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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7858174 | Drainage-promoting wrap for an exterior wall or roof of a building A drainage-promoting wrap includes an elongate web of a weather-resistive membrane and a series of separate, laterally spaced-apart, elongate filament spacers bonded to a face of the membrane. The filaments are preferably extruded polymeric filaments and have depres... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7527854 | Process for the manufacture of a ballistic-resistant moulded article The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a ballistic-resistant molded article in which a stack of monolayers is formed, each monolayer containing unidirectionally oriented reinforcing fibers and at most 30 mass % of a plastic matrix material, the re... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7435694 | Nonwoven fibrous mats with good hiding properties and laminate A fibrous nonwoven mat particularly suited for hiding the color of a substrate when the mat is bonded to the substrate is made by forming a web of fibers from a wet fibrous slurry, saturating the mat with a resinous binder containing 1-20 weight percent of a paper c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7316840 | Strand-reinforced composite material Elastomeric composites and elastomeric composite laminates including reinforcement strands incorporated into an elastomeric adhesive film. The strands may vary in terms of levels of tension. Facing layers, such as nonwoven webs, can be laminated to both surfaces of ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7294384 | Moldable construction incorporating bonding interface A composite construction comprising a mat structure comprising a plurality of layers, each layer comprising plurality of fibers arranged substantially parallel to one another along a common fiber direction, a multiplicity of embedded fiber elements extending in anch... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294383 | Moldable construction incorporation 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... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291447 | Print medium with one side defined by a rib-like structure A print medium includes a planar film. A rib-like structure is arranged on one side of the film to define a series of columns that extend a length of the film to facilitate rolling of the print medium in one direction as opposed to an opposite direction. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267867 | Insulation material based on polymeric plastic An insulation material based on polymeric plastic is specified, to which glass particles that consist of types of glass with different softening points are added for stabilization in case of fire. To provide protection in a very broad temperature range, at least thr... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261937 | Fluoropolymer laminates and a process for manufacture thereof The present invention provides fluoropolymer laminates having isotropic properties. For example, an embodiment in which multiple fluoropolymer sheets having an liquid crystalline polymer oriented in the fibrous state in the melt processible fluoropolymer are laminat... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247265 | Auxetic filamentary materials An auxetic material, which has a negative Poisson ratio so that it has the property of expanding or contracting transversely to a direction in which it is extended or compressed, is made in filamentary or fibrous form. A suitable process involves cohering and extrud... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222823 | Payload adapter A payload adapter consists of a body that when hollow includes a plurality of stiffeners—radial and/or circumferential—or alternatively a core for carrying shear loads. The body may include a first annular face sheet, a second annular face sheet and a plurality ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223455 | Duct board with water repellant mat A duct board or duct liner comprises: an insulating layer formed from fibrous material bound with a resin binder, an outer facing layer adhered to an outer surface of the insulating layer, and a water repellant mat facing adhered to an interior surface of the insula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7186499 | Print medium with anisotropic bending properties A print medium includes a sheet. A plurality of parallel rib elements extend along the sheet and are configured to provide the sheet with anisotropic bending properties. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147734 | Method for forming fire combustion modified batt The present invention relates to a method for forming a fire combustion modified batt. The method comprises the step of forming a blend of nonwoven and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers into a web. The oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are fire resistant and when bl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7063940 | Curl resistant media A curl-resistant planar media comprises a plurality of fibers embedded in the media and configured such that the media has a stiffness in a first direction that exceeds the stiffness in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7041357 | Selective PCB stiffening with preferentially oriented fibers Apparatus and methods are presented for reinforcing and stiffening a printed circuit board (PCB) in selected locations by utilizing preferentially oriented fibers. Selected fibers within the polymeric material matrix of the PCB fiber-matrix layer are removed and rep... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025825 | Plastic fibers for improved concrete A concrete article comprised of concrete having therein a reinforcing fiber, where at least about 50 percent of the reinforcing fibers are frayed only at an end or ends of the reinforcing fibers, may be made by mixing concrete, water and a reinforcing fiber for a su... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011730 | Structure for process belt A method to produce a papermaker's shoe press belt or other industrial process belt and a belt made according to such method. The belt is produced by dispensing a mixture of polymer and staple fiber onto a cylindrical mandrel, by extrusion or by co-extrusion. Prefer... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6926447 | Rolling bearing The present invention provides a rolling bearing which comprises a retainer that can be used without any deformation at high temperatures and fairly assembled to bearing and thus can be used under severe working conditions such as high temperature, high rotary speed... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919026 | Semipermeable membrane support and process of preparation thereof A semipermeable membrane support includes, a non-woven fabric including main fiber and binder fiber, both of which are formed of synthetic resin fine fiber, the non-woven fabric being manufactured by heating and pressing after paper making, wherein the semipermeable... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908532 | Press belt A press belt for the formation of a nip between the belt and an opposing surface during processing of a fibrous pulp web, that includes a matrix of an elastomer material, a first layer of reinforcing fibers having a thickness and spacings therebetween, and extending... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908646 | Anisotropic scattering film and liquid crystal display using the same An anisotropic scattering film, wherein said film has a sea-island structure comprising a matrix phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, and a dispersed phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, wherein the dispersed phase is rod-like, the di... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890638 | Ballistic resistant and fire resistant composite articles Ballistically resistant and fire resistant composite articles for aircraft interiors and other applications. Composite articles are provided having a flexural modulus of at least about 80,000 lbs/sq. in (552 MPa), a flexural strength at yield of at least about 800 l... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6824847 | Expandable and curable flexible preform containing unsaturated resins, for casing a well or a line A radially deployable flexible preform which, after deploying, forms a tubular structure that is curable by polymerization after positioning it in a well or in a line and moulds to the shape thereof after curing, comprises in its constitution at least one resin comp... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6824863 | Fiber reinforced polypropylene-based composite material The present invention provides a fiber reinforced polypropylene-based composite material comprising reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin, wherein the reinforcing fibers and the matrix resin are made of different polypropylene-based resins and wherein a melting poin... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6808796 | Continuous reinforcing fiber sheet and manufacturing method thereof A continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in which reinforcing fibers are arranged at an arbitrary angle to the main axis. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet is well applicable to pultrusion forming without the risk of the reinforcing fibers being dispersed. This per... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6761967 | Prefabricated external reinforcement plate for structural members The invention relates to an external reinforcement for beams, columns, plates and the like, substantially consisting in the combination of fibers and a resin and whereby the majority of the fibers is situated in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement, chara... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6706381 | Synthetic wood A synthetic wood material and method are disclosed, including providing a plurality of continuous glass fibers oriented substantially in the longitudinal axis and coated with a resorcinol modified phenolic resin binder substantially free from catalyst. In one aspect... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6706380 | Small cross-section composites of longitudinally oriented fibers and a thermoplastic resin as concrete reinforcement Small cross-section composites are used as reinforcements for concrete. The composites include longitudinally oriented fibers embedded in a depolymerizable and repolymerizable thermoplastic matrix. The composites are mixed into the wet concrete and poured with the c... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6701529 | Smart padding system utilizing an energy absorbent medium and articles made therefrom The present invention relates to an energy absorbent medium which is compliant and conformable in the absence of an applied force, and stiffens in response to the rate of an applied force to dissipate energy. The medium comprises a blend of a polymer and ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699548 | Thin-walled cylinder made from fibre-reinforced plastics material A thin-walled hollow cylinder is made from fiber-reinforced plastics material, the cylinder wall of which is composed of at least one layer having fibers with at least one oriented direction of the fibers, and the total wall thickness dtot lyin... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699573 | Liner compositions The subject invention provides a flexible, protective, integral liner comprising at least one first polymer which is a homogeneous linear or substantially linear ethylene/-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.850 g/cm3 to 0.920... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6670027 | Uniaxially oriented polypropylene-based film To provide a uniaxially oriented polypropylene-based film excellent in tensile elongation along the TD direction and transparence, and generating less fibers when it is torn, a film-forming material which comprises a polypropylene-based resin material con... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6638883 | Carbon-matrix composites, compositions and methods related thereto The present invention relates to carbon-matrix composites, such as carbon--carbon composites, and a method for forming them by forming a fabric of fusible and infusible fibers which can be processed and carbonized to form a composite. The methods disclose... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6620471 | Composite carbon fibre based armour for flexible pipe An ultra dense composite strip for flexible pipe having armouring formed of longitudinal carbon fibers provided within a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix in the form of a flat ribbon with a substantially rectangular cross-section, whereof at least on... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6602592 | Moisture-retentive cooling gel, moisture-retentive cooling gel laminate, and moisture-retentive cooling plaster The present invention provides a moisture-retentive cooling gel, a laminate thereof, and a moisture-retentive cooling plaster, which offer moisture-retaining and cooling effects for a controlled duration and have superior functionality, e.g., capability o... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6579396 | Methods of manufacturing high performance insulations A durable, low-density, high performance insulating material is suitable for use as a high temperature thermal and acoustic insulation. The insulation includes fiber batting made with non-thermoplastic fibers or blends of fibers such as aramid fibers and ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6562435 | Method for forming or securing unindirectionally-oriented fiber strands in sheet form, such as for use in a ballistic-resistant panel A sheet of unidirectionally-oriented fiber strands includes unidirectional fibers, bonding fibers interwoven with the unidirectional fibers to form a fiber panel, and thermoplastic film laminating the fiber panel there between. In one embodiment, a second... | 05/13/2003 |
