Patents Examined by Emmanuel S. Luk
  • Patent number: 11796910
    Abstract: A template according to the present embodiment is a template used in a lithography process of a semiconductor manufacturing process. A first substrate includes a first face, a second face protruded from a portion of the first face, and a lateral face being a lateral face positioned between the second face and the first face and inclined with respect to the second face at a connection portion to the second face. A first material film is provided at least on the lateral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Takai, Shingo Kanamitsu, Noriko Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11788209
    Abstract: Compact module for wet spinning of chemical fibres of the type comprising a spinning head (F) of 2-8 tows (S), each one consisting of a plurality of continuous filaments, relative supply pumps (P) of the spinning solution, a coagulation tank (V) containing a coagulation solution, and a plurality of drive rollers (2) and respective idle diverter rollers (3) which determine a zigzag path of the tows (S) downstream of the spinning area, in the rectilinear lengths of which liquid-based treatments are carried out on said tows (S). The rectilinear lengths of said zigzag path are horizontal and said liquid-based treatments on the tows (S) are carried out in horizontal treatment trays (4) of the spillway type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: M.A.E. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valter Guardiani, Paolo Delledonne, Fiorenzo Rasparini, Alfredo Tanzi, Paola Gandolfi, Marco Rovellini
  • Patent number: 11785952
    Abstract: A mechanical structure for installing cover plates of a pasta machine includes at least two brackets arranged symmetrically; a plurality of cover plates arranged between the two brackets, two ends of each cover plate are respectively and detachably connected to the two brackets. The cover plates are integrally formed by sheet metal technology. The cover plates are connected/mounted to brackets respectively through a snap-on and/or a slide-on connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Liang Li, Rui-Ling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11772347
    Abstract: A footwear moulding system for direct injection production of footwear, said footwear moulding system comprising a supporting mould (21), a last (30), an in-mould (22), and an injection channel (40), wherein the supporting mould (21) comprises at least an in-mould support. The in-mould (22) is elastomeric and the in-mould (22) comprises an in-mould outer surface (76) configured to be supported by said in-mould support. The in-mould support comprises at least one support side mould (26, 28) and a support bottom mould (24). Further, the invention relates to a direct injection footwear production method for footwear by use of such a moulding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ECCO Sko A/S
    Inventor: Frank Jensen
  • Patent number: 11773512
    Abstract: A fiber collection tool for collecting a fiber spun by electrospinning is described. The fiber collection tool has a size holdable by the hand of a user, and includes, in its interior, an electroconductive section. Preferably, the fiber collection tool further includes a surface section outside the electroconductive section. In a fiber deposit production method, a user collects, with the fiber collection tool, a fiber spun by the user by performing electrospinning using an electrospinning device having a size holdable by the hand of the user, and thereby produces a film including a deposit of the fiber on a surface of the fiber collection tool. The fiber collection tool, having the deposit formed thereon, is pressed against a surface of an object, and the deposit is transferred onto the surface of the object, to form a film including the fiber deposit on the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonari Okada, Masayuki Uchiyama, Naomi Amari, Yuko Wakahara, Takehiko Tojo, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11773513
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber assembly includes: a rotating body that has a cylindrical shape, and winds and holds a plurality of support sheets around an outer peripheral surface around a rotation axis of the rotating body; a plurality of supply nozzles arranged along a direction parallel to the rotation axis, the supply nozzles supplying a polymer material to be a material of fibers to the plurality of support sheets; a supply nozzle moving unit that relatively moves the plurality of supply nozzles in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the rotating body, in which the rotating body is rotatable about the rotation axis to wind, on main surfaces of the plurality of support sheets, fibers obtained by naturally cooling or naturally drying the polymer material supplied from the plurality of supply nozzles, and the rotating body includes a plurality of guide members in an annular shape circumscribing the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body concentrically to regulate positions of the plur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Nakamura, Norihito Tsukahara, Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11766817
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus having a valve pin plate coupling at least one valve pin to an actuator which, in operation, axially moves the valve pin plate between a closed position and an open position. The valve pin is coupled to the valve pin plate via a valve pin coupler. A biasing member is compressed against a support surface by the valve pin holder when the valve pin plate is in the closed position to create a supplementary coupling force coupling the valve pin to the valve pin holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
    Inventor: Payman Tabassi
  • Patent number: 11761121
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyacetal fiber that presents an improved whiteness unevenness is provided. According to one embodiment, there is provided a polyacetal fiber production method that yields a polyacetal fiber using an oxymethylene copolymer having a melt index, at 190° C. under a load of 2.16 kg, of 5-60 g/10 min, wherein the production method includes taking off the polyacetal fiber from the discharge nozzle of a spinning apparatus, and drawing the taken-off polyacetal fiber. The tensile elongation E1 of the polyacetal fiber after the taking off is 20%-500%; the tensile elongation E2 of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 10%-100%; E1?E2; and the single fiber thickness of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 0.7-5.0 denier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Daisuke Sunaga, Sunao Mikami
  • Patent number: 11752719
    Abstract: A footwear injection mould for Direct Injection moulding of footwear parts, where the mould comprises: a first mould cavity defining a first footwear part, a second mould cavity defining a second footwear part, a first side frame defining at least a part of a first side of the first and second mould cavities, a second side frame defining at least a part of a second side of the first and second mould cavities, and a bottom frame defining at least a part of the first and second mould cavities, where the first and/or the second side frame define(s) at least a part of a first injection channel which is in fluid communication with the first mould cavity and the second mould cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ECCO Sko A/S
    Inventors: Hans Christian Hansen, Malte Jakobsen
  • Patent number: 11745394
    Abstract: A mold includes a first mold portion, a second mold portion, and a projection. The second mold portion is secured against the first mold portion along a draw axis to form at least one mold cavity. The second mold portion includes an internal surface oriented at an oblique angle relative to the draw axis. The projection extends from the internal surface along a projection axis. The projection forms an elongated profile including a first end, a second ends, and a pair of side surfaces extending between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Ray Melton Lazalier, Matthew Raymond Bednara
  • Patent number: 11746440
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for electrospinning superfine fiber bundling, belonging to the technical field of artificial fiber manufacturing, and comprises a spinning nozzle and a bundling disk which are coaxially arranged; the spinning nozzle is arranged at an upper part of the bundling disk; the bundling disk is connected with a motor through a coupling; the motor rotates to drive the bundling disk to rotate; a guide groove is also arranged outside the bundling disk; a center of the bundling disk is provided with a shaft; the insulated outer ring, the central conductive ring, the insulated inner ring and the shaft are fixed by bonding or thermal compounding; inner and outer edges of the central conductive ring are smooth circular arc rounded corners; an inner edge of the insulated outer ring and an outer edge of the insulated inner ring are corresponding smooth rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Qingdao University of Science & Technology
    Inventors: Hongbo Chen, Wenwen Han, Hui Liang, Chuansheng Wang, Weimin Yang
  • Patent number: 11744252
    Abstract: A comestible processing machine including a loader plate comprising a plurality of spaced apart openings passing through the loader plate, a first flattener and a second flattener pivotably attached to the loader plate at each of the openings, a sensor configured to detect a comestible disposed within one or more of the plurality of openings, and an actuator coupled to the loader plate and configured to assist in removal of the comestible from the one or more of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lawrence Equipment Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Clay Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11732383
    Abstract: A fiber collection tool for collecting a fiber spun by electrospinning is described. The fiber collection tool has a size holdable by the hand of a user, and includes, in at least a portion of the surface thereof, an electroconductive section having a surface electrical resistivity of 1011 ?/cm2 or less, or a hydrophilic section having a water contact angle of preferably from 15° to 90° at 25° C. A user collects, with the fiber collection tool, a fiber spun by the user by electrospinning using an electrospinning device having a size holdable by the hand of the user, and thereby produces a film including a deposit of the fiber on a surface of the fiber collection tool. The fiber collection tool, having the deposit formed thereon, is pressed against a surface of an object, and the deposit is transferred onto the surface of the object, to form a film including the fiber deposit on the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Amari, Masayuki Uchiyama, Yuko Wakahara, Tomonari Okada, Takehiko Tojo, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11731320
    Abstract: A mold assembly for use in manufacturing parts includes a first and second mold halves and a mold temperature control system. The first mold half comprises at least a first mold cavity and a first coolant passage. The second mold half comprising at least a second mold cavity and a second coolant passage. The mold temperature control system is in fluid communication with the first and second coolant passages of the first and second mold half. The mold temperature control system comprises a fluid, a means to control the temperature of the fluid, and a pump to circulate the fluid through the mold temperature control system and the first and second coolant passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ESSENTIUM IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Iris Gisey Euan Waldestrand, Kevin Michael Holder, Bryan Scott Zahner, Alexander Stockton, Elisa Marina Teipel, Blake Ryland Teipel
  • Patent number: 11731330
    Abstract: A molten plastic delivery system is disclosed having a nozzle defining a nozzle channel with a downstream nozzle channel opening. A valve pin is reciprocable within the nozzle channel between a closed position and an open position. The system includes a bell crank having first and second arms that are connected at and rotatable about a pivot. The first arm is coupled to the valve pin and the second arm is coupled to a push-pull cable such that angularly pushing the second arm about the pivot via the push-pull cable moves the valve pin to the open position and angularly pulling the second arm about the pivot via the push-pull cable moves the valve pin to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MOLD-MASTERS (2007) LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Thompson, Karsten Stengeli, Haiqian Lu, Robert Rinaldi
  • Patent number: 11718930
    Abstract: The invention shows a spin-up device (11, 51) and a method for spinning up a spinning device (1, 101) for the continuous extrusion of molded bodies (3) from a spinning solution (6), containing a solvent and cellulose dissolved in the solvent, wherein the molded bodies are extruded from the spinning solution (6) through spinnerets (7) of the spinning device (1, 101) in the form of a loose spinning curtain (2), the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) are combined into a molded body bundle (4) after the extrusion, and the molded body bundle (4) is, in a further step, fed to a draw-off member (10) of the spinning device (1, 101) in order to start a continuous extrusion of the molded bodies (3). In order to make the spin-up method simpler in terms of process technology and more reproducible, it is proposed to increase the tensile strength of at least some areas of the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) after their extrusion and before combining them into a molded body bundle (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Franz Alfred Dürnberger, Christoph Schrempf, Christian Sperger
  • Patent number: 11718006
    Abstract: A material delivery device includes: a plasticizing unit including a screw; a nozzle through which a plasticized material is delivered to outside; a communication flow path provided between the screw and the nozzle and through which the plasticized material flows; a pressure detection unit including a first cylinder coupled to the communication flow path, a rod inserted into the first cylinder, and a pressure sensor disposed with the rod separated from the communication flow path, in which the rod is configured to receive a pressure of the plasticized material in the communication flow path at a first end surface facing the communication flow path, and transmit the pressure to the pressure sensor through a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; and a rotation regulation mechanism configured to regulate rotation of the rod about a central axis along a longitudinal direction of the rod by engaging a first engaging portion provided on a side surface of the rod and a second engaging portion to be e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Daichi Miyashita, Yasuyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11712828
    Abstract: A mold cavity which is a mold die includes a die body and a plating layer provided on the surface of a mold surface. In this case, the mold surface has a leather-grain transfer surface for forming a grain pattern. The leather-grain transfer surface includes a first uneven-shape part and a second uneven-shape part formed at the surface of the first uneven-shape part and smaller in an uneven-shape width than the first uneven-shape part. The uneven-shape width falls within a range of 10 ?m or more and less than 500 ?m. The plating layer is an electroless-plating layer. A thickness of at least part of the plating layer falls within a range of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CG., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Onishi, Yusuke Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11707872
    Abstract: A hot runner system having a nozzle and a manifold seated against the nozzle. An actuator plate is spaced apart from the manifold by a support pad which surrounds a lower mouth of an actuator bore that extends through the actuator plate. A valve pin extends through the support pad and the manifold to a downstream end of the nozzle. A cylinder is received in the actuator bore from a rearward side of the actuator plate and a piston coupled to the valve pin is received in the cylinder from a forward end of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MOLD-MASTERS (2007) LIMITED
    Inventors: Hakimuddin Boxwala, Yikun Wang, Douglas Brien Ursu
  • Patent number: 11707901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mould (10) for producing footwear (1) by means of direct injection onto the upper (2) of a sole (3), comprising a tread (5) and a midsole (4), wherein the midsole (4) is composed of a first layer (6) and a second layer (7). The mould (10) comprises a base (12), a pair of first half-rings (14), a pair of second half-rings (16), a first cover (18), a second cover (20) and a mould last (22). In accordance with the invention the mould (10) comprises gripping means (24) designed to fix selectively the first half-rings (14) to the base (12) or to the second half-rings (16). The present invention also relates to a method for producing footwear (1) using said mould (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: STEMMA SRL
    Inventors: Ettore Bordin, Stefano Pellizzari