Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080233372 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR TURBINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A composite material for use in turbine support structures. The composite material may include a first material having a positive coefficient of thermal expansion and a second material having a negative coefficient of thermal expansion, a negative Poisson ratio, or both a negative coefficient of thermal expansion and a negative Poisson ratio. | 09-25-2008 |
20080286099 | Steam turbine exhaust hood and method of fabricating the same - A method of fabricating an exhaust hood is provided for use with a turbine engine. The method includes providing an upper shell casing wherein the upper shell casing is fabricated from a composite material, and coupling the upper shell casing to a lower shell casing such that a turbine is housed within the exhaust hood, the shell casing is fabricated from a composite material. A turbine assembly is also provided. | 11-20-2008 |
20090011173 | Edge Stiffened Polymeric Corrugated Sheet Material - Edge stiffened corrugated polymeric sheet material can be utilized as storm panels for mounting about a perimeter surface of an opening so as to protect the opening from wind and impact loads. The panels can include a corrugated sheet material having a corrugated contiguous band horizontally extending at about an end of the top and the bottom, wherein the corrugated contiguous band is complementary and contiguous to the plurality of corrugations of the corrugated sheet panel. The complementary and contiguous corrugated band can be configured to sandwich the sheet material. The panel may also include, individually or in combination, a contiguous band sandwiching the polymeric sheet material at a terminal end of each side and extending vertically from the top to the bottom. The panels provide wind and impact load protection for the opening. | 01-08-2009 |
20090130420 | Polymeric Foams with Nanocellular Morphology and Methods for Making Them - Polymeric foams having nanocellular morphology are formed from a polymeric material having structural units derived from 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(hydroxyphenyl)phthalimidine compound. The foams include a plurality of cells having an average diameter of less than 1 micron. Processes for forming the foams include melting a polymeric material having structural units derived from 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(hydroxyphenyl)phthalimidine compounds; diffusing a blowing agent into the polymeric material to form a mixture; nucleating bubbles in the mixture is at a sufficient temperature and pressure to enable the production of cells having an average diameter of less than 1 micron; stabilizing the cells; and forming the mixture into a desired shape. | 05-21-2009 |
20090148665 | NANO-CELLULAR POLYMER FOAM AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEM - A nano-cellular polymer foam is disclosed, which has an average pore size from about 10 nanometers to about 500 nanometers; and a foam density that is from about 1 percent to about 50 percent of the bulk density of the material of the nano-cellular foam. | 06-11-2009 |
20090168176 | Reflective Polymeric Article and Manufacture - A method of making a reflective polymer article comprising: (a) contacting a polymer material with a foaming agent; (b) foaming in the material under conditions sufficient to form reflective polymer article having gas cells and polymer gas interfaces between the cells; wherein the reflective polymer article has a metallic or reflective property. | 07-02-2009 |
20110020612 | EDGE STIFFENED POLYMERIC CORRUGATED SHEET MATERIAL - Edge stiffened corrugated polymeric sheet material can be utilized as storm panels for mounting about a perimeter surface of an opening so as to protect the opening from wind and impact loads. The panels can include a corrugated sheet material having a corrugated contiguous band horizontally extending at about an end of the top and the bottom, wherein the corrugated contiguous band is complementary and contiguous to the plurality of corrugations of the corrugated sheet panel. The complementary and contiguous corrugated band can be configured to sandwich the sheet material. The panel may also include, individually or in combination, a contiguous band sandwiching the polymeric sheet material at a terminal end of each side and extending vertically from the top to the bottom. The panels provide wind and impact load protection for the opening. | 01-27-2011 |
20110060067 | SILOXANE BLOCK COPOLYMER NANOPOROUS FOAMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a foam that includes a polysiloxane block copolymer; the polysiloxane block copolymer including a first block that comprises a polysiloxane block and a second block that includes an organic polymer; the second block not containing a polysiloxane; the polysiloxane block being about 5 to about 45 repeat units; the foam having average pore sizes of less than or equal to about 100 nanometers. | 03-10-2011 |
20120042599 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING PANELS - Disclosed herein are connectors for panels. In one embodiment a panel connector comprises, a connector comprising a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, and wherein the rib-hinging geometry is capable of expanding in area. In another embodiment, a panel assembly is disclosed. The panel assembly comprises, a connector comprising a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, a socket comprising an internal geometry, wherein the connector can be assembled to the internal geometry, and wherein the rib-hinging geometry is capable of expanding in area. | 02-23-2012 |
20120260598 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING PANELS - Disclosed herein are connectors for panels. In one embodiment a panel connector comprises, a connector comprising a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, and wherein the rib-hinging geometry is capable of expanding in area. In another embodiment, a panel assembly is disclosed. The panel assembly comprises, a connector comprising a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, a socket comprising an internal geometry, wherein the connector can be assembled to the internal geometry, and wherein the rib-hinging geometry is capable of expanding in area. | 10-18-2012 |
20130017361 | MULTIWALL SHEET, METHODS OF MAKING, AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE MULTIWALL SHEETAANM Thiagarajan; ChinniahAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Thiagarajan; Chinniah Bangalore INAANM Kulmi; UditAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Kulmi; Udit Bangalore INAANM Rajendran; Santhosh KumarAACI TamilnaduAACO INAAGP Rajendran; Santhosh Kumar Tamilnadu IN - A multiwall sheet can comprise walls, wherein the walls include: a first wall; a second wall; and a transverse wall, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the transverse wall extend longitudinally; and a rib extending between adjacent walls, wherein a layer is formed by two adjacent walls; wherein the layer is filled with a nanoporous foam material; and wherein the multiwall sheet comprises a normalized thermal conductivity value of less than or equal to 1.00 W·m/kg·K. A method of making a multiwall sheet can comprise coextruding the multiwall sheet described above with a nanoporous foam material; wherein the layer is filled with a nanoporous foam material during coextrusion. | 01-17-2013 |
20130052429 | MULTIWALL SHEET AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A multiwall sheet can comprise plastic walls, wherein the walls comprise a first wall; a second wall; and a transverse wall, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the transverse wall extend longitudinally; and a rib extending between adjacent walls; and a sound insulating material disposed in an area between two adjacent walls, wherein the sound insulating material has a velocity of sound greater than the velocity of sound of the plastic walls. A method of sound insulating a structure can comprise: filling the multiwall sheet with a sound insulating material; and attaching the multiwall sheet to the structure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130089710 | MULTIWALL SHEET, METHODS OF MAKING, AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE MULTIWALL SHEET - A multiwall sheet comprises a sheet, comprising walls, wherein the walls comprise a first wall; a second wall; and an outermost rib extending between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the first wall extends longitudinally past the outermost rib to a first wall end and wherein the second wall extends longitudinally past the outermost rib to a second wall end; and an end cap comprising a top wall having a top wall end, a bottom wall having a bottom wall end, and a connecting wall disposed between the top wall end and the bottom wall end; wherein the end cap is disposed over the first wall end and the second wall end and wherein the top wall and the bottom wall extend longitudinally along the first wall and the second wall past the outermost rib. | 04-11-2013 |