Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428163000 | Parallel ribs and/or grooves | 14 |
20090061160 | Grooved Panel Product and Method - A grooved panel furniture component having plies spaced apart and parallel to one another, giving the appearance of scored wood. The plies are laminated to a substrate that has a solid color that contrasts with the plies. The panel may be cut to any desired size through a die cut process. In one embodiment of the present invention, the panel may be comprised of paperboard that has a decorative paper poly extruded on its visible surfaces. A sheet of the paperboard with the poly extruded decorative paper is cut into plies. | 03-05-2009 |
20090155539 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL INGOTS - A mold for creating metal ingots, a hottop sideboard and a system and method of manufacturing metal ingots utilizing the same. A hottop sideboard utilizes a layer of a rigid refractory material integrally connected to a layer a flexible refractory material that is compressed between the rigid layer and the sidewalls of the mold during use. The mold for creating metal ingots comprises: a main body having a floor and sidewalls that form a cavity for receiving a molten metal; a plurality of sideboards connected to the sidewalls and forming a perimeter about the cavity in a spaced relation from the floor, the sideboards comprising a first layer of a rigid refractory material and a second layer of a flexible refractory material, the first layer and the second layer being connected to one another; and the sideboards are secured to the sidewalls so that the second layer is compressed between the first layer and the sidewall. | 06-18-2009 |
20100047526 | SUBSURFACE INCLUSIONS OF SPHEROIDS AND METHODOLOGY FOR STRENGTHENING A SURFACE BOND IN A HYBRID CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - Structural arrangements and methodology are provided for strengthening a bond between corresponding surfaces of a thermally insulating ceramic coating ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100112294 | Corrugated metallic foil tape - A metallic foil tape having a top surface and a bottom surface with an adhesive applied to at least one of the top surface or the bottom surface of the metallic foil tape and corrugations in the metallic foil tape providing for expansion of the corrugated metallic foil tape in a circular or semi-circular shape. The corrugated metallic foil tape is suitable to be applied to contoured or three-dimensional surfaces, and is particularly suitable for use in sealing or joining components of heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units. | 05-06-2010 |
20100203295 | EMBEDDED NANOPARTICLE FILMS AND METHOD FOR THEIR FORMATION IN SELECTIVE AREAS ON A SURFACE - The invention is directed to a method of positioning nanoparticles on a patterned substrate. The method comprises providing a patterned substrate with selectively positioned recesses, and applying a solution or suspension of nanoparticles to the patterned substrate to form a wetted substrate. A wiper member is dragged across the surface of the wetted substrate to remove a portion of the applied nanoparticles from the wetted substrate, and leaving a substantial number of the remaining portion of the applied nanoparticles disposed in the selectively positioned recesses of the substrate. The invention is also directed to a method of making carbon nanotubes from the positioned nanoparticles. | 08-12-2010 |
20100255259 | TOOTHED BELT COMPRISING A RESISTANT LAYER AND RESISTANT LAYER THEREOF - There is described a toothed belt comprising an elastomeric material body, in which a plurality of longitudinal filiform resistant inserts is embedded, and a toothing coated by a coating fabric. A resistant layer that increases the resistance to abrasion and thus the resistance to wear of the toothed belt is adhered over the coating fabric. The resistant layer comprises a vulcanisation agent and more than 75% of an elastomer formed by at least one copolymer modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid salt and obtained from a dien monomer and a nitrile group-containing monomer. The resistant layer is advantageously separated from the fabric and is calendered on the fabric itself. | 10-07-2010 |
20120034425 | MOLD AND PROCESS FOR COMBINING METAL/CERAMIC AND POLYMER COMPONENT MIXTURE IN THE FORMATION OF HOMOGENOUS PARTS AND FURTHER INCLUDING AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE & PROCESS FOR CREATING A COMBINATION PLASTIC AND SILVER COMPOSITE EXHIBITING LIFELONG ANTI-BIOTIC PROPERTIES - The present invention discloses a composite structural article exhibiting a three dimensional shape and size and including an admixture including at least one of a metal and a ceramic component, this combined with at least one polymeric component. In a further revised application, the article can include an admixture including at least one of a silver and a polymeric component. | 02-09-2012 |
20130004723 | COMPOSITE LAYER - Composite layer having a length and width and comprising a first plurality of repeating, three-dimensional structures having peaks and valleys, comprising a first polymeric material and a second plurality of repeating, three-dimensional structures having peaks and valleys that is adjacent to, and the inverse of, the first plurality of repeating, three-dimensional structures, and comprising a second polymeric material. There is a distance between adjacent peaks comprising the first polymeric material. There is an average of said distances between adjacent peaks comprising the first polymeric material. Any of said distances between adjacent peaks comprising the first polymeric material is within 20 percent of said average distance between adjacent peaks comprising the first polymeric material. | 01-03-2013 |
20130224441 | ALUMINUM-PLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - An aluminum-plastic composite structure includes an aluminum portion and a plastic portion. The aluminum portion defines a plurality of micro grooves by ultraviolet lithography. The plastic portion is integrally formed on the aluminum portion and substantially filling in the micro grooves. A width of each micro groove is in a range from 0.02 millimeters to 0.05 millimeters. A depth of each micro groove is in a range from 0.2 millimeters to 0.25 millimeters. | 08-29-2013 |
20130260099 | WALL CLADDING SYSTEM - A system and method for cladding a building. The system comprises a metal mesh supported by an exterior exposed surface of the building a layer of a base coat applied over the metal mesh so as to form a matrix therearound and a finishing barrier layer applied over the matrix of the metal mesh and the base coat layer. The system may further comprise a rigid base layer of expanded polystyrene applied to the building exterior below the metal mesh wherein the metal mesh is secured to the base layer. The method comprises supporting the metal mesh by an exterior exposed surface of the building applying the cement base coat over the metal mesh so as to form a matrix therearound and applying a finishing barrier layer over the base coat. | 10-03-2013 |
20130273325 | CORRUGATED INTERFACES FOR MULTILAYERED INTERCONNECTS - Dielectric composite structures comprising interfaces possessing nanometer scale corrugated interfaces in interconnect stack provide enhances adhesion strength and interfacial fracture toughness. Composite structures further comprising corrugated adhesion promoter layers to further increase intrinsic interfacial adhesion are also described. Methods to form the nanometer scale corrugated interfaces for enabling these structures using self assembling polymer systems and pattern transfer process are also described. | 10-17-2013 |
20140099475 | SHAPE MEMORY RIBLETS - A multilayer construction for an array of aerodynamic riblets incorporates a first layer composed of a material with protuberances, the first layer material having shape memory and a second layer composed of a material exhibiting a second characteristic with capability for adherence to a surface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140199521 | Method Of Producing An Optical Element Having A Mark - The present invention relates to a method of forming an optical element that includes a mark. The method involves, irradiating at least a portion of a surface of the optical element with laser radiation, thereby forming a plurality of substantially parallel elongated grooves in the portion of the surface, which are each aligned substantially parallel with a common longitudinal direction that extends from a center point of the plurality of elongated grooves. The plurality of elongated grooves together define the mark. A clear film is formed over at least the portion of the surface and the plurality of elongated grooves. Depending on the orientation of a source of electromagnetic radiation as viewed through the optical element relative to the common longitudinal direction of the grooves, the mark is either observable or unobservable. The present invention also relates to an optical element having a mark, as described above. | 07-17-2014 |
20150118443 | SILICA-FORMING ARTICLES HAVING ENGINEERED SURFACES TO ENHANCE RESISTANCE TO CREEP SLIDING UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE LOADING - An article includes a silicon-containing region; at least one outer layer overlying a surface of the silicon-containing region; and a constituent layer on the surface of the silicon-containing region and between and contacting the silicon-containing region and the at least one outer layer, the constituent layer being formed by constituents of the silicon-containing region and being susceptible to creep within an operating environment of the article, wherein the silicon-containing region defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ridges that interlock within the plurality of channels are formed in the silicon-containing region to physically interlock the at least one outer layer with the silicon-containing region through the constituent layer. | 04-30-2015 |