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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441758 | Load bearing surface An elastomeric load bearing surface with different load support characteristics in different directions. In one embodiment, the surface includes an elastomeric membrane that is oriented in only a single direction, for example, by compression or stretching. In anothe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7189448 | Apparatus and process for producing a corrugated web and an absorbent article comprising a corrugated web Absorbent article comprising a liquid-impermeable cover sheet, a liquid-permeable cover sheet, and an absorbent body between the liquid-impermeable cover sheet and the liquid-permeable cover sheet. Any one or all of the liquid-impermeable cover sheet, the liquid-per... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7057260 | Method of making thin-film magnetic head In the method of making a thin-film magnetic head in accordance with the present invention, an alignment mark is electrically connected to a multilayer film which will later become a TMR film. Therefore, when the alignment mark is irradiated with a position correcti... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045196 | Packaging laminate and method A packaging laminate and method of production are demonstrated by using a single face corrugated cardboard. The single face corrugated cardboard is supplied in rolled form and is processed through a conventional corrugated cardboard shredder to create a flexible res... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6984439 | Responsive film with corrugated microlayers having improved properties A multi-microlayer thermoplastic film structure and methods of making the same. More specifically, this invention relates to a multi-microlayer film having a plurality of corrugated polymer layers and a plurality of thermoplastic elastomer layers. Filler materials a... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6913802 | Energy absorbing protective member A protective member primarily for use as an energy absorbing pad for incorporation into garments to protect the wearer against accidental impacts. The member comprises a putty-like energy absorbing material (2) encapsulated in a flexible envelope (3, 4... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6533253 | Light attenuating evaporative cooling pad The present invention includes a evaporative cooling pad and method of making the same. The cooling pad features a non-reflective, non-light transmissive surface finish incorporated directly into the cooling pad. In one embodiment, this surface finish wou... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6482496 | Foil backed laminate reinforcement A reinforced wall comprises a stiff substrate having a reinforcing laminate bonded to its inner surface. The reinforcing laminate includes an outer foil support and an expandable polymer foam material bonded to the foil support or backing. The polymer foa... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6280856 | Deformable roof flashing material and a method of manufacturing such a material A deformable sheet material at least partly comprising a sheet metal or metal foil which is corrugated, e.g. by rolling, in continuous waveform in two directions (A, B) substantially orthogonal to each other. The sheet material can comprise aluminum foil ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5747140 | Flat upholstered body A completely vented upholstered body of grid plates with a wave profile includes solid portions of the grid which pass through the wave extrema of its wave contour. Many of the solid portions of the grid preferably are disposed transversely to at least on... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5609942 | Panel having cross-corrugated sandwich construction A cross-corrugated panel has a core between two faceplates, where the core omprises two groups of corrugated elements that are perpendicular to each other. The corrugated elements have peaks and troughs connected by diagonally-extending segments. In each g... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5536545 | Three dimensional signage and a method of making A 3-D graphic sign construction is provided comprising: (a) a conformed laminate comprising a sign face layer, one or more visual characters, a background color layer, and (b) one or more 3-D characters positioned in register with the visual characters an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5510170 | Securing packing elements Corrugated tower packings which are easier to fabricate from individual corrugated elements having parallel rows of ridges and valleys wherein the elements are provided with extension tabs along the ridges of at least a first surface of such elements to p... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5409755 | Bulkhead void filler An inverted V-shaped bulkhead void filler for filling empty spaces in a cargo area during shipping includes a novel non-pivotable, but disengagable, interlocking structure. The bulkhead void filler includes first and second rigid panels of a sandwich-type... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5389413 | Three dimensional signage and a method of making A 3-D graphic sign construction is provided comprising: (a) a conformed laminate comprising a sign face layer, one or more visual characters, a background color layer, and (b) one or more 3-D characters positioned in register with the visual characters an... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5384178 | Tube settler assembly This invention relates to an assembly comprising a first corrugated sheet and a second generally planar sheet. The corrugations form alternating apices on opposite sides and equidistant from a central major plane in the first sheet, where the apices are c... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5374464 | Bulkhead void filler The present invention discloses an inverted V-shaped bulkhead void filler having a novel non-pivotable, but disengagable, fastener for filling empty spaces in a cargo area during shipping. The bulkhead void filler has first and second rigid panels of a sa... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5366787 | Panel structure fabrication The structure and process for making a metallic panel structure from a plurality, e.g. two, core elements each comprised of a pair of sheets of superplastic material welded together along a plurality of weld lines, the weld lines of one core element being... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5283099 | Enhanced structural core material The invention relates to honeycomb core components having an undulating configuration reinforced with structural rods or columns which provide nesting sites for indexing with the flutes or nodes of adjacent components when assembled in stacked relation. M... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5234741 | Heavy-duty packing of corrugated glass plates for columns The disclosure relates to a packing for a column in the shape of a cylindrical stack of corrugated plates of glass wherein the corrugated plates are held together either by a strap tightened around the stack or by being bonded together at the points of in... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5217788 | Corrugated sheet assembly This invention relates to an assembly composed of a plurality of generally parallel corrugated contact sheets. The corrugations form alternating apices in the sheets. The apices are connected by angled walls. The corrugations in each sheet are substantial... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5204161 | Fabrication of panel structure The structure and process for making a metallic panel structure from a plurality of core panels each comprised of a pair of sheets of superplastic material welded together along a plurality of weld lines. The core panels are joined together, with the weld... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5162143 | Core design for use with precision composite reflectors A uniformly flexible core, and method for manufacturing the same, for use between the face plates of a sandwich structure. The core is made of a plurality of thin corrugated strips, the corrugations being defined by a plurality of peaks and valleys connec... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5128195 | Woven core structure A woven core structure (2) includes a first and second face sheets (4, 6) with inner surfaces (16, 18) facing one another. First and second sets of corrugated ribbons (8, 10) are positioned between the face sheets. The ribbons have nodes (12, 14) which ar... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5124086 | Fill pack for heat and mass transfer A fill pack for heat and mass transfer in counter-flow, in particular for the cooling of water in cooling towers by air, is provided. The fill pack includes a plurality of vertically or obliquely positioned corrugated or folded sheets or plates which are ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5051294 | Catalytic converter substrate and assembly A substrate for a catalytic converter is formed of steel sheets embossed with corrugations in a chevron pattern such that the metal buckles at vertices of adjoining corrugations to form projections extending out of the plane of the sheet. The sheets are s... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5028474 | Cellular core structure providing gridlike bearing surfaces on opposing parallel planes of the formed core A three-dimensional structure adapted for use for instance as a core in sandwich panel-type construction, and comprised of substantially continuous unbroken sheet material to which has been imparted an alternating sequence of ridges and valleys, creating ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4950524 | Bacon pad A bacon pad made of liquid absorbent wood fibers is suitable for cooking bacon in a microwave oven. The pad is made as a three-ply laminate, with a corrugated center ply sandwiched between two flat outer plies. The pad is designed to absorb fat from the b... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4917935 | Ceramic packing The ceramic packing is cast in one piece and comprises parallel corrugated layers which extend substantially transversely to the longitudinal direction of the packing with at least two joins provided between the adjacent layers.... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4888242 | Graphite sheet material A refractory heat-insulating graphite sheet material characterized in that the material comprises a graphite sheet.... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4789585 | Heat transfer block for cross flow heat exchanger A heat transfer element for cross flow heat exchanger consists of ceramic corrugated and planar plates. A plurality of the heat transfer elements are stacked up in such a manner that the direction of corrugation in adjacent elements intersects at right an... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4670197 | Gas/liquid contact apparatus A gas/liquid contact apparatus which includes a plurality of packing sheets arranged in parallel, vertical, upright, face to face relationship. The packing sheets have a series of inclined corrugations formed therein. Each of the corrugations are formed s... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4668443 | Contact bodies Improved gas liquid contact sheets and contact bodies are disclosed comprising a plurality of parallel and generally vertical corrugated contact sheets, wherein the corrugations form alternating apices in the sheets, the corrugations being disposed at an ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4460388 | Total heat exchanger A heat exchanger comprises an elongated plate folded in corrugated fashion and defining a stack of a number of laminated air passages defined by spacer parallel plane heat transfer faces or plates connected alternately along opposite side edges by narrow ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4459244 | Device for contactors for use in cooling towers and the like Device for a contactor (10) for liquid and gas, e.g. for use in cooling towers and the like, such contactor being built up of mutually spaced membranes (12, 14) forming ducts for the passage of a fluid introduced at the top of the contactor and collected ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4455339 | Packing for an exchange column The packing is constructed for an exchange column and is provided with corrugated lamellae which have steep portions disposed between the various corrugations in order to accelerate the descending liquid phase between the corrugations. The steep portions ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4435237 | Method for forming multi-flute-layer corrugated board A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a novel corrugated paperboard web of indefinite length, which web includes a planar facer layer and a corrugated layer the flutes of which extend longitudinally the length of the web. The web is formed by s... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4411942 | Packing for technical processes Packing consisting of a plurality of twisted strips stacked parallel to each other in an axially symmetrical arrangement. Twisting produces spirals rotating in the same sense. In addition, the strips are pleated to produce waves perpendicular to the axis ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4259092 | Adsorptive material A multi-layer member of corrugated board made of active carbon fibers having an equilibrium adsorption amount of benzene of not less than 200 mg/g and a benzene adsorption rate constant of not less than 0.2 min-1.... | 03/31/1981 |
