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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993724 | Insulation for high temperature applications Insulation for high temperature applications includes glass fibers having an average diameter of between about 2.7 to about 3.8 microns. In one possible embodiment the insulation includes a polyacrylic acid binder. Such insulation has about 98 weight percent glass f... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7658983 | Protective barrier A protection product has thermal and acoustic barrier characteristics such that it satisfies the requirements of the standard 14 CFR, part 25 issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. The product is designed to be applied along metallic and composite structures... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7419124 | Multi-purpose mount for securing insulation and holding cables A mount for an aircraft secures insulation material to a structure of the aircraft in which a plate-shaped element and a connecting element that are implemented from a very heat-resistant material are provided. The remainder of the hanger may be implemented from pla... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7399510 | Mineral fibre-based sandwich structure and method for the production thereof A sandwich structure (2) comprising a core (20) and two facings (21, 22) between which the core is placed, the core (20) being formed from a mineral-fiber-based product (1) obtained by a process involving internal centrifugation co... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393577 | Fiber reinforced composite cores and panels A fiber reinforced core panel is formed from strips of plastics foam helically wound with layers of rovings to form webs which may extend in a wave pattern or may intersect transverse webs. Hollow tubes may replace foam strips. Axial rovings cooperate with overlying... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7384679 | Encapsulated barrier for flexible films and a method of making and using the same A film structure having an inner barrier layer comprised of a blend of a polyamide and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. The polyamide is present in the blend in an amount of from 15-40%, and most preferably from 25-30%. The inner barrier layer is laminated on each ... | 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 |
| 7367527 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from a sheet of insulation material, wherein the sheet of insulation material is arranged to form a series of undulations defining a seri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351463 | Down-feather and manmade fiber mixed filler and product manufacturing from the same A down-feather and manmade fiber filled product has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a filler filled between the outer layer and the inner layer. The filler is formed by agitating dry down-feathers and manmade fibers with a predetermined ratio in an agitating cha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351459 | Spunbond facing and faced insulation assembly A faced building insulation assembly includes a first facing forming a first major surface of the assembly with a central field portion having one or more spunbond continuous polymeric filament mat layers. Preferably, the facing is fungi growth resistant and has a s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334385 | Automated tucking process for covering a penetrable core material A process for covering a rigid, penetrable core article with covering material and automatically tucking the material into a surface of the article with an automatically reciprocating plunger. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334375 | Evacuated panel for thermal insulation of a body having non-planar surfaces An evacuated panel is provided for thermal insulation of a body (3, 4) having non-planar surfaces, the panel having two main faces and comprising a flexible envelope (1), made of one or more barrier sheets, and a filling material formed of at least two... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329705 | Salt-sensitive binder compositions with N-alkyl acrylamide and fibrous articles incorporating same A salt sensitive polymeric binder for use in fibrous webs, where the binder contains a copolymer of carboxylic acid monomer units, acrylate monomer units, and N-alkyl acrylamide units. The copolymer is neutralized at least to the point where it is water soluble. The... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323079 | Production process of core material for vacuum insulation material A core material for a vacuum insulation material is produced by forming under heat a mat of inorganic fibers with an uncured, thermosetting organic binder adhered thereon into the core material while pressing the mat for at least 30 seconds such that a density of th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320831 | Salt-sensitive vinyl acetate binder compositions and fibrous article incorporating same A salt sensitive polymeric binder for use in fibrous webs, where the binder contains a copolymer incorporating the residue of vinyl acetate, a carboxylic acid, and a vinyl ester of a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having between 6 and 18 carbon atoms in the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311957 | Sound absorbing material and process for making A sound absorbing material having a homogenous mixture of an organic man-made fiber, an inorganic man-made fiber, a co-binder, and a cellulose material wherein the organic man-made fiber is polyester, the inorganic man-made fiber is fiberglass, and the co-binder is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285504 | Wet tensile strength of nonwoven webs The present invention is directed to an improvement in the wet tensile of a nonwoven web, whether the web is for a pre-moistened nonwoven wet wipe that is both safe to use and also flushes, disperses and finally biodegrades in appropriate environments or for a nonwo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282252 | Faced insulation assembly and method The facing of a faced building insulation assembly includes a central field portion with a selected water vapor permeance rating that is bonded to an insulation layer to provide the faced building insulation assembly with a selected water vapor permeance rating. The... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7278608 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from at least one sheet of insulation material, and a plurality of elongated reinforcing members for reinforcing the insulation product, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276284 | Carbon fiber reinforced coke from the delayed coker A number of properties of polygranular carbon bodies can be improved by small quantities of carbon fibers being incorporated in the formulations for production of such bodies. However, it has proven difficult for carbon fibers to be introduced into the green mixture... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270617 | Method for protecting at least one baseball area of a baseball playing field This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, seco... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254853 | Air mattress An air mattress is disclosed, which comprises an upper raw material member which has a coating layer at an upper surface of the same; a lower raw material which is spaced and installed at a lower side of the upper raw material member and has a coating layer at a low... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256227 | Polymer modified gypsum membrane and uses therefor A composition which is applied to substrate surfaces to form a membrane to provide structural reinforcement thereto and prevent the release of gases and moisture from the substrate. The composition consists of polymer resin binders and gypsum. Further provided is a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252868 | Reinforced fibrous insulation product and method of reinforcing same An insulation product, and method of making the same, is provided comprising a mat containing randomly oriented fibers bonded by a binder, the mat having first and second major surfaces and a pair of side portions, and at least one flexible reinforcing layer bonded ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246468 | Shade assembly for storage tank and method of use thereof A shade panel assembly that covers the top and sides of a storage tank. Such assemblies might also include a water dispensation system to dispense water mist substantially in the area of the shade assembly in the region between the assembly and the tank or substanti... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244322 | 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... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238630 | Cushion having plural zones with discrete compressibility characteristics A seat cushion or other resilient structure includes a foam inner core combined with layers of varying density fiber batts to impart desirable comfort characteristics, support features and durability thereto. In one embodiment, the foam core is positioned between in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238403 | Composite for removing moisture, liquid and odors with anti-microbial capability There is provided a composite comprising a bonded mixture of a binder and active ingredients such as spill control agents, odor control agents, anti-microbial agents, and biologically active agents. The mixture is applied to and fused and/or coalesced with a first s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235494 | CMP cleaning composition with microbial inhibitor An antimicrobial cleaning composition and methods for cleaning semiconductor substrates, particularly after chemical mechanical planarization or polishing, are provided. In one embodiment, the cleaning composition combines a solvent, a cleaning agent such as a hydro... | 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 |
| 7216461 | System and method for forming surfaces using tiled components and product resulting therefrom Disclosed are systems and methods which provide durable and substantially smooth surfaces comprised of a number of smaller pieces of surfacing material. For example, tiles of natural materials, such as marble or granite, are formed into larger unitary structures, wh... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211530 | Fibrous veil for Class A sheet molding compound applications A conformable veil is formed by impregnating a random mat of glass fibers formed with a polystyrene-based resin. The veil is then introduced between two layers of a sheet molding compound resin paste and compacted to form a compacted sheet. The compacted sheet is th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7183444 | Method for producing anis alcohol The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of anisalcohol (methoxybenzyl alcohol) by hydrogenation of anisaldehyde (methoxybenzaldehyde) in the presence of Raney nickel and a basic additive, the use of the anisalcohol and hygiene or care products ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182172 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183230 | Protective cover system including a corrosion inhibitor A protective cover system (100) for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object. The protective cover system includes a cover (101, 200, 600) for defining a microenvironment and a corrosion inhibitor source for releasing one or more corrosion inhibitors ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175795 | Method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced synthetic composite structural element using fiber textile preforms A fiber textile semi-finished material is fed directly and reformed onto a carrier and reforming tool, where it is fixed with a binder. The carrier has a contour matching the negative or positive shape of the final required geometry of a preform that is to be fabric... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173085 | Salt sensitive aqueous emulsions This invention relates to aqueous emulsions comprising a water-dispersible copolymer which is non-dispersible in aqueous solutions containing 0.5% or more of an inorganic salt, comprising acidic ethylenically unsaturated monomers and ethylenically unsaturated monome... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166561 | Lubricant-carrying substrate for maintenance of paper shredders Paper shredders are maintained using lubrication substrates that have been treated with or that carry a lubricant. The lubrication substrate is fed through the shredding mechanism of a paper shredder. Rather than requiring disassembly of the paper shredder, maintena... | 01/23/2007 |
