Vapor, Chemical, Or Spray Deposited Metal Layer Patents (Class 442/379)
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Patent number: 12161773Abstract: The present invention relates to a puff sterilization patch and, particularly, to a puff sterilization patch which is manufactured in the form of a net or fabric by using yarns made of copper having sterilizing power and can be attached to a cosmetic container so as to sterilize a puff. To this end, the present invention comprises: a pad layer formed by weaving wefts and warps into a net, wherein the wefts mainly comprise yarns made of copper and are arranged at regular intervals, and the warps mainly comprise yarns made of a synthetic resin material and are arranged at regular intervals: and an adhesive layer provided on the underside surface of the pad layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Inventor: Won Ju Yong
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Patent number: 12007716Abstract: A flexible timepiece component, in particular for an oscillator mechanism or for a barrel of a horological movement, the component extending along a main plane (P) and including at least a part made of a composite material (1), the composite material (1) including a matrix (2) and a multitude of nanowires (3) distributed in the matrix (2), the nanowires (3) being juxtaposed, the matrix (2) including a material (4) for filling the interstices between the nanowires (3) to join them to each other, each nanowire (3) forming a solid one-piece tube, the nanowires (3) being disposed substantially parallel to an axis (A) substantially perpendicular to the main plane (P) of the component (6, 7).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pierre Cusin, Christian Charbon, Alexandre Haemmerli, Lionel Paratte, Matthias Imboden
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Publication number: 20150072113Abstract: A metalized fabric (10) is disclosed a first layer (15) of clear thermoplastic material, a second layer (16) of vaporized aluminum material (metalized layer), a third layer (17) of thermoplastic material, and a fourth layer (18) of lofted billow spunbond thermoplastic material. The four layers are sealed together in a pattern that forms a series, matrix or field of large pillowed areas or regions (20) surrounded at four sides by smaller pillowed regions (21). The seals (23) are non-continuous or fragmented, as they are formed by several unjoined segments (24) which provide a less stiff feel to the metalized fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Encompass Group, LLCInventor: Kelley Terrell
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Publication number: 20150040920Abstract: A non-woven body for binding mercury, comprising a substrate made from a nonwoven fabric, wherein the body is doped with gold on the outside and with silver on the inside, is characterized in that the substrate comprises an outer ply that encloses the outside, an inner play that encloses the inside, and an electrically neutral intermediate ply is interposed between the outer ply and the inner ply. Such a non-woven body may be used as a protective mask of also as lining for a box for disposal of broken energy-saving lamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Stephan Spanner
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Patent number: 8865604Abstract: In one embodiment, a bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite is provided. The bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite includes a bulk carbon nanotube material layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and a metal film applied across the bulk carbon nanotube material layer. The metal film penetrates into the interstices between individual carbon nanotubes to reduce an electrical resistance between the plurality of carbon nanotubes.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: James Antoni Wasynczuk
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Publication number: 20140308867Abstract: The present invention relates to woven or nonwoven fabric material having antimicrobial activity, and to its uses ranging from wound dressing, facial masks, surgical drapes and surgical clothing, to filter materials and similar applications where the antimicrobial effects are employed, as well as to a process for the preparation of the woven or nonwoven fabric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: AR Metallizing N.V.Inventors: Paul Van Emmerick, Maura Roperto, Paula Gielen
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Publication number: 20140227552Abstract: A thermal insulation structure including a fabric layer and a dual-layer infrared radiation reflective metal coating disposed on a surface of the fabric layer. The dual-layer infrared radiation reflective metal coating includes a first coating layer directly applied on to the surface of the fabric layer, and, a second coating layer applied on to the first coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: SK PLANET CO., LTDInventors: Albert Pui Sang Lau, Lee Cheung Lau, Manas Kumar Sarkar, Jintu Fan
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Publication number: 20140141674Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described that involve the deposition of coatings on substrates. The polymer coatings generally comprise a wear resistant layer and/or a hydrophobic layer. The wear resistant layer can comprise a metal oxide or metal nitride. The hydrophobic layer can comprise fused polymer particles having an average primary particle diameter on the nanometer to micrometer scale. The coatings are deposited on substrates using specifically adapted plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition approaches. The substrates can include computing devices and fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Herbert Vincent Galbreath, Alexander Hill, Daniel Storey, Demetrius Chrysostomou
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Publication number: 20140080378Abstract: In one embodiment, a bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite is provided. The bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite includes a bulk carbon nanotube material layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and a metal film applied across the bulk carbon nanotube material layer. The metal film penetrates into the interstices between individual carbon nanotubes to reduce an electrical resistance between the plurality of carbon nanotubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventor: James Antoni Wasynczuk
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Patent number: 8497010Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet. The composite sheet provides a barrier to air and liquid water infiltration while having high moisture vapor permeability and good thermal barrier properties. The composite sheet material is suitable for use as a building construction wrap such as roof lining and house wrap.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ioannis V Bletsos, Edmee Lydie Marie-Jeanne Devaquet, Joseph Anthony King, Jr., Michael G Mikhael, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada, Angelo Yializis
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Patent number: 8431209Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet. The composite sheet provides a barrier to air and liquid water infiltration while having high moisture vapor permeability and good thermal barrier properties. The composite sheet material is suitable for use as a building construction wrap such as roof lining and house wrap.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ioannis V Bletsos, Edmee Lydie Marie-Jeanne Devaquet, Michael G Mikhael, Jose Manuel Rodrigues-Parada, Angelo Yializis, Joseph Anthony King, Jr.
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Patent number: 8404330Abstract: A durable metallized moisture vapor permeable sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal coating comprising a layer of a corrosion resistant metal or a plurality of metal layers having differing compositions. The metallized moisture vapor permeable sheet material is suitable for use as a building construction wrap such as roof lining and house wrap, and as EMF radiation shielding material.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ioannis V. Bletsos, Peter Francis Carcia
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Publication number: 20110262699Abstract: A multilayer radiant-barrier structure is formed on one or both sides of a substrate that can be attached to an insulating layer to produce a reflective insulating material. The metallized layer is protected from environmental degradation without interfering with flammability properties that are critical for radiant and reflective insulation materials used in housing applications. The metal layer is modified to insulate enclosures without blocking cellular communications and the protective functional layer in modified to minimize emissivity, create a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface, and/or prevent mold, fungi and bacteria growth. Solutions are provided to solve occupational-hazard problems associated with the use of these materials in enclosures that include power wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Sigma Laboratories of Arizona, LLC.Inventors: Angelo Yializis, Gordon Goodyear, Steven Yializis
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Patent number: 7805907Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet. The composite sheet provides a barrier to air and liquid water infiltration while having high moisture vapor permeability and good thermal barrier properties. The composite sheet material is suitable for use as a building construction wrap such as roof lining and house wrap.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ioannis V. Bletsos, Edmee Lydie Marie-Jeanne Devaquet, Joseph Anthony King, Jr., Michael G Mikhael, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada, Angelo Yializis
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Publication number: 20090197494Abstract: A method for producing an anti-microbial fabric includes: (a) depositing anti-microbial metal-based clusters on an outer surface of a fabric substrate by sputtering a metal-based target material which possesses anti-microbial activity and which is prone to oxidation upon air exposure; and (b) depositing oxidation-resistant metal-based clusters on the outer surface of the fabric substrate by sputtering an oxidation-resistant metal-based target material in such an amount as to enable the oxidation-resistant metal-based clusters to partially cover the anti-microbial metal-based clusters so as to permit exposure of at least a part of one of the anti-microbial metal-based clusters. An anti-microbial fabric produced thereby is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Chia-Yuan Chang, Chia-Hung Hsu
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Patent number: 7452833Abstract: A heat reflective garment interlining laminate is provided that includes a continuous filament layer and a metallized thermoplastic film. The laminate is characteristically low-cost and suitable for such apparel applications as sports clothing, military clothing, camping gear, hunting/fishing clothing, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert Daniel Russell, Chris Haas
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Patent number: 6878649Abstract: A low-emission skin material of the present invention comprises a decorative layer made of a fibrous substance comprising 60% by weight or more of bright fiber based on the total weight of the fibrous substance; a reflective layer laminated to the decorative layer and capable of reflecting visible radiation, near-infrared radiation, mid-infrared radiation and far-infrared radiation; and a support layer laminated to the reflective layer to support the reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Harata, Hiroki Nagayama
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Patent number: 6872673Abstract: A laminate and insulation board containing such laminate and a method of making the board are disclosed. The products are useful for residences and light commercial buildings. Such boards possess high strength, excellent structural integrity, and excellent oxygen and water vapor barrier properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Edward Sider & CompanyInventor: John J. MacAulay
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Patent number: 6831024Abstract: The conductive fabric is fabricated by preparing a base fibrous fabric substrate having the form of a woven, non-woven, or mesh sheet, forming a first layer formed on the fibrous fabric substrate in accordance with an electroless plating process, the first layer being made of copper, and forming a second layer as an externally exposed layer, on the first layer continuously, the second layer being made of gold or platinum.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignees: AMIC Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sun-Ki Kim
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Patent number: 6800573Abstract: A water-vapor-permeable, watertight, heat-reflecting flat composite is made by a process of combining a metal layer and a nonporous, water-vapor-permeable, watertight, hydrophilic flat substrate. The process includes at least the three steps of (1) selecting the substrate, (2) pre-cleaning the substrate, and (3) applying the substrate to the metal layer. Such a composite offers protection from heat loss, infrared-based detection, ultraviolet radiation, electro-smog, and static electricity.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Sympatex Technologies GmbHInventors: Henricus J. M. Van De Ven, Jozef C. W. Spijkers, Karl W. Kopp
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Publication number: 20040185736Abstract: An electrical cable of the present invention comprises a plurality of spaced, parallel flat conductors. Each of the plurality of flat conductors was previously integral with each immediately adjacent flat conductor. A dielectric material is holds the conductors in the spaced, parallel relationship. The dielectric material can be a polymer film, a nonwoven, or other polymer materials such as PTFE, or expanded PTFE. The cable of the present invention is made by providing first and second webs of dielectric materials and a third sheet of conductive material. The first and second web materials are bonded to the third sheet of conductive material in a face-to-face layered relationship thereby forming a bonded laminate. The bonded laminate is then incrementally stretched to separate the sheet of conductive material in to spaced, parallel flat conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Joseph Curro, Douglas Herrin Benson, John Brian Strube
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Patent number: 6780797Abstract: Textile (1) possessing antilaceration properties, which is made from synthetic cables (2) sheathed with a polymer material, such as polyvinyl chloride, and includes, in the warp direction and the weft direction, metal cables (3, 4) sheathed with a polymer material having a different color from that of the polymer material for sheathing the synthetic yarns, wherein the warp and weft metal cables (3, 4) are uniformly spaced by a distance of (d, l) of less than 80 millimeters.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Tissage et Enduction Serge Ferrari SAInventor: Carlos Saiz
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Patent number: 6772489Abstract: A hydrophilic collector for alkaline secondary batteries is formed of a nonwoven fabric plated with nickel in which the nonwoven fabric is hydrophilized by sulfonation, a gaseous fluorine treatment, or vinyl monomer grafting. A method for making the collector includes a hydrophilizing step of a nonwoven fabric comprising at least one of a polyolefin fiber and a polyamide fiber, and a plating step of applying nickel plating to the hydrophilic nonwoven fabric. Preferably, the nickel plating is electroless plating, and the nonwoven fabric has a plurality of micropores extending from one surface to the other surface thereof. An electroplating film may be deposited on the electroless plated film, if necessary. This collector facilitates assembling a battery which exhibits improved high-rate discharge characteristics due to improved adhesiveness of the plated nickel film to the nonwoven fabric.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignees: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Imai, Kaori Yoshida, Toshiaki Takase, Kazuya Satou
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Publication number: 20040127130Abstract: A magnetic material-nanomaterial heterostructural nanorod is provided. The magnetic material-nanomaterial heterostructural nanorod includes a nanomaterial template and a magnetic material. As the magnetic material, the film of a mono-compositional magnetic metal, magnetic ceramic, a multi-compositional magnetic metal, or magnetic ceramic alloy can be deposited on the tip of the nanomaterial template.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Gyu Chul Yi, Suk Woo Jung
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Patent number: 6730622Abstract: An electrical cable of the present invention comprises a plurality of spaced, parallel flat conductors. Each of the plurality of flat conductors was previously integral with each immediately adjacent flat conductor. A dielectric material is holds the conductors in the spaced, parallel relationship. The dielectric material can be a polymer film, a nonwoven, or other polymer materials such as PTFE, or expanded PTFE. The cable of the present invention is made by providing first and second webs of dielectric materials and a third sheet of conductive material. The first and second web materials are bonded to the third sheet of conductive material in a face-to-face layered relationship thereby forming a bonded laminate. The bonded laminate is then incrementally stretched to separate the sheet of conductive material in to spaced, parallel flat conductors.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Joseph Curro, Douglas Herrin Benson, John Brian Strube
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Patent number: 6605340Abstract: To ensure that a camouflage structure will not lose its effectiveness even in changing temperatures (day/night, sunshine/clouds) when protecting against reconnaissance in the IR range, the camouflage structure features varying emissivity tendencies in the atmospheric windows II (3-5 um) and III (8-14 um). In other words, the emissivity in the IR range is not constant and at a certain level, but it has an increasing or decreasing tendency in at least one selected spectral range.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Schweizerische EidgenossenschaftInventor: Fritz Heiniger
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Patent number: 6599850Abstract: A flexible reflective insulating structure includes a layer of flexible fiber-based material, and a flexible metallic layer having a first surface of emissivity less than 0.1. The metallic layer is attached to the layer of fiber-based material with its first surface facing towards the layer of fiber-based material. The fiber-based material is preferably attached to the metallic layer in a manner such that the emissivity of at least about 85% of the first surface, and preferably at least about 95% and most preferably at least about 97% is substantially unaffected.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Raphael Heifetz
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Patent number: 6585794Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven metal fabric for various uses, such as a filter used for purification of exhaust gas from automobiles or semiconductor manufacturing gas, a catalyst carrier of fuel cell, and so forth, in which the corrosion resistance is improved without compromising the property in terms of pressure loss. The nonwoven metal fabric of the present invention is formed with the metal fibers wherein the relation of the fiber diameter Da at the surface part of the gas inlet side and the fiber diameter Db at the central part of the thickness direction is expressed as the equation Da≧1.5×Db and the fiber diameter Da at the surface part of the gas inlet side is not less than 15 &mgr;m and not more than 60 &mgr;m.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Shimoda, Toshiyasu Tsubouchi
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Patent number: 6569789Abstract: A conductive material suitable as a gasket material for shielding the electromagnetic wave and a method of fabrication thereof are disclosed. The conductive material is intended to protect electronics equipment and devices from an erroneous operation which otherwise might be triggered by the electromagnetic wave leaking from other electronic equipment or devices and also to prevent a radio wave interference with communication equipment. A composite material sheet composed of a synthetic fiber-structured sheet and a porous synthetic resin sheet integrally bonded to each other is plated with a metal. In order to improve the working efficiency for final applications, an adhesive layer covered with the releasing paper is formed on one of the sheet surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1999Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Seiren Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Shioda, Akihide Katayama, Hiroo Kishimoto, Yoshiyuki Hirano
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Patent number: 6124221Abstract: The invention provides an article of clothing having antibacterial, antifungal, and antiyeast properties, comprising at least a panel of a metallized textile, the textile including fibers selected from the group consisting of natural fibers, synthetic cellulosic fibers, regenerated protein fibers, acrylic fibers, polyolefin fibers, polyurethane fibers, vinyl fibers, and blends thereof, and having a plating including an antibacterial, antifungal and antiyeast effective amount of at least one oxidant cationic species of copper.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1999Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Inventor: Jeffrey Gabbay
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Patent number: 6043169Abstract: A method of making a fibrous, nonwoven electrically conductive mat particularly suited for use in making a glass fiber reinforced product is disclosed. The mat contains a majority of glass fibers with a majority of the glass fibers having a conductive material like an aluminum coating on at least a part of the surface of the glass fibers. The fibers are bonded together with a stretchable resin binder when the mat is to be used to mold a part having a complex curved surface, and a conventional binder when the mat is intended for flat or simple curved parts. The mats of the invention have a surface resistivity of less than about one million ohms/Sq. and usually less than 500 ohms/Sq. and are particularly useful in the manufacture of satellite antenna dishes.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1997Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.Inventor: Alan Michael Jaffee
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Patent number: 5955175Abstract: A textile material having thermal image masking or suppression in the mid and far infra-red region without compromising the effectiveness of visual and near IR camouflage or comfort level, or the effectiveness, and mobility of a person. Specifically the invention is directed to an air permeable, moisture vapor transmissive, waterproof, heat reflecting material consisting essentially of at least one metallized microporous membrane, with an oleophobic coating over the metallized portions thereof. This membrane is laminated to at least one other layer or textile backing material such as woven, nonwoven or knitted nylon, polyester, cotton, silk, etc. or additional microporous layers, in which the metal in the metallized membrane forms a discontinuous layer on the surface and on the pore walls adjacent the surface of the microporous membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1996Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventor: Gregory D. Culler
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Patent number: 5939190Abstract: The use of a spunbonded nonwoven as backing material for an electrically conductive transfer tape, where the nonwoven is metallized by the application of at least one layer of metal, the nonwoven is provided on both sides with an adhesive coating, the mean thickness of the nonwoven being at least as great as the sum of the two thicknesses of the adhesive coats.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Beiersdorf AGInventors: Ronald Pfaff, Claus Meyer
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Patent number: 5932332Abstract: The disclosed pressure transducer assembly includes an external enclosure, a thermal shell disposed within the external enclosure, and a pressure sensor disposed within the thermal shell. The pressure sensor senses the gas or vapor pressure present in a tube coupling the sensor to a source of pressurized gas or vapor. The assembly includes a device for heating the thermal shell, and thermal insulation is disposed between the thermal shell and the external enclosure. The thermal insulation includes a plurality of metalized high temperature films stacked one on top of another and a plurality of spacer layers, each of the spacer layers being disposed between adjacent ones of the metalized high temperature films.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1997Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Pandorf, Paul W. Navarro
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Patent number: 5656355Abstract: Disclosed is an elastic metallized film composed of an elastic film and a metallic coating substantially covering at least a portion of at least one side of the film. The elastic film may be formed from a thermoset elastic material, a thermoplastic elastic material or a naturally occurring polymeric elastic material. The film may also be microporous and/or micropertured. The elastic metallized film has a metallic coating with an thickness ranging from about 1 nanometer to about 5 microns and which remains on the film when the film is stretched at least about 25 percent. The elastic metallized film may be joined with other materials to form multi-layer materials. Also disclosed is a process of making an elastic metallized film.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Kimberly-Clark CorporationInventor: Bernard Cohen