obtained are formed into pellets, and a master batch including Cs0.33WO3 microparticles is obtained. This master batch is mixed with a master batch to which inorganic microparticles have not been added, and the mixture thus obtained is melt spun and stretched to manufacture a polyester multifilament yarn. The polyester multifilament yarn is cut, polyester staple fibers are created, and a spun yarn is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kayo Yabuki
  • Publication number: 20100062672
    Abstract: In an apparatus for the production of a non-woven fabric of filaments, where a plurality of filaments are extruded, cooled, stretched and collected on a mobile support, the means of collecting the filaments include furthermore, a gas permeable mobile support element (28), an aspirator (29) and one or more aspiration ducts (33C-36C), the collecting means being insulated from the environment air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: FARE' S.P.A.
    Inventor: Rosaldo Fare'
  • Publication number: 20100055002
    Abstract: Techniques for coating a fiber with metal oxide include forming silica in the fiber to fix the metal oxide to the fiber. The coated fiber can be used to facilitate photocatalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventor: Kwangyeol Lee
  • Patent number: 7670970
    Abstract: A carbon fabric of high conductivity and high density is formed of oxidized fibers of polypropylene. The oxidized fibers have a carbon content at least 50 wt %, an oxygen content at least 4 wt %, and a limiting oxygen index at least 35%. The carbon fabric is made by preparing a raw fabric obtained from oxidized fibers of polypropylene by weaving and then carbonizing the raw fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Feng Chia University
    Inventor: Tse-Hao Ko
  • Patent number: 7671147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flame-retardant epoxy resin composition characterized by containing (A) an epoxy resin containing 0.5-10 equivalent/kg of oxazolidone rings, (B) an epoxy group-containing phosphazene compound, (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phosphates, condensed phosphates, quinone derivatives of phosphine compounds, and polyphenylene ethers, and (D) at least one curing agent selected from the group consisting of guanidine derivatives, phenol novolacs, bisphenol A novolacs, cresol novolacs and naphthol novolacs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Urakawa, Takeshi Arai
  • Patent number: 7648758
    Abstract: Disclosed are composite materials that can exhibit low transmission energy loss and can also be temperature resistant. The composites include reinforcement fibers held in a polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix can include an amorphous polymer component. Also disclosed are methods of forming the composites. Methods can include forming amorphous thermoplastic polymer fibers, forming a fabric from the fibers, combining the fabric with reinforcement fibers, and molding the structure thus formed under heat and pressure such that the amorphous thermoplastic polymer flows and forms a polymeric matrix incorporating the reinforcement fibers. The composites can be molded from multi-layer structures that can include layers of differing materials, for instance layers formed of polyaramids, fiberglass, or carbon fiber wovens or nonwovens. The composites can advantageously be utilized in low loss dielectric applications, such as in forming circuit board substrates, radomes, antennas, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Innegrity, LLC
    Inventor: Brian G. Morin
  • Patent number: 7642331
    Abstract: A hydrosilylation (polyaddition)-vulcanizing elastomer silicone composition, including (a) a vinylated polyorganosiloxane (POS), (b) at least one hydrogenated POS, (c) a platinum catalyst, (d) optionally a coupling agent, (e) optionally a mineral filler, (f) optionally a crosslinking inhibitor, and optionally a POS resin and functional additives. The composition has a dynamic viscosity between 1,000 and 7,000 mPa·s, at 25° C. before crosslinking and, after overall crosslinking by thermal effect has at least one of the following properties: a Shore A hardness of at least 2, a breaking strength of at least 0.5 N·mm?1, and a breaking elongation of at least 50%. Also disclosed is a composite which is fully impregnated by means of a 100% bicomponent (RTV-2) silicone liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Alain Pouchelon, Maryline Quemin, Francis Lafaysse
  • Patent number: 7635517
    Abstract: The invention includes fabrics that have been dyed or finished with a dye that contains a conductive mixture of conductive organic materials, inorganic materials, metals, metal oxides, carbon and carbon nanotubes or combinations or mixtures thereof. The dye is used to finish a fabric such that it is conductive. These fabrics are useful in shielding law enforcement personnel from energy weapons discharge and in providing an electrostatic medium for personnel that work with static sensitive products. The fabrics, when appropriately grounded, dissipate the emitted charge and transmit it to ground. Additionally, the apparel has high wear resistance and is both thermally and electrically conductive yet is comfortable to wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Mystic MD, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel S. Douglas
  • Patent number: 7632910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polysiloxane of the general formula (I) having at least one epoxidic radical and at least one quaternary nitrogen atom and also a textile auxiliary which comprises at least one polysiloxane according to the present invention. The polysiloxane is capable of crosslinking with or on the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: CHT R. Beitlich GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Will, Matthias Koch, Friedhelm Nickel
  • Patent number: 7627998
    Abstract: Filling foam composition capable of providing excellent rustproofing and also suppressing reduction of a foam ratio of the filling foam composition even when reusing unwanted parts thereof and inferior goods thereof; a foam filling member using the same filling foam composition; and a filling foam produced by foaming the filling foam composition. The filling foam composition is prepared by mixing foamable polymer, a foaming agent, and a basic oxide in such a mixing ratio that a ratio of the basic oxide can be in the range of 0.05-70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of foaming agent. The mounting member for the filling foam composition to be mounted in an internal space of a hollow member is produced by mounting a mounting member on the filling foam composition obtained. The filling foam is formed by fitting the foam filling member in the internal space of the hollow member and, then, foaming the filling foam composition by the application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Ui, Manabu Matsunaga, Mitsuo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7625411
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing an insecticidally treated textile having improved properties. A novel combination of an insecticide and certain polymeric binder(s) or dye fixatives is used to coat and/or impregnate fabric via a combination of application methods used in the textile industry. The insecticide-binder or insecticide-dye fixative combination and the method by which it is applied to the textile yield a coated fabric and, ultimately, finished goods with improved wash durability of the insecticide over several launderings and prolonged insecticidal efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Piedmont Chemical Industries I, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy R. Dixon, Michael W. Ensley, David M. Wright, Michael P. Bralkowski, Paul D. Weipert, Donna Moser
  • Publication number: 20090291303
    Abstract: Adhesive tape for jacketing elongate material having a nonwoven-based carrier provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating, the carrier having a basis weight of 30 to 120 g/m2, and the carrier being composed of at least one ply of a preconsolidated nonwoven webfiber that is overstitched with a multiplicity of threads, and has a thread density of less than 22 threads per 25 mm width of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Patrik Kopf, Andreas Wahlers-Schmidlin
  • Patent number: 7622523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation resistant plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin and a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Wen Li, Chon Y. Lin, Bryan R. Chapman, Bruce R. Lundmark, David J. Lohse
  • Patent number: 7618707
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a polyoxadiazole fiber or greater, based on the total amount of the polymeric fiber and the polyoxadiazole fiber in the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiyao Zhu, Vlodek Gabara
  • Publication number: 20090246520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing a high heat resistance insulating material, and an insulated cable having the same. A composition for producing a high heat resistance insulating material according to the present invention comprises 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent based on 100 parts by weight of a fluorine-based rubber. The present invention provides an insulated cable that is capable of sending more electric current at least twice than an allowable current capacity based on a cross-sectional area of a conductor of a conventional cable. Therefore, the present invention can reduce an outer diameter of an insulated cable by 30% or more and the weight by 40% or more in comparison with the conventional cable, and thus provides the insulated cable with lightweight and flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Do-Hyun Park, In-Hwoi Lee
  • Patent number: 7592277
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in which the apparatus includes a first electrospinning device configured to electrospin first fibers of a first substance, a second electrospinning device configured to electrospin second fibers of a second substance such that first and second fibers combine in a mat formation region, and a biasing device configured to bias the first electrospinning device with a first electric polarity and to bias the second electrospinning device with a second electric polarity of opposite polarity to the first electric polarity to promote attraction and coalescence between the first and second fibers. The method electrospins under the first electric polarity first fibers from the first substance, electrospins under the second electric polarity fibers from the second substance, and coalesces the first and second fibers to form the fiber mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Anthony L. Andrady, David S. Ensor, Teri A. Walker, Purva Prabhu
  • Patent number: 7589034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a durable chemical treatment to enhance the adsorbency of activated carbon, which may be exposed to liquids such as rain, sweat, water, and the like. The treatment comprises a fluorocarbon that is applied at low add-on levels (that is, between about 0.1% and about 5%). The treated activated carbon is useful in a number of applications, including air filters, gas masks, solvent recovery devices, and chemical and biological protective gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventor: Shulong Li
  • Patent number: 7579077
    Abstract: This invention provides novel nanofiber enhanced surface area substrates and structures comprising such substrates, as well as methods and uses for such substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dubrow, Robert Hugh Daniels
  • Publication number: 20090202826
    Abstract: A process for producing a fiber reinforced resin which comprises placing at least a reinforcing fiber substrate in a cavity of a mold, injecting a resin into the cavity, and curing the resin, characterized in that a substrate for forming a skin layer, and a resin distribution medium, which is located between the substrate for forming the skin layer and the reinforcing fiber substrate and in which the ratio of the coefficient of impregnation thereof to that of the substrate for forming the skin layer is 1.5-10, are disposed on at least one surface of the reinforcing fiber substrate via an interlayer having a cover factor of 90%-100% and comprising at least one woven fabric. The process diminishes pinhole generation in the skin layer in RTM, and can reduce the necessity of a repair step in, e.g., a painting step as a later step, thereby improving productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toshihide Sekido, Hidehiro Takemoto, Seiji Tsuji, Shintaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7572745
    Abstract: A flexible hose comprising a tube, a knit fabric, and a cover. The knit fabric comprises a hybrid yarn which comprises a first yarn of co-para-aramid fibers and a second yarn of meta-aramid fibers. The hose exhibits significantly improved burst pressure and/or improved impulse fatigue resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Morris Branch, Yelena Gray, Doug Schelhaas
  • Publication number: 20090197081
    Abstract: ?-ketocarbonyl-functional organosilicon compounds in combination with an Si-free polyamine having at least two primary amino groups, provide storage stable compositions useful for fabric treating. The treated fabrics show less propensity toward yellowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Christian Herzig, Siegfried Dormeier
  • Publication number: 20090186222
    Abstract: R-glass, E-glass, and/or ECR-glass fibers contain a sizing composition with at least one multicomponent film former, a lubricant, and a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: S.D.R. BIOTEC VERFAHRENSTECHNICK GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Richter, Roman Teschner
  • Patent number: 7560061
    Abstract: A high strength polyamide fiber consisting of polyamide monofilaments each having a fineness of less than 4 denier and a stress-strain curve where (a) the monofilament elongates less than 5% when subjected to an initial stress of 1.0 g/d, (b) it elongates less than 12% when subjected to a middle stress of 4.5 g/d, and (c) it elongates more than 3% over a tensile strength range from a tensile strength of at least 9.0 d/g to the tensile strength at break of the monofilament, the elongation values being measured at ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: HYOSUNG Corporation
    Inventors: Je-An Yu, Chang-Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20090169881
    Abstract: A method for producing a rough elongate composite element, and a rough elongate composite element formed by the method. In the method, introduced simultaneously into a sheathing device are an essentially solid cord based on an organic material and reinforcing yarns as well as a mixture including a molten thermoplastic and at least one of the following constituents: a reinforcement and a filler, the cord being pulled by a haul-off mechanism downstream from the sheathing device. The cord is sheathed by forming a layer of the adherent mixture onto the cord, the roughness of the sheath formed in this way being created by the sheathed cord leaving the sheathing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Christophe Ducret, Gerard Tardy, Gilbert Dufayard
  • Publication number: 20090139601
    Abstract: A functional elastic composite yarn comprises an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one functional covering filament(s). The functional covering filament has a length that is greater than the drafted length of the elastic member such that substantially all of an elongating stress imposed on the composite yarn is carried by the elastic member. The elastic composite yarn may further include an optional stress-bearing member surrounding the elastic member and the functional covering filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: TEXTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Eleni Karayianni, George W. Coulston, Stacey B. Burr, Thomas A. Micka
  • Publication number: 20090136750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a yarn consisting of a squared-analogous cross-section polyamide filament for uncoated airbag fabrics, characterized in that the process comprises the steps of: heating and melting a raw material of polyamide, extruding the molten polyamide through a squared-analogous spinning nozzle to form a spun filament, cooling and solidifying the spun filament, followed by drawing the filament, to obtain a squared-analogous cross-section drawn yarn; to uncoated fabrics for the manufacture of airbags prepared by the said process, characterized in that the fabrics are prepared from a yarn consisting of a squared-analogous cross-section polyamide filament and exhibit low air permeability, enhanced flame resistance and aging performance against the environment; and to a use of the uncoated fabrics for the manufacture of airbags with a low air permeability prepared therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Swu-Chen Shen, Yi-Jen Tu
  • Patent number: 7537830
    Abstract: The invention concerns a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have at least 25 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a polymer or copolymer derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3?diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; 2 to 15 parts by weight of a fiber having low thermal shrinkage; 1 to 5 parts by weight of an antistatic fiber; and the remainder being flame resistant fibers having a limiting oxygen index of 21 or greater, based on 100 total parts by weight of the polymeric fiber, the low thermal shrinkage fiber, the antistatic fiber, and the flame resistant fibers in the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiyao Zhu, Vlodek Gabara