Patents Examined by Carson Gross
  • Patent number: 11331895
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminating method and device for a display module, a display module and an electronic device. The laminating method includes steps of: laminating a second panel on a first surface of a first panel, and positioning the second panel relative to the first panel; and coating a bonding adhesive on a side surface of the second panel along an outer circumference of the second panel and curing the bonding adhesive to form a sealing frame adhesive on an outer circumference side of the second panel and the first surface of the first panel, so that the first panel and the second panel are bonded and fixed by the sealing frame adhesive, wherein a gap defined by the sealing frame adhesive, the first panel and the second panel is in a negative pressure state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peiqi Zhang, Nana Ren, Hui Zhou
  • Patent number: 11331892
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus for improving the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate to improve the yield of products such as laminates is provided. A pressing device includes: a first press block movable back and forth; a second press block disposed in opposed relation to the first press block; a first pressing plate mounted to the inside of the first press block; and a second pressing plate mounted to the inside of the second press block. The first pressing plate and the second pressing plate are opposed to each other. A surface of the first pressing plate which is opposed to the second pressing plate has a peripheral portion formed into a tapered surface in such a manner that the distance from the second pressing plate increases in an outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Taihei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11322382
    Abstract: A wafer supporting structure according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a supporting body, a first strained layer disposed on an upper portion of the supporting body and having a first thermal expansion rate, and a second strained layer disposed on a lower portion of the supporting body and having a second thermal expansion rate different from the first thermal expansion rate. One of the first strained layer and the second strained layer is configured to receive a working wafer thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: So Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 11312093
    Abstract: Apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels. The apparatus includes a loading station of stacks of noise reducing elements, an extraction station of noise reducing elements from each stack placed downstream of the loading station, and a conveyor placed downstream of the extraction station and extending along a predefined path. The conveyor is configured for supporting and advancing in a row the noise reducing elements extracted from the stacks which are then applied to a radially inner surface of the tyres. The extraction of each of the noise reducing elements contemplates: retaining a first noise reducing element placed at the base of a stack; raising the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack from the first noise reducing element; moving away the first noise reducing element according to a set path; and lowering the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Marchini, Cristiano Puppi, Albert Berenguer, Ivan Gildo Boscaino
  • Patent number: 11305492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pig for use in a system for lining ducts such as water or sewage pipes or electrical ducts or gas pipes. The pig is insertable at least partly within a fabric liner sleeve located in a duct such as a water or sewage pipe and is capable of heating the liner sleeve in situ in the duct to melt or soften thermoplastic material of the liner sleeve to subsequently form, on cooling of the melted thermoplastic material, a rigid liner in the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AQUALINER LIMITED
    Inventor: Robin Elsom
  • Patent number: 11300846
    Abstract: Process for forming a multi-layer electrochromic structure, the process comprising depositing a film of a liquid mixture onto a surface of a substrate, and treating the deposited film to form an anodic electrochromic layer, the liquid mixture comprising a continuous phase and a dispersed phase, the dispersed phase comprising metal oxide particles, metal alkoxide particles, metal alkoxide oligomers, gels or particles, or a combination thereof having a number average size of at least 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HALIO, INC.
    Inventors: Hye Jin Choi, Mark Bailey, John David Bass, Stephen Winthrop von Kugelgen, Eric Lachman, Howard W. Turner, Daniel Mark Giaquinta
  • Patent number: 11275203
    Abstract: An opacifying article can be made using a (i) fabric having a face side and a back side and an (ii) opacifying element having a substrate that has first and second opposing surfaces; and a dry opacifying layer that has an inner surface and an outer surface. The dry opacifying layer is disposed with its inner surface in contact with the first opposing surface of the substrate. The dry opacifying layer has (a) 40-90 weight % of porous particles, each having a continuous polymeric phase and discrete pores dispersed within the continuous polymeric phase. The porous particles have a mode particle size of 2-50 ?m and a porosity of 20-70 volume %. The dry opacifying layer also contains (b) 10-60 weight % of a binder material. The (ii) opacifying element is laminated to the back side of the fabric to provide the opacifying article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, Mary Christine Brick
  • Patent number: 11267235
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus and method of fabricating a display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the laminating apparatus includes a first jig, which is configured to fix a window having curved surfaces, and a second jig, which includes a pressure pad facing the first jig. The pressure pad includes a top surface, which is convex toward the first jig, and depressed portions, which are inwardly depressed from side surfaces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Hee Choi, Yang Han Son, So Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11254090
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for fabricating a spacer fabric composite having a pattern, fabricating machine and composite fabricated by method thereof. The method comprises a film forming step, a patterning step, a laminating step and a hole opening step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TSM Smart Materials Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Syang-Peng Rwei, Whe-Yi Chiang, Tzu-Wei Chou
  • Patent number: 11247801
    Abstract: A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Martin Garthaffner
  • Patent number: 11246353
    Abstract: A rotating drum for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a drum body. A plurality of grooves may be disposed in an outer face of the drum body. A seat may be tractably-mounted in each one of the plurality of grooves. The seat may include a seat groove that is structured and arranged to receive and hold a rigid casing of a vapor-generating article. The seat may be composed of a material that is softer than a material of the rigid casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Martin Garthaffner, Barry S. Smith
  • Patent number: 11235557
    Abstract: Heat sink and method of manufacturing a graphene based heat sink, the method comprising: providing a first and second graphene film; arranging a layer of nanoparticles on a surface of the first and second graphene film to improve an adhesion strength between the graphene films; attaching the second graphene film to the first graphene film by means of an adhesive and the layer of nanoparticles; forming a laminated graphene film comprising a number of graphene film layers by repeating the steps, wherein the laminated graphene film is formed to have an anisotropic thermal conductivity; assembling a plurality of laminated graphene films by applying pressure and heat to cure the adhesive to form a graphene block; and removing selected portions of the graphene block to form a heat sink comprising fins extending from a base plate of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHT Smart High-Tech AB
    Inventors: Johan Liu, Nan Wang
  • Patent number: 11230048
    Abstract: A mandrel for manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin vessel by a filament winding process includes: a tubular part; and a pair of end parts joined to respective axial ends of the tubular part. The tubular part and the end parts are each made of a molded product of a material including pulp and a starch-based binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Totsuka, Koei Fujiki, Yohei Noji, Yoshikazu Shinnabe, Keisuke Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 11225350
    Abstract: A label-affixing device includes a plate and a shape-conforming tamp pad. The plate is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The shape-conforming tamp pad includes a base structure including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The shape-conforming tamp pad further includes appendages extending from the second surface of the base structure. The first surface of the shape-conforming tamp pad is mounted to the plate. The appendages are configured to at least one of individually compress or individually deform to apply an adhesive label to a non-planar surface of an object responsive to the plate moving from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Paul F. Koch, Julianne P. Koch
  • Patent number: 11220065
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for making apertured elastic laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. The methods and apparatuses may be close coupled such that materials may advance directly between aperturing and bonding operations. Such close coupling of devices may help to more precisely control the positions of the apertures in substrates relative to positions of apertures opposing substrates and/or bonds in the assembled laminate. The methods and apparatuses herein may also provide the ability to orient protrusions or protuberances in the substrates created by the aperturing process so as to extend inward and away from both outer surfaces of the assembled laminate. In turn, the assembly processes may be conducted so as to help mitigate reductions in softness that might otherwise result from the aperturing process in the assembled laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 11213660
    Abstract: A non-compliant fiber-reinforced medical balloon comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer embedded in a continuous matrix of thermally-weldable polymer material defining a barrel wall, cone walls and neck walls. The fibers of the first fiber layer have a pattern of different lengths and are divisible into a first group and a second group based on length. The length of the fibers of the second group varies progressively in accordance to their proximity to the fibers of the first group; the fibers of the second group closest to the fibers of the first group being longer than the fibers of the second group further from the fibers of the first group. The fiber of the second fiber layer winds circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the balloon substantially over the entire length of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Lanny R. Pepper, Charles J. Cox, William F. Davies, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11207843
    Abstract: A welder for joining two polymeric sheets together using a wedged heating element allows for a heating profile on opposite faces of the heating element to be varied by controlling where each of the polymeric sheets contacts the corresponding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Weigang Qi
  • Patent number: 11203456
    Abstract: A labeling machine includes a base structure which rotatably supports a conveyance carousel for the containers to be labeled and at least one protection structure which can move, with respect to the base structure, from an active condition, in which it prevents access from the outside to at least one portion of the conveyance carousel, to an inactive condition, in which it allows access from the outside to the at least one portion of the conveyance carousel, and vice versa; the protection structure includes a supporting framework for components of the protection structure, which includes a profiled bar having an arc-like extension around the axis of the conveyance carousel, which is arranged above the base structure and forms at least one engagement seat for elements for fixing to the supporting framework at least one of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Bonardi
  • Patent number: 11186401
    Abstract: Disclosed is a labelling machine for articles containing pourable product, comprising: a first endless conveyor to advance a number of articles along part of an endless article path, from an input station to an application station and from the application station to an output station; and a second endless conveyor to advance a number of labels along part of an endless label path, from a receiving station to the application station; the first conveyor comprises an article holding device movably coupled to the first conveyor, configured to carry one respective article from the input station to the output station and controllable along the article path by means of magnetic-inductive interaction; the second conveyor comprises a label holding device movably coupled to the second conveyor, to carry one respective label from the receiving station to the application station and controllable along the label path by means of magnetic-inductive interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Mattia Giuliani, Stefano Corradini
  • Patent number: 11174364
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane or polyisocyanurate construction board, the process comprising: (i) providing an A-side reactant stream that includes an isocyanate-containing compound; (ii) providing a B-side reactant stream that includes a polyol, where the B-side reactant stream includes a blowing agent that includes a pentane and a blowing agent additive that has a Hansen Solubility Parameter (8t) that is greater than 17 MPa°?5; and (iii) mixing the A-side reactant stream with the B-side reactant stream to produce a reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Firestone Building Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: John Letts, Chunhua Yao, Michael Hubbard