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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105459 | Method and apparatus for producing labeled, plastic foam containers, and product of same A method and apparatus for producing labeled, plastic foam containers, such as a labeled EPS cup uses a heated pocket to thermally bond a label to a plastic cup. Also described is a labeled plastic foam container, such as a labeled EPS cup, having high quality print... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8080124 | Production method of a molded article A decorative sheet includes a base member made of a resin material and having a first and a second principal surfaces opposite to each other, a decoration layer provided on the first principal surface of the base member and having a pattern area representing a prede... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066843 | Seamless corrugated insert gasket and method of forming the same The invention relates to a seamless hybrid gasket and the method of making the same. The gasket includes a unitary polymer construction and an insert for enhanced pressure resistance, reduced stress to seal, improved thermal cycling performance and structural suppor... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062465 | Methods for improved stent retention Methods for improved stent retention on an expandable member during delivery are disclosed. Methods include fabricating delivery systems including a retention layer over the stent, the expandable member, or both for improving retention of the stent on the expandable... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057631 | Apparatus and method for applying strips of thermoplastic material to thermoplastic membranes A method for applying thermoplastic strips to thermoplastic membranes, the method comprising applying a first strip to a membrane, providing apparatus comprising a housing having drive wheels thereon, a guide assembly fixed to the housing and comprising a first pair... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7998304 | Methods of configuring a proximity head that provides uniform fluid flow relative to a wafer Methods configure a proximity head for conditioning fluid flow relative to a proximity head in processing of a surface of a wafer by a meniscus. The methods configure the head in one piece while maintaining head rigidity even as the head is lengthened for cleaning o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7981245 | Multi-layered interconnect structure using liquid crystalline polymer dielectric A multi-layered interconnect structure and method of formation. In a first embodiment, first and second liquid crystal polymer (LCP) dielectric layers are directly bonded, respectively, to first and second opposing surface of a thermally conductive layer, with no ex... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981244 | Catheter balloon having impregnated balloon skirt sections A balloon catheter and a method of making a balloon catheter, having a balloon with a first layer and a second layer, the first layer having at least one impregnated section impregnated with a polymeric material compatible with a polymeric material forming the cathe... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7943003 | Low stress to seal expanded PTFE gasket tape A low stress to seal, unitary gasket tape is provided that is particularly suited for use in form-in-place gaskets. The gasket tape preferably comprises at least two joined porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) tapes aligned along tape side surfaces and a ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943004 | Method to hold slipcovers in place to furniture using a heat activated double sided tape A method of securely holding any style slipcover, fabric, or other covering, in place to furniture using a specially designed, non-permanent, re-usable, heat-activated, double-sided adhesive tape placed on the furniture itself under the slipcover before slipcover in... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7850816 | Assembly of sealed components A method of assembling components together in sealed relationship and an assembly of two components for forming a fluid-tight seal together are provided. The method includes applying to at least one mating surface a layer of polysulphide sealant and allowing it to c... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7811408 | Metal-clad laminate and method for production thereof A metal-clad laminate excellent in isotropy, appearance, bondability between a TLC polymer film and a metallic sheet, and dimensional stability is provided less costly with a first step of thermally compressing the film with the metallic sheet by passing them throug... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807011 | Multilayer laminate system and method used within building structures Trapped moisture in the walls of a building structure may result in the building materials prematurely deteriorating unless there is a way for the moisture to escape. A rainscreen drainage mat provides an open cavity for the trapped moisture to escape by evaporation... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7691224 | Thermal bonding method A thermal polymer-bonding method includes initially placing into contact certain polymer-based first and second solid media at a first junction. A first superficial portion of the first solid medium is liquefying through the application of thermal energy to the firs... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7651581 | Catalyst coated diffusion media A method of manufacturing a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly comprising forming and compressing a stack having a plurality of layers in a desired orientation. The layers comprise a membrane, a cathode, an anode, and at least one edge protection layer. The metho... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7563343 | Film lamination apparatus and method and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor apparatus In a film lamination apparatus and method, there is no one-side contact of a pressing roller that presses a film to be laminated. The film is laminated using a rotatable pressing roller having a heater incorporated therein. The pressing roller is pressed onto the fi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7479203 | Lamination of dry film to micro-fluid ejection head substrates A method of making a micro-fluid ejection head structure and structures made by the method. The method includes planarizing a heated substrate component of a micro-fluid ejection head structure by applying a clamping voltage to an electrostatic chuck sufficient to h... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7452440 | Method and device for producing laminated composite A polyolefin resin drawn sheet 4 is laminated on at least one face of a sheet-form core material 6 having a density of 30 to 300 kgf/m3. At this time, a sheet or film 5 made of a bonding synthetic resin or rubber having a flow startin... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7416629 | Method of aligning fluidic MST devices to a support member A method of attaching MST devices to a support member via an adhesive film, the MST devices each having an attachment face with a first aperture and the support member having a mounting surface with second apertures corresponding to each of the first apertures respe... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416631 | Method and device for assembling a blister sheet and a linerboard A method and a machine for assembling a blister sheet and a linerboard, the board optionally having a flap. The blister sheet, the linerboard and the optional flap are flat stacked on top of one another; and the layers are subsequently heat sealed, preferably by mea... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407057 | Plastic transmission filter A plastic transmission filter (1) composed of mating upper (2) and lower (3) shells of synthetic resin material with at least one set of registering weld posts (10) extending between inner surfaces of the upper and lower shells; a fluid p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404872 | PVC seismic coupling and method of installation A seismic coupling is provided for coupling a first longitudinal section of plain end plastic pipe to a second longitudinal section of plastic pipe. The coupling is provided in two halves with a left half being initially installed on the plain end of the first secti... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404873 | Membrane attachment process A method is provided for attaching a membrane to a substrate by heat-bonding the membrane to the substrate. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a receptacle therethrough. The membrane can be a porous support structure combined with a polymeric... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402225 | Veil with a PVOH fibre binding agent The process according to the invention comprises: a step in which chopped filaments and discontinuous PVOH fibers are dispersed in a process water, followed by a step in which a bed is formed in a forming device by... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393557 | Flexible electrically conductive film An electrically conductive film contains electrically connected first and second visible light-transmissive metal or metal alloy layers separated by a visible light-transmissive crosslinked polymeric layer. The film can be joined or laminated into glazing (especiall... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387700 | Method for preparing filtering material A method of manufacturing a filter medium that has a PF value that exceeds 32, the PF value calculated from the pressure loss and the collection efficiency of the filter medium according to the following formula: PF=[−log(permeability (%)/100)/(pressure ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371298 | Linear stamp applicator machine and method of operating the same A method for applying tax stamps to individual cigarette packages of different cigarette cartons, having different height dimensions, comprises the provision of a cigarette carton height determination station, a cigarette carton opening station, a cigarette package ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364634 | Carpet construction having secondary backing A tufted carpet includes a primary backing having a back side and a face side, and a secondary backing. The carpet includes tufts of yarn sewn through the primary backing so as to be exposed on the face side and to form a plurality of back stitches on the back side.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361246 | Elastic composite for a disposable absorbent garment, and a system and process for making the elastic composite and a garment having the elastic composite A method is provided for making an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable absorbent garment. An elastic element applicator is provided that is configured to move a section of a continuous strand of elastic element generally about a plane. A first web ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361241 | Filamentary nonwoven bandage fabric In order to produce a nonwoven fabric having elastomeric properties spun filaments (1), consisting preferably (but not essentially) of cellulose material such as cellulose acetate or solvent spun rayon, not in yarn formats, are corrugated or crimped in an ove... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354636 | Flexible laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles A laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles includes a liquid crystal polymer fiber layer, a polyimide layer secured to the liquid crystal polymer fiber layer; and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) layer secured to the polyimide layer. The layers are secured to... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351303 | Microfluidic systems and components Microfluidic systems and components. A microfluidic system includes one or more functional units or microfluidic chips, configured to perform constituent steps in a process and interconnected to form the system. A multi-layer microfluidic system includes a separate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341340 | Printed item having an image with a high durability and/or resolution A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is pr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338716 | Laminate and process for producing the same This invention relates to a laminate comprising an insulating polyimide resin layer etchable by an aqueous alkaline solution and a metal foil. The laminate has an insulating resin layer composed of a plurality of polyimide resin layers on the metal foil and the insu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323251 | Decorating sheet, decorated resin molded article and method for production thereof The present invention provides a decorative sheet having a base film made of a thermoplastic polyester resin and a decorative layer on the base film, and provides a decorated resin molding produced by using the decorative sheet. The base film is not broken in both o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320739 | Sound absorptive multilayer composite A sound absorptive multilayer composite having an air-impermeable barrier, an air-permeable reinforcing core having an airflow resistance of at least about 100 mks Rayls and a thickness at least about ⅓ the final composite thickness, an air-permeable open cell foa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309400 | Methods of improving uniformity in additive manufacturing processes This invention improves upon existing approaches by providing a method for improving the uniformity of additive manufacturing processes of the type wherein material increments are consolidated to produce a three-dimensional object. According to one aspect of the inv... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306694 | Method for producing plastic products with reinforced heat sealed joints A plastic product is fabricated from plastic sheets by heat sealing the plastic sheets to form an enclosure member. In order to strengthen the heat-sealed joints of the plastic sheets, the plastic sheets are thickened at portions where the heat-sealed joints are to ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300691 | Moldable construction incorporating non-olefin bonding interface A composite construction incorporating one or more mat layers of interwoven axially drawn heat fusible tape fiber elements. The axially drawn tape fiber elements incorporate a central or base layer of a strain oriented polymer with a covering layer of a heat fusible... | 11/27/2007 |
