Of Polyester (e.g., Alkyd, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/480)
  • Patent number: 12251908
    Abstract: The biaxially oriented multilayered films include a stack (A-B)n of n layer units A-B, where n is greater than or equal to 32 each layer unit A-B having individual layers comprising a first layer A and a second layer B overlying the first layer A. The biaxially oriented multilayer films include intralayer voids within a portion of the individual layers in the stack. The intralayer voids have width-to-height aspect ratios from 20:1 to 500:1. The first layers of the layer units have a first composition, and the second layers of the layer units have a second composition. The first composition includes a first thermoplastic and a first polymer immiscible with the first thermoplastic. The second composition includes a second thermoplastic that may be the same as or different from that of the first thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FLEX FILMS (USA) INC.
    Inventors: Steven Sargeant, David Ortiz-Grob, Dakota Goodman
  • Patent number: 12247407
    Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering, where the floor panel includes a layer-shaped substrate, as well as a decorative top layer situated above the substrate; and where the substrate includes at least a layer which is realized on the basis of a composition including at least a thermoplastic synthetic material being polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventor: Martin Segaert
  • Patent number: 12240961
    Abstract: The cellulose acetate resin composition may include: a cellulose acetate having a total degree of acetyl substitution of 1.9 or greater and 2.6 or less; and a plasticizer. The cellulose acetate may have a number average molecular weight of 45000 or greater and a weight average molecular weight of 70000 or greater. The plasticizer may be selected from (1) an ether-based plasticizer in which at least one terminal hydroxyl group of a polyalkylene glycol is etherified, and (2) an ester-based plasticizer in which at least one terminal hydroxyl group of a polyalkylene glycol is esterified. The polyalkylene glycol in the ether-based plasticizer (1) and the ester-based plasticizer (2) may have a degree of polymerization of 3 or greater and less than 10. The plasticizer may not include an aromatic ring in the terminal group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kusumoto, Takafumi Kawasaki, Akihiro Higuchi
  • Patent number: 12242188
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition for imprinting, a cured article and an optical element are provided. The photosensitive resin composition for imprinting includes a resin (A), an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B), a photoinitiator (C), a solvent (D), and a hydrophobic oligomer (E). The resin (A) has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 50,000 and has two or more ethylenic polymerizable groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: eChem Solutions Corp.
    Inventors: Chin-Chen Huang, Yu-Lun Li, Chen-Wen Chiu
  • Patent number: 12221522
    Abstract: A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Composite Technologies International, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Gleason, Sr.
  • Patent number: 12132254
    Abstract: An impedance matching film 10 includes a metallic element and a non-metallic element. The impedance matching film 10 has a thickness of 10 to 200 nm. The impedance matching film 10 has a sheet resistance of 200 ?/? or more. In the impedance matching film 10, the content of an oxygen atom is less than 50% in terms of the number of atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakanishi, Hironobu Machinaga, Sho Shibahara
  • Patent number: 12110200
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester film roll which has less wrinkles and film surface defects, exhibits no deviation of winding, and is suitable for secondary processing such as coating and vapor deposition. The polyester film roll is obtained by winding a biaxially oriented polyester film around a core, and is characterized by satisfying requirements (1)-(3) below: (1) the average winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll is in the range of 500-700; (2) the variation rate of the winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll in the film width direction is 1-5%; and (3) the variation rate of the average winding hardness from the surface of the polyester film roll to the core is 3-10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Manabe, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 12108635
    Abstract: A display device comprises a base substrate, a lower interlayer dielectric layer, an oxide semiconductor layer including a first channel region, a first drain region disposed on one side of the first channel region, and a first source region, a first gate insulating layer, a first upper gate electrode, an upper interlayer dielectric layer, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, wherein the lower interlayer dielectric layer includes a first lower interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the base substrate, and a second lower interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the first lower interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first lower interlayer dielectric layer includes silicon nitride and the second lower interlayer dielectric layer comprises silicon oxide, and wherein a composition ratio of nitrogen to silicon in the first lower interlayer dielectric layer ranges from 0.8 to 0.89.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Jung Yub Seo, Ki Seong Seo, Yeong Gyu Kim, Hee Won Yoon
  • Patent number: 12097724
    Abstract: An eco-friendly activator-free water transfer printing film includes a water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer set on a superabsorbent film and made of a water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin which is formed by acrylic copolymer emulsion, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) resin and provided crosslinking an end surface with the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer after another end surface of the superabsorbent film absorbs water and becomes softened; and an information body set on the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer; so that the present invention is simply set on a water surface to crosslink the superabsorbent film with the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer to produce the adhesiveness of the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer without using any activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YIHAO NANOMETER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Shui Chen, Chi-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 12077339
    Abstract: A blow molded article obtained by blow molding of a preform made via parallel flow coinjection, having a wall formed by 3 layers in at least a region wherein the outside layer is transparent and the inner layer comprises an effect pigment visible through the transparent layer. Articles according to the invention have an improved gloss, low haze and higher resistance to delamination than previous articles. The invention relates also to preforms for making articles as described and to methods for making preforms and articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Neufarth, Andrew Joseph Horton, Marc Andrew Mamak, Mark Lewis Agerton, Philip Andrew Sawin, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides
  • Patent number: 12043760
    Abstract: Methods of forming a boat hull include applying an outer polymer layer onto a hull mold, the outer polymer layer being impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage. An inner polymer layer is applied onto the outer polymer layer, the inner polymer layer being impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage. One or more layers of fiberglass matting are applied on the inner polymer layer, the fiberglass matting being saturated with a polymer selected from one of a group of polymers comprising a vinyl ester polymer, a phthalic unsaturated polyester polymer, and an epoxy polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: REDJAK, LLC
    Inventor: Reed E. Phillips
  • Patent number: 11987676
    Abstract: A black polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The black polyester film includes a physically recycled polyester resin and a chemically recycled polyester resin. The physically recycled polyester resin is formed by a plurality of physically recycled polyester chips. The chemically recycled polyester resin is formed by a plurality of chemically recycled polyester chips and mixed with the physically recycled polyester resin. The plurality of chemically recycled polyester chips further include chemically recycled electrostatic pinning polyester chips. The chemically recycled electrostatic pinning polyester chips contain electrostatic pinning additives, and the electrostatic pinning additives are metal salts. Expressed in percent by weight based on a total weight of the polyester film, a content of the electrostatic pinning additives in the polyester film is between 0.005% and 0.1% by weight. The black polyester film further includes a black additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Wen-Cheng Yang, Chun-Cheng Yang, Chia-Yen Hsiao, Ching-Yao Yuan
  • Patent number: 11958995
    Abstract: A method is provided for sealing discontinuities in vehicle bodywork, using an at least two-layer adhesive product which comprises at least one thermally activatable adhesive layer and a film layer of a polymeric material, where first the adhesive product is positioned with the adhesive layer onto the discontinuity for sealing, the adhesive layer sealingly wets the discontinuity, optionally after temperature increase, at elevated temperature the thermal activation of the adhesive ensues, characterized in that the adhesive layer used comprises a layer of a thermally activatable adhesive, specifically a layer based on a vulcanizable adhesive, and the thermal activation takes place with vulcanization of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Dietze, Jasmin Flucke, Uwe Schümann, Anna Schubert
  • Patent number: 11904348
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-traction wire coating robot and a wire routing and wire hanging method, wherein the robot includes a mounting plate, a material pushing module, a winding traction module, a coating module, a walking module and a power supply and control module, wherein the coating module and the walking module are rotatable in the extension direction of the non-overhead bare wires, when hanging wires, the coating module and the walking module are first rotated and swung to the side of the robot, an unmanned device is then used to hang a traction belt on the overhead bare wires, the winding traction module tightens the traction belt to hang the robot under the overhead bare wires, and then the coating module and the walking module are controlled to rotate and recover to the top of the robot and hang the robot on the overhead bare wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Guangdong Crownpower Electric Power Science And Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanqing Zhang, Zhijan Huang, Binchang Lai
  • Patent number: 11884762
    Abstract: A composition is provided comprising an epoxide functional polymer comprising epoxide functional groups, wherein the epoxide functional polymer has a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 10.000 g/mol and a grafted polylactic acid, wherein the polylactic acid is grafted with an acid-functional ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer and/or an acid anhydride-functional ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer and has a total amount of carboxylic acid groups and carboxylic acid anhydride groups between 10.0 and 60.0 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: BKY-Chemie GmbH, BYK Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Inno Rapthel, Frederik Piestert, Evert Jan Aalderink, Lisa Höhm, Patricia Oostendorp, Thorsten Kröller, Andre Rapthel
  • Patent number: 11866606
    Abstract: A biodegradable aqueous dispersion is disclosed, which is made up of from about 35 to about 75 weight percent water and from about 25 to about 65 weight percent of polyhydroxyalkanoates. Also disclosed is a biodegradable food service item, which includes a biodegradable substrate having at least one food contact surface. A coating is applied over the at least one food contact surface, which is formed from the biodegradable aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Danimer IPCo, LLC
    Inventors: Joe B. Grubbs, III, Richard Eaton, Karson Durie
  • Patent number: 11869997
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having at least one solar cell, an encapsulant encapsulating the solar cell, a frontsheet, and a backsheet. The encapsulant and the frontsheet are transparent. The backsheet includes a first section and a second section juxtaposed with the first section. The first section is transparent and the second section is non-transparent. A first end of the frontsheet, a first end of the encapsulant, and the first section of the backsheet form a transparent portion. A first photovoltaic module overlays at least a portion of a second photovoltaic module. The transparent portion of the first photovoltaic module overlays at least a portion of the at least one solar cell of the second photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Boitnott
  • Patent number: 11839129
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first through a third light-emitting devices, each including a first-color emission layer and being over a substrate; a second-color quantum dot layer over the second light-emitting device; a third-color quantum dot layer over the third light-emitting device; and a low refractive index layer over the second-color quantum dot layer and the third-color quantum dot layer to correspond to the first through third light-emitting devices, and including a matrix part and a plurality of particles in the matrix part, wherein a first portion of the matrix part away from the first through third light-emitting devices includes fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younggu Kim, Jiyun Park, Bongsung Seo, Jongho Son, Jaejin Lyu, Yeonhee Lee, Baekkyun Jeon, Kyungseon Tak
  • Patent number: 11825285
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The speaker diaphragm comprises a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer (11), wherein a thermoplastic polyester elastomer is a copolymer composed of a polyester hard segment A and a polyether or aliphatic polyester soft segment B, and the thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer has a glass transition temperature being less than or equal to 20° C., and a thermoplastic temperature being 50° C.-200° C. The use of the thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer enables the speaker diaphragm to have a good flexibility, a high reliability, and a good durability, and improves the anti-destructive ability of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Goetek Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Guodong Zhao, Jie Zhu, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu
  • Patent number: 11814761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing insulating products based on mineral fibers, in particular on mineral wool, comprising providing a first binder composition containing (a) from 50% to 85% by weight of water, preferably from 70 to 82% of water (b) from 10% to 45% by weight, preferably 15 to 35% by weight of a saccharide component containing sucrose, (c) from 3% to 15% by weight, preferably from 5 to 12% by weight of one or more ammonium salts or primary amine salts of an acid, preparing a second binder composition comprising the dilution of the first aqueous binder composition with water to a solids content of between 3 and 7% by weight, applying the second binder composition to mineral fibers, forming an assembly of mineral fibers coated with the second binder composition, and heating the assembly of coated mineral fibers so as to form an assembly of mineral fibers bound by an insoluble binder, said process being characterized in that the first aqueous binder composition has a p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventors: Marie Savonnet, Victor Maruani, Eric Framery, Bruno Andrioletti
  • Patent number: 11780959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)-polylactic acid (PLA) blend films modified by an epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender, belonging to the technical field of biodegradable film processing. The modified PBAT-PLA blend films include raw materials in parts by weight of 80-85 parts of PBAT, 15-20 parts of PLA, and 0.5-1.5 parts of the epoxidized chain extender, where the epoxidized chain extender is an epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender. The preparation method includes the following steps: mixing PBAT, PLA and the epoxidized chain extender, and performing melting, extruding and granulating to obtain a blends masterbatch, then extrusion blowing the blends masterbatch into a film to obtain the PBAT-PLA blend film modified by the epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Caili Zhang, Yunxuan Weng, Yang Yang, Xiaoqian Diao, Xinyu Song
  • Patent number: 11760076
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a laminated film that can be molded into a complicated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Okada, Takamitsu Watanabe, Takeki Hosokawa, Kei Takigawa, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11763698
    Abstract: A composite fabric includes a lining layer and a metallized membrane. The metallized membrane includes a polymer layer having polyurethane and nano/micro metal particles embedded in the polymer layer. The nano/micro metal particles are about 10-50 wt % inclusive of the metallized membrane. The lining layer is connected to the metallized membrane via point contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LifeLabs Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy Yee Cin Lau, Pei Zhu
  • Patent number: 11731375
    Abstract: The present invention is a structure element comprising a body made of composite material and at least one connection member which is one-piece with said body and which is for providing connection to another structure element with the same characteristic. Accordingly, the composite material is BMC material using bulk material, and the bulk material comprises at least one type of fiber between 15% and 25% for providing resistance, at least one type of mineral powder between 40% and 50% as filling material, and at least one type of resin between 20% and 30% as the binding item which binds fiber to filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Renco World Corporation
    Inventor: Kamil Engin Yeşil
  • Patent number: 11702208
    Abstract: Described are support assemblies for a passenger seat, that can include a supportive surface configured to connect with a frame of a passenger seat, and shaped to support a passenger. Supportive surfaces can include a first portion formed of a first plurality of cells having an auxetic cell geometry that can deform to adopt a synclastic curvature under stress, and a second portion formed of a second plurality of cells having a non-auxetic cell geometry that can deform to adopt an anticlastic or cylindrical curvature under stress. The regions having respective auxetic and non-auxetic cell geometries can be arranged to form a supportive surface that can flex to follow contours of a seated passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Jose Madrigal, Mario Herrera
  • Patent number: 11697754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal conductive layer that includes at least one filler, has a thermal diffusivity of 5.0×10?7 m2s?1 or more, and has a volume resistivity of 1.0×1011 ?·cm or more. Further, the present invention relates to a photosensitive layer to which the thermal conductive layer is applied, a photosensitive composition, a manufacturing method for a thermal conductive layer, and a laminate and a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Yamashita, Kazuto Shimada
  • Patent number: 11674050
    Abstract: Provided herein are coated substrates. Also provided herein are methods for attaching phosphonates, phosphonic acids, or derivatives thereof to an organic or an inorganic substrate (e.g., a metal oxide substrate) via phosphonate chemistry to form the coated substrates provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Baldwin, John Belletto, Garrett Ulrich
  • Patent number: 11675118
    Abstract: A film stack includes a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films alternately stacked. At least one second film of the plurality of second films includes a solid crystal including crystal molecules aligned in a predetermined alignment direction. At least one first film of the plurality of first films includes an alignment structure configured to at least partially align the crystal molecules of the solid crystal in the predetermined alignment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tanya Malhotra, Tingling Rao, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Alexander Koshelev, Lafe Joseph Purvis, II, Junren Wang, Arman Boromand
  • Patent number: 11667771
    Abstract: An elastomeric formulation comprising elastomers, accelerator, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, crosslinker, colouring agent, surfactant, filler, pH adjuster and dispersing medium, wherein the elastomeric formulation has a total solid content ranging between 5% by weight to 40% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOP GLOVE INTERNATIONAL SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Chong Ban Wong, Keuw Wei Lim, Chee Yang Teh, Chun Fah Mok
  • Patent number: 11655395
    Abstract: A support film for a tape material, includes a film-shaped support formed of polyurethane; and a barrier layer containing an aromatic isocyanate-based polyurethane and a layered inorganic compound and formed on one surface of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: TOPPAN PRINTING CO.. LTD., HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Koji Sakairi, Atsushi Matsushima, Tomohiro Shinoda, Atsushi Sonobe
  • Patent number: 11555100
    Abstract: A cellulose ester composition is provided comprising at least one cellulose ester and at least one polymeric aliphatic polyester (PAP), and optionally at least one impact modifier and/or at least one monomeric plasticizer. Processes for producing the cellulose ester compositions as well as articles made using these compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Haining An, Wenlai Feng, Michael Eugene Donelson, Thomas Joseph Pecorini
  • Patent number: 11557805
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a battery cell assembly including at least a battery cell, a heat dissipation member, and a plate member; and an exterior case. The heat dissipation member and the plate member are disposed in this order on one or both of an electrode of the battery cell and a side surface of the battery cell along a direction in which the battery cell assembly is assembled in the exterior case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Masaaki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11527665
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having at least one solar cell, an encapsulant encapsulating the solar cell, a frontsheet, and a backsheet. The encapsulant and the frontsheet are transparent. The backsheet includes a first section and a second section juxtaposed with the first section. The first section is transparent and the second section is non-transparent. A first end of the frontsheet, a first end of the encapsulant, and the first section of the backsheet form a transparent portion. A first photovoltaic module overlays at least a portion of a second photovoltaic module. The transparent portion of the first photovoltaic module overlays at least a portion of the at least one solar cell of the second photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Boitnott
  • Patent number: 11518144
    Abstract: A laminated metal sheet for a metal container lid includes a polyester resin layer formed on a metal sheet. The polyester resin layer is composed of an A and a B layer, wherein the melting point of the A layer is lower than the melting point of the B layer by 20° C. or more, the A layer includes a molten layer where the value of the ratio of a peak intensity I0° to a peak intensity I90° is 1.5 or less, the B layer includes an orientation layer where the value of the ratio of the peak intensity I0° to the peak intensity I90° is 3.0 or more, the thickness of the A layer is within the range from 5 ?m or more to less than 30 ?m, and the thickness of the B layer is within the range from 0.5 ?m or more to less than 6.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yasuhide Oshima, Katsumi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11485875
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel and a display device including the same. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties particularly while improving the visibility of a laser pointer, by using polyethylene terephthalate as a substrate and including fine metal particles dispersed in the photocurable resin layer, and to a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hanna Lee, Kwangseok Seo, Yeongrae Chang, Jung Hyun Seo
  • Patent number: 11470425
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker, comprising a vibration system including a speaker diaphragm and a magnetic circuit system cooperating with the vibration system. The speaker diaphragm comprises a thermoplastic polyester elastomer membrane and has a vibration amplitude of 0.25-1 mm, and the speaker has F0 of 150-1500 Hz. The speaker has the characteristic of good listening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Guodong Zhao, Jie Zhu, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu
  • Patent number: 11457316
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The diaphragm includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer (11), a thermoplastic polyester elastomer being a copolymer composed of a polyester hard segment A and a polyether or aliphatic polyester soft segment B, wherein a mass percentage of the polyester hard segment A is 10-95%. The speaker diaphragm features high structural strength, is not easy to be damaged, and has good toughness and resilience and a good sound generation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Guodong Zhao, Jie Zhu, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu
  • Patent number: 11441012
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing radical ethylene copolymerization reactions for approximately 5 to 10 minutes, the method including using a phenolic compound with other comonomers and performing the radical ethylene copolymerization reactions at high pressure. Also, a method of preparing an ethylene copolymer at high pressure in the presence of one or more phenolic compounds, as defined below, and one or more initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SK GLOBAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Laurichesse, Thibaut Severac, Angélique Lelievre, Claire Isabelle Michalowicz, Louis Defoor, Yves Cabon
  • Patent number: 11424379
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes at least one solar cell, an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, a frontsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant, and backsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a glass layer, a polymer layer attached to the glass layer, and an adhesive layer attaching the polymer layer to the glass layer. The backsheet includes a single-layer, moisture-resistant, fire-retardant membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Sharenko, Paul Martin Adriani, Ryan Lemon Devine
  • Patent number: 11395463
    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 knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product is disclosed. At least some of the strips comprise a film material in the form of a single- or multilayer polyester film wherein the film contains at least 1.0 wt.-% SiO2 and a maximum of 2.5 wt.-% SiO2, and has a spreading factor of at least 2 and not more than 8. The greenhouse screen as disclosed herein has a reduced flammability and light scattering properties particularly suited for greenhouse applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: AB Ludvig Svensson
    Inventors: Per Holgerson, Daniel Asplund
  • Patent number: 11366257
    Abstract: An example optical filter may include an angle blocking layer Slaving a first angular light blocking range ?AL relative to a normal axis, and an interference filter adjacent the angle blocking layer having a second angular light blocking range ?IF relative to the normal axis. ?IF and ?AL at least partially overlap. The example optical filter has a predetermined light transmission zone comprising angles from 0° to a maximum light transmission angle ?Tmax relative to a normal axis of the major surface. The example optical filter has a predetermined angular light blocking zone ?B, a union of ?IF and ?AL. An example optical filter may include an interference filter having an incidence angle-dependent reflection band and an absorbing layer having an absorption band. The incidence angle-dependent reflection band and the absorption band may overlap at least one wavelength at least one angle of incidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath
  • Patent number: 11347098
    Abstract: An optical filter for a display includes a filter film with at least one optical filter layer. The filter layer blocks a band of optical wavelengths and is transparent for optical wavelengths outside the band. The filter film has a thickness within the range of 25 microns through 1 mm. The filter film may include one or more laminate layers that are optically transparent in the wavelengths of the band blocked by the filter layer. The filter film may include one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers in layered contact with one or more transparent electrode layers and one or more layers of polymers in layered contact with the one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Esmaeil Banaei, Sean Northrup
  • Patent number: 11302838
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with photovoltaic cells, processes for the production thereof and polyester films useful in the production thereof wherein the back plane of the photovoltaic cell is a polyester film having an adhesive coating derived from a composition comprising an epoxy resin and a blocked diisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Robert Eveson, Michael Heeran, Robert Hutchings, Simon Mortlock
  • Patent number: 11274229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising polyurethane A and vinyl polymer, wherein the polyurethane A comprising as building blocks at least: (a) a polyisocyanate(s) containing at least one cyclic group, (b) a non-cyclic aliphatic diisocyanate(s) whereby the non-cyclic aliphatic group connecting the two isocyanate groups has 5 carbon atoms, and (c) a component(s) containing an isocyanate-reactive group(s), whereby the summed amount of (a) and (b) is 10 to 60 wt. %, relative to the total weight amount of components used to prepare the polyurethane A; and whereby the weight ratio between (a) and (b) is in the range from 50:50 to 99:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: COVESTRO (NETHERLANDS) B.V.
    Inventors: Ilse Van Casteren, Ronald Tennebroek, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Jourraine Celestijn, Jacobus Willem Griffioen
  • Patent number: 11248151
    Abstract: Provided herein is a composite material that includes at least one thermoresponsive polymer and at least one organic foam material. Further provided herein is a method for producing the composite material and also to the use of the composite material for cooling and for regulating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Markus Schuette, Patrick Kasper, Rolf Muelhaupt
  • Patent number: 11251481
    Abstract: A packaging material for batteries including a laminate in which at least a base material layer, a metal layer, and a sealant layer are laminated in order. The battery packaging material satisfies the relationships of: (A1?A2)?60 N/15 mm; and (B1?B2)?50 N/15 mm. A1 is a stress in elongation by 10% in the MD direction and B1 is a stress in elongation by 10% in the TD direction in the laminate, and A2 is a stress in elongation by 10% in the MD direction and B2 is a stress in elongation by 10% in the TD direction in the base material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuko Takahagi, Rikiya Yamashita, Daisuke Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11227703
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film is disclosed. The transparent conductive film includes a substrate and a first silver nanowire layer. The transparent conductive film has a first absorption peak at 340 nm to 400 nm and a second absorption peak at 500 nm-650 nm, and a ratio of a maximum peak intensity of the first absorption peak to a maximum peak intensity of the second absorption peak is in a range of 2 to 5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Cheng Chang, Min-Yu Chen, Yu-Wei Hou, Chung-Chin Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11214696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasushi Morihara, Masahiko Ota, Masakazu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Ogi
  • Patent number: 11208221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for packaging a dianhydrohexitol, in the form of an aqueous solution in a container comprising a metal-based layer. It also relates to the container containing the aqueous solution of dianhydrohexitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Mathias Ibert, Hervé Wyart, Emilie Josien
  • Patent number: 11205814
    Abstract: A power storage device packaging material having a structure including at least a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, a sealant adhesive layer, and a sealant layer laminated in this order. The substrate layer is formed of a polyester film exhibiting ?A, as expressed by the following formula, of 10% or more and a 50% elongation stress of 75 MPa or more after heat treatment at 160° C.: “?A=(break elongation after 160° C. heat treatment)?(break elongation before 160° C. heat treatment)”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Ijuin, Satoshi Sasaki, Masayoshi Suzuta