Patents Examined by Jeff Aftergut
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Patent number: 9475266Abstract: A method for stabilizing a honeycomb core for a sandwich-type structural component includes configuring the honeycomb core. A hardenable adhesive layer is applied to at least one exterior surface of the honeycomb core. A semi-permeable membrane is positioned on the at least one exterior surface. The membrane is gas-permeable and liquid-impermeable. Air in the honeycomb core is drawn off through the semi-permeable membrane. The adhesive layer is hardened.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: PREMIUM AEROTEC GMBHInventors: Julian Kuntz, Juergen Klenner, Ralf Trost, Joseph Micheler
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Patent number: 9469530Abstract: A method for transferring a carbon nanotube array is provided. A substitute substrate, a growing substrate, and a carbon nanotube array grown on the growing substrate are provided. The carbon nanotube array has a bottom surface adjacent to the growing substrate and a top surface away from the growing substrate. The substitute substrate is placed on the top surface of the carbon nanotube array and liquid medium is sandwiched between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The liquid medium is solidified between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The substitute substrate is separated from the growing substrate to separate the bottom surface of the carbon nanotube array from the growing substrate. The solid medium is removed between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. A method for forming a carbon nanotube structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Wei, Hao-Ming Wei, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9469531Abstract: A method for transferring a carbon nanotube array is provided. A substitute substrate, a growing substrate, and a carbon nanotube array grown on the growing substrate are provided. The carbon nanotube array has a bottom surface adjacent to the growing substrate and a top surface away from the growing substrate. The substitute substrate is placed on the top surface of the carbon nanotube array and water is sandwiched between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The water is frozen between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The substitute substrate is separated from the growing substrate to separate the bottom surface of the carbon nanotube array from the growing substrate. The ice is removed between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. A method for forming a carbon nanotube structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Wei, Hao-Ming Wei, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9469540Abstract: A method for transferring a carbon nanotube array is provided. A substitute substrate, a growing substrate, and a carbon nanotube array grown on the growing substrate are provided. The carbon nanotube array has a bottom surface adjacent to the growing substrate and a top surface away from the growing substrate. The substitute substrate is placed on the top surface of the carbon nanotube array and PVA solution is sandwiched between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The PVA solution is frozen between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The substitute substrate is separated from the growing substrate to separate the bottom surface of the carbon nanotube array from the growing substrate. The solvent in the solid PVA solution is removed and only PVA is left between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. A method for forming a carbon nanotube structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Wei, Hao-Ming Wei, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9466408Abstract: To provide a differential signal transmission cable in which there is no gap between an insulated wire and a shield tape, a manufacturing device thereof is a manufacturing device of a differential signal transmission cable including: a first retention tape spirally wound around an insulated wire in which a pair of signal line conductors is coated by an insulator; and a second retention tape spirally wound around the first retention tape. This manufacturing device includes a winding head that winds the first retention tape and the second retention tape around the insulated wire in the same direction, the insulated wire which moves along a longitudinal direction; and a twist preventing jig that is disposed ahead of the winding head in a movement direction of the insulated wire and prevents the insulated wire from being twisted.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventor: Takahiro Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9463612Abstract: The present disclosure is a joining method that joins a target substrate and a support substrate, wherein the method has: a joining operation that includes pressing and joining the target substrate and the support substrate by interposing an adhesive therebetween; and an adhesive removing operation that includes supplying a solvent of the adhesive to the outer adhesive that is the adhesive between the target substrate and the support substrate protruding in the joining operation from the outer lateral surface of the stacked substrate made by joining the target substrate and the support substrate, and to remove the surface of the outer adhesive so that the outer adhesive is formed at a predetermined size.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Okada, Masatoshi Shiraishi, Masatoshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 9463373Abstract: A system for pre-fabricating a plurality of synthetic turf strips at an indoor facility. The indoor facility is separate from an installation facility for assembling the plurality of strips into a synthetic field. The system includes a plurality of strips for creating the synthetic field and equipment at the indoor facility for prefabricating the plurality of strips. The indoor facility is capable of storing the equipment performing the prefabrication. A floor at the indoor facility is provided, the floor including dimensions that correspond to locations on a field at the installation facility. The dimensions correspond to markings on an underside of each of the plurality of strips.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Inventors: Christopher Sean Plunket, Ryan Whitman Paris, James S. Street
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Patent number: 9455612Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes inserting permanent magnets 14 into magnet insertion holes 12, 12a of a core body 13; injecting a resin 18 into the holes 12, 12a from resin reservoir pots 17 in the die 15 (16) to fix the magnets 14; placing a dummy plate 19 between the die 15 having the pots 17 and the body 13, the plate 19 having gate holes 35, 35a guiding the resin 18 from the pots 17 into the holes 12, 12a, the hole 35 (35a) overlapping with both of a part of the hole 12 (12a) and a surface of the body 13; poring the resin 18 via the holes 35, 35a and curing the resin 18 in the holes 12, 12a; and separating the plate 19 from the body 13 to remove the resin 18 overflowed from the holes 12, 12a.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Kento Aono, Naoki Isomura
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Patent number: 9443449Abstract: A self-laminating rotating cable marker label is constructed of a transparent film having a first adhesive area, an adhesive-free smooth area, and a second adhesive area. A print-on area forms one side of the transparent film, the print-on area adapted to receive indicia identifying the cable about which the marker label is applied. A perforation extends across the transparent film providing a line of separation of the transparent film. When wrapped around a cable, the second adhesive area overlies the print-on area such that the cable identifying indicia is visible through the transparent second adhesive area. As the transparent film is wrapped around the cable, the first adhesive area adheres to the cable. The remainder of the transparent film is rotated, breaking the perforation, whereby the smooth area of the film in contact with the cable provides smooth rotation of the label around the cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, David Scott Morrison, Michael Scott Adams
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Patent number: 9434112Abstract: An apparatus for laying fiber tapes includes a deflection guide for the fiber tapes made up of pressure plates for the deflection of the tapes, which pressure plates are arranged adjacent to one another perpendicularly to the deflection axis and are resiliently supported in the pressing direction, and a frame, which is displaceable in the laying direction, for accommodating the pressure plates. The pressure rollers form grooved pulleys which engage in circumferential bearing receivers, are axially guided on each other and between lateral guide stops, and are held in bearing engagement with the bearing receivers by elastic endless belts which are guided about a bearing roller mounted in lateral retainers. The bearing receivers are resiliently supported independently from each other in the pressing direction on an abutment provided between the lateral retainers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: GFM—GmbHInventor: Harald Dietachmayr
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Patent number: 9434145Abstract: A method for forming an optical element deposits a first thin film coating to form a first coated surface on a first transparent substrate that is substantially flat, wherein, for incident light at an angle of incidence exceeding 5 degrees, the first multilayer thin film coating transmits a first wavelength band and reflects a second wavelength band. The first coated surface has a first surface form, and further has a second surface opposite the first coated surface with a second surface form. The second surface of the first substrate bonds to a third surface of a second transparent substrate to form the optical element. The third surface has a third surface form prior to bonding and the first coated surface has a fourth surface form after bonding. The difference between the fourth and the third surface forms is less than the difference between the first and third surface forms.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Semrock, Inc.Inventors: Turan Erdogan, Prashant Prabhat, Nicholas G. Traggis
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Patent number: 9431157Abstract: Applicators and methods for applying a conductor cover to a cable, the conductor cover being tubular and split longitudinally to define a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge. The applicator comprises: a structural element; a spool connected to rotate relative to the structural element, the spool being sized to store the conductor cover in a pre-application state where the conductor cover is wrapped one or more times around the spool with the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge of the conductor cover spread open and perpendicular to a spool axis; and a lock for holding the conductor cover in the pre-application state.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Cantega TechnologiesInventor: Martin Niles
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Patent number: 9428261Abstract: A traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) device is provided. The device includes a radome having an antenna. A chassis is bonded to said radome about a periphery by a skirt layer. A housing is adhesively bonded to the radome, the skirt layer and the chassis. The housing has a substantially flat bottom portion with a wall extended about a periphery, the wall forming a lap joint with the chassis and radome.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: PTI INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: John Leslie Paul Hill
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Patent number: 9421815Abstract: Simulated stone, clay, and transferware and jewelry blanks and ornaments and a process for their preparation using new or reclaimed low density polyethylene sheets such as bags and or other suitable materials. Some implementations can include inclusions. The process can include heating layers of low density polyethylene plastic (LDPE) or other suitable materials under about 100 lbs. of pressure with sheets of specifically treated plastic inclusions to replicate characteristics of stones such as, for example, turquoise and marble. Some implementations can replicate historic and prehistoric materials such as painted earthenware ceramics and porcelain transferware. Some implementations can include a processed craft material that may receive final processing by off-site craftspeople with a household iron. Final components may be cut manually or die-cut either manually or mechanically.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Inventor: Deborah Kelley-Galin
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Patent number: 9409321Abstract: A shaped body and a method for producing fiber composite components, wherein the shaped body is formed using a paper and/or cardboard material, at least in part. This makes possible cost-effective manufacture of hollow profiles of any desired length from fiber composite materials, in particular from prepreg materials and/or reinforcing fiber arrangements which are subsequently impregnated with a curable plastics material. The paper and/or cardboard material can be provided with further properties, such as gas-tightness and non-stick properties, by applying suitable functional layers. Moreover, the material makes it possible to produce highly dimensionally stable shaped bodies or support cores, in such a way that fiber composite components having highly reproducible spatial dimensions can be produced. In addition, after curing, the shaped bodies can be collapsed in a simple manner by applying a vacuum and thus removed from the fiber composite component without residues.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Ralf-Peter Dittmann, Sebastian Kaschel, Lothar Engler
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Patent number: 9410302Abstract: A method for the construction of an improved tank base. A tank base is constructed for protection against accidental spills and/or leaks associated with a tank battery. The improved tank base comprises at least one part of a suitable substrate, which allows for the adhesion of an elastomer such as polyurea. Polyurea is preferably applied using a spray device which yields an average coverage of about 50-80 mils, and most preferably 60 mils. If more than one substrate is used, one or more substrates can be bound together with a fastening system. Once pressure is applied in the form of weight, the fastening system can be removed, resulting in an improved tank base having at least one seam and impervious to the fluid of the tank battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: FALCON TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Larry L. Perkins, Tim Kriegshauser
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Patent number: 9409350Abstract: A fiber application machine comprising a fiber application head, a displacing system to displace said fiber application head, a fiber storage, and a fiber conveyor to convey the fibers from the fiber storage to the application head. The machine further comprises a safety system comprising at least one perimeter barrier defining a safety zone wherein the displacing system carrying the application head is placed, the fiber storage being arranged outside of said safety zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Coriolis CompositesInventor: Alexander Hamlyn
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Patent number: 9403657Abstract: A method for winding can include dereeling a wire from a dereeler onto an object. The method can include rotating the object to wind the wire on the object at an angle offset from perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include an axis of rotation of the rotating object that is non-collinear with the longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include a winding point on the object that remains orthogonally stationary with respect to the axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Precision, Inc.Inventor: Bruce D. Fishbeck
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Patent number: 9399338Abstract: Systems for constructing complex composite structures include a conveyor and two or more stations operatively and sequentially positioned relative to the conveyor. Each station is configured to operatively deposit a layer of composite material on the conveyor. Methods of constructing a complex composite structure include laying up a first layer of composite material having a first configuration and laying up a second layer of composite material having a second configuration at least partially over the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Stephen Lee Metschan
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Patent number: 9393768Abstract: A repair patch for reworking an inconsistent area of a composite structure includes a patch body adapted to cover the inconsistent area and having a first patch region, a second patch region outside the first patch region and a first separation zone between the first patch region and the second patch region, with the first patch region, the first separation zone and the second patch region having increasing interlaminar fracture toughness from a center to an edge of the patch body; and a layer of adhesive for bonding the patch body to the composite structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eugene A. Dan-Jumbo, Russell L. Keller, Everett A. Westerman