Next To Addition Polymer From Unsaturated Monomers Patents (Class 428/483)
  • Patent number: 12246518
    Abstract: Multilayer composite materials are described herein. The multilayer composite materials have a first layer comprising a first polymer and a second layer comprising a second polymer. The first layer and the second layer abut each other. The first layer and the second layer each have a thickness in a range of about 10 nm to about 1 mm. The first layer and the second layer are arranged to provide for the multilayer composite material to have reduced dripping and a delayed first dripping time as they undergo a combustion process relative to a single layer material having a same thickness as a thickness of the multilayer composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Ehsan Behzadfar
  • Patent number: 12246519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer coating for covering vehicle body parts. The method comprises providing a polymeric facestock layer (3) providing a polymeric top coat layer (4), providing a polymeric adhesive layer (2), and sandwiching the polymeric facestock layer (3) between the polymeric top coat layer (4) comprising at least partially cross-linked polyurethane and the polymeric adhesive layer (2) between a polymeric top coat layer (4) and a polymeric adhesive layer (2). The partially cross-linked polyurethane is a reaction product of a composition comprising a first part and a second part, wherein: the first part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of solvent- or waterborne thermally curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition; and the second part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of UV-curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Hugues Vandeparre, Regis Barbieux, Jean-Christophe Minor
  • Patent number: 12200459
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibrating diaphragm of a sound-producing apparatus and the sound-producing apparatus. The vibrating diaphragm includes a fluorosilicone rubber film layer, and the fluorosilicone rubber includes a linear polymer composed of a silica main chain and a side chain radical; a molecular structure of the polymer including a unit with the side chain radical with vinyl is a methyl vinyl siloxane unit, and a unit with the side chain radical with R1 is a fluorine-containing siloxane unit; and wherein n and m are natural numbers, and R1 comprises at least one of fluoroalkyl and fluoroaryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqiang Wang, Fengguang Ling, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu
  • Patent number: 12186417
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions that when applied to skin instantaneously and dramatically improve the appearance of the skin. The compositions include volatile hydrocarbon oil; mineral thickening agents; silicone elastomers; and hydrophobic film forming polymers; wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of hydrophobic film forming polymers to the total amount of mineral thickeners (film forming polymers:mineral thickening agent) is 1:1 to 8:1, and the weight ratio of the total amount of silicone elastomer to the total amount of mineral thickener (silicone elastomer:mineral thickening agent) is 1:1 to 5:1. Methods for improving the appearance of skin comprising application of the cosmetic compositions to the skin are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Alexandra Jane Farran, Anne-Laure Suzanne Bernard, Cynthia Ghobril, Julie Martin-Besnardiere
  • Patent number: 12108717
    Abstract: A greenhouse screen comprising strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of a knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product is provided. At least some of the strips comprise a polyester film having a transparency of at least 93%, said polyester film having at least one base layer B comprising a thermoplastic polyester and a UV stabilizer. The polyester film has a first and a second surface, wherein a permanent anti-fog coating is applied to at least one of the first or second surfaces of the polyester film. The anti-fog coating has a lower refractive index than the base layer B.A process for producing said film is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AB Ludvig Svensson
    Inventors: Per Holgerson, Daniel Asplund
  • Patent number: 12092855
    Abstract: An optical system includes an extended illumination source configured to emit light from an extended emission surface thereof toward a display panel. The emitted light includes substantially distinct blue, green and red emission spectra having respective blue, green and red peaks at respective blue, green and red peak wavelengths, and corresponding blue, green and red full widths at half maxima (FWHMs). The blue FWHM extends from a smaller blue wavelength to a longer blue wavelength. The optical system further includes reflective polarizer disposed on the emission surface of the extended illumination source. The reflective polarizer includes a plurality of first polymeric layers. The optical system also includes an optical filter disposed between the reflective polarizer and the emission surface of the extended illumination source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Matthew B. Johnson, Ryan T. Fabick
  • Patent number: 12059690
    Abstract: A unit for electrostatic filter includes: a repeated structure of patterns that are respectively formed of one selected from at least two different substances having different work functions. The patterns formed of the different substances are put in contact with each other. The work functions differ by 1 eV or greater between the different substances put in contact with each other in the patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Imamura, Sachiko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12031061
    Abstract: A composition for paint or spot removal having a carrier, a chemical component selected from the group consisting of Tetraoxaundecane (TOU), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether, Ethylene Glycol Phenyl Ether, Propylene Glycol Phenyl Ether, Dipropylene Glycol N-Butyl Ether, and a combination thereof, and a co-solvent. A method of using the composition to remove a stain or spot from a carpet or other non-porous or hard surface is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Alana Byrd
  • Patent number: 12002254
    Abstract: A method of training an object detection network, an object detection method and related apparatuses are provided. The training method includes: inputting a training image into a to-be-trained object detection network to obtain detection information of a target object, where the detection information includes a detection class of the target object, a detection position of a detection box of the target object, and a detection position of a landmark of the target object; calculating a total loss function of the to-be-trained object detection network, where the total loss function is calculated according to a loss function of the detection class of the target object, a loss function of the detection position of the detection box of the target object, and a loss function of the detection position of the landmark of the target object; and adjusting a parameter of the to-be-trained object detection network according to the total loss function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingru Wang, Fengshuo Hu
  • Patent number: 11979010
    Abstract: A wiring harness for coupling electronic components includes a hollow trunk sleeve and a hollow branch sleeve. The trunk sleeve includes one or more notches and bends spaced apart along its length. The branch sleeve is interconnected to the trunk sleeve at each corresponding notch, with each branch sleeve open to the trunk sleeve through the respective notch. A bundle of wires extends through the trunk sleeve, with a sub-set of the bundle extending through each notch and corresponding branch sleeve. A first encapsulation layer is disposed about the trunk and branch sleeve at each interconnection separately secures each branch sleeve to the trunk sleeve. A second encapsulation layer is disposed about each bend to maintain the trunk sleeve in a desired pre-defined pattern with each first and second encapsulation layer being separated such that at least a portion of the trunk sleeve is free of the encapsulation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AEES Inc.
    Inventor: Ajene Wallace
  • Patent number: 11951720
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin laminate suitable for optical applications of transparent substrate materials and protective materials. The thermoplastic resin laminate includes a first layer including an amorphous polyester resin (A) as the main component, and a second layer including a (meth)acrylic resin (B) as the main component on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Taguwa, Nobuyuki Koike
  • Patent number: 11945945
    Abstract: A resin including up to 99.99 weight percent (wt. %) of a first polyolefin grafted with a functional group selected from an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an ester functional group or a combination thereof; and 0.01 to 3.0 wt. % of a tin oxide-based catalyst, where the resin includes 0.2 wt. % to 1.5 wt. % of the functional group from the first polyolefin, the wt. % based on a total weight of the resin. The first polyolefin can be selected from a polyethylene, a polypropylene, an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, a propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer and combinations thereof. The tin oxide-based catalyst can be selected from dibutyltin oxide, dioctyltin oxide and combinations thereof. The resin can be used in a multilayer structure, where a Layer A comprises the resin and a Layer B comprises a polyester, where a first major surface of Layer A is in adhering contact with the second major surface of Layer B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Regents of The University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kunwei Liu, Alex Michael Jordan, Christopher John Ellison, Christopher Ward Macosko, Christopher M. Thurber, Wenyi Huang, Thomas H. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11939455
    Abstract: A polyolefin-and-poly (2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) formulation comprising (A) an olefin-based (co) polymer, (B) a poly (2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) (co) polymer, and (C) an antioxidant. Also a method of making the composition; a crosslinked polyolefin product made by curing the composition; manufactured articles comprising a shaped form of the inventive formulation or product; and methods of using the inventive formulation, product, or articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Chao He, Yabin Sun, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Timothy J. Person, Hongyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11795322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable film which is capable of replacing polyvinyl chloride-based heat shrinkable films, exhibits appropriate rigidity and appropriate shrinkage force, and is excellent in stability during storage, The heat shrinkable film including a polyester resin A having a glass transition temperature of 65° C. or higher, and a polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin A by 10° C. or more, wherein a content of the polyester resin B is from 5 to 25% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the heat shrinkable film, and a thickness is 25 ?m or more and less than 80 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BONSET AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Vincent Brandon, Ebonii Nicole Neal, Victoria Marie Moncada Meeks
  • Patent number: 11746269
    Abstract: According to the invention, a melting and traction matrix for use on icy or wet surfaces comprising at least one melting agent and at least one substrate impregnated therewith and a method for making and using same are disclosed. The matrix is applied to surfaces where ice is present or anticipated. Upon surface contact, the substrate provides immediate traction and melting agent dissipates from the substrate. Further melting agent dissipates slowly by diffusion for a long-term, persistent effect. In combination with the substrate, the overall amount of melting agent may be controlled, thereby mitigating potential corrosive, toxic and adverse cosmetic and/or environmental effects. The remaining substrate after melting agent has totally diffused may provide longer traction benefit or may be swept away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Lawrence C Scherrer
  • Patent number: 11739244
    Abstract: Gel including a phase-change material and a gelling agent. In one embodiment, the phase-change material may be n-tetradecane, n-hexadecane or mixtures thereof. The gelling agent may be a high molecular weight styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) triblock copolymer with a styrene:rubber ratio of about 30:70 to 33:67% by weight. To form the gel, the phase-change material and the gelling agent may be mixed at an elevated temperature relative to room temperature to partially, but not completely, dissolve the gelling agent. The mixture may then be cooled to room temperature. Alternatively, the phase-change material and the gelling agent may be mixed at room temperature, and the mixture may then be heated to form a viscoelastic liquid, which is then cooled to room temperature. The invention is also directed at a method of preparing the gel, a thermal exchange implement including the gel, and a method of preparing the thermal exchange implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Formato, Dimitrios P. Bakllas, Amrut N. Biswal
  • Patent number: 11642875
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that can prevent wrinkles or loosening after attachment when the film is attached to a container as a heat shrinkable label for dry heat shrinking, and a heat shrinkable label including the heat shrinkable multilayer film as a base film. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers each containing a polyester resin; and an interlayer containing a polystyrene resin, wherein the heat shrinkable multilayer film has a dimensional change in a TD represented by an equation (1) of ?55 to ?1000 ?m as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA) in which the temperature of the heat shrinkable multilayer film under a load of 0.10 N is increased from 30° C. to 60° C. at a temperature increase rate of 5° C./min and then cooled from 60° C. to 10° C. at a temperature decrease rate of 5° C./min, the equation (1) being: Dimensional change=dimension in TD at 20° C. ?dimension in TD at 60° C. (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventor: Naoki Ohno
  • Patent number: 11590738
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer film comprising a starch layer and at least one other layer. The multilayer film has excellent barrier properties. The starch layer comprises a modified starch having a degree of substitution less than 1.5. Suitable other layers include polyolefins. The multilayer film finds use in packaging, particularly in packaging foodstuffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas John McCaffrey, Roya Khalil, Nicholas Roy Oakley, Brendan Morris
  • Patent number: 11453209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that can prevent layer misalignment at a center seal portion and thereby provide a labelled container having excellent appearance when the film is attached to a container as a heat shrinkable label for dry heat shrinking, and a heat shrinkable label including the heat shrinkable multilayer film as a base film. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers each containing a polyester resin; an interlayer containing a polystyrene resin; and adhesive layers, wherein the front and back layers and the interlayer are stacked with the adhesive layers interposed therebetween, and the heat shrinkable multilayer film has a maximum shrinkage stress of 3.5 to 11 MPa when immersed in hot water at 80° C. for 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Gunze Limited
    Inventor: Takanori Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11396618
    Abstract: An adhesive composition of at least one ethylene polymer or copolymer, wherein at least one first polymer or copolymer including the unsaturated carboxylic acid ester type comonomer is copolymerized in a continuous high-pressure tubular reactor, while a second polymer or copolymer including the functional comonomer is copolymerized by either autoclave or tubular continuous high-pressure radical means; the first and second polymer or copolymer possibly being of one and the same polymer/copolymer. Also, a multilayer structure that incorporates the adhesive composition and a particular process for obtaining this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SK GLOBAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Clio Cocquet, Betty Laurent, Claire Michalowicz, Mathieu Bodiguel, Alain Bouilloux
  • Patent number: 11344914
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising simultaneously curing an uncured base coating film, an uncured effect coating film, and an uncured clear coating film. In this method, an effect pigment dispersion (Y) that forms the effect coating film contains water, a surface adjusting agent (A), a flake-effect pigment (B), and a rheology control agent (C), and has a solids content of 0.5 to 10 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Yushi Kihira, Hiroshi Murata, Masahiro Omura
  • Patent number: 11299601
    Abstract: A UV-photocured resin layer (and an image display device including the UV-photocured resin layer), the UV-photocured resin layer including the following cured components: an acrylate-based oligomer component selected from the group consisting of a polyisoprene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, a polybutadiene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, and a polyurethane-based (meth)acrylate oligomer; an acrylic-based monomer component; a plasticizer component; and a photoradical polymerization initiator component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Tsukasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11229556
    Abstract: A first sheet layer is made of a nonwoven fabric; a second sheet layer is made of a nonwoven fabric opposed to one side of the first sheet layer; and a plurality of elongated elastically stretchable members are provided along the stretchable direction at intervals from each other between the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer. Both ends of the elastically stretchable members are fixed to at least one of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer via a first hot melt adhesive. The first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded via a second hot melt adhesive in a range in the stretchable direction corresponding to a space between the both ends of the elastically stretchable member. The holding power of the first hot melt adhesive is higher than the second hot meld adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11098186
    Abstract: A PVC rigid substrate, a preparation method therefor and a PVC rigid composite plate, wherein the PVC rigid substrate comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 40-50 parts of PVC, 75-150 parts of calcium carbonate, 0.6-1.0 parts of balance lubricant, 3.0-5.0 parts of stabilizer and 10-20 parts of CPVC. The PVC substrate has a high hardness, a very small heating size change rate which can be less than or equal to 0.05%. The impact resistance and toughness of a product may be greatly improved to facilitate the treatments that follow. Second, the PVC rigid composite plate has a high mechanical strength and a long service life; at the same time, the PVC rigid substrate can be prepared by using an extrusion method, which is very simple and easy to implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haixing Li
  • Patent number: 11092718
    Abstract: A functional polarizing film includes a polarizing layer, at least one moisture-binding layer on a first surface of the polarizing layer, and at least one moisture-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the moisture-binding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Jin Kim, Chul Hwan Park, Sang Woo Kim, Mi Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10907027
    Abstract: A UV-photocured resin layer (and an image display device including the UV-photocured resin layer), the UV-photocured resin layer including the following cured components: an acrylate-based oligomer component selected from the group consisting of a polyisoprene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, a polybutadiene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, and a polyurethane-based (meth)acrylate oligomer; an acrylic-based monomer component including octyl acrylate or isobornyl acrylate; a plasticizer component; and a photoradical polymerization initiator component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Tsukasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10844248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a polymer of a monomer mixture containing isobornyl (meth)acrylate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, and a semiconductor wafer backgrinding method. In the present invention, by using isobornyl (meth)acrylate which is a hard-type monomer and has a low hydrophilic property, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having superior releasing and re-releasing properties and wettability with respect to the wafer, and having an excellent wafer-proofing property; a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet prepared by using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition; and a backgrinding method using the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Se Ra Kim, Yoon Jeong Baek, Jang Soon Kim, Jae Kwan Lee, Hyun Woo Park
  • Patent number: 10717855
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of ethylene-based ionomer having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance which exhibits remarkably excellent breaking elongation, breaking stress, and strain hardening, and has a high melting point. The present invention relates to a production method of an ethylene-based ionomer including a heating conversion step of heating a specific ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer and converting the ester group in the copolymer into a metal-containing carboxylate containing a metal ion of Group 1, 2, or 12 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Hattori, Toshiaki Egashira, Masahiro Uematsu
  • Patent number: 10688766
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite laminate comprises forming a stack including first and second fiber beds and an interlayer between the fiber beds. The fiber beds are impregnated with matrix resin. The interlayer includes a soluble thermoplastic component on an insoluble component. The method further comprises dissolving the soluble thermoplastic component into the matrix resin to reduce thickness of the interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Wilenski, Kelsi Marie Hurley
  • Patent number: 10596766
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for welding a polyolefin plastic and a plastic based on at least one polymer containing carbonyl groups, using a primer which contains, in relation to the proportion of polymer, at least 20 wt. % of a polymer that comprises maleic anhydride or maleic anhydride derivative units. Also disclosed are correspondingly welded products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Pablo Walter, Norman Friedrich, Lina Gonzalez, Thomas Haertig, Hendrik Luetzen, Dirk Kasper
  • Patent number: 10532526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a thin polarizing film having both excellent optical characteristics and excellent in-plane uniformity. The method of producing a thin polarizing film includes stretching a thermoplastic resin substrate in a first direction, followed by formation of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on the thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate and shrinking and stretching the laminate in the first direction and a second direction, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Araki, Seiji Kondo, Hiroyuki Morikazu, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroaki Sawada
  • Patent number: 10519303
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition, comprising: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); an isobutylene-based copolymer (B) containing a halogen atom; and a halogen scavenger (C), wherein a mass ratio (B/A) of the isobutylene-based copolymer (B) to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) is from 5/95 to 45/55, and a content of the halogen scavenger (C) is from 0.01 to 1 part by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and the isobutylene-based copolymer (B). Such a resin composition is excellent in gas barrier properties and flexibility and stably produced over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Igarashi, Wataru Hirose
  • Patent number: 10150892
    Abstract: The invention provides novel devices, systems, designs, materials and fabrication methods that enable high-load capacity, easy release, and suitable for extended/repeated use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Alfred J. Crosby, Michael D. Bartlett, Andrew B. Croll, Daniel King
  • Patent number: 9849653
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mold release film including a resin layer provided on one surface of a polyester film, wherein the resin layer includes 100 parts by mass of a polypropylene-based modified polyolefin resin with the proportion of a modifying component of 1 to 10% by mass and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a cross-linking agent; the peel strength between the resin layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive measured by bonding a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive to the resin layer exceeds 3.0 N/cm; and the residual adhesion rate of a pressure-sensitive adhesive after bonding an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive to the resin layer is 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Araki, Nobuyasu Okumura, Yoshimi Ueno
  • Patent number: 9718097
    Abstract: A method of forming multi-layer paint films comprises forming a first base paint film, wherein an aqueous first base paint (A) is coated over an object; forming a second base paint film wherein a second aqueous base paint (B) is coated over the uncured first base paint film; forming a clear paint film wherein a clear paint (C) is coated over the uncured second based paint film; and heating and curing the first base paint film, the second base paint film, and the clear paint film at the same time and in which the aqueous first base paint (A) includes as the base resin a water-soluble or water-dispersible acrylic resin (A1) and one or more type of water-soluble or water-dispersible resin (A2), selected from among the polyester resins, polyurethane resins and acrylic-urethane resins, both (A1) and (A2) having a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 100,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Hisayuki Nakashima, Souichi Mori, Takamasa Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9645292
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin high-performance polarizing film includes coating a polyvinyl alcohol type resin on a resin substrate having a thickness of at least 20 ?m and then drying the resin to thereby form a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, immersing thus produced polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer in a dyeing solution including a dichroic material to thereby have the dichroic material impregnated in the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, stretching the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein together with the resin substrate in a boric acid solution such that a total stretching ratio of 5.0 or more of the original length is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Goto, Minoru Miyatake, Tomohiro Mori, Kentaro Yoshida, Takeharu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9580538
    Abstract: A robust, two component adhesive for laminating flexible packaging material comprising a mixture of Component A and Component B. Component A comprises an isocyanate-functionalized compound. Component B comprises a mixture of a high functionality polyol containing at least four hydroxyl groups per molecule with at least two primary OH groups on the molecule and two secondary OH groups on the molecule and a trifunctional polyol containing three OH groups on the molecule. Component B can contain a difunctional polyol containing two OH groups on the molecule. The adhesive is robust and retains desirable properties when used at varying A:B mix ratios better than conventional laminating adhesives used at the same mix ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Kollbach, Balasubramaniam Ramalingam
  • Patent number: 9440481
    Abstract: A transaction card has a substructure consisting at least in part of a layer of fibrous material, such as carbon fiber strands or filaments, arranged in a pre-selected pattern, such as a weave pattern, that is at least partially enclosed by a transparent plastic film. A sheet is laminated on each of two opposing faces of the substructure to form a transaction card core. One or both of the sheets laminated on the opposing faces of the substructure is also made of a transparent material, and one or both of the two opposing faces of the transaction card core can be printed. An over-laminate film, such as a transparent polyvinyl chloride plastic film, can be laminated on each of two opposing faces of the transaction card core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Herslow, Michele Logan
  • Patent number: 9387716
    Abstract: A method for preparing a flexographic printing precursor is carried out by forming a laser-engravable composition in a layer. This laser-engravable composition has one or more EPDM elastomeric rubbers, at least one of which comprises at least 8 weight % polyene recurring units. This laser-engravable composition of elastomeric rubbers can be quickly crosslinked using sulfur-containing vulcanizing compositions to provide laser-engravable compositions and layers in the flexographic printing plate precursors that can be laser-engraved to provide relief images for flexographic printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Ophira Melamed, Mazi Amiel-Levy
  • Patent number: 9309374
    Abstract: A photocurable resin composition contains an acrylate-based oligomer component as component (a), an acrylic-based monomer component as component (b), a plasticizer component as component (c), and a photopolymerization initiator component as component (d). The total amount of the component (a) and the component (b) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 25 to 80% by mass, and the amount of the plasticizer component as the component (c) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 65 to 10% by mass. The component (c) contains a solid tackifier and a liquid plasticizing component, and the mass ratio of the tackifier to the liquid plasticizing component is in the range of 60 to 30 : 30 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Tsukasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9175197
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for optical films, which is excellent in heat resistance, weathering resistance and bleed resistance, which has an excellent balance of pressure-sensitive adhesion properties, such as adhesive strength, cohesive force and tack, the tack of which can be controlled, which is excellent in initial reworkability when it is used for applying an optical film to an adherend or applying a protective film to an optical film, and which further exhibits excellent adhesive durability by virtue of rise of adhesive strength when such a film as above in the applied state is kept over a long period of time after application or especially when the film in the applied state is exposed to high temperatures or moist heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanemura, Yoshihiro Morishita, Shinya Oshita, Masahiko Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9156241
    Abstract: A laser-engravable composition comprises one or more EPDM elastomeric rubbers, at least one of which comprises at least 8 weight % polyene recurring units. This laser-engravable composition of elastomeric rubbers can be quickly crosslinked using sulfur-containing vulcanizing compositions to provide laser-engravable compositions and layers in flexographic printing plate precursors. These precursors can be laser-engraved to provide relief images for flexographic printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ophira Melamed, Mazi Amiel-Levy
  • Patent number: 9151869
    Abstract: A liquid crystal film, a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display are provided. The liquid crystal film has excellent physical properties such as durability and an optical physical property so that it can be effectively used for various applications. In addition, the physical property of the liquid crystal film can be controlled according to desired purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Young Ryu, Moon Soo Park, Jun Won Chang, Sin Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9052593
    Abstract: A polymer is obtained from copolymerization of a unit having a carboxyl and/or phenolic hydroxyl group substituted with an acid labile group with a hydroxyphenyl methacrylate unit having one acyl, acyloxy or alkoxycarbonyl group. The polymer is useful as a base resin in a positive resist composition. The resist composition comprising the polymer is improved in contrast of alkali dissolution rate before and after exposure, acid diffusion control, resolution, and profile and edge roughness of a pattern after exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Masayoshi Sagehashi
  • Publication number: 20150148724
    Abstract: An improved thermoplastic material for orthoses and prostheses. This material comprises at least one resin layer of polymeric resin, optionally reinforced with multiple layers or internal fibers, designed to be compatible with vacuum thermoforming, with thickness between 3/64 inches and ¾ inches. The material additionally comprises at least one and optionally two extremely thin cap layers with thickness between 2/1000 and 12/1000 inches, at least one of which is intended for improved compatibility with human skin, and the other of which can be configured for various cosmetic or UV protection purposes. Methods of producing this material, and various orthotic and prosthetic devices using this material, are also taught.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Gary George Bedard
  • Publication number: 20150140318
    Abstract: A coated polymer film, such as a coated polyester film, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the coated film may be used as a substrate for digital printing. In one embodiment, the coating contains an anionic anti-static agent comprising a sulphonated copolyester resin. In an alternative embodiment, the coating contains an anti-static agent comprising an organometallic, such as an organo zirconate, in combination with metal oxide particles. The metal oxide particles may comprise nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the coating can further contain a print enhancing agent and an adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Zhongzhe Yuan, Daniel Jacober
  • Publication number: 20150136298
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate, which is usable as a reinforcing element for a finished article or for a semifinished product made of rubber, such as a tyre, includes at least one polymer film having, in any tensile direction in the film's plane, a Young's modulus that is greater than 500 MPa. The film is positioned between and in contact with two layers formed of a rubber composition, such as natural rubber. Each layer formed of the rubber composition exhibits, in a crosslinked state, a secant modulus that, in extension at 10% elongation, is greater than 30 MPa, with between 30 and 150 MPa being preferable for the secant modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Huyghe, Christophe Le Clerc, Aline Riou, Anne-Lise Thuilliez
  • Patent number: 9034462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metal-cutting machining process for a semi-finished product having a predetermined shape and at least one machining surface which has the steps: applying a protective foil having a predetermined elongation at break to the at least one machining surface with a predetermined adhesive force, placing a metal-cutting tool in a predetermined position above the machining surface, exerting a predetermined mechanical force in a predetermined direction for a predetermined length of time to the tool for carrying out a metal-cutting process on the semi-finished product and lifting the tool from the at least one machining surface after the predetermined length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schwoerer, Eckehard Zündorf
  • Publication number: 20150132552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hard coating film having high hardness and excellent properties. The hard coating film has high hardness and is not easily curled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Koo Kang, Yeong Rae Chang, Jae Hoon Shim, Sung Don Hong, Seung Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 9028933
    Abstract: The present invention is a shrink label, comprising a heat-shrinkable multilayer resin film comprising an intermediate layer comprising a polystyrene type resin and outer surface layers comprising a polyester type resin, with said intermediate layer interposed therebetween, as a base film, wherein the polystyrene type resin composing said intermediate layer is an aromatic vinyl hydrocarbon-conjugated diene copolymer, and said intermediate layer is bonded to said outer surface layers with an adhesive layer comprising a hydrogen addition product of an aromatic vinyl hydrocarbon-conjugated diene copolymer, having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, an epoxy group and a hydroxyl group in a molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Gunze Limited
    Inventors: Naoyuki Maruichi, Takanori Nozaki, Akira Morikawa