Patents Examined by Philip Tucker
  • Patent number: 9793509
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a packaging apparatus, which relates to a preparing field of display technology and can solve a problem of the poor bonding state between a packaging cover plate and a substrate to be packaged, improving a quality of assembled product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangkun Jing, Junwei Li
  • Patent number: 9789644
    Abstract: Described are methods of two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally forming an article of wear using vacuum forming in an automated process. In the two-dimensional method, the article of wear comprises a generally flat shape with three-dimensional features molded into the first material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Tiberiu Iovu
  • Patent number: 9784400
    Abstract: A method and a device for repairing portions of channels, including non-round channels, is provided by a wound tube wound from a profile strip by a winding machine, the abutting edges of which strip are formed into tight joints, locked inside the wound tube which can be introduced into the portion of the channel to be repaired. A plastic profile strip is drawn from a storage spool and fed to a winding machine arranged in front of one of the openings of the channel to be repaired, the winding machine having a guide rail adapted to the cross-portion of the channel, and adjacent edge regions fed onto this rotating winding former locked in an overlapping manner to form a wound pipe and the pipe is pushed or pulled into the channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FERDINAND STÜKERJÜRGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Frank Stükerjürgen
  • Patent number: 9782959
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for laminated iron cores includes processing a metal sheet to form product sheets, in each of which iron core pieces are arranged inside an outer frame piece and the iron core pieces are connected to the outer frame piece in such a way that outer peripheral sides of the iron core pieces are connected to nearest parts of the outer frame piece through bridge pieces, laminating the product sheets and temporarily fixing the product sheets adjacent to each other in a vertical direction together to form a sheets laminated body including iron core pieces laminated parts and bridge pieces laminated parts, sealing the iron core pieces laminated parts by a resin while being pressurized to form pre-formed laminated iron cores, and separating the bridge pieces laminated parts from the pre-formed laminated iron cores to form the laminated iron cores which are individually separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9776388
    Abstract: A film peeling apparatus that peels off a film from a peeling object having the film and a substrate, the film peeling apparatus including a base; a conveying unit to hold a first side of the peeling object and to turn the peeling object from a parallel orientation with respect to the base to a perpendicular orientation with respect to the base; a first peeling unit to receive the peeling object from the conveying unit and to hold a second side of the peeling object in the perpendicular orientation; a second peeling unit to hold the first side of the peeling object, the second peeling unit facing the first peeling unit; and a knife unit that is reciprocably movable toward and away from an edge of the peeling object and movable along an edge of the peeling object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jin Kim, Jae Pil Lee
  • Patent number: 9764919
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a coating portion configured to perform a coating process that forms a coating film on a recording sheet with an image formed thereon, a main transport path configured to transport the recording sheet with the image formed thereon and to have a branching portion formed thereon, and a sub transport path configured to be once branched from the main transport path at the branching portion and to be returned to the main transport path again. The coating portion is disposed on the sub transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norio Tomita, Hiroshi Nakatani, Ryosuke Sakai, Takumi Mori, Kyosuke Taka, Kohichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9758965
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of manufacturing wallboard which includes providing a first layer of facing material, creasing the first layer facing material intermittently to create a series of creased portions, providing a gypsum slurry on the first layer of facing material and providing a second layer of facing material over the gypsum slurry. Further, creasing the first layer of facing material intermittently can include intermittently creasing the first layer of facing material in a substantially linear fashion extending in a first direction of the first layer of facing material so that the first layer of facing material exhibits a linear series of creased portions extending in the first direction of the first layer of facing material and a series of portions that are not creased extending in the first direction of the first layer of facing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventor: Chad A. Frank
  • Patent number: 9758935
    Abstract: When a bridge pier is reinforced or repaired by wrapping a reinforcement around the pier, a waterproof sheet having a sufficient flexibility to attach to and cover the interface between the pier and the reinforcement in a liquid-tight manner is useful. The waterproof sheet is attached to the interface between the pier and the reinforcement to prevent water from penetrating into the interface for thereby preventing the reinforcement from deterioration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Uno, Yoshiyuki Shiono, Akihiro Endo, Takeshi Nakajima, Hisaharu Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yoda
  • Patent number: 9744734
    Abstract: A method of forming a sole assembly of an article of footwear that includes an interior space that receives a foot of a wearer is disclosed. The article of footwear also includes an exterior surface. The method includes providing a first portion of the sole assembly. The first portion includes a first surface that at least partially defines the interior space. The first portion also includes a first chamber surface that opposes the first surface. Moreover, the method includes providing a second portion of the sole assembly. The second portion includes a second surface that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the article of footwear. The second portion also includes a second chamber surface that opposes the second surface. The method further includes operably securing the first portion to the second portion such that the first chamber surface and the second chamber surface cooperate to at least partially define a substantially sealed chamber within the sole assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Dirsa, Haim Horesh, Gary M. Peters
  • Patent number: 9746637
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for coupling an SiC reflex mirror, configured to mount an SiC reflex mirror formed on a plurality of points and having a cylindrical portion on one surface thereof, to a mounting plate. The apparatus includes: an insertion portion having a vertical portion having a curved shape and attached to inside of the cylindrical portion, and a horizontal portion integrally formed with the vertical portion and formed to cross the vertical portion; an adhesive provided between the vertical portion and an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, and configured to attach the insertion portion to the cylindrical portion; a fixing portion having one end fixed to the horizontal portion, having another end fixed to the mounting plate, and configured to fix the SiC reflex mirror to the mounting plate; and a coupling member configured to fix the fixing portion to the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Si Young Yoon, Haeng Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 9743711
    Abstract: A method of forming a sole assembly of an article of footwear including an interior space and an exterior surface includes providing a first portion of the sole assembly. The first portion includes a first surface that at least partially defines the interior space and a first chamber surface that opposes the first surface. The first portion is made from a first material. The method also includes providing a second portion of the sole assembly that includes a second surface that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the article of footwear and a second chamber surface that opposes the second surface. The second portion is made from a second material that is different from the first material. The method additionally includes operably securing the first and second portions such that the first chamber surface and the second chamber surface cooperate to at least partially define a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Dirsa, Haim Horesh, Gary M. Peters
  • Patent number: 9744754
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light distribution member has steps of providing a plurality of first light blocking film members, each of which including a first light blocking film covering a surface of a light-transmissive board, bonding a plurality of first light blocking film members, such that each first light blocking film is sandwiched between light-transmissive boards of adjacent first light blocking film members, to form a first bonded body, and cutting the first bonded body in a direction perpendicular to a lamination surface of the first light blocking film members so as to form a plurality of slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Dai Wakamatsu, Masatsugu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9738060
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a waterproof enclosure and sealing the waterproof enclosure includes the steps of forming a rectangular waterproof upper member and a rectangular waterproof lower member; forming four rectangular adhesive members; securing the adhesive members to the lower member by pressing and heating; securing three edges of the upper member to the lower member by pressing and heating to form a partially open enclosure having an open edge; punching a plurality of positioning holes on a periphery of the partially open enclosure; placing an article in the partially open enclosure by inserting the article through the open edge of the partially open enclosure; sealing the open edge of the partially open enclosure by pressing and heating to form a sealed enclosure; and cutting the periphery having the positioning holes to finish a waterproof enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Chien-Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 9731855
    Abstract: A labeling device includes a container transporter that conveys the containers along a conveyor path and a first conveyor that runs between the return-stations. The labeling stations are arranged along the conveyor path between the return-stations. The frame's frame ends lie at opposite ends of a longitudinal axis. Attachment-sections associated with the frame ends attach to respective return stations, with at least one of them permitting attachment of a return-station at multiple positions along the axis. These attach to the mounts, which have continuous mounting-elements extending between the return-stations along the longitudinal axis. The mounts enable mounting a labeling station in any position between the return-stations using an attachment element that is complementary to the mounts and with which the labeling stations are equipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Michael Zwilling
  • Patent number: 9728439
    Abstract: New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system, and can be used to bond an active wafer to a carrier wafer or substrate to assist in protecting the active wafer and its active sites during subsequent processing and handling. The compositions form bonding layers that are chemically and thermally resistant, but that can also be softened to allow the wafers to slide apart at the appropriate stage in the fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil K. Pillalamarri, Chenghong Li
  • Patent number: 9724873
    Abstract: A pipe-liner system for use when lining a pipe interior features a pipe having a pipe opening end and a pipe interior wall. The system features a flexible, substantially-impermeable, elongate extender-tube and an evertable, flexible, elongate, tubular pipe-liner. The system features a substantially leak-proof pressure retaining closure-sleeve located on a pipe-liner second end. An extender-tube second end is attached to a pipe-liner first end via a substantially leak-proof connection there between. The combined extender-tube and the pipe-liner form a single continuous evertable tube, hereinafter referred to as an extended liner having the pressure retaining closure-sleeve enclosing an extended liner distal end. A length of the extender-tube and a length of the pipe-liner are each chosen so that the liner is caused to be accurately positioned within the pipe upon eversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Simon Sanders
  • Patent number: 9717273
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a combustible heat source having a barrier, the method including providing a mold defining a cavity; placing a particulate component in the mold cavity; placing a laminar component, adjacent the mold, to cover the cavity opening; and compressing the particulate component to form the combustible heat source, wherein, during the compression step, the barrier is formed by punching the laminar component using a punch and the mold, the punch acting on the barrier to compress the particulate component and affix the barrier to the combustible heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Edouard Poget, Oleg Mironov, Guenter Rinn, Hans Lippert
  • Patent number: 9716023
    Abstract: A method of bonding a device wafer to a carrier wafer includes disposing a first adhesive over a central portion of a carrier wafer, the first adhesive having a first glass transition temperature, disposing a second adhesive over a peripheral portion of the carrier wafer, the second adhesive having a second glass transition temperature greater than the first glass transition temperature, and bonding the first adhesive to an active front side of the device wafer and the second adhesive to a peripheral portion of the front side of the device wafer. Related assemblies may be used in such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon N. Farrens, Neal Bowen, Andrew M. Bayless
  • Patent number: 9707740
    Abstract: A melamine resin decorative sheet of the present invention includes a laminate structure of a surface layer and a core layer, in which the surface layer is configured of a surface layer material composed of a surface layer base material which carries a resin containing a melamine resin on a first surface side that serves as a design surface and which carries a solid content of a thermoplastic emulsion resin on a second surface side that contacts with the core layer, and in which the core layer is configured of a heat dissipative material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kousuke Arai
  • Patent number: 9701073
    Abstract: There is provided a method for repairing a member comprising a fiber-reinforced plastic, which method can repair a through hole easily at a low cost. When a through hole 20 is repaired, a temporary hole 11 is formed, a fabric sheet 30 comprising reinforcing fibers is rolled into a cylindrical shape and inserted into the temporary hole 11, the fabric sheet 30 is impregnated with a resin, the resin is cured, and a new through hole 20? is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu Shigetomi, Atsumi Tanaka, Kaoru Onohara, Koichi Hasegawa