公开(公告)号：US20220110461A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17418893

申请日：2020-01-03

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Dylan T. Cosgrove ,  Michael R. Gorman ,  Catherine A. Leatherdale ,  Christina D. Cowman-Eggert ,  Thomas R. Corrigan

IPC: A47G1/16 ,  A47G1/17 ,  C09J7/38 ,  C09J7/20 ,  C09J7/40

Abstract: The present disclosure provides adhesive mounting articles that permit sliding movement along a primary path, even while the article is fixed between a mounting object and a mounting surface. The adhesive articles can allow user precise control over the location and orientation of his or her mounting object, particularly frames.

公开(公告)号：US20210257941A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17252815

申请日：2019-06-26

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Thomas R. Corrigan ,  David J. Rowe ,  Andrew H. Tilstra ,  Michael Patrick M. Mandanas

IPC: H02N13/00 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/20 ,  C23C14/00 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B27/36

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure direct to an electrostatic sheet jamming apparatus comprising a first sheet comprising a first conductive layer, the first sheet comprising a set of first features, a first dielectric layer, and a second sheet comprising a second conductive layer and disposed proximate to the first dielectric layer, the second sheet comprising a set of second features. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first sheet and the second sheet are non-extensible and flexible. The first sheet and the second sheet are movable relative to each other in a first state. The first sheet and the second sheet are jammed with each other in a second state when a voltage is applied between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

公开(公告)号：US10434618B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US16086447

申请日：2017-03-17

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Thomas R. Corrigan ,  Marc A. Egeland ,  Paul D. Graham

IPC: B24B13/01 ,  B24D15/04 ,  B24B35/00

Abstract: An apparatus can comprise a body and a first portion. The first portion can be coupled to the body and moveable therewith. The first portion can comprise a rigidifying material and a layer. The rigidifying material can be positioned in a chamber defined by an envelope formed of a gas-impermeable material. A pressure within the chamber can be variable between at least a lower pressure state and a higher pressure state. In the higher pressure state the material is relatively flexible, and in the lower pressure state the material can be relatively less flexible than in the higher pressure state. The layer can be manipulatable by the rigidifying material. More particularly, the layer can have a first state when the pressure within the chamber is in the higher pressure state. In the first state, the layer can be formable by the target surface to take on a desired shape that can be substantially a match of the target surface. The layer can have a second state when the pressure within the chamber is in the lower pressure state. In the second state, the layer can maintain the desired shape and can be substantially less formable than in the first state.

公开(公告)号：US20170360590A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15535297

申请日：2015-12-14

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Thomas R. Corrigan ,  Marc A. Egeland

IPC: A61F5/058 ,  F16M13/00 ,  A61B17/02 ,  B65D81/127 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A shape-formable apparatus comprising locking sheets. The apparatus can have a first state in which the apparatus is formable, and a second state in which the apparatus has the desired shape and is substantially less formable than in the first state. The apparatus can further include an envelope defining a chamber, a port positioned to fluidly couple the chamber with ambience, and at least two locking sheets positioned in the chamber in an at least partially overlapping configuration. Each locking sheet comprises a major surface, and at least a portion of each locking sheet can be patterned to include solid regions and open regions, the solid regions being movable with respect to one another within the major surface.

公开(公告)号：US09683718B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14645794

申请日：2015-03-12

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Karl J. L. Geisler ,  David G. Freier ,  Thomas R. Corrigan

IPC: F21V7/00 ,  F21S8/08 ,  F21V8/00 ,  F21W131/103 ,  F21Y115/10

CPC classification number: F21V7/0033 ,  F21S8/086 ,  F21V7/0008 ,  F21W2131/103 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/0096

Abstract: A light duct elbow having two light conduits capable of transporting light along two different propagation directions. A light diverter is located between the light conduits and has a reflector for directing light along the light conduits. In the light duct elbow, a light ray propagating within a collimation angle in the first light conduit that intersects the reflector is diverted to a second light ray propagating within the collimation angle in the second light conduit.