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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943220 | Lay-flat archival polyester pocket A polyester pocket with a clear front and back is provided. A spun-bonded polyester strip is positioned near the open end of the polyester pocket to prevent atmospheric contaminants from entering the polyester pocket. The spun-bonded polyester strip also allows the ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7901752 | Advanced battery paster belt A belt designed for lead acid battery plate pasting that is rendered dimensionally stable and incompressible and is also rendered hydrophobic to allow water handling without absorption and subsequent contamination of lead oxide into the structure. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887893 | Bacterial poly(hydroxy alkanoate) polymer and natural fiber composites A biocomposite is produced from natural fiber fabrics embedded in a matrix of biosynthetic polyhydroxy-alkanoate (PHA) polymers. The PHA is synthesized using aerobic microbial biosynthesis using mixed bacterial cultures and a feedstock containing anaerobic degradati... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7740925 | Composite laminate and method of producing a composite laminate The present invention provides a composite material including a substrate layer, a knit porous layer intermixed within the substrate material, and a thermoplastic layer disposed upon the porous layer. The porous layer is at least partially disposed within the thermo... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7363946 | Flame-resistant tube for braking systems A tube for railroad pressurized air braking systems, which tubs can resist up to a free-flame temperature of about 700-800 ° C. for at least 15 minutes, and has a tube substrate made of a synthetic rubber, at least a reinforcement fabric material layer arranged abo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7314067 | Design and manufacturing method for multi-material tube structures The present invention provides an improved tubular structure which uses the properties of different materials, such as stiffness, strength, and density are exploited in a manner which combines the most attractive characteristics of existing metal and composite tubes... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311122 | Lining material for rehabilitating an existing pipe and a manhole, and barrier liner and method for rehabilitating a pipe and a manhole A pipe lining material for lining the main pipe of a sewer has a soft tubular resin absorption material impregnated with a liquid thermosetting resin, and also has a biodegradable film applied to the external peripheral surface of the pipe lining material. The pipe ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303714 | Cross member and manufacturing method thereof A cross member is arranged so as to extend in a width direction of a vehicle body. The cross member has both ends fixed to side framework structures of the vehicle body. The cross member includes a base frame extending in the width direction and reinforcing frame pa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294072 | Hockey stick blade A hockey stick blade has a puck impacting portion with at least one groove extending along the length of the blade. The groove contains a titanium thermoset substantially co-planar with the surface of the blade. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290568 | Pressure-resistance hose having watertight structure Disclosed is a pressure-resistance hose having a watertight structure capable of preventing a due condensation phenomenon, called a sweating phenomenon, from occurring on an exposed end or a surface of the pressure-resistance hose by coating adhesives on both overla... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279438 | Coated insulation board or batt An insulation composite for attenuating energy or sound transmission has a body layer of insulating material with a roughly textured face and a uniform thickness solid cover layer permanently embedded in the body layer to a partial depth so that material of the body... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273644 | Composite laminate and method of producing a composite laminate The present invention provides a composite material (26) including a substrate layer (27), a porous layer (28) intermixed within the substrate material (27), and a thermoplastic layer (29) disposed upon the porous layer. The porous... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267141 | Method of on-site production of novel textile reinforced thermoplastic or thermoset pipes Novel thermoplastic pipes which can withstand extremely high internally generated and/or applied pressures for utilization within, primarily, high pressure underground liquid and gas transport systems are provided. Such pipes are improvements over standard metal (i.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262353 | Braided composite stringed instrument bow A new and improved instrument bow for use with a stringed instrument is provided. A unique new instrument bow is provided that may be constructed with a braided material and/or composite to form the instrument bow. Additionally, the new instrument bow using a braide... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7238400 | Flat textile strip forming one layer of a flexible duct that is used for hydrocarbon transport and the duct thus formed A pipe for transporting hydrocarbons including textile tape of fibers or fiber windings having a thicker central section and thinner longitudinal edge regions, the tape being wound in a helical winding. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235290 | Prepreg, a composite and their uses A prepreg containing fibers and a curable matrix, the prepreg having a core and a surface part encasing the core, where the matrix of the core and of the surface part are made of the same material and where the proportion of the matrix to the fibers is higher in the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236139 | Low backscatter polymer antenna with graded conductivity Polymer antenna structures having low reflectivity and high efficiency are disclosed. Wire antennas can be configured from coaxial cable having center conductors and outer conductors made from conductive polymer. Fabrics can also be configured with conductive polyme... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234410 | Buoyancy control systems for tubes A buoyancy control system for controlling the buoyancy of a tube may includes generally tubular length of buoyancy control material having a selected buoyancy characteristic. The length of buoyancy control material may be attached to a section of the length of the t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228877 | Flexible hose having reduced fuel vapor permeability and method of manufacturing such hose A flexible fuel hose having improved fuel vapor barrier properties wherein the fuel hose comprises a first fluoropolymer layer forming a first barrier tubular structure and a second fluoropolymer layer forming a second tubular structure around the first barrier tubu... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226210 | Synthetic resin bag for grain or feed A synthetic resin bag is used for storing grain or animal feed. The bag includes an inner layer made of polypropylene textile woven in gauze, a coating layer attached to an inside surface of the inner layer, and an outer layer attached to an outside surface of the i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222387 | Windshield wiper system having tubular member This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible drive arm for withstanding bending loads applied to a wiper. The drive arm may be made of a pull-molded composite material having a relatively low modulus of elasticity and a rela... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220455 | Material-selectable, self-healing, anti-leak method for coating liquid container A method for applying a plural-layer coating to the outside of a liquid container to act as an anti-leakage barrier in the event of a penetration wound occurring in the container resulting from a penetrating projectile strike, such as a bullet strike. This method in... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219479 | Avoiding cracking and curling in concrete flooring upon which water-based adhesives are employed The invention provides a method for making a concrete floor slab using sub-grade waterproofing in a manner that favors the use of water-based adhesives for affixing floor covering materials. The method comprises casting a hydratable cementitious composition onto a f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197786 | Automatic vehicle washing apparatus wash brush An automatic vehicle washing apparatus wash brush includes a cover encircling a rotatable shaft. Spokes extending radially from the shaft fix the cover relative to the shaft. Upon rotation of the shaft, centrifugal forces urge the cover radially outwardly away from ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175896 | Composite having two or more layers, including an EVOH layer A layered composite contains the following layers: (I) a layer I composition containing (a) from 0 to 80 parts by weight of at least one polyamide; (b) from 0 to 100 parts by weight of at least one polyamine-polyamide copolymer; and (c) from 0 to 80 parts by weight ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175894 | Photo-curing hollow structure The present invention comprises a fluid-injectable internal bag layer, a base-material layer superposed on an external periphery of the internal bag layer and impregnated with a photo-curing resin, and an outer layer superposed on an external periphery of the base-m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175916 | Composite material and method for preparation thereof A composite of a resin member bonded to a vulcanized rubber member is obtained with using a rubber member vulcanized with a radical-generating agent (e.g., an organic peroxide) and a thermoplastic resin having at least 2 atoms, on average, selected from H and S atom... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160409 | Structure for wound fiber reinforced plastic tubing and method for making A fiber reinforced plastic article is disclosed which include a liner, at least one single material fiber layer wound on the liner, and at least one composite fiber layer wound on the single material fiber layer. The at least one single material fiber layer and the ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160590 | Packaging including a composite web comprising porous layer A multilayer web article, including a first layer of a porous material, e.g., Tyvek® film, and a second layer overlying and sealed to the first layer. The second layer is non-porous to passage of gas therethrough and includes a peelable film, e.g., of polyethylene,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160601 | Entryway with dimensionally stable plastic components A door jamb assembly for an entryway has a wooden jamb plate to which an extruded plastic brick mold and stop member is attached. The brick mold and stop member forms the raised stop of the jamb assembly also may form the brick mold thereof. The extruded plastic bri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152632 | Systems and methods for pipeline rehabilitation The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for pipeline rehabilitation. The methods and systems disclosed herein permit the rehabilitation of long lengths of previously installed pipe and minimize the need for creating multiple access points to the pi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147799 | Methods of using an oxygen scavenger An oxygen scavenging packet containing an iron-based oxygen scavenger and an electrolyte is set forth in which the rate of uptake of oxygen is increased by virtue of the introduction into the packet of an oxygen uptake accelerator containing water. Methods of increa... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143903 | Stopper for bottling wines A stopper for closing wine bottles. The stopper has a tubular duct to communicate residual interior gaseous atmospheric volume with the outer ambient. A membrane is secured transversely in the duct to allow the passage of gaseous atmosphere through the membrane and ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137225 | Foundation wall system A wall system uses panels constituted by a sandwich of two polyolefin sheets and an interior layer of glass fiberboard. Such structural panels are used with a system of steel studs and channels to form walls of high strength and light weight. These walls are particu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128094 | Boom utilizing composite material construction The present invention is a boom system comprising a first boom section having a distal end and a proximal end. A second boom section includes a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end of the second boom section is rotatably coupled to the distal end ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125352 | Method of manufacturing a hockey stick blade with a braided fiber envelope In this method, a braided fiber envelope is slid over the core of the hockey stick blade and a promoted resin is applied on the core and the fiber envelope. At least one pre-cured reinforcement panel is provided on at least one side of the blade. The resulting assem... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115311 | Anti-static woven flexible bulk container This invention relates to ungrounded type flexible fabric container with a reduced energy of electrostatic discharge suitable for use in a combustible environment. A woven fabric is configured to form a flexible fabric container having sidewalls, a top feature and a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111745 | Boom for a load handling machine A boom for a load handling machine, the boom has a mounting by which the boom is mounted on a body of the machine, and at least first and second telescoped sections. In use, the boom carries a load handling implement at or towards its outermost end. The first boom s... | 09/26/2006 |
