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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163374 | Formation of close-packed sphere arrays in V-shaped grooves The present invention relates to the self-assembly of a spherical-morphology block copolymer into V-shaped grooves of a substrate. Although spherical morphology block copolymers typically form a body-centered cubic system (bcc) sphere array in bulk, the V-shaped gro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8092898 | Water-repellent arrangement for LCD display of industrial computer A resilient hollow, rectangular water-repellent structure for an industrial computer, the water-repellent structure comprising in combination a peripheral groove formed between an LCD display of the industrial computer and a housing thereof, the groove having periph... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8062733 | Roll-to-roll glass material attributes and fingerprint A high-silica glass sheet has an average thickness of less than 150 microns and an average surface roughness over one or both of its two major surfaces of less than 1 nm. The glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7998557 | Shell assembly A shell assembly includes a shell and an ornamental element attached to the shell. The shell includes a main body with an ornamental area, and a plurality of crossed grooves are defined in the ornamental area. A crossed portion of every two grooves defines a through... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7947356 | Molded foam and mold A molded foam containing no voids and a mold for forming such a molded foam are provided. A molded foam 5 has an external corner 5a where a small rib 10 is formed and a recessed step 7 where thin plate-like ribs 11 are forme... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7923095 | Method of forming a molded plastic article having molded extensions A method of forming a molded plastic article with a second surface with molded extensions, and a first surface that is substantially free of sink mark defects. The method involves forming, from a first plastic material, a first molded section with at least one molde... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914878 | Grooved, corner-ready wall base A resilient wall base member manufactured with pre-scored grooves to allow relatively short, straight lengths to be used for both flat walls and wall corner junctures without on site scoring operations or equipment. The lengths can either be pre-cut during manufactu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7897245 | Bonded structure A bonded structure formed by bonding a first structure and a second structure at opposed bonding surfaces to form a microstructure or the like. At least one of the first structure and the second structure is formed of a resin composition including a polypropylene re... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7875337 | Fiber and resin composite reinforcement A resin matrix connects a plurality of longitudinally aligned fibers together adjacent an outer side of the reinforcement. The outer side of the reinforcement has elongated peaks and elongated valleys. The valleys are defined by a space absent the resin matrix and l... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7829178 | Delamination development preventable structure for sandwich panel A delamination development preventable structure is provided to prevent the development of delamination in a sandwich panel including a core and surface plates attached to the opposite surfaces of the core with respect to the thickness of the core. Arresters ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7807252 | Chemical mechanical polishing pad having secondary polishing medium capacity control grooves A chemical mechanical polishing pad (104, 400) that includes a polishing layer (108, 420, 500) having a set of primary grooves (124, 408, 516) formed in a polishing surface (110, 428, 520) of the pad. The pad also includes a set of second... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803450 | Production of UHMWPE sheet materials UHMWPE panels of large width may be prepared by a continuous ram extrusion process by employing a slit die which preferably narrows from both sides in a direction transverse to the machine direction, and/or which employs a plurality of transversely positioned coolin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7662462 | Nonwoven fabric Nonwoven fabric has a plurality of groove portions continuously formed along a predetermined direction, and a plurality of raised ridge portions formed continuously along the groove portions, each adjacent to the groove portions. The basis weight is the least, and t... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7625626 | Light polarizing products and method of making same Disclosed are novel light polarizing articles comprising a substrate, a light polarizing layer, an inorganic intermediate layer between the polarizing layer and the substrate, an optional inorganic sub-layer between the substrate and the inorganic intermediate layer... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7560155 | Sheet material with bend controlling grooves defining a continuous web across a bend line and method for forming the same A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7507463 | Nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric adjusted so that the fiber densities of convex portions and recessed portions are not excessively high. A plurality of open portions is formed by blowing fluid mainly composed of gas from the top side of a fiber web onto the fiber web supported fro... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7473457 | Wood flooring composed of WPL, base and soundproof layer Disclosed herein is a back-grooved laminate wood flooring in which a wood veneer of high pressure resin impregnation laminate (WPL) is laminated on a base selected from a vinyl chloride (PVC) resin layer, on oriented strand board (OSB), a high-density fiberboard (HD... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438982 | Magnetic recording medium including disk substrate, magnetic layer, and non-magnetic layer A magnetic recording medium includes at least a disk substrate, a magnetic recording layer formed with a predetermined concavo-convex pattern on the disk substrate, and a non-magnetic layer formed in concave portions of the concavo-convex pattern. Convex shapes made... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434300 | Process and device for producing clutch friction plate A process for producing a clutch friction plate in which a plurality of friction material segments are bonded to an annular flat face of an annular core plate so that oil channels are formed between the segments, the process including: a step of forming a plurality ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427139 | Retroreflector with controlled divergence made by the method of groove undulation A ruling of cube corner elements comprising intersecting ruled vee-grooves is characterized in that at least one of the vee-grooves is made such the substrate being ruled and the cutting tool are oscillated with respect to one another during the ruling of the vee-gr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425387 | Separator for a lead storage battery The invention relates to a separator made of elastic plastic and suitable for use in a lead storage battery, and consisting of sheet material with an inner region and two peripheral regions and having ribs running in the longitudinal direction on at least one side, ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422821 | On the uniformity of fluid flow rate for interconnecting plate for planar solid oxide fuel cell A flat connecting plate designed for solid oxide fuel cell to improve the uniformity of fluid flow rate comprising a series of parallel ribs and grooves formed by the spaces between the ribs, the lengths of the ribs vary in accordance with the variation of the edge ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7387711 | Shoe press belt having a grooved surface A belt for use in a long nip press having an arcuate pressure shoe. The belt has at least one layer having a polymer resin coating on at least one surface thereof. The resin coating has a plurality of grooves arranged therein and wherein a number of the grooves has ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384516 | Belt with variable grooves A belt for use in a papermaking process, such as in a long nip press having a cylindrical press roller and an arcuate pressure shoe which define a nip. The belt has a nip load zone which passes through the nip during an operation. The belt comprises a substrate havi... | 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 |
| 7378142 | Interlayer for laminated glass and laminated glass The present invention provides an interlayer for a laminated glass which does not give rise to the moiré phenomenon even when the arrangement and pitch of its embossments are orderly, hence providing for good workability in cutting and laminationg operations and go... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377996 | Card sheet with starch compositions forming breakable layers in pre-cut substrates A card sheet including a top material layer having pre-cut weakened lines extending partially but not completely through the top material layer, the top material layer having a front side and a back side; and a starch composition layer applied to the back side of th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370809 | Monocoque lenticular plastic card and method of making same A monocoque card for performing transactions is disclosed. The card comprises a substrate having a lenticular portion on a front side and a flat portion on a back side. The substrate has a thickness between 28 and 34 thousandths of an inch. Inks are applied on the f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371699 | Net-reinforced film structure with modified strand profile A net-reinforced film structure includes a film layer and a netting attached to the film layer having a pattern of netting strands. The netting strands are sealed to an opposing film structure, which may be either a similar net-reinforced film or a standard sheet of... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365981 | Fluid-cooled electronic system A fluid-cooled electronic assembly including a base having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet therein, a cap attached to the base to form a fluid containment chamber therebetween, wherein the fluid containment chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348047 | Multi-layered structural corrosion resistant composite liner A multi-layered, structural, corrosion resistant composite includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a core layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first fiber reinforced layer bonded to the first surface of the core layer, a second fiber reinforc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347617 | Mixing in microfluidic devices Mixing of liquids in a microfluidic device is accomplished by dispensing the liquids into a first chamber to produce combined liquid. The liquids are thereafter discharged through at least one capillary from the first chamber into a second chamber for complete mixin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341781 | Material useful for preparing embossed flexible graphite article A material useful in a process for embossing a flexible graphite sheet is presented. The inventive material is a flexible graphite sheet which has a preselected void condition which provides the capability of controlling the morphology, and thus the functional chara... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341792 | Biaxially oriented saturated polyester film, method of making the same, laminate of biaxially oriented saturated polyester film and method of making the same A biaxially oriented saturated polyester film made by a biaxial orientation method, includes a heat-seal side formed in at least one of two sides of the film, the heat-seal side being made by applying a low-temperature plasma treatment to a film surface so that the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338700 | Embossed, cross-laminated film A moisture resistant film is for covering an architectural structure. The film includes a flexible membrane defining a plane and a first plurality of spaced apart, discrete embossings formed in the membrane extending outwardly of the plane. The embossings are formed... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335412 | Pile weatherstripping dust plugs Block seals of pile weatherstripping (6), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs (15), are provided by hinged segments (16-21) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping folded against e... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332205 | Adhesive articles with improved air egress This invention relates to an adhesive article which provides air egress. Air egress is provided by supplying a route, such as areas of no initial adhesion for the air to flow out from under the construction. The invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332209 | Laminated structure formed of thin plates The laminated structure comprises: a plurality of thin plate members; and adhesive which bonds the plurality of thin plate members in layers, wherein: at least one of the plurality of thin plate members has at least one bonding surface to be bonded with a surface of... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332207 | Component for a vehicle interior and a method of assembly A component for an interior of a vehicle is provided, including a substrate, a skin cooperating with the substrate to define a cavity, and foam disposed within the cavity. The substrate includes a recess defining a side wall and a back wall. The skin includes a prim... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331534 | Rail pad and method for strain attenuation An apparatus for use as a pad and for placement intermediate a rail and a railroad tie includes a plurality of geometrical recesses that extend into the pad, either at a normal longitudinal axis or at an angle other than normal. An elastomeric material is used to fo... | 02/19/2008 |
