Patents Examined by Abhishek A Patwardhan
  • Patent number: 11833788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer substrate, said substrate comprising a multifunctional coating, and to the use of the substrate produced by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO, KGaA
    Inventors: Roland Bochnia, Stefan Strenger, Rainer Bongers, Mario Eckers
  • Patent number: 11806974
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel laminated to the curved cover plate. A main display area, a first sub-area, and a second sub-area of the display panel each include multiple through holes penetrating through the display panel, and the through holes define pixel islands for display and bridges for signal transmission; the through holes are disposed around the pixel islands; a part of the bridge is located between the pixel island and the through hole, the other part is located between adjacent through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangxu Cao, Pinfan Wang, Haoran Wang, Xiaofei Luo, Yaming Wang, Zuojia Wang, Hejin Wang
  • Patent number: 11782289
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a display driver configured to drive a partial portion of the plurality of pixels that are positioned in an alignment mark area to display an alignment mark in the alignment mark area. A stereoscopic lens including a base is disposed on the display module. A plurality of lenses is disposed on the base and includes at least one flat portion surrounded by the plurality of lenses and overlapping the alignment mark area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., JASTECH
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Jin Cheol Seo, Young Sang Ha, Joo Young Oh, Jae You Yi
  • Patent number: 11774654
    Abstract: A substrate, a mask, a display panel and a display device are provided. The substrate includes a base substrate and a color resistance layer on the base substrate. The substrate has a display area and a non-display area. The color resistance layer in the non-display area includes a weakening unit for weakening or disconnecting connection between the color resistance layer in the non-display area away from the display area and the color resistance layer in the display area. During the development and washing process of the substrate, even if the color resistance layer in the non-display area is peeled off, the color resistance layer in the display area will not be peeled off together, which helps to ensure the safety and reliability of the color resistance layer in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiongwei Wang, Baojie Zhao, Jian Li, Li Wang, Xiang Hui, Yan Zhao, Qinglin Ma, Chunhong Ma
  • Patent number: 11772412
    Abstract: A layer transfer device includes a supply reel, a take-up reel, a driving source, a releasable restraining device, a heating roller, a pressure roller, and a controller. The driving source drives the take-up reel. The releasable restraining device is capable of switching to a restraining state in which a multilayer film is put under restraint in being drawn out from the supply reel and to a release state in which the restraint is lifted. The controller is configured such that when the driving source is generating the mechanical power, the releasable restraining device is in the restraining state if an image area in which an image is formed on the sheet is not present in a layer transfer position between the heating roller and the pressure roller, and the releasable restraining device is in the release state if the image area is present in the layer transfer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Yamamoto, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11760061
    Abstract: When forming layer stacks in the presence of solder material, uncontrolled flow of the solder material at the interface of two different layers of the layer stack may significantly be mitigated by providing an area of increased pressure in the material of the overlaying foil layer. For example, the area of increased pressure may be generated during the lamination process by providing a pressure inducing structure, for instance on the underlying foil layer, which laterally surrounds the solder material and therefore, in combination with the material of the overlying foil layer, reliably confines the solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LINXENS HOLDING
    Inventor: Carsten Nieland
  • Patent number: 11753567
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive material with improved bonding performance to a wet substrate, the adhesive material includes a first component selected from a polysiloxane-based adhesive, or a polyurethane-based adhesive; and a second component of a catechol-containing polymeric additive which includes a reaction product of polyvinylpyrrolidone with 3?,4?-dihydroxy-2-chloroacetophenone, and the weight ratio of polyvinylpyrrolidone to 3?,4?-dihydroxy-2-chloroacetophenone ranging from 10:1 to 1:1. The adhesive material being a mixture of at least the first component and the second component, where the second component is approximately 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Lei Gao, Su Ping Bao, Man Lung Sham
  • Patent number: 11753565
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of joining objects of hydrophilic polymeric biomaterials. In the method, an ionic liquid is applied onto the surfaces of the objects; the surfaces are pressed together; and the ionic liquid is removed. The method produces a product that can consist to 100% of biomaterial, with no synthetic polymer or chemicals remaining in the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Hauru, Alistair King, Ilkka Kilpeläinen, Antti Korpela, Hannes Orelma
  • Patent number: 11752750
    Abstract: A display device manufacturing apparatus includes a support portion including a core portion and a conductive portion disposed over the core portion. The core portion includes a first flat surface extending in a first direction; a second flat surface extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first flat surface; and a curved surface extending between the first flat surface and the second flat surface. The conductive portion includes a first flat conductive portion overlapping the first flat surface of the core portion in a second direction; a second flat conductive portion overlapping the second flat surface of the core portion in the second direction; and a curved conductive portion extending between the first flat conductive portion and the second flat conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Suk Yoo, Young Su Kim, Sang Won Lee, Kyu Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11753817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plaster boards and methods for making them. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a plaster board comprising one or more continuous layers of material disposed within a body of hardened plaster material, the first side and second side of each continuous layer of material being substantially covered by the hardened plaster material. In certain such embodiments, each continuous layer of material includes a polymer (e.g., a damping polymer) disposed on a carrier sheet. Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for making a plaster board that involves drying a wet body of plaster material while a continuous layer of material or precursor therefor is disposed within it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Aldo Glean
  • Patent number: 11746261
    Abstract: A multi-phasic polymer blend for energy activated edge banding adhesion to a substrate is described. While the blend may be used for adhering edge banding to straight substrates, the blend is preferred for adhering edge banding to contoured substrates. The outer, hard, structural layer of the edge banding is formed from a polypropylene component. The polypropylene component at least includes polypropylene and an optional energy adsorber. The inner adhesion layer of the edge banding is formed from a multi-phasic polymer blend that bonds the outer layer of the edge banding to the substrate. The multi-phasic polymer blend at least includes a polyamide component, a polyolefin component, and a modified polypropylene component. Both the outer and inner layers forming the edge banding may be tinted to conform or contrast with the color of the finished substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ultra Tech Extrusions of Tennessee, Inc.
    Inventor: Cyrille Picker
  • Patent number: 11718081
    Abstract: A sheet separation device includes a rotator, a nipping member to nip the two-ply sheet with the rotator, a first conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a first direction toward the rotator and a second direction reverse thereto, a winding member to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator, a second conveyor to convey a sheet medium in the second direction, a separation claw to move in a width direction; a sheet guide to guide the separated two sheets to different passages; and control circuitry. The first conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet to the rotator with a bonded portion at an upstream end. The control circuitry inserts the separation claw into a space between the two sheets, adjusts a projection amount of the two-ply sheet from a nip of the first conveyor in the second direction, and inserts the sheet medium in two-ply sheet adjusted in the projection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Takahashi, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Michitaka Suzuki, Tomomichi Hoshino, Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Makoto Hidaka, Koki Sakano, Akira Kunieda, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga, Yohsuke Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11701876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lamination method for a special-shaped glass cover plate, including following steps. Step S1: forming a magnetic layer on a display panel. Step S2: arranging a first solenoid and a second solenoid at a regular-shaped portion and a special-shaped portion of the special-shaped glass cover plate, respectively. Step S3: supplying opposite electric currents to the first solenoid and the second solenoid. Step S4: changing magnitude of an electric current from the regular-shaped portion to the special-shaped portion. Step S5: when to attach the display panel to the special-shaped portion of the special-shaped glass cover plate, changing magnitude of the electric current of the second solenoid and a direction of the second solenoid to attach the display panel along the special-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping Rao
  • Patent number: 11692822
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to marine geophysical surveying. More particularly, embodiments relate to a wax application system for application of a wax coating to a surface of a streamer. An embodiment may comprise a marine geophysical survey system. The marine geophysical survey system may comprise a streamer and a wax application system operable to receive the streamer on deployment and apply a wax coating to the streamer as the streamer is being deployed from a survey vessel into a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Christian Vasbø, Rune Tønnessen, Thomas Hauge, Par Johansson, Mikael Tuved, Kaj Andersson, Andreas Carlen
  • Patent number: 11685185
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui, Hideki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11679582
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveyor, a rotator, a separator, and control circuitry. The conveyor conveys a sheet-shaped medium into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded, and includes a drive roller and a driven roller. The rotator winds the two-ply sheet. The separator separates the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a winding direction to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator to generate a space between the two sheets, and causes the separator to insert into the space between the two sheets to separate the two sheets. The drive roller and the rotator are disposed on a same side with respect to a sheet conveyance passage of the two-ply sheet, and the driven roller and the rotator are disposed on opposite sides with respect to the sheet conveyance passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzuka Fujita, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Wataru Takahashi, Yoshito Suzuki, Shinya Monma, Joji Akiyama, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Sho Asano, Wataru Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11667063
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for compacting laminates. One embodiment is a method for compacting a laminate onto a surface of a forming tool. The method includes placing the laminate onto the forming tool, disposing a compaction device over the laminate, gripping the compaction device to the forming tool, compacting the laminate with a pressure foot of the compaction device, and removing the compaction device from the forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allen James Halbritter, Edward Ray Duncan
  • Patent number: 11648742
    Abstract: The disclosure provides post-production methods for functionalization of optical quality films produced by top tier manufactures. The methods disclosed herein allow for the incorporation of different additives into existing films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventor: Zbigniew Tokarski
  • Patent number: 11650386
    Abstract: A macro-molecular leakage-free self-adhering aluminum foil has two layers of aluminum foil compounded using a PET film, and the other surfaces of each layer coated with a modified PE adhesive layer respectively; or air gaps in one surface or two surfaces are filled with nano-aluminum to form a permeable air gap-free surface. The foil has advantages: 1, high folding resistance, fatigue resistance and strength 2, wrapping self-adhering performance is good, and stripping strength formed after adhesion is several times as high as that of the prior art; 3, air gaps in the surface of the aluminum foil filled with nano-aluminum powder result in improved compactness; manufacture from low-grade aluminum foil, and so that rolling precision requirements are lowered, and manufacturing cost reduced; 4, insulating strength is high, shielding effect is good, the return loss phenomenon is avoided, and tensile strength is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU JULI INSULATION CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guozhong Shen
  • Patent number: 11648763
    Abstract: A method of applying an adhesive film to a component includes applying an adhesive film to a surface of a component, wherein the adhesive film is positioned between the surface and an elastic membrane, the elastic membrane is transferred into a curved state with a convex and a concave side and contacted with the surface with the convex side first such that an adhesive layer of the adhesive film is pressed onto the surface in a full-area by the elastic membrane, the adhesive layer is pressed onto the surface in a full-area by a negative pressure being applied to that side of the elastic membrane facing towards the adhesive film, and to stabilize the component against deformation brought about by this negative pressure, the elastic membrane along with the adhesive film is pushed against the surface of the component with a plunger means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jörg Eisenlohr, Daniel Mencel, Helge Warta