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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284280 | Energy weapon protection device An energy weapon protection device to be worn by a live potential target includes a generally flexible main panel having three main elements, a generally flexible, generally planar electrically non-conductive outer insulator panel, an electrically conductive inner c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7195620 | Interlabial pad An object of the present invention is to provide an interlabial pad, with which a wearer will hardly feel a sensation of using the interlabial pad, even when a wearer moves and pressure from the exterior is applied to the interlabial pad. An interlabial pad 10 | 03/27/2007 |
| 6911247 | Wearable protective system having protective elements A protective covering system having high-flexibility and low areal density characteristics. In one aspect of the invention, the protective system includes a plurality of metallic staples or wire elements secured to multi-layer matrix including woven fibers, the laye... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6863980 | Monolithic composite firewall A ceramic fabric and a resin are combined to form a fire protection sheet capable of being co-cured onto a parent laminate structure. The resulting monolithic composite firewall shows fire protection ability comparable to that of the conventional titanium structure,... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6861120 | Wearable protective system having protective elements A protective covering system having high-flexibility and low areal density characteristics. In one aspect of the invention, the protective system includes a plurality of metallic staples or wire elements secured to multi-layer matrix including woven fibers, the laye... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6830798 | Continuous yarn laid wet friction material A friction disk suitable for running as an assembly of interleaved disks in a transmission is disclosed. A rigid metallic core on backing plate is covered on one or both sides with a wafer of non-woven yarn wherein the yarn comprises a continuous wound length of hea... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824862 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic composite Fiber-reinforced ceramic composites contain bundles, tows or hanks of long fibers, wherein the long fiber bundles, tows or hanks are completely surrounded by a short fiber-reinforced matrix, with the long and short fibers having, independently of one another, a mean... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6794012 | Composite preform structural panel having electrically conductive stitching A structural panel comprised of a composite preform having an electrically conductive stitching. The stitching forms an electrically conductive grid-like network on the structural panel to better dissipate electrical energy received in a lightning strike throughout ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6759130 | Resin composition, molded product thereof and electroconductive sheet An electroconductive sheet comprising a substrate layer of a thermoplastic resin comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer type resin and/or a polystyrene type resin and having laminated on at least one side of the substrate layer, a surface layer of a... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6737368 | Multiple threat penetration resistant articles The present invention relates to multiple threat penetration resistant articles. The articles include, in order, fabric layers, polymer impregnated fabric layers, and woven fabric layers. The articles can additionally include tightly woven fabric layers which define... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6720277 | Protective fabric having high penetration resistance A protective fabric of high penetration resistance is formed from a plurality of layered, densely woven base fabrics, each formed by tightly weaving multifilament yarns to obtain a warp yarn “density” or “cover” in excess of 100% at the center of the fill ya... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6693052 | Garment including protective fabric A protective fabric includes a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns. The denier of each of the warp and fill yarns is less than 500. The yarns are made from at least one of liquid crystal polyesters, para-aramids, and high den... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6670005 | Cylindrical product The disclosed method can manufacture a thick-walled cylindrical part of an excellent quality which is free from the interlayer separation, by using a fiber reinforced plastic composite material. The fiber reinforced plastic composite material having a sma... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652950 | Thermal insulating conformal blanket The conformal thermal insulating blanket may have generally rigid batting material covered by an outer insulating layer formed of a high temperature resistant woven ceramic material and an inner insulating layer formed of a woven ceramic fiber material. T... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6652966 | Transparent composite membrane A transparent and flexible composite membrane produced from two immiscible polymers. The first polymer is a polymeric fibrous network with interconnecting pores. The second polymer is an elastomer with a refractive index matching the first polymer. The re... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6643991 | Fire door and method of assembly The invention is directed to a fire door having a core, stiles, and rails formed of resin bonded exfoliated vermiculite, wherein the core has a density which exceeds that of the stiles and rails. The invention is also directed to such a fire door addition... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6610617 | Ballistic resistant article A flexible ballistic resistant article is disclosed that includes a plurality of layers of fabric having an areal density of 2 to 10 kg/m2, wherein at least two of the layers of fabric are loosely woven. The loosely woven fabric layers include ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6599626 | Coaxial cable A coaxial cable construction comprising (i) an inner electrical conductor comprising a single electrical conductor or a core of two or more electrical conductors; (ii) dielectric insulation comprising an inert gas and a solid, said solid comprising (a) a polym... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6599610 | Multiaxially stitched base material for reinforcing and fiber reinforced plastic, and method for preparing them A stitched laminate, in which plural sheets respectively having plural tow-like carbon fibers arranged in parallel to each other are laminated, with the orienting directions of the carbon fiber yarns of the respective sheets kept at different angles again... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6576345 | Dielectric films with low dielectric constants Thin films possessing low dielectric constants (e.g., dielectric constants below 3.0) are formed on integrated circuits or other substrates. Caged-siloxane precursors are linked in such a way as to form dielectric layers, which exhibit low dielectric cons... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6565959 | Use of synthetic fibers in a glueline to increase resistance to sag in wood and wood composite structures A high strength, high modulus fiber is applied to uncured adhesive in the glueline of a laminar wood beam as an anti-sag agent and for improved shear strength, creep resistance, and gapability. In one embodiment, discontinuous fibers are evenly applied ov... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6555730 | Supporting material for medical purposes The invention relates to the use of a non-woven fabric which is over-stitched by means of stitching threads as a supporting material for medical purposes. The invention is characterized in that the maximum tensile force of supporting material is equal to ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6548430 | Protective fabric having high penetration resistance A protective fabric includes a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns. The denier of each of the warp and fill yarns is less than 500. The yarns are made from at least one of liquid crystal polyesters, para-aramids, and high den... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6544910 | Backing material for medical purposes Essentially inelastic backing material for medical purposes, characterized in that the backing material has an addition of high-strength fibers, multi-strand yarns, mixed multistrands or filaments having an ultimate tensile stress strength of at least 60 ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6475936 | Knife-stab-resistant ballistic article A combination of layered structures is disclosed for protection from both knife stab and ballistic threats wherein the outer face is the knife stab strike face and includes layers of loosely woven fabrics and the inner face includes ballistic layers.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468625 | Laminate configuration for reinforcing glulam beams A reinforcing lamina sheet and a process of making a reinforcing sheet for use in a glue laminated beam. The reinforcing lamina sheet increases the compressive and/or tensile strength of the glue laminate beam. The lamina sheet is formed from unidirection... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6458725 | Airbag base fabric An airbag base fabric is formed of thermoplastic synthetic filament yarns, wherein the yarn strength of the filament yarn is 7.0 g/denier or more and the fineness of the filament yarn is 200-250 denier. The fabric is thin and lightweight, which is thus ex... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455122 | Heat-resisting fiber-reinforced composite material and manufacturing method thereof The heat resisting fiber-reinforced composite material of the invention is a heat-resisting fiber-reinforced composite material used for a product or a part that generates temperature distribution; wherein the thermal expansion coefficient at a portion co... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6444286 | Retention barrier system A retention barrier system comprises a flexible laminate of a thin paper sheet and thin aluminum sheet in a rectangular configuration. The laminate has a leading edge and a parallel trailing edge and side edges between the leading and trailing edges. A pl... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6432538 | Carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite and useful as components for pulling single crystal apparatus A carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite, obtained by a method comprising impregnating a pitch or a resin into a molded member formed of carbon fibers for densification thereof; forming an impregnated pyrolytic carbon layer by CVI after densification; a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6413636 | Protective yarn A protective yarn having a single fiberglass core fiber and one or more cover members is disclosed. At least one of the cover members are fibers selected from the group consisting of aramid fiber, ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin fiber, polyester, ny... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6339032 | Press pad made of asbestos-free material A molded pad of asbestos-free material, for use e.g. in short-cycle and multi-platen presses for coating chipboard or other substrates with melamine, films or other materials, consisting of woven fabric made of heat-resistant yarn, esp. aromatic polyamide... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6325875 | Titanium fiber and method of producing the same A metal fiber of titanium or titanium alloy has given equivalent area diameter and specific surface area and is produced by a bundle drawing method wherein mild steel is used as a material for covering layer and outer housing and a composite wire is subje... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323145 | Rapid fabric forming for penetration resistant fabric This invention is directed to a flexible penetration resistant stabilized composite, that includes an interlaced yarn structure of yarns having a tenacity of at least 8 g/d, a tensile modulus of at least 150 g/d and an energy to break of at least 10 j/g. ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6303207 | Wood laminates A fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to wood contains glass fibers and a "B" staged resin, and the method of making the mat, are disclosed. A substantial portion of the resin binder can be a furfural alcohol, phenol formaldehyde, melamine forma... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6280843 | Wholly aromatic polyamide fibers, a sheet comprising same and method of producing the sheet Aromatic polyamide fibers which have a crystalline structure having (1) crystal size (A) in a (110) plane of 7.5 nm, (2) crystal size (B) in a (200) plane of 8.2 nm and (3) a product A×B of 61.50 to 630.00, and exhibit a thermal linear expansion coeffici... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6260497 | Sail and method of manufacture Fiber oriented sails made of woven panels of scrim type weave wherein warp yarns in the panels follow primary load paths in a sail and a method for making woven panels.... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6255380 | Pressure-resistant, sliding tetrafluoroethylene resin composition A resin composition which exhibits good sealability while keeping creep deformation to a minimum when brought into sliding contact with a mating member at a high contact pressure of over 10 MPa, and which will not damage a mating member made from an alumi... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6248676 | Bullet resistant fabric and method of manufacture A ballistic resistant fabric formed by placing a polymer film on the fibers of a high tenacity fiber fabric which has a coefficient of friction higher than the coefficient of friction of the high tenacity fibers.... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6228492 | Preparation of fibers containing intrinsically conductive polymers A process for preparing fibers containing intrinsically conductive polymers comprises extruding two or more filaments, applying a coating formulation containing a salt of an intrinsically conductive polymer to at least one of the filaments to form a coate... | 05/08/2001 |
