Patents Examined by Yewebdar Tadesse
  • Patent number: 9299960
    Abstract: The electronic device manufacturing apparatus is provided with: a substrate holding member; a first supply source which is provided so as to move relative to the primary surface side of the substrate, and which forms a nitrogen-containing layer by supplying a nitrogen-containing compound towards the primary surface of the substrate; and a second supply source which is disposed downstream of the first supply source in the direction of movement relative to the substrate, which forms a transparent electrode layer by supplying towards the primary surface of the substrate an electrode material having silver as the main component thereof, and which is disposed such that, between starting formation and two minutes after finishing formation of the nitrogen-containing layer at a prescribed position on the substrate, formation of the transparent electrode layer is started at said prescribed position on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kinoshita, Takeshi Hakii, Hiroshi Ishidai, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Minako Ono, Takatoshi Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 9279174
    Abstract: The coating unit for elongate components comprises a tank with molten metal and a coating chamber with inlet and outlet channels with an intake channel submerged into the tank with molten metal. Moreover, the coating chamber and the tank with molten metal are equipped with facilities for internal creation inside them above the heel reduced pressure and positive pressure respectively. To facilitate the operation and maintenance, as well as to ensure continuous operation of this unit without any stops for refilling the tank, to provide safety conditions while metal refilling into the tank with molten metal of this unit for coating of elongate components, the tank with molten metal and coating chamber are located in adjacent positions and jointed together with the inclined intake channel creating connecting vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kulakovsky
  • Patent number: 9278363
    Abstract: A nozzle is mounted on an end of an ejector for ejecting an aerosol on an ejection side in a honeycomb filter production apparatus. The nozzle is formed into a shape having a longitudinal direction. A single introduction port is formed at an end surface of the nozzle on one side in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of discharge ports are formed at an end surface of the nozzle on the other side in the longitudinal direction. A single introduction passage extends linearly from the single introduction port in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of discharge passages are each branched from an end portion of the introduction passage on a side opposite to the introduction port and extend to corresponding one of the discharge ports in a direction tilted from the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuho Aoki, Tasuke Narishige, Shinya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9272298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for coating workpieces, comprising a belt conveyor (2) drivable in rotation for transporting workpieces (13) to be coated, at least one paint spraying robot (6) and at least one surface spraying machine (8), wherein the paint spraying robot (6) is set up to coat side surfaces (14) and/or top surfaces (15) of the workpiece (13) and the surface spraying machine (8) is set up to coat the top surfaces (15) and/or side surfaces (14) of the workpiece (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Venjakob Maschinenbrau GmbH & KG
    Inventors: Christian Streit, Joachim Voigt
  • Patent number: 9272300
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting device that emits white light by forming a phosphor layer on an emission surface of the semiconductor light-emitting device at a wafer-level. The method includes: forming a plurality of light-emitting devices on a wafer; thinning the wafer, on which the plurality of light-emitting devices are formed; disposing the thinned wafer on a carrier film; and forming a phosphor layer on an emission surface of the plurality of light-emitting devices on the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Jun Yoo, Seong-Jae Hong, Tsuyoshi Tsutsui, Shin-Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 9275914
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coating apparatus includes a stage having a mounting surface on which a coating target is mounted, a rotating mechanism that rotates the stage, a coating nozzle that discharges a coating material, a moving mechanism that moves the coating nozzle, a supply device that supplies a material to the coating nozzle, an ejection device that ejects the material, a communication tube that allows the supply device, and a valve device. Further, the coating apparatus includes a control unit which rotates the stage by the rotating mechanism, switches the valve device to achieve the continuity of the supply unit and the coating nozzle, drives the moving mechanism to move the coating nozzle, and applies the coating material to the coating target on the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Kenichi Ooshiro
  • Patent number: 9254581
    Abstract: A device for gluing fibers or similar particles, in particular for the production of wood material panels, for example fiber panels, having a blowline (3) through which the fibers to be glued are transported, wherein there are connected to the blowline a plurality of nozzles (4) which issue into the blowline and by means of which the fibers transported through the blowline can be sprayed with glue, wherein the nozzles (4) are formed as multiple-substance nozzles, for example two-substance nozzles for the purpose of steam atomization, to which nozzles in each case at least one glue feed line (5) and one steam feed line (6) are connected, characterized in that in each case one glue valve (7) and one throughflow measurement device (8) are integrated into the glue feed lines (5), and in that the glue valves (7) and the throughflow measurement devices (8) are connected to at least one control and/or regulating device, such that the throughflow rate for each glue feed line (5) can be separately controlled or regula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Christopher Ohlendorf, Guenter Staub, Rolf Trummel
  • Patent number: 9248471
    Abstract: A device for forming a roll-to-roll pattern includes: a plurality of rollers, that are separated from each other, for transferring a substrate in one direction; a pattern former provided on the substrate between neighboring rollers from among the plurality of rollers, and forming a pattern on the substrate; an absorber facing the pattern former with the substrate therebetween, and absorbing the substrate; a light irradiator neighboring the pattern former and irradiating light to the pattern; and a controller for controlling the roller, the pattern former, the absorber, and the light irradiator so that the pattern may be formed on the substrate and light may be irradiated to the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jung Ah Lim, Yong-Won Song, Jae-Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9242267
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for mixing and applying a bead of material. For example, the bead of material can be used to seal gaps cracks and seams of a building. The apparatus includes a supply machine and an applicator. The supply machine provides each of the parts of the material to the applicator at a controlled rate. The applicator mixes the parts of the material at a nozzle. The applicator provides a bead (rather than spraying) of the mixed material through the nozzle. The bead of material may be applied in a precise manner to seal gaps, cracks and seams of an existing building and/or the bead may be provided during new construction of a building between components of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. O'Leary, Christopher Relyea
  • Patent number: 9238248
    Abstract: Painting aid 1 for a door handle 2 of a vehicle, having a door handle 2 with a door handle body 3 to be arranged outside of a vehicle door, wherein the door handle body 3 has a support projection 4 for pivotally supporting the door handle body 3 on the vehicle door and an actuating projection 5 for actuating a door lock, and having a cap 6a or 6b to be arranged next to the door handle body 3 on the vehicle door at a fixed position. The painting aid 1 has a cover section 7 enclosing the actuating projection 5 in order to prevent paint from being applied on the actuating projection 5. The painting aid 1 also has a retaining section 8 arranged next to the cover section 7 for retaining the cap 6a or 6b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Georg Hochholzer, Andre Schubert
  • Patent number: 9233389
    Abstract: A device for dispensing adhesive on a substrate comprises a writing head with a first dispensing nozzle and at least one second dispensing nozzle. The device can be operated in two operating modes and is configured to perform the following steps for the change from the one operating mode to the other operating mode: —lifting of the writing head, retracting or extending a pin, and lowering of the writing head to a predetermined working altitude, wherein the tips of the dispensing nozzles reach a substantially similar altitude above the substrate in the retracted state of the pin, and wherein the tip of the at least one second dispensing nozzle reaches a higher altitude above the substrate than the tip of the first dispensing nozzle in the extended state of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Besi Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Ruedi Grueter, Christof Koster, Paul Andreas Stadler
  • Patent number: 9214363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for preventing a water-repellent protective film formed on a resist film from peeling off during immersion exposure. A resist film is formed on the front surface of a substrate and then the peripheral edge portion of the resist film is removed. Before forming a water-repellent protective film onto the resist film, an adhesion-improving fluid, preferably hexamethyldisilazane gas, for improving the adhesion of the water-repellent protective film, is supplied to the region from which the resist film is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideharu Kyouda, Taro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9211561
    Abstract: An exemplary self-cleaning glue dispensing system includes a support, a dispensing device, a driving device and a number of cleaning devices. The support receives lens modules ready to receive glue. The cleaning devices are located on the support. The dispensing device includes a container and a dispensing needle to output the glue. The driving device manipulates the dispensing device to dispense glue into the lens modules and after a preset number of glue dispensations, the driving device moves the dispensing device into the cleaning device to clean off any residual glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Shiun Wu
  • Patent number: 9199267
    Abstract: An apparatus for spraying an oil, such as an MSDS exempt vegetable oil, onto a material handling surface to impede material from adhering to the surface. The apparatus comprises a platform comprising an elevated section configured to support a human operator, and spray equipment comprising a container for containing the oil, a hydraulic pump fluidly coupled to the container, and a spray wand and hose fluidly coupled to the pump. The spray equipment is mounted on the platform and configured to enable an operator to operate the spray wand from the elevated section of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: John Bandura
  • Patent number: 9193542
    Abstract: A chassis dip treatment station may include a process liquid tank; a line configured to convey in sequence a plurality of skids inside and outside of the station, the skids each configured to support a chassis to be treated, the conveying line comprising roller units for displacing the skids, the skids configured to move between an operating position, for supporting and displacing the skids above the tank, and a retracted non-operating position, for immersing one of the skids with the chassis inside the tank; and a system configured to vertically move the skids conveyed above the tank using the conveying line, and configured to move the one of the skids with the chassis inside and outside of the tank. The system configured to vertically move the skids may include a platform configured to support and engage the skids. The platform may be mounted on a motor-driven, transverse, rotational shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: GEICO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giampaolo Covizzi
  • Patent number: 9192953
    Abstract: A precision fluid delivery system includes a peristaltic pump, a motor, and a controller. The peristaltic pump has a fluid inlet for communication with a fluid source and a fluid outlet for communication with a tire spraying system. The motor is coupled to and configured to drive the peristaltic pump. The controller is in communication with the motor, and operates the peristaltic pump for delivery of the fluid to a tire spraying system during a tire coating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Industrial Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Todd E. Hendricks, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9186910
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that recognizes a location of a substrate, which is a printing target, and performs printing. The printing apparatus includes: a stage to which the substrate is mounted; a location recognition unit recognizing a location of the substrate mounted to the stage; and a printing unit disposed in an upper portion of the stage and coating a printing solution on the substrate, and the location recognition unit includes a plurality of alignment marks formed in the substrate and a camera photographing the alignment marks. The plurality of alignment marks are disposed to be rotationally symmetrical to each other with reference to the center of the substrate for the locations of the alignment marks to be the same even though the substrate is rotated by a predetermined angle with reference to the center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoon-Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 9181002
    Abstract: A header intended to be installed in a horizontal platform in the form of a working table of a recoating machine to repair lids, lids, comprises a copying device (1) sustained by a cam support (5), joined in turn to an upper support (4), the copying device having a copying cam body (3) solidary to the cam support (5), the static solidary set of these three elements (3-4-5) being coupled around the main rotary shaft (10), to which lower extremity a drum (18) is affixed dragging the copying device with its rotary movement. The copying device has, among its elements, roller followers (25) driven in grooves (3?) located in the copying cam body 3, the copying device (1) also having coating guns (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Industrias Penalver, S.L.
    Inventor: José Peñalver García
  • Patent number: 9180481
    Abstract: A paint station may include a frame with a table attached to it. A track may run along the length of the table. A bridge may be connected to the track and may move along the track. The bridge may extend across the width of the table. A painting component may be attached to the bridge and may move along the bridge. Therefore the painting component may run along two axes over the table. A computer may be connected to the paint station to direct the movement of the painting component along the two axes. A user may place a clothing apparel on the table and may input a command to paint a desired design on the clothing apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: David Sargent
  • Patent number: 9182043
    Abstract: A valve device for use in a feeding apparatus releases raw material into raw material processing machinery for the manufacture of high-voltage cable. The valve device includes a valve body including a first valve member having a conical shape and including at least one opening extending between a tip of the first valve member and a corresponding base portion of the first valve member, and a second valve member including at least one cover element. One of the valve members is rotatable with respect to the other valve member between a first operating position in which the at least one cover element uncovers the at least one opening, thereby allowing the raw material to flow through the valve device, and a second operating position in which the at least one cover element covers the at least one opening, thereby preventing raw material from flowing through the valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.
    Inventor: Walter Castiglioni