Patents Examined by Olukorede Esan
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Patent number: 11578006Abstract: A manufacturing method of a ceramic formed body, including: a mixing step in which a raw material for forming a ceramic formed body is dryly mixed, and then, a liquid is added to the obtained dry mixture to wetly mix the mixture; a kneading step in which a mixture obtained in the mixing step is kneaded; an injection step in which supercritical carbon dioxide in the state of supercritical fluid is injected into a kneaded product obtained in the kneading step; and a forming step in which a forming raw material containing the supercritical carbon dioxide obtained in the kneading step and the injection step is extruded to form the ceramic formed body.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tajima, Ryuji Yamaguti
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Patent number: 11571865Abstract: A process of overmolding a frame of a portable eyewear electronic device and a frame produced by the process is presented. A frame that includes a first material and includes a releasably mountable feature is attached to the mold in a desired position and does not contact other areas of the mold. The mold is filled with a second material to at least partially encase the frame insert.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Stephen Steger
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Patent number: 11554523Abstract: The present invention relates to a press part (1,20,30,40) for supporting a mould part for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier comprising a press block (2, 42), which press block comprises a contact surface (3), a side (4) facing away from the contact surface and at least one side wall (5) connecting the contact surface (3) and the side (4) facing away from the contact surface(3), wherein the press block (2, 42) comprises at least two opposed elements (6a, 6b, 21a, 21b, 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d, 44) protruding from the side wall (5), and wherein the side wall (5) transposes via only a recess (7) into each of the protruding elements (6a, 6b, 21a 21b, 31a 31b, 31c 31d 44). The present invention further relates to a press comprising the press part of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Besi Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Albertus Franciscus Gerardus van Driel
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Patent number: 11554542Abstract: A device (1) for the generative production of a three-dimensional object (2) by selectively solidifying construction material layers made of solidifiable construction material (3) layer by layer in a successive manner using at least one laser beam (5), comprising at least one device (4) for generating at least one laser beam (5) in order to selectively solidify individual construction material layers made of solidifiable construction material (3) layer by layer. The device (4) comprises at least one laser diode element (10) that is arranged or can be arranged directly over the construction plane (9) on which solidified construction material layers or construction material layers to be solidified are selectively formed and is designed to generate a laser beam (5) directed directly onto the construction plane, and/or the device (4) comprises at least one laser diode element (10) and at least one optical element (27).Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Frank Herzog
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Patent number: 11529755Abstract: Golf ball molds and methods for molding golf balls, particularly golf balls having thermoplastic polyurethane covers, are provided. The molds and methods are particularly suitable for manufacturing covers for golf balls. Multi-piece golf balls having inner cores, outer cores, inner covers, and intermediate layers can be made. Retractable pins are used for holding the golf ball within the mold, wherein each retractable pin has a primary vent section, secondary vent section, and tertiary vent section for removing air and other gasses from the interior spherical cavity of the mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ajay Vora, John M. Thornton
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Patent number: 11522419Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine, having the following steps: inserting a cast body with a nozzle from a first side of the stator into the stator, inserting a cast counterbody from a second opposing side of the stator into the stator, casting the stator with thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin by means of the nozzle, curing the thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin, wherein following the curing a cast-on piece of the thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin is sheared off using a rotational movement of the cast body or cast counterbody.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventor: Florian Balling
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Patent number: 11518094Abstract: A nozzle check suitable for production of a three-dimensional shaped object is performed. A production method of a three-dimensional shaped object M configured to laminate unit layers (L1, L2, . . . ), in which a nozzle checking step inspects at least a part of nozzles (6) for ejecting ink for forming a particular unit layer, which is performed after having started production in a case where a timing of the nozzle check is before forming the particular unit layer and this unit layer is a lowermost layer (L1), and is performed after having formed a unit layer that is located directly under the particular unit layer in a case where the timing of the nozzle check is before forming the particular unit layer and this layer is not the lowermost layer (L1).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro Ochi
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Patent number: 11515770Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing device for a rotor core and a manufacturing method for a rotor core in which it is possible to suitably fit a columnar core rod into a center hole of a laminated iron core, when fitting and installing the laminated iron core into a fitting recess of a first mold.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: SeungJun Lee, Hidetoshi Uematsu, Makoto Funakubo
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Patent number: 11498258Abstract: An apparatus for forming pre-shaped insulating sheets comprises a first bending station and a second bending station. The first bending station is used for bending a flat sheet of insulating material into a Z-shaped sheet (5). The second bending station is used for bending the Z-shaped sheet into an S-shape. The first and second bending stations comprise pairs of first (13a, 13b) and second bending operators for creating bending movements.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Giovanni Manuelli
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Patent number: 11478983Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: first and second spaced apart side walls extending along a pre-defined path and defining a build chamber therebetween; one or more build units mounted for movement along the pre-defined path, the one or more build units including at least one of: a powder dispenser positioned above the build chamber; an applicator configured to scrape powder dispensed into the build chamber; and a directed energy source configured to fuse the scraped powder.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Gregory Muster Morris, Guenter Helmut Wilfert, Todd Jay Rockstroh
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Patent number: 11472904Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making a clear or translucent object by additive manufacturing, comprising (a) providing a clear or translucent light polymerizable resin, the resin comprising: (i) light-polymerizable monomers, prepolymers, or a combination thereof; (ii) a photoinitiator; and (iii) a polysubstituted linear polyacene ultraviolet light absorbing compound which compound is polysubstituted with bromo, chloro, —Se—R?, —S—R? or combinations thereof, where each R? is independently selected from alkyl, aryl, and arylalkyl; and then (b) producing by stereolithography with ultraviolet light a clear or translucent object from said light polymerizable resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Gregory R. Robbins, Steven Kenneth Pollack
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Patent number: 11472088Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cosmetic stick having at least two different colored portions includes inserting a pin into at least one mold cavity of a mold body, filling the mold cavity containing the pin with a first cosmetic material of a first color, and then recovering the excess first cosmetic material from a top surface of the mold body. The pin is removed from the mold cavity leaving a void in the mold cavity, and a guard plate is placed over the top surface of the mold body, the guard plate having a hole over the mold cavity. The void in the mold cavity is filled with a second cosmetic material, the second cosmetic material being a second color that is different than the first color. The excess second cosmetic material is then recovered from a top surface of the guard plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: PORT JERVIS LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Vincent Domenick, Cheryl Ewing, Matt Abbadessa
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Patent number: 11477576Abstract: An injection molding method for a product with a connection elastic sheet, a loudspeaker and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: providing a blank material comprising at least one connection piece and a material connection strip, and each connection piece comprising an elastic arm portion and a wire portion; positioning the blank material as an insert in a first injection mold by means of the material connection strip; injecting a first injection plastic part into the first injection cavity to obtain a first injection product; processing the first injection product for bending up the elastic arm portion toward an outer surface of the first injection plastic part; placing the processed first injection product into a second injection cavity of a second injection mold, and sealing the elastic arm portion; and injecting a second injection plastic part into the second injection cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Goertek, Inc.Inventors: Lulu Lu, Zhibing Zhang
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Patent number: 11458674Abstract: A device and production method, in which a workpiece is built up gradually in layers. To build up the workpiece, preformed layers, which are individually formed on a layer support using an electrophotographic printing process are transferred one at a time from the layer support to the workpiece. For this purpose, the layer is transferred to the workpiece in a printing operation, the layer being preferably laid on the workpiece by a die. In one embodiment, a plurality of workpieces are built up simultaneously and a plurality of preformed layers are transferred simultaneously to different respective workpieces. In another embodiment, the layer is formed on the layer support, which is preferably a film or paper, prior to being transferred.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: M & R BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBHInventor: Michael Zimmer
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Patent number: 11453150Abstract: A holding portion having a diameter larger than that of a cavity is formed in communication with the cavity, in an area of a two-part type mold, the area including a portion corresponding to an annular groove. Subsequently, an insert member formed in a cylindrical shape and provided with, on an outer circumferential surface, the annular groove having no step in a groove surface is fitted to the holding portion, and then the mold is closed. On an inner circumferential surface of the insert member, a surface treatment layer having a surface roughness rougher than those of other portions of the insert member is formed. Molten resin is injected into the cavity; thereafter, an assist material is injected into the cavity to mold the resin into a desired pipe body. Then, the insert member and the pipe body are integrated along with curing of the resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuaki Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 11433573Abstract: An embodiment can provide a method for producing a polyamide-imide film which is colorless and transparent and has excellent mechanical properties, the method comprising: a step of producing a polyamide-imide polymer solution by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound; a step of producing a gel sheet by extruding, casting and drying the polymer solution; and a step of producing a polyamide-imide film by heat-treating the gel sheet, wherein the viscosity of the polymer solution is 100,000 to 500,000 cps, and the polyamide-imide film has a yellowness index of 5 or lower, a haze of 2% or lower, a transmittance of 85% or above and a modulus of 5.0 GPa or above, at a thickness of 20 ?m to 75 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae Seong Oh, Dawoo Jeong, Sunhwan Kim, Jin Woo Lee, Dong Jin Lim, Cheol Ho Kim
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Patent number: 11426909Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a fluid line (7) with a connecting element formed on an end portion of the fluid line (7), wherein the connecting element comprises a coupling part (8) and a connector (70) which connects to the coupling part (8) toward the end of the fluid line.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: ContiTech MGW GmbHInventors: Simon Kaschka, Florian Kuhlhoff
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Patent number: 11406878Abstract: Golf ball methods and molds for quickly and efficiently eliminating air/gas from within a mold during golf ball manufacture and the improved golf balls resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ajay Vora, John M. Thornton
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Patent number: 11400760Abstract: The invention relates to vehicle tires for utility vehicles, comprising a belt (9) and a tread profile that extends in the axial direction A of the vehicle tire between two tire shoulders, in each of which a profiled shoulder strip (19) is formed that extends over the circumference of the vehicle tire. The profiled shoulder strip is delimited in the axial direction A towards the equatorial plane Ä of the tire by a groove (20), which extends over the circumference of the vehicle tire, and on the profiled strip face facing away from the equatorial plane Ä by a respective surface of the tire lateral wall (2), which forms the profiled shoulder strip (19) flank facing away from the equatorial plane Ä. The tread profile is delimited by a surface which forms the road contact surface on the sectional planes containing the tire axis, said surface forming a surface contour line K which is curved towards the tire between the profiled shoulder strips (19).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Malgorzata Neuber, Carsten von Zobeltitz, Jens Kleffmann
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Patent number: 11371252Abstract: Systems and methods for a concrete apparatus with incorporated lifter are provided. A concrete apparatus is formed by placing a reinforcement system in a mold. The reinforcement system comprises a lifter. Concrete is poured into the mold such that the lifter protrudes from the poured concrete. After the concrete has hardened and the mold is removed, the lifter is used to carry and position the concrete apparatus. After the concrete apparatus is positioned, the lifter is removed at the circumference of the concrete apparatus leaving no holes, thereby eliminating water leakage due to lifting methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: PF3 Global LLCInventor: Pat Halton Fore, III