Patents Examined by Michael N Orlando
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Patent number: 11492166Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of hub packaging technology, and specifically to an automatic hub labeling device and a production line. A conveying mechanism conveys a hub to a camera identification module to determine a hub model, a printer can print multiple models of bar code or two-dimensional code labels and can automatically print a bar code or two-dimensional code label according to the wheel model, and the bar code or two-dimensional code label can be automatically pasted to a specified position according to the wheel model, so that automatic identification of the wheel model, automatic printing of the label and automatic pasting of the label are achieved, personnel participation is reduced, the production efficiency is improved, and customer complaints are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liang Huang, Fuwang Zhang, Honglei Liu, Bao Zhang, Qingbo Kong
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Patent number: 11485074Abstract: According to one example there is provided an apparatus for supplying build material to a three-dimensional printing system. The apparatus comprises a rotatable vane.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jose Manuel Grases, Pau Martin Vidal, Fernando Juan, Pablo Dominguez Pastor, Gerard Mosquera
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Patent number: 11485092Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an insulation holder formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a first opening; a wire connection ring formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a second opening; and a joining component inserted astride in the first opening and the second opening, the joining component being formed of a metal material having a higher melting point than those of the thermoplastic resin materials, the joining component having a higher stiffness than those of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring, wherein a welded part is formed by welding in at least a part of an area where each of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring has contact with the joining component.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki Kuwahara, Ryuichi Kitora, Akihiro Yamamura, Shogo Okamoto, Masashi Nakamura, Shinichiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11485128Abstract: By means of a method and an apparatus for laminating glass sheets, the effect of the variation of the initial temperature of the glass on the success of the lamination furnace treatment and the variation of the quality of the laminated glass can be eliminated, thus reducing quality costs. In the method, a sandwich structure sheet including glass and laminating film layers is heated in a lamination furnace, after which the heated sandwich structure sheet is conveyed between a pair of press rolls, and before the lamination furnace is measured the temperature of at least one glass sheet comprised in the sandwich structure sheet, and on the basis of that data, the heating effect of the lamination furnace on the sandwich structure sheet is changed. The apparatus comprises, upstream of the lamination furnace, a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of the glass sheets.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: GLASTON FINLAND OYInventor: Jussi Niemioja
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Patent number: 11485124Abstract: A laminating apparatus that prevents partial protrusion of a film during pressing and ensures the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate is provided. The laminating apparatus includes a pressing device for pressing a substrate and a film (a workpiece). The pressing device includes a press block movable back and forth, a pressing plate mountable to the press block, a plurality of heat sources (cartridge heaters) capable of heating the pressing plate, and a control system set up to perform heating control on the heat sources. The heat sources are arranged so as to be able to separately heat a central portion of the pressing plate and a peripheral portion thereof annularly surrounding the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Taihei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11486380Abstract: A pumpable resin system for installation of mine bolts includes a resin injection cylinder comprising a resin chamber and a resin hydraulic cylinder, a catalyst injection cylinder including a catalyst chamber and a catalyst hydraulic cylinder, with the resin hydraulic cylinder synchronized with the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the resin hydraulic cylinder and the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic reservoir in fluid communication with the hydraulic pump, and a delivery line in fluid communication with the resin injection cylinder and the catalyst injection cylinder. The delivery line is configured to deliver resin and catalyst from the resin injection cylinder and catalyst injection cylinder into a borehole.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: J-LOK Co.Inventors: Dakota Faulkner, Mark Crable, Michael Weaver
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Patent number: 11472128Abstract: A manufacturing method of a resin frame includes preparing a plurality of frame members, installing a pair of the frame members in the corner portion in a pair of molds, melting end surfaces of the pair of the frame members as welding margins, and welding the welding margins. The molds respectively includes a reference surface holding the frame members and a blade portion protruding to an inner side with respect to the reference surface. In the welding, in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by the blade portions, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of the frame members are bent inward, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: YKK AP INC.Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Masuo Yamaji
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Patent number: 11460889Abstract: A glass protective film assembly method for covering a curved surface which protects a display area of a portable device, including a flat display area and a curved display area. The glass protective film assembly for covering the curved surface includes a glass film member having a flat area portion corresponding to the flat display area and a curved area portion corresponding to the curved display area and an adhesive layer adhering the entire area of the lower surface of the glass film member to the display area of the portable display.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Whitestone Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chanhyun Park, In Su Yoon, Jae Yong Jeong
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Patent number: 11458720Abstract: The embodiment includes: a planar graphite heater; a clamp device that moves the graphite heater, which is arranged between a first bonding surface W1a of a first composite material member and a second bonding surface of a second composite material member facing the first bonding surface, in a traveling direction with the graphite heater being in contact with the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface; and a control unit that controls the graphite heater to heat the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface while the graphite heater is in contact with the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihisa Okuda, Hiromichi Akiyama
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Patent number: 11453211Abstract: A method and system for production of layered wood products employs local and independently operating robotic panel assembly cells including one or more veneer handling robots, one or more core handling robots, and one or more glue application robots to produce stacks of layered wood product panels locally near the pressing stations. Consequently, the stacks of layered wood product panels are independently built at, or near, the location of the pressing stations. This eliminates the need for traditional panel conveyors, traditional layered wood product panel assembly layup lines, and stack press delivery lines. This, in turn, eliminates thousands of moving parts and dozens of people from the layered wood product production process.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Boise Cascade CompanyInventor: David Bolton
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Patent number: 11446915Abstract: An improved method for manufacturing a continuous self-healing barrier film is provided. The method includes slot-die coating opposing sides of a separator substrate with a curing agent slurry and a curable resin slurry using a single-sided coating line or a tandem coating line. The method also includes sequentially interleaving inner and outer protective layers via a continuous roll-to-roll process to create a multi-layered barrier film. The barrier film can optionally be formed into a barrier envelope, and an insulating core material can be inserted into the barrier envelope to define an enclosure. Evacuating and sealing the enclosure along a perimeter of the barrier envelop forms a self-healing vacuum insulation panel with excellent properties for use as a building material and in refrigeration systems, for example. The barrier film can alternatively be used in the manufacture of tires, roofing, cargo containers, food packaging, and pharmaceutical packaging, for example.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Kaushik Biswas, David Lee Wood, III, Kelsey M. Grady, Natasha B. Ghezawi, Pengfei Cao, Tomonori Saito
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Patent number: 11446880Abstract: A hand extruder, particularly for welding parts made of plastics, has a main body which supports an extrusion means for the extrusion of plastic material, an actuation means actuating the extrusion means, a heating means heating the plastic material, a preheating means preheating parts to be welded, and a control means controlling the hand extruder; a grip detachably connected to the main body by an interconnection means preset to pass from a coupling configuration, in which the grip is joined to the main body, to an uncoupling configuration, in which the grip is separated from the main body; the interconnection means has an electrical mating means of the plug-socket type electrically and detachably connecting at least part of the means supported by the main body to an electrical control means arranged on the grip.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: RITMO S.P.A.Inventor: Renzo Bortoli
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Patent number: 11448182Abstract: A method of making a wind turbine blade is described. The wind turbine blade comprises first and second half shells joined together and a shear web bonded between inner surfaces of the respective half shells. The blade is made in a one-stage join up process, which involves supporting the half shells in respective mould halves, and arranging one of the half shells on top of the other half shell with the shear web arranged between the two half shells. Adhesive is provided between the shear web and the inner surfaces of the respective half shells. During the join-up process, the shear web is supported by stabilisers. The use of stabilisers avoids the need for a jig to support the shear web. Stabilisers attached to an inboard end of the shear web may remain accessible after the join-up and can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Jonathan Smith, Andrew Hedges
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Patent number: 11446900Abstract: Systems and methods for filament fastener that cures with composite part. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes placing layers of reinforcement fibers over a tool to form a laminate of composite material to be cured with a first resin, forming a filament fastener comprising bundled fibers with one or more texture elements around the bundled fibers, and coating the filament fastener with a second resin that is chemically compatible with the first resin. The method also includes inserting the filament fastener into the laminate through a plurality of the layers, and curing the filament fastener within the laminate to bind the plurality of the layers of the laminate with the one or more texture elements of the filament fastener via bonding of the first resin and the second resin to form the composite part with delamination resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jerry Chungbin, Mark Rogalski, Everette Gray
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Patent number: 11441058Abstract: The invention relates to formulations of aqueous dispersion adhesives on the basis of aqueous polyurethane or polyurethane-urea dispersions and the use of the adhesive formulations for bonding foam substrates according to the spray coagulation method.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Harald Kraus, Robert Liberati, Peter Kueker, Martin Melchiors
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Patent number: 11435279Abstract: A method for analysing a bonding between two aeronautical parts. The method includes the steps of a) applying a release agent to a first surface to be bonded of a first part and to a second surface to be bonded of a second part, b) applying an adhesive to at least one of the first and second surfaces and positioning these surfaces on top of each other, the adhesive forming an adhesive film after polymerisation, c) separating the parts from each other and removing the adhesive film in one piece, d) analysing the adhesive film. The invention also relates to a method for bonding two aeronautical parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Pierre-Antoine Bossan, Thierry Patrick Chauvin, Lauren Chin, Cali Lapenta, Philippe Gallois
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Patent number: 11434036Abstract: A label application system and method for applying a label to a package travelling on a conveyor along a conveying path includes: an applicator apparatus which is operable to move a label into contact with a package, a control system, which controls operation of the applicator apparatus, and a sensor system operable to detect an edge of the package, a distance from a reference point to the package, and the speed at which the package is travelling, wherein the control system is operable to receive and process the data from the sensor system relating to the package and initiate operation of the applicator apparatus such that the label is applied to the package in a desired position as the package moves in a direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Dover Europe SàrlInventors: Michael Baumann, Gerd Buehler
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Patent number: 11435486Abstract: Methods for assessing fiber and bundle orientations and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composite materials using Thermal Digital Image Correlation (TDIC) are disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises exposing the composite material to a temperature change; imaging the composite material at a plurality of time points before, during and/or after the temperature change; and assessing the characteristic of the composite material based on the imaging. In others, temperature changes naturally occur during the cooling process after manufacturing can be employed for this method such as compression molding process, injection molding process, resin transfer molding processes and its variants.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventors: Dayakar Penumadu, Matthew Erich Kant
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Patent number: 11426992Abstract: An apparatus and method for leveling a bonding device and anvil in an assembly via a closed-loop control system is provided. The assembly includes an anvil, a bonding device positioned adjacent the anvil and configured to interact with the anvil to form the bonds on the web, and an actuator that enables adjustment of an orientation between the bonding device and the anvil. The assembly also includes a closed-loop control system configured to control operation of the actuator, with the closed-loop control system configured to monitor an operational parameter of the assembly indicative of interaction of the bonding device with the anvil, determine whether the bonding device is parallel or substantially parallel with the anvil based on the operational parameter, and when the bonding device is not parallel or substantially parallel with the anvil, cause the actuator to adjust the orientation between the bonding device and the anvil.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CURT G. JOA, INC.Inventors: Justin M. Lafferty, David E. Schuette
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Patent number: 11426988Abstract: A litho laminating machine has an accelerator table (20), the table (20) being moveable between an operating position and a raised maintenance position, the table (20) being supported on a frame (24) with a bearing (22) defining a pivot axis (P), a lifting device (30, 40) being provided which comprises a spring element (30) biasing the table (20) towards the maintenance position, and an actuator (40) for moving the table (20) from the operating position towards the maintenance position.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: BOBST GRENCHEN AGInventors: Zheng Yuan, Thuc-Binh Phan, Maurizio Gugel