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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158235 | PTFE membranes and gaskets made therefrom Improved expanded PTFE materials and improved gasket materials made therefrom, the gaskets being capable of forming a seal with greater bolt load retention than is possible with existing PTFE gaskets. The expanded PTFE membranes of the invention can be tailored to e... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7968167 | Coated seal for sealing parts in a vehicle engine A coated seal for sealing parts in a vehicle engine is disclosed herein. The seal includes a seal body portion including glass fiber-filled polytetrafluoroethylene, carbon-filled polytetrafluoroethylene, molybdenum disulfide-filled polytetrafluoroethylene, bronze-fi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960007 | Retortable liners and containers Retort liners and containers including a container body such as a bottle or jar, a closure, and the retort liner, wherein the retort liners exhibit attractive properties such as low compression set under retort conditions, desirable adhesion to a polymeric closure s... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7935405 | Flame-retardant metal-coated fabric and gasket comprising the same for electromagnetic wave shielding A flame-retardant metal-coated fabric which not only has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties but has a high degree of flame retardancy without the necessity of containing a halogen compound or antimony compound. It is soft and suffers no deterioratio... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7829171 | PTFE membranes and gaskets made therefrom Improved expanded PTFE materials and improved gasket materials made therefrom, the gaskets being capable of forming a seal with greater bolt load retention than is possible with existing PTFE gaskets. The expanded PTFE membranes of the invention can be tailored to e... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829170 | PTFE membranes and gaskets made therefrom Improved expanded PTFE materials and improved gasket materials made therefrom, the gaskets being capable of forming a seal with greater bolt load retention than is possible with existing PTFE gaskets. The expanded PTFE membranes of the invention can be tailored to e... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7442422 | Process for creating a seal on a component Process for the creation of a seal on a component, in which on one surface of the component which may be pre-treated, a sealant material is applied using screen printing, and by means of a tool at a specific temperature, the geometry of the finished seal is imprinte... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416770 | Reinforcement ring A reinforcement ring, includes an annular coil spring with a core unit arranged inside to prevent deforming or twisting of the ring under load. The core unit is formed from a chain of interlinked elements, each having a male part and a female part; the male parts of... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7361398 | Low stress to seal ePTFE gasket material A low stress-to-seal gasket material is described. Gaskets made according to the present invention comprise at least two tapes of porous PTFE and a substantially air impermeable layer at the interface of the two tape layers. The tape layers each have a non-porous re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341259 | Air seal system for loudspeaker This invention provides an air seal system for loudspeakers where it is desirable to reproduce sound accurately and efficiently without loss in sound quality. The air seal system may include a housing, a baffle, and a cord gasket positioned in a gland to form an air... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316669 | Protective cap for medical male luer fittings An improved protective cap and method for capping medical male luer fittings is provided. The protective cap may include inner and intermediate annular members extending from an end wall and defining a slot therebetween. At least one and preferably a plurality of de... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7261488 | Ball socket ring seal A ball socket ring seal for use with a ball joint assembly eliminates the need for a boot or bellows to protect the ball joint against the environment. The ball socket ring seal of the invention is positioned between the ball and the socket at the point of contact b... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260053 | Optical recording medium, process for manufacturing the same, sputtering target for manufacturing the same, and optical recording process using the same An optical recording medium which comprises a substrate and a recording layer disposed on the substrate, in which the recording layer comprises Ga and Sb, a content of the Sb is 80 atm % to 95 atm % relative to a total content of the Ga and the Sb in the recording l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245580 | Optical recording medium having protective and/or adhesive layers, and method of manufacture An optical recording medium including a substrate having guide groove thereon; a first protective layer located overlying the substrate; a recording layer located overlying the first protective layer; a second protective layer located overlying the recording layer; ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7210220 | Apparatus for and method of forming seals in fuel cells and fuel stacks A sealing technique is provided for forming complex and multiple seal configurations for fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. To provide a seal, for sealing chambers for oxidant, fuel and/or coolant, a groove network is provided extending through the various ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182986 | Container cap Disclosed is a container cap having, as a sealing gasket, a layer of a resin composition as adhered to the surface of the cap body of polypropylene, wherein said resin composition comprises (A) from 25 to 70% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179525 | 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 ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172202 | Spherical annular seal member and method of manufacturing the same A spherical annular seal member (1) has a seal body (4) in which a heat-resistant material (2) and a reinforcing member (3) made of a metal wire have been compressed to fill meshes of the metal wire net of the reinforcing member (3... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168581 | Closure for a retort processed container having a peelable seal The present development is for a closure which provides a means for maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The closure includes a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7135519 | Gasket coating containing chemically exfoliated vermiculite A sealing-enhancing coating for a gasket or a portion of a gasket includes flaky particles of chemically exfoliated vermiculite, at least 90% by weight of the particles having a thickness of no more than 30 microns, and no dimension greater than 1 mm. The particles ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121558 | Gasket structure for fuel cell and fabrication method of the same A gasket for fuel cells and a fabrication method of the same have two or more rubber powders having different hardness are coated onto a rigid substrate together with a liquid rubber, for example by a spray method, for thereby implementing a repulsive elastic proper... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121352 | Isolation of subterranean zones One or more subterranean zones are isolated from one or more other subterranean zones using a combination of solid tubulars and perforated tubulars. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115317 | Flexible non-metallic seals made of non-woven fabric with inserts A seal has a non-woven fabric folded along lines transverse to the opposite side of the seal and secured by adhesive to fabric strips. The non-woven fabric forms elongated cells with a plurality of the cells receiving inserts to increase seal stiffness. By securing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7070187 | Gasket assembly A gasket assembly includes a plurality of carriers. Each carrier has at least one non-sealing aperture and at least one sealing aperture. The sealing aperture has a seal which extends around a perimeter of the sealing aperture and is attached to the carrier. The plu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063911 | Gasket for fuel cell and method of forming it In a gasket used for a fuel battery, in order to solve problems with respect to making a seal portion thin, improving an assembling property, preventing a position shift, making a surface pressure low, making the surface pressure uniform, and the like, a gasket lip ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7017916 | Shaft seal assembly and its associated method of manufacture A system and method of manufacturing improved wear ring assemblies and positive pressure shaft seals. The wear ring assemblies are made from stacked layers of flat metal. Different shaped component parts of the wear ring assemblies are cut from various sheets of met... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014193 | Gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected lo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013979 | Self-conforming screen A screen that conforms to the borehole shape after expansion is disclosed. The screen comprises a compliant outer layer that takes the borehole shape on expansion. The outer layer is formed having holes to permit production flow. The material that is selected prefer... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009136 | Method of fabricating a bipolar plate assembly A method of fabrication is adapted to weld paired metal plates, particularly fuel cell bipolar plates, using a partial vacuum to hold the paired metal plates together during the welding process. Each bipolar plate has a plurality of contact surfaces for joining the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6983857 | Venting liner A venting cap liner used in a pressurized container closure arrangement. The cap liner includes a multi-layer sandwich structure having a first layer and a generally flat resilient intermediate layer. The layers include at least one perforation extending through the... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967047 | Composite article with highly filled plastic component Composite articles having a highly filled plastic component connected to a basic body are provided which avoid the occurrence of cracks in the plastic component under changing thermal conditions. More specifically, the plastic component is not fixed directly to the ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963527 | Information recording method and optical recording medium therefor An information recording method including irradiating a phase change recording layer of an optical recording medium with either a multi-pulse laser light train having a recording power of Pw or laser light having an erasing power Pe to record a mark having a length ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6913725 | Plastic closure with compression molded layered barrier liner A plastic closure includes a closure shell having a base wall, a peripheral skirt with an internal thread for securing the closure to a container finish, and an annular lip extending from the closure skirt adjacent to the base wall and defining an inside lip surface... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905141 | Glass elements with a conductive coating, the use thereof, as well as devices, installations and pipe conducts produced therefrom Glass modules for use in the assembly of equipment, installations and for pipe works, the surfaces of which are entirely or partially coated with a conductive coating, in particular from transparent conductive polymers for the purpose of reducing surface resistance,... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883483 | Gasket with pushrod retainer In an engine having a rocker member adapted to rock about an axis intermediate the rocker member and a pushrod extending from a lower body to an upper body and engaging an end of the rocker member, a gasket for sealing the lower body to the upper body is provided. T... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6835429 | Making impermeable a part for a motor vehicle A part for a motor vehicle intended to come into contact with hydrocarbons has a polytetrafluoroethylene coating (3) adapted to make the part (1) impermeable. Use of a polytetrafluoroethylene coating for making impermeable parts of a motor vehicle on t... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6808774 | Fabricated tape assembly A fabricated tape assembly for bonding of steel locating hinge washers to a hinge assembly to facilitate doors-off/door-on processing through an automotive trim shop. The adhesive bonding system cures during the cathodic electro-cost primer bake cycle. The adhesive ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6773776 | Components having enhanced adhesion between parts A component having at least one support member with a first connecting portion and at least one part with a second connecting portion is formed by activating the second connecting portion by plasma treatment and then combining the first and second connecting portion... | 08/10/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6740374 | Cap closure and detachable liner The present invention provides a container closure, including: a metal closure shell having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top and bottom surfaces having at least one varnish coating thereon; a detachable sealing liner in contact with a portio... | 05/25/2004 |
