Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 12/08

20080314497 - Vacuum bag frame assembly for the manufacturing of fibre-reinforced composite panels: A solution to some of the problems related to manufacturing of fibre-reinforced composite panels is to provide a vacuum bag frame assembly for use in the production of fibre-reinforced composite panels, where the vacuum bag frame assembly comprises a tubular centre frame, a first vacuum bag frame holding an integrated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080314498 - Apparatus and method for ultrasonic processing of laminates: A method for ultrasonic debulking a composite laminate (105) includes the steps of defining a path (115) across the laminate, the path having a starting location and an ending location and applying a force (109) to and transmitting ultrasonic vibration (111) into the laminate along the path, beginning at the... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20080314499 - Apparatus for conforming a planar film on an optical lens, method for functionalizing an optical lens by means of said apparatus, the optical lens so-obtained: The present invention relates to an apparatus for conforming a functionalized flexible planar film on an optical lens. The apparatus according to the invention may also be used in a process of functionalization of an optical lens. As a factor of the functionalization that one wishes to introduce into said... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080314500 - Process for preparation of a multilayer coating sheet: The invention relates to process for the preparation of a visual properties-matching multilayer coating sheet comprising the steps of a) determining the visual property data of a surface to be matched in visual properties; b) transmitting the data from step a) to a system configured to receive such data, and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080314501 - Tool and method for heat sealing lidstock: A heat sealing tool for sealing a lidstock to a rigid polymeric container comprising a well and a flange with a curved upper sealing surface and a lower surface wherein the tool comprises a first plate adapted to contact the lower surface of the flange and a second plate adapted... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20080314502 - Method for providing hermetic electrical feedthrough: A method for fabricating the hermetic electrical feedthrough. The method comprises providing a ceramic sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, forming at least one via hole in said ceramic sheet extending from said upper surface to said lower surface, inserting a conductive thickfilm paste into said via... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20080314503 - Machine and method for applying a tread to a tyre carcass: A machine (1) and method for applying a tread (2) to a carcass (3) of a tire (4); the machine (1) has a rotary drum (5) supporting the carcass (3), a feed conveyor (6) for feeding the tread (2) to the rotary drum (5), a pressure roller (7) contacting the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080314504 - Method and plant for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels: A method and a plant for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels. The method includes the steps of: a) building in a building station a substantially cylindrical carcass structure; b) manufacturing in a finishing station a substantially cylindrical sleeve including a tread band applied at a radially outer position with respect... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080314505 - Method for manufacturing tire rubber member: A method for manufacturing a tire rubber member, the method comprising: spirally winding a rubber ribbon including a first rubber portion and a second rubber portion, each composed of a rubber having different physical characteristics and joined to each other with a boundary face extending therebetween along a longitudinal direction... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080314506 - Biocompatible electroplated interconnection bonding method and electronics package suitable for implantation: The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain... Agent: Tomas Lendvai, Ph.d. Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20080314507 - Ic chip manufacturing method: The invention is a method for producing an IC chip, which comprises; at least a step 1 of fixing a wafer in a support plate by sticking the wafer to the gas generating agent-containing face of a pressure sensitive adhesive double-faced tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer containing a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080314508 - Method of protecting a bond layer in a substrate support adapted for use in a plasma processing system: A method of protecting a bond layer in a substrate support adapted for use in a plasma processing system. The method includes the steps of attaching an upper member of a substrate support to a lower member of a substrate support with a bonding material. An adhesive is applied to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080314509 - Method for assembling a motor vehicle axle of the type provided with suspension arms and a cross-member mounted between said arms, and corresponding axle: A method for assembling a motor vehicle axle including suspension arms and a cross-member mounted between the arms. The method applys an adhesive element on at least one portion of the cross-member, mounts the portion inside a bore of one of the suspension arms to as to leave a clearance... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080314510 - Method of making and using shape memory polymer composite patches: A method of repairing a composite component having a damaged area including: laying a composite patch over the damaged area; activating the shape memory polymer resin to easily and quickly mold said patch to said damaged area; deactivating said shape memory polymer so that said composite patch retains the molded... Agent: Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.

20080314511 - Transfer film, decorative film and method for manufacturing decorating product as well as decorating product: With respect to a transfer film 1 in which a design layer 5 for transfer is formed through a peeling layer 4 on a base material sheet 2, and further the design layer 5 is coated with an adhesive layer 6, a second design layer 8 is additionally printed on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080314512 - Device and method for coating a metallic support material: Apparatus for coating a metal support material with a coating material in the form of a web, having a feed device (4) for feeding the support material to a coating bay and having a coating roller (7) cooperating with a counter-pressure roller (8) in order to adhere the metal support... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080314513 - Device for imparting a pattern onto the surface of work pieces: The invention concerns a device for imparting a pattern onto a surface of work pieces, which consist preferably at least partially of wood, wood materials, plastics or the like, with a printing unit, a sheet feed unit to feed a sheet-like material along printing unit, so that the sheet-like material... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080314514 - Front-projection screen with subsurface diffusion targets: An apparatus, system, and method for a front-projection screen having a subsurface diffusion target are disclosed herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080314515 - Joining structure of metal works: There are provided an adhesive-agent disposing step of disposing the adhesive agent, a first curing step of curing part of the adhesive agent disposed (including an adhesive-agent-disposition providing step of the present invention), a painting step of coating a paint on the works, and a heating step (a second curing... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080314517 - Alternative polyolefin composite veil/compatibilizing mat materials: A compatibilized polyolefin/polyolefin composite material includes a polyolefin/polyolefin composite substrate and a reinforcing mat formed from reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic polymer powder. The mat may also incorporate an optional emulsion polymer binder. In addition the compatibilized polyolefin/polyolefin composite material may incorporate an additional film layer so that the mat... Agent: Owens Corning

20080314516 - Method for manufacturing lightweight composite fairing bar: A lightweight composite fairing bar (14) for use in fabricating a composite component (16) of an aircraft. The fairing bar (14) includes a core (18) and an elongated outer shell (20) surrounding the core (18). The outer shell (20) is comprised of a laminate material, and the core (18) is... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20080314518 - Aqueous two-component organoalkoxysilane composition: The present invention relates to aqueous two-component adhesion promoter compositions and also to their use in methods of adhesive bonding or sealing. Additionally it relates to packaging consisting of the two-component composition and also a pack having two chambers. The two-component adhesion promoter composition is composed of a first component... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080314519 - Toughened cyanoacrylate compositions: This invention relates to cyanoacrylate-containing compositions that include, in addition to the cyanoacrylate component, a rubber toughening component, which is substantially clear and colorless and which is substantially free of release agents and anti-oxidants known to impair the fixture speeds and shelf life stability of cyanoacrylate compositions to which they... Agent: Loctite Corporation

20080314520 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device, and storage medium: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. In the method, a connection hole such as a via hole is formed in an interlayer insulating film by plasma etching with high etching uniformity regardless of the array density of connection holes. In the method, an upper layer... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080314521 - Device with self aligned gaps for capacitance reduction: A method for reducing capacitances between semiconductor device wirings is provided. A sacrificial layer is formed over a dielectric layer. A plurality of features are etched into the sacrificial layer and dielectric layer. The features are filled with a filler material. The sacrificial layer is removed, so that parts of... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080314522 - Apparatus and method to confine plasma and reduce flow resistance in a plasma reactor: An apparatus configured to confine a plasma within a processing region in a plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a ring that has a baffle having a plurality of slots and a plurality of fingers. Each slot is configured to have a width less than the thickness... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080314523 - Gas supply mechanism and substrate processing apparatus: A processing gas supply hole is constituted with a gas outlet hole formed at an electrode plate and a gas injection hole formed at a processing gas supply mechanism main unit. At the gas injection hole, a processing gas having flowed in on the upstream side is injected toward the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080314524 - Method for single line tire ply construction: A method for positioning an end of a cord line at a target location on an annular tire building surface, includes positioning a cord line segment over the target location; tensioning the cord line segment between leading and trailing segment ends; and severing the cord line segment at a point... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080314525 - Web lamination system: An extrusion system is provided. The extrusion system includes a first extrusion assembly and a second extrusion assembly. The first extrusion assembly is configured to continuously form a first extruded web while the second extrusion assembly is configured to continuously extrude a second extruded web. The first and second extrusion... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080314526 - Hole punch with automatic reinforcement ring placement: Hole punch apparatus which automatically places a reinforcement ring precisely around each punched hole concurrently with the creation of each hole and using the same motion that punches the holes. In a preferred embodiment, the punch shaft has a ring compression disk affixed around it at a location above the... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20080314527 - Sealer for test sample devices: A sealer for a sample testing instrument is disclosed that cuts and seals a fluid conduit that connects a test sample device with a fluid receptacle containing a fluid sample. The sealer includes an enclosure and a protective shield to protect a user or technician from contact with the cutting... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080308209 - Thin film production method and apparatus: A method for forming a thin film material which comprises depositing solid particles from a flowing suspension or aerosol onto a filter and next adhering the solid particles to a second substrate using an adhesive.... Agent: Materials And Electrochemincal Research (mer) Corp

20080308210 - Process development protocol and vacuum bag process for carbon-epoxy prepreg: A protocol for determining process parameters for debulking composite laminates is established using a standardized a double vacuum debulk (DVD) process. This allows for the development of a rapid fabrication process for thick laminates of toughened carbon/epoxy composite materials. For rework, a single piece multilayer patch is made available for... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20080308211 - Assembly of aircraft components: A method is provided for preparing a first part for assembly to form an aircraft component, by applying a shim to a first surface of the first part, the method comprising the steps of placing the first surface of the part adjacent to a second surface of a second part,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080308212 - Toughened adhesive material: An adhesive material and articles incorporating the same is disclosed. The adhesive material includes at least three of epoxy resin; impact modifier; flexibilizer, blowing agent; curing agent; and filler. The adhesive material is preferably used for structural adhesion but may be used for sealing, baffling or reinforcing an article of... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080308213 - Apparatus and method for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece: An apparatus for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece includes: (a) drives and guides cooperating to drive the workpiece along a working path; (b) a cutter for severing the workpiece; (c) a layer manipulator for separating layers; (d) an applicator for applying adhesive; and (e) a deflector unit for deflecting the... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20080308214 - Use of a particular composition for producing parts by filament winding: The invention relates to the use of a composition for producing parts by filament winding, which comprises at least one type of resin formulation containing at least one type of thermosetting resin, at least one type of miscible rheology regulating agent which provides the composition with a viscosity difference whose... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20080308215 - Corrugating machine and method of producing corrugated cardboard: In a corrugating machine and a method of producing corrugated cardboard, provision is made for a marking device by means of which a color mark is applied by rubbing off a solid coloring agent, the color mark being detected by means of a detection device in order to easily and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080308216 - Manufacturing method of electro optical device: A manufacturing method of an electro optical device includes drawing a seal material in adjacent substrate forming areas on a first large size substrate and bonding a second large size substrate to the first large size substrate via the seal material. During drawing of the seal material, the seal material... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20080308217 - Method for producing hemmed joint structure: A method for producing a hemmed joint structure having a second member placed on a first member and an edge of the first member bent over the second member to join the two members with each other. In this method, there is provided an flange part jutting out from an... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080308218 - Method and device for producing winding liner with spacer for unvulcanized strip rubber member, and method and device for producing spacer member for winding: Provided is a method and device for producing, efficiently with high productivity, a winding liner with a spacer for an unvulcanized strip rubber member as well as a method and device for producing a spacer member for the winding liner. A plate-shaped strip material (RW) is unwound from a material... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080308219 - Mirror reflective element and method of forming same: A method for forming a reflective element substrate for a mirror assembly of a vehicle includes generally continuously forming an elongated sheet of substrate material and applying a substantially transparent functional film to a surface of the elongated sheet. The substantially transparent functional film is unrolled from a reel or... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080308220 - In-mold forming mold, in-mold forming apparatus, and in-mold forming method: A film coated with a metal foil is embossed beforehand by a film shaping male mold to impart to the film a shape conformed to a formed article. The film shaping male mold and an injection molding male mold are slid, and injection molding is performed, with the embossed film... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080308221 - Method and system for removing tape from substrates: A method for removing tape from a substrate includes the step of detecting an actual distance between a peel head and the tape on the substrate, and a location of an edge of the substrate. The method also includes the steps of moving the peel head in a first direction... Agent: Stephen A. Gratton

20080308222 - Nanoparticulate preparation: The invention relates to nanoparticulate preparations containing at least one mixed metal oxide in the form of supramagnetic, nanoscale particles, methods for heating such a preparation, and methods for producing and dissolving adhesive compounds on the basis of said preparations.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080308223 - Electronic component and manufacturing method thereof: It is possible to prevent defects arising when resin-sealing electronic components, caused by leakage defects, resin interfusion defects, or the like, and it is possible to easily resin-seal a number of electronic components all together. There is provided a method of manufacturing electronic components on which SAW chips are mounted... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080308224 - Flexible shape low volume autoclave: Techniques and apparatus for providing a flexible shape low volume autoclave are disclosed. In one embodiment, an autoclave includes an elongated pressure vessel that is sealed on both ends and has a circumferential joint between a first portion and a second portion. The autoclave further includes the portions defining an... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080308225 - Adhesive composition suitable to be applied by screen printing: c

20080308226 - Two-component curable solventless adhesive: To provide a two-component curable solventless adhesive which enables a laminated composite film comprising a barrier layer and a plastic film laminated with each other to maintain excellent appearance and adhesive strength for a long period even after a sterilization treatment at high temperature, and to appropriately adjust a reaction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080308227 - Adhesion of fluorosilicone rubber: A method for the adhesion of a layer of fluorosilicone rubber which is curable using a non-hydrosilylation curing process to a layer of silicone rubber which contains substantially no perfluoroalkyl groups and which is curable using a non-hydrosilylation curing processes described. The comprises the steps incorporating either a hydrosilylation catalyst... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080308229 - Electrode assembly and plasma processing chamber utilizing thermally conductive gasket and o-rings: The present invention relates generally to plasma processing and, more particularly, to plasma processing chambers and electrode assemblies used therein. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electrode assembly is provided comprising a thermal control plate, a silicon-based showerhead electrode, a thermally conductive gasket, and a plurality of... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20080308228 - Showerhead electrode assemblies for plasma processing apparatuses: Showerhead electrode assemblies are disclosed, which include a showerhead electrode adapted to be mounted in an interior of a vacuum chamber; an optional backing plate attached to the showerhead electrode; a thermal control plate attached to the backing plate or to the showerhead electrode at multiple contact points across the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080308230 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus 1, in which a substrate W is mounted on a mounting table 11 in a processing chamber 10 and processing gas supplied in the processing chamber 10 is made into plasma to a perform plasma treatment on the substrate W, wherein the mounting table 11 has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080308231 - Flexible substrate bonding and debonding apparatus: A flexible substrate bonding and debonding apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes i) a chamber, ii) a lower chuck disposed in a lower portion of the chamber and having a lower heating unit and a cooling conduit built therein, iii) an upper chuck disposed above the lower... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080308232 - Method and apparatus for detecting exposed metal cords in an elastomeric strip: A method and apparatus for detecting exposed and partially separated metal cords 17 in a cut end of a metallic cord reinforced strip 17 includes the steps of conveying and cutting the strip 17 and separating the cut ends and passing the conveyed cut strip 17 past a sensor means... Agent: David L. King, Sr.

20080308233 - Apparatus for manufacturing single faced corrugated pasteboard: The present invention relates to a single faced corrugated pasteboard manufacturing apparatus. To considerably reduce running costs and insufficient bonding of a single faced corrugated pasteboard sheet and occurrence of wrinkles due to an enlargement in machine width, there is provided a single faced corrugated pasteboard manufacturing apparatus for corrugating... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080308235 - Apparatus for applying sleeve labels comprised of heat-shrinkable plastic material: An apparatus for applying sleeve labels made of heat-shrinkable plastic material, includes at least a station (1) providing an opening element (7) for a sleeve label (5) arriving from an application head and for putting the sleeve label (5) about the body of an object (4), an element or dish... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080308234 - Hot-air fabric welder for waterproofing tape: A hot-air fabric welder for waterproofing tape is invented for selectively welding straight portions and arc portions. The hot-air fabric welder for waterproof tape is comprised of: a lower roller unit including a flat roller portion and a tapered roller portion mounted to the upper end of a support. The... Agent: Gwips Peter T. Kwon

20080308236 - Friction heating for joining dissimilar materials: One side of a metal sheet is joined to a polymer layer by applying heat to a joining area on the opposite side of the metal. The heat flows through the thin metal to activate a thermoplastic material or heat setting polymer into a bond with the metal. The method... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080308237 - Tape dispenser with protector: A hand-held device for transferring a film of material from a backing tape onto a substrate that includes a housing having a first housing member and a second housing member, as well as an application member around which the tape is guided and which is designed to be pressed against... Agent: Jones Day

20080302460 - Method and system for manufacturing garments with support panels: A method for garment manufacture fixes a smaller panel to a larger piece of body fabric using adhesive to form a panel/body fabric assembly that provides at least one of smoothness, fit adjustability, support and/or control to the a garment. The adhesive is applied to a predetermined limited region of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080302461 - Transparent colored high modulus interlayers and laminates therefrom: A process for preparing a transparent laminate comprising a colored interlayer and a rigid sheet, comprising: (a) forming a color concentrate comprising a thermoplastic ionomer copolymer and about 1 to about 10 wt % (based on the total weight of the color concentrate) of pigment by: (i) combining (a) one... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080302462 - Method of making coated glass article, and intermediate product used in same: In certain example embodiments of this invention, there is provided a method of making a window, the method including: forming a multi-layered low-E and/or solar control coating on a glass substrate; providing at least two flexible protective sheets in non-liquid form to the glass substrate over at least part of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080302463 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels: In a method for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, a green tyre, once formed, is transferred into a vulcanisation mould and pressed against the holding walls of a moulding cavity. Concurrently with the pressing step, a fluid present between the green tyre and the holding walls is evacuated through vent... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080302464 - Producing method of steel cord ply, steel cord ply, and pneumatic tire using the same: A producing method of a steel cord play includes first and second topping steps. In the first topping step, a first topping rubber is concentrically attached to a periphery of each steel cords. With this, steel cords having rubber which are pre-coated with the first topping rubber are formed. In... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080302465 - Tire design method: In a tire design method, a numerical optimization is performed according to a basis vector process using an FEM model to obtain an optimal solution which optimizes an objective function for a tread pattern shape. A numerical optimization is performed according to an ECAT using the FEM model to obtain... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080302466 - Tire design method: A tire is designed using a tire FEM model by obtaining an optimal solution for a tire structure which optimizes an objective function with a tread pattern shape kept fixed and performing a numerical optimization for obtaining an optimal solution for the tread pattern shape which optimizes the objective function... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080302467 - Pressure resistant vibration absorbing hose: A pressure resistant vibration absorbing hose has a hose body including an inner surface rubber layer, a reinforcing layer and an outer surface rubber layer and a joint fitting including a rigid insert pipe and a socket fitting. The joint fitting is attached to a swaged portion of an axial... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080302468 - Multilayer printed wiring boards with holes requiring copper wrap plate: Printed circuit boards have circuit layers with one or more via filled holes with copper wraps and methods of manufacturing the same. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method to enhance the consistency of the wraparound plating of through-hole vias of printed circuit boards with (requiring) via filling... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080302469 - Method for producing a closure arrangement for a vehicle opening: The invention relates to a method which is used to produce an arrangement for closing an opening of a vehicle. A sealed cavity is formed between a disk (10) and a splitter protection element (12), wherein a transparent sealing compound (14) is introduced in order to connect the splitter protection... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080302470 - Transfer sheets: In a transfer sheet which comprises a support and a transfer layer releasable from the support, the transfer layer comprises (i) an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support and (ii) a masking layer formed on the adhesive layer and containing a masking agent and a binder resin... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080302471 - Composition comprising benzoxazine and epoxy resin: The instant invention relates to compositions comprising a benzoxazine resin and an advancement resin based on bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and bisphenol S and, optionally, ferrocene and aluminium trihydrate. Such compositions are, when cured to form polymeric networks, difficultly inflammable and resistant to high temperatures. Such compositions may especially be... Agent: Huntsman Advanced Materials ( Switzerland) Gmbh

20080302472 - Process for making a laminate, and process for making a carton from the laminate: wherein the non-aqueous adhesive layer is applied by extrusion between the plastic film and the paperboard to form the laminate, and wherein the process further comprises the step of printing inks onto the surface oxidation treated surface of the plastic film either before or after the extrusion lamination step; and... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080302473 - Method of image transfer on a colored base: The present invention includes an image transfer sheet. The image transfer sheet comprises a release layer and a polymer layer. One or more of the release layer and the polymer layer comprise titanium oxide or other white pigment.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20080302474 - Friction heating for joining dissimilar materials: One side of a metal sheet is joined to a polymer layer by applying heat to a joining area on the opposite side of the metal. The heat flows through the thin metal to activate a thermoplastic material or heat setting polymer into a bond with the metal. The method... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080302475 - Methods and apparatus for appying apliques: Methods and apparatus for creating decorative multi-layer appliqué patterns for garments or other items are disclosed. In some aspects, the invention includes cutting a first pattern out of a first material to form a bottom layer, cutting a composite of the first pattern and a second pattern out of a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080302476 - Method to bond plastic end caps to porous filtration bodies: A bonding method for a filtration unit for bonding a polymeric end cap to a porous filter element body includes providing a polymeric end cap of a filtration unit, providing a porous filter element body and positioning a hot melt adhesive element and a metal element between the porous filter... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Intellectual Property Department

20080302477 - Apparatus and method for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material: An apparatus for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material is provided that includes an un-heated hopper having an inlet for receiving particles of a thermoplastic material and an outlet for discharging the particles and a heated manifold including at least one cavity formed therein and having an inlet and an outlet... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20080302478 - Adhesive agent and inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is an adhesive agent which is curable and has flexibility at low temperature, and further has resistant to solvent type ink. The adhesive agent includes a base and an activator, wherein the base includes at least any one of: bisphenol F epoxy compound; bisphenol F epoxy compound mixed with... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080302479 - Multiphase acrylic adhesives: The invention relates to cured (meth)acrylate based adhesive composition, comprising at least two co-continuous phases of interpenetrating networks and at least two types of polymeric inclusions, in which one of the co-continuous phases comprises a polymer or copolymer based on at least one acrylic or methacrylic acid monomer or a... Agent: Huntsman International LLC

20080302481 - Method and apparatus for debonding of structures which are bonded together, including (but not limited to) debonding of semiconductor wafers from carriers when the bonding is effected by double-sided adhesive tape: When heat or UV radiation is applied to an adhesive tape (130) which bonds a semiconductor wafer (110) to a carrier (120), the appropriate lift-off time for separating the wafer from the carrier is determined by monitoring the thickness (T or ΔT) of the wafer/tape/carrier sandwich. When the thickness or... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080302480 - Method and apparatus for using tapes to remove materials from substrate surfaces: To peel some material (120) off a substrate (110), a shaft (720) pushes on a peeling tape (130) to unwind the peeling tape from the tape supply (320). An end effector (820) holds the substrate (110) on top of the peeling tape's section above the shaft. The peeling tape becomes... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080302482 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing part which processes a substrate and a particle remover which generates an electric field. The particle remover generates the electric field adjacent to a sidewall of a chamber of the substrate processing apparatus, and the electric field guides particles formed during which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080302483 - Motorized cut and feed head: A motorized head for applying fiber composite material to an application surface includes a drive roll and a backup roll for feeding fiber composite material toward the application surface, a compaction roll for pressing fiber composite material onto the application surface, and a restart pinch roll assembly located between the... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080302484 - Method and apparatus for laser welding thermoplastic resin members: A method and apparatus for welding members formed of thermoplastic resin material, with high welding strength and small strength variations. A laser welding apparatus 1 brings a first member 2 formed of a transmissive thermoplastic resin that transmits a laser beam into contact with a second member 3 formed of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080302485 - Mandrel for manufacturing hose: A mandrel for use in a crosshead extrusion process for manufacturing hose. The mandrel includes a core composed of a high tensile strength material; a tie layer disposed around and adhering to the core and an elongated cylindrical body disposed around the tie layer. The body is composed of a... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20080302486 - Fibre placement tool: A fibre placement tool comprising a plurality of tool segments, each tool segment having an outer surface defining a predetermined profile, each tool segment being removably mounted on at least one elongate shaft.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080302487 - Mesh dispenser: A dispensing device configured to operate with an adhesive backed mesh and backing film for tissue bonding is disclosed. The dispensing device provides for low-friction, low force pay-out of a desired length of an adhesive backed mesh to a wound site. The device prevents or eliminates distortion of the mesh... Agent: Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione

20080302488 - Label peeling apparatus: A label peeling apparatus (100) includes a case (10), a power device (20), a tape driving mechanism (30) and a peeling member (60). The power device is mounted on the case. The tape driving mechanism is mounted on the case and driven by the power device. The tape driving mechanism... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080295947 - Method for ultrasonic welding and ultrasonic welding fastener and joining systems: There is provided a method for forming joints between components, comprising selecting the components; selecting an ultrasound emitting source; and exposing a region of contact between the components to ultrasounds emitted by the ultrasound emitting source, to form a melted phase, a structural interface at the region of the joint... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080295948 - Method for producing crystallographically-oriented ceramic: A method for producing a crystallographically-oriented ceramic includes the steps of forming a first sheet with a thickness of 10 μm or less containing a first inorganic material in which grain growth occurs at a first temperature or higher and a second sheet containing a second inorganic material in which... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080295949 - Production method of multilayer electronic device: A production method of a multilayer electronic device, comprising the steps of forming a lower side green sheet 10a including at least a ceramic powder on a supporting body 20; forming an electrode pattern layer 12a on a surface of the lower side green sheet; forming a green chip by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080295950 - Open grid fabric resin infusion media and reinforcing composite lamina: An open grid fabric resin infusion medium and reinforcing composite lamina used in the manufacture of fiber reinforced polymer resin composites. The use of the open grid fabric as at least one of a composite lamina provides significant improvements in both the resin infusion rate and resin distribution uniformity throughout... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20080295951 - Spiral reverse osmosis membrane element, method of manufacturing the same, and its use method: A spiral reverse osmosis membrane element that improves impregnation property of a sealing resin at edges of a membrane leaf and can effectively prevent micro-leaks, by using, for example, a porous support having a structure capable of sufficiently impregnating therein a sealing resin, a method for manufacturing the same, and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080295952 - Automatic labeling and packaging system label folding and application: A method of labeling of a container including a medication includes, in at least one embodiment, reducing the size of the label using a label apparatus and reducing the label size using the label apparatus, applying a surface securing adhesive to at least one surface securing section of the label... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080295953 - Device and method for sheathing a ply of threads: A device for continuously sheathing a ply of threads, said ply being formed by an array of approximately mutually parallel threads (F). The device comprises a thread guide (35), a coating chamber (31) into which a first feed channel (10) and a second feed channel (20) run, which are independent... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080295954 - End effector and methods for constructing composite members: An end effector, and methods for constructing composite members, in which a compaction roller and redirect rollers translate synchronously along the compaction axis. Additionally, the end effector includes an advantageous arrangement of spools and rollers that directs tow to the redirect rollers at substantially a right angle. Movement of the... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080295955 - Composite materials: A composite material, the composite material comprising at least one prepreg, said prepreg comprising at least one polymeric resin and at least one fibrous reinforcement; and conducting particles dispersed in the polymeric resin.... Agent: W. Mark Beilawski, Esq. Hexcel Corporation

20080295956 - Method and device for laminating essentially plate-shaped workpieces under the effect of pressure and heat: A method and a device for laminating essentially plate-shaped workpieces 20, 21 with at least one adhesive layer 402 that can be heat activated and cured under the effect of pressure and heat is provided. A number of workpieces 20, 21 is inserted into a multiple-stage vacuum lamination press 200,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080295957 - Method of making electronic component and heat conductive member and method of mounting heat conductive member for electronic component: A bonding material is placed on an electronic component. a heat conductive member is superposed on the surface of the bonding material so that a thermosetting adhesive is interposed between the heat conductive member and a substrate. The thermosetting adhesive is then cured at a temperature lower than the melting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080295958 - Method and device for producing laminated composite: A polyolefin resin drawn sheet 4 is laminated on at least one face of a sheet-form core material 6 having a density of 30 to 300 kgf/m3. At this time, a sheet or film 5 made of a bonding synthetic resin or rubber having a flow starting temperature lower than... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080295959 - Thermally conductive adhesive composition and adhesion method: p

20080295960 - Silicone adhesive for adhesion to wet surfaces: A silicone adhesive composition used for adhering a device or a substance to a wet surface contains (i) a silicone resin that is cohydrolysis product of a trialkyl hydrolyzable silane and an alkyl silicate in which the cohydrolysis product contains a plurality of silicon-bonded hydroxy groups; (ii) a linear organopolysiloxane... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20080295961 - Accelerated organoborane initiated polymerizable compositions: The invention is a two part polymerizable composition comprising in one part an organoboron compound capable of forming free radical generating species and in the second part one or more compounds capable of free radical polymerization and from about 20 to about 30 parts by weight based on the weight... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080295962 - Method and system for mask handling in high productivity chamber: A structure for independently supporting a wafer and a mask in a processing chamber is provided. The structure includes a set of extensions for supporting the wafer and a set of extensions supporting the mask. The set of extensions for the wafer and the set of extensions for the mask... Agent: Martine Penilla Gencarella, LLP

20080295963 - Gas supply system and gas supply accumulation unit of semiconductor manufacturing apparatus: A gas supply system 200 is a system that supplies a predetermined gas from a gas supply source 210 to a processing part 110 of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 100. The gas supply system 200 includes a gas supply passage apparatus 220 that is connected to the gas supply source... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080295964 - Exhaust assembly for a plasma processing system: An exhaust assembly is described for use in a plasma processing system, whereby secondary plasma is formed in the exhaust assembly between the processing space and chamber exhaust ports in order to reduce plasma leakage to a vacuum pumping system, or improve the uniformity of the processing plasma, or both.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20080295966 - Electrode assembly for the removal of surface oxides by electron attachment: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080295965 - Plasma processing apparatus: An inner medium passage 17 is formed between an inner peripheral surface 12a of an annular inner electrode 11 and an annular inner passage formation member 15 received in the electrode 11. An annular first seal member 18 is interposed between upper peripheral sides of the electrode and the member... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080295967 - Multi-level laminating press: A multi-layer laminating press for laminating essentially planar work pieces under the influence of pressure and heat, including: a number of hot plates arranged over top of each other and movable in reference to each other; a number of conveyers revolving around the hot plates each having an upper run... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080295968 - Foil transfer apparatus: A foil transfer apparatus includes: a transport cylinder supporting a paper sheet on its outer circumferential surface; and a press roller opposing the transport cylinder and having a notch portion formed in its outer circumferential surface, wherein the paper sheet and a web-like transfer foil made by attaching foil on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080295969 - Foil transfer apparatus: A foil transfer apparatus includes: a transport cylinder supporting a paper sheet on its outer circumferential surface; and a press roller opposing the transport cylinder and having a notch portion formed in its outer circumferential surface, wherein the paper sheet and a web-like transfer foil made by attaching foil on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080295970 - System and method of transfer printing an organic semiconductor: The present invention provides a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method and a system for producing a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer is... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080295971 - Handheld welding tool with external air supply: The invention relates to a handheld welding tool with external air supply for welding thermoplastic synthetic material, with a preferably wand-shaped housing containing at least one hot air generating device, and with flexible supply lines for air and power supply that are combined in a supply line package. The supply... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080295972 - Label remover: The present invention relates to a hand held label removal apparatus, which provides a safe and easy removal of otherwise hard to remove labels that are affixed to various types of containers such as carton packaging, plastic products and similar materials. The distinctive features of the device include high productivity,... Agent: Matvey Lvovskiy