Ester, Halide Or Nitrile Of Addition Polymer Patents (Class 428/522)
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Patent number: 12053951Abstract: A multilayer article is provided which is suitable for use in making (or as) a fuel container by rotational molding, wherein the multilayer article has at least one layer of a thermally cured polymer composition and another layer of a barrier polymer composition, wherein the barrier polymer composition comprises a specified modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a barrier polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Masakazu Nakaya
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Patent number: 12049548Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a prepreg and a laminate for producing a laminate suitable as a structural material, which have excellent joining strength and can be firmly integrated with another structural member by welding. The present invention provides a prepreg including the following structural components: [A] reinforcing fibers, [B] a thermosetting resin, and [C] a thermoplastic resin, wherein [A] has a surface free energy, measured by a Wilhelmy method, of 10 to 50 mJ/m2, [C] is present on a surface of the prepreg, and the reinforcing fibers [A] are present, which are included in a resin area including [B] and a resin area including [C] across an interface between the two resin areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihumi Nakayama, Miho Onodera, Masato Honma
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Patent number: 12037510Abstract: An object is to provide an aqueous coating material composition having high viscosity expression property as well as a viscosity property of decreasing viscosity with increase in shear velocity; in particular, to provide an aqueous coating material composition that can form a multilayer coating film having excellent smoothness, clarity, flip-flop property, adhesion, and water resistance; in addition, to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film using such aqueous coating material composition, as well as a coated article that has been coated with such aqueous coating material composition. As a solution, an aqueous coating material composition is provided that contains a polyester resin (A), acrylic resin particles (B), a curing agent (C), and a coloring pigment (D), wherein the polyester resin (A) is a resin containing a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional polycarboxylic acid (a1) and a polyol (a2) as monomer components.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuri Goshozono, Toru Tsuji, Tomoya Murakami, Narihito Nakano
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Patent number: 12025857Abstract: Optical devices such as eyeglass lenses and digital displays having improved optical characteristics achieved, in part, through incorporation of an index matching system between material layers having different refractive indices.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Jeff Brown, Michael S. Boulineau, Michael Marshall, Tim Reynolds
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Patent number: 12012499Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plasticizer composition characterized in having alkyl groups derived from an isomer mixture of hexyl alcohol with the degree of branching of less than 2.0 as a cyclohexane triester. When the plasticizer composition is applied to a resin, stress resistance and mechanical properties may be maintained to equal or better levels, migration and loss properties and plasticization efficiency may keep balance, and light resistance and heat resistance may be markedly improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Kyu Kim, Jeong Ju Moon, Woo Hyuk Choi, Joo Ho Kim
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Patent number: 11999879Abstract: An adhesive film and a display member including the same are disclosed. The adhesive film is formed of an adhesive composition including: a copolymer of a monomer mixture including a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a comonomer; and nanoparticles. The adhesive film has a creep at ?20° C. of about 50 ?m to about 100 ?m and a gel fraction of about 50% to about 75%.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ik Hwan Cho, Ji Ho Kim, Jee Hee Kim, Ji Won Kang, Byeong Do Kwak, Yong Tae Kim, Il Jin Kim, Sung Hyun Mun, Hyung Rang Moon, Seon Hee Shin, Gwang Hwan Lee, Woo Jin Lee, Jae Hyun Han
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Patent number: 11994119Abstract: A compressor including: a casing; a rotary shaft rotatably mounted in the casing; a compression mechanism configured to compress a refrigerant by operating in conjunction with the rotary shaft; a thrust plate configured to support an end surface of the rotary shaft; a chamber configured to accommodate the thrust plate; and a slit configured to guide oil to the chamber, in which a part of the slit is formed to face a contact portion between the rotary shaft and the thrust plate, such that it is possible to supply the oil between the rotary shaft and the thrust plate, thereby preventing damage to the thrust plate for supporting the rotary shaft. In addition, an inner diameter of the chamber gradually increases, and the chamber extends to an end surface of a cylinder block, such that the cylinder block may be easily extracted from a mold.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Kwang Jin Kim, Ok Hyun Kim, Seyoung Song, Jun Sig Choi
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Patent number: 11946197Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for modifying polyester by a swelling agent combined with cutinase, belonging to the technical field of textile processing. According to the method, a phenol solution or an o-vanillin solution is used as the swelling agent to perform swelling treatment on the polyester, and combined with a Humicola insolens cutinase solution to perform hydrophilic modification on the polyester, which not only significantly improves the release amount of hydrolysates, but also reduces the fabric mass loss compared with the traditional chemical modification method.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jiajia Fu, Jundan Feng, Artur Cavaco-paulo, Rong Li, Yuzheng Lu, Xinming Zheng, Ruijuan Han, Chaoran Meng
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Patent number: 11945893Abstract: A curable composition can comprise a polymerizable material including a monomer of Formula (1), with R being H or alkyl or alkylaryl, n being 1-4, m being 0-6, X1 being C1-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, X2 being CH3 or H, After forming a cured layer of the curable composition, the cured layer can have an excellent etch resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fen Wan, Weijun Liu, Gary F. Doyle
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Patent number: 11949029Abstract: A transparent multi-layer assembly includes a transparent carrier structure comprising a polymer material and an electrically conductive transparent layer comprising an electrically conductive oxide. A silicon carbide layer is arranged as an adhesion promoter between the transparent carrier structure and the electrically conductive transparent layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgInventors: Max Eickenscheidt, Annette Mittnacht, Thomas Stieglitz, Marie T. Alt
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Patent number: 11921373Abstract: A backlight includes an extended light source adapted to emit light. A reflective polarizer is disposed on the extended light source, such that for substantially normally incident light and for at least a first wavelength in a range from about 420 nanometer (nm) to about 650 nm, the reflective polarizer reflects at least 60% of the incident light having a first polarization state and transmits at least 60% of the incident light having an orthogonal second polarization state. A first prismatic film is disposed between the extended light source and the reflective polarizer. A retarder layer is disposed between the reflective polarizer and the first prismatic film, such that for substantially normally incident light at a wavelength of about 550 nm, the retarder layer has a retardance nW, where n is an integer ?1 and W is a wavelength between about 160 nm and about 300 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Kristy A. Gillette, Michelle L Toy, William Blake Kolb, Jonah Shaver, Jason S. Petaja
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Patent number: 11883069Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Patent number: 11878478Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a prepreg for producing a laminate suitable as a structural material, and a laminate, which have excellent tensile shear joining strength, fatigue joining strength, and interlaminar fractural toughness values, and can be firmly integrated with another structural member by welding. The present invention is a prepreg including the following structural components [A], [B], and [C], wherein [C] is present on a surface of the prepreg, [C] is a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher or an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 180° C. or higher, and the reinforcing fibers [A] are present which are included in a resin area including [B] and a resin area including [C] across an interface between the two resin areas: [A] reinforcing fibers; [B] a thermosetting resin; and [C] a thermoplastic resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Jun Misumi, Masato Honma, Kyoko Shinohara
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Patent number: 11872786Abstract: A window is provided to include a glass substrate, an adhesive layer on the glass substrate, a polymer layer between the glass substrate and the adhesive layer, the polymer layer having a surface adjacent to the adhesive layer, the surface being hydrophilic at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a protective layer on the adhesive layer. Thereby, when the protective layer is damaged, only the protective layer may be replaced without replacing a glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minhyuck Kang, Yukihiro Miyazawa, Su-Hyoung Kang, Jeongeun Kim
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Patent number: 11866605Abstract: Disclosed are voided latex particles, useful as opacifying agents for coating compositions containing organic solvents. The particles have a hollow interior, which substantially maintains its integrity after the particles are placed in contact with an organic solvent at 25° C. for 30 days. The particles also have a hydrophilic polymeric interior shell surrounding the hollow interior that is swellable with an aqueous swelling solution. The particles have first and second polymeric intermediate shells, surrounding the interior shell, formed from polymers that are different from each other and different from the interior shell polymer. Finally, the particles have an outer polymeric shell, surrounding the interior shells, which is formed from up to 100% by weight, as polymerized units, of methyl methacrylate. The interior shells and the outer shell each have a Tg greater than 60° C. Also disclosed is a multi-stage emulsion process for making the particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Arkema Inc.Inventors: Donovan K. Lujan, Wayne Devonport
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Patent number: 11858241Abstract: A single-layer or multilayer film formed from one or more polymeric materials has CIE colour values a* and b* such that ?7?a*?0, ?15?b*?0 and an optical transmission T such that 60%?T?95%. The inventive transparent films provide discoloration compensation that alleviates yellowing caused by UV light.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST GMBHInventors: Jochen Münster, Adrian Wyss
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Patent number: 11845841Abstract: Provided are a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that does not have image distortion that can appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded; and a mobile device equipped with such a foldable display. Provided are a polyester film for surface protection films and a hard coating film for surface protection films for the foldable display and mobile device. The polyester film is for foldable display surface protection films, wherein the polyester film is cut in sheet form, the polyester film has a thickness of 10 to 75 ?m, the polyester film has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.55 to 0.65 dl/g, and the amount of rise of a cut plane on at least one side of one or more cut end portions is 35 ?m or less. The hard coating film, the foldable display, and the mobile device use the polyester film for foldable display surface protection films.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Yoshino, Kiwamu Kawai, Shotaro Nishio
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Patent number: 11840612Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a prepreg and a laminate for producing a laminate suitable as a structural material, which have excellent compressive strength and interlaminar fractural toughness values, and can be firmly integrated with another structural member by welding. The present invention provides a prepreg including the following structural components [A] reinforcing fibers, [B] a thermosetting resin, and [C] a thermoplastic resin, in which [B] has a rubbery state elastic modulus of 10 MPa or more at a temperature obtained by adding 50° C. to a glass transition temperature in a state in which a degree of cure is 90% or more, [C] is present in a surface of the prepreg, and the reinforcing fibers [A] are present, which are included in a resin area including {B] and a resin area including [C] across an interface between the two resin areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Jun Misumi, Masato Honma, Kyoko Shinohara, Noriyuki Hirano
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Patent number: 11820845Abstract: Polyamine additives are disclosed that are useful to provide early water resistant to drying anionically colloidally stabilized polymer dispersions in aqueous media. The polyamines are polymerization products from ethylenically unsaturated monomers with pendant tertiary amine groups with ethylenically unsaturated monomers with pendant poly(alkylene oxide) chains of 88 to 1200 g/mole molecular weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INCInventors: Shui-Jen R. Hsu, Dominic Cremona, Darlene D. Rota, Adlai J. Perry, Keith Rawlins, Stephan A. Horvath
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Patent number: 11814475Abstract: A monomer mixture containing asymmetric and symmetric esters of itaconic acid which can be used as a reactive diluent. In addition, copolymers resulting from the polymerization of such monomer mixture. The monomer mixture more specifically includes the asymmetric monomers methyl ethyl itaconate (MEI) and ethyl methyl itaconate (EMI) and the symmetric monomers dimethyl itaconate (DMI) and diethyl itaconate (DEI).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ITACONIX CORPORATIONInventors: Yvon Durant, Madeleine Eleanor Anderson
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Patent number: 11806446Abstract: A multilayer film for ostomy and bowel management applications includes a barrier layer comprising at least about 90% wt. nylon 6/69. The multilayer film provides excellent mechanical and odor barrier properties, and softness and quietness desired in ostomy and bowel management applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang, George J. Cisko
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Patent number: 11691909Abstract: A textured glass substrate along with articles comprising a textured glass substrate and methods of making are provided. The substrates retain the mechanical and optical properties of the untextured glass, while the process provides a reliable and low cost, easy scale up method. The resulting glass substrates are of particular use for light extraction in organic light emitting diode structures.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Xinyu Cao, Haixing Chen, Ling Chen, Chenglong Dai, Kwang je Woo, Jianqiang Zhu
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Patent number: 11672273Abstract: An aerosol-generating article (10) comprising: an aerosol generating substrate (12); and a mouthpiece (14) disposed downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (12). The mouthpiece (14) comprises a hollow tubular segment (24) at its downstream end defining a mouth end cavity (40), and the hollow tubular segment (24) comprises a hollow tube (31) of fibrous material, and a polymeric film (35) secured to the inner surface (311) of the hollow tube (31).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Yves Jordil, Leonardo Nappi
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Patent number: 11639085Abstract: A disclosed laminated automotive glazing for displaying an image comprises a first glass sheet; a first interlayer; a luminescent film having luminescent capabilities; a second interlayer; and a second glass sheet, wherein the luminescent film is reactive to an activating light wavelength, and wherein the second interlayer is transparent to the activating light wavelength and the first interlayer has a transparency at the activating light wavelength of equal to or less than 1.0%.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.Inventor: Markus Walter Pohlen
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Patent number: 11628651Abstract: Provided is a resin composition used for forming a laminated glass interlayer film or a solar cell encapsulant, the resin composition including an ionomer (A) of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer, wherein metal ions constituting the ionomer (A) of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer includes two or more kinds of polyvalent metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: DOW-MITSUI POLYCHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Kei Nagayama, Norihiko Sato, Kana Fukuyama, Motoaki Isokawa
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Patent number: 11613104Abstract: The invention concerns a laminated glazing with an optically transparent area (22) comprising (i) at least one inner (13) and one outer (14) glass sheets, each having an internal and an external faces, and being high level of near infrared radiation transmission glass sheets, (ii) at least one thermoplastic interlayer (20) to laminate the at least the inner and the outer glass sheets, comprising at least a first zone (11) and a second zone (12), the second zone (12) being delimited by the optically transparent area (22), and (iii) at least ne optical sensor device (2) provided on the inner face of the inner pane integrated in the optically transparent area (22). According to the present invention, the thermoplastic interlayer comprises a second zone (12) delimited by the optically transparent area where the laminated glazing has a value of infrared transmission TIR1 higher than the value of infrared transmission TIR2 of the first zone (11) for the working wavelengths of the optical device.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Meijie Li, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Marek Novotny
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Patent number: 11597808Abstract: A method for preparing a modified polypropylene film, the modified polypropylene film comprising a polypropylene film; and, an oxide layer and/or nitride layer, each of which has a thickness of 20-500 nm, on a surface of the polypropylene film; the method comprising: depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer on a surface of the polypropylene film by an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process to obtain the modified polypropylene film; wherein the step of depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer comprises: placing the polypropylene film in an ALD reaction chamber; vacuumizing; heating up; introducing a carrier gas; and, passing at least two precursors into the reaction chamber alternately for reaction, resulting in the modified polypropylene film; wherein the precursors comprise a precursor for providing a metal element or Si, and a precursor for providing an oxygen or nitrogen element.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Daniel Qi Tan, Guanghui Song, Xudong Wu
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Patent number: 11578207Abstract: The present application discloses interlayers comprising novel polyesteramides comprising diols with tunable properties based on the monomers and monomer ratios used to prepare the polyesteramides and varying the reaction conditions. The interlayers have improved properties and can be used in many different applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Paul Hastings, Pu Zhang, Pinguan Zheng, Emmett Dudley Crawford, Scott Ellery George, Aireal Denise Pressley, Khanh Duc Tran
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Patent number: 11572018Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head disposed at a mounting structure and having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. An indicator module is disposed at a rear portion of the mirror reflective element and includes a housing having an indicating portion and a connector portion, a circuit board disposed in the indicating portion and having circuitry and a light source. The circuitry includes electrically conductive terminals extending from the circuit board and disposed at the connector portion of the housing. An electrical connector has a connecting end that is received in the connector portion of the housing to electrically connect to the electrically conductive terminals. An anti-backout element is disposed at the connector portion. With the electrical connector received in the connector portion, the anti-backout element is positioned at the electrical connector to preclude backing out of the electrical connector from the connector portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jeremy R. Shooks, Neil A. Bergsma, Matthew S. VanOeveren, Michael J. Galdys
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Patent number: 11441036Abstract: The present invention relates to a perylene bisimide compound of formula (I) or a mixture thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of the compound in color converters, to the color converters and their use, and to lighting devices containing at least one LED and at least one of the color converters. The present invention also relates to a printing ink formulation for security printing containing at least one of the phenoxy-substituted perylene bisimide compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Sorin Ivanovici, Martina Mitgude
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Patent number: 11406741Abstract: A multilayer film for ostomy and bowel management applications includes a barrier layer comprising at least about 90% wt. nylon 6/69. The multilayer film provides excellent mechanical and odor barrier properties, and softness and quietness desired in ostomy and bowel management applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Moh-Ching Oliver Chang, George J. Cisko
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Patent number: 11407210Abstract: A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer. The metallic base layer contains an aluminum pigment, a light-scattering component, a surface adjusting agent, and a rheology control agent, the aluminum pigment being present in an amount of 15 to 70 parts by mass, on a solids basis; and the light-scattering component being present in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass, on a solids basis, based on 100 parts by mass of the metallic base layer. The transparent colored layer contains a resin component, a curing agent, and a color pigment, the color pigment being present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solids content of the transparent colored layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi Ono, Nobuhiko Narita, Hirokazu Okazaki
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Patent number: 11045574Abstract: Disclosed is a device including a substrate and a gel layer made of a hydrophilic polymer having a hydroxyl group. The gel layer is fixed to at least a part on a surface of the substrate in a thickness of 1 nm to 3,000 nm and an elastic modulus of a device surface is 6.00×103 Pa or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Rumiko Kitagawa, Masataka Nakamura
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Patent number: 10921725Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for printing a substrate. The process comprises applying an analogue primer over a print substrate. A transparent electrophotographic composition comprising a coupling agent is electrophotographically printed on the primer as a coupling layer. An electrophotographic ink composition is then printed on the coupling layer to form an image layer. The coupling layer is disposed between the primer and image layer and in contact with each of the primer and image layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.Inventors: Inna Tzomik, Daniel Skvirsky, Faina Kogan, Gleb Romantcov, Asaf Salant, Daniel Tulchinski
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Patent number: 10876016Abstract: Embodiments relate to a water soluble paint composition for a vehicle. The water soluble paint composition includes a core-shell microgel resin, a dimer-modified polyester resin, a (meth)acryl-modified polyurethane resin, a curing agent, a pigment, and water, wherein the dimer-modified polyester resin is included in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the water-soluble paint composition. When the water soluble paint composition according to various embodiments is used to paint a vehicle, air handling equipment and an oven are not needed, so that energy can be saved in the painting process, CO2 production can be reduced, costs can be saved for painting equipment and maintenance, and space for a painting line can be saved, and a paint layer can be formed having excellent smoothing, waterproofing, chipping resistance, and outer appearance.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KCC CorporationInventors: Su Young Cho, Yong Joo Kim, Seung Min Hong, So Jin Kang, Yong Ho Choi, Bon Yi Lee
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Patent number: 10767078Abstract: Embodiments relate to a water soluble paint composition for a vehicle. The water soluble paint composition includes a core-shell microgel resin, a dimer-modified polyester resin, a (meth)acryl-modified polyurethane resin, a curing agent, a pigment, and water, wherein the dimer-modified polyester resin is included in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the water-soluble paint composition. When the water soluble paint composition according to various embodiments is used to paint a vehicle, air handling equipment and an oven are not needed, so that energy can be saved in the painting process, CO2 production can be reduced, costs can be saved for painting equipment and maintenance, and space for a painting line can be saved, and a paint layer can be formed having excellent smoothing, waterproofing, chipping resistance, and outer appearance.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KCC CorporationInventors: Su Young Cho, Yong Joo Kim, Seung Min Hong, So Jin Kang, Yong Ho Choi, Bon Yi Lee
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Patent number: 10675808Abstract: The present invention provides methods, processes, and systems for the manufacture of three-dimensional articles made of polymers using 3D printing. A layer of prepolymer is deposited on a build plate to form a powder bed. The deposited powder bed is heated to about 50° C. to about 170° C. Then, a solution of activating agent is printed on the powder bed in a predetermined pattern, and a stimulus is applied converting the prepolymer to the final polymer. After a predetermined period of time, sequential layers are printed to provide the three-dimensional article. The three-dimensional object can be cured to produce the three-dimensional article composed of the final polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., University of WashingtonInventors: Andrew J. Boydston, Mark Ganter, Duane Storti, Adam Edward Goetz, Mete Yurtoglu, Michael Byrnes Larsen, Gregory Isaac Peterson
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Patent number: 10519286Abstract: This invention relates to a polymeric pipe, and more particularly a polymeric pipe where the pipe comprises a crosslinked polyolefin formed from extruded polyolefin comprising a photoinitiator. More particularly, this invention relates to the manufacturing of plastic pipes and tubing by utilizing co-rotating twin screw extrusion combined with photo-induced cross-linking, of thermoplastic polymers such as polyethylene, to produce PEX pipes and tubing.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Uponor Innovation ABInventors: Jan Ericsson, Todd Menssen
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Patent number: 10377113Abstract: Provided is a functional laminated film having a functional layer formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, in which the functional laminated film can inhibit generation of bubbles in the functional layer, and can prevent the functional material from being deteriorated by water or oxygen. The functional layer is formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, and the binder is formed by polymerizing monomers. The monomers include 50% by mass or more of monomers X having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,500 with respect to the total mass of the monomers, and the gas barrier performance of a gas barrier film is 0.005 [g/(m2·day)] to 0.8 [g/(m2·day)].Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Eijiro Iwase
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Patent number: 10333124Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a substrate; and a coating layer on at least one side of the substrate, the coating layer including an acrylic-based copolymer obtained from polymerization of a (meth)acrylate salt and (meth)acrylonitrile, and a polyvinyl alcohol-based compound. A rechargeable lithium battery including the separator is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Hwan Park, Byeong-Gyu Cho, Hyung-Bae Kim, Eun-Gyeong Lee, Jin-Hyuk In
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Patent number: 10330829Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition for a polarizer protective film, a polarizer protective film, a polarizing plate including the same, and a preparation method of a polarizing plate, and, more specifically, to a resin composition for a polarizer protective film and a polarizer protective film exhibiting high hardness and excellent properties, a polarizing plate including the same, and a preparation method of a polarizing plate. According to the polarizing plate of the present invention, it can be usefully utilized in various fields because of its excellent hardness, flexibility, and optical properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hye Min Kim, Yeong Rae Chang, Han Na Lee
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Patent number: 10286587Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of panels for floor or wall coverings comprising the steps of mixing and homogenizing raw materials, thereby obtaining a dryblend, extruding said dryblend, thereby obtaining one or more thermoplastic layers, laminating the aforementioned thermoplastic layers, thereby obtaining a panel for floor or wall coverings, wherein said raw materials and/or said dryblend are predominantly transported vertically downwards during the weighing, mixing and/or homogenizing of said raw materials and during the feeding of said dryblend to extruders via feeding units.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: BerryAlloc NVInventors: Pol Lombaert, Matthias Wyseur, Tim Vanderhaegen
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Patent number: 10266687Abstract: A base resin including from 30 to 70 percent by weight impact modified acrylic resin having a Tg from 60 to 150° C.; from 70 to 30 percent by weight polyvinylchloride (PVC), wherein the weight percentages of the impact modified acrylic resin and the polyvinylchloride are based on the combined weight of the impact modified acrylic resin and the polyvinylchloride; from 0.25 to 4 weight percent of anti-melding additive based on the total base resin weight; and from 0.5 weight percent to 25 weight percent colorant based on total base resin weight is provided. Also provided are capstock compositions including one or more base resins, a process for making a capstock, and capstock produced thereby.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Paul R. Van Rheenen, Scott W. Reading
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Patent number: 10236479Abstract: A power-cell packaging material including a layered body obtained by layering at least a substrate layer, a metal layer, an insulating layer, and a sealant layer, in this order. The insulating layer has a hardness in the range of 10-300 MPa, when measured by using a nanoindenter and pressing the indenter 5 ?m into the insulating layer from a cross-section of the layered body in the layering direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Ojiri, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yokota, Rikiya Yamashita, Masakazu Kandori
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Patent number: 10150275Abstract: A multi-layer structure comprising: (a) a skin layer comprising at least 50% by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition (LLDPE) having a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 45 to 400, and wherein the skin layer does not contain any migratory additive; (b) a metal layer disposed on the skin layer to form a metalized film; and (c) at least one substrate layer laminated onto the metallized film; wherein the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition comprises (i) less than or equal to 100 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; and (ii) less than 30 percent by weight of units derived from one or more ?-olefin comonomers is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Dow Chemical IMEA GmbHInventors: Prajwal Shah, Shashibhushan S. Mishra, Tamanna Duggal, Prashant Mogre, Eng Kian Ma
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Patent number: 9988562Abstract: Provided herein, generally, are colored two-part adhesives, more particularly, in some embodiments, (meth)acrylate based two-part adhesives suitable for, but not limited to, use in repairing aircraft parts. The adhesives, in some embodiments, comprise a colored first component and a second component, wherein the colored first component comprises i) a polymeric resin base composition, ii) a flame-retardant compound, and optional synergist, iii) an acrylic paint, and iv) dispersant additive; and the second component comprises v) a curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MIX 14 Ltd.Inventor: Gary Townley
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Patent number: 9932421Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the emulsion polymerization of itaconic acid containing ester functionality, for example, the alkyl esters of itaconic acid known as alkylitaconate. More specifically, an ester of polyitaconic acid polymer is produced via emulsion polymerization and contains greater than 50% by weight of an ester of itaconic acid along with a selected particle size and levels of molecular weight and syndiotactacticity.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Itaconix CorporationInventors: Yvon Durant, Bo Jiang, John Tsavalas
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Patent number: 9920226Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally curable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which, based on the total weight of the composition, comprises the following components: a) 35-99% by weight of a reactive polymethacrylate component having a glass transition temperature Tg of ?35° C. to 32° C., and having a reactive functional group which can react with benzoxazine to form an interpenetrating polymer network; and b) 1-65% by weight of a benzoxazine component of the following formula: wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, C1-C6 alkylene, C3-C10 cycloalkylene group, C?O, S, S?O or O?S?O R1 and R2 are the same or different and independently of each other selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, or C5-C14 aryl, and R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Qing Wu, Jing Fang, Fei Gao, Guannan Yin, Hui Zong, Jianda Zhang, Yuting Wan
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Patent number: 9908960Abstract: A star-shaped vinyl ether polymer, comprising a central core and an arm portion bonded to the central core, wherein: the arm portion comprises a repeating unit derived from a vinyl ether monomer; the star-shaped vinyl ether polymer comprises a structure represented by the following Formula (1): —Y—Ar1—N?N—Ar2??(1); wherein Y represents an ether bond, a thioether bond, a group —NH—, or a group —OR1—*, R1 represents an alkylene group, * represents a position bonded to Ar1 in Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group; and particularly the central core is formed by crosslinking of a polyfunctional coupling agent, wherein the polyfunctional coupling agent is a compound represented by the following Formula (3): wherein R5 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R9 represents a divalent organic group.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Norihiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 9738825Abstract: Metal deco ink formulations are improved by the use of fluorescent dyes, UV-absorbing dyes and/or IR-absorbing dyes. These may be premixed with a phenol-formaldehyde resin without microencapsulation to protect the dye from other ink ingredients that have chemistries which are incompatible with that of the dye, in order to obtain photochromic ink formulation with a good shelf life.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Chromatic Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. Owen, Eric Cathie, Kristin A. Fletcher