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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8440288 | Easily applicable adhesive sheet and method of producing the same An easily applicable adhesive sheet includes a base sheet and an adhesive layer provided on the base sheet and which includes, in a surface portion thereof, air passages each including a plurality of grooves opening at an end edge portion of the adhesive sheet. Each... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8440289 | Composite for geotechnics, building and the like, with impermeable layer A composite for geotechnics and building, with an impermeable layer, comprising a sheet element that is impermeable to fluids and has, monolithically therewith, elements that protrude on the first and second faces, on at least one of the faces there being a layer th... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8431210 | Master for producing stamper In one embodiment, there is provided a master for producing a stamper. The master includes: a substrate made of a first material and comprising a first surface, wherein the first surface of the substrate is formed with a groove; a first layer made of a second materi... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8394485 | Compound mold and structured surface articles containing geometric structures with compound faces and method of making same Structured surface articles such as molds or sheeting are formed on a compound substrate including a machined substrate and a replicated substrate. In one embodiment, the structured surface is a cube corner element on a compound substrate. In another embodiment, the... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8372506 | Protective mat A mat for collecting water from under cabinet leaks. The mat is an elastomeric material sized to fit within the cabinet space and has ribs defining inclined channels which direct water to a forward collection area which is viewable when the cabinet is opened. The ri... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8354161 | Flattened bamboo panel A flattened bamboo panel is disclosed having one single, solid layer of pressed bamboo culm wall with most of the exterior and interior zones. The processed bamboo panel provides at least one of its longitudinal surfaces seamless and both longitudinal cross sections... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8334045 | Wrapping tape for a cable harness A wrapping tape for automatically circumferentially wrapping an axially extending article, in particular a cable or a cable loom, the tape suitable for wrapping around the article and then tautened and joined to itself in an overlapping manner by a joining tool. The... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8329282 | Power transmission belt and method of manufacturing a power transmission belt A power transmission belt having a body made at least in part from ethylene-α-olefin rubber. At least one load carrying member is embedded in the ethylene-α-olefin rubber. First, second and third films are formed on the load carrying member. The first film is made... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8323776 | Composite ferrite sheet, method of fabricating the composite ferrite sheet, and array of sintered ferrite segments used to form the composite ferrite sheet A method of fabricating a composite ferrite sheet including the steps of: (a) forming a grooved green ferrite sheet having a non-intersecting grid pattern by pressing a groove forming die including a plurality of first protrusions and a plurality of second protrusio... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8323775 | Turbulence foil The disclosure relates to a layer (1) for reducing air resistance of a forward-moving object, which layer comprises a pattern of surfaces (2) rising in a first direction R, and—channels (3) running between the surfaces in a second direction at... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8192832 | Structured packing with interleaved heat-transfer surfaces An extruded, ceramic, structured packing has a plurality of partition-plates attached to end-walls. The partition-plates have a plurality of parallel, interleaved ribs which run from the leading flow-edge to the trailing flow-edge of the partition plate to create a ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8163374 | Formation of close-packed sphere arrays in V-shaped grooves The present invention relates to the self-assembly of a spherical-morphology block copolymer into V-shaped grooves of a substrate. Although spherical morphology block copolymers typically form a body-centered cubic system (bcc) sphere array in bulk, the V-shaped gro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8092898 | Water-repellent arrangement for LCD display of industrial computer A resilient hollow, rectangular water-repellent structure for an industrial computer, the water-repellent structure comprising in combination a peripheral groove formed between an LCD display of the industrial computer and a housing thereof, the groove having periph... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8062733 | Roll-to-roll glass material attributes and fingerprint A high-silica glass sheet has an average thickness of less than 150 microns and an average surface roughness over one or both of its two major surfaces of less than 1 nm. The glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7998557 | Shell assembly A shell assembly includes a shell and an ornamental element attached to the shell. The shell includes a main body with an ornamental area, and a plurality of crossed grooves are defined in the ornamental area. A crossed portion of every two grooves defines a through... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7947356 | Molded foam and mold A molded foam containing no voids and a mold for forming such a molded foam are provided. A molded foam 5 has an external corner 5a where a small rib 10 is formed and a recessed step 7 where thin plate-like ribs 11 are forme... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7923095 | Method of forming a molded plastic article having molded extensions A method of forming a molded plastic article with a second surface with molded extensions, and a first surface that is substantially free of sink mark defects. The method involves forming, from a first plastic material, a first molded section with at least one molde... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914878 | Grooved, corner-ready wall base A resilient wall base member manufactured with pre-scored grooves to allow relatively short, straight lengths to be used for both flat walls and wall corner junctures without on site scoring operations or equipment. The lengths can either be pre-cut during manufactu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7897245 | Bonded structure A bonded structure formed by bonding a first structure and a second structure at opposed bonding surfaces to form a microstructure or the like. At least one of the first structure and the second structure is formed of a resin composition including a polypropylene re... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7875337 | Fiber and resin composite reinforcement A resin matrix connects a plurality of longitudinally aligned fibers together adjacent an outer side of the reinforcement. The outer side of the reinforcement has elongated peaks and elongated valleys. The valleys are defined by a space absent the resin matrix and l... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7829178 | Delamination development preventable structure for sandwich panel A delamination development preventable structure is provided to prevent the development of delamination in a sandwich panel including a core and surface plates attached to the opposite surfaces of the core with respect to the thickness of the core. Arresters ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7807252 | Chemical mechanical polishing pad having secondary polishing medium capacity control grooves A chemical mechanical polishing pad (104, 400) that includes a polishing layer (108, 420, 500) having a set of primary grooves (124, 408, 516) formed in a polishing surface (110, 428, 520) of the pad. The pad also includes a set of second... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803450 | Production of UHMWPE sheet materials UHMWPE panels of large width may be prepared by a continuous ram extrusion process by employing a slit die which preferably narrows from both sides in a direction transverse to the machine direction, and/or which employs a plurality of transversely positioned coolin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7662462 | Nonwoven fabric Nonwoven fabric has a plurality of groove portions continuously formed along a predetermined direction, and a plurality of raised ridge portions formed continuously along the groove portions, each adjacent to the groove portions. The basis weight is the least, and t... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7625626 | Light polarizing products and method of making same Disclosed are novel light polarizing articles comprising a substrate, a light polarizing layer, an inorganic intermediate layer between the polarizing layer and the substrate, an optional inorganic sub-layer between the substrate and the inorganic intermediate layer... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7560155 | Sheet material with bend controlling grooves defining a continuous web across a bend line and method for forming the same A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7507463 | Nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric adjusted so that the fiber densities of convex portions and recessed portions are not excessively high. A plurality of open portions is formed by blowing fluid mainly composed of gas from the top side of a fiber web onto the fiber web supported fro... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7473457 | Wood flooring composed of WPL, base and soundproof layer Disclosed herein is a back-grooved laminate wood flooring in which a wood veneer of high pressure resin impregnation laminate (WPL) is laminated on a base selected from a vinyl chloride (PVC) resin layer, on oriented strand board (OSB), a high-density fiberboard (HD... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438982 | Magnetic recording medium including disk substrate, magnetic layer, and non-magnetic layer A magnetic recording medium includes at least a disk substrate, a magnetic recording layer formed with a predetermined concavo-convex pattern on the disk substrate, and a non-magnetic layer formed in concave portions of the concavo-convex pattern. Convex shapes made... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434300 | Process and device for producing clutch friction plate A process for producing a clutch friction plate in which a plurality of friction material segments are bonded to an annular flat face of an annular core plate so that oil channels are formed between the segments, the process including: a step of forming a plurality ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427139 | Retroreflector with controlled divergence made by the method of groove undulation A ruling of cube corner elements comprising intersecting ruled vee-grooves is characterized in that at least one of the vee-grooves is made such the substrate being ruled and the cutting tool are oscillated with respect to one another during the ruling of the vee-gr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425387 | Separator for a lead storage battery The invention relates to a separator made of elastic plastic and suitable for use in a lead storage battery, and consisting of sheet material with an inner region and two peripheral regions and having ribs running in the longitudinal direction on at least one side, ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422821 | On the uniformity of fluid flow rate for interconnecting plate for planar solid oxide fuel cell A flat connecting plate designed for solid oxide fuel cell to improve the uniformity of fluid flow rate comprising a series of parallel ribs and grooves formed by the spaces between the ribs, the lengths of the ribs vary in accordance with the variation of the edge ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7387711 | Shoe press belt having a grooved surface A belt for use in a long nip press having an arcuate pressure shoe. The belt has at least one layer having a polymer resin coating on at least one surface thereof. The resin coating has a plurality of grooves arranged therein and wherein a number of the grooves has ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384516 | Belt with variable grooves A belt for use in a papermaking process, such as in a long nip press having a cylindrical press roller and an arcuate pressure shoe which define a nip. The belt has a nip load zone which passes through the nip during an operation. The belt comprises a substrate havi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381456 | Fungi resistant faced insulation assembly and method A kraft paper sheet contains and/or is coated with a fungi growth-inhibiting agent that causes the kraft paper sheet to be fungi growth resistant. The kraft paper sheet alone or as part of a layered sheet material is used as a central field portion of facings for va... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378142 | Interlayer for laminated glass and laminated glass The present invention provides an interlayer for a laminated glass which does not give rise to the moiré phenomenon even when the arrangement and pitch of its embossments are orderly, hence providing for good workability in cutting and laminationg operations and go... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377996 | Card sheet with starch compositions forming breakable layers in pre-cut substrates A card sheet including a top material layer having pre-cut weakened lines extending partially but not completely through the top material layer, the top material layer having a front side and a back side; and a starch composition layer applied to the back side of th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370809 | Monocoque lenticular plastic card and method of making same A monocoque card for performing transactions is disclosed. The card comprises a substrate having a lenticular portion on a front side and a flat portion on a back side. The substrate has a thickness between 28 and 34 thousandths of an inch. Inks are applied on the f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371699 | Net-reinforced film structure with modified strand profile A net-reinforced film structure includes a film layer and a netting attached to the film layer having a pattern of netting strands. The netting strands are sealed to an opposing film structure, which may be either a similar net-reinforced film or a standard sheet of... | 05/13/2008 |
