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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7842629 | Non-woven glass fiber mat faced gypsum board and process of manufacture A gypsum board comprises a set gypsum layer having a first face and a second face. A fibrous mat is affixed to at least one of the faces. The mat comprises a non-woven web bonded together with a resinous binder. The web comprises a blend of a major portion composed ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7186925 | Electronic circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An electronic component having connection terminals on one side thereof is bonded to a circuit board via an adhesive sheet having through-holes. The connection terminals on the electronic component are connected to electrode pads provided on the circuit board via a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7064092 | Woven face polyvinyl chloride floor covering The floor covering includes multiple layers including a non-woven base layer, a VAE precoat applied to the non-woven woven base layer and overlaid by a first PVC layer. A fiberglass mat is applied over the first PVC layer and a second PVC layer is applied over the m... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7001662 | Transfer sheet and wiring board using the same, and method of manufacturing the same A transfer sheet of the present invention includes a resin film having a glass transition temperature of not lower than 60° C., a silicone resin layer formed on the resin film, and a metal wiring pattern formed on the silicone resin layer. The metal wiring pattern ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6986939 | Panel-shaped composite wooden element The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of chipboard comprising a centre layer (18) of coarse chips and outer layers (20) of chips whose fibers are oriented in the plane of the board. In order to be able to reduce the density of the finis... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6933252 | Low boron containing microfiberglass filtration media The present invention provides nonwoven glass composites formed from an essentially boron free glass wool and an essentially boron free chopped glass fiber, used as a reinforcing material. The nonwoven glass composites are suitable for air filtration apparatus and c... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6851283 | Thermoinsulating mat of mineral fibers with random orientation A mat of mineral fibers has a random or quasi-random fiber orientation. The fibers have diameters which, for the great majority of them, are 2.5 to 4.5 micrometers, and a length of 2 to 15 cm. Its density is less than 40 kg/m3. Its resistance to compressi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6747215 | Fat conductor A fat conductor electrically interconnecting between a pair of substantially parallel plates wherein each of the plates has a prearranged pattern of conducting surface coating regions on the central interior face side thereof, and the fat conductor is specifically f... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6485856 | Non-woven fiber webs A non-woven fibre web comprising a plurality of first fibres of amorphous silica, said first fibres being orientated in the x-, y- and optionally z-direction, and optionally being bonded with one or more binder substances, characterised in that one or mor... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6358871 | Low-boron glass fibers and glass compositions for making the same Low-boron, high-barium glass compositions and fine-diameter glass fibers for forming clean room HEPA and ULPA filters, are provided. The compositions and resulting glass fibers preferably comprise a low concentration, less than about 1 weight percent, of ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6245696 | Lasable bond-ply materials for high density printed wiring boards This invention concerns lasable bond-ply materials comprising a nonwoven reinforcing material and at least one resin material. The present invention also includes methods for using the bond-ply of this invention to manufacture high density multilayer prin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6093485 | Fiber glass mat for laminating to foam, foam laminate precursor, foam laminate, and methods of making the mat and the foam laminate A fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to foam contains glass fibers and a "B" staged acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature above 45 degrees C., the method of making the mat, a precursor for a foam laminate, a method for making a fo... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6008147 | Fiber glass mat for laminating to foam, foam laminate precursor, foam laminate, and methods of making the mat and the foam laminate A fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to foam contains glass fibers and a "B" staged acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature above 45 degrees C., the method of making the mat, a precursor for a foam laminate, a method for making a fo... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5948709 | Oil resistant polyamide based adhesive Oil resistant adhesive compositions and nonwoven articles comprising an adhesive prepared from polymeric dimer fatty acid polyamide resins which are especially suited for use in the elastic attachment of disposable nonwoven products and particularly for l... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5719092 | Fiber/polymer composite for use as a photographic support The present invention is a polymer/fiber matrix used as a photographic support. The fibers are of a specific glass composition and the polymer can be polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polybutylene and copolymers thereof. The matrix preferably incl... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5580459 | Filtration structures of wet laid, bicomponent fiber A filtration structure comprising a thermally bonded, wet laid, fibrous web and support is provided. The web is formed from bicomponent fiber comprising a structure-forming component and a heat-bondable component. Also provided is a filtration method usin... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5454848 | Method of making air filtration media by inter-mixing coarse and fine glass fibers A fiber glass air filtration media comprises a blanket of glass fibers with about 25% to 35% by weight of the glass fibers being fine glass fibers having an average diameter of less than 3.5 microns and about 65% to 75% by weight of the glass fibers being... | 10/03/1995 |
| 4888235 | Improved non-woven fibrous product A non-woven matrix of glass and synthetic fibers provides a rigid but resilient product having good strength and insulating characteristics. The matrix consists of glass fibers and synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon or Kevlar which have been shredd... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4871612 | Interior member for vehicles and method for its manufacture An improved interior member for vehicles which includes a substrate containing a reinforcing fiber mat with a polyisocyanurate permeated therethrough and a surface layer integrally formed on the substrate. The amount of the polyisocyanurate is so determin... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4849281 | Glass mat comprising textile and wool fibers A glass fibrous mat is disclosed which includes a blend of fibers comprising approximately 70-90%, by weight 6.5-13.0 micron in diameter wool fiber and approximately 10-30%, by weight, 7.5-13.5 micron in diameter, 1/8 to 1/2 inch in length textile glass f... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842928 | Loose-fill insulation An insulation suitable for application to building spaces by pneumatic devices comprising a multitude of small pieces of low density fibrous material, the fibrous pieces being uniformly sized and having a hexahedral configuration.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4756955 | High density composite based on discontinuous mineral fibers The invention relates to a high density composite sheet based on discontinuous mineral fibers. The inventive sheet has a content of mineral fibers greater than 70 wt. % of the total weight of fibers and binder, and has a density between 400 and 1600 kg/m | 07/12/1988 |
| 4751134 | Non-woven fibrous product A non-woven matrix of mineral fibers and man-made fibers provides a rigid but resilient product having good strength and insulating characteristics. The product may be utilized in a planar configuration or be further formed into complexly curved and shape... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4468429 | Fiber reinforced inorganic hardened body and process for its production A fiber reinforced inorganic hardened body comprises an inorganic hardened material and a fiber reinforcing material, wherein the fiber reinforcing material has a water permeability of from 5 to 27 l/min. and a volume reduction rate of at most 10%.... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4292363 | Reinforced foam laminates and a process for their manufacture The laminates have a core of rigid isocyanurate-based foam sandwiched between two facing sheets which are preferably non-combustible. Embedded in the core, substantially throughout its thickness, are multiple layers of a mesh of continuous glass fibre str... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4112174 | Fibrous mat especially suitable for roofing products An economical and uniform fibrous glass mat displaying improved tear strength and a wet forming process of making such a mat is disclosed herein. The mat, which is especially suitable as a carrier material in the manufacture of asphalt shingles or other s... | 09/05/1978 |
