3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Stephen A Miller

George F Vesley

Laurence R Gilbert

Brandon L Cordts

William A Huffman

Matthew D Reier

Charles W Stobbie, Iv

Bryan L Klaenhammer

Scott N Iverson

Lauren N Waxer

Ronald J Engfer

Charles W Stobbie

Charles W Iv Stobbie

A firestop article for fire stopping an opening in a floor or wall includes a firestop material, an enclosure surrounding the firestop material, and an attachment surface provided on the outer surface of the enclosure that allows the article to be repeatably connected to and removed from a mating surface.

Firestop article with attachment surface

A method and apparatus for creating firestopping barrier in a partition, such as a wall, floor, or ceiling, that is mounted adjacent the opening includes a housing containing a central opening. The cross-sectional area of the housing is greater than the cross-sectional area of the through-penetration opening, and the housing is arranged external to the through-penetration opening with at least a portion thereof extending along a surface of the partition thereby to allow the housing to be installed adjacent the through-penetration opening. Firestop material is arranged within the housing.

Method and apparatus for firestopping a through-penetration

A fire stopping apparatus for fire stopping a through-penetration includes fire stop material arranged within the through-penetration, a frame arranged adjacent the top opening of the through-penetration, and a plurality of slats arranged on the frame adjacent the through-penetration top opening.

Cover assembly for a through-penetration

A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device comprises a multiplicity of droplets of a birefringent, functionally nematic liquid crystal material dispersed in a matrix comprising the reaction product of ultraviolet radiation polymerizable materials. The device specularly transmits incident light as a function of the magnitude of an electric field applied across the device. The difference between a first applied voltage corresponding to a first percentage of the total incident light transmitted by the device as specular light and a second applied voltage corresponding to a second percentage of the total incident light transmitted by the device as specular light is greater than or equal to 15 volts. As a result, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device according to the invention displays a variable grey scale which has a uniform optical transmission. A method for preparing a PDLC device in general is also disclosed.

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device having an

An electrical connector adapted for placement on a single edge of a thin film device having an electrically responsive layer to deliver electric current from a power supply to at least one electrode in electrical contact with the electrically responsive layer. The electrical connector extends part way into the electrically responsive thin film layer. The electrically responsive thin film can be a liquid crystal or polymer dispersed liquid crystal, an electroluminescent layer, or an electrochromic layer.

Electrical connector

Flame-retardant metal-clad dielectric sheeting useful in printed circuitry manufacture comprising an electrically conductive metallic layer adhered to a compacted dimensionally stable non-woven web by a polyester diepoxide adhesive system. The diepoxide is formed by end-capping a polyester formed from neopentyl glycol and an acid selected from the group consisting of azelaic, sebasic, and adipic acids with a moderately brominated bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin epoxy. The curing agent for the diepoxide system is a polyanhydride selected from the group consisting of polyazelaic, polyadipic, and polysebasic anhydrides.

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Stephen A Miller