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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147946 | Polarizing plastic optical device and process for producing the same A polarizing plastic lens comprising a polarizing film with low tendency to detachment from an optical resin layer. There is provided polarizing plastic lens comprising polarizing film constituted of a polyvinyl alcohol resin. Two optical resin layers of different t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147947 | Nestable molded articles, and related assemblies and methods A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8133573 | Scratch-resistant optical multi-layer system applied to a crystalline substrate A process for producing a crystalline substrate with an optical multi-layer system thereon and the crystalline substrate obtainable thereby. The process comprises the successive application of at least two free-flowing compositions which comprise nanoscale inorganic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8119224 | Process for bending a glass panel with a plurality of supports A glazing element-bending process including first to fourth stages. The first stage bends the glazing element through gravitational depression on a first support providing it with a first central depression. The second stage continues the bending of the glazing elem... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114501 | Fiber reinforced core panel having natural contour A fiber reinforced core panel having natural contour contains a series of adjacent low density strips where the longitudinal axes of the low density strips are substantially parallel. The major face of each strip is disposed within the first or second side of the co... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8075981 | Alternating pattern gel cushioning elements and related methods An alternating pattern gel cushioning device and methods for making the same. The gel pattern may be two- or three-dimensional. The devices may be zoned or stacked. The device may be made by a variety of methods including roller molding, open-face molding, injection... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8012569 | Sliding member and process for formation of its coating layer An object of the present invention is that in a sliding member whose substrate is improved in sliding characteristics by a coating layer comprising a solid lubricant, the coating layer is obtained as one having a low coefficient of friction and an excellent wear res... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7976934 | Cloth and solid piece assembly and production method for cloth and solid piece assembly Disclosed is a cloth and solid piece assembly, which comprises a cloth which is subjected to an embossing process to have a receiving portion formed through the embossing process in such a manner as to protrude from a surface of the cloth in a direction perpendicula... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968171 | Three-dimensional reverse tanking membranes Shaped waterproofing membranes having three-dimensional contours are useful for the “reverse tanking” waterproofing of detail areas such as those presented by “tiebacks,” pipes, pile caps, and other irregularities that occur on concrete formworks and other c... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968172 | Coextruded profiled webs A nonplanar, thermoplastic polymeric film having a top surface, a bottom surface, a midline, and a series of peaks and valleys oscillating around the midline and forming continuous ridges in a first direction on both the top surface and the bottom surface of the fil... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964268 | Insulating structures An electrical insulator comprises an elongate shank and one or more sheds disposed along the length of the shank. The surface of the insulator comprises longitudinally extending flutes, the depth of which are varied along the length of the insulator such that the ci... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960012 | Laser-welded article It is an object of the present invention to provide a laser-welded article that workpieces prepared simply can be easily unified by laser in one laser welding process without using complicated processes. Moreover, the laser-welded article has an excellent appearance... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7935409 | Tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7906197 | Formable laminate of any circumference As a rule, once they have been fixed in the correct position, fractured bones are supported by a plastic of Paris dressing. Such a dressing is messy and takes time to set. The present invention uses a formable laminate to create a dressing that can rapidly be placed... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901758 | Laminates of films having improved resistance to bending in all directions and methods and apparatus for their manufacture The present invention relates to a flexible laminate of films of thermoplastic polymer material mainly for applications in which relatively high yield strength and ultimate tensile strength is required, and a method and apparatus for its manufacture. The laminate co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897246 | Nestable molded articles, and related assemblies and methods A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7875339 | Thermoplastic resin casing and method for fabricating the same The present invention relates to a decoration technique for providing iridescent color effects or glittering luster effects to a resin casing by attaching a polarizing film in contact with a resin casing, and for finishing a cut-off edge portion of the polarizing fi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7833609 | Multi-layer sliding member, and method for forming coating layer of sliding member The present invention is intended to provide a sliding member which exhibits an excellent anti-seizure property even under starved lubricant conditions. In the present invention, there is provided a sliding member with a structure, in which a coating layer having a ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7785698 | Three-dimensional product with dynamic visual impact The present invention relates to three-dimensional products comprising a structure having a first surface and a z-direction perpendicular to the first surface, the structure further comprising a base, a plurality of raised protrusion areas raised at least about 300 ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7744982 | Edge insulation for vacuum insulation panels The invention provides an edge insulation piece (1) comprising a thin sheet of material (2) which is manipulated by bending, rolling or other forming to effect a long conductive path within a small cross-sectional area. In a preferred embodiment, a thi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7732039 | Absorbent article with stabilized absorbent structure having non-uniform lateral compression stiffness An absorbent article having a liner adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body, an outer cover in generally opposed relationship with the liner, and an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover. An absorbent structure of the absor... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722945 | Random packing elements and column containing same A saddle-shaped random packing element is provided with laterally spaced, arcuate side members and a plurality of inner and outer rib elements that extend from and between the side members to form an interior volume. At least one lesser rib element extends from the ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7695802 | Slat for covering for architectural openings A slat for use in a covering for an architectural opening is made from a base material of binder and matrix fibers which are formed into a nonwoven material by melting at least a portion of the binder fibers to thermally bond the binder and matrix fibers. A coating ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7674516 | Geotechnical articles A multiphase polymeric material comprises a first rigid continuous phase and a second elastic phase dispersed in the first phase. The multiphase polymeric material may be formed into polymeric strips and used to make a cellular confinement system which is suitable f... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666493 | Locally reinforced core structure for composite sandwich structure and method of producing the same Producing a composite structure involves providing a core structure having a folded configuration with fold valleys forming open channels extending along the valleys, and then forming a local reinforcement zone in the core structure itself, before applying any cover... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7629039 | Air gas analyzer window and a method for producing such a window A window for use in an adapter for an IR gas analyser for analysing breathing gases, where the gases flow through a through-penetrating passageway in the adapter, which includes windows disposed on opposite sides of the passageway so as to enable an IR beam to be se... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7611766 | Wafer protective sheet A wafer protective sheet 1 is made of a synthetic resin sheet with a thickness of 80 to 130 μm having a large number of projected parts and recessed parts on its front and rear surfaces. The large number of projected parts and the large number of recessed pa... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7541084 | Geotechnical articles A multiphase polymeric material comprises a first rigid continuous phase and a second elastic phase dispersed in the first phase. The multiphase polymeric material may be formed into polymeric strips and used to make a cellular confinement system which is suitable f... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537821 | Winder liner for an unvulcanized rubber material A winding liner for an unvulcanized rubber material includes a belt-shape inextensible loading member for loading an unvulcanized rubber material and spacers provided at both widthwise direction sides of one surface of the loading member along a lengthwise direction... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7459198 | Stress relief for electroplated films An electroplated film is deposited over a substrate with a plating frame pattern that includes a plating field defined by a plurality of individual features. By dividing the plating field into a plurality of individual features, the delamination force at any locatio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7445832 | Ribboned polarization-maintaining fiber and manufacturing method therefor, and polarization-maintaining optical fiber array using the same A ribboned polarization-maintaining fiber is used to easily manufacture a polarization-maintaining optical fiber array with multiple fibers and improve the work efficiency and yield. The ribboned polarization-maintaining fiber includes a plurality of polarization-ma... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438795 | Electrochemical-mechanical polishing system Provided is a polishing apparatus and polishing pad, intended for polishing a substrate, and designed for improved flow and distribution of a polishing composition to the area of interaction between the pad and substrate. In one aspect, a polishing pad is provided h... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425362 | Plastic packaging cushion A plastic cushion pad (40) includes at least one plastic spring portion (46) between oppositely facing contact surfaces (42, 44). In one example, the pad (40) is vacuum formed using a film of carbon-impregnated polystyrene material. The p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7396371 | Coated insert The present invention relates to a cutting insert particularly for turning of stainless steel comprising a cemented carbide substrate and a post-treated coating with a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from abou... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381459 | Toughened uni-piece, fibrous, reinforced, oxidization-resistant composite A composite thermal protection structure, for applications such as atmospheric re-entry vehicles, that can withstand temperatures as high as 3600° F. The structure includes an exposed surface cap having a specially formulated coating, an insulator base adjacent to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374638 | High bulk strong absorbent single-ply tissue-towel paper product The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371451 | Sandwich type construction structural panel having foam tube core A structural panel comprised of a plurality of distinct layers of cylindrical foam elements each covered with a fiber-reinforced composite material. The cylindrical foam elements are arranged in layers such that the elements of adjacent layers are arranged non-paral... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368168 | Low-friction sliding member A low-friction sliding member is used under a wet condition employing a lubricant, and includes a substrate having a surface, and an amorphous hard carbon film formed on the surface of the substrate for contacting slidably with a mating member. The amorphous hard ca... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368158 | Elastomeric member provided with monitoring means The present invention relates to problems of maintenance of elastomeric members. According to the invention, the elastomeric member is provided with at least one elastomeric layer 1 disposed between two rigid strength members 2. In addition, the elasto... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351368 | Flocked articles and methods of making same A method of manufacturing a molded article using lamination of a flocked surface onto a backing film is provided. Also provided is a flocked article comprising an antimicrobial agent. ... | 04/01/2008 |
