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20090124151 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS FOR FIBER MATS, AND FIBER MATS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THEM - Aqueous binder compositions for fiber mats include a urea-formaldehyde resin and an aqueous emulsion of a copolymer prepared by polymerization of a monomer mixture including styrene, an alkyl(meth)acrylate, acrylonitrile, and an unsubstituted or substituted acrylamide. Even when used in relatively low concentration, the copolymer provides improved physical properties to the fiber mat. The fiber mats can be used in composite flooring, asphalt roofing shingles, siding, and dry wall. | 05-14-2009 |
20110060095 | MODIFIED BINDERS FOR MAKING FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS - Binder compositions for making fiberglass products and methods for making and using same are provided. The binder composition can include a phenol-aldehyde resin or a mixture of Maillard reactants and one or more modifiers selected from the group consisting of a copolymer comprising one or more vinyl aromatic derived units and at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid; an adduct of styrene, at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid, and at least one of an acrylic acid and an acrylate; and one or more latexes. | 03-10-2011 |
20110165398 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS - Fiberglass mats, binder compositions, and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the fiberglass mat can include a plurality of glass fibers and a binder composition that includes a copolymer and one or more amines. The copolymer can include one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids, one or more unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides, or a combination thereof, and one or more vinyl aromatic derived units. The binder composition can have a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 500 to about 180,000. The fiberglass mat can have a thickness ranging from about 10 mils to about 1,000 mils, an average dry tensile strength of at least 50 lbs/3 inch; and an average Elmendorf tear strength of at least 300 gf. | 07-07-2011 |
20120064323 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS - Fiberglass mats, binder compositions, and methods for making the same are provided. The fiberglass mat can include a plurality of glass fibers and an at least partially cured binder composition. The binder composition, prior to at least partial curing, can include a first copolymer modified by reaction with one or more base compounds. The first copolymer can include one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids, one or more unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides, or a combination thereof, and one or more vinyl aromatic derived units. The first copolymer can have a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 500 to about 200,000. The first copolymer can be present in an amount ranging from about 60 wt % to about 95 wt %, based on a combined weight of the first copolymer and the one or more base compounds. | 03-15-2012 |
20120183723 | Binder Compositions and Methods for Making and Using Same - Binder compositions and methods for making and using same are provided. The binder composition can include at least one polyamidoamine prepolymer and at least one copolymer. The copolymer can include one or more vinyl aromatic derived units, and one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids, one or more unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides, or a combination thereof. The copolymer can be modified by reaction with one or more base compounds. | 07-19-2012 |
20120208935 | Modified Binders for Making Fiberglass Products - Binder compositions for making fiberglass products and methods for making and using same are provided. The binder composition can include a phenol-aldehyde resin or a mixture of Maillard reactants and one or more modifiers selected from the group consisting of a copolymer comprising one or more vinyl aromatic derived units and at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid; an adduct of styrene, at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid, and at least one of an acrylic acid and an acrylate; and one or more latexes. | 08-16-2012 |
20120232213 | Two Phase Binder Compositions and Methods for Making and Using Same - Fiberglass products and methods for making same are provided. The fiberglass product can include a plurality of fibers and a two phase binder composition comprising a mixture of an aqueous polymer and a powdered polymer. | 09-13-2012 |
20120252937 | Lignocellulose Based Composite Products Made With Modified Aldehyde Based Binder Compositions - Lignocellulose based composite products made with modified aldehyde based binder compositions are provided. The lignocellulose based composite product can include a plurality of lignocellulose substrates and an at least partially cured binder composition. The binder composition can include, prior to curing, an aldehyde based resin and a copolymer. The copolymer can include one or more vinyl aromatic derived units and one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids, one or more unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides, or a combination of one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids and one or more unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides. | 10-04-2012 |
20130240114 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS HAVING A REDUCED CURE TIME AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Adhesive compositions having a reduced cure time and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the adhesive composition can include a mixture of one or more phenolic-aldehyde resins and one or more cure accelerants. The one or more cure accelerants can be selected from the group consisting of: ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, one or more primary amines, one or more secondary amines, one or more tertiary amines, one or more alkanolamines, one or more aromatic amines, one or more polyamines, one or more amides, one or more polyamides, one or more compounds containing at least one amine functional group and at least one sulfur functional group, and any mixture thereof. In one or more embodiments, the adhesive composition can also include one or more hardeners. | 09-19-2013 |
20130292863 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING THE COMPOSITION OF A BINDER SYSTEM FOR USE IN MAKING FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS - Methods and systems for preparing a binder system for use in producing fiberglass products are provided. The method can include combining at least a first resin and a component to produce a first binder system. The component can include a second resin, an additive, or a combination thereof. At least a portion of the first binder system can be applied to a first plurality of fibers. One or more process variables can be monitored. The one or more process variables can be evaluated. An amount of the first resin, the component, or both combined with one another can be adjusted in response to the evaluation of the one or more monitored process variables to produce a second binder system. | 11-07-2013 |
20140001396 | DEDUSTING AGENTS FOR FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140034871 | DEDUSTING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Compositions for reducing the formation of dust and methods for making and using same are provided. The composition can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof. The composition can also include one or more film forming polymers, one or more oils, or a combination thereof. | 02-06-2014 |
20150086803 | MODIFIED PHENOLIC RESINS FOR MAKING COMPOSITE PRODUCTS - Methods for making phenolic resins modified with one or more monosaccharides and methods for making composite products therewith are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, a method for making a composite product can include contacting a plurality of cellulosic sheets with a resin composition that includes a phenolic resin and a monosaccharide. The resin composition can include about 0.5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the monosaccharide, based on a combined weight of the phenolic resin and the monosaccharide. The method can also include at least partially curing the resin composition to produce a composite product. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087731 | METHODS FOR MAKING WET GELS AND DRIED GELS THEREFROM - Methods for making wet gels and dried gels therefrom are provided. The method for making a wet gel can include combining a hydroxybenzene compound, an aldehyde compound, and an additive to produce a reaction mixture. The additive can include a carboxylic acid, an anhydride, a homopolymer, a copolymer, or any mixture thereof. At least the hydroxybenzene compound and the aldehyde compound can be reacted to produce a wet gel. The reaction mixture can include about 10 wt % to about 65 wt % of the hydroxybenzene compound, about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of the aldehyde compound, up to about 85 wt % of the carboxylic acid, up to about 40 wt % of the anhydride, up to about 40 wt % of the homopolymer, and up to about 40 wt % of the copolymer, where weight percent values are based on the combined weight of the hydroxybenzene compound, the aldehyde compound, and the additive. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080298463 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Reducing Required Throughput in an Ultra-Wideband System - A system, method and computer-readable medium for reducing the required throughput in an ultra-wideband system is provided. A temporal sub-sampling routine limits the number of frames, or portions thereof, to be transmitted to a sink over an RF link. The temporal sub-sampling routine may have a fixed, or static, sub-sampling rate that specifies the rate at which frames are discarded. In accordance with another embodiment, an automatic temporal sub-sampling mechanism is provided. Additionally, a tile copying mechanism may be implemented for reducing the throughput of the RF link. A WDV subsystem may include an interface to an external frame buffer that facilitates the temporal sub-sampling and tile copy routines disclosed herein. | 12-04-2008 |
20100066804 | REAL TIME VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Novel tools and techniques for providing video calling solutions. In some such solutions, a video calling device resides functionally inline between a set-top box and a television set. Such solutions can provide, in some cases, high performance video calling, high video quality, simplified installation, configuration and/or use, and/or the ability to enjoy video calling in an inclusive, comfortable environment, such as a family room, den, or media room. | 03-18-2010 |
20110002376 | Latency Minimization Via Pipelining of Processing Blocks - Novel tools and techniques for minimizing the latency of video processing blocks via pipelining. Video calling is a latency sensitive application. When the latency between capture at the video source and display at the video sink is too large, the call does not appear interactive. Transmission of video over a network exacerbates the problem. It is highly desirable to minimize the capture/encode/transmit latency at the video source and the receive/decode/display latency at the video sink. Certain tools disclosed herein minimize these latencies via pipelining of processing blocks. For example, in some tools, each block begins processing before the previous block has finished its processing. | 01-06-2011 |
20130265384 | Enhanced Power Supply - One embodiment is an enhanced power supply including electronic power supply circuitry within a housing. The enhanced power supply further includes one or more sockets operatively associated with the housing providing for the connection of an external apparatus to the enhanced power supply such that the external apparatus may communicate data or another signal through the connection to an output cable. The output cable may to be connected to a device such that both power and at least one signal will be provided to the device through the output cable. Systems featuring an enhanced power supply and methods of providing power and one or more other signals to a device with a reduced number of cables are also disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
20140168071 | Mobile Presence Detection - Novel tools and techniques for collecting and using presence information. In accordance with some techniques, a presence detection device (“PDD”) at a customer premises and/or another computer (such as a control server) can identify and/or authenticate a user. Once identified and/or authenticated, the user's profiles and/or media content may be sent to the PDD, and/or access to the user's profiles and/or media content may be provided to the PDD. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168344 | Video Mail Capture, Processing and Distribution - Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing video mail capture, processing, and distribution. In response to a first video calling device receiving a video call from a caller at a second video calling device, the first video calling device, which is associated with a user or callee, might determine whether the user is available to answer the video call. If not, one of the first or second video calling devices might prompt the caller to leave a videomail message, and might record and upload the videomail message to a server over a network for post-processing and/or storage. A notification may be sent to the user regarding the videomail message. The user may be provided with options to view the videomail message and/or to respond to the videomail message. In some cases, the first and second video calling devices might be of different make or model. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168453 | Video Capture, Processing and Distribution System - Novel tools and techniques for implementing remote control of image and video capture devices, and/or for implementing remote control of processing and sharing functions associated with captured image and/or video data. In accordance with some techniques, a first image capture device (“ICD”) at a customer premises and/or another computer (such as a control server) can identify and/or authenticate a user. Once identified and/or authenticated, the user is provided options to remotely control one or more second ICDs over the network. The user may also be provided options for displaying, processing, creating time lapse videos of, or sharing captured image data or video data. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173675 | Distributed Infrastructure - Novel tools and techniques for implementing distributed infrastructure are provided. In some techniques, a plurality of user devices, each at a customer premises, can provide video calling services over a network. In some embodiments, each of one or more user devices might be established as a distributed infrastructure element for cloud computing, cloud-based application hosting, and/or cloud-based data storage. One or more software applications, customer data, and/or media content (collectively, “hosted content”) might be provided to the one or more user devices for hosting thereon. Resource usage information and/or network connectivity information might be collected for each user device, and suitability of a user device to host the hosted content might be determined based at least in part on the collected resource usage information and/or network connectivity information. One or more courses of action may be determined, and invoked, based on performance metrics of the user devices. | 06-19-2014 |
20140333713 | Video Calling and Conferencing Addressing - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing video calling and conferencing addressing. A computer might receive a call request from a caller. The call request might include a callee address in a first protocol. In some cases, the callee address might include a uniform resource locator (“URL”) associated with the callee, and the first protocol might be hypertext transfer protocol (“HTTP”). The computer might determine a callee at a calling destination based at least in part on the URL associated with the callee or callee's device(s), and might establish a voice or video call between the caller and the callee based at least in part on the URL associated with the callee (or callee's device(s)). In some cases, the computer might map the callee address in a second protocol (e.g., SIP, XMPP, PSTN protocol, etc.) different from the first protocol, and might call the callee using the second protocol. | 11-13-2014 |
20140359647 | Monitoring, Trend Estimation, and User Recommendations - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing media content monitoring, trend estimation of media content, and/or recommendation generation for media content. In some embodiments, media content—including, without limitation, movies, television programs, music, video games, and/or the like—may be presented to a user(s) via a content recommendation device (“CRD”), and information regarding such presented media content may be monitored and sent to a server for analysis. The user(s) (as well as the user(s)'s reactions) may be monitored, and such monitored data may also be sent to the server for analysis. The server might generate (and present to the user(s)) recommendations of one or more media content based at least in part on each of one or more of the monitored media content, the monitored user(s), information regarding media content presented to other users via other CRDs, trend information for a plurality of media content, and/or the like. | 12-04-2014 |
20140375752 | Virtual Window - Novel tools and techniques are provided for displaying video. In some embodiments, novel tools and techniques might be provided for sensing the presence and/or position of a user in a room, and/or for customizing displayed content (including video call content, media content, and/or the like) based on the sensed presence and/or position of the user. In particular, in some aspects, a user device (which might include, without limitation, a video calling device, an image capture device, a gaming console, etc.) might determine a position of a user relative to a display device in communication with the user device. The user device and/or a control server (in communication with the user device over a network) might adjust an apparent view of video or image(s) displayed on the display device, based at least in part on the determined position of the user relative to the display device. | 12-25-2014 |
20150026708 | Physical Presence and Advertising - Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing presence detection and/or advertising based on detected presence and/or based on monitored media content or monitored users. In some embodiments, media content—including, without limitation, movies, television programs, music, video games, and/or the like—may be presented to a user(s) via a presence detection device (“PDD”), and information regarding such presented media content may be monitored and sent to a server for analysis. The user(s) (and the user(s)'s reactions) may be monitored, and such monitored data may also be sent to the server for analysis. The server might determine (and present to the user(s)) at least one advertisement, based at least in part on each of one or more of the monitored media content, the monitored user(s), presence information of the user(s), user profile of the user(s), demographic group(s) of each user, and/or the like. | 01-22-2015 |
20150070516 | Automatic Content Filtering - Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing presence detection and/or automatic content filtering of media content based on detected presence of users. In some embodiments, media content—including, without limitation, movies, television programs, music, video games, and/or the like—may be presented to a user(s) via a presence detection device (“PDD”). The PDD and/or a server over a network may collect presence information of a user(s), and may determine, based on the presence information of the user(s), whether (and how) at least one portion of the media content should be filtered or censored. Based on a determination that at least one portion of the media content should be filtered or censored, the PDD and/or the server might implement filtering or censoring of the at least one portion of the media content prior to presentation of (the at least one portion of) the media content to the user(s). | 03-12-2015 |