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20120104300 | COMPOSITE SEAL - A seal ring assembly has a carbon member extending between spaced ends, and with a step at an outer periphery. A ring is received in the step to maintain spaced ends of the carbon member towards each other. A valve disc and shaft, a butterfly valve, and a method of installing a carbon ring seal are also disclosed. In a separate feature, a valve housing for a butterfly valve includes a first housing portion defining a flow passage, and a second housing portion extending integrally from the first housing portion, and defining a space to mount a valve shaft. | 05-03-2012 |
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20120306513 | HIGH TEMPERATURE POSITION SENSOR - A position sensor comprises first and second stationary poles with first and second electrodes, and a reference pole positioned therebetween. The reference pole is coupled to a shaft, and includes a semi-metal via that forms a conducting path between the first and second electrodes. The shaft positions the reference pole between the first and second stationary poles, and a resistance of the conducting path varies with a position of the shaft. | 12-06-2012 |
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20130284954 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVO VALVE ACTUATOR - A high temperature servo valve to control a valve actuator for a valve body in a valve passage includes a plurality of high temperature wires to deliver a voltage; an actuator block of piezo ceramic material connected to the plurality of high temperature wires to move when it receives the voltage; a pressure supply line connecting the servo valve to the valve passage to supply air to the servo valve; a pressure vent line to vent pressure from the servo valve; and a pressure servo line connecting to the valve actuator to control the pressure in the valve actuator. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090004478 | FLEXIBLE HARDCOAT COMPOSITIONS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS - Flexible hardcoat compositions and protective films are described comprising the reaction product one or more urethane (meth)acrylate oligomers; at least one monomer comprising at least three (meth)acrylate groups; and optionally inorganic nanoparticles. The cured hardcoat composition is preferably sufficiently flexible such that a 5 micron film can be bent around a 2 mm mandrel without cracking. | 01-01-2009 |
20130004749 | SURFACE-MODIFIED ADHESIVES - Surface-modified adhesives may be prepared by contacting an adhesive layer to an at least partially discontinuous layer on a releasing substrate and removing the adhesive layer such that at least a portion of the at least partially discontinuous layer adheres to the adhesive surface. The modified adhesive surface remains an adhesive surface. The modified adhesive layer can be used to prepare adhesive articles, including articles containing multiple surface-modified adhesive layers. | 01-03-2013 |
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20130202867 | OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH A POROUS LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX LAYER HAVING A PROTECTION LAYER - An optical article includes an optical element, a low refractive index layer disposed on the optical element having an effective refractive index of 1.3 or less and a polymeric protective layer disposed on the low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer includes a binder, a plurality of metal oxide particles dispersed in the binder, and a plurality of interconnected voids. The polymeric protective layer does not increase an effective refractive index of the optical article by greater than 10%. | 08-08-2013 |
20140085573 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A transparent electrode is described and includes metallic nanowires and a polymeric overcoat layer for protecting the nanowires from corrosion and abrasion. The polymeric overcoat layer includes nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and indium tin oxide, and has a sheet resistance of greater than about 107 ohm/sq. The transparent electrode can be used in electronic displays such as polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, liquid crystal, electrophoretic, electrochromic, thermochromic, electroluminescent and plasma displays. | 03-27-2014 |
20140232960 | ELECTRONICALLY SWITCHABLE PRIVACY FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME - An electronically switchable privacy films suitable for use in display devices are described. The electronically switchable privacy film comprises a pair of mutually opposing transparent electrodes; an optically transparent microstructured layer disposed between the transparent electrodes, the microstructured layer comprising a plurality of microstructured ribs extending across a surface thereof such that the microstructured ribs form an alternating series of ribs and channels; and electronically switchable material disposed in the channels, the electronically switchable material being capable of modulation between high and low absorption states upon application of an electric field across the transparent electrodes. | 08-21-2014 |
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